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Happy Halloween!! Jay kicks off our annual Spooktacular with a spooky Tag the Track.

Song: Nine Inch Nails: “Came Back Haunted”

Nick took his boys to see Friko, with Nine Perfect Lives opening, at The Atlantis in DC. It’s Tales from the Concert!

Songs: 

Nine Perfect Lives at Loving Touch, Ferndale, MI 10-17-2026

Friko - “Something Worth Waiting For

Greg has a spooky track and then a Three for Thursday.

Songs:

Converge - “Concubine”

Fontaines DC - “Happy For You”

MFSB - “Something for Nothing”

Dave and James Blake - “Doesn't Just Happen”

Greg is out on a secret mission that he’ll report back on soon. Nick and Jay decided to do a minisode where we share songs we’ve been listening to. We’ll be back next week with a full episode, hope you enjoy the songs!

Songs:

Snarky Puppy - “What about me”

Can - “Vitamin C”

Love Spells - “Keep It To Yourself”

Jean Michel Jarre - “Oxygène Part 4”

Slow pulp - “better man”

Zach Bryan - “robot killed the working man”

@ - “Earthly Love”

Richard Thompson - “Make Believe You Don’t Know Me”

Kingfish Ingram - “Two. Four. Eight (feat. Yussef Dayes)”

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Greg is excited to talk about the new album from Cameron Winter, Live at Carnegie Hall. The live album, featuring Cameron Winter solo at a piano, shows his talent and brilliance like no other to date. It is a shoo-in candidate for YSCIO’s album of the year and you should definitely check it out.

Song: Cameron Winter - “The Rolling Stones (Live at Carnegie Hall)”

Last Friday night, Sleepers (Nick & Jay’s band) was scheduled to perform at the Watermelon Room in Baltimore. Before arriving to show, Jay experienced a vertigo attack caused brought on by his recently diagnosed Ménière’s disease. For a while prior to the show, Jay wasn’t sure he was going to be able to perform. Ultimately he locked in and the show went off great, but it was a pretty scary circumstance and

Twisted Teens - “When We First Met”

We wrap up with a quick News with Nick. David Byrne & Daniel Pemberton put Elon Musk’s words to song, a man is sentenced to prison for bot streaming AI songs, and Instagram admits it’s suggesting Creed too much.

Song: David Byrne & Daniel Pemberton - “Let Me Sell You A Dream”

This week we have a special episode. We spend the entire hour talking to Nick’s oldest son, Ciri about the albums he’s been listening to. He recently decided that he would listen to three albums a day (morning, noon and night) and wanted to share what he’s heard and get some recommendations on what he should check out.

It was a great chat and we hope you enjoy!

Ciri’s Picks

American Football - American Football (1999)

Dear and the Headlights - Small Steps, Heavy Hooves (2007)

Death Grips - The Money Store (2012)

Jay’s Picks

The Streets - A Grand Don’t Come for Free (2004)

Talking Heads - Remain In Light (1980)

Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I (1999)

Tom Waits - Rain Dogs (1985)

Greg’s Picks

Pink Floyd - Meddle (1971)

Fela Cuti - Zombie (1976)

Fugazi - Repeater (1990)

Herbie Hancock - Thrust (1974)

Nick’s Picks

Velvet Underground - White Light/White Heat (1968)

Frank Zappa - We’re Only In It For the Money (1968)

Frightened Rabbit - The Midnight Organ Fight (2007)

Jay is presenting to a panel this week on the subject of AI & audio processing. He thought he’d take a spin at it with the guys to work out any kinks.

Song: Trey Anastasio & Julien Lage - Live from Crossroads Guitar Festival

Next up, it’s News with Nick. MAGA music fest has been cancelled, Todd Rundgren shares his thoughts about Taylor Swift, Macklemore announces his own tour, and Morphine unveils a long lost album.

Song: Haruomi Hosono - “Note of Mothership”

Greg had a heck of week. Red Not Chili Peppers had three shows with an all female Rage Against the Machine tribute, Babes Against the Machine, as an opener. At their Riverside show, the Babes’ guitar player had to go to the hospital so, naturally, Greg filled in.

Song: Babes Against the Machine - “Bulls on Parade”

Nigel Godrich and Dhani Harrison’s new band, Dragonflies, just released their debut album and did a a few shows in LA. Greg was fortunate enough to catch one of them. He runs through the experience on Tales from the Concert.

Songs:

Dragonflies - “Slower”

Dragonflies - “The Weight”

Dragonflies - “Setting Sun”

Jay tells us about the highly influential band, Sha Na Na. The American rock and roll and doo-wop revival group formed in 1969 and came to initial fame after opening for Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock. Jay goes through their history and explains how surprisingly influential the group turned out to be.

Songs: 

Sha Na Na - “At The Hop (Live from Woodstock)”

Sha Na Na - “Get A Job (Live on The Midnight Special)”

The Ramones - “Rock ’n’ Roll High School (Live on Sha Na Na)”

We end on a News with Nick. Facebook changes their link policy for pages, YouTube updates it’s play count logic, and Ed Sheerran plays on.

Song: Angine de Poitrine - “Zugzegk (Live on The Tonight Show)”

It’s News with Nick! Rick Springfield killed a man in Vietnam, Spotify lets parents keep kids’ music out of the algorithm, Geese responds to the Wired psyop article.

The Tubs - “Stoop to Me”

Greg is back with another Review the Review. This week, Fantano shares his thoughts about the new Chat Pile album, Who Loves the Sun. 

Songs:

Chat Pile - “Shrine”

Chat Pile - “Intruder”

Chat Pile - “Influence”

We end with a hearty serving of Jay’s Jambalaya.

Ingredients: 

XTC - “Melt the Guns”

Wireless mixers

Ed Sheeran’s tour situation

Jay gets us a started with a Three For Thursday! Mike D goes solo, Billy Strings is an old soul, and Chat Pile drops a new visceral noise rock album that Jay & Greg are both really enjoying.

Songs:

Mike D - “What We Got”

Billy Strings - “I Like Train Songs”

Chat Pile - “PEN I S MALL”

Next up, it’s News with Nick. Mary J. Blige did not okay that Suno ad, Radiohead heads to Australia in 2027, and the CBC drops a trailer for their new Neil Peart Documentary. Plus, a recap of the Furious Bongos impressive show at Live at Hub City Vinyl last Saturday.

Song: Frank Zappa - “Peaches En Regalia (Deluxe Bonus Version/Live)”

Greg closes us out with a composite segment of merged segments. Our north star is Smashing Pumpkins 1995 album Melon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. We begin with a Tourror Story, ease into a Tales from the Concert, and exit in a Review the Review. He pulls it off nicely.

Songs:

Smashing Pumpkins - “Tonight Tonight (strings only)”

Smashing Pumpkins - “Love”

Smashing Pumpkins - “Stumbleine”

Greg kicks us off with a Heavy Rotation!

Songs:

Meshuggah - “In Death is Death (Remastered)”

Mastodon - “Barbarians Blood”

Loathe - “Harder to Pretend”

Jay discovered something about Super Mario World’s soundtrack that blew his mind today. 8bit is back! Check out the video that led to the discovery here: https://youtu.be/Y09c79K9IL4?si=Eyr7RbeRkQkktzUr

Song: Tortoise - “The Taut and Tame”

It’s News with Nick! Jason Isbell sues Suno, Paul Thomas Anderson’s Cameron Winter Concert film debuts, someone is finally convicted for the murder of Tupac Shakur, and The Who patch things up with Zak Starkey.

Song: Busta Rhymes & J Dilla - “How the Boss Will Deliver”