We are back to you this week with some "topical news," like the John Maus/Ariel Pink debacle, debating what constitutes a "cover" of a song, and listening to some Earles & Jensen prank phone calls.

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James Richardson of MGMT joins us this week to talk about what it's like to have a song blow up on TikTok in the middle of a pandemic. We also discuss cults, close-listening in the age of Spotify, the ethics of sponsored meme content, and we fancast a Radiohead biopic. Listen to the end for some elite ropa vieja recipe tips.

James plugs Jorge Elbrecht's upcoming release, Presentable Corpse 002 - check it out!

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Singer-songwriter and fellow meme appreciator Sidney Gish joins us for the first episode of 2021! We discuss the differences between Tumblr, Tik Tok, and Weird Facebook, Sidney describes the unknown burden of inhabiting the persona of a pink squiggly worm online, and we invent some new genres of music like "guncore" and "hamcore."

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Straight from the mind and iPhone of our very own Jeff comes an expressionistic interpretation of The Night Before Christmas. Happy Holidays everyone!!

Noise musician Dreamcrusher joins us this week on an eXXXtra long ep! We talk about their newest releases, Panopticon! and Another Country, as well as the fundraising campaign to press Another Country on vinyl (which you can contribute to here!) We also talk Italians on Grindr, Aaron's Dreamcrusher drag number at Brooklyn Bazaar (RIP), the futility of microgenres, and we share some of our favorite things we've watched this year.

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Lots of movie talk this week since we're all Blu-Ray heads now. We talk about the death of movie theaters and all the new Warner Brothers films coming to streaming in 2021. Listen to the end for some pretzel rankings.

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Dylan Baldi of Cloud Nothings joins us this week to talk about their new and upcoming records, including their remote-produced The Black Hole Understands, and what it was like to work with Steve Albini again on their upcoming album The Shadow I Remember. Additionally, we review the controversial lesbian Christmas movie Happiest Season, we try to fancast a better Garfield movie, and we learn a lot about Dustin Diamond (Screech from Saved by the Bell), including but not limited to his fake sex tape that wasn't even of his own dick. To close it out, we take a critical look back at Cloud Nothings' placement on Urban Outfitters' Top 30 Albums of 2012.

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Sarah aka @juulsexual joins us for one of our best (and longest) episodes yet. Everyone tries to guess what Aaron listens to strictly based on how they look. The results may surprise you!!1!

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Blake Midgette of legendary punk band Pg. 99 joins us in going full doomer mode this week. On a lighter note, we introduce Blake to nightcore by finding some rare Pg. 99 covers on YouTube.

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Marisa Dabice of Mannequin Pussy joins us to talk about turning the optimism knob from "zero" to "one" after the election, and then back down to "zero" after a few days. We also discuss what DIY will look like after COVID, the perfect timing of the new "chef's kiss" and "happy-cry" emojis, Marisa's 15-year-old nug of weed, and how Mannequin Pussy fits in the saga of Jeff's weird ex-roommate.

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