Episode 61: You don’t know what you’re doing.

Let’s get one more of these things going before it’s travel time.

PLAYLIST:

  1. Inspiral Carpets – Causeway
  2. Sad Lovers & Giants – Colourless Dream
  3. Shana Falana – Cool Kids
  4. Coach Party – What’s The Point In Life
  5. Cosmic Psychos – Nice Day To Go To The Pub
  6. The Boo Radleys – Rodney King (Song For Lenny Bruce)
  7. BODEGA – Shiny New Model
  8. Ambulance Ltd. – Swim
  9. Campag Velocet – Only Answers Delay Our Time
  10. Kitchens of Distinction – Drive The Fast
  11. Echo & The Bunnymen – The Cutter
  12. Airiel – Liquid Paper
  13. Smaller – Wasted
  14. Chapel Club – Surfacing

Episode 60 – Three Men Enter, Three Men Leave

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The day podcast session started with the ritual of scratch hashbrowns, now featuring bell peppers and onions, eggs Sunnyside up, and a slice of the holy ghost. “Football” on the “Telly” and whackin’ on some of the finest tunes you’ve ever heard – in. your. life. This episode’s lineup includes…

PLAYLIST

  1. The Lightning Seeds – Pure
  2. The Lightning Seeds – You Showed Me
  3. The Clockworks – The Future Is Not What It Was
  4. Bilk – Hummus and Pitta
  5. She’s In Parties – Ritual
  6. The Brain Jonestown Massacre – Fingertips
  7. Five or Six – Another Reason
  8. The Delgados – 13 Gliding Principles
  9. Death In Vegas – Scorpio Rising
  10. Pastel – Blu
  11. Affleck’s Palace – Big Fish, Small Pond
  12. Ned’s Atomic Dustbin – Nothing Like
  13. Close Lobsters – Pathetique
  14. High Vis – Walking Wires

Episode 59 – Jake Chats with Ché Walden of Miniatures

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Ché Walden of New Zealand band Miniatures joins Jake Ryan for an in-depth discussion about the band and his past, interspersed with an absolute gem of a playlist from Ché himself on this double-length episode. You’ll find it was worth the wait.

PLAYLIST:

  1. M83 – Oceans Niagara
  2. Beach House – American Daughter
  3. Tamaryn – Collection
  4. Barrie – Jersey
  5. Sharon Van Etten – Porta
  6. Pink Industry – Don’t Let Go (12″ Version)
  7. August Eve – You Already Know
  8. Weekend – It’s Alright
  9. Medicine – The Pink
  10. Throwing Muses – Two Step
  11. No Joy – Slug Night
  12. HEALTH – Goth Star
  13. Soccer Mommy – Don’t Ask Me
  14. George Clanton – Punching Down
  15. Caroline Loveglow – On Earth
  16. Caroline Polachek – Blood and Butter
  17. Cocteau Twins – Cico Buff
  18. Toro y Moi – You and I
  19. The Bilinda Butchers – Edo Method
  20. Pinkshinyultrablast – I Catch You Napping

Episode 58: A Fast Times at Ridgemont High Reference

Could it be that not only did Lenny, Tyler, and Greg record an episode, but it’s actually not getting tossed. I know – unheard of… or more literally, heard of. The music on this episode: Sublime. The banter: On Par with Expectations. You: In love with the experience of it all.

PLAYLIST:

  1. Blur – The Narcissist
  2. Noel Gallaher’s High Flying Birds – Council Skies
  3. Johnny Marr – The Right Thing Right
  4. Film School – Meet Around 10
  5. Anorak Patch – Delilah
  6. Coach Party – Everybody Hates Me
  7. Lumer – English Dream
  8. The Chills – Pink Frost
  9. Tindersticks – City Sickness
  10. Darker My Love – Northern Soul
  11. The Black Ryder – To Never Know You

Episode 57: Summer Lovin’

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Look out world, Jake Ryan’s got something to play. JR takes you through a beautiful tapestry of baggy, pop, shoegaze, and more in this solo episode. Because that’s what we do here and, like clockwork, you can expect a new episode every quarter or so… or weekly… or once a year…..

PLAYLIST:

  1. Coach Party – Born Leader
  2. Suburban Living – I Don’t Fit In
  3. No Joy – Wrack Attack
  4. Echobelly – Here Comes The Big Rush
  5. Bilk – Be Someone
  6. The Goa Express – Good Luck Charm
  7. Airiel – The Painkillers
  8. Alvvays – Belinda Says
  9. Tallies – When Your Life Is Not Over
  10. Pastel – Deeper Than Holy
  11. Fritz – Ghost Poke
  12. Curve – Frozen
  13. Sulk – Another Man Fades Dawn
  14. Miniatures – What You Want
  15. Doves – The Cedar Room
  16. Last Dinosaurs – Zero
  17. Crushed Beaks – History
  18. Chappaqua Wrestling – Can I Trick?

Episode 56: Thematic Earworms

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Tyler decides to get episode 56 out of his and into yours. Dig it!

PLAYLIST:

  1. The Velvet Underground – Venus In Furs
  2. The Boo Radleys – Does This Hurt?
  3. The Asteroid No. 4 – The Admiral’s Address
  4. The Morning After Girls – Who Is They?
  5. Airiel – Thinktank
  6. McCarthy – Red Sleeping Beauty
  7. Love – My Little Red Book
  8. Pulp – My Legendary Girlfriend
  9. Primal Scream – I’m Losing More Than I’ll Ever Have
  10. Confidence Man – Out The Window
  11. Skaters – Criminal
  12. Dallas – Lorsque Tu Dors
  13. Saloon – Song for Hugo
  14. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks – Senator

Episode 55: Jakey does the 2023 Skidoo

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Yeah…it’s been a minute. Why wait any longer? Lots of shoegaze and, dare I say, pop music curated by your favorite (at least he’s in the top 3 if you not your favorite) host, Jake Ryan

PLAYLIST:

  1. Chappaqua Wrestling – Wayfinding
  2. The Candy Skins – Wembley
  3. Atmos Bloom – Daisy
  4. 90ivy – Shoes On The Dash
  5. The Futureheads – Meantime
  6. Colour TV – Pavlova
  7. Airiel – Cloudburst
  8. Wildhoney – Slow Motion
  9. Crushed Beaks – Sky Burial
  10. Kitchens of Distinction – Railwayed
  11. Tallies – Catapult
  12. Lush – Sweetness and Light
  13. Beach Baby – Ladybird
  14. Last Dinosaurs – Apollo

Episode 54: To Havin’ It & To Havin’ It Not

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Good stories and even better tunes on this one. You want a theme? That theme is just lining up some good ones for you. Have it. (Or don’t – we won’t know unless you tell us.)

PLAYLIST:

  1. Secret Machines – The Road Leads Where It’s Led
  2. The Clientele – Rain
  3. Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – My Echo
  4. Gypsy Death and You – Crocus
  5. Unrest – West Coast Love Affair
  6. Idles – I’m Scum
  7. L’Objectif – Same Thing
  8. Dry Cleaning – Scratch Card Lanyard
  9. Skylights – Nothing Left To Say
  10. Tallies – Hearts Underground
  11. The English Beat – Whine & Grine / Stand Down Margaret
  12. Slaves – Cheer Up London
  13. Sulk – Diamonds In Ashes
  14. Slowdive – Star Roving

Episode 53: Norway, Jose! Indie from Scandinavia

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This out of order episode (thanks bonus episode!) has us wondering, what would viking-indie sound like? Of course, it sounds amazing. Here are some of our favorite bands and tunes from WAY up north.

PLAYLIST:

  1. A-ha – The Sun Always Shines On TV
  2. Westkust – Weekends
  3. The Cardigans – Your New Cuckoo
  4. Cinnamon – Me as Helen of Troy
  5. Easy – Castle Train
  6. The Wannadies – Might Be Stars
  7. The Knife – Heartbeats
  8. The Soundtrack of Our Lives – Sister Surround
  9. Viagra Boys – Ain’t Nice
  10. Division of Laura Lee – Number One
  11. The Blue Van – Word From The Bird
  12. Eggstone – If You Say
  13. Envelopes – Sister In Love
  14. The Concretes – You Can’t Hurry Love
  15. The Caesars – It’s Not The Fall That Hurts

Episode 52: Casual Jake (BONUS Mid-week Episode!!)

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Usually, only paid subscribers get the bonus episodes – but seeing as we don’t have any paid subscribers, we don’t usually produce bonus episodes. This one was done last week while Tyler we in New Orleans – visiting bars and picking up COVID from the local merchants. Jake references spinning records this Friday, which was last Friday which didn’t happen cos… Tyler got the ‘rona. We’ll reschedule I promise.

The whole point of this episode is that Jake Ryan wants to introduce you to your next favorite band. He’s got 14 shots at it…

PLAYLIST:

  1. Airiel – In Your Room
  2. Soccer Mommy – Shotgun
  3. Headshrinkers – Monocle
  4. Public Body – Reset My Password
  5. Blondes – Coming of Age
  6. The Institutes – Alleyways
  7. Husbands – Must Be A Cop
  8. Blur – Beetlebum
  9. Spacey Jane – Sawteeth
  10. The Cure – Open
  11. Sahara – Chimes
  12. Bodega – Shiny New Model
  13. Bloc Party – In Situ
  14. Fritz – Arrow