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//00:00//Middle Brother's Middle Brother (2011)//On odes to things that aren't had//On peak rock-bottom Isbell//On mood and/or audience//On Orbison karaoke//On Wilco-adjacent//On Newport Not-So-Folk Festival's history//On Middle Brother principal symmetry//On the grand Deertick conversation 15 years in the making//On emotional carnage and sonic beauty// //(57:06)//alt-J's The Dream (2022)//On ultimate musical satisfaction//On Alt-J in my life//On a ton of instruments for a three-piece//On coca-cola and opera singing//On floaty, sparkly, wobbly organs//On Belushi's exit//On the best COVID record on record//On kirkland brand Radiohead//On the Mercury Music Prize deepest dive//On insert pin for Arctic Monkeys debut record Music Friends episode//On Thom Yorke super snubs//On re-re-re-re-birth//On getting better//On their improbable crest//On Alt-J as the perpetual butt of the joke//On embracing the internet's sharpest barbs// //(2:06:17)//Preview of episode//14//