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Good Listeners

by clay, randy

very smart weekly music podcast hosted by two lifelong best friends who are very good at listening

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Episodes

  1. Episode 45: MJ Lenderman

    we discuss a semi-recent experience at the hopscotch music festival and dig into MJ Lenderman's new album, Manning Fireworks

  2. Episode 44: Zach Bryan, Johnny Blue Skies

    rousing discussion of the recent albums from Zach Bryan and Sturgill Simpson's new alias, Johnny Blue Skies, sort of. for some reason we lost audio for the last 30 minutes or so.

  3. Epsiode 43: The Decemberists

    we give our thoughts on The Decemberist's 2024 album "As It Ever Was, So It Will Be Again", and their discography as a whole

  4. Episode 42: Best of 2024 So Far

    recorded back in June of 2024, we list off some of our favorite records of the year at that point in time

  5. Episode 41: Twenty One Pilots

    We get to the bottom of the state of the film industry and the peculiar reception to Furiosa before delving into the new album from Mad Maxian epic storytellers Twenty One Pilots.

  6. Episode 40: Regina Spektor

    conversations on medieval times, apple music's top 100 albums, and the discography of regina spektor

  7. Episode 39: St. Vincent

    talking st. vincent's seventh album, all born screaming

  8. Episode 37: Vampire Weekend

    discussing the new album from everyone's favorite band, vampire weekend

  9. Episode 36: Adrianne Lenkner

    rousing discussion on pizza chains, recent concerts, and the new adrianne lenker record

  10. Episode 34: Future Islands

    celebrating the 10th anniversary of Future Island's magnum opus, Singles.

  11. Episode 32: Faye Webster

    we get into faye webster's underdressed at the symphony and make some timely oscar predictions

  12. Episode 31: MGMT

    chewing the fat about MGMT's fifth studio album, Loss Of Life

  13. Episode 30: Best of 2023

    it's been one year since 2023, what were the best albums?

  14. Episode 29: Mac DeMarco, M83, boygenius

    we catch up on some recent releases including the talk of the town: fantasy by M83

  15. Episode 28: Purity Ring

    we do a deep dive on purity ring, the band and the religious accessory

  16. Episode 27: Miley Cyrus

    miley cyrus's new record, Endless Summer Vacation, is put on trial. also discussed are new records from 100 gecs and Unknown Mortal Orchesta.

  17. Episode 26: Skrillex

    who is skrillex and what exactly does he want?

  18. Episode 25: King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard

    we check in with king gizz and the five records they released in 2022

  19. Episode 24: Paramore

    we get into some paramore lore and go over the band's run from their 2013 self-titled record up through their new record, this is why

  20. Episode 23: Pedro the Lion with Chid

    Chid (@CHIDSPIN) joins us to discuss the brand new Pedro the Lion record, Lake Havasu

  21. Episode 22: The Weeknd, FKA Twigs, and thanks for coming

    that's right we're back talking all the best albums to come out of january 2022

  22. Episode 21: Top 10 Albums of 2021

    the boys discuss their favorite releases from 2021

  23. Episode 20: The War on Drugs, ABBA, and Snail Mail with Elijah Lewis

    our friend Elijah (@ElijahsMind) joins us to talk some recent relases including: The War on Drugs - I Don't Live Here Anymore ABBA - Voyage Snail Mail - Valentine

  24. Episode 19: Barenaked Ladies and Sufjan Stevens with Ren Colson

    our friend ren (@ComradeColeslaw) comes on the pod to talk about all sorts of music and the new project from Sujfan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine, A Beginner's Mind

  25. Episode 18: Sturgill Simpson and The Mountain Goats with Travis Corwin

    our good friend travis returns to discuss the recent releases of Sturgill Simpson and The Mountain Goats, as well as some other nonsense

  26. Episode 17: A Great Big Pile of Leaves

    a great big pile of leaves, the killers, and much more all in one episode for your listening pleasure

  27. Episode 16: Foxing

    we are back and talking foxing

  28. Episode 15: Weezer, Iceage

    The sweeties dig into (at the time) big new releases from Listeners favorite Weezer and Iceage who they have a more complicated relationship with

  29. Episode 14: Porter Robinson, Juan Wauters, Sufjan Stevens

    we talk what we've been listening to in the month of April

  30. Episode 13: Lana Del Rey, Really From

    we discuss some music in this episode

  31. Episode 12: Kings of Leon, Tigers Jaw, NFTs

    This week we are the only music journalists asking the question, what's an NFT? Because the real music journalists already wrote about that question like two weeks ago by the time you're hearing this!

  32. Episode 11: Nick Cave, Cloud Nothings, Julien Baker

    We get into the breaking tunes and the tunes that break our little hearts this week as well as far too much discussion of Pokemon and Nintendo

  33. Episode 10: Comfort Albums with Travis Corwin

    our good friend comes onto the podcast for some lively discussion

  34. Episode 9: Lande Hekt, Camp Trash, the 1975 (again)

    in this episode we recommend a bunch of indie records and, yet again, discuss the 1975

  35. Episode 8: Samia, Animal Collective, Counting Crows

    all sorts of music getting talked about in this one

  36. Episode 7: Viagra Boys, Slaughter Beach, Dog, R.A.P. Ferreira

    we get into some hot indie releases and go over some musical new year's resolutions

  37. 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW TOP 10 ALBUMS PT. 2

    it's our top five albums of 2020 and not a minute too late!

  38. 2020 YEAR IN REVIEW TOP 10 ALBUMS PT. 1

    We start countin down our personal top 10 albums of 2020, our personal "coma albums", and I also have synth now!

  39. Episode 4: Paul McCartney, Dehd, Ozzy Osbourne

    We catch up on some albums that passed us by this year, and get into some hard hitting music questions like why are metal albums so scary?

  40. Episode 3: Live Albums of 2020

    We talk the new Avalanches and Taylor Swift record, and dig deep into all of the live albums that came out this year.

  41. Episode 2: BTS, Steve Lacey, Angel Olsen

    We recommend a plethora of recent releases, dig into Angel Olsen's discography, and further our 1975 discourse

  42. Episode 1: Miley Cyrus, War on Drugs, the 1975

    We get into the new Miley Cyrus album, talk Live Drugs and missing concerts, litigate the 1975, and more

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

very smart weekly music podcast hosted by two lifelong best friends who are very good at listening

HOSTED BY

clay, randy

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very smart weekly music podcast hosted by two lifelong best friends who are very good at listening

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