Long Distance Listening

Nate and Andrew reveal their top 10 albums of 2025 and honorable mentions!

Andrew and Nate discuss their year end lists including favorite song, EP, and some brand new categories. 

Nate and Andrew share their Top 10 Albums of the year. 

Andrew and Nate discuss their year end lists including favorite song, EP, and album artwork. 

Andrew and Nate are back again as they do a first listen of From Indian Lakes’ “Head Void.”

We are back baby!! Andrew and Nate (known EP haters) talk about why the new TOLDEO EP “Popped Heart” is worth many listens.

Andrew and Nate shared their Top 10 Albums of 2023.

Andrew and Nate share their favorites from 2023 in a grammy-like favorites episode!

Andrew and Nate talk again with Patrick (A Beacon School) about his new album “yoyo” and its highs and lows.

Andrew and Nate discuss what uniquely separates Far Caspian’s sophomore effort “The Last Remaining Light” from other indie-rock releases.

Andrew and Nate share what separates Sleep Token’s “Take Me Back To Eden” from the majority of current heavier records.

Andrew and Nate discuss Beach Fossil’s latest record “Bunny” and point out what makes this record so special.

Andrew and Nate discuss Hannah Jadagu’s debut record “Aperture” which feels much more like trailblazing than riding a wave.

Andrew and Nate discuss their favorite instrumental band Hammock’s latest record “Love in the Void” and share what makes this record unique for the band.

Andrew and Nate discuss Gabrielle Shank’s sophomore effort “Across The Room” and share what sets her apart from other new artists.

Andrew and Nate discuss Andy Shauf’s latest record “Norm” and whether it’s a return to normal for Andy after his last two records.

Andrew and Nate share their top 10 albums of the 2000's.

Andrew and Nate share their 2023 Grammy picks

Andrew & Nate share their Top 10 Albums of 2022!

Andrew and Nate share their favorites of the year—from cover to music video to EP to song and everything in between.

Andrew and Nate discuss TOLEDO’s fantastic debut—“How It Ends”—and share which artists the album brought to mind as they listened.

Andrew and Nate share what they have labeled their “Find of the Year” with the extremely underrated and astoundingly underheard album “Green” by RAY.

Andrew and Nate drink “Blu Rev”—Alvvays’ latest album—and share how it tastes.

Andrew and Nate talk about Holy Fawn’s sophomore record “Dimensional Bleed” and share how it compares and differs from the band’s debut.

Andrew and Nate ask one another the question, “How has your music taste changed?” Their answers may surprise you…

Andrew and Nate share how Max Pope’s “Counting Sheep” does not put them to sleep.

Andrew and Nate share their thoughts on Day Wave’s “Pastilfe” and label it as a quintessential end of summer album.

Andrew and Nate discuss Soccer Mommy’s fourth LP, “Sometimes, Forever” and share how it stacks up to her past albums.

Andrew and Nate are not sure if it’s 2022 or 2007 as they discuss the new record “Rouge Carpet Disaster” by Static Dress.

Andrew and Nate talk about Bartees Strange’s new record “Farm To Table” and why it’s such an important record for the indie scene.

Though most of their episodes are based on new albums, Andrew and Nate try something new and create music trivia questions specifically for each other which shed light on their music listening pasts.

Kevin is back baby! We dive deep into Valleyheart’s sophomore record “Heal My Head”, their transition to a new label, and much more.

Andrew and Nate discuss Henry Jamison’s latest record “The Years” and share their different experiences listening as Andrew is new to Henry and Nate is a longtime fan.

The first episode Andrew and Nate ever recorded and released was on S. Carey’s “Hundred Acres.” That album is one of their favorite albums so there was lots of anticipation heading into S. Carey’s next release. S. Carey is back with his new album “Break Me Open.” How does it stack up compared to “Hundred Acres?” The two discuss.

Andrew and Nate share their thoughts on the new out of this world BROODS indie-pop album “Space Island.”

Andrew and Nate share their answers to the question “Do you still go to concerts?” on their recent episode.

Is Andrew a Pinegrove fan now? Listen now as Andrew and Nate discuss Pinegrove’s newest record, “11:11”

Andrew and Nate discuss “Havasu”, Pedro the Lion’s follow-up to their 2019 record “Phoenix”. Havasu picks up where Phoenix left off as these albums are the first two of a five record project that we have loved so far.

Andrew and Nate discuss Underoath’s newest album “Voyeurist” sharing their thoughts on the band’s return to form.

Andrew and Nate discuss the upcoming 2022 Grammy’s sharing who they would like to win their favorite categories.

On Part 2 Andrew and Nate share their Top 10 LPs of 2021 and surprisingly only one album made both of their lists. Can you guess which it is?

On Part 1 Andrew and Nate discuss a lot of their favorites from 2021—from favorite music video to favorite album artwork to favorite song among many other categories. They also share their Top 3 EP’s of 2021.

Silent Planet is easily one of our favorite metalcore bands so we jumped on the opportunity to do a first listen of "Iridescent" together. Surprise, surprise—the band didn’t disappoint. Listen to hear our reaction to the record and our initial observations.

Manchester Orchestra is one of our favorite bands so it was a no brainer for us to go track by track through their newest record “The Million Masks of God”. Do we like it? Of course. But if you want to figure out how much and what are our favorite parts, give this episode a listen!

Andrew Belle joins us to talk about his immaculate new record “Nightshade”. We also discuss thanksgiving leftovers, the Sonic Ranch, Brand New, and David Bazan alongside many other interesting details about the record.

Noah Weinman of Runnner joined us to talk about his sophomore record “Always Repeating”. We also discussed fish on toast, journaling, and Noah’s song-writing process among many other interesting tidbits and details about the new record and its creation.

Charlie Martin of Hovvdy graciously joins us to discuss in depth his solo record "Imaginary People." Not only do we discuss each track individually but we also have a general interview where we talk about many things which includes Charlie's love for baseball, his approach to the record, as well as Mr. Heavy.

Andrew and Nate go track by track through Joe Vann’s debut album “Found in the Smoke” sharing how the record compares to past releases from From Indian Lakes and Joey’s different approach for this side project.

Our good friend Kevin Klein of the band Valleyheart joins us again, this time to talk about the band’s new Scenery EP. We discuss the band’s different approach to this EP compared to their debut LP as well as their future plans in terms of record labels and new music. Lastly, we go track by track through Scenery as Kevin shares so many interesting details about the EP and its creation.

Laura Colwell and Stephen Salisbury of Sun June join us to talk about the band’s patient and captivating sophomore record “Somewhere”. On this episode we discuss funny tour stories, long distance relationships, and go track by track through the album.