All Episodes

#165 - The art of commercial jingles, with Rich Wilhelm

#164 - Who's the coolest grandpa? with Chris Ingalls

#163 - New music should be harder to find, with Kyle Rosse of Smiling Strange

#162 - The original band Nirvana (from the 60s!), with Ry Jennings

#161 - The insanity of disco lyrics, with Benjamin Shepherd

#160 - Is this song played to death?

#159 - Daddy's Touring: Thin Lear on the road

#158 - A closer look at Mike Love, with Charlie Kaplan

#157 - Matt Farley is creatively exhausted.

#156 - Rolling Stones Deep Cuts!

#155 - Miserable music for March, with Ian McCuen

#154 - Music "ahead of its time", with Erynn McLeod

#153 - Abba's secret masterpiece album, with Stephen Bluhm

#152 - A selection of Beatles covers, with Fathom

#151 - Songs to launch into outer space, with Adam Lytle

The 150th Episode Spectacular

#149 - The Art of Grocery Store Music, with Chris Ingalls

#148 - Punching up solo Beatles songs...

#147 - Examining Dylan's "Saved" era, with Geoff Himsel of Bird Friend

#146 - What is the sound of 2010? with Sam Himself

#145 - The origins of David Bowie, with Drew Danburry

#144 - 90's deep cuts that should have been singles, with Ben Zalman

#143 - The Legend of Johnny Clegg, with Luke Beling

#142 - Songs to scare your neighbors, with Abby Devoe

#141 - The hits Elvis turned down.

#140 - A totally normal episode where nothing weird happens, with Nate Safren

#139 - The ultimate cover songs & the genius of Gregg Alexander, with Matt Farley

#138 - Water level music from 90s video games, with Cole Fortier

#137 - The evils of AI, and the joy of Joni Mitchell.

#136 - The most famous rock pianist no one knows, with Rich Wilhelm

#135 - The harmonic brilliance of Radiohead and The Beatles, with Damon Smith

#134 - The Ultimate 80's "One Hit Wonder", with Katy Pinke

#133 - The underrated faves of Keith Zarriello

#132 - Joseph Shabason's sexiest sax solos

#131 - The strange delight of Roxy Music, with Chris Ingalls

#130 - Learn all about Christian Ska, with David Wirsig

#129 - The best version of "Angel Of The Morning", with Heather Lynn

#128 - The Power of the Drone, with Julie Beth Napolin

#127 - Daddy's Busy: We love Andy Shauf, with Charlie Uffelman

#126 - A Very Psychedelic Episode, with Reliable Child

#125 - The best British "freak" folk-rock, with John Faraone

#124 - Forced to binge Kid Rock's discography.

#123 - A naive look at Eurovision, with Marker Starling

#122 - "If you hate this, I win." Round 2!!!

#121 - The only way to hear the White Album, with Jeremy Shatan

#120 - Music made by children, with Adam Kastin

#119 - Wallace Field's Scorpio sisters...

#118 - Talking "IDM", aka bleep bloop music

#117 - Ruination Records have all my faves, with Chris Ingalls

#116 - Collabs done right (and wrong...), with Emma Rosa Katharina & Abby Devoe

#115 - The Legend of Jandek, with Matt Farley of Motern Media

#114 - The Stones, Zeppelin... Bob Seger?

#113 - Good artists borrow. Great artists steal...

#112 - Dom Martin's "Ones To Watch" in hip-hop

#111 - Why shouldn't I be a Dead fan?

#110 - The softer side of Tom Waits...

#109 - Celebrating the discography of Warren Zevon, with Chris Ingalls

#108 - Miles Hewitt's "Dark Night of the Soul" Records.

#107 - In Defense of Noah Kahan, with Sailor Down (Chloe Deely)

#106 - Daddy's Busy: Steely Dan again?!

#105 - The art of the song outro, with Cole Fortier

#104 - The truly insane "song poem industry", with Adam Kastin of Weegee

#103 - Trying to make a new Tool fan.

#102 - The Best Bowie B-Sides.

#101 - The greatest Bob Dylan covers that never were.

The 100th Episode Spectacular!

#99 - Carly Rae Jepsen is secretly a genius, with Basic Printer

#98 - The best PBS Kids theme songs, with Wallace Field

#97 - The 2006 indie songs we left behind...

#96 - The amazing legacy of Ry Cooder.

#95 - The Definitive Guide to Citypop, with Greg DePaul

#94 - A solo Roger Waters hatefest, apparently...

#93 - A celebration of Paul Weller, with Chris Ingalls of PopMatters

#92 - Nicholas Krgovich's hidden gems.

#91 - When the singer starts SCREAMING!!!

#90 - Can you open your mind to Dream Theater? with Mike Moran

#89 - That was NOT on the lyric sheet, with Abigail Devoe

#88 - Spoken word in pop music... can it work?

#87 - What if Phil Spector hadn't been insane? with Matt Farley

#86 - Which Sophisti-pop band is the MOST sophisticated?

#85 - The problem with Yargle (aka the ”Merry Quismoss” effect), with Joseph Shabason

#84 - ”If you hate this, I win.”

#83 - The bizarre world of charity songs, with Adam Kastin of Weegee

#82 - Songs about booze (aka hooch, sauce, giggle juice...)

#81 - Hit songs that these artists just gave away...

#80 - Age Of Adz ＞ Illinois, with Mike Farrell (aka Mt. Feral)

#79 - Randy Newman is our guardian angel.

#78 - Songs with the worst album covers of all time

#77 - Ranking the songs you hear at EVERY wedding...

#76 - More cursed songs for Halloween, with Dan Barracuda

#75 - The Spookiest Halloween Playlist

#74 - Zelda’s got the best video game music...

#73 - Iconic musical moments in film, with Cole Mitchek of smallsongs

#72 - What is the sound of 2009?

#71 - Unpopular Opinions re: Bob Dylan, with Chris Ingalls of PopMatters

#70 - The Toddler Playlist.

#69 - The Disney Legend that never was, with Ali Holder

#68 - Paul McCartney: lazy songwriter?

#67 - Ageism in music.. what’s up with that?

#66 - Good Songs: Bad Advice, with Mark Kramer

#65 Pt. 2 - Joe Pesci made music?!

#65 Pt. 1 - The Most ”Beatlesque” Band.

#64 - T. Rex deserves more love.

#63 - What is ”chunky” music?

#62 - Revisiting Dave Barry’s Book of Bad Songs

#61 - The Joy of Twee & Sarah Records, with Sailor Down

#60 - From Tom Verlaine to XTC, we like it angular.

#59 - Weird Al did it better, with Amy Lynne Berger of The Nitro Girls

#58 - Weezer doesn’t have a bad album, with Matt Kelly of Geekscape

#57 - Persuasive rap for the skeptical indie fan, with Basic Printer

#56 - Emo: A Naive Retrospective

#55 - All-time anthems for graduation.

#54 - Bob Dylan never had a comeback... or did he?

#53 - Embrace the mess of SMiLE by The Beach Boys, with Giggens

#52 - Songs Thin Lear’s wife will hate (or love!), with Emely Grisanty-Longo

#51 - AI in Music: What You Should Know

#50 - James Bond Theme Songs: The Worst and Best

#49 - In defense of The Final Cut.

#48 - The true king of French pop.

#47 - The most annoying pop song of all time.

#46 - The best of 2023, even though it’s only March... with Jason Reis

#45 - Daddy’s Busy: Back on our Hosono BS

#44 - The Wall IS a masterpiece, excuse me...

#43 - Everybody gets their chance to freak out, with Abigail Devoe

#42 - Niagara Moon’s Gym Playlist.

#41 - Toots and the Maytals are sheer joy.

#40 - That warm funky 70’s perfection, with Marker Starling

#39 - Guilty or Not Guilty (Pleasure)? with Dan McInerney of The Story Song Podcast

#38 - The beauty of earnestness, with Matt Farley of Motern Media

#37 - What are the best SPORTS songs out there...?

#36 - What’s the BEST TV show theme song?

#35 - I like Elliott Smith, and I’m not sad...

#34 - How have you not listened to The Beatles, Nicholas Krgovich?

#33 - Daddy’s Busy: Sleep Aid Music

#32 - Holiday Music: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

#31 - Michael McDonald is awesome, say it with me.

#30 - Oh Rod Stewart, what you once had...

#29 - Nickelback vs. Creed... Who’s better?

#28 - Do you stand with Steely Dan?

#27 - The best 80s band.

#26 - Are we too hard on Coldplay?

#25 - Here’s that 1999 power-pop time capsule you ordered.

#24 - The Perfect Halloween Soundtrack

#23 - Daddy’s Busy: The World’s Best Hold Music

#22 - How moldy is this 60’s cheese?

#21 - An ode to wrestling theme music - with Tom Rainey

#20 - Making a gym playlist is tough.

#19 - The ”Best” Bowie Album.

#18 - Do we... like Billy Joel? - with Nate Safren

#17 - The Most Self-Indulgent Album of All Time

#16 - You can’t teach an old dog nu-metal.

#15 - The Bermuda Triangle of Jangle-pop

#14 - Just your friendly underrated 90’s classic...

#13 - This is so bad but I can’t stop.

#12 - Trying sooo hard to get into KIϟϟ.

#11 - And The Beatles of the 00’s award goes to...

#10 - We Love Bruce (Springsteen, this time...)

#9 - Karen Dalton, Pet Sounds, and a surprise...

#8 - Truly the worst album of the 2010’s?

#7 - Willis Vs. Seagal: Music Edition

#6 - This is a ”foundational episode”

#5 - ”The Greatest American Songwriter”

#4 - The scariest, most beautiful album ever.

#3 - Bob Dylan can actually sing though, right?

#2 - Is country music reeeally that bad?

#1 - This guy beats out The Beatles.

Coming May 25th: Losing My Opinion