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Evan "Medium E" Asher joins us in the studio for a rip-roaringly fun episode of SoSnSbSb. Andrew reflects fondly upon Muse's 2003 effort, Absolution. Nick and the gang react to Jack White's newest, Boarding House Reach. Later on, Evan shares the outlandish sounds of Krill's Lucky Leaves. Come kick it with us on an all-new SoSnSbSb!

Things continue to be weird here at SoSnSbSb in an episode that Andrew describes as "It's really funny. But it's also not really what the podcast is supposed to be. But that's okay as long as it normally is what it is I guess." Old: Dear Science - TV on the Radio New: I'll be Your Girl - The Decemberists Borrowed: God in Three Persons - The Residents Brewed: Oberon Ale -...

Things start to get weird this week at SoSnSbSb. Andrew wants you to chill out and listen to A Wolf in the Doorway by The Ballroom Thieves. Nick loves Talking Heads, but how does he feel about David Byrne's new album American Utopia? Lastly, Erik Hart (aka Erik Nervous) shows us some of his inspiration via Negative Capability... Try It! by The Urinals. It's a weird, new SoSnSbSb!

Mark Glick (@anxietymachine, AJJ) joined us from across the country this week to share some witticisms, some mysticisms, and some criticisms. Nick is getting sued by Thom Yorke for loving The Bends too much. Andrew is not moved by MGMT's Little Dark Age. Mark's album du jour is Katie Dey's Flood Network, which you'll want to hear for yourself. Welcome back to SoSnSbSb!

Musician Chuck Whiting joins the SOSNSBSB boys to talk Phantom Planet's The Guest, while Nick gushes over the new They Might Be Giants record I Like Fun. Later, Nick and Chuck talk about recording the album Love, Lust, Liquor & Lies, the borrowed pick for the week. Stick around for a bonus performance of a track from the aforementioned album featuring Chuck and Nick!

We're finally, formally acknowledging that it's 2018 and we've got an episode all about the past! On this SoSnSbSb, Nick and Andrew chat about some things you might've missed in 2017, and then do a deep dive on one of our favorites, Sound of the Life of the Mind by Ben Folds Five. Blastoff!

Our show's number one fan, Ben Campbell, joins us to ring in the new year! Nick's looking back at Imogen Heap's "Speak for Yourself". Andrew has the lowdown on Jeff Rosenstock's rockin "POST-". Ben brought us Aaron West and the Roaring Twenties' experimental "We Don't Have Each Other". Lastly, we drink some Troegs, because we managed to get some here in Michigan. Welcome to SoSnSbSb!

Reeder, a composer from across the pond, joins us from Southampton UK this episode. Andrew wants you to listen to the manic mariachi sounds of Streetlight Manifesto's Somewhere in the Between. Nick reviews Thanks for Listening, the new album by Chris Thile. Later, Reeder talks Heartland by Owen Pallett, and gives us an interview about their recent spike in popularity. Welcome to SoSnSbSb!

Erin "DJ Peach Pit" Zimmerman joins us this week to talk about some hot tracks. Nick and Co. opine on the olden days of the internet, with They Might be Giants' The Spine at the center. Andrew and friends aren't super stoked with Noel Gallagher and his High Flying Birds' Who Built the Moon?. Later, Erin leads the guys on discussion of Girlpool's Before the World was Big. Finally, we all drink a Ja...

Jarad "Saxsquatch" Selner joins the team this week to help Andrew retrospect on Hop Along's 2012 debut, Get Disowned. Then, Nick and Jarad share their deepest feelings about St. Vincent's newest, MASSEDUCTION. Jarad introduces us to the quadra-saxaphonic music group Battle Trance's Palace of Wind. Finally, we drink a nice refreshing 11% brandy-barrel aged winter lager from Lakefront Brewing. Come...

Mae Risk, the self-proclaimed MCR historian takes us through the band's history, sounds and more. From Bullets to the break up, we talk about it all. This week you're guaranteed to learn something, reminisce about something, and maybe even feel something.

2022 Update: Music removed by request of Anchor. Please enjoy the episode anyway! Todd Hurd of Tomb of Teeth joins us for our Halloween Spooktacular! Todd brings songs that are musically frightening; Nick brings songs that are lyrically frightening; and Andrew brings songs that are ethically frightening (Kidz Bop). Happy Halloween!

2022 Update: Folks, Anchor finally figured it out. In order to keep this podcast alive I've gotta remove any copy written material from the pod. So be it. Maybe now we can be on Spotify. Either way, it's been a good run. Jane Spencer, née Finkel, joins us on a hot, new SoSnSbSb. Nick wants you to mellow out with Sufjan Stevens' Seven Swans. Andrew has set his sights on the new Killers album, Wonde...

We've got a lot to say about Death Cab for Cutie's Plans. Nick tries to unpack his feeling (singular) for Villains by Queens of the Stone Age. Erin Bensinger introduces us to Kitty's Miami Garden Club. Later, we drink the world's only Trappist IPA. It's SoSnSbSb!

It's just Muse and Andrew in this Deep Cut Dive!

Nick brings one of his favorite albums, the enigmatic Chocolate and Cheese by Ween. Andrew attempts to review the prog soundscapes of Mogwai's Every Country's Sun. Later, special guest John Johnson of Paradise Outlaw regales us with his feelings on How it Goes by Big D. and the Kids Table. We also drink Freedom of '78 from Shorts. Stay tuned after the end for a bonus segment on Donald Glover / Chi...

With Andrew back from the mountains, he's bringing you Laura Stevenson's Wheel. Nick tries his best to talk about Tyler the Creator's Flower Boy with you. And later, special guest Tony Mitchell comes by to talk Daft Punk's Discovery, Revolution Brewing's Anti-Hero, and more! Welcome to episode 4!

With Andrew on vacation, we decided to mix it up a little bit and do a mini-episode! Introducing Deep Cut Dive, a show within a show where one of the hosts takes the reigns and talks at length about an album that they feel passionately about, enough so that the they want to talk beyond the time constraint of a normal episode. This week, Nick tackles his favorite album of all time, Roxy & Elsewhere...

On an all-new epsiode of SoSnSbSb, Nick wants you to listen to the complex and passionate sound of Maktub's Khronos. Andrew listened to Arcade Fire's Everything Now so he could warn you not to. And later, special guest Sophie Smith swings in to talk Angel Olson's Half Way Home, Escanaba Black Beer, and women in beer and music. It's Episode 3, y'all!

What if I told you that this episode features Andrew talking about The Strokes' garage-rock-revival classic album Is This It? Nick dives into the heart wrenching songwriting of Jason Isbell's The Nashville Sound. Special guest Dan Soghomonian introduces us to the progressive and complex Land Animal by Bent Knee. To wrap it up, we drink Boston Lager, the flagship brew from Samuel Adams.

Our inaugural episode features Nick and Andrew reminiscing on Ben Folds' first solo album: Rockin the Suburbs. Andrew does an in-depth review of Portugal. The Man's new album Woodstock. Guest Brian Spencer of Less is More introduces us to a little-known Kush Mody album, Creature Comforts and a Collection of Songs. Finally, we drink Maracaibo Especial, a tart brown ale, from Jolly Pumpkin brewing.