If You're Listening

In 1998 a number of predictions were made for the coming millennium, but perhaps none more significant than the subject of today's episode: The Refused's "The Shape of Punk to Come!" And music industry veteran and Emo Night DJ, Brian Pacris is here to tell us all about it! Ramsey, the boss of the podcast, finally gives Heather her performance evaluation! We all go crazy about allusions and referen...

We just can't cut away: this week we follow up on the infamous At the Drive-In with a solo project. It's the lead single from The Mars Volta's first full length album from 2003, "Inertiatic ESP!" The Suffering returns to the show! A return of a favorite game: Can You Guess the Lyrics, Ramsey? And a lot of confusion at a lot of words and phrases ensues! All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun?...

Ladies and gentlemen, we return to 2011 to listen to I Am the Avalanche and their second album Avalanche United. What is Ramsey's controversial take on the band's album artwork? What pranks have Heather's nieces been exacting on the world? All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify playlists  for more music choices from Ramsey and Heather. Wanna get a shout-out on a futur...

Let's relive teen drama of the 90s with Save Ferris and their 1997 album "It Means Everything!" with special guest, the fantastic Jenn de la Vega ! Would Ramsey hang out with Ferris Bueler in high school? What Christian hardcore bands existed and what deserts did they play in? How did Alex Mack expose this band to a generation of new music consumers? All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? C...

For our first episode of 2020, we wish you a happy new year with the best quartet Sweden has to offer: ABBA! It's their 1980 track, "Happy New Year!" A brief history of Ramsey's history with ABBA! Do you remember the A*Teens? We now do! And a very special inside look at All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify playlists  for more music choices from Ramsey and Heather. W...

As we move into the 2020s, Heather and Ramsey name their favorite songs of the past ten years! How many comedy songs does Ramsey include? Is there any crossover at all between the pair? Will Ramsey and Heather go to a concert together in the new year? Is this technically a new decade, since there wasn't a year zero? All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify playlists  fo...

This week, special guest Josh Gondelman is here to bring our first hip-hop album to the show, and what better place to start than Jay-Z's 2001 album, "The Blueprint!" The Jay-Z vs. Nas feud. Remember that? We dig in. A tribute to the vibraslap! And how many albums can we name from memory that came out on 9/11? (A: More than you'd think!) All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our ...

This week we bring some holiday spirit to the podcast as we listen to a track from Piebald's new reunion EP, "(All I Want For Christmas) Is To Rage With My Friends." A new holiday song classic is penned for our listeners! A review for every song on the EP is given (based solely on how Christmas-y it is!) And perhaps most notably, stay tuned to the very end when Heather tries improv! All this and M...

This week: our first video game soundtrack! And (hold your gasps) it does not involve Tony Hawk! It's the soundtrack to MVP 06: NCAA Baseball! A very special lady gets a birthday shout out! We pick our very own walk up music! Through some detective work, a fascinating link between these artists begins to emerge, slowly but surely! All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotif...

Oh wow. Look at the clock. It would appear to be ska time, once again. This week, special guest Sam Gursky is back, and he brought us the exact same band he brought us last time, The Arrogant Sons of Bitches, this time with their 2006 album, "Three Cheers for Disappointment!" Some Long Island geography to share with the rest of the world! Ramsey knows a lot about JJ Abrams! And Heather doesn't rem...

This week, Ramsey and Heather go back to where they began with a song from Jimmy Eat World. This week, it's one of their newest songs, "All the Way (Stay)" from their new album Surviving . This week we get a thrilling Times Square character run down from Heather. We also get an intense reaction to a surprise instrument. And, of course, an important run-down of all four of Heather's drinks! All thi...

Your hosts are a pair of upstate New Yorkers with very different musical tastes, but regardless, the frightening tales of Woodstock '99 were inescapable that summer. This week, Ramsey and Heather revisit their past by listening to the double-CD compilation, Woodstock 1999 . Links referenced: @RamonVillalobos' Amazing Twitter Thread | Andy Richter at Woodstock '94 What are your hosts connections to...

Ladies and gentlemen, the fantastic Adam Maid is back. Last time he brought Ramsey's least favorite album, "Relationship of Command" by At the Drive In. Will history repeat itself when he plays …And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead's "Source Tags and Codes"? A brand new segment in which Ramsey yells at corporations! Adam reads from a famous(?) Pitchfork review! And Heather has some beliefs ab...

A band we've listened to before is back with new stuff, and we're going right for the hits. This week we listen to two tracks The Menzingers' new album Hello Exile : "Anna" and "Portland!" Ana Vs. Alison: who will win? An unexpected Silverchair reference! Plus, all of the March of the Penguins information you've been craving! All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify pla...

Let's go back to the turn of the century! Heather remembers buying this for some children and Ramsey remembers not listening to Good Charlotte's 2000 album, "The Young and the Hopeless!" As usual, Ramsey realizes that this band sounds like a lot of different people. An important update about Heather's niece! What very famous, rich people did the authors of "Lifestyles of the Rich and the Famous" e...

Sometimes you gotta break out the big guns for a big album. For Promise Ring's influential, 1997 classic, "Nothing Feels Good" we bring in Grammy Award winner, Steve Roessner , to tell us all about it! Stumbling into words that make the speaker uncomfortable! More Upstate New York landmarks! More of Ramsey comparing things to bands he vaguely knows! The story of a podcast name we almost went with!...

It's a mini episode that focuses on a song that we've never talked about before, but it turns out we both have a lot of connections with. It's Ben Gibbard's 2003 song, "You Remind Me of Home!" A simple guitar riff is discussed and appreciated! Decemberists vs Gibbard! The match up of the century! And, the complete history of every live performance of Ramsey and his wife's band, Happy-Go-Puppy! All...

This week we head to our roots, way back in Upstate New York to listen to Marathon's 2003 album, "Songs to Turn the TIde." Ramsey learns everything about the pit! A comprehensive discussion of upstate bands! Very specific Ithaca t-shirt jokes! You'll need this ! All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify playlists  for more music choices from Ramsey and Heather. Wanna get...

This week, The Tonight Show 's Arthur Meyer brings us a classic album by a band neither of your hosts really knows. Except… only one will hear it… its Supertramp's 1974 album, "Crime of the Century!" Where's Heather? Why does the computer keep randomly not recording the episode? And what do you picture when you hear the name Supertramp? This episode brings unprecedented event after unprecedented e...

Ripped from the headlines: If You're Listening tackles Taylor Swift once again with her new single "Cruel Summer," a song which a blissed out, first-class, Heather listened to a gazillion times. A run down of every song that has this name! Learn exactly what happens when St. Vincent meets Bleachers! And the question that Ramsey needs violently needs the answer to: does Tay Tay talk during the brid...

We're going back to 2003. The world was different. And Ramsey was very busy listening to something else besides Copeland. Today, Heather aims to fix that by presenting him with their 2003 debut, "Beneath Medicine Tree" Hear the longest sustained laugh in the history of the show! We do not discriminate against Copelands! Aaron Copeland, Stuart Copeland, the band Copeland, all discussed. An importan...

After being mentioned on the show a gazillion times, the White Stripes finally get played on the show! Special return guest Zach Custer decides on playing their breakthrough album, 2001's "White Blood Cells!" What does Heather know about this band? (Surprisingly little!) Siblings or ex-partners? And even though he likes them, Ramsey introduces what is not just the worst White Stripes song, it's wh...

The tables are turned yet again as Ramsey takes control of the podcast and plays Heather a new song! She doesn't know what it is but soon discovers it's "Amish Paradise" done up in glittery punk duds by… Jonah Ray(?!?). Heather puts the pieces together! A discussion of comedy music and comedians is had! And Heather is forced to confront a song that brings all of her podcast fears together! All thi...

This week, Heather and Ramsey say goodbye to the last of summer with ska: it's Less Than Jake's 2000 album, "Borders & Boundaries!" A fun new game is introduced, called "Less Than Jake!" Ramsey decides which lead singer is named what, as well as what they look at and which one he hates based on nothing! And Heather tries to sabotage this episode before it gets started! All this and MORE! Don't wan...

The wonderful Chris Spooner is here this week to expose us to Ugly Kid Joe's 1992 masterpiece "America's Least Wanted!" A lifetime's worth of noodling! Tons of stuff for the 90s Kids. Pat from Saturday Night Live is literally on this record. I'm not kidding. And a psychic connection that legitimately creeps everyone out! All this and MORE! Don't want to end the fun? Check out our  Spotify playlist...