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BOO! It’s that time of year again, the annual Halloween Spooktacular!! Nick shares some haunted venues… Song: Angela Alexander & J.D. Saddler - “Don’t Make Me Kill You” Greg shares a new chapter of Tourror Stories… Song: Leviathan - “Vi-Xi-Vi” Jay shares some scary good performances… Songs: Billy Strings - “Freeborn Man” black midi - “The Race Is About To Begin” Alan Holdsworth - “Devil T...

Jay takes us back to the fateful Lynyrd Skynyrd plane crash of Oct 20, 1977.  Song: Lynyrd Skynyrd - “(I Got The) Same Old Blues” Kevin Parker has released a new Tame Impala album, Deadbeat, and it’s quite different than previous releases. The guys have thoughts, but so does Pitchfork. It’s time for another Review the Review. Song: Tame Impala - “Afterthought” Greg brings up to speed on the l...

Greg remembers the great D’Angelo, who passed this week at the age of 51. Songs: D’Angelo - “Brown Sugar” D’Angelo - “Spanish Joint” D’Angelo - “Prayer” Jay has a stew of stories to share on another Jay’s Jambalaya. JBL Road Show, Ryan Adams falls off the wagon, and Benn Jordan talks about spooky frequencies. Song: Nicki Bluhm - “Falling Out Of Dreams” Nick wants to talk about Rush and their new d...

Wayan Zoey is back! It’s been too long but we’re honored to have him back for another Weigh-In With Wayan. We discuss the current job market for drummers, including the news that Rush is going back on tour. Nine Inch Nails & Foo Fighters have swapped drummers, and Wayan’s buddy Scotty Zwang has joined Umphrey’s McGee. Songs: Anika Nilles - “Cloak” McGuire Zwang Duo - “Drop” Shore Pines - “Amer...

Nick returns, a little sleep deprived, following the arrival of Christopher Guy Kline. Katie & the baby are doing great. He’s back with a News with Nick! Daniel Ek is out(ish), the FTC sues Ticketmaster, and Kneecap beats terrorism charges in England. Song: Umphrey’s McGee - “Divisions” Greg has four songs across three artists that he would like to share. First, by way of Alan Holdsworth, we l...

Allow me (Jay) to be one of the first to welcome Christopher Guy Kline to the world! As we were recording this episode, Nick and his fiancee Katie brought a beautiful human into the world. And Nick had the gall to call in sick for this episode…. :-) Guest Host Erik Lenhart joins us as we talk about the etymological history of bell-ringing, the studio magic of the “News With Nick” theme song, and t...

Greg has been itching to talk about the new Deftones album, but two artists passed this week so we’re getting a thoughtful Three for Thursday. He kicks off with a track from the new Deftones album, Private Music , a great listen if you like anything they’ve ever done. Tomas Lindberg, singer for the Swedish metal band At the Gates, died of cancer at the age of 52. We also lost prolific Brazilian mu...

While we usually don’t cover the pre-show in the podcast description, here’s a link to the Sleepers show at the Takoma Park Folk Festival this past weekend. https://youtu.be/mshuwyTpHEc?si=3qasvm-B9sfM9YKv We kick things off with a News with Nick. Mark Volman, of the Turtles, Flo & Eddie, and a tenure with Frank Zappa and the Mothers in the early 70s, passed last week. Apple now lets you impor...

Jay has some stories to share from the past week...Apple is getting into radio & there's a 1001 greatest albums of all time daily newsletter available here https://1001albumsgenerator.com ... Song: Molly Tuttle - "Everything Burns" Nick has three new songs to share... Songs: Nate Smith, Keifer & CARRTOONS - "Cough Drop" Dijon - "Many Times" DOOM GONG - "The Perilous Rise" Greg dives into h...

Jackson Loman is back and he’s helping his Dad with a Three for Thursday. Jackson is loving a Deadmau5 track featured on Fortnite. Meanwhile, Greg still loves Deftones and offers a remembrance for Brent Hinds of Mastodon. Songs: Songs: Deadmau5 - “Strobe” Deftones - “Infinite Source” Mastodon - “Pendulous Skin” For the remainder of the show, we’re pleased to welcome back Mike Wagner. For the past...

Jay is excited to be back and even more excited by our guest this week. Taejon Romanik, guitarist and backup vocalist for the Wild Wild Wets, is back to announce a brand new album. We catch up with Taejon and discuss their latest album, Time Mutations, which drops on streaming services today. Get the album and some coffee here . Songs: Wild Wild Wets - “High Rider” Wild Wild Wets - “Sunshine Sue”...

Jay is at a conference, so it’s just Nick & Greg this week. Nick isn’t thrilled at the direction that Tame Impala is going, Greg encourages him to withhold judgement until the album comes out. Meanwhile, in LA, Greg caught some local shows with some familiar faces and even jammed on a tune or two. Song: Mestizo Beat - “El Camino del Cabello" Greg is a huge fan of Howard Stern, so Nick was curi...

Greg kicks things off with a Three for Thursday! Alex G is an indie artist that just released his tenth studio album Headlights . Greg thinks his unique voice and sound would be difficult to reproduce. We hear the great Lee Morgan solo on the title track of his 1979 album Sonic Boom . Finally, winner of this year’s “How Have I Not Already Listened to This Album?” award, it’s Evening Star by Robert...

It’s News with Nick! CDP funding rescinded, Gizzard exits Spotify, a Nicks & Buckingham reissue, and Spinal Tap II. Song: Tom Lehrer - “The Elements Song” Greg offers a tribute to the late Ozzy Osbourne. It’s impossible to imagine what music would be like without Ozzy. His influence is nearly immeasurable and he will be missed. Songs: Black Sabbath - “The Wizard” Black Sabbath - “Tomorrow's Dr...

We kick off with a bowl of Jay’s Jambalaya. HBO has released a five hour Billy Joel documentary produced by Tom Hanks. Next, why is Fleetwood Mac’s 1977 album Rumours back on the charts? Finally, we have another update on Wu-Tang Clan’s private album ( Bloomberg ). Song: Guerilla Toss - “Red Flag to Angry Bull (featuring Stephen Malkmus & Trey Anastasio)” Next up, it’s News with Nick. Massive...

Greg recently produced a song for the band Velzy. Singer Nate Turner (also of the Red Nots) joins the show to talk about the process of recording their latest single, “Flicker.” Song: Velzy - “Flicker” Jay is back from the beach and is happy to report that a 53-year mystery has finally been solved. A famous guitar played by Keith Richards, Mick Taylor, Jimmy Page, and Eric Clapton was stolen in 19...

Jay is back at the beach, which means we get our annual check in with Michael Weddington! At this year’s Jazz Fest in New Orleans, Michael had transcendental experiences at two separate performances and wants to know if anyone else has experienced this before.  Song: LA LOM - “Juana La Cubana” We’re nearing mid-summer and Nick is itching to find his summer song. It’s Three for Thursday! ...

Jay brings a few picks from The Alt’s mid-year list, “Albums You May Have Missed in 2025.” Most of the records are new to the crew, which makes for a fun first-listen kind of chat. They get into what grabs their ears, what feels familiar, and what influences might be behind these under-the-radar indie and alt rock releases. You can check out the full list at https://www.getalternative.com/albums-y...

Greg is back to catch us up on his run of shows the last two weeks. The Red Not Chili Peppers had a great show at House of Blues Orlando with Pearl Jam tribute band Given to Fly. Then Greg traveled on to St. Petersburg with The Resilient for a show at Jannus Live to benefit The Reborn Project . It seems like Greg has been saying “man this month has been crazy” a lot lately, but June feels particul...

Greg is busy dow in Florida pulling together another Resilient show, so Nick & Jay go it alone this episode… Brian Wilson was a gifted songwriter, musician, singer and producer. His influence is immeasurable. We share some thoughts on the loss of this legend. Song: Beach Boys - “God Only Knows” For the past ten years, Jay & Nick have been writing and recording nearly weekly (along with bas...

Nick picks up where he left off last week with another “News with Nick.” Have a few thousand dollars sitting around and always wanted to own something that belonged to David Lynch? Here’s an auction just for you! TayTay buys back her records, and Eminem is suing Instagram (Meta). Song: Rival Sons - “Thundering Voices” In recent years, Greg has developed a deeper appreciation for Word of Mouth, Jac...

As Jay mentions at the top of this episode, we had some significant technical issues this episode and only managed to get the first 30min of the conversation… we’ll be back next week with a full episode. Jay debuts a new game, “Yes, And.” Jay presents a theme and the contestants each have one minute to name things, back and forth,  that fit that theme. Song: King Gizzard & The Lizard Wiza...

Greg brings a unique situation to the show this week. Pitchfork recently reviewed the album “Face Down in the Garden” by Tennis. Tennis, in turn, released a review of the review (sound familiar?) that went viral (nevermind). This week, we’re reviewing a Review the Review! Song: Turnstile - “Lookout for Me” Jay caught an amazing show at Merriweather Post Pavilion last week, it’s Tales from the Conc...

Nick catches us up on the news of the week. Zak Starkey is re-fired by The Who, BandCamp adjusts their terms and conditions, and Trump orders Springsteen investigated after The Boss criticized his administration on stage. Song: Psychedelic Porn Crumpets - “Qwik Maff” Greg first caught wind of Sleep Token back in 2022 and he had a feeling they were going places. Their latest album, Even in Arcadia...

Jay is bringing back his favorite YSCIO game show, “Tag the Track.” Nick & Greg choose from three categories and wager how many seconds it will take for them to “tag the track.” Song: Phish - “Reba” In Feb of 2024, SoundCloud quietly updated their terms of service to include that users’ uploaded audio could be used to train AI. Apparently it took about a year for anyone to notice and now there...