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Recently Wired Magazine basically wrote a click bait, hit piece on the band GEESE. We thought that was a bad move so we're discussing it. We also get into modern music marketing and if the concept of selling out even exists anymore.

This is our first 2 part episode since there was too much to cover and we couldn't stop talking. BIG DEAL ALERT! The Rapture's Luke Jenner joins me for a conversation about his busiest year in music 2003 and the dawn of the Brooklyn music scene that emerged in the early 2000s. We also go deep on Josh Homme's most influential records, there was so much to talk about I had to call my friend Sheila f...

Did you love Nu Metal? Did you love to hate it? Then this episode is for you. We talk about our love for Nu Metal bands, the cheese factor of it all, the culture that surrounded is and how terrible a magazine Circus was. Join for a trip to 2001 and the last gasp of this genre. 

This episode we explore and discuss an article about a brand new band called Bush. I thought this episode was going to be a conversation about how bands who are influenced by a current, popular movement in music have an unfair disadvantage. And it was. BUT, it was also about why bands in the same movement get to be cool and other don't.  Also we talk about Oakleys and 90s fashion. 

It's the 25th anniversary of Weezer Pinkerton and we talk about the Alternative Press cover story on Weezer for this landmark album. Pinkerton was one of the most talked about albums of the 90's because it was Weezer's sophomore record and there were a lot of expectations that were either met or rejected by fans. It still remains probably the favourite album of fans and we talk about it's impact,...

This episode we discuss the short lived but influential career of the band Slint. Were they the dawn of post rock? We talk about Slint's roots in hardcore and how the hardcore genre has spawned so much important music from bands that left it behind but hung on to its energy and counter culture. 

Is Grunge a sound or a place? In this episode 3 grunge obsessed hosts go through the Pitchfork 25 Grunge Albums of the 90s list and we get deep into defining grunge picking apart this list and of course talking about who we would have included.

We discuss beginnings of the syrupy, pop that is the 2000's emo movement before moving onto why a large camp of fans only like Weezer Blue Album and Pinkerton. THEN it's time for SPIN's year end list of albums and who was number one in the charts in January 2002? DON'T GOOGLE IT! Listen and find out. 

1994 was an incredible year in music and in this episode we go in depth with our thoughts, opinions and judgements on Courtney Love and her career in Hole. AND on the flip side we gush over Madonna and her no regrets career. BUT don't worry we also talk about Boys 2 Men and Offspring. 

Do you think music culture is at a standstill? We do...

It's the 30th anniversary of Pavement's historic album Wowee Zowee and we deep dive all things Wowee and even do a mini Pavements movie review.

It's the 30th Anniversary of the historic Pavement album Wowee Zowee and we are massive Pavement fans here at the podcast. So, we're deep diving into Wowee Zowee with help from Jon Waller and Miles Baker, two massive Pavement nerds. We also do a mini review of the new Pavements movie and it's basically us trying to define what this movie is...

Do you remember the first time you heard Ween? Jess and I do. We both heard Chocolate and Cheese about a week apart from each other. We're such massive fans of this album we decided to do a LIVE LISTEN and talk about discovering Ween, Ween culture and break downs of the songs. Join us as we chat about Chocolate and Cheese 30 years after hearing it for the first time....

It's been 30 years since Oasis' debut album Definitely Maybe. Now Oasis have reunited and since 1994 was my favourite year in music we talk 1994 era Oasis. We deep dive on the Definitely Maybe album, the Brit Pop culture around it and ask the question, do the Gallagher brothers actually hate each other?

Can you define rock? I don't know if we can but it was a major discussion in this episode. More importantly we ask has rock, whatever it's definition, died?  Find out! 

It's the 30th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind so we chose the Rolling Stone cover story that revealed Nirvana to the world to talk about. We talk the early career and short career of Nirvana, how they effected and continue to effect culture and all the heavy shit on one of the greatest albums ever made. 

DAVE GROHL is on the cover! Don't worry we're not actually as excited as the rest of the world. Sure Grohl is a nice guy but is he really that interesting? We'll discuss. But, you know who is interesting and always has something egomaniacal to say? BILLY CORGAN! Yes he's in this issue as well and we talk about him A LOT.  So basically we hope your in the mood for us to not gush over rockstars. 

It's the 30th anniversary of Green Day Dookie and we're celebrating by taking deep look at it's 1994 release and the death of grunge.

This episode we get opinionated as we break down the RS Top 50 Canadian Artists rankings. We're Canadian the people who wrote this list were not. There's obvious choices on this list but a lot of surprises as well. We shake our heads a lot.

Riot Grrl and Bikini Kill are one of the most important touchstones in music of the past 30 years. So when Bikini Kill came to town on their reunion tour Jess and I went to see the revolution girl style. After the show we concluded we had to do a pod and talk about all things Bikini Kill so here it is. No magazine reference, just Bikini Kill, women in music, reunions and whether or not Bikini Kill...

It's the 25th anniversary of Sloan's 1998 album Navy Blues and to celebrate we're talking with Sloan guitarist Jay Ferguson. Jay shares tons of fun stories about the era surrounding Navy Blues but before that we go back to Sloan's signing to DGC and through their albums Twice Removed and One Chord to Another. Jackson, Noyan Hilmi and Alex Hryshko begin the episode talking about their history of lo...

What do you think of the movie Empire Records? For a movie that got sort of lost in the shuffle and bombed at the box office we have thought about it way too much apparently. Is this a music movie? Is this movie good? For the first time ever we not looking at a music mag, we're just talking about Empire Records. We dive deep into themes, casting, record stores, and why Lucas didn't just te...

This episode is special for a few reasons. The first is that we have an interview with Joe Lally from Fugazi  specifically about this time in career in music 1991. This issue features an article on Fugazi and is one of the most unique interviews ever because Fugazi don't want to be interviewed by Spin. This was also the month that Nirvana Nevermind was released which launched the 90's into a whole...

It's the all Canadian episode! We've been very excited for this one and it's a list episode! That's right we're going through Chart Magazine's top 50 Canadian Albums of all time. But don't worry international listeners you'll recognize most of them as Canada has produced some of the greatest artists of all time. Join us as we go deep into Canadian pop and indie some of which we agree with putting...

It's the end of the year...in 1996 and in the present too so we look at Spin's artist of the year Beck and his landmark album Odelay. And what would be a year end without lists? We go through Spin's top 20 albums of the year in 1996 and trust me there are some gems that have stood the test of time, it was a great year for music.