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It's the most magical time of the year and JPC's least favorite time of the year: Christmas Music season. And we are kicking it off with a real banger. It's a Backstreet Boys Christmas album from, you guessed it, 2022. That's right. 2022. It's A Very Backstreet Christmas.  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Tw...

We finally get to an album we've been wanting to cover for a long time. It's Aerosmith's 1993 album Get A Grip. There is absolutely no way we can cover the emensity of their 50+ year career, but we can absolutely cover one album from the 90s with a bunch of hits. No spoilers, but this one is so Amazing it'll leave you Cryin'. Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you...

It's another adventure in the music of middle school (at least the host's subjective experience of middle school) and this time it is with Evanescense's 2002 debut album Fallen. This album is the 6th best selling album of the 21st century. Just wild.  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  o...

It's the final Weezer album of Weezetoberfest 2023. It has been quite a ride. For the finale, we are listening to The Black Album from 2019.  Rivers had been hyping this album since 2016 so now we finally find out if it was worth the wait.  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  or email us...

It's Weezer's 5th album named Weezer (Teal) and it's their first album of all cover songs. If you were on Twitter in 2019, you've probably heard at least one of them, but how will the other 9 stack up? Tune in next week for the finale of Weezetoberfest 2023! Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Insta...

It's been a HOT Weezetober so far, but can Weezer continue the momentum with 2017's Pacific Daydream? That question WILL be answered today!  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at billbudspod@gmail.com Like the show? Leave us a review on iTunes! Theme by Arne Parrott! Go follo...

It's the fourth monochromatic Weezer album we've listened to on the show! This week, Weezetoberfest continues with 2016's White Album. Are we in the middle of a Weezer resurgence? Dare we hope?! Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at billbudspod@gmail.com Like the show? Leave...

Can you believe it's already that time of year again? Happy Weezetoberfest to all! We are coming at you weekly all month long and we are kicking it off with Weezer's 9th studio album Everything Will Be Alright In The End from 2014. We hope you were good all year or else old-man-Rivers might leave some coal in your Weezer!  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you ca...

This week, we are reviewing Maggie Rogers' 2019 debut Heard It In A Past Life. Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at billbudspod@gmail.com Like the show? Leave us a review on iTunes! Theme by Arne Parrott! Go follow him on Soundcloud and Twitter

This week we are reviewing Silverchair's debut album Frogstomp from 1995.  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at billbudspod@gmail.com Like the show? Leave us a review on iTunes! Theme by Arne Parrott! Go follow him on Soundcloud and Twitter

It's time to Dismantle Summer with a trip to 2013 by reviewing The Wonder Years' 4th album The Greatest Generation.  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at billbudspod@gmail.com Like the show? Leave us a review on iTunes! Theme by Arne Parrott! Go follow him on Soundcloud and...

This week we are traveling back to 1956 (the first year of the top 200 charts!) to listen to Harry Belafonte's Calypso. Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at billbudspod@gmail.com Like the show? Leave us a review on iTunes! Theme by Arne Parrott! Go follow him on Soundcloud a...

Liz Anderson is back to talk about My Chemical Romance's 2006 album The Black Parade. Will she turn us into MCR heads? (is that what MCR fans call themselves?)  You can follow Liz on Twitter Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at billbudspod@gmail.com Like the show? Leave us a...

This week, we are reviewing an album that was pretty impactful for us way back in 2013. It's Chance the Rapper's second mixtape Acid Rap. Do we know the difference between a mix tape and an album? Kinda. Maybe not, sure? Hey, it charted so it's all fair game.  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Ins...

We're going back to 2007 to rediscover one of JPC's college favs. This week, we are listening to Sara Bareilles' 2nd album (but first on a major label) Little Voice. It's also releasing on the album's anniversary. We did not plan that. Happy Sweet Sixteen, Little Voice! Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitt...

Friend of the show's brother Arne Parrott stops by the show to talk about Kesha's 5th studio album Gag Order from 2023. We do have to include a small disclaimer here: Arne, unfortunately, knows about music so this episode does feature some actual discussion of music theory. Sorry, folks. We edited out as much as we could but some just had to stay in for context. We apologize and we will be back to...

100 gecs. 10,000 gecs.  What else is there to say?  Probably a lot more because that doesn't give you a ton of information.  Okay, let's put it this way. There is a band called 100 gecs. They put out an album in 2023 called 10,000 gecs. It's time to listen to some of what "the youth" are calling "hyperpop".  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreo...

Uh, is May just Guest Month on the Billbuds Popcast? It sure seems like it! This week, we are joined by Steve Clark to discuss Jellyfish's 1993 sophmore album Spilt Milk. Be honest, have you heard of this album before? Well, we'll get to the bottom of it.  And don't forget to check out Steve on his podcast Tough Drafts or his work in the Babish Culinary Universe or even his "impossible to find" Yo...

The Billbuds are joined by our Bud, Alex Honnet, from the Bundle Buddies Podcast and it's an overaBUDance of Buds! This week we are going back to 1970 to hear The Greatful Dead's album American Beauty. So get your dancing bears, your skull with a lightning bolt thing, and your...uh...tie dye shirts ready.  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon...

No, it wasn't an April Fool's joke. We are really doing it. It's Nickleback time. We're reviewing Nickleback's third album Silver Side Up from September 11th 2001. Also, if you're not watching Jury Duty, ya gotta watch!  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at billbudspod@gmail...

The Billbuds are jumping right in the middle of Ariana Grande's discography with 2016's  Dangerous Woman. It's her third studio album and first podcast appearance. Will the Buds like it or will it be Thank You, Next? (Okay, that song isn't on this album) Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram...

The Billbuds review Hanson's debut studio album from 1997: Middle of Nowhere.  Will we find this album nostalgic or NO-stalgic? Also, this album contains kids singing songs. You've been warned.  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at billbudspod@gmail.com Like the show? Leave...

We've threatened it long enough, so now it's time to talk about Ed Sheeran's 2nd studio album from 2014: x (pronounced multiply). Will we make a  Ed Sheeran fan out of Johnny? Or will  he RUNAWAY from THE MAN and say DON'T SING. ONE thing is for sure, I'M A MESS.  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and...

Wow, the thrilling conclusion to our first ever double album! This week, we are reviewing The Love Below. If you liked Speakerboxxx, get ready for something a little (a lot?) different!  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our Patreon Want to reach out? Follow us on Twitter and Instagram  or email us at billbudspod@gmail.com Like the show? Leave us a rev...

It's our first ever double album review! This week we are reviewing Big Boi's half of Outkast's 5th studio album from 2003: Speakerboxxx. This also might be our most ambitious album review yet because this sucker is LONG. You'll have to stay tuned for our next ep to hear our full review of the full double album!  Want to support the show and get bonus eps in our off-week? Pay what you can at our P...