No Filler Music Podcast

You know the drill by now: 5 tracks each, any genre, any decade! This month's mixtape features a healthy dose of jangle, a grunge idol that's still got it, some Silent Hill vibes for good measure, and much more. Join us for some tunes and camaraderie! Tracklist Jack White - It Must Be Rough On Rats Mark Mulcahy - Taking Baby Steps Luscious Jackson - Satellite 1000 Eyes - Demon Graphics Weavel - Ev...

If you're a fan of guitar-driven rock music, the days of Hendrix, Page, and Halen are long gone. Nowadays, the guitar is rarely front-and-center - and if is, it's usually in the form of a reverb-drenched wall-of-sound or this week's latest grunge homage (don't get me wrong - I'm all in on the grunge revival!). But if you stumbled upon English psych rockers Wolf People and their 2016 record Ruins,...

We've got everything from 60s baroque folk to Japanese math rock, and chillwave to vaporwave, join us for our monthly mixtape! Tracklist Washed Out - Say Goodbye Steely Dan - Razor Boy Color Green - 5:08 Pentangle - Light Flight Little Green Cars - Big Red Dragon Freelance Whales - The Nothing Nmesh - Climbing The Corporate Ladder Gui.tar - See Sea, Bee And Me Toe - 風と記憶 Big Red Machine - Phoe...

Nowadays you can't throw a rock without hitting an indie record that blends sludge of grunge and jangle of alt rock with the fuzz and breathy vocals of shoegaze and dreampop. As niche as that may sound - it is the sound of indie right now. And while Ringo Deathstarr certainly wasn't the first, their 2015 record Pure Mood may well be the first to get it right. Drawing heavy inspiration from 90s gru...

Tracklist Been Stellar - Passing Judgement Marcy Playground - The Shadow of Seattle Half Moon Run - Call Me In The Afternoon Skee Mask - 800AB Kiln - Autumnalae (Leaf-Pile Divers) Swervedriver - Blowin' Cool Move 78 - Daisies Leftfield - Dub Gussett Moon Diagrams - Moon Diagrams Cola - Tracing Hallmarks TTSSFU - I Hope You Die Cola - Reprise This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Learn...

For peak enjoyment of The Soundcarriers, you must first acquire a lava lamp, a Warhol painting, some shag carpet (a rug will do), and put on your best 60s mod score from the thrift store down the street. Everything about this group (down to the font choice in the liner notes) is steeped in the effortlessly cool sound of 60s psychedelic folk. Today we dive into their 2010 record Celeste, where The...

Our monthly mixtape is back to wrap up the month of May and ease us into summer with some sweet tunes from fuzzed out dream pop to laid back experimental jazz. Tracklist Empire Of The Sun - Changes The Molochs - No More Cryin' DIIV - In Amber High Highs - White Water Faraquet - Cut Self Not Akasha System - Last Call Alison's Halo - Dozen King Princess - Dirty Work (Steely Dan Cover) Ringo Deathsta...

We take a break from the 90s and spend some time in this decade with a deep dive into a fantastic little indie record from 2021: Ovlov's Buds. Coming in at just under 25 minutes in length, this record is the perfect collection of short, poppy, indie rock gems that pack a punch. Soft vocals and melodies contrasted by moments of disorienting low end and cranked up fuzz a la J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr....

On this month's Whatcha Heard, we show some love for Norwegian jazz with the pyschedelic jazz rock of Elephant9 and the electronic-infused jazz of Jaga Jazzist. Also shoutout to trios and duos of all varietals: tune in for a new track from Texas trio Khraungbin, London janglers World News, our favorite downtempo duo Tosca, and of course the seminal dream pop duo Beach House. And plenty more great...

We chat about the short-lived and underrated indie band Majesty Crush. With lead singer David Stroughter's neurotic vocal delivery and a sound that didn't fit neatly within the lines of the 90s rock soundscape, Majesty Crush defied categorization in their brief but spectacular career. Their music is being celebrated in the release of Butterflies Don't Go Away, a compilation record featuring all tr...

We pay attention to an often ignored genre on this beloved podcast of ours: electronic music. Sure we sneak it in from time to time, but it rarely gets the love it deserves. For this month's mixtape, we've got 3 tracks that fall under the IDM / house umbrella of electronic music, as well as some 80s new wave and even a Down With The Sickness cover played in the style of Nirvana! Tracklist Kings of...

Eager to ditch the nu-metal label, Deftones headed into the studio with a goal to separate themselves from the pack on their second album Around the Fur. This ambition saw the group embrace their non-metal influences, leaning on the cerebral and ethereal qualities of bands like Depeche Mode. This combined with Chino Moreno's unusual vocals gave Around the Fur it's signature loud-soft dynamic, perh...

It's our monthly mixtape for February, join us for some nu-metal, 60s psychedelic jazz, industrial house, and lots more. Oh and of course: some dream pop because we can't go an episode without it. Tracklist Vampire Weekend - Gen-X Cops Siilk - Inside My Head Norma Tanega - You're Dead Heaven - Down By The Ocean Cowboy Sadness - Ten Paces Legowelt - Sark Island Acid Washed Out - I've Been Daydreami...

We listen to the ethereal, surreal, and unmistakable proto shoegaze that only Robin Guthrie and Elizabeth Fraser could create together with a deep dive into Cocteau Twins' 1983 record Head Over Heels. Tracklist Cocteau Twins - Glass Candle Grenades Cocteau Twins - Five Ten Fiftyfold Cocteau Twins - In Our Angelhood Cocteau Twins - In The Gold Dust Rush Cocteau Twins - Musette And Drums Cocteau Twi...

Look, we'll be the first ones to admit it: we listen to a lot of shoegaze and dream pop on this podcast. And you'll get plenty of that on this episode. But you'll also get children's songs written by a beloved 90s alt-rocker, an aggressive blues-harmonica, and some epic 70s jazz-fusion from a group of musicians that used to pal around with Miles Davis. Only on No Filler will you experience that le...

To kick off the year, we return to our deep-dive episode format with a look at Dinosaur Jr.'s second record, the massively influential fuzz of You're Living All Over Me. The signature ear-bleeding guitar sound and slacker vocal delivery J Mascis perfected on this record went on to influential countless grunge acts and indie bands in the 90s and 2000s. This record was way ahead of its time and a tr...

Our final 10 tracks in our best of 2023. Thanks for joining us this year, we'll see you in 2024! Tracklist The Hives - Bogus Operandi Palehound - The Clutch Alan Palomo - Nobody's Woman Real Estate - Water Underground Orions Belte - Masacote Superbloom - Velvet Hippo Leon Vynehall - Duofade Flyying Colours - Bright Lights Vanishing Twin - Afternoon X bar italia - guard bar italia - f.o.b. bar ital...

Join us as we continue our countdown of favorite tracks from 2023. Tracklist Drop Nineteens - "Gal" JW Francis - Swooning Meerna - I Believe In You Leo Takami - As If Listening Chris Christodoulou - Tropic of Cancer Catherine Wheel - Salt (Norfolk Mix) Wilco - A Bowl and A Pudding Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit - If You Insist Yves Tumor - Heaven Surrounds Us Like A Hood Jesse Kivel - Beech Hill Me...

Join us as we continue our countdown of favorite tracks from 2023. Tracklist Beach Fossils - Numb bdrmm - Be Careful André 3000 - Dreams Once Buried Beneath the Dungeon Floor Slowly Sprout into Undying Gardens LAANDS - Fortune Manatee Commune - Cast Windows96 - 240p Flickerstick - Whatever Gets You Off Day Aches - New June Erlend Øye - Two Chord Samba Skalpel - Konfusion Skalpel - Jan Tajemnik Lea...

Join us over the next few weeks as we count down our top tracks of 2023. Tracklist Narrow Head - Flesh & Solitude Death & Vanilla - Out For Magic Pia Fraus - Confidential Information Fiddlehead - Loserman Spotlights - Ballad in the Mirror Hotline TNT - Beauty Filter The Clientele - Fables of the Silverlink The Paper Kites - Black & Thunder Slowdive - skin in the game A. Savage - Hurtin’ or Healed...

It's Halloween night, which means it's time to get spooked. On tonight's bonus episode, I'm joined by horror fanatic and Austin-based musician Adrian Sebastian Haynes to chat all things Italian horror. We're diving into the films of iconic director Dario Argento, and if you're a horror nerd like us you know that means one thing: tonight we're listening to Goblin. This legendary prog-rock group par...

This episode originally aired October 31st, 2021. We get it: if you have to hear Monster Mash one more time, your boombox will be the only thing getting graveyard smashed. If you're in need for some new tunes for your costume party tonight, we've got you covered. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats takes psychedelic rock and doom metal and mashes it with The Manson Family, Universal Monsters, and all the o...

This episode originally aired October 31st, 2020. John Carpenter is often referred to as the master of horror. His iconic Halloween franchise defined the slasher film formula for decades to come. But for fans of synthwave music (and the use of synth in cinema), we have Carpenter to thank for that as well. His extremely effective use of synths to build atmosphere and heighten tension in his films w...

This episode originally aired October 31st, 2019. On this, the Eve of Hallow's, we're heading to the graveyard with shovels in hand. We bring along a Walkman and Quentin's CD copy of "We Dig With Finger's Crossed" to help set the ambiance for the evening. One of The Undoing of David Wright's only full-length albums, this little known gem from 2005 tells the story of William Burke & William Hare, t...

Quentin rediscovers his love of radio in this October edition of your favorite monthly mixtape. Tracklist Pencey Sloe - Us Blazing Cut Copy - Future KennyHoopla - how will i rest in peace if i'm buried by a highway? // Paul Oakenfold - Amnesia Koett - A Walk In The Spring Rain Ms. Lauryn Hill - Lost Ones Eric Clapton - Hello Old Friend A.R. Kane - What's All This Then? Resplandor - Blue Priori, RE...