Before The Stream
An in depth look back at albums I listened to growing up and the listening experience.
Jason Bemis Lawrence, creator and host of Before The Stream, is a singer/songwriter and a drummer with bands like Heather Woods Broderick, The Building, and Jesse Marchant. In this podcast, Jason and a guest will be checking in on a record they both listened to abundantly in the past to see what memories the record conjures, what holds up, and what has changed about.. well, everything.
- Update frequency
- every 17 days
- Average duration
- 67 minutes
- Episodes
- 70
- Years Active
- 2020 - 2025
Soul Asylum: Slowly But Shirley, with Rob Collier
Soul Asylum again? And their new album from 2024?
When Jason and Rob Collier saw that the title of Soul Asylum's new album quoted the movie Airplane! they knew they had to follow up on their previous…
U2: War, with Al Melchior
Al Melchior of You, Me and An Album joins the show to talk about U2 and their 1983 album War.
Al saw U2 in concert around the time that War came out and it made a huge impression on him.
Jason and …
Quick Update: Jason Talks Radiohead's Kid A
Just a quick little update to let you know that Jason talked about Radiohead's album Kid A on the podcast "You, Me and An Album" with Al Melchior.
You can listen to the episode here or wherever you…
Jason Bemis Lawrence: A Safe Place, with Rob Collier
A Safe Place is out. It's the 3rd single from Jason's forthcoming new album The Grand Routine.
Great friend of the show Rob Collier joins again to talk about the song, how it was written, songwritin…
Jason Bemis Lawrence: Same Conversations, with Anthony LaMarca
The 2nd single from Jason's forthcoming LP is out now.
Singer-songwriter/drummer/multi-instrumentalist/producer Anthony LaMarca of The Building and The War on Drugs joined Jason to talk about the so…
Jason Bemis Lawrence: In the Quiet Golden Hour, with Andrew Carlson
The 1st single from Jason's forthcoming 2nd LP is out!
The song is called In the Quiet Golden Hour, and Jason talked all about it with Andrew Carlson, who played bass and guitar and sang on the trac…
Tori Amos: Under the Pink, with Natasha Alexandra
We are back!
The grand return of Before the Stream features Jason and Natasha Alexandra talking about Tori Amos' 1994 classic album Under the Pink.
Jason tries to guess Natasha's defining 3 songs fr…
Soul Asylum: Let Your Dim Light Shine, with Rob Collier
Rob Collier made his first appearance on the show back in episode 4 to talk about Soul Asylum.
Now he's back to talk about their 1995 album, Let Your Dim Light Shine.
It's impossible not to talk abo…
The Cardigans: First Band On The Moon, with Brian Kantor (part 2)
Jason and Brian Kantor continue and conclude their conversation about The Cardigans' 1996 album First Band on the Moon.
The two friends analyze each song on the record while sharing thoughts on prod…
The Cardigans: First Band On The Moon, with Brian Kantor (part 1)
Nina Persson of the Cardigans is interviewed in this episode!
Brian Kantor returns to talk about The Cardigans' 1996 album First Band On The Moon.
Brian is friends and erstwhile bandmates with Nina…
Nirvana Unplugged: Something in the Way, solo
We're talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York song by song.
Host Jason Bemis Lawrence did this one by himself.
It gave Jason a chance to ruminate on the song Something in the Way, play som…
Ranking The National's Albums, with Chris Towers
Chris Towers of CBS joins the podcast to count down our rankings of the full-length albums by the band The National in anticipation of a new National album in April.
Jason Bemis Lawrence is the h…
R.E.M: Automatic For The People, with D. James Goodwin
D. James Goodwin is back on the show.
We're taking a break from the Nirvana series to ask Dan some questions about his process of learning and engaging with the world via social media, technology, e…
Nirvana Unplugged: On A Plain, with Travis Smith
Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.
Travis Smith returns to the pod to discuss On A Plain and reminisce about Nirvana. Jason and Travi…
Nirvana Unplugged: All Apologies, with Heather Woods Broderick
Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.
We finally had to go out of song order for this one, but you'll be glad to get it sooner.
Singer/S…
Nirvana Unplugged: Dumb, with Chris Buckridge
Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.
Chris Buckridge joined Jason to share his deeply personal connection to this song and to Nirvana.
…
Nirvana Unplugged: Pennyroyal Tea, with Rob Collier
Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.
Rob Collier returns to the show to talk about Pennyroyal Tea, the 5th song on the album.
We explo…
Nirvana Unplugged: The Man Who Sold The World, with Dean Wareham
Dean Wareham (Luna, Galaxie 500, Dean & Britta, etc) is on the show!
Before the Stream is currently talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York one song at a time.
Dean's band Luna was making …
Nirvana Unplugged: Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam, with John Whitaker
We're talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged in New York song by song. John Whitaker joins Jason to talk about Nirvana's cover of The Vaselines' Jesus Doesn't Want Me For A Sunbeam.
The two old frien…
Nirvana Unplugged: Come As You Are, with Louis Cohen
We're talking about Nirvana's MTV Unplugged In New York song by song. Our guest for Come As You Are, the 2nd song of the show, was born the same year Nirvana Unplugged was performed.
Guitarist, compo…