"If You’re Listening” is all about one person’s mission to force her friend to listen to all the music he missed in high school. Sometimes it goes well and Heather broadens her friend’s horizons just a little bit. Often times it doesn’t go so well and Ramsey spends the episode wondering why anyone would listen to this music, or in extreme cases, launching empty threats at the band that recorded it.
This week we welcome David Anthony from The AV Club, Noisy, and “As You Were: A Podcast About Alkaline Trio" to discuss their 1998 album, “Goddamnit!”
This week: What not to send in the mail! Ramsey …
We continue to perfect our recording process, and Connor “helps” inspire us by putting out new music! It’s a new single from Bright Eyes: “Persona Non Grata!”
This week: Where is Connor Oberst and wh…
You asked and we (finally) listened: Heather and Ramsey sit down and listen to My Chemical Romance’s second album from 2004, “Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge!”
This week: Heather is harassed by one of…
In our last in-person guest recording we could do before we were forced indoors, Sam Sklar joined us to introduce both Heather and Ramsey to the band Have a Nice Life’s 2000 album, “Deathconsciousnes…
Fun Fact: Anyone under the age of 13 could be considered a future teen. But today, we’re not concerned with them! This week, Ramsey and Heather listen to a song from Future Teen’s 2019 album Breakup …
Ramsey and Heather both love a good cover song. This week, however, their patience will be tested when they listen to a compilation of Top 40 songs from 2002 covered in a very different style with th…
If there was ever a time for third wave ska-punk, it is possible that now is the time. It is also possible that there was never a time for third wave ska-punk, but Logan LaBarbera is here to introduc…
When last we heard Hayley Williams, she was a 19 year-old, fronting Paramore. Now, she's going solo as we listen to her brand new song, "Simmer!"
This week: Learn about Heather’s first day of work fr…
Consider the Kinsellas. That is not the name for our podcast, but perhaps it should be as Heather and Ramsey take a listen as Mike becomes Owen with his 2004 “(the ep)!”
This week: How did Heather sp…
Prepare to hear songs! Our friend Carly Hoskins is back and she’s brought along Straylight Run’s 2005 EP “Prepare to Be Wrong!”
This week: Do you know where your children are? Spooky songs and Evanes…
Watch out, Fiona Apple! Hot Mulligan is here to take up the mantle of really long titles! This week we listen to two tracks from Hot Mulligan’s 2018 album Pilot!
This week: Heather has lotion in her …
The second Vulture published their list of 100 best emo songs of all time, you told us we had to cover it, but Heather was all over it. This week we tackle their top 10 and see if we agree! (One of u…
Sure, you’ve heard Blink 182 before. But have we ever heard them… with a different name? This week Jason Parent urges us to listen to Box Car Racer’s only full-length album from 2001, from the twiste…
The Front Bottoms have reemerged with a brand new single to close out 2019! We listen to their brand new song "Camouflage" and break it all down!
Heather is dying! #prayersforheather Logic Pro X is a…
Wikipedia said it best: “Sticks and Stones is the third studio album by American pop punk band New Found Glory.” They really nailed it. Today we listen to New Found Glory’s 2002 album, Sticks and Sto…
In 1998 a number of predictions were made for the coming millennium, but perhaps none more significant than the subject of today’s episode: The Refused’s “The Shape of Punk to Come!” And music indust…
We just can’t cut away: this week we follow up on the infamous At the Drive-In with a solo project. It’s the lead single from The Mars Volta’s first full length album from 2003, “Inertiatic ESP!”
The…
Ladies and gentlemen, we return to 2011 to listen to I Am the Avalanche and their second album Avalanche United.
What is Ramsey’s controversial take on the band’s album artwork? What pranks have Heat…
Let’s relive teen drama of the 90s with Save Ferris and their 1997 album “It Means Everything!” with special guest, the fantastic Jenn de la Vega!
Would Ramsey hang out with Ferris Bueler in high sch…
For our first episode of 2020, we wish you a happy new year with the best quartet Sweden has to offer: ABBA! It’s their 1980 track, “Happy New Year!”
A brief history of Ramsey’s history with ABBA! Do…