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Heather is obsessed with the band Touché Amoré and it was only a matter of time before her newfound love made it’s way to the show. This week

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A listener asks us to return to the world of Taking Back Sunday and we oblige! This week we listen to their third album, 2005’s Louder Now at a reasonable volume.

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In the United States, we just had an election. Perhaps you already knew this. Heather and Ramsey have assembled songs to reflect the national mood, but they recorded it well in advance of the final r…

We bend the rules slightly, as is our wont, as we listen to one of both Ramsey and Heather’s favorite albums from college. It’s Stars’ 2004 album, “Set Yourself on Fire"!”

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An iconic ska album requires an expert, so this week Aaron Carnes, author of In Defense of Ska, joins us to break down The Mighty Mighty Bosstones’ 1997 classic Let’s Face It.

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Back in May, Heather introduced Ramsey to the world of Sabrina Carpenter. Now that the album, Short ‘n Sweet is out, we dive back in to see what it’s all about!

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When it comes to Incubus, Ramsey only remembers the name, not the album he listened to 332 episodoes ago. This week, let’s fix that. It’s Incubus with their 23 year old album “Morning View.”

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This week we listen as two ands that we’ve previously covered on the show… cover each other. Today: Tigers Jaw does “Constant Headache” and Joyce Manor "performs “I Saw Water.”

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Oh, my god, we’re back again… AGAIN. We return to our deep dive into the world of TRL as we listen to the second half of 2001’s number one songs, as well as what was happening in the real music world…

It’s the Charli XCX episode from last month and it's the same but this one is about a remixed version so it's not

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This week: Ramsey learns who all o…

It took him forever, but Ramsey has finally finished systematically listening to every Taylor Swift album recorded to date! What were his findings? Is he a Swiftie? Will he enrage Heather with his op…

Heather’s algorithm (and the music industry in general) has gone country! (Look at them boots!) So, Heather does what she does as she takes us on a journey through modern country!

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This week, our Patrons voted to help us fill in a blind spot of Midwest emo. Join us as we both experience Rainer Maria’s 1999 album “Look Now Look Again” for the very first time!

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Ramsey attempts to learn how to have a “brat summer” as Heather introduces him to the work of Charli XCX.

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This week: Just how long have we been hear…

Heather was shaken to her core when she realized we had never listened to Pup’s debut album. Let’s head back to 2013 and hear where it all began!

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