You Should Check It Out

It seems as though the 2022 Holiday Season was particularly hectic this year and we’ve decided to take the week off. However, instead of just skipping, we thought we’d revisit a few of our favorite e…

It’s that time of the year and we’ve spared no expense, it’s the Annual YSCIO Holiday Extravaganza!!

This year we spend the first 20min of the show revisiting the epic World Cup Final between Argentin…

Welcome to "You Should Check It Out," a podcast where friends come together to share their passion for music. Today's episode is a special one, as we are joined by the talented Gabe Noel, the masterm…

Jay has some history for us this week. In 1942, musicians, led by James C. Petrillo, went on strike. For the two years and three months there was no new recorded music. Jay brings us the details…

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Greg presents the sales data for the debut studio album of American Rapper Saweetie, as her success in acquiring 13 million Instagram stands in stark contrast to her meager 2000 total copies sold in …

Happy Thanksgiving Everyone! Thank you for listening! This year we’re sharing the artists that we’re most thankful for:

Nick’s Artists

Arie Hoenig
Arie Hoenig - “Child’s Prey (feat Gadi Lehavi & Ben Ti…

Jay brings us three things worth checking out this week.

“Blockhead” by Ghost Funk Orchestra

“Weird: The Al Yankovic Story” began as a spoof trailer on Funny or Die that became so popular it was made.…

Relieved to make it in time for the show, Greg joins us from Florida where he’s been playing some live shows and recording in the studio with The Resilient. We hear about his week past and get him to…

Jay runs us through the short-lived rock & long-lived country career of Jerry Lee Lewis, who passed last week at the age of 87. He was a true pioneer of rock n’ roll and continued making music well i…

**Warning** Some of these songs are legit disturbing, we’re not playing anything inappropriate…but we’re not talking about Thriller either. Also, Jay has a great time with his sound effects & Greg’s …

Nick kicks things off with a case from the current docket of the Supreme Court. “Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Inc. v. Goldsmith” is the case of the photographer Lynn Goldsmith, whose p…

Greg has some fun updates from the past week and brings us an amazing new album. Keith Jarrett has released his 2016 live improvised concert in Bordeaux and it is incredible. Jarrett retired in 2018 …

Nick is back on the King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard train, this time he’s bringing Polygondwanaland, the fourth album they released in 2017 called. With a band this prolific, Nick’s chosen to slow…

Keith Grasso, owner of Island Music Company in La Plata, MD, is back to talk about the return of Rocktoberfest LP! Back in 2013, Keith was frustrated by the local school boards repeated cuts to the c…

Black Midi came to Rams Head Live! last week in Baltimore, Maryland. Nick & Jay caught the show and bring us another Tales From The Concert!

Jay’s Song: Norah Jones (feat. Bill Frisell) - “Steer Your …

Nick found a wild piece in ProPublica about an Instagram verification scheme that relied on Google’s criteria for identifying trending musicians as a short cut to verification. It’s a wild ride! [Pro…

Jay brings us a new bit…. Let’s say it’s a slow music news week and/or you went away for a golf weekend in the sun with your brother. You do a casual music podcast with your friends and you need to c…

We are delighted to introduce this week’s very special guest, Greg’s 7-year old son Jackson! Before jumping into our topic, Jackson tells us about his summer so far, including his awesome experience…

First up this week is our very special guest Camillo (Cam) Kline, Nick’s second son. Since turning 9 (which is the same age Ciri was when he was on the podcast back on episode 38), Cam has really exc…

Welcome back, we’re now on Year 4! Thanks so much for listening :-)

We recap the second leg of Greg’s trip to Europe, with week two spent with his family in France. We’re glad to have him back safe! F…