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  1. 24 Question Party People: Ian Shelton of Militarie Gun

    18 juli 2023 · 1 uur 10 min

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    Our fearless host is back in the USA and filled with ennui, but worry not, we have another flawless episode for you this week. Ian Shelton of Militarie Gun joins the show to talk about The Adicts, Concord California, and differing relationships to baristas. Lees meer

    Host: Yasi SalekGuest: Ian SheltonProducer: Jessie Miller-GordonAssociate Producers: Chris Sutton and Devon RenaldoAdditional Production Supervision: Justin SaylesTheme Song: Hether Fortune

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  2. 24 Question Party People: Jason Isbell

    11 juli 2023 · 1 uur 23 min

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    Bonj, good people: Your dear host is still transmitting from abroad. Jason Isbell is a top-notch musician and songwriter and, like how Yasi was born with a podcasting mic in her hand, Jason picked up a guitar at an early age and never put it down. In this episode he answers the 24 questions with gravitas and charm, and we hear what “Demna” sounds like in a Northern Alabama accent. Lees meer

    Host: Yasi SalekGuest: Jason IsbellProducer: Jesse Miller-GordonAssociate Producer: Chris SuttonAdditional Production Supervision: Justin SaylesTheme Song: Hether Fortune

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  3. 24 Question Party People: Adam Duritz of Counting Crows

    5 juli 2023 · 1 uur 33 min

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    Welcome back to '24 Question Party People.' This week's episode is one day late because of the holiday, but we'll be back Tuesdays starting next week. In this episode, we bring our 24 questions to Counting Crows front man Adam Duritz, and we manage to reflect on a range of topics, from the virtues of sincerity to his favorite blended alcoholic bev to what meme encapsulated his and Chris Carrabba's essence. As always, you’ll have to listen to figure out what any of that means. Lees meer

    Host: Yasi SalekGuest: Adam DuritzProducer: Jesse Miller-GordonAssociate Producer: Chris SuttonAdditional Production Supervision: Justin SaylesTheme Song: Hether Fortune

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  4. 24 Question Party People: Liz Phair

    27 juni 2023 · 1 uur 35 min

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    Welcome to 24 Question Party People, hosted by Yasi Salek. Each week, a guest will be asked the same set of 23 questions (with one wild card) to wildly different results. On our inaugural episode, we welcome the legendary Liz Phair in the wake of the 30th anniversary of her first album 'Exile in Guyville' to talk music, doubters, lives unlived, and why she will never see that DM you sent. Let’s get into it, babe. Lees meer

    Host: Yasi SalekGuest: Liz PhairProducer: Jesse Miller-GordonAssociate Producers: Chris Sutton and Troy FarkasAdditional Production Supervision: Justin Sayles

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  5. Jane’s Addiction with Jessica Hopper

    22 juni 2023 · 4 uur 4 min

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    What can be said about the original 80’s Los Angeles freak band that hasn’t been said before? Gotta listen to find out, babe. Jessica Hopper joins us this week to track Los Angeles legends Jane’s Addiction from their formation, through Lollapalooza, and back to reforming the band and living más. Lees meer

    Follow Jessica Hopper on Twitter @jesshopp

    Listen to the songs we detail in the episode HERE

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  6. Judgment Night Soundtrack with Sean Fennessey and Rob Harvilla

    15 juni 2023 · 1 uur 58 min

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    It wasn’t the future of rap, but it was the future of rock. In 1993, one of the strongest music years in popular memory, a quirky soundtrack was released that ended up eclipsing the movie it was made for. Perennial Bandsplain favorites Sean Fennessey and Rob Harvilla join us to talk about what led to this moment, and what followed. Lees meer

    Follow Sean Fennessey on Twitter @seanfennessey

    Follow Rob Harvilla on Twitter @Harvilla

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  7. The Sundays with Hazel Cills

    8 juni 2023 · 2 uur 3 min

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    Two people fell in love at University and then they started writing good pop songs. Decades later they still can’t see what the big deal is, but they released three albums as The Sundays, and people never got over it. NPR editor Hazel Cills joins us to discuss the idyllic sounds and reasonable attitudes of this short lived, yet perpetually ongoing band. Lees meer

    Follow Hazel Cills on Twitter @HazelCills

    Listen to the song we detail in the episode HERE

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  8. The National with Jeremy Bolm

    1 juni 2023 · 3 uur 25 min

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    Are you a tote carrying member of the Sad Dad’s club? What does it look like if you tell a different guy to draw a man? You’re going to find out, babe. This week on Bandsplain, frontman, writer, label owner and podcast host Jeremy Bolm joins us to discuss Brooklyn’s own Cincinnati band, The National. Lees meer

    Follow Jeremy Bolm on Twitter @JeremyXBolm

    Listen to the songs we detail in the episode HERE

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  9. Dave Matthews Band Redux: Part 2 with Grayson Haver Currin

    25 mei 2023 · 2 uur 1 min

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    Part 2 of the DMB resplaining picks up right where we left off. Dave and the guys are jammed up recording, and things get a little off the rails from there. Host Yasi Salek and returning guest Grayson Haver Currin take the listener from the early internet confusion of the Lillywhite Sessions to present day and the band’s latest album, 2023’s Walk Around the Moon. Lees meer

    Follow Grayson Haver Currin on Twitter @currincy

    Listen to the songs we detail in the episode HERE

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  10. Dave Matthews Band Redux: Part 1 with Grayson Haver Currin

    18 mei 2023 · 3 uur

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    Sometimes when you really love something, you don’t let it go, you revisit it again and again. That’s why we’re resplaining the Dave Matthews Band, babe. Longtime music critic and newspaper editor Grayson Haver Currin is back with us to give Dave and the Band the full Bandsplain treatment they deserve. This first episode takes us from long before Miller’s bar in Charlottesville to the heights of popularity and fame somewhere in between the Chicago river and an infamous unfinished recording session. Lees meer

    Follow Grayson Haver Currin on Twitter @currincy.

    Listen to the songs we detail in the episode HERE

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  11. Listener Mailbag with Rob Harvilla

    11 mei 2023 · 1 uur 28 min

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    Rob Harvilla joins Yasi to go through listener questions. Should you resent your poser ex boyfriend? Will there ever be a cult band again? And what do you playlist for your HIIT class?? Plus a special guest you’ve all missed as much as we have. Lees meer

    Follow Rob Harvilla on Twitter @Harvilla

    Follow Producer Jesse on Twitter @ItsMeJMG

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  12. The White Stripes with Sean Fennessey

    4 mei 2023 · 3 uur 56 min

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    Six Albums, two members. The White Stripes were there and then they weren’t. Breaking through from Detroit’s garage scene and rock n’ roll tradition to worldwide success, you now hear Seven Nation Army in arenas around the world they’ve never been to and will never play week after week. Find out how a complicated sounding relationship was simple, and a legend took shape. This week we are joined by Ringer Head of Content, podcast extraordinaire, and longtime music writer, Sean Fennessey, as we work through how an unlikely group made perfect sense for international glory. Lees meer

    Follow Sean Fennessey on Twitter: @SeanFennessey

    Listen to the songs we detail in the episode HERE

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  13. Paramore with Ira Madison III

    27 april 2023 · 3 uur 15 min

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    Paramore exploded into the popular consciousness in the mid aughts only a couple short years after forming, releasing their first records while the members were still hovering between teenagerdom and adulthood. Through all the push and pull this band has managed to grow and continue to put out compelling music with an evolving sound. We are joined by the amazing and prolific writer and podcaster Ira Madison III to discuss how Paramore found their way into so many hearts and minds. Lees meer

    Follow Ira Madison III on Twitter: @iramadisonthree

    Listen to the songs we detail in the episode HERE

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  14. No Doubt with Bethany Cosentino

    20 april 2023 · 3 uur 11 min

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    Would you believe us if we told you there was a moment in 1995 when some people wondered out loud if Anaheim was the new Seattle? To find out how this happened, join Yasi and this week’s returning guest Bethany Cosentino as they dig deep into their SoCal roots and traverse the career of Orange County’s No Doubt. From their late 80’s formation to mid 90’s explosion and eventual early aughts pop renaissance, No Doubt emerged as one of the signposts for alternative music at the end of the 20th century. Tune in as we retrace that journey from the beginning to present day. Lees meer

    You Can Follow Bethany on Twitter @Bestcoast

    Listen to songs we detail in the episode HERE

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  15. The 2002 Music Draft with Chris Ryan and Rob Harvilla

    13 april 2023 · 1 uur 20 min

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    Chris Ryan and Rob Harvilla return to Bandsplain Arena with our star player Yasi. On this episode we dive into the heart of indie sleaze: 2002. Interpol has New Yorkers up all night and Dr. Dre is teaming up with Gwen Stefani and Eve. Tune in to find out who rates what from this cursed year, and why they love it. Lees meer

    You can follow Chris on Twitter @ChrisRyan77

    You can follow Rob on Twitter @Harvilla

    Listen to songs we detail in the episode HERE

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  16. Depeche Mode: Part 2 with Patrik Sandberg

    6 april 2023 · 2 uur 34 min

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    That’s right listeners, you’re back taking a ride with your best friend. Our Heroes Yasi and Patrik return to hack their way through the second half of Depeche Mode’s monster career, in which they navigate fame, fortune and the 90s, as well as the spectre of Dave Gahan’s goatee. How did they survive it all? Listen to the opposite of silence to find out. Lees meer

    You can follow Patrik on Twitter @PatrikSandberg

    Listen to songs we detail in the episode HERE

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  17. Depeche Mode: Part 1 with Patrik Sandberg

    30 maart 2023 · 2 uur 55 min

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    The story of how a few synth-curious teenagers became one of the most influential - and enduring - musical institutions of our time. In Part 1 of our wild two part ride, Yasi and her guest Patrik Sandberg follow the lads of Depeche Mode from their humble but ambitious Basildon beginnings as they develop their sound by way of a variety of powerful influences, including Daniel Miller of Mute Records, Genesis P-Orridge, and their second home, the city of Berlin, dropping hit single after hit single along the way to their Black Celebration. Lees meer

    You can follow Patrik on Twitter @PatrikSandberg

    Listen to songs we detail in the episode HERE

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  18. Joy Division with Anthony Anzaldo

    23 maart 2023 · 4 uur 1 min

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    Joy Division made a huge impact in a very short amount of time. The iconic Manchester outfit that would tragically have to turn the page and become New Order were formed quickly in the wake of a Sex Pistols show, and released some of their most prominent tracks after the passing of their lead singer, Ian Curtis. Anthony Anzaldo of the band Ceremony joins Yasi to explore this shooting star of a band that helped bring in a new sound and way of doing things. Lees meer

    You can follow Anthony Anzaldo via his band on Twitter @Ceremony

    Listen to songs we detail in the episode HERE

    This episode includes discussion of suicide. Please keep this in mind when deciding if, how, and when you’ll listen. For resources on these topics, visit spotify.com/resources.

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  19. The Cure: Part 2 with Hanif Abdurraqib

    16 maart 2023 · 2 uur 58 min

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    Hanif and Yasi continue on their voyage, picking up in the heart of the Cure’s discography. Did we leave you with your Head on the Door? Don’t Disintegrate. Our heroes pick up right where they left off and take you to present day. Lees meer

    You can follow Hanif Abdurraqib on Twitter @NifMuhammad

    Listen to the accompanying playlist here:

    https://open.spotify.com/playlist/647QhOpb2HfJUhYiIF1KmD?si=87156fa1f52f4ed8

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  20. The Cure: Part 1 with Hanif Abdurraqib

    9 maart 2023 · 4 uur 40 min

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    We're back babe and we're bringing you an epic two-parter on the Cure, with a Bandsplain favorite repeat guest, the renowned poet, critic, and author Hanif Abdurraqib joining us once again. The Cure are bigger than any one genre with a decades-spanning discography to match and you better believe we cover it all. Part 1 takes us from their humble beginnings in the distant London suburb of Crawley through the divisive album The Top. LFG. Lees meer

    You can Follow Hanif Abdurraquib on twitter @NifMuhammad

    Listen to the songs we detail in this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0DBAp7KjsYPkslgtnzza7I?si=0bfb920cfc854b82

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  21. Bandsplain Returns March 9th

    2 maart 2023 · 1 min

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    Bandsplain returns with brand new episodes Thursday, March 9th. Lees meer

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  22. The 1992 Music Draft

    22 december 2022 · 1 uur 42 min

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    To wrap out the year and our first season at The Ringer, we thought it would be fun to do our own cute little draft. So here it is, The 1992 Music Draft, in which Rob Harvilla and Chris Ryan join Yasi to decide what the best albums, rap songs, rock songs, pop songs, wild cards and music videos of 1992 were. The choices herein may shock even the most passionate of heads. Lees meer

    You can follow Rob Harvilla on Twitter @harvilla and Chris Ryan on Twitter @ChrisRyan77

    Thanks for listening this year, we’ll see you all back here in 2023 for more episodes of Bandsplain!

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  23. Teenage Fanclub with Ben Gibbard

    15 december 2022 · 4 uur 12 min

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    Teenage Fanclub emerged from the fertile Scottish rock scene of the late 80s as a fully formed power pop band and went on to lead a long, prolific, and often surprising career; from beating out Nirvana to land the top spot on SPIN's best albums of 1991 list to teaming up with De La Soul for a song on the legendary Judgment Night soundtrack to being anointed Liam Gallagher's second favorite band (after Oasis of course) and so much more. Joining Yasi to discuss his number ONE favorite band is Death Cab For Cutie and Postal Service frontman Ben Gibbard Lees meer

    You can follow Death Cab For Cutie on Twitter @DCFC

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  24. The Clash Part 2 with Brian Fallon

    8 december 2022 · 2 uur 12 min

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    Brian Fallon and Yasi wrap up their journey through the long legacy of The Clash, picking up in 1979 with the release of the iconic London Calling, straight on through Sandinista!, Combat Rock and the end of an era. Lees meer

    Follow Brian Fallon on Twitter and Instagram, follow The Gaslight Anthem on Twitter and Instagram

    Some of the books we consulted while working on this episode, if you want to read along:

    Redemption Song

    Passion Is A Fashion

    A Riot Of Our Own

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  25. The Clash Part 1, with Brian Fallon

    1 december 2022 · 3 uur 26 min

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    The Clash were the undeniable breakout stars of the explosive UK punk rock scene. The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon joins us as we dig deep into the history of the only band that matters. Yasi and Brian discuss the 101ers, Joe Strummer's many name changes, almost Sex Pistol Mick Jones and legendary Clash manager Bernie Rhodes. Lees meer

    Follow Brian Fallon on Twitter and Instagram, follow The Gaslight Anthem on Twitter and Instagram

    Some of the books we consulted while working on this episode, if you want to read along:

    Redemption Song

    Passion Is A Fashion

    A Riot Of Our Own

    Join us next week for part 2 of The Clash with Brian Fallon!

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  26. Listener Mailbag Part Three

    17 november 2022 · 1 uur 22 min

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    Producer Dylan returns to join Yasi in another dive into the listener mailbag! Questions include guilty pleasures, if we ever hear from the bands we talk about and how we find new music to love. Lees meer

    Speaking of, here’s a list of some bands we recommend in this episode:

    Crushed

    Luster

    Narrowhead

    Temple of Angels

    Gel

    Momma

    Fleshwater

    Blondshell

    Gradient

    AZ Power

    Fime

    Wild Pink

    Soul Blind

    Teenage Wrist

    Superbloom

    Superheaven

    Money

    Cloakroom

    You can subscribe to Producer Dylan’s newsletter HERE and Producer Niko’s HERE

    No episode next week, but join us back here on December 1st for a new episode of Bandsplain!

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  27. Sunny Day Real Estate with Ian Cohen

    10 november 2022 · 3 uur 33 min

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    Emerging from Seattle’s early 90s grunge landscape, Sunny Day Real Estate became legends of an emerging midwestern emo sound that began to redefine the boundaries of the genre. Meeting us there in the blue where the words are not is writer and podcaster Ian Cohen. Lees meer

    Follow Ian Cohen on Twitter @en_cohen and listen to his podcast Indiecast @Indiecast1

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  28. Big Star with Rob Sheffield

    27 oktober 2022 · 4 uur 52 min

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    Rolling Stone writer and author Rob Sheffield joins us to dissect the long, storied history of the legendary Big Star, a band with a handful of records and an indelible legacy that reaches beyond the decades of their origin. Lees meer

    Follow Rob Sheffield on Twitter @robsheff

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  29. The Offspring with Daniel Kohn

    20 oktober 2022 · 3 uur 23 min

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    The Offspring were one in a wave of southern California bands that ushered in a renewed interest in punk rock to the ears of the masses, becoming one of the best-selling punk rock bands of all time and here to help us come out and play is SPIN Editorial Director, Daniel Kohn. Lees meer

    Follow Daniel Kohn on Twitter at @danielkohn.

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  30. Third Eye Blind with Chris Black

    13 oktober 2022 · 3 uur 23 min

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    Third Eye Blind may have doot-doot-dooted their way to late 90s radio ubiquity, but there’s so much more to the story. Chris Black returns for a reconsideration of the earworm songwriting and complex lore of the singular Stephen Jenkins. Lees meer

    Follow Chris Black on Twitter at @donetodeath. Subscribe to How Long Gone on Spotify

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  31. Smashing Pumpkins with Rob Harvilla, Part 2

    6 oktober 2022 · 3 uur 12 min

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    Rob Harvilla and Yasi continue their epic trek through the Smashing Pumpkins story post-1993’s Siamese Dream, in which the Pumpkins transcend 1990s alt rock cultishness into rock phenom status with their opus double-album, Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. Lees meer

    Follow Rob Harvilla at @harvilla on Twitter and listen to his The Ringer podcast, 60 Songs That Explain the 90s.

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  32. Smashing Pumpkins with Rob Harvilla, Part 1

    29 september 2022 · 3 uur 11 min

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    Rob Harvilla joins us for the noble effort of explaining The Smashing Pumpkins, one of the most commercially successful and musically impactful rock bands of the 1990s. Yasi and Rob cover the first half of the band’s breakthrough career and comb through the origin story of Billy Corgan’s emergent and unusual celebrity. Lees meer

    Follow Rob Harvilla at @harvilla on Twitter and listen to his The Ringer podcast, 60 Songs That Explain the 90s.

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  33. Bandsplain Returns September 29th

    22 september 2022 · 1 min

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    Bandsplain is back babe and we are now part of The Ringer Podcast Network. New episodes start Thursday September 29th. Lees meer

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  34. Bad Brains with Atiba Jefferson

    2 juni 2022 · 2 uur 52 min

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    Bad Brains were one of the most influential hardcore bands of all time, from inventing moshing to being groundbreaking black punks who injected hardcore with a Rastafarian philosophy and reggae influence. Though they were “banned in DC,” they built the foundation for hardcore and the history of punk to come. Photographer and unofficial mayor of LA Atiba Jefferson brings his lifelong fandom to the table as he and Yasi chart the history of Bad Brains. Lees meer

    Follow Atiba Jefferson on Instagram at @atibaphoto.

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  35. PJ Harvey with Ann Powers, Part 2

    26 mei 2022 · 3 uur 1 min

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    Ann Powers returns for part 2 of PJ Harvey, covering the next period of Harvey’s prolific career—from To Bring You My Love on—which was punctuated by confident creative expansions, big-hitting collaborations, flirtations with pop success, and continued artistic investigations into riveting subjects. Lees meer

    Follow Ann Powers on Twitter at @annkpowers, and find her latest book, Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music wherever fine books are sold.

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  36. PJ Harvey with Ann Powers, Part 1

    19 mei 2022 · 3 uur 44 min

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    For Yasi’s birthday, she can have a two-part PJ Harvey episode as a treat. Ann Powers of NPR Music is welcomed back to Bandsplain to dissect the lauded work and cinematic life of Polly Jean Harvey, who Ann calls “the artiest rock star of the late 20th century” and a vector for deep discussions on gender, sexuality, mysticism, myth-making, and art. Lees meer

    Follow Ann Powers on Twitter at @annkpowers, and find her latest book, Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black and White, Body and Soul in American Music wherever fine books are sold.

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  37. Neutral Milk Hotel with Mark Richardson

    12 mei 2022 · 3 uur 36 min

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    Neutral Milk Hotel released only two studio albums in the mid-to-late 90s, On Avery Island and In An Aeroplane Over the Sea, but they’ve since been consecrated as quintessential indie rock classics. Emerging from the Elephant 6 musical collective, bandleader Jeff Mangum led this eccentric musical experiment that left much mystery, and a large cult following, in its wake. This week, Wall Street Journal’s rock and pop music critic and former editor-in-chief of Pitchfork Mark Richardson joins Yasi to explain Neutral Milk Hotel. Lees meer

    Follow Mark Richardson on Twitter at @markrichardson.

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  38. The Slits with Zoë Howe

    5 mei 2022 · 4 uur 25 min

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    In the mid-70s, four not-so-typical teenage girls came barreling into the nascent UK punk scene. The Slits split in the early 80s, but their impact on punk was profound and foundational. Zoë Howe, author of Typical Girls, the Story of the Slits, joins Yasi to talk about the revolution of the Slits. Lees meer

    Follow Zoë Howe on Twitter @ladyzoe2dots, and check out her book, Typical Girls, the Story of the Slits, on her website, zoehowe.com.

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  39. Primus with Christopher Weingarten

    28 april 2022 · 3 uur 23 min

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    Primus, led by bass-slappin’ virtuoso Les Claypool, emerged from the Bay Area’s funk-punk-metal hybrid scene of the late 80s and 90s, to become a textbook cult band—you either love ‘em or hate ‘em. Music journalist Christopher Weingarten makes the case for the true cult fandom of Primus and the oddball, arty genius of Les Claypool. Lees meer

    Follow Christopher Weingarten on Twitter @1000TimesYes and pick up his 33 ⅓ book on Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.

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  40. Operation Ivy with Corbett Redford

    21 april 2022 · 2 uur 36 min

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    Operation Ivy was likely your favorite band’s favorite band, and Corbett Redford, director of the documentary Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk, tells us why. These teenage pioneers of ska-inflected punk were a flagship band of Berkeley’s 924 Gilman scene in the mid 1980s, releasing only one full length that galvanized a scene and several generations of future punks. Lees meer

    Follow Corbett Redford on Twitter at @CorbettRedford and check out Turn It Around: The Story of East Bay Punk.

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  41. Rilo Kiley with Quinn Moreland

    14 april 2022 · 3 uur 5 min

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    Pitchfork’s Quinn Moreland joins us to explain the reverberations of Jenny Lewis’s reign as the queen of 2000s indie rock with her band of Los Angeles darlings, Rilo Kiley. Lees meer

    Follow Quinn Moreland on Twitter at @quinnmoreland.

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  42. Radiohead with Cole Cuchna, Part 2

    7 april 2022 · 3 uur 34 min

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    We’re back with Cole Cuchna, host of Dissect and Key Notes, for Part 2 of Radiohead, starting from their revolutionary 2000 album Kid A through their continuing evolution both as a band and as individual artists. Steven Hyden, author of This Isn’t Happening: Radiohead’s Kid A and the Beginning of the 21st Century, also joins us for an examination of Kid A’s impact on music criticism and the album’s context within rock music history. Lees meer

    Follow Cole Cuchna on Twitter at @dissectpodcast and check out his podcasts Dissect and Key Notes, only on Spotify.

    Follow Steven Hyden on Twitter @Steven_Hyden, and check out his podcasts Indiecast and 36 From the Vault. Find his book This Isn’t Happening: Radiohead’s Kid A and the Beginning of the 21st Century wherever fine books are sold.

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  43. Radiohead with Cole Cuchna, Part 1

    31 maart 2022 · 2 uur 41 min

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    Cole Cuchna, host of Dissect and Key Notes, brings his keyboard to Bandsplain for Part 1 of our deep dive into the history, music theory, and immense, innovative impact Radiohead has had on music at large. Covering their first era, Cole and Yasi take us through the band’s Oxford origins, to how they grappled with and later defied Creep’s one-hit-wonder status, all the way up to their groundbreaking work on OK Computer. Stay tuned next week for Part 2 of Radiohead. Lees meer

    Follow Cole Cuchna on Twitter at @dissectpodcast and check out his podcasts Dissect and Key Notes, only on Spotify.

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  44. Mailbag Part Deux

    24 maart 2022 · 1 uur 26 min

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    Once again, Yasi and Producer Dylan take a little breather from the 60 page Google Docs and 5 hour episodes to answer your burning questions, including: the making of Bandsplain, what bands we’re listening to now, and why we haven’t done Guided By Voices yet. Special shout out to our Gen Z listeners who called in, you are very cool. Lees meer

    Check out the artists Yasi and Dylan recommended in this episode:

    Turnstile

    Enumclaw

    Big Thief

    Soccer Mommy

    Snail Mail

    SASAMI

    Girlpool

    Wednesday

    OVLOV

    Young Guv

    Fucked Up

    Niis

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  45. Liz Phair with Niko Stratis

    17 maart 2022 · 3 uur 49 min

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    A major figure in the cool girl canon, Liz Phair broke through Chicago’s indie rock scene (and its politics) with her seminal 1993 debut, Exile in Guyville, setting her off on a fearlessly confessional path of continual, defiant self-reinvention. Writer Niko Stratis talks with Yasi about Liz Phair’s bold songwriting and boundary-pushing across the worlds of provincial indie rock and chart-topping pop. Lees meer

    Follow Niko Stratis at @nikostratis.

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  46. 311 with Marty Sartini Garner

    10 maart 2022 · 3 uur 36 min

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    In honor of 3/11 day, we present to you: 311. Purveyors of positivity as well as amber-colored energies, 311’s extensive career gets a thorough and loving look from writer and known Excitable, Marty Sartini Garner. Lees meer

    Follow Marty Sartini Garner at @mrrrty.

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  47. Randy Newman with Molly Lambert

    3 maart 2022 · 2 uur 19 min

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    Songwriter laureate of Los Angeles Randy Newman gets explained by the Valley’s own Molly Lambert. Infinitely more prolific, and controversial, than his common image suggests as the “I Love LA” and Toy Story theme song guy, Molly takes Yasi on a tour of his extensive and complex oeuvre as Hollywood songman. Lees meer

    Follow Molly Lambert at @mollylambert.

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  48. Sublime with Jeff Weiss

    24 februari 2022 · 2 uur 3 min

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    Sublime, the ultimate legacy band for stoner kids everywhere, get explained by return guest Jeff Weiss. Jeff joins Yasi to make the case on how Sublime’s Long Beach heritage and their of-its-time infusions of ska, punk, rock, and reggae made them a ubiquitous Southern Californian musical export, even after singer Bradley Newell’s passing in 1996. Lees meer

    Follow Jeff Weiss at @passionweiss and check out The LAnd magazine at @theLAndmagazine.

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  49. Pavement with Chris Ryan

    17 februari 2022 · 3 uur 52 min

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    The Ringer’s Chris Ryan joins us for a long-awaited Bandsplain on one of Yasi’s all-time favorite bands: Pavement. Steeped in Californian suburban ennui, the casual, scruffy brilliance of Pavement pierced through the indie rock heyday of the post-grunge 90s to make them one of the most enduring rock bands from that moment. Lees meer

    Follow Chris Ryan on Twitter at @ChrisRyan77 and check out his Ringer podcasts The Watch, The Rewatchables, Music Exists, and The Ringer NBA Show.

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  50. Minutemen with Joe Gross

    10 februari 2022 · 2 uur 48 min

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    Minutemen from San Pedro, CA were a band of childhood soulmates whose experimental sound, working class roots, and lucid politics made them all-timers in the history of punk. Joe Gross returns to highlight Minutemen’s DIY ethos of “jamming econo,” and the timeless influence they had on the whole of independent music that came after them. Lees meer

    Follow Joe Gross on Twitter at @joegross and pick up his 33 ⅓ book on Fugazi’s In On the Killtaker wherever fine books are sold.

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