This week Aaron and Brent showcase "B-Sides and Rarities" from two of their favorite bands: Toad the Wet Sprocket and Pearl Jam.Playlist LinksSpotifyApple MusicBand Linkshttps://pearljam.comhttps://toadthewetsprocket.comMentions from the show(2

The Annual Year-In-Review Special

Dec 25th, 2023 1h 2m

For their last episode of the year, Aaron and Brent wrap up 2023 by giving listeners a glimpse inside the inner-workings of the podcast.The guys recall some of their favorite "off-air" moments and break down the episodes that were impactful to

The Playlist Before Christmas Holiday Spectacular

Dec 18th, 2023 58m 18s

Coming out one week before Christmas Day, Aaron and Brent celebrate the festive nature of the holiday season by welcoming back two special guests for Episode 193’s “The Playlist Before Christmas Holiday Spectacular”.For their fourth annual Chri

1977 vs 1979

Dec 11th, 2023 1h 16m

This week, Aaron and Brent each pick out three songs from their birth year.Born in the spring of 1977, Brent highlights songs from artists including ABBA, Hall & Oates, and Pete Townshend & Ronnie Lane.With a birthday just six months shy of the

Kesha & Charlotte Sands

Dec 4th, 2023 1h 12m

This week, Aaron picks out music from a Massachusetts-born singer who has utilized the wide-spread influence of Tik Tok to cultivate a massive following while Brent showcases three songs from a singer who has amassed ten top-ten singles and two

Cover Songs, Vol. 6

Nov 27th, 2023 1h 24m

This week, and for the first time in over a year, the guys revisit one of their favorite topics: Cover Songs.In this 6th installment in the series, Aaron picks out three songs that creatively transform the original while Brent picks three cover

Marvelous 3 & Spanish Love Songs

Nov 20th, 2023 1h 21m

This week, Aaron introduces Brent to a Los Angeles five piece band that describes themselves as "grouchrock" while Brent spotlights an Atlanta-based band for Aaron that just released its first album in 23 years last month.With no-holds-barred s

Debbie Gibson & PRIZM

Nov 13th, 2023 1h 14m

Coming up in Episode 188, Aaron introduces Brent to a Dallas-based duo with music that is a throwback to 80s dance anthems filled with synth wave and power vocals while Brent highlights a Brooklyn-born singer who signed to a development deal wi

Molly Hatchet & The Red Clay Strays

Nov 6th, 2023 1h 11m

This Monday in Episode 187, Aaron highlights a group from Mobile, Alabama that take their name from the state's rust-colored soil while Brent spotlights a Jacksonville, Florida band named after a famous 17th-century axe murderess.Featuring a bl

The Stay-Puft Halloween Episode

Oct 30th, 2023 1h 17m

Coming out a day before Halloween, Aaron and Brent once again dedicate an entire episode to songs that have a connection to the ghoulish holiday.For "The Stay-Puft Halloween Episode", Aaron and Brent pick out songs from bands including Phoebe B

Sly & The Family Stone & Scary Pockets

Oct 23rd, 2023 1h 18m

This week, Aaron and Brent highlight music from two different California bands that play their own distinct brand of funk music.Featuring a rotating roster of the best session musicians, singers and producers in Los Angeles known for releasing

Matthew Sweet & Sister Hazel

Oct 16th, 2023 1h 15m

This week, Aaron and Brent both highlight artists that had significant mainstream success in the mid-90s, one from Gainesville, Florida and the other from Athens, Georgia by way of Lincoln, Nebraska.Named after a local missionary who ran a home

Juliana Hatfield & Margaret Glaspy

Oct 9th, 2023 1h 24m

Aaron spotlights music from a New York City-based singer/songwriter who just released her third album in August while Brent highlights a musician who, throughout her career, has performed as a solo artist, a member of The Lemonheads, and as the

Great Songs, Bad Albums

Oct 2nd, 2023 1h 40m

In his 19th appearance on the podcast, guest Ryan King returns and furnishes the topic for the week: Great Songs, Bad Albums.This week, Aaron, Brent and Ryan each pick out two songs that are the shining light on otherwise unfavorable albums.Fr

Gordon Lightfoot & Kingfishr

Sep 25th, 2023 1h 10m

This week, in Episode 181, Aaron and Brent circle back to the folk genre to cover music from a Canadian singer/songwriter who just passed away in May and an Irish trio that named themselves after a particular bird that frequents the river Boro

90s Country

Sep 18th, 2023 1h 17m

For their 180th Episode, Aaron and Brent spotlight songs from a renaissance period in country music when artists like Shania Twain and Garth Brooks started crossing over into the mainstream.In the 1990s, hits like “Achy Breaky Heart" and "How D

What is Even Happening: A Collection of Curiosities

Sep 11th, 2023 1h 11m

This week, Aaron and Brent explore the stranger side of music in an episode they have dubbed, "What is Even Happening: A Collection of Curiosities".From spoken-word tracks and experimental sounds to bluegrass covers of hip-hop songs, the guys s

Bruno Mars & James Morrison

Sep 4th, 2023 1h 4m

This week, Aaron picks out music from an English singer, songwriter and guitarist who was named Best British Male Solo Artist at the Brit Awards in 2007 and Brent highlights a singer/songwriter who was nicknamed "Bruno" by his father because of

Veruca Salt & Softcult

Aug 28th, 2023 1h 6m

This week, Aaron picks out music from a Kitchener, Ontario, twin sister group while Brent highlights a Chicago-based band co-founded by Louise Post and Nina Gordon.Born from the ashes of their previous group, Courage My Love, during the summer

Heard It From A Friend: A Harmonious Exchange Of Music

Aug 21st, 2023 1h 17m

For Episode 176, Aaron and Brent base their song picks around the very concept that helped birth this podcast: Mix-Tapes.Before the days of instantly discovering new music through Spotify, Apple Music, or YouTube, you had to rely on word-of-mo

Flickerstick & Greenwheel

Aug 14th, 2023 1h 8m

This week, Aaron picks out songs from a St. Charles, Missouri band that formed in their local record shop while Brent features music from a Dallas/Ft. Worth group that got a career boost courtesy of VH1.Starting out in high school under the mon

27 B Stroke 6 & Edwin McCain

Aug 7th, 2023 1h 18m

Aaron helps to familiarize Brent with deeper cuts from an artist who found success with two back-to-back radio hits in the late 90s while Brent introduces Aaron to a West Tennessee band that takes their name from a line in the Terry Gilliam fil

That’s a Damn Vibe

Jul 31st, 2023 1h 12m

This week, Aaron and Brent each try to define what exactly makes a song have a particular vibe to it. As expected, they have vastly different interpretations of the meaning of the word.They each pick out 3 songs that distinctly represent what

My Morning Jacket & Manchester Orchestra

Jul 24th, 2023 1h 22m

Aaron highlights a band from the suburbs of Atlanta that originally started as a solo project for frontman Andy Hull while Brent spotlights a Louisville-bred band led by singer-songwriter Jim James.Named after the English city home to bands lik

Scorpions & Royal Thunder

Jul 17th, 2023 1h 11m

This week, Aaron introduces Brent to an Atlanta band that just released their first album in 6 years last month while Brent highlights a group from Germany that formed in 1965 by guitarist Rudolf Schenker.Described by NPR as "revved-up Southern