All the stars are here. It's late-night TV's biggest evening. We even made Kenny make a crooner awards show version of the theme. We're celebrating the best and worst of over 100 performances discussed. It's our One-year Anniversary Awards Show

Aerosmith with Perry Eaton

22 days ago 2h 38m

The podcast bad boys from Boston are talking about THE Bad Boys from Boston. It's AEROSMITH week!Joining the show with discussion questions in hand is the lead singer and guitarist of another great Boston band Beeef, Perry Eaton! Perry and the

Fall Out Boy

Apr 7th, 2024 1h 59m

They're pop-punk emo heroes turned anthemic arena radio rock mainstays. Some turned to heavy drug use, while others became tabloid fodder. And hats. Lots of hats. It's FALL OUT BOY week!The career arc is there folks, captured in some ridiculous

Teenage Fanclub with Mark Neeley

Mar 24th, 2024 2h 24m

In a year that saw Nirvana, R.E.M, and Pearl Jam put out generation-defining albums, Spin Magazine named this band's 1991 album Record of the Year. 33 years later, this cult power-pop outfit remains a weird outlier sandwiched between the eras o

Primus

Mar 10th, 2024 2h 7m

The craziest bass playing you've ever seen. Atonal metal breakdowns. Songs about meth heads burying bodies. And multiple top-ten records. How? It's PRIMUS week!It's a guestless, Alex-pick episode: buckle up. Primus breaks on to the national TV

Tyler, the Creator with J'na Jefferson

Feb 25th, 2024 2h 11m

He's gone from causing a national panic to winning Grammys and selling high-end perfumes, all while putting on some of the most innovative stage performances of the 21st century. It's TYLER, THE CREATOR week!Joining the show to school us elder

Amy Winehouse

Feb 11th, 2024 2h 21m

Her voice: timeless. Her TV performances: iconic. We're headed across the pond and googling gobby. It's AMY WINEHOUSE week!Clips on Later...with Jools Holland and Friday Night with Jonathan Ross show Amy at her jazziest. Jools Holland's 2006 An

Beastie Boys with Sean O'Neal

Jan 28th, 2024 2h 17m

So what-cha want? An episode on the prolific decades-spanning run of Ad Rock, Mike D, and MCA? No problem. It's BEASTIE BOYS week!Joining the show to break down the iconic rhymes, beats, and general coolness of the B-Boys is Texas Monthly write

Grab Bag: New Year's Eve Performances

Dec 31st, 2023 2h 1m

It's a night of celebration and watching musicians and celebrities awkwardly count down numbers together. We're ringing in 2024 with our second-ever GRAB BAG episode on New Year's Eve performances!The guys watch Tina Turner preview her huge com

Green Day with Ryan Agate

Dec 17th, 2023 2h 11m

From Gilman to the Grammys, they are arguably the biggest American punk band of all time. It's GREEN DAY week!Joining the show is long-time and legendary (as proclaimed by us) Boston music venue booker Ryan Agate AKA Ryan the Terrible! The guys

Coldplay with Josh Terry

Dec 3rd, 2023 2h 25m

Maybe you love to hate 'em. Maybe they're a guilty pleasure. Or maybe like most humans on earth you casually enjoy 'em. Either way, It's COLDPLAY week!Joining the show is music critic and writer of the Chicago-based culture blog No Expectations

No Doubt

Nov 19th, 2023 2h 12m

They sparked a national obsession with ska horns and new wave keyboard while being led by one of the most famous frontwomen of the 1990s. It's NO DOUBT week!The clip journey this week takes the show from local SoCal cable access in 1990 to Supe

1960s Aretha Franklin

Nov 5th, 2023 2h 23m

T-M-G-T-P-O-D! Find out what it means this week! We're going way back into the era of bright light variety specials to talk the Queen of Soul. It's 1960s ARETHA FRANKLIN week!The guys discuss Aretha’s intense upbringing amid the civil rights mo

Rancid with Courtney Denison

Oct 22nd, 2023 2h 14m

We got hella mohawks and ska hats at the ready for this one. It's RANCID week!Joining the show to break down all things bay area punk is the lead singer and guitarist of Boston-area band Bad Idea USA Courtney Denison! Courtney describes her own

Nirvana with Rory Phillips

Oct 8th, 2023 2h 45m

We're talking about a band important enough that we use them in our show description. It's NIRVANA week!One of the pod's musical heroes is here to talk about his own musical hero. Musician and producer Rory Phillips (The Impossibles, The Stereo

Grab Bag: One-hit Wonders

Sep 24th, 2023 2h 5m

We're grabbing a bag, shaking it up, and pulling out some clips this week. It's our first ever GRAB BAG episode on famous one-hit wonders!Alex and Jon walk 500 miles with the Proclaimers on Letterman before watching a wild performance by Sir-Mi

Sum 41

Sep 10th, 2023 1h 51m

They stormed the early 2000s like their name was El Niño. But what happened once the storm died down? It's SUM 41 week!Alex and Jon go solo to talk about the startling meteoric rise and winding transformation of this somewhat pop-punk Canadian

R.E.M. with Keith Phipps

Aug 27th, 2023 2h 19m

Stipe. Buck. Mills. Berry. Beaton. Hillman. One of the most important and significant American bands of all time gets the TMGT treatment. It's R.E.M. week!Joining the show to talk 32 years, 15 albums, and a pod-record seven late night clips is

Blink 182 with Michael Hurley

Aug 13th, 2023 2h 14m

What's the worst way to understand a legendary pop punk band famous for shaky live sets and funny stage banter? How about watching their late night tv show performances? This week on Tonight's Musical Guest, Today, it's BLINK 182!Joining the sh

Andrew W.K. with Kenny

Jul 30th, 2023 1h 59m

A voice unlike any other. Or maybe voices? We'll talk about it. This week, we're getting out the detective whiteboard and partying all the same. It's ANDREW W.K. week!The guys couldn't do this one alone, so they enlisted the studious help of TM

Sheryl Crow

Jul 16th, 2023 1h 51m

9 Grammy Wins. 32 Nominations. Over 50 million records sold. And now a TMGT episode? Yep. This week on Tonight's Musical Guest, Today, we're talking about the great SHERYL CROW.The guys explore their own cultural memory of Crow and realize they

Limp Bizkit

Jul 2nd, 2023 1h 39m

Nobody asked for it. We're doing it anyways. Turn your red hats backwards and stick those cookies up your yeahs. It's time for the LIMP BIZKIT episode on Tonight's Musical Guest, Today.Alex owns up to the fact that he saw Limp Bizkit live with

A Tribe Called Quest with Dart Adams

Jun 18th, 2023 1h 29m

They were the voices of a movement and moment for rap in the 1990s. And it all played out on late night TV. This week on Tonight's Musical Guest, Today, we're talking A TRIBE CALLED QUEST!And speaking of guests, the show is bringing on its firs

Rage Against the Machine

Jun 4th, 2023 1h 16m

How did one of the best live bands of the 1990s come off on late night TV? Turns out, quite well! For the second episode ever of Tonight's Musical Guest, Today, we're digging in on the incomparable RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE!Jon talks about how h

Weezer

May 21st, 2023 1h 15m

It's the very first episode of Tonight's Musical Guest, Today! Hooray. This is the podcast where we discuss the cultural memory and career arc of bands and artists through their late night tv show performances. Alex and Jon take some time to ex