Bon Iver — “Skinny Love”
Pack up your winter gear—we’re headed to the Wisconsin woods. This week, Rob retreats into Justin Vernon’s cabin to remember the buzzy indie...
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60 Songs That Explain the '90s
The 1990s were a turning point in music: with the increasingly connected world enabling an unprecedented coalescence of various styles and genres, the decade featured the rapid evolution of...
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Black Eyed Peas — “I Gotta Feeling”
Are bad lyrics good lyrics? That’s the question Rob posits as he tackles the Black Eyed Peas, who may have mastered the art of good-bad song...
Lee Ann Womack — “I Hope You Dance”
She sings both kinds of music—country and Western—and you better be grateful for it. Lee Ann Womack followed in the footsteps of icons like...
An Overdue 60 Songs Mailbag
It’s been [redacted] years since our last mailbag episode, and Rob is finally back to answer all your burning questions about the ’90s, 2000...
Peter Bjorn and John — "Young Folks"
Twee aesthetics, songs about fleeting youth (sung by people who are objectively young), and lots and lots of blogs—that’s right, we’re talki...
Evanescence — “Bring Me To Life”
Although this podcast has continuously shown that we cheer for the underdog, every now and then we must tip our cap to the suits and head ho...
Sade — “By Your Side”
This week’s episode is all about comfort. It’s about being remembered and what better person to commemorate that feeling with than the perso...
Spoon — “The Underdog”
Today, Rob explains how even after five successful studio albums, Spoon still felt vengeful enough to write the most triumphant song about b...
My Chemical Romance—“Welcome to the Black Parade”
We should have known that, despite the irony, the kid from New Jersey who defended the purchasing of serial killer comics would grow up to b...
Bush — “Glycerine”
We’re going back to our roots this week—back to our Toyota Corollas and Chrysler LeBarons or whatever other shitty cars we drove back in the...
Shakira — “Hips Don’t Lie”
This episode is for the ladies up in here tonight! Before her hips became internationally renowned, Shakira was making Spanish rock music fr...
Feist — “1234”
Imagine, you’re on the road with an indie sleaze band making sock puppets sing obscenities when Sesame Street gives you a call. Leslie Feist...
Joanna Newsom — “Emily”
This episode is for all of the people who don’t know the difference between a meteor, meteoroid, and meteorite. Rob finally opens up about h...
Wolf Parade — “I’ll Believe in Anything”
Will you come to my cottage this summer and blast Canadian rock music? Rob is asking … for a friend! This week, we analyze the dramatic come...
Radiohead — “All I Need”
Keep those negative thoughts to yourself! They are a parasite to those around you, and who knows that better than Thom Yorke? This week, Rob...
TV On The Radio — “Wolf Like Me”
This week, Rob takes a trip down memory lane, a.k.a. 2000s Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Now that we are in the dark ages of social media and vira...
Madvillain — “All Caps”
This week, Rob makes a solid argument that the coolest thing a person can do is watch cartoons and play pretend. He breaks down the many per...
The White Stripes — “Seven Nation Army”
You’ve heard the song a million times, and you can sing along with the crowd when it comes on. But come trivia, would you be able to name th...
Kelis — “Milkshake”
Today, Rob talks about the song that left him speechless upon his first listen—“Milkshake”. He retraces his steps back to the beginning of K...
Paramore — “Misery Business”
Imagine the angstiest, cringiest art you made as a teenager. Now imagine the entire world singing to it in their cars and at karaoke forever...