Sloan

Chris Murphy of the Canadian indie rock band Sloan describes them as "a cult band," but they're a cult band with legs. They started in 1991 and recently released their 14th album, Based on the Best Seller . This week Murphy talks about how a band with kids and members in their 50s works, and what democracy looks like in a band. Murphy talks about the fake B-movie trailers the band shot to draw attention to songs from the new album, and they're well worth seeing. We also hear part of three songs from Based on the Best Seller: 1. "Live Forever" 2. "Dream Destroyer" 3. "Capitol Cooler" Of course, we also talked about their Christmas recordings and a possible Christmas album. In the episode, I mentioned a story that quotes me on programming all-Christmas radio and Christmas playlists. Finally, the episode ends with Los Del Rio's "Christmas Macarena," which has an entertaining video on YouTube .

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Sloan is an episode from Twelve Songs of Christmas by Alex Rawls.

This episode is 45:44 long.

This episode was published on Oct 2, 2025.

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