We Listen 2 Records
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We Listen 2 Records
Long time friends Matthew Nash and Jason Egan listen to a record and talk about it's influence, for better or worse, on their lives.
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Top 10 - 1 Records of 2021
We listened to the top albums of 2021, these are the top 10. Here's our pics: Elliot smith, Grouper, Reds Pinks and Purples, Angelo De Augustine, Sufj...
Top 20 - 11 Records of 2021
We listened to the top albums of 2021, and narrowed them down to the top 20 like Rick Dees. This is 20-11. Here's what you're in for by pressing play:...
Don't Want To Know If You Are Lonely, Husker Du
We listened to the track "Don't Want to Know If You Are Lonely" from Husker Du's Candy Apple Grey while drinking and making fires in the woods of VT....
Psychotic Episode, Royal Headache
We listened to the track "Psychotic Episode" from Royal Headache (R.I.P.) while drinking in the woods of VT. That's what we've come to these days. We...
All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors, Turning Into Small
We listened to Turning Into Small from All Natural Lemon and Lime Flavors. Everyone knows band names should start out ridiculous with the idea that i...
...And You Will Know Us By The Trail Of Dead, Source tags and Codes
We listened to Source tags and codes from ...And you will know us by the trail of dead. We find the Unwound connection and talk about the early 2000's...
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights
We listened to Turn on the Bright Lights from Interpol. Their first record released in 2002 could lazily be compared to Joy Division...we try hard not...
Beastie Boys - Paul Revere
We listened to the track "Paul Revere" from The Beastie Boys. We get into this problematic snotty period by the trio and their upcoming Netflix docume...
Romeo Void - Never Say Never
We listened to the track "Never Say Never" from Romeo Void from 1982. Wee were barely in elementary school but it followed us into high school somehow...
Rodan - Rusty
We listened to Rusty from Rodan. Big shocker we're still stuck back in the early nineties talking about Slint, June of '44, Bob Weston, the thin post...
Broncho - "It's on" 7"
We listened to Broncho's seven inch single "It's On" from 2014 on CQ Records. The small records count too and this track always puts us in a good mood...
Japanther - All we got is each other
We listened to the song "All we got is each other" by Japanther off Instant Money Magic, which Matt figured out is actually a cover of a Ghost Mice so...
Love of Diagrams - Mosaic
We listened to Love of Diagrams, Mosaic, released in 2007 from Matador records. An unbelievably dense post post punk record from this Australian trio...
The Vaselines - Enter The Vaselines
We listened to The Vaselines, Enter The Vaselines. Rereleased on Subpop thanks to Kurt, this is a collection of their first two EP's a posthumous full...
John Thill - The Greatest Hits Of John Thill : Volume II
We listened to John Thill's Greatest Hits Volume 2, no there was no volume 1 that we know of. For some reason we both have become a tiny bit obsessed...
At The Drive In - Relationship of Command
We listened to Relationship of Command from At The Drive In. Released almost 20 years ago this explosive, hardcore sound hit it's peak with this recor...
Wire - Pink Flag
We listened to Wire's, Pink Flag from 1977. An art school band to the core who got serious with punk and six months later they record this kind of gen...
Marnie Stern - This Is It & I Am It & You Are It & So Is That & He Is It & She Is It & It Is It & That Is That
We listened to Marnie Stern's 2008 record, This Is It & I Am It & You Are It & So Is That & He Is It & She Is It & It Is It & That Is That. We talk ab...
Karate - self titled
We listened to the self titled debut album from the Boston based band, Karate. Mike suggested this pick at the end of our Fugazi discography coverage...
Fugazi 1998 - 2001 (End Hits, The Argument)
Our final episode covering the Fugazi discography, End Hits and The Argument. We invited Mike to the studio again for drinks and a microphone. We talk...
Fugazi 1991 - 1993 (Steady Diet of Nothing, In on the Kill Taker, Red Medicine)
In an attempt to cover the entire Fugazi discography we listen to the next three records, Steady Diet of Nothing, In On The Kill Taker and Red Medicin...
Fugazi 1989 - 1990 (13 Songs, Repeater)
In our attempt to cover the entire Fugazi discography we listen to their first two records, 13 Songs (which Matt will point out is not a real album) a...
Them Are Us Too - Remain
We listen to Remain from Them Are Us Too on Dias Records. Their first and only proper album with Cash Askew and Kennedy Ashlyn who met at Kennedys got...
Chelsea Wolf - Pain Is Beauty
We listen to the album Pain Is Beauty by Chelsea Wolf. Matt saw her perform in Boston a while back and we first talked about her collaboration with Ru...
Matt and Kim - Daylight
We listen to the track "Daylight" from Matt and Kim off the album Grand. Jason and Matt caught them at Sirenfest in Coney Island a while ago and there...
Black Flag - My War
We listen to Black Flag's My War with friend of the show and music writer, Sean Caldwell from letters-from-a-tapehead. Sean is an authority on Flag an...
Urinals - Negative Capability...Check it Out!
We listen to Negative Capability from Urinals? The Urinals? Before we even had musical taste, these guys bashed away in film school with hits like "Se...
Neds Atomic Dustbin - Kill Your Television (mini)
Miniepisode. We listen to the song, Kill Your Television from Neds Atomic Dustbin. Truly embarrassing, this hit hasn't aged well. Not sure how we or a...
Times New Viking - Dancer Equired!
We listen to Dancer Equired from the shitgaze pioneers, Times New Viking. Their last full length release on Merge Records takes all the hiss and blown...
Chastity Belt - I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone
We listen to Chastity Belt's 2017 release, I Used To Spend So Much Time Alone. Some would say this is their "mature" release coming from a band who re...
Sonic Youth - Daydream Nation
We listen to one of the greatest records of all time and barely scratch the surface of what was happening in and around the recording of this album. I...
Prince, When You Were Mine
We listen to the track When You Were Mine from the one man song machine, Prince. This one is off his second record, "Dirty Mind" and Prince played eve...
Spiderland, Slint
We listen to the landmark album from Slint, Spiderland. What band wasn't influenced by this record and band? More importantly how does this sound now...
Is This It, The Strokes
We listen to Is This It from The Strokes. Note that this is not a question but more like a sigh of indifference for a title. Were the early 2000's a b...
Apple O', Deerhoof
We listen to Deerhoof's Apple O' from 2003. Deefhoof carved out their own distinct niche somewhere in the middle of Lightning Bolt, Blonde Redhead and...
Warehouse: Songs and Stories, Husker Du
We listen to Husker Du's, Warehouse: Songs and Stories which Matt decided is their most underrated album. We get into their Black Flag connection, the...
Get In The Van, Henry Rollins
Jason and Matt listen to the audio book version of the tour diary of Henry Rollins when he was in Black Flag in the mid 80's. It's all the shittiness...
Institutionalized, Suicidal Tendencies
Jason and Matt listen to the track Institutionalized from Suicidal Tendencies. It's summer and we only have time for one song. Matt pulls this one out...
Episode 17: Milk Music, Cruise Your Illusion
Jason and Matt listen to Cruise Your Illusion from Milk Music. Psychedelic guitar rock, political lyrics and unique song structures create an interest...
Minisode 1: Jesus and Mary Chain + The Pixies, Head On
Jason and Matt listen to the song "Head On," a song by The Jesus and Mary Chain that The Pixies covered on their last album. Both versions are great,...