Bob and Mike return to talk a bit about Pavement's UK and US tour, pay tribute to Hamish Kilgour, and play songs from French pop duo Marie Mathematique, soul gospel legend Mavis Staples, '70s Nigerian rock funk band Black Children Sledge Funk Group, indie rock royalty The Casual Dots, '60s electro pop duo The Silver Apples, and current UK songwriter Richard Dawson.
After a six-month hiatus, Bob and Mike return to play and discuss music from NYC, Brazil, London, and Germany, and also discuss Pavement's recent shows headlining the Primavera Sound festival in Porto and Barcelona.
New music from Tonstartssbandht and Cindy, tributes to Mensi aka Thomas Mensforth of the Angelic Upstarts and Michael Nesmith of the Monkees (including the Lemonheads covering "Different Drum"), as well as archival music from New Zealand post-punk band Shoes This High and reggae/dub/jazz from Count Ossie & The Mystic Revelation of Rastafari.
Bob and Mike return with a focus on Pauline Murray of Penetration, plus her duet with Peter Perrett of The Only Ones, as well as new music from Myriam Gendron, archival tracks from Cincinnati punk band The Dents, and classic tracks from Aphex Twin, Nikki Giovanni, and The Members.
Bob and Mike play songs from across the world, spanning decades. current music from Megan Siebe and Juniore anchors the show, along with a couple songs from anti-folk cult legend Ish Marquez, and New York power pop heroes The Speedies. The show ends with a couple legends, jazz saxophonist Pharoah Sanders and slack key guitarist Keola Beamer.
Bob and Mike focus on new music, with four songs released in 2021 (by Orchestre Tout Puissant Marcel Duchamp, Horsegirl, Etran de L'Aïr, and Vanishing Twin), plus classic '90s UK punk from Leatherface, and the legendary soul drummer Bernard "Pretty" Purdie. They also discuss the recently announced Pavement shows in 2022.
Bob and Mike return with a new episode that focuses heavily on post-millennium indie rock from the U.S. and U.K., along with some early '70s funk from Philly and some mid-'80s post punk from New Zealand.
Bob and Mike talk a bit about the Pavement tour of Europe in 2022, plus play and discuss some songs from Katy Kirby, Bdrmm, Mansfield TYA, Amanaz, Joachim & Rolf Kühn, and Mustafa Özkent.
Bob and Mike play music from all over the world, jumping from Norway to Bristol to Brazil to Zambia to different parts of the U.S.
Bob and Mike play a wide diversity of artists, including '80s Dutch anarcho punk band Rondos, Brazilian legend Gilberto Gil, Nigerian juju legend King Sunny Ade, Korean rock legend Shin Joong Hyun & Yup Juns, new music from Squirrel Flower, and a recent song from Apache Sun.
New music from Bush Tea, Regas-McDonald, and Babehoven, along with older music from Barbara George, Dark Day, DNA, and Sheila Chandra.
Bob and Mike play one song each from Blind Blake, Gal Costa, Flat Worms, Endless Boogie, Sea Pinks, and Crack Cloud. Topics of discussion include how people traveled in the 1920s and 1930s, Brazilian geography, the Indie Pop Hall of Fame, moms, college radio, and the stupid ads that play when using a certain streaming service that shall go unnamed (deliberately not edited out).
Bob and Mike play current music from the UK by Squid and Holiday Ghosts, '70s soul from Marie Queenie Lyons, recent rock from Mosses, '90s indie from The Pacific Ocean, and vintage UK post punk from Greenfield Leisure.
A truly international show, as Bob and Mike span continents and play punk rock from Japan (Friction) and Germany (Mittagspause), dance hip hop from Ghana (Ata Kak), electronic music from Sweden (The Knife), coldwave from Canada (Essaie Pas), go go funk from Washington, DC (Chuck Brown & The Soul Searchers), and rhythmic no wave from New York (Thick Pigeon). Come join us.
Nels Cline (the 82nd greatest guitarist of all time, according to Rolling Stone) joins Bob and Mike to share and discuss music. Tangents abound, including discussions on Frank Zappa, driving in LA, how Nels sold Mike records in the '80s, and much more.
Bob and Mike play and discuss songs from Johnnie Frierson, The Drapels, Senyawa, Rosali, Bert Jansch, Alien City, and Dredd Foole & Ben Chasny.
Bob and Mike play obscure Australian low-fi artists Tangled Shoelaces, plus UK post-punk legends Family Fodder and Talk Talk, gospel soul heroes Soprocos, two from Reymour, and a song from Indifferent Dance Centre.
Bob and Mike discuss music from multiple continents and throughout different eras, including tangents about answer songs, UK music between The Smiths and The Stone Roses, and Billy Bragg playing with Disposable Heroes of Hiphoprosy.
Bob and Mike play current songs from Black Country, New Road, Chassol, and Cassandra Jenkins, plus older ones from CocoRosie, Black Merda, and Crime.
Newer music (Corvair, This Is The Kit, Nap Eyes, Ruth Good) is mixed in with older stuff (West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, Linda Smith, Candi Staton), as Bob Nastanovich and Mike Hogan discuss all topics from environmentally friendly lawnmowers, former MLB star Otis Nixon's personal life, and the possibility of a Pavement tour in 2022.
Ross
I couldn't appreciate this more. I'm a huge Silver Jews and Pavement fan who comes from a family of degenerate gamblers. I usually only get to hear horse racing banter like this during our annual family reunion at Lone Star Park. Always leave with a band or two to look up. Thanks Bob and Mike!