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Hidden Jukebox
Author: Jake Amster and Matthew Amster-Burton
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Jake Amster and Matthew Amster-Burton, two Seattle music nerds and actual brothers, take you on an audio tour of the best albums of the 90s, from R.E.M. to T.L.C., Snoop Dogg to Phish.
88 Episodes
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SL https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/LVUozJve.jpg
Or has it just begun?
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Tame Impala, End of Summer (https://song.link/i/1827093360)
Mark Pritchard/Thom Yorke, Tall Tales (https://album.link/us/i/1781311112)
Matthew:
Abe Savas & the New Standards of Beauty, 99 Songs (Plus One) (https://album.link/i/1806976674)
The Minus Five, Oar On, Penelope! (https://album.link/i/1781475930)
CREAM https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/fc9w8nWO.jpg
Rollin' in MPV's, every week we made forty G's
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film (https://open.spotify.com/album/5nS7jRCPubnZF0OsXEM0D7?si=gCs6lg0gRaW1YoduvqD-Gw)
Pulp, More (https://open.spotify.com/album/4et2xBFMKmsaWQPjlKTbG6?si=yOoXdqFvSNKs0eISLyO2ng)
Matthew:
Wet Leg, Moisturizer (https://open.spotify.com/album/3YVnHpyms4rLr3fXS0ROQy?si=Wa44sghMQHWWWebbDXAC5g)
And two books:
Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of the Bangles (https://amzn.to/46exaoq)
Mike Campbell, Heartbreaker (https://amzn.to/4l7NYRX)
Cream https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/mlbRsDHB.jpg
Look up in the air, it's your guitar
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Young Gun Silver Fox, Pleasure (https://open.spotify.com/album/3wgqG6fxBw0qpUfxs0id28?si=RqREsm_STjCnWEPj-oNJ1Q)
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island (https://open.spotify.com/album/3koVdFrXznL2PQ8WxTYjt7?si=jy-xgdAZTeCXPDMQeLFS1w)
Matthew:
Turnstile, Never Enough (https://open.spotify.com/album/52yD51X7yDinwlg6tbCtpP?si=M3iQSj68REWgg0eE5JXPOg)
Hallelujah the Hills, Deck (https://open.spotify.com/album/6N8as4jE5DEBe9XhJGMrSi?si=JgllGBXHQyqaRviWW_CZBA)
Matthew's band's debut LP is out now:
Early to the Airport, Arrivals (https://open.spotify.com/album/3O8co5OKBVelVwQNPSLFyE?si=2m3spJkgQfeOBdUYDdKx3g)
Firestarter https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/ziqb_WZO.jpg
punkin' instigator
What we're listening to:
Jake:
My Morning Jacket, is (https://open.spotify.com/album/6gcyvR5ngQwblVmrWeNaNe?si=R7585KB6RwunudocPvbRQQ)
Bon Iver, SABLE, fABLE (https://open.spotify.com/album/3L3UjpXtom6T0Plt1j6l1T?si=f66hDMv7Rjyh2AUUtuaRmQ)
Matthew:
Suzanne Vega, Flying with Angels (https://open.spotify.com/album/08K9yhbZAuNnbUPpvYy7l5?si=a6bc368c3bda4bd5)
Marinero, La La La (https://open.spotify.com/album/5MFJ8Hny410K6fXlZPG9r0?si=b18cf0b1be05405b)
Insane in the Brain https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/eHUA7NaK.jpg
Punks just jealous 'cause they can't outwrite me.
We got interviewed by Rob Queen (https://robwqueen.com/2025/04/13/hidden-jukebox-an-interview/)!
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Goose, Everything Must Go (https://open.spotify.com/album/7mYw7l4p7Q3W9N1aLSWXZF?si=82eeed82612c4fa4)
Neal Francis, Return to Zero (https://open.spotify.com/album/0qoIJWiVqe2UVgd6sE8g0J?si=ytHYG4B0TsuNEVn69xAllw)
Coheed & Cambria, The Father of Make Believe (https://open.spotify.com/album/7fj1TOW6bJglJWQ8MqxNUH?si=iZ23UzeMQqihQhgrgzM6SQ)
Matthew:
Sharp Pins, Radio DDR (https://open.spotify.com/album/2rMHZAlbmZuIsr8iWR7oZX?si=58248664e6844e80)
The Raveonettes, Pe'ahi II (https://open.spotify.com/album/2WAd61BOZs5x11ihZKJtgg?si=c8553f9d5064498a)
Destroyer, Dan's Boogie (https://open.spotify.com/album/5J2h7JLsPAJUP3YxcjLo6P?si=tVrMabylQR-RTnBfGj9IWA)
Hook https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/L0YILHJj.jpg
I wanna bust all your balloons
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Deep Sea Diver, Billboard Heart (https://open.spotify.com/album/7n8ZhTHwFTpKF5u584a53t?si=c8fe4d43928e4319)
Father John Misty, Mahashmashana (https://open.spotify.com/album/2oJHtuXrCJ0KMH5GrC6Qdw?si=50dbe56028fe4421)
Matthew:
Margarget Cho, Lucky Gift (https://open.spotify.com/album/3X29MQKIEwUC9kZEgU8Iu5?si=ca475204c1104d12)
The Chills, Spring Board (https://open.spotify.com/album/7AKflhK90ck3bjy37oYUeC?si=5056df902bef47b4)
Ian Anderson unboxing Jethro Tull's Curious Ruminant (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oMD_03tKIdo&t=1s&pp=ygUVaWFuIGFuZGVyc29uIHVuYm94aW5n)
illuminate the main streets and the cinema aisles
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Clearlake, "I Get It Now (https://jasonpeggclearlake.bandcamp.com/track/i-get-it-now)"
Common Saints, Cinema 3000 (https://open.spotify.com/album/4tBXKI7G2sQ67Y5VAsxkzv?si=IM0Uask5TsiR_9DbifL5Bg)
Matthew:
Waltzerr, Small Talk (https://open.spotify.com/album/3zBdfJODZopfRDxqmBqsht?si=0TuYs0zaTneetT1esGr1OQ)
Forest Service, "Hope (https://open.spotify.com/track/15rgxETQZ153Dbfs6z1bmr?si=e74aff77607c462c)"
Bonus: Matthew's band Early to the Airport's "Reverse Shadow" at the end of the episode
One https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/wv3Ebp9W.png
Oh, higher (Baby, yeah, yeah)
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
Lambrini Girls, Who Let the Dogs Out? (https://open.spotify.com/album/4GzF4Yg3GSkKi4hAzmjBKV?si=JxvD29zOT-2S2698q109NA)
The Pest Controllers, Get Rid of It! (https://open.spotify.com/album/6oxDZ537wfYbCKZPAH2c8i?si=AzXwyt4yT1230yFPGbpfRA)
Windhand, Eternal Return (https://open.spotify.com/album/3nT9JnrGzf0JWMEVDxt7Hs?si=WJJNqe_ATkiqTICwXq1uyw)
Jake:
Cunningham Bird (https://open.spotify.com/album/7oqmbxce6KT0PZ8manQXJB?si=77543cef69404b99) (s/t)
Franz Ferdinand, The Human Fear (https://open.spotify.com/album/7LbR1L8thzNldHceu3tj1a?si=66412cf58d004c50)
I Will Always https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/AQaK5wX_.jpg
Bittersweet memories
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
Kim Deal, Nobody Loves You More (https://open.spotify.com/album/6MygjJ2a8narXmZnk9ifKp?si=0407ab96ed5d4f3a)
Quivers, Oyster Cuts (https://open.spotify.com/album/2fPGjCMtDIdcsje6DtNWf9?si=Uk8oMDFuRXCCaIdK3Mf4qQ)
Jake:
Medium Build, Marietta (https://open.spotify.com/album/4fUn2vlTjbsJ4SGdTaQYYh?si=k57BYRaaTwSaNK3DP5xPIQ)
Partiboi69, K on my D + C (https://open.spotify.com/track/3r4S22VWkg8wTpLSicsQnQ?si=1b9326101e864d6c)
Wildflowers https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/Dvop1vjX.jpg
It's good to get high and never come down
What we're listening to:
Jake:
GUM/Ambrose Kenny-Smith, III Times (https://open.spotify.com/album/2aVVkK5Wm8bcUGxMK0Hh4J?si=yW-ChHWFQBOFBUTzvo0pTw)
Phantogram, Memory of a Day (https://open.spotify.com/album/4H1TE5m2eltLhVKVuB53b1?si=U-wK_isISLexx86syntOxg)
Matthew:
Aooo, Aooo (https://open.spotify.com/album/1MTuizxx88hzJpIL3me9T5?si=_rFo-2K9Q1--ZfIqdTKjAw)
Soccer Mommy, Evergreen (https://open.spotify.com/album/1IN1QBfV9tNR6fFgR7PsUl?si=04BBZvjYQn2Sry3CN5_W_Q)
Mind Playing Tricks https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/X_BgioBO.jpg
He'd be in for a squabble, no doubt.
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Johnny Blue Skies, Passage du Desir (https://album.link/us/i/1749134766)
David Gilmour, Luck and Strange (https://album.link/us/i/1742106033)
Matthew:
The Linda Lindas, No Obligation (https://album.link/i/1752949407)
Touché Amoré, Spiral in a Straight Line (https://album.link/us/i/1756575884)
The Unforgiven https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/3-6EHpWr.jpg
He's battle-tossed and laid...?
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Mew, And the Glass-Handed Kites (https://album.link/us/i/316009248)
Louis Cole, Nothing (https://album.link/us/i/1739105659)
Matthew:
Drug Church, PRUDE (https://album.link/us/i/1756175595)
Cleaners from Venus, Lilli Bolero (https://album.link/us/i/1757168450)
Don't Cry https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/PyqDi86O.jpg
Your love's decided, and all love is real? Yeah, baby
What we're listening to:
Jake:
KGLW, Flight b741 (https://album.link/i/1751825129)
Childish Gambino, Bando Stone and the New World (https://album.link/us/i/1757678472)
Matthew:
Combat, Stay Golden (https://album.link/us/i/1746974898)
Stand Atlantic, WAS HERE (https://album.link/us/i/1759228376)
Hunger Strike https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/FSgzrBbI.jpg
YEEEEEEEEAH
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
THEM, Girls Mind (https://songwhip.com/them3/girls-mind)
The Raveonettes, The Raveonettes Sing... (https://songwhip.com/the-raveonettes/the-raveonettes-sing)
The Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice, Moon Colony Bloodbath (https://songwhip.com/the-mountain-goats/moon-colony-bloodbath)
Jake:
The Dip, Love Direction (https://songwhip.com/the-dip/lovedirection)
Parlor Greens, In Green We Dream (https://songwhip.com/parlorgreens/ingreenwedream)
Fleet Foxes, Live on Boston Harbor (https://songwhip.com/fleet-foxes/live-on-boston-harbor)
Macarena https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/wYF8ME5Y.jpg
Now come on, what was I supposed to do?
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Medium Build, Country (https://songwhip.com/mediumbuild/country)
NxWorries, Why Lawd? (https://songwhip.com/nxworries/why-lawd)
Parcels (https://songwhip.com/parcels) (just the band in general)
Honorable mention: Lightheaded, Lightheaded Anthem (https://songwhip.com/lightheaded/lightheaded-anthem)
Matthew:
The Lovely Eggs, Eggsistentialism (https://songwhip.com/the-lovely-eggs/eggsistentialism)
Good Looks, Lived Here for a While (https://songwhip.com/goodlooks/livedhereforawhile)
Lightheaded, Always Sideways (https://songwhip.com/lightheaded2/always-sideways)
sabotage https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/4Wig9ayD.jpg
I can't stand rocking when I'm in here.
The Freakout Festival 2024 (https://www.the-freakout.com/)
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Justin Timberlake, Everything I Thought It Was (https://songwhip.com/justin-timberlake/everything-i-thought-it-was)
Brittany Howard, What Now (https://songwhip.com/brittany-howard/what-now2024)
Matthew:
Origami Angel, "Fruit Wine (https://songwhip.com/origami-angel/fruit-wine)"
Camera Obscura, Look to the East, Look to the West (https://songwhip.com/camera-obscura/look-to-the-east-look-to-the-west)
The Distillers, Coral Fang (https://songwhip.com/the-distillers/coral-fang)
Ross:
Willi Carlisle, Critterland (https://songwhip.com/willicarlisle/critterland-2)
Fat White Family, Forgiveness Is Yours (https://songwhip.com/fat-white-family/forgiveness-is-yours)
Mohama Saz, Máquina de Guerra (https://songwhip.com/mohamasaz/maquina-de-guerra)
Vogue https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/zqwnfhLx.jpg
If the music's pumping it will give you new life.
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
Vampire Weekend, Only God Was Above Us (https://songwhip.com/vampire-weekend/only-god-was-above-us)
English Teacher, This Could Be Texas (https://songwhip.com/englishteacher/this-could-be-texas)
Kate Davis, "Cunty Bang Bang (https://songwhip.com/katedavis2/cunty-bang-bang)"
Jake:
Waxahatchee, Tiger's Blood (https://songwhip.com/waxahatchee/tigers-blood)
Pearl Jam, Dark Matter (https://songwhip.com/pearl-jam/dark-matter-2)
Plush https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/F4JG8i4w.jpg
Will she smell alone?
Rick Beato interviews Robert DeLeo about writing "Plush" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPSyOvPX5UI)
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Idles, Tangk (https://songwhip.com/idles/tangk)
Mildlife, Chorus (https://songwhip.com/mildlife/chorus-2)
Matthew:
Ducks Ltd, Harm's Way (https://songwhip.com/ducksltd/harms-way)
Emma Anderson, Pearlies (https://songwhip.com/emmaanderson/pearlies)
Tokyo Police Club, Just a Scratch/Catch Me If You Can (https://songwhip.com/tokyo-police-club/just-a-scratch-catch-me-if-you-can)
ATLiens https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/dOTJ6IQI.jpg
It tickles to see you try to be like Mr. Pickles.
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
Junodream, Pools of Colour (https://songwhip.com/junodream/pools-of-colour)
The Paranoid Style, The Interrogator (https://songwhip.com/theparanoidstyle/the-interrogator)
MSPAINT, Post-American (https://songwhip.com/mspaint/postamerican)
Jake:
The Smile, Wall of Eyes (https://songwhip.com/thesmile/wall-of-eyes2024)
Thank You Scientist, Terraformer (https://songwhip.com/thank-you-scientist/terraformer)
Paramore, Re: This Is Why (https://songwhip.com/paramore/re-this-is-why)
Around the World https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/c/c7e7a43b-5714-4470-a244-6aa82c1dceff/c9rpQflZ.jpg
Around the world. Around the world?
What we're listening to:
Marco:
Cub Sport, Jesus at the Gay Bar (https://songwhip.com/cub-sport/jesus-at-the-gay-bar)
Lil Yachty, Let's Start Here (https://songwhip.com/lil-yachty/lets-start-here2023)
ANOHNI and the Johnsons, My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross (https://songwhip.com/anohni/my-back-was-a-bridge-for-you-to-cross2023)
Jake:
Jungle, Volcano (https://songwhip.com/jungle/volcano)
KGLW, Petrodragonic Apocalypse (https://songwhip.com/kinggizzardandthelizardwizard/petrodragonic-apocalypse-or-dawn-of-eternal-night-an-annihilation-of-planet-earth-and-the-beginning-of-merciless-damnation)
Matthew:
Kate Davis, Fish Bowl (https://songwhip.com/katedavis2/fish-bowl)
The Clientele, I Am Not There Anymore (https://songwhip.com/the-clientele/i-am-not-there-anymore)
The Photocopies, Top of the Pops (https://songwhip.com/thephotocopies/top-of-the-pops)
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