Episodes
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.
Published 12/09/22
Published 12/09/22
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.
Published 06/23/22
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.
Published 12/15/21
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.
Published 12/01/21
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.
Published 11/24/21
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.
Published 11/19/21
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.
Published 11/12/21
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.
Published 09/24/21
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.
Published 09/06/21
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.
Published 08/22/21
New music from Bush Tea, Regas-McDonald, and Babehoven, along with older music from Barbara George, Dark Day, DNA, and Sheila Chandra.
Published 07/29/21
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).
Published 07/15/21
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.
Published 07/01/21
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.
Published 06/11/21
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.
Published 06/03/21
Bob and Mike play and discuss songs from Johnnie Frierson, The Drapels, Senyawa, Rosali, Bert Jansch, Alien City, and Dredd Foole & Ben Chasny.
Published 06/01/21
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 Raymour, and a song from Indifferent Dance Centre.
Published 05/15/21
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.
Published 05/06/21
Bob and Mike play current songs from Black Country, New Road, Chassol, and Cassandra Jenkins, plus older ones from CocoRosie, Black Merda, and Crime.
Published 04/29/21
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.
Published 04/15/21
Bob Nastanovich and Mike Hogan celebrate D Boon's birthday and the anniversary of Sub Pop Records, plus they play and discuss songs from Wreckless Eric, Experience Unlimited, Familie Hesselbach, Yasmine Hamdan, Soapkills, 75 Dollar Guitar, Mudhoney, and current Sub Pop artist Lael Neale.
Published 04/02/21
Bob and Mike share and discuss songs from Boogie Down Productions, The Goon Sax, Akron/Family, Emma Tricca, Bona Dish, and Ofo The Black Company.
Published 03/25/21
A wide variety of diverse sounds on this episode, featuring Nancy (indie pop from Brighton, UK), Tokow Boys (electronic new wave from Paris, France), Yom & Wang Li (clarinet and Jew's harp from France), King Tubby and Augustus Pablo (dub reggae from Jamaica), Ivan Boogaloo Joe Jones (soul jazz guitar from the U.S.), and Marlene Dietrich (folk pop from a German-American movie legend).
Published 03/20/21
Bob and Mike play songs from all over the world; UK, Liberia, France, Glasgow, Australia, and Kansas City, plus Bob wants to discuss the purchase of nearly expired meats. Also, Wire is used as an example to discuss artists with three consecutive records to start a career that were brilliant and yet markedly different from the albums that came before.
Published 03/06/21