Episodes
We’re all stuck inside, so Jason Lipshutz from Billboard and Spike made a playlist with songs about the end of the world, disease, and talked about every single one of them. Follow Jason on Twitter @JasonLipshutz.
Published 03/17/20
Published 03/17/20
What makes a good run playlist? Jason Lipshutz of Billboard and Spike discuss what they look for in a run playlist, and go over their’s for Saturday’s Providence Animal Center Bark In The Park. Donate here! Check out Jason's Spotify playlist and Spike's.
Published 10/25/19
Spike listens to three new songs that Jason Lipshutz of Billboard suggests, and Jason listens to three old songs that Spike suggests. Jason's suggestions are "Blown To Bits" by Charity Bliss, "The Barrell" by Aldous Harding and "Cash S**t" by Megan Thee Stallion. Spike's suggestions are "Love Addict" by Family Force Five, "Late Night Drive" by Daniel Johns and "When The Night Feels My Song" by Bedouin Soundclash. 
Published 06/12/19
Spike and Jason Lipshutz of Billboard go through their top five pieces of music from 2018 (albums and songs are eligible). Music from Sorority Noise, Amy Shark, Travis Scott, the 1975, Christine and The Queens, Hop Along, Amos Lee, Wild Pink, and Kim Petras are included. 
Published 12/20/18
Jason Lipshutz of Billboard joins to talk about new songs he suggested from Sheck Wes, Noah Cyrus, and F****d Up, and old songs Spike suggested from Leaders Of The New School, Too Much Joy, and Blue October. As always, a spotify playlist of all songs discussed is available at lovesongspodcast.com.
Published 10/12/18
Which album is better, Hot Fuss or Sam's Town?
Published 09/01/18
Michael Cerio of radio.com joins the podcast to talk about the Video Music Awards, Catfish, Post Malone's crisis, Limp Bizkit's concert catastrophe, the best rap concerts we've seen, and whether J Lo has any good videos. 
Published 08/23/18
On this week's Something New, Something Old, Jason Lipshutz of Billboard makes Spike listen to new songs by Robyn, Snail Mail, and Brockhampton, and Spike makes Jason listen to old songs from Silverchair, AM Taxi and Blind Melon. As always, there's a Spotify playlist on lovesongspodcast.com with these songs and every other song we discussed. 
Published 08/17/18
We look at the new Nine Inch Nails album Bad Witch and where it sits among the rest of their albums. Once a week Jared Hart and I will talk about a new album from a career artist. 
Published 08/09/18
The Blue Album is clearly Weezer's most popular album, but big fans of the band will often times say Pinkterton is their best effort. On this month's (it's going to be monthly) Crowd vs. Cred, Spike and Billboard's Andrew Unterberger talk about the albums. 
Published 08/02/18
Radio.com's Michael Cerio joins the show to talk about Demi Lovato's recent fall off the wagon, Made In America's non-move, Taylor Swift's non-committal, Macklemore's non-coolness and Target getting ripped for their CBGB look-a-like. 
Published 07/26/18
On this month's Something Old, Something New, Jason Lipshutz of Billboard has Spike listen to songs by Tyga, Ariana Grande, and Mallrat, while Spike has Jason listen to songs by Sunny Day Real Estate, Butch Walker and Warrant. 
Published 07/20/18
Andrew Unterberger of Billboard comes on to talk about Billboard's Top 100 Boy Band Songs of All Time list, what is or isn't a boy band, and whether popcorn is an appropriate food to buy and eat at a sporting event. 
Published 04/26/18
We talk about some of our favorite music of 2017 with Jason Lipshutz of Billboard. Artists include Julia Michaels, Lil Uzi Vert, Bleachers, Brand New, The XX, Noah Cyrus, Priests, Dua Lipa, Moses Sumney, HAIM, Linkin Park, Manchester Orchestra, The Front Bottoms, Dark Rooms, SZA, Niall Horan, Stormzy, Migos, and The Killers.
Published 12/20/17
Brand New is a fantastic band that put out a fantastic new album called Science Fiction. I talk about that album with UPROXX's Steven Hyden. We also discuss his book 'Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me' and his upcoming book 'Twilight Of The Gods.'
Published 09/01/17
Billboard Senior Associate Editor Andrew Unterberger joins the podcast to talk about the life of Chester Bennington, and the legacy he leaves with Linkin Park. 
Published 07/21/17
Brian Quinn
Published 06/08/17
Brian C. Grubb
Published 06/06/17
The Ringer's Michael Baumann's Top Five Space Movies
Published 05/04/17
Tattoo Artist Tim Pangburn
Published 04/19/17
John Barchard discusses how he built and has grown the BGN Radio podcast, and lot of assorted music things. 
Published 04/14/17
Matt Farley wrote and recorded the Love Songs theme song, but that's just one of over 20,000 songs he's written and recorded. 
Published 04/05/17