Episodes

His songs have been covered by HUNDREDS of bands over the years, and he's rightly been nicknamed the "Father of Rock and Roll". John Lennon may have said it best, "If you tried to give rock and roll another name, you might ca...

For this special BONUS episode, Audio Engineer, Producer, Teacher and lead singer of Indiana's Zero Boys , Paul Mahern , brings us some of his favorite Teenage Tragedy Songs . Also known as Splatter Platters, Death Discs...et...

We FINALLY dipped our toes into the George Clinton/P-Funk universe, as this week's guest Adrian Herrera - aka DJ Blacksmith - brings us 1976s ' Hardcore Jollies ' by Funkadelic . "If you got funk, you got style You're funkin'...

In 1984, Michael Mann's crime drama Miami Vice hit the airwaves. Unlike the traditional police procedurals that came before it, Miami Vice drew upon 1980s pop culture and used contemporary rock and pop music as the background...

For our FIRST Patron-curated episode of 2026, we asked Patrons of the show to send in a song from their parents record collection that stayed with them...and got them high! Thanks mom and/or dad!! Songs discussed in this epis...

Longtime Patron and returning guest Rory Cox Zoomed-in all the way from Slovenia to discuss Athens, Georgia band Drive-By Truckers and their incendiary 2016 album, ' American Band '. Overtly political - and as timely today as...

Seattle singer/songwriter Robert Deeble brings us British band Mojave 3 and their 2003 release ' Spoon and Rafter '. Borne from the ashes of their previous band Slowdive , its core members Neil Halstead , Rachel Goswell and I...

Writer, comedian, musician Aug Stone joins us this week to unpack The Afghan Whigs and their stunning 1996 release: ' Black Love '. Leader Greg Dulli and company mine themes of vengeance, remorse and self-loathing on a record...

This week, returning guest - and founder of Rochester New York's Carbon Records , Joe Tunis - brings us a subject near-and-dear to his heart: the music of the New Zealand underground. This essential compilation, ' Xpressway P...

What more can be said about the much maligned 1978 musical film ' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ' that hasn't been said already (11% on Rotten Tomatoes)? But this week's guest, multi-instrumentalist, artist and songwr...

For our first episode of 2026, we talked the New York Dolls and their eponymous 1973 debut with special guest Jerid O'Connell . As a Connecticut teen sneaking into New York City to see the Dolls play places like Club 82 and M...

For our final episode of 2025, we asked our Patrons to send in their favorite - and unlikely - musical collaborations. As usual, they did NOT disappoint! Songs discussed in this episode: Wanted Man (Take 1) - Bob Dylan & John...

When Grammy-nominated Louisiana Zydeco musician Corey Ledet offered to discuss Bruno Mars ' multi-platinum third album ' 24K Magic ', TRGMH host and part-time music snob Rob braced himself for a painful week. But Mars' tight,...

Detroit-born artist Josh Hight - now based in Lewes, East Sussex - brings us The Cure and their enigmatic third record, ' Faith '. For this 1981 release, Robert Smith and co. reached deep down into their souls and produced an...

Poet/Songwriter Sara Mae Henke (The Noisy) brings us Japanese Breakfast and their 2021 album, ' Jubilee '. The third release by musician/author Michelle Zauner , it's a gloriously joyful slab of indie pop with a side-helping ...

Renowned producer/engineer Larry Crane ( Sleater-Kinney, The Decemberists, The Go-Betweens, Elliott Smith ...as well as editor and founder of Tape Op Magazine ) brings us Wire and their groundbreaking, highly influential thir...

One of our favorite returning guests, Miami drag icon Shelley Novak (aka Tommy Strangie) , joins us to once again explore his life-long obsession with all things Chrissie Hynde as we discuss The Pretenders and their third stu...

Named after the back seat of his family's car where he recorded the vocals to his early albums, Will Toledo's solo-project-cum-band Car Seat Headrest went from Bandcamp indie-darlings to headlining Coachella in a relatively s...

This week, we Zoomed all the way over to the medieval wine country of Romagna, Italy to discuss The Flaming Lips and their beloved 2002 release: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots with musician/artist Lucas Ward (The Silver Snai...

Arguably one of the most important groups of the 1980s, St Paul Minnesota punk rock trio Hüsker Dü paved the way for 90s indie superstars Nirvana and a host of others while never quite reaching anything close to that level of...

This week we're joined by Tate Brooks and Silas Lourenco Lang (two-thirds of the New Haven, CT band The Problem With Kids Today ) as we unpack Jon Brion 's long lost debut album, ' Meaningless '. Initially released independen...

Returning guest, singer/songwriter Oscar Herrera ( The Sleep of Reason, Black Tape for a Blue Girl ), brings us Bauhaus and their 1980 debut full-length: ' In The Flat Field '. Often cited as a foundational release in the Got...

What is it about multiple voices singing a beautiful melody together that just GETS to us? For this special BONUS Episode, we asked our Patrons to send in a song with amazing vocal harmonies...that got them high! Caution: Ear...

Returning guests Allan & Barb Vest of Oklahoma City-based doubleVee bring us a record considered by many to be one of the key alternative rock albums of the 1980s, ' Doolittle ' by Boston's Pixies . Released in 1989, this col...