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#114: Midnight Mass 2025
It’s December, so that means it’s time for Band Name Bureau’s Midnight Mass, our annual roundup of holiday music.
Dec 10
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Kyle Ryan
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#113: The 4th annual BNB Thanks List
2025, in review.
Nov 26
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Kyle Ryan
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#112: Weakened Friends: 'It’s too late now. We’re keeping it. It’s who we are'
Talking bad names and guitar shredding with the Portland, Maine, trio.
Nov 5
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Kyle Ryan
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#73: The story of Skinny Puppy
May 18, 2023
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#103: The Audit with J. Robbins
Apr 21
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#5: Tell me why you don’t like Twix
Jun 4, 2020
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Kyle Ryan
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#75: Shit Present: 'In the UK, we say “shit” for everything. It’s barely a swear word'
Jun 15, 2023
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#45: The story of Fartbarf
Feb 28, 2022
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#107: Vish Khanna: 'Are you shooting yourself in the foot, or are you drawing people in?'
Jul 29
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#111: What happened when Wave Chapelle met Dave Chappelle?
The Milwaukee rapper talks about meeting his infamous celebrity namesake and more.
Oct 22
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#110: Spook-ehh Season IV
Handing out AI slop to trick-or-treaters.
Oct 10
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Kyle Ryan
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#109: Aesthetic and sonic principles from power violence
Discoveries of the American Scientific; They are Gutting a Body of Water; the Most Beautiful Moth in America; My Life at The Bottom of the Ocean; Love…
Sep 22
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Kyle Ryan
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#108: A perfect addition to the canon of the genre
Honestly Same; Hey, Nothing; Noworrieslmk; Yeah No, For Sure; So Totally; Ya I Feel Ya
Aug 19
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Kyle Ryan
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#107: Vish Khanna: 'Are you shooting yourself in the foot, or are you drawing people in?'
Talking 1,000 episodes of band names with the host of Kreative Kontrol.
Jul 29
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Kyle Ryan
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#106: Winona Fighter's name is no accident
"I like the name. I can live with it the rest of my life."
Jul 8
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Kyle Ryan
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#105: Howard Stern’s favorite band Name, seriously
Ira Glass; Salvia Palth; Insane Who Sane; Willem Dafoe Fan Club; The Mary Tyler Whores
Jun 20
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