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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
3
#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
4
3
#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
1
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#73: The story of Skinny Puppy
May 18, 2023
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Kyle Ryan
1
#103: The Audit with J. Robbins
Apr 21
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Kyle Ryan
2
2
#107: Vish Khanna: 'Are you shooting yourself in the foot, or are you drawing people in?'
Jul 29
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Kyle Ryan
4
3
#75: Shit Present: 'In the UK, we say “shit” for everything. It’s barely a swear word'
Jun 15, 2023
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Kyle Ryan
2
#89: The story of Toad the Wet Sprocket
Jun 16, 2024
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Kyle Ryan
2
#72: But how do you pronounce it?
Apr 15, 2023
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Kyle Ryan
1
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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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Kyle Ryan
2
#104: When jazz kids form a rock band
I’m Going to Marry Your Dad; Sorry Mom; My Mom is Here; Dad Brains; Party Dad; Real MILFs Not a Scam
May 22
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Kyle Ryan
2
3
BNB on Sound Opinions
Hear me yammer with my music-journo heroes on the long-running podcast.
Jun 6
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Kyle Ryan
1
#103: The Audit with J. Robbins
Talking Jawbox, Burning Airlines, Office of Future Plans, and many more.
Apr 21
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Kyle Ryan
2
2
#102: Dispatch from 2025 music festival season
Fcukers; Lana Del Rabies; Wave Chapelle; Organ Fairchild; Popes of Chillitown; Hans Gruber and the Die Hards; Hard Maybe; What So Not; Genital Shame…
Apr 8
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Kyle Ryan
4
2
#100: The 5th Anniversary Midtacular
Five years, 100 issues, 500+ bands, ∞ jackassery
Mar 18
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Kyle Ryan
2
4
#101: Celebrating accidental transcendence with the Found Footage Festival
The foremost curators of forgotten VHS tapes have been on a particular mission for 20 years.
Mar 20
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Kyle Ryan
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