#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 • Kyle Ryan

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November 2025

#113: The 4th annual BNB Thanks List

2025, in review.

Nov 26 • 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 • Kyle Ryan

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October 2025

#111: What happened when Wave Chapelle met Dave Chappelle?

The Milwaukee rapper talks about meeting his infamous celebrity namesake and more.

Oct 22 • Kyle Ryan

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#110: Spook-ehh Season IV

Handing out AI slop to trick-or-treaters.

Oct 10 • Kyle Ryan

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September 2025

#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 • Kyle Ryan

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August 2025

#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 • Kyle Ryan

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July 2025

#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 • 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 • Kyle Ryan

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June 2025

#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 • Kyle Ryan

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BNB on Sound Opinions

Hear me yammer with my music-journo heroes on the long-running podcast.

Jun 6 • Kyle Ryan

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May 2025

#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 • Kyle Ryan

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