After a quick Sportscast on the bad fortunes of their respective NFL teams (1:56), Steven and Ian discuss the recent re-emergence of Bradford Cox and whether he might mount a serious comeback (13:40). They also discuss the state of the Q3 fantasy albums draft (25:57) before talking about the albums coming up this fall drafted in the Q4 draft (35:56). In Recommendation Corner they talk about Holidays In The United States, Greg Freeman, and Wishy.

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Steven and Ian have inducted four more albums into the Indiecast Hall Of Fame, including LPs by Battles (2:12), Supergrass (10:43), Everyone Everywhere (19:28), and The Broken West (25:46).

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Steven and Ian begin with a Sportscast about injured QBs and terrible NFL watches (0:49) before paying tribute to 90s soft-rock god Duncan Sheik (11:15). After that they discuss Angine De Poitrine winning the Polaris Prize and whether their rise should be a bigger story (19:15) as well as new releases by Blondshell, Julia Jacklin, M83, and Protomartyr (31:28). They also review the great new album by Gilla Band (48:26) before wrapping with Recommendation Corner on Curbside Lambsear and The Drin.

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The guys begin with a Sportscast on the sorry state of their football teams (0:50) before looking at the recent free speech controversy involving the objectively hilarious stadium-pop pairing of Ed Sheeran and Macklemore (8:15). After that they discuss a big slate of new albums out this week headlined by Beck (25:30). In Recommendation Corner, Ian recommends Butter Sugar Toast and Steven recommends Lily Seabird (52:32).

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Steven and Ian begin by paying tribute to a shuttered Scottish music publication that was a big part of the fantasy album draft (1:35) before discussing Geese finally commenting on the Chaotic Good scandal (5:35). After that they talk about the new War On Drugs single and whether a new album is coming (16:43), and then transition to a conversation about memorable albums released 25 years ago on 9/11 (24:05). After touching on some new releases by Bloc Party, Brian Fallon and Sylvan Esso (39:40), they review the new album by This Is Lorelei (44:39). Finally, in Recommendation Corner Ian talks about No Joy and Baths and Steven talks about The Tubs (52:52).

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Ahead of the release of his great new album "The Singer In My Band," Nate Amos of This Is Lorelei sat down with Steven Hyden for this special bonus episode interview.

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Steven is in LA this week, so the city comes up a lot in this episode, starting with a quick Sportscast on the LA Clippers (1:38) and a discussion of Lyft music (5:02) and the Tupac murder case (14:10). After plugs for Steven's book and Andrew Sacher's "Emo Revival" (18:33) and short revie of the week's scant new releases (25:18), the guys address rumors about headliners at Coachella 2027 (27:55) and a new lawsuit filed by musicians led by Jason Isbell against an AI company (33:33). In Recommendation Corner, Ian recommends Clippers and Steven recommends The Bures Band (47:28).

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Steven and Ian begin by paying tribute to the late, great Dolly Parton (1:18) and looking back at the Columbia House record club, which incredibly just shut down after a long period of irrelevance (11:43). Then they discuss Big Thief debuting a triple album's worth of new songs in Nashville, and whether hearing so much unknown material at once live is a good thing (24:24). They also talk about the new Cameron Winter live album and concert film (34:21) before discussing new albums by Alabama Shakes, Interpol and Mike D (40:14). In Recommendation Corner, Ian recommends World Record and Steven recommends Dogwood Tales (57:15).

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