We chat about Modest Mouse before Float On put them on the map. From the very first track on their debut album, Isaac Brock and his bandmates blended any and every genre with their alt rock roots to create a sound all their own. And Brock carried on the loud-quiet-loud dynamic that the Pixies created just a few years prior to weave in sporadic outbursts into each track. By the time we get to Float On, Modest Mouse had laid a solid foundation for indie rock that so many bands would build on in the years to come. Tracklist: Gravity Rides Everything Dramamine Lounge Talking Heads - Making Flippy Floppy Doin' The Cockroach Cowboy Dan Perfect Disguise Tiny Cities Made of Ashes This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

Piggy-backing off our Talking Heads and Sonic Youth episodes, we explore another trailblazer of the alt-rock post-punk variety. When Pixies released Doolittle in 1989, they carried a confidence into the studio that was missing from their first record. With melodic, simple song structures and Black Francis' sporadic, neurotic outbursts sprinkled throughout the record, they created a new dynamic known as "loud-quiet-loud" that helped paved the way for grunge, and countless other indie alt rock bands that followed in their footsteps. Tracklist Pixies - Debaser Pixies - I Bleed Pixies - No 13 Baby Pixies - There Goes My Gun Pixies - Gouge Away This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

With every Whatcha Heard episode there's always a few left turns, and at least a 180 that takes us from, for example, vaporwave to doom metal. On this episode however, we managed to bring 10 tracks that work so perfectly together, you'd think we must have planned it. Maybe it's the changing season, or maybe our twin connection was especially deep these past few weeks. Either way, tune in for a collection of 10 dreamy, laid back, lo-key jams that fall mostly under the dreampop umbrella. No left turns here, just a solid playlist suitable for weekend drive. Tracklist: Radiohead - If You Say The Word Insides - Darling Effect Men I Trust - 5am Waltz Fellini Félin, Camel Power Club - Kiss Me Dismemberment Plan - The Face Of The Earth Beauty Queen - This Time Around Bachelor - Back Of My Hand Death And Vanilla - A Flaw In The Iris Bad Math - Walls Sensations Fix - Cold Nose Story Sweet Trip - Surviving A Smile St Germain - Sure Thing This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

Join us as we chat with Rolling Stone Senior Writer David Browne, author of the definitive Sonic Youth biography, Goodbye 20th Century. We talk about how the band's "cool kids" persona carried them from the no-wave movement of the 70s and 80s into the 90s where they finally signed to a major label. We play tracks from Goo, Dirty, and Experimental Jet Set (the Geffen Years), and dissect their evolving sound between the 3 records as the band came as close as they ever would to mainstream success. And although they never quite reached the heights of label mates Nirvana (or any of the countless grunge bands that rode Cobain's coattails), we chat about the band's real legacy: bringing the art and culture of New York into the mainstream, and writing a playbook for so many indie bands to follow in the decades ahead. Tracklist: Kotton Krown Tunic (Song For Karen) Theresa's Sound-world Screaming Skull Dave Van Ronk - Sunday Street This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

Describing Talking Heads groundbreaking 1980 record Remain In Light after hearing it for the first time can be challenging. Or after hearing it for the 2nd, 5th, or 20th time for that matter. The group almost called it quits after the success of Fear Of Music, but quickly found themselves experimenting with African polyrhythms, funk, and electronics in the idyllic Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas. They began utilizing jam sessions as the jumping off point for songs as opposed to David Byrne's lyrics, and took a more collaborative effort to the songwriting process. The result is the astounding, other-worldly, genre-defying record that solidified the Talking Heads as one of the most remarkable rock bands of the 20th century. Join us as we try to find more ways to describe this incredible record, when we aren't speechless that is. Tracklist: Once In A Lifetime I Zimbra Born Under Punches (The Heat Goes On) Fela Kuti - Eko Ile The Great Curve + Live In Rome 1980 Seen And Not Seen This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

We're kick-starting our dive into post-punk & new wave with a look back at our episode on Television's debut record Marquee Moon from 1977. Alongside Blondie, The Ramones, and other bands that shared the stage at the birthplace of punk in New York City, CBGB, Television was lumped into the punk rock category, and for good reason. But their jazz-improv guitar stylings and sporadic vocals was a pivotal moment in post-punk that would change the game forever. Tracklist: Marquee Moon See No Evil Friction Elevation The Ventures - Cruel Sea (The Cruel Surf) live in Japan '65 This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

We wrap up our batch of episodes devoted to all things downtempo with 10 more tracks from 10 different artists under the downtempo umbrella and it's many adjacent styles. From the classics like Portishead and Massive Attack to video game scores and underground DJs, this is our final attempt to convince our listeners that downtempo is a genre worth paying attention to. Kick back and chill out with us as in this music-heavy mixtape episode. Tommy Guerrero - Spider And The Monkey Mikael Delta - Swimming Portishead - Pedestal Aim - Interview Irresistible Force - Nepalese Bliss DJ Unknown Face - Dat's Cool Kodomo - Concept 16 Leon Vynehall - Saxony Massive Attack - Mezzanine Tosca - Sala Ed Harrison - Stopgap Big Muff - Poppy's Song This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

Our monthly mixtape is back with 13 tracks ranging from 70's funk to a couple of brand new shoegaze tunes, new wave to no wave, and even a dreampop track from a Tokyo horror film tossed in for good measure. Tracklist: Courtney Barnett - Before You Gotta Go Stove - Graduate and Congratulate Strawberry Switchblade - Who Knows What Love Is? Strawberry Switchblade - Michael Who Walks By Night Lucid Express - Prime of Pride The Cleaners From Venus - A Girl With Cars In Her Eyes Southern Energy Ensemble - The Best Part of Me Konk - Cool Out Gar Guerilla Toss - Betty Dreams of Green Men Psymon Spine - Jumprope Modern Color - Dread The Holydrug Couple - Aurora Little Annie - I Think of You This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

After a decade of success in the vibrant British electronica and techno scene, Underworld reinvented themselves in 2002 when Rick Smith and Karl Hyde released the dark and beautiful A Hundred Days Off. The record remained true to the duo's dance floor roots with a house and techno backbone, but introduced ambient and downtempo elements to the mix. Add Hyde's dreamy and drone-like vocal delivery, the result is a truly exceptional record that's as energetic as it is hypnotic. Tracklist: Two Months Off Freur - Doot Doot Dark And Long Mo Move Sola Sistim Little Speaker Ballet Lane Akotcha - Img.00.37 (courtesy of Soma FM's Groove Salad) This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

If the name Thievery Corporation sounds familiar, you might remember "Lebanese Blonde", the track featured on the 2004 indie film Garden State. On this episode, we dive into the album that came before Zach Braff introduced the D.C. duo to hipsters everywhere: The Mirror Conspiracy. The album effortlessly blends elements of reggae, dub, bossa-nova, middle-eastern psychedelia, and even some Spanish guitar for good measure, with a level of precision and mastery that make for a truly hypnotic and sublime listening experience. Tune in as we nerd out over what makes this record so incredible. Tracklist: Lebanese Blonde Indra Illumination Barrio Alto A Guide for I and I Só com você Dubtribe Sound System - Sunshine's Theme (courtesy of Soma FM's Groove Salad) This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

On this episode we explore the album that solidified Quentin's love for downtempo music: Quantic's The 5th Exotic. From start to finish, Will Holland (aka Quantic) skillfully fuses elements of jazz, soul, funk, dub, and hip-hop all into one seamless trip-hop journey. And the record came out just as the producer turned 21, signaling the start of a very prolific career for one of the busiest artists in the industry. We also explore two of his side projects, The Quantic Soul Orchestra and Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro, where he ditches the computer and sequencer for a live band, making music that sounds just like the records he himself samples. Grab a good pair of headphones for this one! Tracklist: Introduction + The Fifth Exotic Life In The Rain Time Is The Enemy The Quantic Soul Orchestra - West Pier Getdown Quantic and his Combo Bárbaro - Más Pan Slim - Water (courtesy of Soma FM's Groove Salad) This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

Something was in the water in Norway in the early 2000s. Two of our favorite duos dropped their first records: Kings of Convenience and Röyksopp. We chat about the latter's debut record, Melody A.M., it's impact on pop culture, and how it's blend of ambient, dreamy downtempo with a dance-floor drive made it a truly stand out record in the downtempo landscape at that time. Tracklist: So Easy Remind Me In Space A Higher Place The Tyrrel Corporation - Freedom She's So Poor Leno Go With The Flow (Queens of the Stone Age cover) This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

It's that time again: grab your favorite pair of headphones and carve out an hour to jam out to our monthly mixtape. As is the goal, we bring a pretty decent mix of genres from dronegaze to vaporwave. But we don't often decade-hop quite like we did on this tracklist, from 80s post-punk to the latest disco-leaning track from Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Join us for our favorite monthly tradition on this week's Whatcha Heard. Tracklist Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Weekend Run Gary Numan - The Chosen Minutemen - The Glory of Man The Tragically Hip - Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin' Man Kate NV - Lu Na Moodoid - Only One Man (with Melody's Echo Chamber) Drowse - Rain Leak Alice Phoebe Lou - Dirty Mouth The Damned - Life Goes On Def Sound - Hope Garoad - Base of the Titans Vulfpeck - Smile Meditation This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

By the time 2005 rolled around, the garage rock heavy hitters had already made their mark. The Strokes and Interpol were both working on their 3rd records at this point, and bands that started with "The" were a dime a dozen. Bloc Party put their own stamp on the genre with elements of dance and Brit-rock infused into their sound, and a passion and energy in their delivery that made their debut record Silent Alarm stand out among the crowd. Tracklist: Positive Tension Like Eating Glass She's Hearing Voices The Price of Gas Luno Helicopter Schneider TM and KPT.michi.gan - The Light 3000 (The Smiths cover) This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

In the early 2000s Mark, Tom and Travis were the kings of pop punk. And we knew them all too well: three goofballs who ran naked through the streets of California and sang about masturbation and diarrhea. But the boys of Blink-182 were ready to break out of that box and finally be taken seriously. So when they went into the studio to record what would become the untitled 5th record they only had one rule: there were no rules. And the result was their most ambitious and personal album yet, with songs that pushed the trio into new styles, experimental effects and recording techniques, and even a guest appearance by the one and only Robert Smith. With the untitled record, Blink proved they were destined for more than the mold we had put them in. Tracklist: Feeling This Obvious Violence Stockholm Syndrome (w/ Interlude) Easy Target All Of This (feat. Robert Smith) The Cure - The Lovecats Fallen Interlude This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

Our relationship with Kings of Convenience goes back nearly 20 years, and we've been waiting more than half that time for new music from them. Their new album "Peace Or Love" feels like catching up with a dear old friend, or a home cooked meal after months of travel. No matter how much time passes, the reunion is always worth the wait. Tracklist: Rumours Angel Washing Machine Killers Catholic Country Gold for the Price of Silver This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

If there is one takeaway from this month's Whatcha Heard, it is that Catherine Wheel is an amazingly under-appreciated shoegaze alt-rock band from the 90s and you should listen to them immediately. And we learned that in the wide world of vaporwave, of course there's a subgenre called "mallsoft", and it's actually pretty amazing. From doomgaze stone metal group Torche's triumphant 2019 return with Admission to the latest single from quintessential indie singer-songwriter Jim Guthrie, tune in for perhaps our finest mixes yet. Tracklist: Loscil - Lumina Jim Guthrie - Hands In My Pocket Lord Huron - Mine Forever Greet Death - Circles Of Hell Fiddlehead - Heart To Heart Maenad Veyl - Out Of Sight John Mint - Toll Free Connection John Mint - Chemicals Catherine Wheel - Texture Catherine Wheel - I Confess Goat Girl - Sad Cowboy TORCHE - Admission Tricot - いない INAI Paris Jackson - Let Down This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

We chat about the one-and-only Hives and what made them such a force to be reckoned with in the garage rock landscape. With their origins as more of a straightforward punk group and their love for new wave acts like DEVO, they took the garage rock sound and merged it with those 2 elements to create something that was truly unmatched and became one of the greatest live acts of all time. Buckle up: this one's gonna come at you hard, fast, and loud! Tracklist: The Hives - Abra Cadaver The Hives - King of Asskissing DEVO - Girl U Want The Hives - Walk Idiot Walk The Hives - Diabolic Scheme The Hives - No Pun Intended The Hives - See Through Head The Hives - Die, All Right! This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

From album one, The Walkmen carved out a unique space in the garage rock landscape. They did so by following a few unspoken rules. One of those was to insist on using only vintage equipment, including a decades old piano and hollow-body guitars. Add Hamilton Leithauser's vocal stylings that ranged from intense to intimate, and the result is a catalog of music that elevated The Walkmen above their peers. From the relentless rage of The Rat to the timeless ballads of their last record Heaven, we pay respects to one of the greatest indie groups from the 2000s. Tracklist: The Walkmen - We've Been Had The Recoys - Song of the Paper Dolls Jonathan Fire Eater - The Search For Cherry Red The Walkmen - Wake Up The Walkmen - My Old Man The Walkmen - The Rat (live on Letterman, 2004) The Walkmen - Woe Is Me The Walkmen - Blue As Your Blood The Walkmen - Song For Leigh This Microwave World - The Party Line This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

If you were a garage rock, post-punk band from the 2000s, chances are your music was going to be compared to The Strokes, or Interpol, or fill-in-the-blank heavy-hitter from that era. For the French Kicks (a band from you guessed it: New York), they couldn't shed the comparisons, and their moderately popular releases never caught on like their fellow New Yorkers did. So on their self-produced fourth album (and unfortunately their last), Swimming, they decided to stop trying. And the resulting record ended up being on of their most endearing, with stripped-down intimate songs chock full of poppy hooks and catchy choruses. Tracklist French Kicks - Abandoned French Kicks - New Man French Kicks - Said So What French Kicks - Knee High French Kicks - The Way You Arrive French Kicks - Love In The Ruins This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

Our monthly mixtape is back with maybe our most varied tracklist yet. We start with the latest single from our favorite Norwegian folk duo Kings of Convenience (their first new track in 12 years). We then bounce from downtempo hip-hop to 90s emo to a Shins bluegrass cover to ambient jungle techno, with plenty of other stops along the way. Tracklist: Kings of Convenience - Rocky Trail Little Dragon & Moses Sumney - The Other Lover The Polish Ambassador, Blockhead - Memory Palace (feat. Zion I & Nitty Scott) LUMP - Animal Fear of Men - Into Strangeness Sam Amidon - Pretty Polly The Promise Ring - Make Me A Chevy JW Francis - New York Jane Weaver - You Are Dissolved Iron Horse, Pickin On' Series - Those To Come (The Shins cover) Forest Drive West - Persistence of Memory pt. 3 Modest Mouse - We Are Between This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

No Filler Rewind: Just a few months before grunge took over the 90s, Smashing Pumpkins were carving out their own space in rock music with an album that perfectly bridged the alt-rock and post-punk sounds of the 80s with the heavy shift that was just around the corner. On this episode we talk Pumpkins' debut album Gish, and discuss the album's perfect blend of psychedelic, shoegaze, and hard rock fuzz, with Billy Corgan's sweet and sour vocal delivery tying it all together. Meticulously crafted in the studio by an obsessive Corgan and masterfully produced by Butch Vig just months before Nevermind, this album is a perfect example of rock's transition into the 90s, and a taste of where Corgan would take the band's unique sound throughout the decade. Tracklist Smashing Pumpkins - Rhinoceros Smashing Pumpkins - Bury Me Smashing Pumpkins - Crush Smashing Pumpkins - Daydream Altın Gün - Yolcu Whitest Boy Alive - Serious Smashing Pumpkins - I Am One This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

Built To Spill had already released 3 records and signed to Warner Bros before putting out their definitive record Keep It Like A Secret in 1999. From their 2nd album There's Nothing Wrong With Love to their 3rd record Perfect From Now On, the band transitioned from quick-witted indie pop to more progressive experimental indie rock. Keep It Like A Secret combined the two, resulting in the quintessential indie rock album just in time for the new millenium: soft vocals, introspective lyrics combined with melodic guitar riffs and complex song structures, all wrapped in catchy hooks and pop-centric melodies. Built To Spill - Center of the Universe Built To Spill - Carry The Zero Built To Spill - Else Built To Spill - Temporarily Blind Built To Spill - You Were Right Treepeople - Liquid Boy This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

You've heard "Dreams" and "Linger". You've probably heard "Zombie" close to a gazillion times by now. But as we like to say around here, it's often the tracks between the singles that need another listen (or for some - a first listen). We dive into The Cranberries' first three records and marvel over how unmatched Dolores O'Riordan's powerful and unique vocals were in the 90s rock landscape, and how refusing to shed their Irish origins made her voice that much more powerful by giving western audiences a perspective we may never have heard. Tracklist: The Cranberries - Reason The Cranberries - Pretty The Cranberries - Still Can't The Cranberries - Yeats' Grave The Smiths - Bigmouth Strikes Again The Cranberries - I Just Shot John Lennon The Cranberries - Bosnia The Cranberries - Linger (live from MTV's Most Wanted) This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.

From sitcom reboots to the return of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater, if you grew up in the 90s you can't take a step these days without falling into a rabbit hole of never-ending nostalgia. For us, the beloved slapstick buddy comedy Dumb & Dumber is a film we watched over and over again throughout our youth, and it's no exaggeration to say the 90's alt-rock soundtrack helped shape our musical journey from a young age. Join us as we explore some more tunes from the bands behind the film's now iconic soundtrack. Tracklist: The Sons - Too Much of a Good Thing Green Jelly - The Bear Song Green Jelly - Carnage Echobelly - Insomniac Echobelly - Taste of You Gigolo Aunts - Where I Find My Heaven Gigolo Aunts - Lemon Peeler The Lupins - Take The Primitives - Crash This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Pantheon is a proud partner of AKG by Harman.