Thirty years later and rock fans are still at odds about what qualifies as "grunge" music. But despite Cobain's commentary on the band's underground cred (and their lack of sincerity with the flannel), few would argue Pearl Jam's grunge status and impact on the Seattle scene at the birth of the movement. In 1991, the year that grunge broke, Pearl Jam released their debut Ten just a month before Nevermind. With Mother Love Bone and Green River alumni Jeff Ament and Stone Gossard, Eddie Vedder's emotional vocal delivery made the album's dark themes of suicide, depression, and violence that much more impactful and powerful. Tracklist Pearl Jam - Alive Pearl Jam - Why Go Pearl Jam - Black Pearl Jam - Garden Echo & The Bunnymen - Do It Clean Miserable - Gasoline Stone Temple Pilots - Meatplow This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network.

Three years after the dissolution of Stone Temple Pilots, Dean and Robert DeLeo joined forces with Filter frontman Richard Patrick in 2005 to form the short-lived supergroup Army of Anyone. The band's debut single "Goodbye" peaked at number three on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart, but ultimately the veterans of 90s era grunge and alt rock didn't have the staying power against the nu-metal groups that then dominated the charts. Tracklist Army of Anyone - "Goodbye" Army of Anyone - "Stop Look and Listen" El Ten Eleven - "With Report" Exmag - Low Tide This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network Visit our sponsor Adam & Eve for 50% off almost any item, get tons of free gifts AND receive free shipping. Just go to adamandeve.com and type “NOFILLER” at checkout.

Stone Temple Pilots saw huge success with their testosterone-filled debut album Core, but struggled to gain any love from the Cobain acolytes who insisted they weren't truly grunge (they were from San Diego after all). After a stint of touring and loads of in-fighting, the band returned to the studio to record their second record. Less than one month later, the band emerged with a sound that was uniquely theirs, incorporating elements of psychedelic, country, and blues-rock with the grunge flavor from Core. Purple debuted in June of 1994 at number one on the charts, and went on to sell 3 million copies after just four months. Tracklist Stone Temple Pilots - Interstate Love Song Stone Temple Pilots -Dead & Bloated Stone Temple Pilots -Lounge Fly Stone Temple Pilots -Silvergun Superman Stone Temple Pilots -Army Ants Twin Peaks - Casey's Groove Twin Peaks - I Found A New Way Scattle - Humanize Stone Temple Pilots - Andy Warhol (David Bowie Cover) This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast Network. ***For a limited time only, use the promo code NOFILLER at adamandeve.com for 50% off one item plus other some FREE stuff!!

On this week's Sidetrack we're listening to one of Billy Corgan's favorite bands, Spiritualized, with a couple non-singles from their '92 debut Lazer Guided Melodies. Another example of just how varied the landscape of nineties rock was shaping up to be, LGM is at times quite minimalist and cinematic, and other times much more progressive and heavy, with a solid shoegaze backbone. The album's twelve songs are segued together into four color-coded, cross-faded suites, each one providing their own unique 15-minute dream-pop experience. Spiritualized - Step Into The Breeze Spiritualized - If I Were With Her Now Spiritualized - Angel Sigh Biosphere - Lounge Falcons of Fine Dining - Wash Your Hands Spiritualized - Run This show is a part of the Pantheon Podcast network. ***For a limited time only, use the promo code NOFILLER at adamandeve.com for 50% off one item plus other some FREE stuff!!

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.

What do the boys of Daft Punk do when they're not dawning helmets and winning Grammys? For Thomas Bangalter, he likes to create unsettling movie scores and dark dance beats for psychological horror dramas. At least that's what he was doing in 2002 when he scored Gaspar Noé's controversial film Irréversible. We listen to a couple of the more synth-heavy tracks from the film as we wrap up our batch of episodes devoted to electronic music. Tracklist Thomas Bangalter - Irreversible Thomas Bangalter - Night Beats Thomas Bangalter - Stress Dauwd - Idris Los Wálters - Calma Thomas Bangalter - Extra Dry This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network.

Arguably the greatest electronic act of all time, we talk about the origins of the men underneath the helmets - before they wore the helmets! The electronic french duo Daft Punk put out their debut record, Homework, in 1997 after a couple of successful singles, including Da Funk, started a bidding war between record labels to sign the young DJs. The album has gone on to achieve iconic status for how the duo expertly tied the past to the future by revitalizing house music and paving the way for the surge in popularity that EDM would soon see in the coming decades. Tracklist High Fidelity Teachers Rollin' & Scratchin' Yppah - Light Cycle Cherry Glazerr - Moon Dust LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk Is Playing At My House This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast Network.

On this week's episode, we open up the No Filler vault with a playback of our 3rd episode, a look at Tycho's second studio album Dive. The perfect blend of IDM, chillwave, and downtempo, Scott Hansen creates a lush and sun-dappled soundscape on this record that perfectly matches the imagery he creates under his graphic design moniker ISO50. Also featured on this episode is our very first discussion of the hypnagogic pop, and how Tycho, better than most artists who attempt it, explores cultural memory and nostalgia through is work. Tracklist Tycho - Dive Mr. Twin Sister - Lady Daydream Clientele - Everything You See Tonight Is Different From Itself Tycho - Hours Tycho - Adrift Little Dragon - Feathers This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network.

Next up on our batch of episodes devoted to the wide world of electronic music, we take a left turn and listen to a couple of tracks from the ambient-electronic trio KILN. By manipulating live instrumentation (treated guitars, sampled drums) with field recordings and other found sounds, KILN create lush and immersive soundscapes that borderline on hallucinogenic, and masterfully walk the line between organic, acoustic and electronic music. Grab a nice set of headphones for this episode! Tracklist Kiln - Lux (RPF Rebuild) Fibreforms - Untitled Bright Format Kiln - Hong Kiln - Season Akira Yamaoka - The Reverse Will Moses Sumney - Virile People Press Play - That Walk This podcast is part of the Pantheon Podcast network.

Before we rolled into the 2010s, Sam Annand (aka Architeq) had a lot of buzz generating online around his 2008 Birds of Prey EP. After months in the studio, his debut album Gold + Green proved the buzz was warranted. On this sidetrack episode, we listen to the dubby "Into the Cosmos" and the downtempo-synthesized "Odyssey". Tracklist Architeq - Twilight Architeq - Into The Cosmos Architeq - Odyssey Holy Fawn - Dark Stone Khruangbin & Leon Bridges - Texas Sun Shinobi III Return of the Ninja Master - He Runs Part of The Pantheon Podcast Network.

Nearly a decade ago, the synthwave genre saw a new wave popularity after the release of the action-drama Drive, with Kavinsky's "Nightcall" being prominently featured in the film. But Seth Haley (who goes by the Com Truise) had been making analog electronic music for years prior to that, and released his debut EP Cyanide Sisters just one year before. Com Truise's brand of synthwave expertly blends IDM and chillwave elements with the nostalgia of 80's synth film-scores. Tracklist Com Truise - Slow Peels John Carpenter - The President Is Gone Harold Faltermeyer - Fletch Lives Com Truise - Cyanide Sisters Com Truise - BASF Ace Com Truise - Pyragony Orions Belte - Tudo Que Você Podia Ser Legowelt - Danger In The Air Com Truise - Sundriped

Hot on the heels of our McCartney Unplugged episode, we're listening to one of the most beloved and best selling live records of all time, "Frampton Comes Alive!". Recorded in 1975 and released the following year, this album took Peter Frampton from opening act to household name, and made him synonymous with the Talk Box vocal effect after singles "Do You Feel Like We Do" and "Show Me The Way" flirted with the top of the charts. Tracklist Something's Happening All I Want To Be (Is By Your Side) I'll Give You Money Lines On My Face This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts

Fresh off his 106-show Paul McCartney World Tour that featured dozens of staple Beatles and Wings songs, it's no wonder McCartney saw MTV's Unplugged as the perfect opportunity to take his live show format and do the exact opposite. Relatively unheard of up to that point, McCartney's performance and subsequent album release gave Unplugged jumpstarted the show's popularity and helped it gain the cult status that it went onto receive. This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast network.

To wrap up our batch of recap episodes, we look back at the last decade to bring you our Top 10 from the 2010s. This list was way more difficult to put together than we initially thought it would be. Turns out trying to distill an entire decade of music into just 10 tracks is no small feat. Although No Filler is all about celebrating the hidden gems between the singles on our favorite records, we decided to allow singles onto this Top 10 list (give us a break will ya?). From Courtney Barnett to Kendrick Lamar, we hope you'll like what we came up with. And in case you need even more of our picks, we've put together a playlist of our 100 favorite non-singles from the last decade. Check out both playlists on Spotify. Tracklist Radiohead - Lotus Flower Fleet Foxes - The Shrine / An Argument Tycho - A Walk Blood Orange - You're Not Good Enough Spoon - Inside Out Courtney Barnett - Pedestrian at Best Tame Impala - The Less I know The Better Deerhunter - Breaker Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things Theme Kendrick Lamar - HUMBLE. On Spotify? Listen to our picks here: Top Ten '10s: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0LT6AxDmAN9xc4jiuI77bH?si=CZ-hUhAKSt6lTtdh5_Ckog Our 100 Favorites From The Last Decade (No Singles Allowed): https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6HUzKWCb2eeeAQozwUiK2V?si=UkowNJWZRViLwdfvkjc80w This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

Part 2 of our year-end recap: this week we look at our favorite tracks from 2019, from shoegaze to Star Wars. Steve Lacy - Only If Lusine - Turn Back Hatchie - Her Own Heart Oh Sees - Poisoned Stones Kainalu - How Do I Let Go Of You DIIV - Between Tides SAULT - Why Why Why Why Why Wilco - White Wooden Crosses Juniore - Ah Bah d'Accord Ludwig Goransson - The Mudhorn

We begin our batch of year-end recaps with our top 10 discoveries of 2019. While there was certainly a ton of great new releases this year (and we'll review those next week), sometimes it's the album put out decades ago that ended up being your heaviest rotation of the year. If you're hearing it for the first time - it's just as new to your ears as the latest single from your favorite artist. So this episode is all about those amazing discoveries that we stumbled upon this year, some of these songs a few years old, and some a few decades old! Tracklist A L E X - Its Been A Really Long Time Textual - Dirty South Still Life Toe - tremelo+delay The Soft Boys - School Dinner Blues Pinkshinyultrablast - Land's End Frankie Broyles - L Bright Narrow Head - Uncover Al Green - Get Back (Beatles Cover) Sweet Trip - To The Moon The Soundcarriers - Step Outside This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

Hot on the trails of our deep dive into Larry Carlton's Steely Dan guitar solos, we thought we'd pay some homage to another guitar god from the same era: the one and only Jeff Beck. On this episode, we take a listen to his 1975 debut solo record Blow By Blow. Having tried a few times to put together a successful rock group after his departure from The Yardbirds, Beck gravitated more toward the jazz-rock fusion from his sessions with the band Upp, whom he produced and played on their first record. Out of those sessions came the groundwork for Blow By Blow, an incredible showcase of Beck's prowess behind the fretboard. Produced by George Martin (the fifth Beatle himself), and with help from Stevie Wonder (who lended 2 of his tracks to the record and even plays clavinet on one of them), join us as we Blow By Blow geek out over how truly amazing this record is and how it helped put Beck on the path to becoming one of the greatest guitar players of all time. Check out more great music podcasts on Pantheon: www.pantheonpodcasts.com

For this very special episode of No Filler, we welcome our father Stan to the pod to help us commemorate our 100th episode. He ignited our passion for music at a young age, introducing us to bands like Steely Dan early and often. And he was once the Music Director and morning drive DJ at a small town Texas radio station back in the 70s. Together we take a look at Larry Carlton's many contributions to the sound of Steely Dan, with a listen back at some of his greatest guitar solos in their catalog. This includes "Kid Charlemagne", "Don't Take Me Alive", "I Got The News", and "Third World Man." Tracklist Kid Charlemagne Don’t Take Me Alive I Got The News Third World Man Everything You Did This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

This week we're digging up an old episode that we recorded over 2 years ago that we never ended up posting. We tackle our favorite Steely Dan album Pretzel Logic, from 1974. This was the band's final release as a proper five-piece before Walter Becker and Donald Fagen posted up shop in the studio, recording all future albums with a constantly revolving cast of studio musicians. Pretzel Logic varies widely in style from track to track, and showcases what each of the five members brought to the table, and what made Steely Dan such a powerhouse in their genre-bending jazz rock stylings. To this day, the song "Rikki Don't Lose That Number" from Pretzel is the band's most successful single, over 40 years later. Track Listing: Night By Night Through With Buzz With A Gun Charlie Freak Marvin Gaye - One More Heartache Check out more great music podcasts on Pantheon: www.pantheonpodcasts.com

​On this episode we listen to Texas natives Midlake, and their 2004 debut album Bamnan and Slivercork. One of the more successful bands to emerge from the Denton music scene, Midlake's meticulous blending of acoustic guitars and lo-fi electronica create the perfect blend of psychedelic and folk. Vocalist and lead songwriter Tim Smith's whimsical lyricism and Thom Yorke-like falsetto truly sets this album apart from other indie groups of the early aughts, and reminded music lovers everywhere that Austin is not the only city in Texas worth paying attention to. Tracklist Midlake - They Cannot Let It Expand Midlake - Rollerskate (Farewell June) Midlake - I Guess I'll Take Care Midlake - Some Of Them Were Superstitious Mux Mool - Boner Of A Lonely Heart Skinshape - Oracolo Jimmie Spheris - Long Way Down

This week we tackle The Shins' seminal indie record Oh, Inverted World. James Mercer and company blended 60s pop influences such as The Beatles & The Zombies effortlessly with Mercer's whimsical lyricism and infectious melodies to create a sound that is unmistakably The Shins. Clocking in at just 33 minutes, the record packs a powerful punch as a debut record, cementing the group as one of the most iconic indie bands of the decade. And having prominent placement in Zach Braff's Garden State certainly helped. Check out all the podcasts over on Pantheon.

On this week's Sidetrack we're checking out Jake Bellows and his band Neva Dinova, a group that basically wrote songs for no one in particular, until Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes fame) shined a light on them back in 2004, showcasing them on "One Jug Of Wine, Two Vessels". We focus on one song from their 2005 release, "The Hate Yourself Change", and talk a little bit about Jake Bellows' reflection on his lyrics during the Neva Dinova era, and how as a solo artist he is now actively working towards writing and sharing more positive and optimistic tunes with the world. This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

Fresh out of the Metal Month oven, we hop onto the cooling rack and chill out with a little Coldplay and their 2000 debut Parachutes. We admire the atmosphere and tone with some tracks that aren't named after a primary color with a look at the dark mood of Spies, the dreamy Sparks, and the hard to ignore Radiohead vibes of High Speed. Perfectly paired with the piano and acoustic melodies of Chris Martin, it's the guitar riffs and segues of Jonny Buckland that make these filler tracks so memorable. Take a listen with us as we explore one of the most successful bands of all time at the moment that started it all. Tracklist: Coldplay - Spies Coldplay - Sparks Coldplay - High Speed Penelope Isles - Round Horse Jumper of Love - Sun Poisoning Travis - Big Chair This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

On our last sidetrack episode in Metal Month, we take a look at groove-thrashers Prong and their 1990 record Beg to Differ. The band blended their hardcore punk upbringings with a slightly slowed down thrash sound to help start the groove metal movement of the early 90s along with bands like Pantera and Sepultura. Also the question on everyone’s mind is answered: did Quentin learn anything in Metal Month? Tune in to find out. This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.

On this, the Eve of Hallow's, we're heading to the graveyard with shovels in hand. We bring along a Walkman and Quentin's CD copy of "We Dig With Finger's Crossed" to help set the ambiance for the evening. One of The Undoing of David Wright's only full-length albums, this little known gem from 2005 tells the story of William Burke & William Hare, the infamous 19th century grave robbers of Edinburgh, Scotland. The UoDW was an extremely short-lived post-modern electro-punk band hailing from Denton, Texas circa early 2000s. While attending college at The University of North Texas, these guys made a name for themselves for their Rocky Horror Picture Show-esque vibes, often donning makeup and wearing clothes fashioned out of trash bags. Episode Tracklist: We Dig With Fingers Crossed Cold Meals & Warm Whiskeys Slap Dash Street Trash By The Sign Of The Disceaux This show is part of Pantheon Podcasts.