Episodes

Geoff Calhoun joins Keith as they talk with Matt Mahaffey, the frontman and visionary behind the band sElf... and so much more. Oh, trust us, you know Matt's work. Matt Mahaffey grew up in Kingsport, Tennessee, and started writing songs and playing ...

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Bill HIcks was an American stand-up comedian, social critic, satirist, and musician. His material—encompassing a wide range of social issues including religion, politics, and philosophy—was controversial and often steeped in dark comedy.At the age o...

Buffalo Tom is an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 1986. Its principal members are guitarist Bill Janovitz, bassist Chris Colbourn, and drummer Tom Maginnis.Released on March 10, 1992, Let Me Come Over is the band...

WARNING: This episode mentions alcohol abuse, depression, and self-harm. This album is a long-time favorite around the offices. The Holy Bible (The Manic Street Preacher's third album, not necessarily the book) is caustic, relentless, and at times, ...

After reading a profile of Richie Weeks in The New York Times, we thought: "if ever there was an artist that should be on the pod, it's this guy." In the spirit of transparency, Keith is a rock-n-roll guy, so dance music/disco isn't his jam. But he ...

Keith manning the keyboard here - On this episode of Abandoned Albums I sat down with singer/songwriter Chris Canterbury stopped by to chat about Quaalude Lullabies. This album is the first album in a very long time that made me stop and listen to th...

Hailing from the great plains of Witchita, Kansas, The Embarrassment, like their contemporaries R.E.M., The Replacements, and Husker Du,  helped blaze the trail for what would become college or alternative rock in the early to mid 1980s. Affectionate...

As the principal songwriters and creative forces, Andy Chase and Adam Schlesinger brought a Lennon/McCartney aspect to their songwriting. This is to say that Andy’s view is a little left of center while Adam leans a little more commercial and when co...

Zero Boys frontman Paul Mahern drops by Thunderlove Studio to talk with the guys about the band’s album Vicious Circle… and Punk Rock.In addition to fronting what is arguably the seminal pop-punk band Zero Boys, Paul Mahern is a Grammy-Nominated pro...

Irwin Chusid is to outsider music as Irving Azoff was to Atlantic Records. Here in Part Two, Irwin gives us the low-down on music rights. He goes into his involvement in a Lizzo song, a Lady Gaga song, and how that led to his involvement with Sun Ra....

Irwin Chusid is to outsider music as Irving Azoff was to Atlantic Records. This is to say that Chusid is the outsider music mogul. He's the guy behind the guy behind the artist… that you've probably never heard of.However, you're familiar with Chusi...

Music Nerding 101 - the inaugural World Music Podcast Forum!!Keith and Rob host the inaugural World Music Podcast Forum with Steve J. from the All Music Books Podcast, Lance from Yesterday's Concert Podcast, and Steve E. from The Music Rewind Podcas...

Singer/Songwriter, Troubadour, and Texas Guitar Slinger Gary Myrick drops by Thunderlove Studio to chat with Keith and Rob about the self-titled debut album by Havana 3am from 1991.Havana 3am took shape when singer Nigel Dixon (of rockabilly band Wh...

Singer/songwriter Kim Fox popped around Thunderlove Studios to talk with Keith and Rob about her 1997 debut album Moon Hut. And what a great conversation they had! Kim takes the guys on her musical journey from college through today. Including her pi...

Communication breakdown at HQ as Keith and Rob are sans guest this week.For reasons that remain murky, at best, Keith and Rob had to pull a rabbit out of their proverbial hat this week as the guest they had booked vanished. Authorities have been not...

The Muffs bass player Ronnie Barnett joins Rob and Keith in Thunderlove Studio to chat about the bands 1995 album Blonder and Blonder. Along the way they talk about the history of the band as well as a bunch of other things - like a riveting story ab...

**BE AWARE** THIS PODCAST CONTAINS EXCITING NEWS!Singer/songwriter Deborah Holland stopped by Thunderlove Studios to chat with Keith and Rob about fronting the "supergroup" Animal Logic with jazz superstar Stanley Clarke and The Police drummer Stewa...

Justin Bell and Chris Devlin from ROOKIE join Keith and Rob in Thunderlove Studio to chat about their self-titled debut album.

No one would ever say writer/musician/comedian/rockstar Dave Hill is lazy. Hill has done just about everything, including being the brainchild behind black metal icons Witch Taint.Witch Taint is fronted by Dave's alter ego, Lance from Gary, Indiana ...

Keith and Rob each share their own personal Abandoned Album in recognition of reaching the halfway point of Season 2... and that coinciding with the halfway point between their birthdays.

Digging deep in the vault of Thunderlove Manor, Rufus discovered an old tape and blew off the dust revealing an old interview with The Replacmements Paul Westerberg circa 1987. This was promoting Pleased to Meet Me.

Rob Janicke and Keith R. Higgons introduce their latest podcast - The Generation Riff Podcast. Here's a sample of what you can expect.

Keith sits down to chat with The Vapors bass player Steve Smith to discuss the band's egregiously overlooked sophomore album Magnets.