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‘Deep Six’ With Kim Thayil
An early document of a nascent Seattle scene, ‘Deep Six’ features Melvins, Soundgarden, and more. Kim Thayil of Soundgarden joins the show to talk about how the compilation came about.
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‘No Alternative’ With Chris Ryan
Chris joins the show to break down the cultural artifact ‘No Alternative,’ the third in the Red Hot series benefiting AIDS relief
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Dinosaur Jr. With Kevin Drew
Kevin Drew joins to navigate the long and storied path of Dinosaur Jr.
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Mailbag With Rob Harvilla
It is time once again to hear from our beloved listeners, so we opened up the mail bag to answer some of your most pressing questions
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Stone Temple Pilots With Sean Fennessey
Yasi and Sean wade through the history of a misunderstood and sometimes tragic band
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The Breeders With Caryn Ganz
Caryn Ganz joins us to talk about the Breeders’ history, impact, and incredible music
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Alice in Chains With Rob Harvilla
Yasi and Rob parse the legacy of perhaps the most populist band of the grunge era
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Remembering Steve Albini, Plus Our Favorite Albini Albums With Rob Harvilla
Rob Harvilla joins Yasi to talk about Steve Albini’s legacy, in music and also outside of it
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The Pearl Jam Draft With Jill Hopkins, Brian Fallon, and Steven Hyden
The gang draft their favorite Pearl Jam songs and moments
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24 Question Party People: Madi Diaz
Madi talks about her beautiful album ‘Weird Faith,’ the importance of Bikini Kill on her artistic journey, daddy’s girls, saying yes to life, and revenge fantasies
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Pearl Jam: Part 1, With Kevin Clark
This week we dive into the music of Pearl Jam. In the wake of the dissolution of Green River and then Mother Love Bone, a new band coalesces, and explodes after adding an enigmatic frontman in the form of a San Diego surfer named Eddie.
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Green River, Mother Love Bone, and Temple of the Dog with Patty Schemel
This episode we’re talking about Green River, Mother Love Bone, Temple of the Dog, and the greater Seattle music scene, all leading up to the explosion of "grunge"
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24 Question Party People: Anthony Anzaldo and Ross Farrar of Ceremony
Topics include Ross’s early Pearl Jam phase, Anthony’s last lie being seven months ago (which sounds like a lie), and a new take on the "never going to make it" question
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24 Question Party People: Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney
Yasi talks to Carrie and Corin about telling lies at the city dump, couples counseling, dining with Steven Spielberg, and the secret behind the band’s decades-long partnership
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‘Bandsplain’ x ‘60 Songs That Explain the ’90s’ LIVE
Rob Harvilla, Chris Ryan, and our intrepid host Yasi Salek converge onstage at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles, California, to do a live draft episode in honor of Rob’s fantastic new book ‘60 Songs That Explain the ’90s’
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Blondie With Mel Ottenberg
Interview Magazine’s editor in chief, Mel Ottenberg, joins us to plot the long and fascinating history of one of America’s most important bands
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‘60 Songs’ x ‘Bandsplain’ Live at the Teragram
Listen as Rob and Yasi Salek are joined by Chris Ryan to hold the ultimate ‘60 Songs’ draft!
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One-Album Wonder: Box Car Racer With Anna Zanes
At the height of Blink-182’s success, Tom DeLonge and Travis Barker set out to make a harder record, a side project, the band Box Car Racer and its titular album
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Incubus With Chris Deville
From cutting their teeth playing backyard parties to testing their mettle on the road as the sensitive misfits on the nu-metal circuit to becoming one of the more experimental bands in popular rock, Incubus have always had a strong sense of self
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Mazzy Star With Meaghan Garvey
Meaghan joins Yasi to chart how this Los Angeles band found its way into the hearts and minds of listeners everywhere with a decades-spanning career that defied convention at every turn
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Rancid With Michael Bingham
Michael Bingham from the band Spiritual Cramp joins us to chart the course and enduring music of Rancid, which exists at the intersection of the Specials and Agnostic Front
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100th Episode! Mailbag with Rob Harvilla feat. Producer Dylan.
We celebrate our 100th episode with special guests—our beloved listeners. Rob Harvilla joins us for a mailbag episode to answer your burning questions and occasionally dole out unsolicited advice.
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24 Question Party People: Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince of the Kills
Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince reflect on their long-standing friendship, making their first record in seven years, learning new things to make new music, and more.
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The ‘Singles’ Soundtrack With Sean Fennessey
Yasi and Sean talk Cameron Crowe’s homage of vignettes to his adopted home, which brought together now-iconic artists like Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Chris Cornell and Soundgarden, and Mudhoney
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24 Question Party People: Dustin Payseur of Beach Fossils
On this week’s ‘24 Question Party People,’ Yasi checks in with Beach Fossils’ Dustin Payseur
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The Afghan Whigs With Chris Ryan
Afghan Whigs is a band that has always been exactly themselves, fronted by an iconoclast who approaches putting together albums like he’s making a movie
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The Smiths: Part 2 With Naomi Fry
Things move quickly for the quartet, and as quickly as they rise to deserved prominence, they just as quickly begin to see small cracks in the foundation of the band
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The Smiths: Part 1 With Naomi Fry
From 1982 to 1987, the Smiths produced more goddamn gorgeous beautiful songs than many other artists do in their entire careers. How did a stylish young guitar savant find the shyest poet, the one who lurked alone in the corner at every gig in the city?
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The 1989 Music Draft With Chris Ryan, Rob Harvilla, and Jon Caramanica
Chris Ryan, Rob Harvilla, and Jon Caramanica join Yasi in the Thunderdome to pick their favorite songs and moments from the year that started the ’90s: the last year of the ’80s
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Death Cab for Cutie With Michael Tedder
Death Cab for Cutie emerged from the Pacific Northwest in the late ’90s and came to embody the indie sound of the mid-aughts, rising to fame alongside the teenage melodrama they helped soundtrack
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Television With Evan Laffer
One of the most innovative bands of the CBGBs scene, Television paved the way for the Ramones, Talking Heads, Patti Smith, Blondie, and more
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24 Question Party People: Bethany Cosentino
Yasi talks to Bethany Cosentino, a brilliant solo artist from Southern California and formerly of the band Best Coast