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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
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Talking Heads: Part 2 With Rob Harvilla
Yasi and Rob return this week to find the Talking Heads in peril. What will become of them?
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24 Question Party People: Paul Banks of Interpol
Yasi and Paul Banks talk astrology, fatherhood, Jay-Z encounters, and so much more!
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Talking Heads: Part 1 With Rob Harvilla
One of the most groundbreaking and innovative bands to find their way into your parents’ record collection, the Talking Heads are the band you liked before you knew they were cool and you were supposed to like them
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24 Question Party People: Jenny Lewis
This week, we welcome the legendary Jenny Lewis to the program, where she and Yasi discover a deep kinship through obscure backpack rap and biohacking, as people often do
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24 Question Party People: Stephan Jenkins of Third Eye Blind
Stephan Jenkins joins us this week to be on the receiving end of some emergency journalism before discussing Vivaldi, why someone else being 6-foot-3 caught him off guard, and the Pitchfork critic in your mind
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24 Question Party People: Ian Shelton of Militarie Gun
Ian Shelton joins the show to talk about the Adicts, Concord, California, and differing relationships to baristas
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24 Question Party People: Jason Isbell
Jason Isbell is a top-notch musician and songwriter and in this episode he answers the 24 questions with gravitas and charm plus more
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24 Question Party People: Adam Duritz
In this episode, we bring our 24 questions to Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz
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Jane’s Addiction With Jessica Hopper
Jessica Hopper joins this week to track Los Angeles legends Jane’s Addiction from their formation, through Lollapalooza, and back to re-forming the band
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‘Judgment Night’ Soundtrack With Sean Fennessey and Rob Harvilla
In 1993, one of the strongest music years in popular memory, a quirky soundtrack was released that ended up eclipsing the movie it was made for
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The Sundays With Hazel Cills
NPR editor Hazel Cills joins to discuss the idyllic sounds and reasonable attitudes of this short-lived, yet perpetually ongoing band
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The National With Jeremy Bolm
This week on ‘Bandsplain,’ frontman, writer, label owner and podcast host Jeremy Bolm joins us to discuss Brooklyn’s own Cincinnati band, the National
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Dave Matthews Band Redux: Part 2 With Grayson Haver Currin
Yasi and Grayson Haver Currin go from the early internet confusion of ‘The Lillywhite Sessions’ to present day and the band’s latest album, 2023’s ‘Walk Around the Moon’
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Dave Matthews Band Redux: Part 1 With Grayson Haver Currin
Grayson Haver Currin is back with us to give Dave and the Band the full ‘Bandsplain’ treatment they deserve
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Listener Mailbag With Rob Harvilla
Among the questions: Should you resent your poser ex-boyfriend? Will there ever be a cult band again? And what do you play for your HIIT class?
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The White Stripes With Sean Fennessey
Yasi and Sean describe how the White Stripes broke through from Detroit’s garage scene and rock ’n’ roll tradition to worldwide success
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Paramore With Ira Madison III
Writer and podcaster Ira Madison III joins to discuss how Paramore found their way into so many hearts and minds.
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No Doubt With Bethany Cosentino
Join Yasi and this week’s returning guest, Bethany Cosentino, as they dig deep into their SoCal roots and traverse the career of Orange County’s No Doubt
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Episode 80: The 2002 Music Draft
Chris Ryan and Rob Harvilla return to Bandsplain Arena with Yasi and dive into the heart of indie sleaze: 2002
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Depeche Mode: Part 2 With Patrik Sandberg
Yasi and Patrik return to hack their way through the second half of Depeche Mode’s monster career
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Depeche Mode: Part 1 With Patrik Sandberg
Yasi and Patrik Sandberg follow the lads of Depeche Mode from their humble but ambitious Basildon beginnings
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Joy Division with Anthony Anzaldo
The Ceremony lead singer joins Yasi to discuss the shooting star of a band, its huge impact, and New Order
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The Cure: Part 2 With Hanif Abdurraqib
Hanif and Yasi continue on their voyage through the Cure’s discography, from ‘The Head on the Door’ to ‘Disintegration’
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The Cure: Part 1 With Hanif Abdurraqib
The Cure are bigger than any one genre, with a decades-spanning discography to match, and you better believe they cover it all on the show
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The 1992 Music Draft
Rob Harvilla and Chris Ryan join Yasi to decide what the best albums, rap songs, rock songs, pop songs, wild cards, and music videos of 1992 were
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Teenage Fanclub
Yasi and Ben Gibbard discuss Teenage Fanclub’s emergence from the fertile Scottish rock scene of the late ’80s as a fully formed power pop band that went on to lead a long, prolific, and often surprising career