Hot Song for 6.15.15 – Broken Necks / René
Chris and Dan argue about transcending the Brooklyn indie scene and whether or not a song has to go anywhere to be worthwhile, featuring two currently beloved songs from...
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Hot Song for 6.12.15 – You Know You Like It / Cheerleader
This Friday's special feature is a rundown of Billboard's annual Songs of the Summer chart, analyzing the questionable list with voracious intensity and disgust, featuring two tracks that may...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 6.10.15 – Before The World Was Big / Not Letting Go
Dan and Chris argue about the eternally tricky quirk vs. sincerity quotient and what role mid-tier hip hop has in today's unforgiving industry, featuring two currently beloved songs from...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 6.8.15 – Mirai Nikk / Wet Dollars
Chris and Dan argue about the ever-fragmenting regional indie rock scene and if style can truly reign over substance in hip hop if it's stylish enough, featuring two currently...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 6.5.15 – 1004 / Tide Pools
This Friday's special feature is another edition of Genre Watch, wherein Chris and Dan argue about the definition, limitations, benefits, and worth of the slippery and controversial term "IDM,"...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 6.3.15 – Excuse Me / Til We Do It Together
Dan and Chris argue about how to reconcile misogyny with luscious and innovative sampling and production in hip hop and why affecting 60s retro-pop has largely been forgotten by...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 6.1.15 – Go Outside (Stare at the Sun) / Let’s All Stay In Tonight
Chris and Dan argue about what makes an indie rock band distinctly Chicagoan and whether high concept joke bands can be artful or not, featuring two currently beloved songs...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 5.29.15 – Broken Household Appliance National Forest / Orestes
This Friday's special feature is another edition of Canon Fodder, wherein Chris and Dan argue about two records that turn 15 years old this month, discussing the end of...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 5.27.15 – Ages Upon Ages Upon You / Will You Dance?
Dan and Chris argue about the forward momentum and/or impenetrability of instrumental hip hop and when indie pop becomes too cutesy and affiliated with Top 40 to be tolerable...
LISTEN HEREHot Song for 5.25.15 – Demon / I Need A Woman
Chris and Dan argue about the dangers of the hype machine churning up genuine 20-year-old talent and the benefits of growing up middle class in a small Australian surf...
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