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BSE 100: Tyler The Creator, Little Simz, Denzel Curry, Bibio, Weyes Blood and Kevin Morby Jul 19, 2019

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"There Will Be Bibbons."

IT’S OUR 100TH EPISODE!!!!!!! We celebrate this momentous occasion by looking back at our time doing the podcast. Luke plays a song he wrote to mark the occasion and we do a year in review (so far), we play some of our favorite music of 2019 and have many laughs along the way.

Songs Played In This Episode:

Denzel Curry - CAROLMART from ZUU out now on Loma Vista Recordings

Little Simz feat. Michael Kiwanuka - Flowers form GREY Area out now on AGE101 Music

Bibio - Curls from Ribbons out now on Warp Records

Kevin Morby - No Halo from Oh My God out now on Dead Oceans

Tyler The Creator - GONE, GONE/THANK U from IGOR out now on Columbia Records

Weyes Blood - Something To Believe from Titanic Rising out now on Sub Pop

BSE 99: Hot Chip, Heart Bones, Moon Duo, Shura, Sui Zhen, and COMA Jul 05, 2019

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“Stretch Me Bigger.”

In this patriotic episode the LaBenne cousins talk 4th of July traditions, Dem Debates, and Luke makes a shocking confession. The guys talk about Contemporary Christian Music, play a new game called God or Erotica and Luke does some DC Talk themed comedy. All this while playing a patriotic playlist of phenomenal songs.

Songs Played In This Episode:

Shura - religion (u can lay your hands on me) from forevher out 8/16 on Secretly Canadian

Heart Bones - Disappearer out now

Sui Zhen – “Perfect Place” Losing, Linda out sept 22nd on Cascine

Hot Chip - Bath Full of Ecstasy from Bath Full of Ecstasy out now on Domino Recording Co.

Moon Duo – “Stars Are The Light from Stars are the Light out September 27 on Sacred Bones

COMA - Snurebassen out now on City Slang

BSE 98: Bon Iver, Frankie Cosmos, B Boys, Divino Nino, Sault and House of Feelings Jun 28, 2019

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“Guttenberg’s Revenge.”

It’s the Best Song Ever Bachelor Party Spectacular! The boys celebrate Luke’s impending nuptials with keg stands, party drugs, dance parties with Steve Gutenberg and berating their fictional engineer Nerbert. Luke invents the concept of Road Rolling where you trick someone into listening to Old Town Road. Brian tries to get rich and avoid paying taxes and the guys advocate for redhead stepchildren. Plus they play and incredible lineup of songs to keep the party raging.

Bon Iver - U (Man Like) out now on Jagjaguwar

House of Feelings feat. Kip Berman - 401k out now

B Boys - I Want from Dudu out July 26th on Captured Tracks

SAULT - Why Why Why Why Why from 5 out now on Forever Living Originals

Divino Nino - Melty Caramelo from Foam out now on Winspear

Frankie Cosmos - Windows from Close it Quietly out September 6th on Sub Pop

BSE 97: G&D, Joanna Sternberg, Cosmo Gold, KAINA, Graveyard Club and Girl Friday Jun 14, 2019

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“Luke LaBenne: Perfect Virgin”

The guys talk about the E3 conference and Luke tries to figure out how video games are made. Also, it’s Father’s Day so the guys discuss Luke’s secret family. They brainstorm the theme song for a Golden Girls reboot and Luke tries to impersonate Jeff Goldblum. All this while playing an amazing lineup of songs that would make daddy proud.

Songs Played In This Episode:

Cosmo Gold - Drown The Fly from Waiting On The City out now

KAINA – Green from Next to the Sun out July 12th on Sooper Records

Joanna Sternberg - This Is Not from Then I Try Some More out July 12th on Team Love Records

Girl Friday – Decoration/Currency from Fashion Conman out June 28th on Hardly Art

Graveyard Club - William from Goodnight Paradise out June 28th

G&D – Where I’m From from Black Love and War out August 9th on SomeOthaShip Connect

BSE 96: Jesca Hoop feat. Lucius, Jay Som, (Sandy) Alex G, Chaos Chaos, Purple Mountains, and Silverbacks Jun 07, 2019

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“Goat Parade.”

The LaBenne boys talk about their birthdays, getting older, and what really goes on at bachelor parties. Luke recaps the Local Natives and Wu-Tang Clan shows he just went to. They talk about Bugs Bunny and Hansel and Gretel. Luke does a song parody, finds out Brian’s fetish and they talk about how to 96. Then they discuss the old clashing with the youth, empathy, and how everyone is dealing with something below the surface. Not to mention they play an all-star lineup of songs from artists who are GOATs! (greatest of all time)

Songs Played In This Episode:

Purple Mountains - All My Happiness is Gone from Purple Mountains out July 12th on Drag City

Chaos Chaos - Armed and Dangerous out now

Jay Som - Superbike from Anak Ko out August 23rd on Polyvinyl

Silverbacks - Pink Tide out now

(Sandy) Alex G - Gretel from House of Sugar out September 13th on Domino Recording Co.

Jesca Hoop feat. Lucius - Shoulder Charge from STONECHILD out July 5th on Memphis Industries

BSE 95: Yeasayer, Generationals, Chris Staples, Crumb, Mega Bog and Ludovic Alarie May 17, 2019

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“Uncrumbfortable.”

Vibe out with the drowsy boys as the LaBenne cousins play nocturnal, soft, and otherworldly tunes. They talk about pulling all nighters, dream journals and misleading magazine covers. They try to find out the difference between Bachelor In Paradise and Paradise album and Luke threatens to disown Brian. They wonder about why cats always litter, what chopping and screwing is, and when they’ll get a crumpet from the royal family. All while playing the best lineup of songs you’ll here all week.

Songs Played In This Episode:

Yeasayer - Ecstatic Baby from Erotic Reruns out June 7th on Yeasayer Records

Ludovic Alaria - nuit from We’re A Dream Nobody Wrote Down out now on chouchou records

Chris Staples - Everyone Said from Holy Moly out June 28th on Barsuk Records

Mega Bog - For The Old World from Dolphine out June 28th on Paradise of Bachelors

Crumb - Nina from Jinx out June 14th

Generationals - I Turned My Back on the Written Word from Reader As Detective out July 19th on Polyvinyl

BSE 94: Wasuremono, Gemma, The Orielles, Brijean, French Vanilla, and The Sonder Bombs May 10, 2019

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“Let’s Forget I Said That.”

It’s our special Mother’s Day episode, we talk about the royal baby, Riverdale and try to figure out the royal family’s last name. We talk about animal based experiments like Schrödinger's Cat, Pavlov’s Dog, and the writing of Haruki Murakami. We discuss classic films like Serendipity and Three Men and a Baby. The theme of our songs is FORGETTING and we talk about mental health, the duality of life and using music to dance and forget about your troubles. We do just that as we play the best playlist of songs you’ll hear all week.

Songs played in this episode:

The Orielles - Bobbi’s Second World out now on Heavenly Recordings

Gemma - Only One from Feeling's Not A Tempo out May 30th on Double Double Whammy

Wasuremono - Are You OK? from Are You OK? out June 14th on The Wilderness Records

The Sonder Bombs - I don’t have one anymore out now on Take This To Heart Records

French Vanilla - All The Time from How Am I Not Myself? out June 7th on Danger Collective

Brijean - Show and Tell from Walkie Talkie out June 28th on Native Cat Recordings

BSE 93: Flying Lotus, Fruit Bats, Noah Britton & Request Freebird, Mannequin Pussy, Wilder Woods, and Grace Ives May 03, 2019

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“Luke LaBenne: Absolute Loser.”

This week the theme of our songs is SOUL. We talk about souls getting crushed, f*cked, and repaired. We have a new edition of THOR TALK, it’s the AVENGERS ENDGAME edition where Luke does a failed attempt at spoiling the movie, the guys talk about Norse Mythology, and they argue over whether or not the new Game of Thrones episode was too dark. They play a song that was featured in the HBO Docuseries On Tour with Asperger’s Are Us, and Luke tells Brian about how much he loves the show. They talk about breakups, depression, and digging yourself out of that hole and Luke tells a story about Brian humiliating him on facebook. All while playing the best playlist of songs you’ll hear all week!

Songs played in this episode:

Wilder Woods - Sure Ain’t out now on Atlantic Records

Grace Ives - Anything from 2nd out now on Dots Per Inch Music

Noah Britton, Request Freebird - I Don’t Wanna Ever Stop Singing Loud from Why Would Someone Make An Album? out now on [bandcamp] (https://requestfreebird.bandcamp.com/album/why-would-someone-make-an-album)

Mannequin Pussy - Drunk II from Patience out June 21st on Epitaph

Fruit Bats - The Bottom of It from Gold Past Life out June 21st on Merge

Flying Lotus - Takashi from Flamagra out May 24th on Warp

BSE 92: Jamila Woods, Tallest Man on Earth, Bedouine, Cate le Bon, An Horse, and Samia Apr 26, 2019

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"Album Sandwich with Birthday Bread."

This episode has a theme of acceptance and understanding. We play outsider’s anthems and talk about perceptions and ideas place on people, the guilt and shame that accompany them, and the ultimate acceptance of who a person really is. We share our personal struggles with accepting ourselves and wrestling with guilt. It’s also our nerdiest episode as we talk about lots of TV shows including Game of Thrones, Ramy, PEN15, and Community and video games like Zelda and God of War. Luke plays a song from earlier in the year in a new edition of Slippin’ Through Our Cracks. We talk about how tall we are, mythology, and killer clowns. All while playing the best lineup of songs you’ll hear all week!

Songs played in this episode:

An Horse - This Is a Song from Modern Air out May 3rd on Lame-O-Records

Jamila Woods - Zora from LEGACY! LEGACY! out May 10th on Jagjaguwar

Samia - Lasting Friend out now on Grand Jury Music

Bedouine - When You’re Gone from Bird Songs of a Killjoy out May 31 on Spacebomb Records

Tallest Man on Earth - I’m A Stranger Now from I Love You. It’s a Fever Dream. Out now on Rivers / Birds Records

Cate Le Bon - Daylight Matters from Reward out May 24th on Mexican Summer

BSE 91: Vampire Weekend, Kishi Bashi, Nilufer Yanya, JR JR, Stef Chura and Channel Tres Mar 29, 2019

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"Love is Sleazy."

The boys catch up and fill each other in on their lives. Luke tells a creepy story involving the movie Us, Brian recaps his experience seeing Hamilton and going to a Robyn concert, cha boiyzz discuss about March Madness and fill out their brackets for Name of the Year. Luke asks Brian when he stopped liking good things and then get into a debate about the merits of different bands and tv shows. The talk about music having soul vs. technical proficiency and Luke opens up about overcoming his insecurities about dancing.They talk about the importance of empathy and play their best lineup of songs yet, with each of them playing a song from their favorite album of the year (so far).

Songs played in "Love is Sleazy":

Channel Tres - Brilliant N**** out now on GODMODE

Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall from Father of the Bride out May 3rd on Spring Snow

Stef Chura - Method Man from Midnight out June 7th on Saddle Creek Records

JR JR - Big Bear Mountain from Invocations/Conversations out May 31st on Luv Is EZ Records

Nilufer Yanya - Paradise from Miss Universe out now on ATO Records

Kishi Bashi - Summer of '42 from Omoiyari out May 31st on Joyful Noise