Music
**Best Song Ever**

Each week dear friends and music-heads Luke LaBenne and Kevin Connor present their favorite new music and have some laughs along the way.

Latest Episodes:

BSE 90: Tierra Whack, Ex Hex, Bellows, Pure Bathing Culture, Living Hour and Hatchie Mar 22, 2019

Show notes

"Gettin' Sloshy"

In this episode, Cha Boiyzz are back after a long hiatus and Luke is out of practice. They’re also in a new studio on a NEW PODCAST NETWORK!!! They talk about blending somberness and silliness, Brian’s mixes and how they got Luke into new music. Brian plays songs as a mini party playlist and Luke talks about his most recent party experience. Luke also sharesall the Tom Cruise movies he’s never seen, the boys talk about different terms for being drunk. Most importantly, they talk about finding new meanings in music and how music can transport you to another time and place, while playing the best songs you'll hear all week!

Songs played in "Gettin Sloshy":

Tierra Whack - Only Child out now

Ex Hex - Rainbow Shiner from It's Real out today on Merge Records

Living Hour - Hallboy from Softer Faces out now on Kanine Records

Pure Bathing Culture - Devotion from Night Pass out April 26th on Infinite Companion

Bellows - The Tower from The Rose Gardener out now on Topshelf Records

Hatchie - Without a Blush from Keepsake out June 21st on Double Double Whammy

BSE 89: Best of 2018 Part 2 Jan 11, 2019

Show notes

89

On this episode of Best Song Ever the dear, dear LaBenne cousins count down their favorite albums of 2018! This episode covers the picks for albums number 10 – 1. They talk about the government shutdown, dig into DJ Khaled’s landscaping business, discuss everybody’s favorite dead dog and the big man upstairs (Bob Marley) and Luke spends way too much time talking about porches, pools and patios all while playing ten of the best songs you’ll hear all year!

Every week Ghettoblaster feature writers (and dear cousins!) Brian LaBenne and Luke LaBenne bring you fresh new songs with the hopes of introducing you to some that you may consider to be the best song ever. Both Brian and Luke have no idea what songs the other has picked, so what you are hearing is their genuine reaction to listening to the songs together. Also, if you enjoy this episode, head to iTunes to subscribe and rate our podcast with the highest rating available to you.

Songs Played on “Government Shut Up”

Marlowe – Lost Arts from Marlowe out now on Mello Music Group

JID – 151 Rum from DiCaprio 2 out now on Dreamville

Ought – Desire from Room Inside The World out now on Merge Records

Kero Kero Bonito – Visiting Hours from Time ‘n’ Place out now on Polyvinyl

Porches – Goodbye from The House out now on Domino

Hermit and the Recluse – The Punishment of Sisyphus from Orpheus vs. the Sirens out now on Charon Records

Nao – Another Lifetime from Saturn out now on Little Tokyo Recordings

Yves Tumor – Lifetime from Safe in the Hands of Love out now on Warp

Let’s Eat Grandma – Falling Into Me from I’m All Ears out now on Trangressive Records/PIAS

Natalie Prass – Lost from The Future and the Past out now on ATO Records

BSE 88: Best of 2018 Part 1 Jan 04, 2019

Show notes

88

On this episode of Best Song Ever the dear, dear LaBenne cousins count down their favorite albums of 2018! This episode covers the picks for albums number 20 – 11. They also talk about wacky wedding traditions, share some terrible internet comments, trade Christmas anecdotes and of course dish about hunky boy band members all while playing ten of the best songs you’ll hear all year!

Songs Played on “Forget Your Acquaintances”

Noname – Blaxploitation from Room 25 out now

Kadhja Bonet – Mother Maybe from Childqueen out now on Fat Possum

Mitski – Remember My Name from Be The Cowboy out now on Dead Oceans

Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever – Talking Straight from Hope Downs out now on Sub Pop

Hop Along – Somewhere a Judge from Bark Your Head Off, Dog out now on Saddle Creek

Miya Folick – Baby Girl from Premonitions out now on Interscope

Young Fathers – In My View from Cocoa Sugar out now on Ninja Tune

Denzel Curry – Super Saiyan Superman from TA13OO out now on Loma Vista Recordings

Tunde Olaniran – Dead Last from Stranger out now on Magic Wheel

Fucked Up – Normal People from Dose Your Dreams out now on Merge Records

BSE 87: Sufjan Stevens, Night Flowers, The Beths, Say Sue Me, and The LaBennes Dec 21, 2018

Show notes

87

It’s our Honda Days special live from the BSE Honda Days Party with DJ Crocodile Connery, Nerbert, and all your other favorites are in attendance. Luke talks about being engaged, tries to get Brian to watch a scary tape. Luke performs some Honda Days carols and a Honda Days rap. Then, we get snowed in, Santa pays us a visit, and we commit some desperate culinary acts.

Songs Played on “Nogbert”

Say Sue Me – Christmas, It’s Not a Biggie EP out now on Damnably

Night Flowers – 2,000 Miles out now on Bandcamp.

Sufjan Stevens – Lonely Man of Winter out now on Asthmatic Kitty Records

The Beths – Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas out now on Carpark Records

The LaBennes – Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy from Wish You A Merry Christmas!

BSE 86: Maggie Rogers, DAWN, Gerard Way, Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers, Julia Jacklin and Sneaks Nov 16, 2018

Show notes

86

On this episode of Best Song Ever the dear, dear cousins are visited by Loki the Trickster God as they do their first Thor Talk in a long time, where they mourn Stan Lee, Luke gives a Marvel Life Hack, and they talk about our favorite Kurt Russel movies. Luke decides to bloviate about My Chemical Romance, which leads the cousins into workshopping their sitcom idea Gerard and Gerard in the Yard. Crocodile Connery makes a surprise return and Brian talks about how he staged a coup and murdered a lot of people. The dear cousins get into how rappers use the names of their favorite Harry Potter characters, have fun with words doing some rapscallion word trickery and talk about creativity, reincarnation and make plans to eat at Red Lobster all while playing the six best songs you’ll hear all week!

Songs Played on “Crocodile Connery Strikes Again”

Gerard Way – Baby You’re a Haunted House out now on Reprise Records

Sneaks – The Way it Goes from Highway Hypnosis out January 25th on Merge

Laura Jane Grace and the Devouring Mothers – Reality Bites from Bought To Rot out today on Bloodshot Records

DAWN – new breed from new breed out January 25th

Maggie Rogers – Light On from Heard It In a Past Life out January 19th on Debay Sound/Capitol Records

Julia Jacklin- Head Alone from Crushing out February 22nd on Polyvinyl

BSE 85: Miya Folick, The Vernes, Westerman, Alias and Doseone, Mike Krol and Public Practice Oct 31, 2018

Show notes

85

On this episode of Best Song Ever the dear, dear cousins are live on location at Luke’s Dark Baptism where they sing a song to Satan, play a special Halloween game of Hymn or Horror and Luke sneakily signs Brian’s name in the Book of the Beast setting off a cataclysmic chain of events as Brian now has competing claims over his soul. Even amidst all this excitement, Brian would rather be playing Red Dead Redemption II. Also, Luke confuses Mike Krol for Nick Krol and thinks all albums should be under 10 minutes. The cousins discuss being polite Midwestern boys and enter a Joke Free Zone as they talk about an artist who has passed away. Upon leaving the joke free zone they dig deep into the hunks of Grey’s Anatomy, discover Luke’s coffee has been spiked with goof juice, Brian gives some McDonald’s Life Hacks and the cousins both whisper like creeps all while playing the six best songs you’ll hear all week!

Songs Played on “Beast on Beast Action”

Miya Folick – Cost Your Love from Premonitions out now on Interscope and Terrible Records

The Vernes – Maybe I’ll Feel Better When I’m Dead from Maybe I’ll Feel Better When I’m Dead out now

Mike Krol – Little Drama from Power Chords out January 25th on Merge Records

Alias and Doseone – The Doghawk from Less Is Orchestra out Nov. 2nd on Anticon Records

Public Practice – Fate/Glory from Distance Is A Mirror out now on Wharf Cat Records

Westerman – Outside Sublime from Ark EP out November 9th on Blue Flowers

BSE 84: Moonface, Matthew Dear, Tunde Olaniran, Farao, Doe Paoro and Mike Ward Oct 19, 2018

Show notes

"Upped the Vin Level" Photos Courtesy of the Artists On this episode of Best Song Ever the dear, dear cousins discuss everyone finding their own voice, Catholic people screwing like bunnies and the pitfalls of shameless self-promotion. Also, Luke tells a story about almost making an embarrassing coffee mess and they try to find the […]

The post BSE 84: Moonface, Matthew Dear, Tunde Olaniran, Farao, Doe Paoro and Mike Ward appeared first on Ghettoblaster Magazine.

BSE 83: Peter, Bjorn and John, Sharon Van Etten, Fred Thomas and Anna Burch, Pip Blom, Madeline Kenney and CHAI Oct 12, 2018

Show notes

"Panksy" Photos Courtesy of the Artists On this episode of Best Song Ever mysterious podcast prankster Panksy pays a visit and Brian talks about Canadian Thanksgiving, which leads to the dear dear cousins discussing how both of their significant others have an attraction to older men. Be ready for some high energy fun as Luke […]

The post BSE 83: Peter, Bjorn and John, Sharon Van Etten, Fred Thomas and Anna Burch, Pip Blom, Madeline Kenney and CHAI appeared first on Ghettoblaster Magazine.

BSE 82: Troye Sivan, Noname, Richard Swift, Kero Kero Bonito, They Might Be Giants and Adrianne Lenker Oct 02, 2018

Show notes

"Butt Babes" Photos Courtesy of the Artists On this episode of Best Song Ever the Dear LaBenne cousins play a fun new game called Letter Rip, Luke spoils the Ant-man and The Wasp trailer, they talk about fruit and confirm that plums become prunes and try to get an Audible sponsorship. They also get into some deeper topics […]

The post BSE 82: Troye Sivan, Noname, Richard Swift, Kero Kero Bonito, They Might Be Giants and Adrianne Lenker appeared first on Ghettoblaster Magazine.

BSE 81: half•alive, Julia Holter, Underground System, Swearin’, Xenia Rubinos feat. Sammus & Olga Bell, and Knife Knights Sep 20, 2018

Show notes

“Still swearin’ after all these years.” On this episode of Best Song Ever, Brian reads an anonymous statement written by a senior Best Song Ever staffer. The boys talk about politics, being sleepy, and their Labor Day weekends. Luke talks about his conversations with a racist grandpa and starting a bear revolution. Brian delivers some […]

The post BSE 81: half•alive, Julia Holter, Underground System, Swearin’, Xenia Rubinos feat. Sammus & Olga Bell, and Knife Knights appeared first on Ghettoblaster Magazine.