Conan Neutron’s Protonic Reversal

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Ep277: Best Records of 2021 Dec 27, 2021

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1. Lung - Come Clean Right Now - I'm Nervous (ep163: Kate Wakefield) 2. Mike Lust - Demented Wings - Danceteria (ep254: Mike Lust) 3. Tomahawk - Tonic Immobility - Predators and Scavengers (ep158: Duane Denison) 4. Tropical Fuck Storm - Deep States - New Romeo Agent (ep260: Erica Dunn) 5. Sleaford Mods - Spare Ribs - Elocution 6. MOD CON - Modern Condition - Ammo (ep260: Erica Dunn) 7. Chris Brokaw - Puritan - The Heart of Human Trafficking (Ep252: Chris Brokaw) 8. Martha's Vineyard Ferries - Suns Out Guns Out - Betty Ford James (Ep252: Chris Brokaw, Ep244: Elisha Wiesner) 9. Kowloon Walled City - Piecework - Splicing (ep229: Scott Evans) 10. Melvins - Five Legged Dog - Civilized Worm (ep230: Dale Crover, ep148: Buzz Osborne) 11. christian fitness - hip gone gunslingers - male guitarist (ep241: falco) 12. Home Less - Smaller Trees - The Friend 13. Nonagon - They Birds - The Family Meal (ep236: John Hastie and Robert Gomez) 14. Part Chimp - Drool - Clever (ep243: Tim Cedar) 15. Red Fang - Arrows - Why (ep253 & ep263 Aaron Beam) 16. Fox Face - End of Man - Luminol 17. Cherubs - SLO BLO 4 FRNZ & SXY - A Pair of Pear Tarts (ep273: Kevin Whitley & Brent Prager) 18. Assertion - Intermission - The Lamb to the Slaughter Pulls a Knife (ep276: William Goldsmith) 19. Matt Sweeny & Bonnie Prince Billy - Superwolves - Make Worry for Me 20. Mogwai - As the Love Continues - Ceiling Granny 21. Sparks - A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip - All That* (*2020 release omitted from last years list) Spotify playlist (all but christian fitness), lists for previous years.

Ep276: William Goldsmith (Sunny Day Real Estate, Foo Fighters, Assertion, The Fire Theft) Dec 22, 2021

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William Goldsmith is the incredible drummer for Sunny Day Real Estate, The Fire Theft and now... Assertion, he was also in the original lineup of the Foo Fighters with SDRE bandmate Nate Mendel and it wasn't the nicest time. Hear all about creating and playing at a furious pace in Assertion. Number songs! "Make it pink!", the weirdness of playing late night shows with such personal music, cumulative loss and isolating from everybody. Making amends after many years and so much more. Dave, call the man.

Ep275: Ken Andrews (Failure, Year of the Rabbit, Producer) Dec 13, 2021

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WILD TYPE DROID! That's right, new Failure record suckers.. song by song breakdown of it, as well as all the details of the weeks long improv sessions that made it , COMFORT, MAGNIFIED, FANTASTIC PLANET, THE HEART IS A MONSTER... all the things! Reconvening without being a nostalgia act. Deep dive into all of the FAILURE things, right?

Ep274: John Mohr, Mike Greenlees, Tom Zaluckyj (TAR) Dec 06, 2021

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Well hey there, it is 3/4 of the mighty Tar! A deep dive into the discography, the mythos, the digging through shoeboxes for all of the awesome ephemera that led to The TAR Box Set (Vol. 1). Lots on reconvening, long (really long) distance practice, doing something that means a whole hell of a lot for some people, and more than a little discussion about various songs and song titles.

Ep273: Kevin Whitley and Brent Prager (Cherubs) Nov 29, 2021

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2/3 of CHERUBS! Come on Protonic Reversal. Discussion of the "brand new" SLO BLO 4 FRNZ & SXY, 2 Ynfynyty, Icing, Immaculada High, The mighty HEROIN MAN, and using the studio to make something truly noisy and cool and IN THE RED, competing with yourself to make something worthwhile. How much coffee it ACTUALLY took to regroup the band? Realizing that it works. Why King Coffey of Butthole Surfers wasn't a great fit on drums, but was a great fit as a label guy. Challenging yourself as a band and connecting with fans new and old.

Ep272: Tim Quirk (Too Much Joy) Nov 22, 2021

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The incredible Tim Quirk is most known for the excellent and clever band, Too Much Joy. He's also an excellent writer, and has been at the ground floor for a FEW stages of the digital music revolution. Bob Seger! The Incredible depths of "Seasons in the Sun." Witness as we discuss the many records of TMJ, including the NEW ONE "Mistakes Were Made" and the even NEWER one, 12 months of joy, which has the songwriting itself crowdsourced. As well as 2 Live Crew, LL Cool J, the major label rollercoaster, what constitutes goofy vs. serious music. Bozo the clown and all that stuff.

Ep271: Joe Carducci (SST Records, Author: Rock and the Pop Narcotic, Western Stories, Enter Naomi) Nov 09, 2021

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The amazing Joe Carducci has a new book of screen plays called Western Stories. We speak of that, as well as the timeless Rock and the Pop Narcotic, the greater history of the creation of independent distribution systems and the architecture for the American DIY world. We also get into the Velvet Underound (and doc!), stand-up comedy, Stone Male: Requiem for the Living Picture, Enter Naomi, the changes in rock criticism, journalism, musical availability and cultural gates and gatekeepers past and present (looking at YOU, Rolling Stone) and so much more. It's a very freewheeling conversation.

Ep270: Chris Murphy (Sloan, Tuns, Trans-Canada Highwaymen Oct 29, 2021

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He's back! He's back! After episode 208's comprehensive rundown of Sloan's career (so far) the mighty Mr. Murphy is back to tell us all about Tuns and Trans-Canada Highwaymen and fill in some of the spots we missed. the Hit and Run ep (and the ACTUAL hit and run behind it), Silence Trumps Lies. Sloan on the OTHER Conan, a deep dive in Murder Records. Punk rock shows... Trailer Park Boys. Sloan: Founded in Fairness (tm) and invested in each other.

Ep269: Shannon Selberg (The Heroine Sheiks, The Cows) Oct 17, 2021

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After episode 206's epic length discussion of the Cows, it is only fair to do a deep dive into the discography of the mighty Heroine Sheiks! Especially now that Out of Aferica is being released on vinyl for the FIRST TIME. Hear how this very specific keyboard music came together as a NY band that was operating along with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Interpol and such. Shannon Selberg is a deep thinking and an interesting guy, let's listen in on the man's criminally ignored second act and lots, lots more.

Ep268: Ben Verellen (Helms Alee, Verellen Amps, Harkonen) Oct 09, 2021

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The Mighty Ben Verellen on Protonic Reversal at least. Conan and Ben talk a little about the Harkonen tour where they played along with a cd, layered harmonies, HA origin story, the 8/16 "Beavis and Butthead video", as well as an album by album run through of the many wonderful Helms Alee records. Verellen Amplifiers! Bar House. 'Tis a delight!

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