This week’s episode of Encore tackles a bunch of listener questions, things like: why would anyone defend The Story So Far kicking a fan? What were our favorite bands growing up and do we still listen to them? What services we use to discover new music? And why do I post about mainstream music these days? We also talk about Taylor Swift and Jimmy Eat World, Moose Blood signing with Hopeless Records, and Green Day, Blink-182, and Brand New.
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Show Notes
- We talk about some stuff we’ve been into lately.
- Lots of listener questions today:
- Parker Cannon drop kicked a girl off stage. I like TSSF,but why are people always rushing to defend him? Am I missing something?
- What was your favorite band while growing up? And do you still enjoy them? How often do you listen to older favorites as opposed to new bands?
- What free service do you recommend for finding new artists in genres you’re not familiar with?
- AP.net and now Chorus evolved from covering mostly underground music to covering just about everything, including mainstream stuff; why did that shift happen, was it about making money, and was it a tough call to start covering more broadly appealing music?
- Some various news:
- Apple Music’s new ad featuring Taylor Swift and Jimmy Eat World; plus, ads as content.
- New Moose Blood album coming out via Hopeless.
- New Green Day rumored for fall.
- JT Recommends: JJ Redick’s podcast with Brandon Roy, The Shape of Brat Pop to Come, The West Wing, Kimmy Schmidt is back.
- TN Recommends: The movie Chef, and Steven Hyden’s new podcast Celebration Rock.
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