No Filler Music Podcast - Whatcha Heard? The Frankenstein Edition

Episode Date: February 28, 2026

Right at the buzzer we sneak in our Whatche Heard episode for February. Pieced together from 3 different recording sessions, this one is a real doozy. We listen to everything from 80s Japanese folk/electro-pop fusion to the wacky funk metal that only Primus can deliver. Join us for our monthly mixtape! Tracklist Beck - I Only Have Eyes For You Primus - Mama Didn't Raise No Fool Yagya - Sleepygirl 1 WONDERMEGA - CYBERWARE PART 1 - RUNNER WONDERMEGA - CYBERWARE PART 2 - DECKER Mariah - Shinzo No Tobira Her's - What Once Was (live from Paste Studios) Dungen - Snurra På Hjulet Luniz - Operation Stackola EARTHGANG - Godly (ft. Damon Albarn) Should - Aside Skog - Blålysning Kings of Convenience - Failure Stevie Ray Vaughan - Riviera Paradise This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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And on this month's episode, we're kicking things off with Beck's cover of the Flamingos, I only have eyes for you. Give me a whole record of that. Him doing covers of flamingo songs? Or just him doing covers, yeah. Yeah, that was great. Do that. That was awesome, man.

So what's the story on this? Like what? This is part of a B-Sides or something? Well, yeah, yeah. He just released a rarities album. It's an eight-song mini album called Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime. It's got quite a few rarities. Like songs that he released a long time ago,

songs that he never released before, you know, songs that were, I mean, just now seeing the light of day, really. And this one in particular was actually part of some like multimedia, like video projection thing that was projected on the exterior of the Hirshhorn Museum in Washington, D.C. This multimedia artist named Doug Aitkins, Eitkins. He had an installation at the museum called Song One installation. That Flamingo song is part of that installation.

So that's crazy, dude. The only chance you had of actually hearing this Beck cover is if you went to go see that installation at the museum. So that was back in 2012 is when the... he had it. It was a 360-degree, 35-minute immersive video installation. You know, it's funny. There's a record I listened to from, I think it was Harold Budd, who was like this ambient piano player composer guy who's collaborated with Robin Guthrie a few times, who's the guitar player for Cocteau Twins. And they put out a record that was just music that they did for a museum installation. So it's funny to think about all the great music that has been produced

because of art, you know. Yeah, right. Museums. Yeah, that's cool. Very cool. So there's also an Elvis cover on here. See, now we're talking, man. Can't help falling in love.

Was that also for the museum? No, it doesn't sit. No, that was on a compilation record called Resistance Radio, The Man in the High Castle. No idea. And Imagine soundtrack to the TV show produced by Danger Mouse and Sam Cohen. Yeah, yeah. I was going to say that's the name of a TV show, like an Amazon show.

Yeah, I was going to say, I mean, I'm sure Beck has just done dozens and dozens of covers, you know. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. His massive career, so. Yeah. Anyways, yeah, so he just dropped this. There's no new Beck on this record, right? Yeah.

But it's a B-Sides, it's a rarities. So, yeah, man, thought that would be a cool way to kick us off for what you heard for February. I guess for those who are just now joining us for the first time. Welcome. I hope we still get new listeners that pop in. Maybe we have some first-time callers, dude. You never know. Yeah, so this is our monthly mixtape is what we'd like to call it, where we each bring five

songs to the table. It could have been, it could be anything, dude. It's all fair game. And Travis, I got to kick us off last month, so it's your turn. So how are we going to follow up that Beck cover? Thank you. My first pick. I'm, dude, I know you're going to love this.

And I'm surprised I haven't given this band. and a proper listen until recently. And I know why. It's because most of their songs are just goofy beyond my tolerance level for goofy. I understand that, yeah. Yeah. So I'm talking about Primus,

which is a legendary band, primarily out of the 90s. They did the South Park theme song. You know, what more do you need to know? Dude, I didn't even know that. Yeah, dude, that's Primus. I didn't even know that. Yeah, I feel like this is like,

it's on the same level almost of like they might be giants and that kind of like goofy kind of lyricism and stuff but just with some really like funky punk and like metal almost which is funny because we just hot off of our 311 episode where we talk about funk metal I was going to say dude why don't we just find some time for Primus this maybe dude maybe next time the mics are hot with Mitch let's ask him if he's familiar maybe he can lead that one too I love tales from the punch bowl not the album because I don't know it, but the album art that's just like peak 90s. Oh, yeah, all their album art's fantastic, dude.

Look at this one. Look at this one, dude. Pork soda. It's great. It's great, man. But yeah, they're just, it's just like really just in your face, just like right in your face is how it is when you listen to this music. So we're going to listen to a track off of their 1999 record anti-pop or anti-pop. I should say, because that's how he sings it.

But here we go. We're going to listen to a song called Mama Didn't Raise No Fool. You're going to love this, man. And talk about some one-liners, dude. Yeah, man. That was awesome. I mean, I think it's clear, dude. It's time to dive in to some primus.

I never did. Never did. Yeah, we could cherry pick some really freaking good ones, man, because they have some really tasty riffs, man. Like I said, He is one of the greatest bass players. It's just like this, you know, just like groovy, funky kind of metal, dude. It's great.

Yeah, I like it. It's great, man. And dude, this, that on a diet of black coffee and Prozac butter toast, I feel like that's quoted. I mean, I just, I've heard that before. Yeah. Somewhere. I mean, that's just such a classic, like, I mean, the image, too. What, yeah, that's fucking great, dude.

And you're right. I mean, I think maybe it's just to. voice and the lyrics. But yeah, you're right, it is kind of lean towards this, I guess the silliness of they might be giants, but it's not silly. It's not silly at all.

Well, I mean, it gets silly, man. It gets way silly. Okay. That song wasn't. This one wasn't as. The lyrical content or whatever wasn't lighthearted by any means. Yeah, yeah.

But I mean, yeah, it gets really wacky. But I mean, that's just what they are, dude. And it's, and once you lean into it, it, then it's, it's a blast, man. Right, right, right. Yeah, dude. So anyway, all right, well, I figured that was a good way to start the episode, dude. So I'm going to pass it back to you.

It feels like we're prime for a nice 180. Yeah, dude, for sure. And you know what? I had to double check our feed. And I kind of shocked that we haven't brought a track from this artist before. Travis, you introduced me to this artist. It was probably like two years ago or so. I was like hungry for this certain style of, of, I guess, IDM, down tempo.

And you like opened the floodgates track. Did it give you a nice playlist here? Yeah, you probably did. I don't remember exactly, or you may have just said listen to this album. Sleepy Girls. Oh, yeah. By Yagia. Oh, my God, dude.

Yeah, dude. He has something else, dude. This is a great 180, dude. You want to talk about a one and 80s, dude. Yeah. we're just going to play the opening track, you know, is the same song that, that I was introduced to Yagia with.

So here we go. This is, and that's the funny thing, he doesn't even try with titles, you know, for song titles because, you know, the name of the album is Sleepy Girls. And here's all the Sleepy Girls,

dude, one through 12. And that's Sleepy Girl 1 is track 1. So here we go. I was saying while the music was playing and our mics were not hot, you know, that probably Luke Warren.

at that point. I've heard that song so many times, dude, because ever since I stumbled upon that record, like, it's one of the records that I just will, at least once or twice, maybe three times a year, we'll just put on and listen to all the way through because it's so perfect. Yeah, dude. And for the right, like for, depending on what you're doing, like that, that just is it, dude. That's it. To put you into that, the flow state, if you will. And you know what? And it works for, and I imagine, I'm not, I don't do what you do, but I'm sure it works for coding. Absolutely. I'm sure it works for cleaning the fucking hat.

I mean, it's like for a down tempo record and the kind of stuff that we talk about and, you know, what it is about down tempo that we love, it's got it all. I mean, I would call it, you know, I would call this ambient down tempo, ambient electronic, right? Because down tempo can be a lot more fast-paced and base and drum forward. you know, I mean, this one's really, like, subdued, but it's just the perfect amount. And, you know, it goes places, too. There's a track that has, there's a couple of tracks that have this, like, really beautiful female singer. Yeah, I don't even remember that, man.

I'm going to have to see. It's been a while since I've listened to it, dude. It's awesome, dude. Yeah, anyway, incredible, phenomenal record. And this isn't everyone's jam, you know? And we know that. But, I mean, it's been, dude, I mean, you and I discover, we, I mean, we should talk about this so much on that podcast, dude, but you and you and.

I discovered this type of music together, not too long out of high school. And I was crashing in your place, sleeping on a little blowup mattress on the floor. And it was just good times, dude. And I think part of, yeah, the nostalgia for that time of our lives, I mean, I think has a big part of the staying power for this, you know, genre for me. But like, and yeah, dude, I mean, I'm surprised that it took me this long. I don't know how long you've been jamming this album. But, I mean, it's just been a couple years for me because you. At least eight years, dude, maybe more. Yeah, that's awesome.

Anyways, dude, I don't think you could be any farther way. From Primus? From Primus. I really don't. No, no. No, I'm going to keep us in the same building, at least, with my next pick. And because you played that, I just kicked Chapter House off the list, Q. So, sorry.

They'll find their way back. Yeah. Let me remind you again, Q, and all the listeners that I'll be seeing them. in Chicago and May live. You know what, dude? Proud of you for, you know, buying the ticks before they sold out. Yeah, I didn't realize that that was going to happen,

but like literally it was a few days later they were sold out. So, yeah, I'll bring them, I'll bring Chapter S maybe in May or June after I've seen them live, Q. So this artist is no stranger to this podcast, Q. but what's interesting about this this legendary person, Q, I've elevated him to that status. Equip. You know him and love him, right, Q? Oh, yes, yes, Trev.

I dreamed of a palace in the sky. That's right. So I've also brought a couple of collaborations that he's done with R23X, I think. Anyway, so he puts out a ton of music under these different. pseudonyms. And what they are are these like mix tapes almost that he mixes that he does. And he comes up with these creative like backstories and stuff for the music. And he put out this album, this mix. Does he really wear chain mail at his live content? Yeah, dude. And he's ripped. Dude, he is beyond ripped. It looks like he looks like a yeah. Dude, look at those neo fucking sunglasses.

I know, man. He's not missing. He's got it going on. That guy is, he's in the matrix. I mean, he came out. Yeah, he knows what he's doing. But anyway, so one of his pseudonyms, he goes by Wonder Mega. Remember the last, what you heard, we talked about, how there's this segment of vapor wave, I guess, that's like D&B jungle. Oh, jungle?

Yeah, man. And how it just leans fully into video game. Yep. So he's that type of musician. A lot of times he's sampling. Yeah, he's sampling sounds from anime and video games and stuff like that. So the Wonder Mega was actually a, there was a high-end, all-in-one video game console that combined the Sega Mega Drive and the Mega CD or the Sega CD into a single unit. Wow.

So most people probably don't know that. So that's a cool name. Anyway, so he put out a mix in June under the one. Wonder Mega pseudonym. And it's fucking phenomenal, dude. It's 18 minutes long. I'm only going to play, obviously, the first, like, three minutes of it. But you'll get the vibe.

And just look at this. I'm going to have this pulled up, dude. All right, we listen to this. You've got to look at this album art. It's amazing. It looks like a scene from the Matrix, like the, where they plug themselves in and stuff. Or like Blade Runner or something like that, right? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So before I push play, dude. So this is 80, 25. of the Neo Tokyo. Technology. That's only 24 years away. I know, I know. Technology has peaked. The world has changed.

Some say awakened. A lull in the flow of mystical energy has subsided. And magic returned to the world. Elle, stores, orcs, and trolls assumed their true form, throwing off their human guise. Society fights on, despite the odds, in an effort to assimilate the ways of magic into a technological world. Okay? You got that?

Damn, dude. This guy's full of stories. So the elves and dwarves, they've all been living among us this whole time. That's what you're saying. Anyway, so Cyberware Part 1, here we go. This is called Runner. I mean, come on, dude. Save some, you know, creativity and talent for the rest of us, man.

And that's, dude, the way he describes it here at the bottom. A hundred percent DJ mix, no original music. I want to hear this shit that he's happening, man. Now, I got to do this, let me play this, I got to play this part from part two. Okay. Because there's this baseline that he,

he pulls in this baseline, dude, that I, I was on the floor, dude. I fell out of my, I was on the fucking floor. So let me do that. All right. So this is clearly,

I think, maybe, I'm just, maybe I'm stretching here, but this could be Blade Runner references here because the first part one called Runner. Part two is called Decker. Now, Harrison Ford's name is Deckered in Blade Runner,

but maybe I'm stretching, but Runner and Decker. I mean, that's pretty fucking close. Anyway, I'm going to skip ahead. So again, so there's only two parts to this release. First one's 18 minutes, 29 seconds. The second part is 16 minutes and 51 seconds. But it's again, it's one of those things where you're just fucking taken on a cyberpunk journey, dude, when you listen. Which is funny because, like, the description where he's talking about, he's talking about dwarves and shit. Like, that's not really what I'm thinking about when I listen to this. Cyberpunk, you don't think dwarves and stuff. But anyway, whatever.

I'm not going to. It's interesting. That's what I'm saying. Anyway, all right, I'm going to do, I'm going to, here we go. Let's listen to this guy. You're not going to be on your seat here in a minute. Here we go. So this again, part two of cyberware from WonderMega.

Here we go. How fucking awesome is that, dude? Just some dark 80s. Yeah, man. And that's the thing. You know. That's probably what he's sampling from. None of this is original.

That's what's blown my mind. Now, he could be sampling, maybe he's sampling in just a synth sound and turning it into a keyboard. No original music. Well, that's, show me where this baseline is, man. I want to know the song where this baseline is from. I doubt this is on Who Sampled. There's no way who sampled.com has this stuff on it. Maybe it, maybe, let's find out because.

My goodness, man. But anyway, that's 10 minutes in the second track. And I remember listening to it because 10 minutes is a long time. And then that baseline hits in and you're like, holy shit. Yeah. Yeah, he's so good, man. Anyway, so that's, again, Wonder Mega. You can find that if you search for Equip on Band Camp.

And there's, he actually has two different listings because he's got a page that's basically the stuff that he puts out on the, 100% electronica label. So this is like his stuff that I've brought before. Like I said, there's two different Bank Camp listings for him. So just click the one until you find his page that has just eight dozens of releases because he puts stuff out all the time. And he puts them on like limited edition cassettes, which is really cool, like cassette tapes

and stuff. Oh, that's making a comeback, dude. Yeah, I know. Just when I bought my CD player, dude. But yeah But yeah, he's got several releases under the Wonder Mega name. So they probably all kind of have that same vibe. There's another one that came out.

It's got like this really cool. It's all cyberpunk looking. Very. Albumar, which is really, really dope. Yeah, that's cool. Anyway, all right. So, all right, Q. I feel like we've done a couple of kind of ambient electronic stuff here.

Where are we going next? I feel like this is in the same. universe. That makes sense. Okay. So, Trave, I know you're a fan of the band Dummy that, what'd you call me? You heard correctly. That shoegays, or I for sure brought a song from their album, Free Energy, and my best of 2024. I know you love this, Trave, just as much as I do. If an artist that I love is dropping playlists on Spotify, you better believe I'm. going to press a play because I want to hear what they're listening to, you know? Mm-hmm.

And they have this playlist called Mandatory Enjoyment Companion. It's got some interesting stuff on here, dude. I mean, like some crate digging type stuff, you know. And there's this, this is a really interesting album from the 80s that basically just finally made its way to the States as a reissue. recently, 2015, actually. So this is

from Japan. The artist is called Maria or Mariah. Utakata No, Hebe. I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry.

He did a good job. I don't know about that, man. So let me read this right up on Pishfork. this is this I mean this sums it up beautifully dude and this is going to take maybe an hour to read so apologies it says throughout its long slow journey west I'm not saying the name again has been an album without context after a dormant period at home among Japan's vinyl geek underground the 1983 record began to spread farther in 2008 when the taste-making Scottish DJ duo Optimo share to cut online.

Now, what was the name of the again? Of what? Are you trying to make me say the fucking album? No. No, but I'm going to have to say the name of the song. Here it is. Okay, okay, okay. So the song that the Scottish DJ Duo Optima

spread in 2008 is called Shenzo No Tabira, which they first heard in a Tokyo record store. It's since earned a cult following worldwide for the ethereal lines it traces between Asian and Middle Eastern tonalities, folklorish Armenian lyrics, and futuristic Japanese synth pop leads. Its soundscapes are like those once dreamt by Brian's, Eno and Wilson.

I thought that line was funny, dude. Okay, I'll stop there. Anyways, man, this one, like, I was just like, what the, what am I hearing right now? And it kind of blew my mind when I heard when it came, you know, that it came out in the 80s. So here we go. Again, this is Maria.

You know what, dude? Could be Mariah. I don't fucking know, man. The song is called Shinso No, Tabirah, Tabirah, Tabirah. Topanga, Tapana. So, I mean, you know? I just, I don't know where to begin on this because. Yeah, I know.

You know, we talk about it. this kind of stuff all the time where it's just, there's just too much music out there to be able to appreciate it all, dude. Of course, that's a true statement. But it's like when you hear stuff like this, I mean, yeah, 83. It does sound like it came out in 83. But like it's blending in this like traditional kind of Japanese style of singing, right? Armenian lyrics. Folklore's Armenian lyrics.

Yeah, it's so interesting. Ethereal lines, yeah, I mean, yeah. Okay, this is a great way to put it, dude. Here's another line from that pitchfork review. It says, it's almost as though Uticaata has at last arrived on our shores, not simply through a crate diggers time warp, but from some other world altogether. I mean, dude, this to me, it gives me Blade Runner, I don't know.

Yes. Yeah. Well, I mean, that could be the, you know, cyberpunk. Yeah. And vapor wave and all that. Synth wave. They have a lot of like,

dystopia. It's very dystopian. I mean, it's just like the beginning of that, of the wonder mega description, Neo Tokyo, like that. Yeah. That imagery and that, that, yeah, neon lights and stuff like that. Right. Even in the 80s, it was presented as this future with like the,

this like, they call it like cassette futurism, which is like, you know, when you look back at like movies in the 80s or even the 70s and where they tried to look into the future and like portray technology in the future, now when you look back at it, it still, it looks dated, but they were trying to imagine like way, way into the future, but they were using, they were still using like CRT monitors and stuff like that, but like the technology still looked really cool. Right. Like the original Star Trek.

Yeah. Yes. I think wasn't it Star Wars that did this, like one of the first to do it where they make. It was dirty looking. Yes. Exactly. Like because this is, this is like that far to the future. All this like technology is actually old and busted technology when we're dropped into the, you know, the landscape or whatever.

Yeah. It was a good call. For sure. Anyways. Lucas's part. Yeah. So that was, that was Mariah and Shinso No Tibera is the song. I felt like that was a good companion, dude, do Wonder Mega? It is. Yeah. Totally. Definitely is. Definitely. Well, all right, man. I think it's one any time. It has to be. Yeah. Again. So, dude, I know nothing. I haven't even heard the song all the way through. That's how confident I am that it's going to be great. okay so I was just

scrolling through the Instagram skew as one does late at night before you're falling asleep and I just

it looked like a tiny desk type setup but I don't think it was but it was these guys I don't even know I got to look up the story

because apparently one of them isn't with us anymore so the band is no more let me just let me get

the story Let me just get this story straight, dude, before I say something stupid. Let's see. Hers. We're an indie band from Liverpool, England, composed of English guitarist and singer Stephen Fitzpatrick and Norwegian bassist and backing vocalist Auden Leading. Oh, God, the duo and their tour manager were killed in a road traffic collision in Arizona while touring the U.S. in 2019.

Fuck. Damn. Yeah. Tragic. Tragic. And I just saw this, this live video of them just jamming out to this song. I guess it's shit, man. And it was the intro to this track.

And it had such an awesome vibe. I was like, all right, well, I'm bringing that to what you're here tomorrow. I don't even care it the rest of the song. Sounds like that was so cool sounding this, this groove that they got into. And yeah, what a tragic story, man. So, all right, here we go. So this is a group called hers. This song is called What Once Was.

Well, this is like a, you know, a radio medium. So you didn't know this, but we were watching the video of them performing this at the Paste Studios, NYC in 2018. And God damn it, dude. I'm in love. A couple of just fucking bright marks on the universe, man. Yeah, dude. They just look like they're having such a blast together. Yeah, man.

You can tell they just love every second of it. And they fucking love each other and the music they're making together. I mean, it's a tiny, tiny little space, but they're fucking commanding every square. ranch, dude. Oh, my God. And dude, they both got the, they both got the performance stance where they got their guitar and bass, like to their freaking chin almost. These guys are amazing, man. Anyway, like I said, I never heard anything. I saw the first 10 seconds and I saw him get into his little, like, dance groove that he was doing with his bass. Yeah, dude, totally. And I was like, well, and it's a Rickenbacker, man. It's a beautiful, that's a gorgeous bass. Gorses bass. Yeah, gorgeous bass. Yeah, anyway, so, damn, dude. What a great, what a great song. It's a fucking. Tremboch. tragedy. But like you said, we got, we got videos like this to watch these guys. Yeah, they, they, they, they were doing what they love, man. So it's hers, it's hers apostrophe s, just for those who are trying to look them up. H-E-R-posrophe as great fucking song. Yeah, killer song. That song was called What Once Was enough to dig into everything that they've ever done

after watching that. So, all right, like you said, now we're both sad. And, um, yeah, that was, I didn't, melancholy. I didn't realize that that was that, that was, that was, strategy that happened because something about, you know, taking away too soon or something like that. That was the comment that accompanied the video on Instagram, but damn, dude. Anyway, all right, well, what do you do with that, Q? I think I'm going to keep things going in a good, you know, a good solid vibe. And now, now I haven't played, actually, I don't even think, I don't even know if I played a song from this band, Dungen.

Mm-hmm. Okay. Dugan is. I know we did a side track on them years ago, dude. Okay, and they were like one of the first posts on New Dust for me was a Dungan album. Oh, yeah, man. Yeah, and I remember I was trying to be clever with the title, and I said, the title of the post was Dungeon? No, Dungan. And I thought, dude, dude, yeah.

Anyways. Yeah, what was my first post, man? It was a song. So, I mean, for those of you who are like, what the fuck are you guys talking about? We ran a semi-quaze whatever successful in the music blog in the early O's in like the 2010s. It's calling a successful. I mean, we were. We never made it to Carilla versus Bears.

Of course not. Blog list, okay. Of course not. But, you know, we were, people liked us. Anyways, it was called New Dust and we ran it for a few years. But anyways, yeah, so Dungan, I almost said Dungeon, didn't I? They're this Swedish, like psychedelic rock band. I think they're their albums four and Tio Bitar or, I mean, just some of the best examples

you can get of this style of it reminds me of um wolf parade not wolf parade fuck wolf people that that style that vibe like heavy and but psychedelic not not like metal heavy or alt rock grunggy heavy but like psychedelic heavy and like a good way anyways they've mellowed out a lot since then and i have not have not kept up with what these guys have been dropping and wouldn't you know it have another song from 2020 that I sure wish was on my list. But, you know, it's never too late. So here we go.

I don't even want to try to pronounce this. Let's see if I can get the internet to pronounce this for me. You know, like... You keep choosing. You keep choosing to play these songs. You got no business pronouncing. AI overview. Thank you, AI.

I didn't ask for this, but thank you. It says, snura pa hulet and there it is friends that's how i said it fuck all right so here we go here's a song from dungan called snura pohielette i love that they're still making music man and this is like just delightful this is great man i mean this is not not like their old stuff there is some but that's the thing that's what they do so well like there's some really pretty songs on four and Tio Batar. Dude, that's very progressive, man.

This reminds me of, and I don't know why I love to, to compare things to this soundtrack, but I, Fantastic Planet. Yeah, no, I hear you, dude. You know what I'm saying? I love that, I love that soundtrack. Always loved it. Well, it's, yeah, it's very, very, yeah, it's, it's, it's that group that you love, dude. What are they called?

The sound carriers. Oh, sound carriers. Yeah, it's all of that. Yeah, and I was thinking of that other band, Trave, I think we brought a song of theirs. Peel Dream Magazine. Oh, yeah, okay. And also, there's no lyrics, dude.

Do do, do, do, do, do, do, do, do. There's no way that's a Swedish word. Right. He's just doodling doodoo's. Anyways, dude, let's pass it back to you, man. All right, Kim. It's been a long time, dude. Long time.

Since we played some rap on here. Dude, I'm so glad you said that, man, because I got one that I could totally play. And, you know, again, I always like to preface that when I play rap, I'm completely out of my element. I just want to put that there. Put that out there. Me too, man. So, you know, I just want to appreciate it for what it is, dude, because I fucking love the stuff when I hear it. The storytelling is always phenomenal.

It's what I like about rap. Yeah, man. Oh, dude, I'm so glad you're bringing something because this gives me an excuse to play this track that I've been sitting on. for a while. So I think a lot of us know the song, I got five on it. Oh, maybe. I'm sure I do.

Dude, dude, let me play. I got five on it. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly. You know why? At least it probably gained a lot of popularity again because it was featured pretty heavily on Jordan Peel's movie Us that came out a few years back.

Yeah. Anyway, it's, and every time I hear that song, I'm like, I got to listen to these guys, man. because that bass line's killer. The hook is killer. So anyway, I pulled up their record that that was on. It's this band called Loonies or Lunas, L-U-N-I-Z. The album name is Operation Stackola. Came out in 1995.

And there we go. We're just going to listen to the song. We're going to try to follow the lyrics. I'm going to have the lyrics pulled up from Genius because I think that's a better report. representation of it. Spotify tries to do the lyrics. I don't think they're doing it, right? So, all right, here we go. This song, when does this come out? 95. That's right, that's right. All right. So this song, this is the title track. So here you go. The song is called Operation

Stackola. Mary stacked up that Mac you're quick to put the gats up and black my niggins that act up Snatch the scratch up quick hit the back been slow I've been broke all to do your motherfucking hood in trance coats with double barrel get your narrow ass on the flow I'm not play I don't play though I'm out to get your payroll say oh you get your monkey ass them with the steel toe fuck in the game like a dildo from the bill-hole to the to the motherfucking feel mode for real duh Nunk can get with this sick with that man's flow let's practice looking holler then

fold that bolder niggas go to quit climbing they roll and wend I caught you slip and ripping the duct tape Where you're facing off the golden I'm down the great jaws When I take goals Y'all cast black cabbage Understands me It's successful

And if a nigger run up Then make it's chest full I toss niggas that try to scruble off me Cross me A gang of jealousy because I'm saucy It's not my fault that I grew To become a woman about the finger The old is where I'm from

So I got to survive, nigga This ain't my world But I Yeah the storytelling is like But that's why you read stories, man. That's why you like, you know what I mean? Truth. To learn a new perspective.

To like hear about a, you know, like a lifestyle or a worldview that you have no clue about whatsoever. I mean, yeah, dude, verse two, 20 years of age waiting for the day someone capped me. Yeah, man. That's what you're thinking about at age 20? A whole line of felonies on my rap sheet at age 20? Exactly. But yeah, dude, if you, if you, so the lyrics. apparently can't slain cream can't lay low so I was like what what does that even mean so

apparently it's selling drugs is what he's is what that is cream is selling cocaine sure lay low refers to like avoiding police this detection right so you're saying if you can't sell drugs and you can't avoid the cops then the next lyric is quick to pull licks for some paper to fold Do quick hits to just get some money because you're not good enough to sell drugs. You can't run away from the cops. Because you're just going to do like quick and dirty like, you know. In and an ounce. In and outs, yeah.

But dude, yeah, I just love the, I, it's the story, man. The rich pictures that are painted from these guys. Well, dude, I'm so, oh my gosh, man. This is the perfect song to follow up, man. Believe it or not. I believe it, dude. Earth Gang, I think you know, is my favorite rap ensemble, whatever you want to call them. Spillage Village is the other, like, group of musicians that they all collaborate together, like, heavily.

They're all, they might as well be all in one group. Favorite of theirs that I, you know, I'm, Spillage and 2020 is a fantastic album. Their album from 2019 Mirrorland, also phenomenal. The thing about them, dude, you want to talk about storytelling? and imagery. I mean, they're, there's some of the best, I think, so. And the lyrics, dude, I mean, it's, yeah, really, really good follow-up. So here we go. Let's just go straight into it, man. This is Earth Gang, an album of theirs that dropped in 2024 called Perfect Fantasy. This song is called Godly.

your life with someone else's pen eat dry then you cry to try to white our precious lies baby by you see i have no time to compromise people like and they sleep label sign another hat enjoy this life until i dive been a rock star before stars was rocking in the sky pray to the god it's in this time that i said to it i'm growing up and shed his skin but please don't get it twisted i have not above no man dude that's about 30 years apart which is crazy yeah but yeah man the lyric's great man can't write a chapter of your life with someone else's I know, dude, right straight off the rip, man. Never see yourself through someone else's lens.

Can't write a chapter of your life with someone else's pin. Ink dried, then you cried, tried to white out presses lies, you know, like the tabloids and shit. This must be like a disc track towards somebody. People lie in their wraps like they lie and they sleep. He must be talking about some rapper that was. Labels sign another act, dog, it's rinse and repeat. Yeah, my favorite line, dude. You know castles made out of sand melt eventually.

Let the pendulum. swing. Yeah, I think he's, I think he's slinging insults, dude. I think he's talking about rappers that, like, are come and go. Record labels. Yeah, yeah, record labels to sign them. Yeah, man, I love the stuff that these guys do, this collective. Always good. Always, always good. All right, man. Last pick for you. It's time for another 180, dude. It's impossible not to. All night we've been 180. It's all night, dude. All night. Okay, so I, I kept thinking that this was a new album because I kept seeing it in my feed as a new release. But it's just a reissue of this 1998 record from this band called Should, which is an Austin,

Texas-based shoegaze and Dream Pop Group formed in the early 90s. Just a really, like, melancholic sounding shoegaze. That's all I can kind of say about this. and a little bit, a little emo-ish with the lyrics, I think, yeah, dude, I'm going to let it speak for itself because it's really good. So I think they just put out the reissues. So it came out again in my feed with like a shiny new album cover that kind of nods back to the original. But here we go. So I'm going to play the 98 release, the actual version, because I don't know if it's been remaster or anything like that.

But here we go. So this band, again, is called Should. This song is called Aside. You know, it's crazy, man. I was just thinking about this. This is, what, 98? Mm-hmm. Only three years earlier than quiet as the new loud by Kings and Convenience.

I don't know why. I was just thinking, like, this is kind of like in that vein. Not in the way that they sound, but like the quiet is the new loud movement or whatever. Hmm. Interesting. Hmm. Thank you. I could see that, maybe.

Well, or, you know what? Weren't they in a band together before Keyes of Convenience? Skog or something I just thought about that because yeah where the entire song like is quiet and that's the whole you know it doesn't

yeah doesn't go anywhere with that and not yeah and that's the whole point super monotone yeah very monotone but yeah I mean it's just yeah I mean the whole record is like that really

there's a little bit of pep in some of them but I mean for the most part, it is, it is that. It's a very chill, kind of zone out kind of drone almost, you know, but it's interesting. And I think it must have gotten some, some love over the years. So they're getting, they're getting to repub, you know, every press, reissue, you know, which a lot of 90s records are, you know, because we're hitting the 30 year and beyond anniversary for, I mean, did you see, dude, that

Bleed American is turning 25 and Jimmy World is doing a bleed American tour. 25, Travis. That's right. Which checks out in terms of like the age that we were

Yeah. We were about 12, 13 and we started listening. Yeah. God damn, dude. But the tickets are a little bit pricey. But But yeah, it's on like pre-release right now, the tickets.

And fuck, ticket master, okay? I don't even have to say any more, do you. I'm just saying any fucking more. All right. So yeah, Q, how are you going to close us out? You're going to put a little pet back on our step? I was like, well, man, I mean, I kind of want to play Skog now. Hmm.

You got my, you got my ears. Have you not listened to this stuff, man? I remember I had it on. Don't see vinyl. Don't see vinyl. What? Did you have it on vinyl? No, no, no, no.

Okay, okay, okay. No, no, no, no, no. But I had it on a hard drive. I'm one of my own computers at some point. Let's just play. So, so, now, this is going to blow your mind drive. Now, like I said, and this is truth. This is their, this is, uh, so Iric was acoustic.

guitar, bass, vocals, backing vocals, Ireland, Oya. So, I don't think Iric even saying in this, man. I'm just looking at the credits on discogs for this. So this is our album, Tom Tid's Tale. Again, pre-Kings of Convenience, Iric Glambach Bow and Ireland Oya were in this Norwegian indie rock group together. 1996 draft okay so this was before that's crazy what we just heard what you just said

it's crazy I didn't realize that they went back to the 90s man as like playing together yeah dude I'm sure we covered we probably played yeah we probably did I think we played one of these songs in our the first time we covered Kings Examinates

but here we go let's do it this song is called blalessning I think That's my best guest, Treve. It's not a good day for you, Q, the word pronunciation. I haven't heard this in years, man, and I forget that it's there,

and it's really interesting to decide to not only pivot to like super soft, quiet, folk music, but also to be like, let's write our songs in English, you know? Well, hey, dude, let's not even really get, too into it, but just to say that we actually go into the exact reasons why they chose English in our first episode where we covered Kings of Convenience, like episode two or something of this podcast, there is a reason for it, like the love language or something in English compared to their native language, it works better for lyricism to use English and with the type of

songs that they're, stuff that they were singing about. They liked it in English better. Interesting to think about that, yeah. But here's the thing. So this is great because I just actually, I just started diving back into Kings of Convenience. Now, like, I don't ever go very long without listening to Keynes and Convenience, but. Yeah, they're always there. My buddy, Nathan, I was, you know, I introduced him to Kings of Convenience the other night. So I made a little playlist, you know, grabbed my favorite tracks of it.

And here's what I noticed, dude. And I think that's what makes Kings of Convenience so great, as opposed to just, you know, another. soft acoustic band that can harmonize well is their guitar work and their their their their riffs I guess their guitar lines and everything are just solid man like they're just and it makes sense now listening to Skog this is the stuff they're they're like and they've been playing together forever right like yeah since before Skog they've been playing together so this is the stuff I feel like this is probably a better representation of like what they what they grew up listening to or what you know what they were super into and then and that goes perfectly with

their whole quiet is the new loud idea where let's make music where the quietest parts of the song are the most interesting. So, you know, so they took everything that they were doing in Skog, made it and made it quiet, I guess, quote unquote, but, you know, but kept it, kept it interesting, quote unquote. Yeah, it's, well, yeah. And just like the vast range of projects that. that Ireland, Oya, has contributed to.

You know what I mean? Like, that guy does just about everything. You know what I mean? Like, I mean, just like this song, real quick. Failure, the song, Failure from Quiet as in New Line. It's all right there, man. It's never a bad idea. It's never a bad idea.

to listen to Kings of Convenience. You know what I mean? Like just sneaking in it just hearing that first minute and a half from that song. I know, dude. I know. I just fucking love these guys, man. They're the best. They really are.

They will always be my favorite band. I think it's fair to say it, dude. Yeah. Oh, there's no question. There's just something about them. There's just something about it, man. I know. But yeah, no, to your point, though, the reason you're playing this was just to try to show that,

like, yeah, the underlying, like, all rock rhythms and, and, like, Even the drums in that song was kind of an, oh, yeah. An alt-rock drum beat with cool rods or whatever, you know. Yeah, yeah, right. Or brushes or whatever he was playing with. I never realized these lyrics, man. Using the Guardian as a shield, the UK newspaper. The UK Guardian, yeah, that's funny.

Using the Guardian as a shield to cover my thighs against the rain. Yeah. Yeah, so, yeah, so it's cool to go back and listen to what they were doing before, before Kings and Conveniers. And you can see that pivot. It's so clear. Like, let's just do it quiet. You know?

It's funny thing about, like, what if they just, like, the power was out or something like that or they didn't have their, they were just, like, you know, jamming together with some acoustic guitars, like, trying to write skog songs. They're like, you know what? This actually doesn't sound too bad, like, slow down a little bit softer. Now, what if we sing it in English? So many of those kinds of moments, man, with musicians. We're, like, you know, accidents or whatever can produce, like.

like the desired result. Like with, uh, I think with, with like Panda Bear or something with person pitchers because like his, his guitar or his amp or something got held up in customs. He was like, I forgot what country he was staying in.

And so all he had was his mini keyboard. And so he started looping stuff and fucked around. And then that's how he came up with person pitch. That kind of stuff happens all the time. I mean, because that's, that's usually when when, when something unique happens is when like you're,

you're not, uh, you know, you're forced to go against maybe the norm or like what you're used to. And then it's like, oh, I never would have approached it this way because this is not how I operate, but because of this, the happenstance or whatever, the accident that led me here, it's like, oh, this is actually the way to go, you know. This is the better way.

That's how life works, Q. That's it, better. So that's it, right? That was last, last pig of the night. That's our last pig. Interesting mix of tunes. So do we want to peel it, currently? in Mac here, Q. This is actually, I think, four recordings to get here, isn't it? I think so, dude.

Well, okay, so yeah, hey, you know what, let's just, let's just lay out the cart. Hey, let's lay out the cards, Traff. I think I tell them, you know, we recorded this at the beginning of February. Dude, it could have been at the end of January. I don't remember, we were, we were, like, recording our episodes early. And at the end of the recording we were like, was that not the biggest snooze fest? The songs that we brought were just, I mean, look, dude, usually we have a mix of tunes, right? And sometimes you sneak in like, you know, kind of a slower, maybe odd kind of choice. But then the rest of it were going to be, okay. And then that just stands out as this kind of quirky track on the episode. But every single song we had brought for some reason to that, to that recording was

yeah like you said just slow it was two jazz songs some jazz songs a a more jazzy stevie ravean not that there's anything wrong with any of that that's what i'm saying dude if we had snuck that stevie rayvonne song into this episode it would been great it would have been a great sidestep a nice hey why don't we fade out with it oh that's a great choice because dude that that that was that was a phenomenal track no doubt but like i think the thing that hey let's not forget I brought that none and her jams, dude. That's what I was about to say. That's where I think we derailed the train.

It's where you brought a track. The Lord's Prayer. It was an interesting choice. Amazing? I'd say. Sister Janet Mead? Maybe, maybe. Come on, dude.

Maybe amazing. Maybe not. I brought a song that was literally the Lord's Prayer, but... That's insane. But in an awesome, like, 80s synth thing from like 83. our father who art in heaven see hallow it be the name you're yeah you just had to do it

you had to sneak it back into the show I'm kingdom come dude it's I know but it's the lowest prayer did you know what to each his own right but again though dude by itself that would have been an interesting funny kind of thing to talk about

but with the rest of the songs we picked so anyway yeah that was the first recording and so then we went to record this episode that you're listening to right now. And then my power just randomly went off. Right about toward the end of the episode, we were about to basically react to the Skog track that you just heard. My power cut up.

So yeah, and then a couple days, a few days went by, and then now here we are again sort of recording that reaction and the outro. So yeah. A few days went by, Tram. Maybe a week. Let's be real. Yeah, maybe even longer than that. Yeah.

Yeah. So, yeah. So, um, so this is a Frankenstein of an episode, dude. Because we, because we kept the intro from the original recording. That's true. With that Beck song. Oh, yeah. Well, dude, and we also snuck in the hers track is also from the original recording.

So anyway, this is a Frankenstein. That's what we're going to call this. This is the Frankenstein edition. Nice, dude. All right. Well, thanks for always as listening. What was that? Thanks for always.

always as listening. Is that I said? Yes, you said, thanks for always as listening. Thanks as always for listening. Again, you can find us on the Pantheon Podcast Network. Pantheon Podcasts.com or at Pantheon Podcasts is the handle. Yeah, reach out to us on Instagram at no failure podcasts. You can message us there.

I guess next month we're going to be coming at you with an episode with Mitchell. we're going to dive into Blind Melons soup from 95. And we're going to fade out with Steve Ravon's Riviera Paradise from his 89 album In Step. Until next time, thank you, as always, for listening. My name's Quentin. And I'm Travis. You'll take care.