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The Sundays With Hazel Cills
NPR editor Hazel Cills joins to discuss the idyllic sounds and reasonable attitudes of this short-lived, yet perpetually ongoing band
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The National With Jeremy Bolm
This week on ‘Bandsplain,’ frontman, writer, label owner and podcast host Jeremy Bolm joins us to discuss Brooklyn’s own Cincinnati band, the National
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Dave Matthews Band Redux: Part 2 With Grayson Haver Currin
Yasi and Grayson Haver Currin go from the early internet confusion of ‘The Lillywhite Sessions’ to present day and the band’s latest album, 2023’s ‘Walk Around the Moon’
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Dave Matthews Band Redux: Part 1 With Grayson Haver Currin
Grayson Haver Currin is back with us to give Dave and the Band the full ‘Bandsplain’ treatment they deserve
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Listener Mailbag With Rob Harvilla
Among the questions: Should you resent your poser ex-boyfriend? Will there ever be a cult band again? And what do you play for your HIIT class?
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The White Stripes With Sean Fennessey
Yasi and Sean describe how the White Stripes broke through from Detroit’s garage scene and rock ’n’ roll tradition to worldwide success
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Paramore With Ira Madison III
Writer and podcaster Ira Madison III joins to discuss how Paramore found their way into so many hearts and minds.
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No Doubt With Bethany Cosentino
Join Yasi and this week’s returning guest, Bethany Cosentino, as they dig deep into their SoCal roots and traverse the career of Orange County’s No Doubt
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Episode 80: The 2002 Music Draft
Chris Ryan and Rob Harvilla return to Bandsplain Arena with Yasi and dive into the heart of indie sleaze: 2002
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Depeche Mode: Part 2 With Patrik Sandberg
Yasi and Patrik return to hack their way through the second half of Depeche Mode’s monster career
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Depeche Mode: Part 1 With Patrik Sandberg
Yasi and Patrik Sandberg follow the lads of Depeche Mode from their humble but ambitious Basildon beginnings
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Joy Division with Anthony Anzaldo
The Ceremony lead singer joins Yasi to discuss the shooting star of a band, its huge impact, and New Order
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The Cure: Part 2 With Hanif Abdurraqib
Hanif and Yasi continue on their voyage through the Cure’s discography, from ‘The Head on the Door’ to ‘Disintegration’
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The Cure: Part 1 With Hanif Abdurraqib
The Cure are bigger than any one genre, with a decades-spanning discography to match, and you better believe they cover it all on the show
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The 1992 Music Draft
Rob Harvilla and Chris Ryan join Yasi to decide what the best albums, rap songs, rock songs, pop songs, wild cards, and music videos of 1992 were
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Teenage Fanclub
Yasi and Ben Gibbard discuss Teenage Fanclub’s emergence from the fertile Scottish rock scene of the late ’80s as a fully formed power pop band that went on to lead a long, prolific, and often surprising career
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The Clash, Part 1
The Gaslight Anthem frontman Brian Fallon joins us as we dig deep into the history of the only band that matters
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Listener Mailbag Part Three
Questions include guilty pleasures, if we ever hear from the bands we talk about and how we find new music to love
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Sunny Day Real Estate
Meeting Yasi there in the blue where the words are not is writer and podcaster Ian Cohen
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Big Star
Rob Sheffield joins the show to dissect the long, storied history of the legendary Big Star, a band with a handful of records and an indelible legacy
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The Offspring
Spin editorial director Daniel Kohn joins the show to discuss how the Offspring ushered in renewed interest in punk rock and became one of the bestselling punk rock bands of all time
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Third Eye Blind
Yasi Salek and Chris Black break down Third Eye Blind’s catalog and try to get to the core of who frontman Stephan Jenkins really is
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The Smashing Pumpkins, Part 2
In the second part of a two-episode dive into the Smashing Pumpkins’ discography, Yasi Salek and Rob Harvilla break down the band’s magnum opus, ‘Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness’
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How the Smashing Pumpkins Became the Antidote to Alt-Rock Slackerism
In the first part of a two-episode dive into the Smashing Pumpkins’ discography, Yasi and Rob Harvilla break down the band’s origins and discuss Billy Corgan’s songcraft
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Reintroducing ‘Bandsplain,’ the Deepest Dive Into Your Favorite Musicians
Join Yasi Salek and guests on The Ringer Podcast Network for a new season starting September 29