Genre-spanning music snobbery / Important tunes for important people
# of Episodes
100
Host
Ben
First Aired
October 5th, 2012
Last Episode
April 24th, 2015
Previous broadcasts
April 24th, 2015
The Strokes, Rustie, Beck, Death Grips, and more.
April 24th, 2015
Blur, Spoon, David Bowie, Neil Young, and more.
April 17th, 2015
Pavement, The National, Madvillain, Nirvana, and more.
April 10th, 2015
Grizzly Bear, Frank Ocean, Lightning Bolt, Arcade Fire, and more.
April 3rd, 2015
Electric Wizard, The Mountain Goats, Cat Power, The Band, and more.
March 27th, 2015
The National, Earl Sweatshirt, The Shins, Swans, and more.
March 20th, 2015
Aphex Twin, Tobias Jesso Jr., Kendrick Lamar, Hank Mobley, and more.
March 6th, 2015
Pile, The Olivia Tremor Control, Fever Ray, The Shins, and more.
February 27th, 2015
Elvis Costello and The Attractions, Bruce Springsteen, Passion Pit, Ben Folds, and more.
February 20th, 2015
I LOVE MAKONNEN, Krill, J Dilla, Ariel Pink, and more.
February 13th, 2015
Smog, Beat Happening, Kanye West, U2, and more.
February 6th, 2015
Arcade Fire, Mount Eerie, Curtis Mayfield, Purity Ring, and more.
January 30th, 2015
The Decemberists, LCD Soundsystem, Passion Pit, Caribou, and more.
January 23rd, 2015
Divine Fits, Of Montreal, Spoon, Freddie Gibbs & Madlib, and more.
January 16th, 2015
Merchandise, Wye Oak, Action Bronson & Party Supplies, Bjork, and more.
December 12th, 2014
Spoon, Sun Kil Moon, Cloud Nothings, FKA twigs, and more.
December 5th, 2014
Real Estate, Andy Stott, Cloud Nothings, Beck, and more.
November 21st, 2014
Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Thurston Moore, Andy Stott, Death Grips, and more.
November 14th, 2014
Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Tame Impala, Curtis Mayfield, Sonic Youth, and more.
November 7th, 2014
Perfume Genius, Slowdive, The National, M83, and more.
October 31st, 2014
Clipping., Tom Waits, Nine Inch Nails, Liars, and more.
October 24th, 2014
Mazzy Star, Bon Iver, Tnght, Warpaint, and more.
October 10th, 2014
Weezer, and more.
October 3rd, 2014
The Velvet Underground, The Flaming Lips, Yo La Tengo, The Mountain Goats, and more.
September 19th, 2014
Perfume Genius, Radiohead, Smog, Gorillaz, and more.
September 12th, 2014
LCD Soundsystem, Kanye West, Deafheaven, Deerhunter, and more.
September 5th, 2014
Galaxie 500, Joy Division, White Lung, Kanye West, and more.
April 25th, 2014
Future, American Football, Majical Cloudz, The Flaming Lips, and more.
April 11th, 2014
Kanye West, Radiohead, Portishead, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, and more.
April 4th, 2014
The XX, Songs: Ohia, Tom Waits, Modest Mouse, and more.
March 21st, 2014
Waxahatchee, The Replacements, TV on The Radio, Real Estate, and more.
March 14th, 2014
The Smiths, and more.
February 28th, 2014
Aphex Twin, Flying Lotus, Pavement, Tom Waits, and more.
February 21st, 2014
Neutral Milk Hotel, St. Vincent, Modest Mouse, Phoenix, and more.
February 14th, 2014
The Beach Boys, Bjork, The Cure, Belle & Sebastian, and more.
February 7th, 2014
Arctic Monkeys, The Fall, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Gang of Four, and more.
January 31st, 2014
Deafheaven, The Twilight Sad, David Bowie, Guided by Voices, and more.
January 24th, 2014
Radiohead, The Breeders, Spiritualized, The Smashing Pumpkins, and more.
January 17th, 2014
Pixies, Queens of The Stone Age, New Order, Television, and more.
December 13th, 2013
Tim Hecker, My Bloody Valentine, Deerhunter, Kanye West, and more.
December 7th, 2013
Vampire Weekend, Danny Brown, Arcade Fire, Jon Hopkins, and more.
November 22nd, 2013
Destroyer, The National, The Knife, Joy Division, and more.
November 15th, 2013
Sleep, Talking Heads, M. Ward, James Blake, and more.
November 1st, 2013
The Velvet Underground, Suicide, Tom Waits, Liars, and more.
October 25th, 2013
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, LCD Soundsystem, Chance the Rapper, The Postal Service, and more.
October 18th, 2013
Yo La Tengo, Kanye West, Fennesz, Broken Bells, and more.
October 11th, 2013
James Blake, Unwound, Cass Mccombs, Bill Callahan, and more.
October 4th, 2013
Swirlies, Hot Chip, Fiona Apple, Songs: Ohia, and more.
September 27th, 2013
The Replacements, Beck, M83, The Cure, and more.
September 20th, 2013
Jon Hopkins, Oneohtrix Point Never, The Stone Roses, Queens of The Stone Age, and more.
September 13th, 2013
The Smiths, My Bloody Valentine, Holy Ghost!, Superchunk, and more.
April 19th, 2013
Dirty Projectors, The Feelies, Radiohead, Belle & Sebastian, and more.
April 12th, 2013
Grizzly Bear, The White Stripes, Waxahatchee, Deerhunter, and more.
April 5th, 2013
Interpol, Thee Oh Sees, Pixies, Nick Drake, and more.
March 29th, 2013
Ted Leo & the Pharamacists, M. Ward, The Shins, The Strokes, and more.
March 22nd, 2013
Pixies, Broken Bells, Thom Yorke, Low, and more.
March 15th, 2013
Tame Impala, Don Caballero, Psychic Ills, Tom Waits, and more.
March 1st, 2013
Youth Lagoon, Loop, Monsters of Folk, Thom Yorke, and more.
February 22nd, 2013
My Morning Jacket, The Feelies, The Who, The Postal Service, and more.
February 15th, 2013
Beach Fossils, The Mountain Goats, Wilco, Billy Bragg & Wilco, and more.
February 8th, 2013
Dirty Projectors, The Beach Boys, Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks, Janelle Monae, and more.
February 1st, 2013
The Meters, D'Angelo, The Replacements, The Microphones, and more.
January 25th, 2013
Elvis Costello, Mission of Burma, Radiohead, Galaxie 500, and more.
January 18th, 2013
Flying Lotus, Sufjan Stevens, Husker Du, Neil Young & Crazy Horse, and more.
January 11th, 2013
Interpol, Grimes, The Beatles, Atoms for Peace, and more.
December 7th, 2012
Beach House, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Cloud Nothings, The Twilight Sad, and more.
November 30th, 2012
David Byrne & St Vincent, The Walkmen, The Shins, Cloud Nothings, and more.
November 16th, 2012
Sigur Ros, Yo La Tengo, Pavement, Brian Eno, and more.
November 9th, 2012
Queen, Beck, Atoms for Peace, Pink Floyd, and more.
November 2nd, 2012
Pavement, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Japandroids, Deerhunter, and more.
October 26th, 2012
The Smashing Pumpkins, Death Grips, How To Destroy Angels, Tom Waits, and more.
October 20th, 2012
The National, Spoon, David Bowie, Tom Waits, and more.