The Best Albums Of 1998
Steven and Ian are hopping in the time machine this week. They're heading back one quarter-century to 1998, a fascinating year when artists were imagining the sound of the future and combining rock wi...
10 Nov 20231h 7min
The Return Of Diiv + The Rise Of Hotline TNT
It's not every day that a new song by the popular indie-rock band The Beatles drops. But that's what happened right as Steven and Ian were scheduled to record this week's episode. So they started late...
3 Nov 202355min
A New Gaslight Anthem Album + The 20th Anniversary of 'Chutes Too Narrow'
After a short Sportscast segment in which Steven and Ian mourn the sorry states of their respective teams at the moment (Packers and Phillies), they get down to some inside-baseball chat about reckoni...
27 Okt 20231h 5min
The Future Of Bandcamp + The Rolling Stones
The Fall Albums Fantasy Draft is heating up between Steven and Ian. After Steven jumped out to an early lead, Ian has been slowly creeping up and it's looking like he might seriously contend for the t...
20 Okt 20231h 4min
Indiecast Mailbag: Favorite Bassists, The Weakerthans + Beirut (The Band)
For the past several weeks, Steven and Ian have planned to do a mailbag segment on the show. But they always end up yapping for too long, and the segment inevitably ends up getting bumped. This week, ...
13 Okt 20231h 2min
A New Sufjan Stevens Album + U2 At The Sphere
Loyal listeners are aware that Steven is currently wiping the floor with Ian in their Fantasy Fall Albums draft (3:24). But Ian has a shot this week to make up some ground with the release of Javelin,...
6 Okt 20231h
New Albums By Wilco And Animal Collective + The Resurgence of Mid-'80s Alt-Rock
Steven and Ian begin today's episode by reflecting on the news that John Darnielle and Lin-Manuel Miranda are apparently friends and consult each other on songwriting. They also tiptoe around their mi...
29 Sep 202359min
The Fall Of Jann Wenner and A Surprise Album From The National
It's been a week since former Rolling Stone publisher Jann Wenner gave a disastrous interview to the New York Times to promote his upcoming book of classic rocker interviews, The Masters. Thankfully, ...
22 Sep 202354min
