You Should Check It Out (2025)

27/12/2024

***EPISODE 281***
Three For Thursday: 2024 Albums | Yacht Rock Doc | Ghosts in the Machine
Dec 26

Happy New Year! Nick kicks things off with Three For Thursday: 2024 Albums of the Year Edition. We’ve heard songs from these albums over the past year, but Nick believes they’re the cream of the crop in 2024.
Songs:
* Ghost Note - “Where’s Danny?”
* Vampire Weekend - “Mary Boone”
* Plantoid - “Insomniac (Don’t Worry)”

Greg brings us up to speed on a documentary he’s recommending we all watch over the holiday break. Music Box: Yacht Rock: A Dockumentary can be found on Max and recounts the rise in popularity of the, later dubbed, yacht rock genre that emerged from the west coast in the late 70s.
Song: Doobie Brothers - “What a Fool Believes”

Jay wraps the week (and the year) with a fantastic article in the Jan 2025 Harpers Magazine titled “The Ghosts in the Machine” [Harpers Magazine]. The article reports Spotify’s internal program aimed at filling ‘background music’ playlists with licensed sound-alike content that costs much less that the royalties paid to streaming artists. It re-raises a familiar question on the show, can the economics of the music industry ever result in a system that benefits and is fair to its artists.
Song: Frank Zappa - “Andy”

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19/12/2024

***EPISODE 280***
Christmas with Keith Grasso | News with Nick | Three for Thursday
Dec 19

Jay is out this week rehearsing with the Ken Demith Collection so friend of the show Keith Grasso is sitting in, and he’s bringing a substantial amount of, much needed, holiday cheer. Last year Keith decided to record his own rendition of “Blue Christmas” and he enjoyed the process so much that he’s done it again this year.
Songs:
* Keith Grasso - “Christmastime is Here”
* Keith Grasso & John Rossman - “Hard Candy Christmas”

In lieu of actual presents, Nick found some feel good news story to share via “News with Nick.” Notre Dame’s organist returns for the grand opening, Pearl Jam announces a tour, as does the Middle Aged Dad Jam Band.
Song: Ba*****ed Ladies - “Deck the Stills”

Greg wraps up our show this week with a Three for Thursday. New music from Opeth & Kelsey Shell, and a classic Christmas Carol by Bill Evans.
Songs:
* Opeth - “§3”
* Kelsey Shell (album - sleepwalker) - “When You’re Lying There”
* Bill Evans - “Santa Clause is Coming to Town”
Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays everyone, thanks so much for listening!

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13/12/2024

***EPISODE 279***
Loman Brothers | TayTay Today: Eras End | Metacritic Top Albums of the 21st Century

Greg brings some news & a guest this week. Friend of the show and Greg’s little brother, Austin Loman is back on the show this week! Greg & Austin usually jam over the holidays and decided to book a show this year. If you’re in or around DC on Saturday, December 28, you can catch The Loman Brothers at Bossa Bistro + Lounge from 7:30pm-9:30pm (all ages welcome).
Songs:
* Austin Loman Group - “After Image”
* Jeff Beck (Live at Ronnie Scotts) - “Angel (Footsteps)”
* Allan Holdsworth - “Looking Glass”

Taylor Swift has just concluded her twenty-one month, 149 show, worldwide Eras Tour, which is on record as the highest grossing tour of all time. Jay brings us all the stats on Tay Tay Today.
Song: Bill Evans Trio - “Nardis (Live, 1970, Norway)”

Finally, Nick came across a Top 50 Albums of the 21st Century post on a spammy looking website. The post relied entirely on Metacritic to determine the albums and rankings. Metacritic is an aggregator of music reviews, weighted based on the critic and/or publication’s reputation. The resulting list is quite interesting. (https://stacker.com/music/50-best-albums-21st-century-according-critics).
Song: Wadada Lee Smith - “Dred Scott, 1857”

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05/12/2024

***EPISODE 278***
News with Nick | Review the Review: GNX | Jack White
Dec 5

We kick things off this week with “News with Nick.” Joey Kramer closes his coffee line right as Pusha T launches his own. Meanwhile, Drake’s 2nd petition against UMG claims defamation while Kendrick’s GNX lands No. 1 album.
Song - Avishai Cohen - “Beyond”

Next up, Greg digs into Lamar’s new album GNX by way of “Review the Review.” The NY Times review by Jon Caramica portrays a provoked Lamar settling back into his comfort zone. The guys debate it out and ultimately, review the review. If you care to read the review, you can find it here.
Songs:
* Kendrick Lamar - “Reincarnated”
* Kendrick Lamar - “TV off”
* Kendrick Lamar - “Peekaboo”

Jay shares some music discussions he had with his family at Thanksgiving and introduces us to his nephew’s current favorite band, The Rare Occasions (thanks Will). The topic at hand, however, is the 2024 Consequence Artist of the Year, Jack White. While Greg loved him from the start, it’s taken years of persistent awesomeness for Nick & Jay to fully embrace his. Nevertheless, the guys are all on board.
Songs:
* The Rare Occasions - “Backwards”
* * Jack White - “Bless Yourself”

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30/11/2024

***EPISODE 277***
Three for Thursday: Thanksgiving | News with Nick | Marquee or Snarky
Nov 28

Happy Thanksgiving! Thanks so much for listening.
Jay brings us a Thanksgiving-themed Three for Thursday. The holiday may not be known for its music, but there’s plenty of songs with titles that belong on a Thanksgiving table.
Songs:
* Certainly So - “Turkey Leg”
* Ray Charles - “Sweet Potato Pie”
* * Dogs on Fleas - “Cranberry Sauce Flotilla”

Nick wants to provide some music related news for discussion at the family gathering, it’s “News with Nick.” Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker invented a new instrument, and Apple is making an authorized Fleetwood Mac documentary. Shaboozy’s “A Bar Song” is ties a No. 1 Billboard record, and Drake sues UMG because he lost to Kendrick.
Song: Roy Haynes Quartet - “Long Wharf”

Finally, we end with a game. The full lineup for Coachella 2025 has been released and Greg quizzes Nick & Jay in another episode of “Marquee or Snarky.”
Song: Kendrick Lamar - “Squabble Up”

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30/11/2024

***EPISODE 276***
Three for Thursday: Jam Bands | Review the Review: Wish You Were Here | Three More for Thursday: Global Guitar Greats
Nov 21

Bandmates get to know each other really well on the road. Last week Greg spent some time listening to jam bands, a favorite genre of Red Nots’ drummer Pete. This week we’re gonna listen to some jam bands (and a song by Chick Corea featuring Roy Haynes). It’s Three For Thursday!
Songs:
* Phish - “Down With Disease (from ‘Bittersweet Motel’)”
* Grateful Dead - “China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider (5-3-72)”
* Chick Corea - “Steps/What Was”

Nick found his way back to Pitchfork and discovered a throwback Sunday review of Pink Floyd’s 1975 Wish You Were Here. The album was the band’s follow up to Dark Side of the Moon and when Nick was a kid, he listened to it the way a kid listens to his favorite anything. Anyway, this is “Review the Review.”
Songs:
* Pink Floyd - “Shine on You Crazy Diamond, Pts. 1-5”
* Pink Floyd - “Wish You Were Here”

Jay found a recent published list, titled “50 Global Guitar Greats” and shares some newly discovered gems from the list. We have a rare “Three More For Thursday” for you this week.
Songs:
* Robbie Basho - “A North American Raga (The Plumstar)”
* Derek Gripper - “Jarabi (Passion)”
* * Franco & le T.P OK Jazz - “Massu”

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15/11/2024

***EPISODE 275***
Audio Advisor HiFi Gift Giving Guide Gameshow | Grammy’s 2025 | Tourrror Stories
Nov 14

With Halloween behind us, Jay decided that it was time again for his nearly-annual Audio Advisor HiFi Gift Giving Guide Gameshow! Hear the description of the product and guess the price. The nearest price without going over is the winner. It’s yet another totally original YSCIO gameshow!
Song: You Can Dance - “Addis Abèba bété”

Nick brings us the 2025 Grammy nominees and a deep dive into how this list is made every year.
Song: Tyler the Creator - “Judge Judy”

Greg catches us up on some news and throws in a new episode of “Tourrror Stories.” We find ourselves with The Resilient at a fly-in country club in Florida…
Song: Red Hot Chili Peppers - “Sikamikanico”

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07/11/2024

***EPISODE 274***
News with Nick | Three For Thursday | Quincy Jones
Nov 7

Get ready for it, it’s News with Nick. King Gizzard announces a 2025 orchestral world tour, Thom Yorke does not appreciate being heckled, MadLib sues former manager, and Young Thug is released from jail after pleading guilty and getting time served.
Song: King Gizzard - “Phantom Island”

Greg joins us from vacation in Hawaii this week and he wants to take us on a little journey. We’ll be accompanied by the music of Squarepusher on our travels. Welcome back to “Three for Thursday.”
Songs:
* Squarepusher - “Tensor in Green”
* Squarepusher - “My Red Hot Car”
* Squarepusher - “lambic 9 poetry”
* Squarepusher - “Unreal Square”

Jay leads us into a celebration of Quincy Jones, who died last week at the age of 91. An accomplished musician, bandleader, record producer, songwriter, composer, arranger, and film and television producer, Jones won 28 Grammy Awards and many other accolades in his 70 year career. We could do entire shows about this guy and still miss important contributions that he made to music. He lived a long and productive life and we’re grateful for it.
Songs:
* Quincy Jones - “Ai No Corrida”
* Quincy Jones - “Soul Bossa Nova”
* Frank Sinatra - “You Make Me Feel So Young”

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30/10/2024

***EPISODE 272
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Three for Thursday | Rock Review | Subvert.fm
Oct 24

Greg joins us from the road for another Three for Thursday. He kicks off with The Cure, moves on to Mastadon, and ends with some classic Alan Holdsworth.
Songs:
* The Cure - “A Fragile Thing”
* Mastadon - “Show Yourself”
* Allan Holdworth - “Atavachron”

Jay’s back with another “Rock Review” courtesy of our Loudersound. We listen & react to a few tracks from the website’s “Classic Rock Tracks of the Week.” Plus, Jay shares his latest song from his 4-Track recording project.
Song:
* Jay - “Oh, Bismarck”
* Devon Townsend - “Gratitude”
* The Struts - “Can’t Stop Talking”
* Fantastic Negrito - “I Hope Someone’s Loving You”
* Lead Feather - “Roll the Dice”

Nick is excited to talk about the new co-op organization, Subvert.fm, which aims to become “a collectively owned Bandcamp.” They’ve released a manifesto on their website detailing the downfall of Bandcamp and why their model will be different. It’s an exciting and ambitious project that harkens back to the ethos of the early internet and it’s a great way to end the show this week.
Song: Font - “Hey Kekulé”

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30/10/2024

***EPISODE 271***
News with Nick | Three for Thursday | BienVenue: Rams Head Live
Oct 17

Get ready for it… “Mmm...food” turns 20, Dookie demastered, Guitar Player ends publication after 58 years, and Pink Floyd sells out. It’s another News with Nick.
Song: Big Thief - “Vampire Empire”

Greg brings us a Three for Thursday. This week it’s something old, something new, and something ambient?
Songs:
Frank Zappa - “Eat That Question”
Dawes - “Front Row Seat”
Aphex Twin - #3

Finally, Jay closes out the week with a special Au Revoir edition of BienVenue. Rams Head Live in Baltimore has announced that it is leaving the Power Plant venue that it’s occupied since 2004. While the venue will continue to host live music, Rams Head has had some pretty amazing shows over the past 20 years in Baltimore.
Song: Sturgill Simpson - “Sam”

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30/10/2024

***EPISODE 270***
Jay’s Jambalaya | Recording Industry vs. Internet Archive | Three for Thursday
Oct 10

Jay has a random assortment of news and music to share on the show today and he’s introducing a new segment. “Jay’s Jambalaya” is somewhere between “Three for Thursday: Deluxe” and Jay’s version of “News with Nick” or “Heard It Through the GREGvine.” This week it’s new music from The Smile, George Soros gets into radio, and the Grateful Dead are back on the Billboard Top 200.
Songs:
* The Smile - “Zero Sum”
* Grateful Dead - “Estimated Prophet, (Live at Cameron Indoor Stadium, Duke University, 4/12/78)”

August of 2023 was a bad month for the Internet Archive. The nonprofit digital library website, most famous for its Wayback Machine, lost a case against book publishers regarding their “Emergency Library Project” launched during the pandemic. The same day the case was decided in District Court, UMG & Sony Music filed a copyright infringement lawsuit over the Archive’s “Great 78 Project.” The project is an unprecedented effort to digitize obsolete 78 rpm records. Maximum damages, if the Archive were to lose, would top $621 million. Let the “Battle for the Soul of the Internet” commence.
Song: Thee Sacred Souls - “Love For You”

Greg has a song pick and then a very interesting Three For Thursday for us this week. Three songs, where each song takes an original Michael Jackson track and applies a rule to it. For example, “Human Nature but every time he says nature an animal joins the song.” We recommend playing along, but that requires you don’t read the following track names.
Song: Dhafer Youssef - “Odd Elegy”
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Songs:
* “Beat It but every note is С”
* “Smooth Criminal but every other beat is missing”
* “Billie Jean but every time he makes a weird noise it gets 5% faster”

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30/10/2024

***EPISODE 269***
Reborn Project | Kris Kristofferson | News with Nick
Oct 3

Greg is excited to announce that The Resilient, in order to further their mission helping veterans navigate adversity, launched The Reborn Project (rebornproject.org). The initiative aims to identify individuals and groups that exemplify hope, raise awareness, and empower veterans to rise from adversity. The project kicks off with the Leave No Man Behind Tour, an eight show tour in 2025.
Song: The Resilient - “Sleepwalk/Hallelujah”

Jay remembers the late great Kris Kristofferson, who died this past week at the age of 88. The American country singer, songwriter, and actor was a pioneer of the 1970s outlaw country movement and Jay shares some songs and stories from his life.
Songs:
* Lonnie Mack - “Wham!” (1963)
* Kris Kristofferson - “Sunday Morning Coming Down”
* Kris Kristofferson - “The Silver Tongue Devil & I”

This week on News with Nick, Radiohead meets Shakespeare, YouTube’s copyright dispute with SESAC, Oasis returns to America, and Macklemore attracts more bad press.
Song: Geordie Greep - “Blues”

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28/09/2024

***EPISODE 268***
Record Sales | The Congressional Record | Frankie Miller
Sep 26

Nick has a new game for us this week. Jay & Greg have to choose which of two artists had “Record Sales” in the past 30 days. The tricky part is that the list is based on sales from a used vinyl store in the UK (https://eil.com/features/topartistspage.asp).
Song: Vulfmon & Evangeline - “Got To Be Mine”

Next up, Greg recaps the his experience performing at The Congressional Record with elected members of the house and senate last week.
Songs:
* The Congressional Record - “Let It Be”
* Astromax - “Treasure Island”

Jay is still playing around LastFM and just discovered Scottish rock singer, Frankie Miller. We believe the algorithm has learned that Jay is a sucker for the ‘artist that suffered a major health event requiring more famous artists to contribute to their benefit album’ genre.
Songs:
* Frankie Miller - “Play Something Sweet (Brickyard Blues)”
* Frankie Miller - “Shoo-rah”
* Frankie Miller & Elton John- “Where Did the Guilty Go”

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21/09/2024

***EPISODE 267***
Guess the Guest | News with Nick | Hot Topical: Jane’s Addiction
Sep 19

We play “Guess the Guest” with Jay as host. This week the theme is “songs we already know” and the game is to guess the guest on the song played. Greg is calling in from DC on a special project with the US legislature, and Nick spent the previous 2 nights camping without much sleep. Who will prevail, tune in to find out!
Song: Cordovas - “Love Is All It Takes”

Get ready for it, it’s News with Nick. North Carolina musician Michael Smith has been accused by the FBI of creating hundreds of thousands of fake, ai-generated songs, then putting them on streaming platforms, and streaming the songs using upwards of 10,000 fake streaming accounts. He’s being charged with stealing royalty payments from digital platforms, which is illegal, right? TayTay endorses Harris, Kendrick is headlining the Super Bowl, and Tito Jackson passed at the age of 70.
Song: METZ - “No Reservation / Love Comes”

Greg’s taking us back to Hot Topical. He decides the Dave Grohl situation is a little too fresh, so we shift over to the news that Jane’s Addiction’s singer Perry Farrell attacked guitarist Dave Navarro on stage at a concert in Boston the week. They have since cancelled the rest of their tour and this whole thing sucks. They still rock.
Song: Jane’s Addiction - “Ocean Size”

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13/09/2024

***EPISODE 266**
The Resilient - “One More”
Sep 12

We have a very special episode for you this week! The Resilient returns to the show to discuss their new album, “One More.” Nathan Kalwicki (guitar), Erik Kalwicki (bass), Juan “Dom” Dominguez (drums), Evan Kornblum (engineer, mixing), and Greg (lead guitar, keyboards, vocals mandolin, percussion) take us song by song and discuss how the album came exist. Evan, who has mixed or engineered all of the band’s releases, joins us for the first time and shares his philosophy on working effectively with and for bands. While singer (and harmonicist) Tim Donley wasn’t able to join us for the show, we were grateful to have Evan & the rest of band on to discuss the album. You should check out “One More” by The Resilient on your preferred streaming platform, or over at their BandCamp page.
Songs:
* The Resilient - “One More”
* The Resilient - “Lost and Just Fine”
* The Resilient - “Driftwood”
* The Resilient - “Threads of Color”
* The Resilient - “Whispers”
* The Resilient - “Classified”
* The Resilient - “Fall in Line”

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13/09/2024

***EPISODE 265***
Viral or Eyeroll X | Beck’s Bolero | Jesse Malin
Sep 5

Round 10 of “Viral or Eyeroll” finds Nick as host, with Jay & Greg sitting the contestant chairs. It’s an Oasis heavy edition, and we have a clear winner when the dust settles.
Song: Tigran Hamasyan - “The Curse (Blood of an Innocent is Spilled)”

Greg introduces his latest project, Beck’s Bolero, a tribute to the solo work of Jeff Beck. The project came together thanks, in large part, to Greg’s new practice space. He’s assembled a talented group together and we listen in on a few practices to hear what they’re up to. The lineup features Greg Loman on guitar, Cain Daniel on drums, Taylor Shell on bass, Doug Organ on, obviously, the keys, and a whole list of backup musicians ready to jump in, if needed, whenever they start booking shows. No idea when that’ll be, but it’s already sounding awesome.
Songs:
* Beck’s Bolero - “Scatterbrain”
* Beck’s Bolero - “You Know What I Mean”
* Beck’s Bolero - “Cause We’ve Ended As Lovers”

Jay finishes this week up with an introduction to musician, Jesse Malin. “Silver Patron Saints.The Songs of Jesse Malin” is a triple-vinyl benefit album coming out on Sept 20 and featuring some impressive musicians and bands, including Bruce Springsteen, Billie Joe Armstrong, Dinosaur Jr., Counting Crows, and more. Who is this guy? We learn about this musician’s musician and frequent collaborator with all the artists featured on this benefit album. The album is raising money to cover the costs of Jesse’s medical bills, following the rare spinal stroke that he suffered last year.
Songs:
* Bruce Springsteen - “She Don’t Love Me Now”
* D Generation - “No Way Out”

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13/09/2024

***EPISODE 264***
Cotton Eyed Joe | News with Nick | Heard It Through the GREGvine
Aug 29 
Jay shares the fascinating history of the traditional American country folk song, “Cotton-Eyed Joe.” Sparked by the recent meme “Gegagedigedagedago (Cotton Eye Joe)” and a video by Polyphonic, Jay traces the song back to its 19th century roots and works his way to today. We listen to versions by the Rednex, Gid Tanner & His Skillet Lickers, Bob Wills, Burl Ives, Karen Dalton, Nina Simone (and a few others).
Song: John Zorn Resource - “With Blinding Sight”

Get ready for it, it’s News with Nick! Finale’s rough finale, Martin Shkreli loses his Wu Tang Clan album, and the Boss is here to stay.
Song: Tune-yards - “Water Fountain”

“Heard It Through the GREGvine” that Oasis is reuniting for a U.K. tour! Plus, what should we make of Linkin Park’s countdown timer? Finally, the plot thickens in the Foo Fighters “My Hero” licensing disputes with Trump.
Song: Nirvana - “Smells Like Teen Spirit (first live performance, from Hype!)”

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13/09/2024

***EPISODE 263***
Jackson in LA | Tales from the Concert: King Gizzard | BienVenue: The Lily Pad
Aug 22

We’re excited to have Jackson back on the show this week, and he’s pumped to be here! He’s got some songs to share that he’s discovered on his new Spotify account before he heads up the road to Mammoth Lake to see Dad perform at a Red Not Chili Peppers show.
Songs:
* Friday Night Funkin’ Vs Cartoon Cat - “Trapped Mouse”
* Friday Night Funkin’ Vs Cartoon Cat - “RERUNS”
 Nick & Jay tag team the latest episode of “Tales From the Concert.” They, along with Nick’s gang in tow, saw King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard perform their first U.S. Concert at the Anthem in Washington, DC. It was, by all accounts, an epic show.  Songs:
* Geese - “2122 Live”
* King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard - “The Dripping Tap”
 Jay followed up that show with a wild weekend in Richmond. He’s been playing with a group called The Ken Demith Collection, and they recently performed a show at The Lilly Pad Restaurant in Richmond, VA. The outdoor restaurant is located in a marina on the James River and the band had an amazing night.
Song: Dick Curless - “End of the Road”

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