Shows
Hidden Jukebox91: Are You Gonna Go My Way
We've got to hug and rub-a-dub.
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Parcels, LOVED
Tame Impala, Deadbeat
Matthew:
Hollie Cook, Shy Girl
Suzie True, How I Learned to Love What's Gone
2025-12-0127 minHidden Jukebox90: End of the Road
Baby, I knew about it, I just didn't care.
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Umphrey's McGee, Blueprints
Fugazi, Live at DV8
Matthew:
The Divine Comedy, Rainy Sunday Afternoon
Ultra Vivid Scene, Joy 1967-1990
2025-11-0129 minHidden Jukebox89: Cradle of Love
These are the wages of love.
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
Jens Lekman, Songs for Other People's Weddings
CMAT, Euro-Country
Jake:
Goose, Chain Yer Dragon
Radiohead, Hail to the Thief (Live Recordings 2003-2009)
2025-10-0128 minHidden Jukebox88: Silent Lucidity
Or has it just begun?
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Tame Impala, End of Summer
Mark Pritchard/Thom Yorke, Tall Tales
Matthew:
Abe Savas & the New Standards of Beauty, 99 Songs (Plus One)
The Minus Five, Oar On, Penelope!
2025-09-0132 minHidden Jukebox87: C.R.E.A.M.
Rollin' in MPV's, every week we made forty G's
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Stereolab, Instant Holograms on Metal Film
Pulp, More
Matthew:
Wet Leg, Moisturizer
And two books:
Jennifer Otter Bickerdike, Eternal Flame: The Authorized Biography of the Bangles
Mike Campbell, Heartbreaker
2025-08-0132 minHidden Jukebox86: Cream
Look up in the air, it's your guitar
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Young Gun Silver Fox, Pleasure
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Phantom Island
Matthew:
Turnstile, Never Enough
Hallelujah the Hills, Deck
Matthew's band's debut LP is out now:
Early to the Airport, Arrivals
2025-07-0130 minHidden Jukebox85: Firestarter
punkin' instigator
What we're listening to:
Jake:
My Morning Jacket, is
Bon Iver, SABLE, fABLE
Matthew:
Suzanne Vega, Flying with Angels
Marinero, La La La
2025-06-0130 minHidden Jukebox84: Insane in the Brain
Punks just jealous 'cause they can't outwrite me.
We got interviewed by Rob Queen!
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Goose, Everything Must Go
Neal Francis, Return to Zero
Coheed & Cambria, The Father of Make Believe
Matthew:
Sharp Pins, Radio DDR
The Raveonettes, Pe'ahi II
Destroyer, Dan's Boogie
2025-05-0128 minHidden Jukebox83: Hook
I wanna bust all your balloons
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Deep Sea Diver, Billboard Heart
Father John Misty, Mahashmashana
Matthew:
Margarget Cho, Lucky Gift
The Chills, Spring Board
Ian Anderson unboxing Jethro Tull's Curious Ruminant
2025-04-0126 minHidden Jukebox82: Brimful of Ashailluminate the main streets and the cinema aisles
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Clearlake, "I Get It Now"
Common Saints, Cinema 3000
Matthew:
Waltzerr, Small Talk
Forest Service, "Hope"
Bonus: Matthew's band Early to the Airport's "Reverse Shadow" at the end of the episode
2025-03-0135 minHidden Jukebox81: One
Oh, higher (Baby, yeah, yeah)
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
Lambrini Girls, Who Let the Dogs Out?
The Pest Controllers, Get Rid of It!
Windhand, Eternal Return
Jake:
Cunningham Bird (s/t)
Franz Ferdinand, The Human Fear
2025-02-0135 minHidden Jukebox80: I Will Always Love You
Bittersweet memories
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
Kim Deal, Nobody Loves You More
Quivers, Oyster Cuts
Jake:
Medium Build, Marietta
Partiboi69, K on my D + C
2025-01-0131 minHidden Jukebox79: Wildflowers
It's good to get high and never come down
What we're listening to:
Jake:
GUM/Ambrose Kenny-Smith, III Times
Phantogram, Memory of a Day
Matthew:
Aooo, Aooo
Soccer Mommy, Evergreen
2024-12-0135 minHidden Jukebox78: Mind Playing Tricks on Me
He'd be in for a squabble, no doubt.
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Johnny Blue Skies, Passage du Desir
David Gilmour, Luck and Strange
Matthew:
The Linda Lindas, No Obligation
Touché Amoré, Spiral in a Straight Line
2024-11-0129 minHidden Jukebox77: The Unforgiven
He's battle-tossed and laid...?
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Mew, And the Glass-Handed Kites
Louis Cole, Nothing
Matthew:
Drug Church, PRUDE
Cleaners from Venus, Lilli Bolero
2024-10-0133 minHidden Jukebox76: Don't Cry
Your love's decided, and all love is real? Yeah, baby
What we're listening to:
Jake:
KGLW, Flight b741
Childish Gambino, Bando Stone and the New World
Matthew:
Combat, Stay Golden
Stand Atlantic, WAS HERE
2024-09-0132 minHidden Jukebox75: Hunger Strike
YEEEEEEEEAH
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
THEM, Girls Mind
The Raveonettes, The Raveonettes Sing...
The Mountain Goats and John Vanderslice, Moon Colony Bloodbath
Jake:
The Dip, Love Direction
Parlor Greens, In Green We Dream
Fleet Foxes, Live on Boston Harbor
2024-08-0124 minHidden Jukebox74: Macarena
Now come on, what was I supposed to do?
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Medium Build, Country
NxWorries, Why Lawd?
Parcels (just the band in general)
Honorable mention: Lightheaded, Lightheaded Anthem
Matthew:
The Lovely Eggs, Eggsistentialism
Good Looks, Lived Here for a While
Lightheaded, Always Sideways
2024-07-0130 minHidden Jukebox73: Sabotage (feat Ross Albrechtson)
I can't stand rocking when I'm in here.
The Freakout Festival 2024
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Justin Timberlake, Everything I Thought It Was
Brittany Howard, What Now
Matthew:
Origami Angel, "Fruit Wine"
Camera Obscura, Look to the East, Look to the West
The Distillers, Coral Fang
Ross:
Willi Carlisle, Critterland
Fat White Family, Forgiveness Is Yours
Mohama Saz, Máquina de Guerra
2024-06-0133 minHidden Jukebox72: Vogue
If the music's pumping it will give you new life.
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
Vampire Weekend, Only God Was Above Us
English Teacher, This Could Be Texas
Kate Davis, "Cunty Bang Bang"
Jake:
Waxahatchee, Tiger's Blood
Pearl Jam, Dark Matter
2024-05-0129 minHidden Jukebox71: Plush
Will she smell alone?
Rick Beato interviews Robert DeLeo about writing "Plush"
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Idles, Tangk
Mildlife, Chorus
Matthew:
Ducks Ltd, Harm's Way
Emma Anderson, Pearlies
Tokyo Police Club, Just a Scratch/Catch Me If You Can
2024-04-0127 minHidden Jukebox70: ATLiens
It tickles to see you try to be like Mr. Pickles.
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
Junodream, Pools of Colour
The Paranoid Style, The Interrogator
MSPAINT, Post-American
Jake:
The Smile, Wall of Eyes
Thank You Scientist, Terraformer
Paramore, Re: This Is Why
2024-03-0128 minHidden Jukebox69: Around the World (feat Marco Collins)
Around the world. Around the world?
What we're listening to:
Marco:
Cub Sport, Jesus at the Gay Bar
Lil Yachty, Let's Start Here
ANOHNI and the Johnsons, My Back Was a Bridge for You to Cross
Jake:
Jungle, Volcano
KGLW, Petrodragonic Apocalypse
Matthew:
Kate Davis, Fish Bowl
The Clientele, I Am Not There Anymore
The Photocopies, Top of the Pops
2024-02-0149 minHidden Jukebox68: Only Happy When It Rains (feat Meredith Smith)
You can keep me company as long as you don't care.
Meredith and Matthew are Twilight Diners.
What we're listening to:
Meredith:
Alvvays, Alvvays
The Mystery Lights, Too Much Tension!
Matthew:
The Mice, For Almost Ever
Fatima Mansions, Lost in the Former West
Jake:
Psychedelic Porn Crumpets, Fronzoli
lespecial, Odd Times
2024-01-0142 minHidden Jukebox67: All I Want for Christmas Is You
Santa Claus won't make me happy with a toy.
What we're listening to
Matthew:
The Photocopies, Top of the Pops
André 3000, New Blue Sun
Jake:
Neil Francis, Francis Comes Alive
Cold War Kids, Cold War Kids
KGLW, The Silver Cord
2023-12-0135 minHidden Jukebox66: Bitter Sweet Symphony
I can't change my mould.
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
Metric, Formentera II
KNOWER, KNOWER FOREVER
Jason Thomas Gordon, The Singers Talk (book)
Jake:
Royal Blood, Back to the Water Below
Goose, Autumn Crossing
2023-11-0131 minHidden Jukebox65: Suicide Blonde
Don't you see the colour of deception?
What we're listening to:
Matthew:
Ash, Race the Night
A Giant Dog, Bite
Men Without Hats, Pop Goes the World
Jake:
Jungle, Volcano
Local Natives, Time Will Wait for No One
2023-10-0131 minHidden Jukebox64: Rooster
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-hoo
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh, ooh, ooh
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Young Gun Silver Fox, Ticket to Shangri-La
Small Paul, Come Alive & Live Again
Matthew:
Noname, Sundial
The Dead Krazukies, From the Underworld
Guns N' Roses, "Perhaps"
2023-09-0132 minHidden Jukebox63: These Are Days
Never before and never since, I promise
What we're listening to
Matthew:
Origami Angel, The Brightest Days
The Clientele, I Am Not There Anymore
Jake:
JW Francis, Dream House
KGLW, PetroDragonic Apocalypse
Queens of the Stone Age, In Times New Roman
Sandrider, Sandrider
2023-08-0131 min
Living and Leading with Emotional IntelligenceThe Power of Awe: Overcome Burnout & Anxiety, Ease Chronic Pain, Find Clarity & Purpose — In Less Than 1 Minute Per Day with Co-Author Michael AmsterThe Power of Awe: Overcome Burnout & Anxiety, Ease Chronic Pain, Find Clarity & Purpose — In Less Than 1 Minute Per Day with Co-Author Michael AmsterIn this episode, I speak with co-author of The Power of Awe, Dr. Michael Amster, about this seemingly too-good-to-be-truth state of being that allows us to reduce depression, anxiety, and burnout and cultivate a more positive and healthier state of being.About Dr. Michael Amster:Michael Amster, is a physician and faculty member at the Touro School of Medicine. With twenty years of experience as a pai...
2023-07-2652 minHidden Jukebox62: Big Poppa
Tell your friends jump in the GS3.
Yo! MTV Raps Unplugged, 1991
What we're listening to
Jake:
Foo Fighters, But Here We Are
Janelle Monáe, The Age of Pleasure
Matthew:
The Reds, Pinks & Purples, They Only Wanted Your Soul
Blood Ceremony, The Old Ways Remain
2023-07-0132 min
Tell Me About Your BookThe Power of Awe by Jake Eagle, LPC and Michael Amster, MD / Non-FictionSend us a textWelcome to Non Fiction Author Week!Continuing this inspiring week with The Power of Awe by Jake Eagle, LPC and Michael Amster, MD. My discussion of this powerful and purposeful book is with Michael Amster, who discusses the Awe Methods and simply showing us how to find awe in the ordinary. About The Power of Awe:Research has proven that mindfulness improves well-being, reduces stress, anxiety and pain. But for some, the practice itself feels challenging and inaccessible. That’s where the A.W.E. Met...
2023-06-0230 minHidden Jukebox61: This Is a Call
Fingernails are good
What we're listening to
Jake:
Boygenius, The Record
Unknown Mortal Orchestra V
Matthew:
Fruit Bats, A River Running to Your Heart
2023-06-0127 min
New DimensionsMicrodosing Awe in Our Everyday Life - Jake Eagle and Michael Amster, M.D - ND3784Awe gives us a break from processing and judging unwanted events and gives us the capacity to see through them—to see a larger picture and we don’t have to travel to the Grand Canyon or overlook Niagara Falls in order to access it. It’s available to us in our everyday life and we can tap into it with something called the A.W.E. Method that only takes 5 to 15 seconds. Jake Eagle, LPC, is a psychotherapist, mindfulness instructor, fellow member trainer of the International Association of Neuro‑Linguistic Programming, and cofounder of Live Conscious. Michael Amster, M.D., is...
2023-05-1757 min
The New Dimensions CaféThe Transformative Benefit of Brief Moments of Awe - Jake Eagle and Michael Amster, M.D. - C0581Jake Eagle, LPC, is a psychotherapist, mindfulness instructor, fellow member trainer of the International Association of Neuro‑Linguistic Programming, and cofounder of Live Conscious. After thirty years in private practice, Jake now works part-time as a meta-therapist, working with people who want to go beyond the bounds of traditional therapy. Together, he and his wife, Hannah, lead life-changing small group retreats at awe-inspiring locations around the world. Michael Amster, MD, is a physician and faculty member at Touro School of Medicine. With twenty years as a pain management specialist, he is currently the founding director of the pain management depa...
2023-05-1716 minHidden Jukebox60: Stakes Is High
Man, life can get all up in your ass
Stakes is High live with The Roots on Fallon
The song at the end of this episode is "Battlegrounds," from Matthew's band Early to the Airport's new EP, Departures
What we're listening to
Matthew:
Nicole Yun, Matter
Frank Bango, The Truth Fox
Jake:
Flipturn, Shadowglow
2023-05-0127 min
Bite-Sized Balance Podcast with Wendy McCallumThe Power of AWE with Michael Amster, M.D.Michael Amster, M.D., is the co-author (with Jake Eagle, LPC) of the new book The Power of Awe. Dr. Amster is a pain management specialist and awe researcher who teaches at the UC Berkeley Greater Good Science Center. He’s also a long-time meditator and yoga instructor. He joins host Wendy McCallum to share what he and Jake discovered a few years ago about the amazing power of “microdosing awe” and how the simple practice they teach can impact almost every area of your physical, mental and emotional health. In this episode, Dr. Amster defines “awe” and distin...
2023-04-111h 00Hidden Jukebox59: Freedom! '90
What a kick just a buddy and me
What we're listening to
Matthew:
Caroline Rose, The Art of Forgetting
Eyelids, A Colossal Waste of Light
Kate Davis, Fish Bowl
Jake:
Harry Styles, Harry's House
True Loves
2023-04-0134 min
The Fully Mindful with Melissa ChureauThe Power of Awe: Microdose Mindfulness in Less than a Minute a Day to Transform Your Life | An Interview with Author Dr. Michael AmsterSend us a textHave you ever wanted to meditate but thought you could not quiet your mind or just can’t find the time, or maybe you have tried and it just hasn’t “worked?” You’ve been frustrated because you understand that science has proven the physical and emotional benefits of mindfulness, but you just can’t get over this hump or plateau.Today’s guest, Dr. Michael Amster, has the solution–and it takes less than a minute a day. With this practice, the practice of accessing awe (as in wonder), Dr. Amster and his co...
2023-03-1450 minHidden Jukebox58: Hallelujah (feat John Tsung)
You don't really care for music. Do you?
What we're listening to:
John:
DADADA!
Wednesday Campanella
A playlist of contemporary Asian pop and indie
Jake:
Lil Yachty, Let's Start Here
Madison Cunningham, Revealer
Matthew:
Parannoul, After the Magic
De La Soul feat MF DOOM, "Rock Co.Kane Flow" (video)
2023-03-0150 minHidden Jukebox57: Nookie
Why did it take so long?
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Black Midi: Hellfire
The Sound of Animals Fighting: Apeshit
Plains: I Walked With you a Ways
Matthew:
Belle & Sebstian: Late Developers
Alvvays: Blue Rev
OMD: "Souvenir"
2023-02-0129 minHidden Jukebox56: Fast As You Can (feat Keith Lowe)
if you're getting any bright ideas, quiet dear
Keith Lowe's single, Respair
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Snarky Puppy, Empire Central
Drugdealer, Hiding in Plain Sight
Matthew:
Best songs of 2022 playlist on Spotify
Keith:
A Girl Called Eddy, "Somebody Hurt You"
2023-01-0137 min
Midnight, On EarthEpisode 125 - Microdosing Mindfulness & The Power of A.W.E. w/ Dr. Michael AmsterIn this episode I have an awe-inducing conversation with one of the authors of the incredible new book 'The Power of A.W.E'... Dr. Michael Amster. Michael and I talk about the A.W.E. meditation technique he developed with co-author Jake Eagle, and how it can benefit everything from chronic pain to depression. He feels understanding the awe in every moment can be the key to a level of healing that is beyond traditional practices. Drop In to this awesome conversation!!www.thepowerofawe.comDr. Michael Amster Bio:
2022-12-231h 15Hidden Jukebox55: Doo Wop (That Thing)
Remember back on the Bully when cats used to harmonize?
What we're listening to:
Jake:
King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Changes
Post Animal, Love Gibberish
Matthew:
Weird Nightmare, Weird Nightmare
Sobs, Air Guitar
2022-12-0130 minHidden Jukebox54: Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm
one kid had it worse than that
What we're listening to:
Jake:
Arctic Monkeys, The Car
Cytrus, Concentrate
Mildlife, Automatic
Matthew:
Titus Andronicus, The Will to Live
Open Mike Eagle, Component System with the Auto-Reverse
Steady Holiday, "Can't Find a Way" (out November 2)
2022-11-0131 min2022-10-0135 minHidden Jukebox52: The Distance
The arena is empty except for one man.
Vibraslap
Herbie Hancock is 82.
Recommended:
Matthew:
Kiwi jr., Chopper
Jake:
DOMi & JD BECK, NOT TiGHT
Danger mouse and Black Thought, Cheat Codes
2022-09-0132 minHidden Jukebox51: Superunknown
First it steals your mind and then it steals your...
Producer Michael Beinhorn on Black Hole Sun
Soundgarden live at the Greek Theatre, UC Berkeley, 1994
Recommended:
Matthew:
Hollie Cook, Happy Hour
THEM, The Car EP
Jake:
Goose, Dripfield
2022-08-0143 minHidden Jukebox50: Closer
I drink the honey inside your hive.
Recommended:
Matthew:
King Stingray
Joyce Manor: 40 oz to Fresno
Strong Songs podcast on “Silent All These Years”
Jake:
Jack White: Fear of the Dawn
Foals: Life Is Yours
2022-07-0129 min2022-06-0132 minHidden Jukebox48: Human Behaviour
[gibberish]
Acoustic guitar cover by Takashi Kouda
What we're listening to:
PUP, The Unraveling of PUPTHEBAND
Soul Glo, Diaspora Problems
Ibibio Sound Machine, Electricity
SAULT, Air
Jake in front of a portrait of Kate Bush?
2022-05-0138 min2022-04-0139 minHidden Jukebox46: The Boy Is Mine
Oh yeah, definitely. I know his name.
Recommended:
Parannoul - To See the Next Part of the Dream
Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight
The Dip - When You Lose Someone (from the forthcoming Sticking with It)
Some artists called Goose, Geese, Neil Francis, or maybe Neal Francis
Eddie Vedder Is Still Learning to Live with Loss
2022-03-0133 min2022-02-0151 minHidden Jukebox44: Nothing Compares 2 U
Since you've been gone I can do whatever I want.
Lucy Dacus on Song Exploder
2022-01-0132 minHidden Jukebox43: Walk
Is there no standard anymore?
Consolation Lakes: I'm Not the Nightmare
Sault: Untitled (Black Is)
Every Time I Die: Thing with Feathers
2021-12-0130 minHidden Jukebox42: Sour Times
Take a ride, take a shot now.
Matthew's punk playlist on Spotify
Wet Leg: Chaise Longue
2021-11-0133 min2021-10-0130 min2021-09-0128 minHidden Jukebox39: 1979
Cool kids never have the time.
ALBUMS RECOMMENDED
The Chills: Scatterbrain
The Cleaners from Venus: Penny Novelettes
Goose: Shenanigans Nite Club
2021-08-0133 min2021-07-0126 min
The Good, The Bad, and The JetsJake Amster Joins the Pod to Discuss the State of the JetsOur good friend of the pod, Jake Amster joins us today to talk about the great offseason that the Jets have had this year. We discuss the ceiling of the defense, what to expect from the running backs and what the record of the Jets will be this season!
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2021-06-2752 minHidden Jukebox37: It Was a Good Day
What's the haps on the craps?
CW: Mass shootings, sexual assault.
Also, Matthew definitely knows that Raising Hell came out in the 80s.
2021-06-0128 minHidden Jukebox36: Tomorrow
VERY hard to drink.Links:Steady Holiday: Tiny Desk ConcertFenslerfilm's GI Joe overdubs
2021-05-0130 min2021-04-0133 min2021-03-0129 min2021-02-0129 min2021-01-0131 minHidden Jukebox31: Possum Kingdom
I'll not be a gentleman.Links:Possum Kingdom State Park — Guess what? It's a lake.
2020-12-0129 min2020-11-0130 minHidden Jukebox29: No Rain
It's a great escape.Links:St Andrew's FallAll I Can Say (2020) — A documentary based on footage shot by Shannon Hoon.
2020-10-0124 min2020-09-0123 min
Spilled MilkEpisode 450: KohlrabiToday we chat about wine coolers, kale chips, turnips, cabbage and occasionally the topic, Kohlrabi. Memory lane takes an unexpected turn as we discuss eating brains, the Bronze Age and whether Matthew is friends with Jake Gyllenhaal or not. Warning: the word "bulbous" is used too many times in this episode.
Commercial - Bartles And Jaymes Premium Wine Cooler (1986)
Monji Haakh
In Port Townsend, a couple living the dream … like Victorians
5 Tasty Ways to Prepare Kohlrabi
Kale Chips
Support Spilled Milk Podcast!Mo...
2020-08-1339 min2020-08-0122 min2020-07-0143 min2020-06-0151 min2020-05-0142 minHidden Jukebox23: Rage Against the Machine
We did what they told us.
Adam Neely: The Music You Hate
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZMpU-7YcgA
Adam Neely: Learning to Like Contemporary Christian Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hACUz4WVWwk
2020-04-0154 min2020-03-0340 min2020-02-0151 minHidden Jukebox20: (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
How many special people change? (Featuring George McCleary!)Special Guest: George McCleary.
2020-01-0156 minHidden Jukebox19: Little Earthquakes
Wearing my naughties like a jewel.
CONTENT WARNING: Sexual assault.
2019-12-0149 minHidden Jukebox18: Vs.
Tunnel vision!
Content Warning: Several references to sexual assault, plus we criticize the band Sublime.
2019-11-0154 minHidden Jukebox17: Odelay
Put your skeletons in jail.Links:Switched on Pop: No Country for Old Town Road
2019-10-0152 min2019-09-0151 min2019-08-0144 minHidden Jukebox14: A Live One
Jake is a Phish fan. Matthew is a Phish skeptic. Naturally they're tackling the Phishiest possible release, 1994's A Live One, which features a 30-minute song.
2019-07-0154 minHidden Jukebox13: Out of Time
Special Guest Rich McLaughlin (Sirius XM, I Heart Radio, WFUV, Amazon Music) joins us on a journey through “Time.” On this month’s Hidden Jukebox, we discuss REM’s Out of Time (1991) as well as what made the band great, what made the band fall apart, and why Rich is so damned obsessed with these guys.Special Guest: Rich McLaughlin.Links:An Inaugural Day Message via the Words of R.E.M.
2019-06-011h 06Hidden Jukebox12: Doggystyle
Snoop Doggy Dogg, 1993
In 1992, a new video debuted on MTV, and suddenly America couldn’t stop talking about two things: cars that bounce, and a cornrowed rapper with a lovable lazy drawl and the improbable name of Snoop Doggy Dogg. We can't stop talking about him either.
2019-05-0154 minHidden JukeboxEpisode 11: Dookie
Green Day’s Dookie (1994) was punk rock your parents could enjoy in the car. Deceptively upbeat (until you listen to the lyrics), Dookie’s strong hooks and clever lyrics brought punk to a mass audience—and is still loads of fun today.
2019-04-0150 min2018-07-0135 min2018-06-0141 minHidden JukeboxEpisode 8: OK Computer
This month, once again we talk about an obscure 90s album you've never heard of. Pretty good.
2018-05-0345 minHidden JukeboxEpisode 7: Lost Somewhere Between the Earth and My Home
A stone-cold classic that's as relevant, progressive, and weird as it was in 1995. These are loud, smart hope-from-the-gutter tunes, and we're kind of in love.
This album is out of print, but used CDs are readily available.
2018-04-0142 minHidden JukeboxEpisode 6: 0898
0898 Beautiful South, The Beautiful South, 1992
Matthew really puts Laura through the wringer on this one. 0898 is an overproduced, saccharine mess of sad drunks, cannibals, and codependents, and Matthew couldn't love it more. (Except for that one frustratingly catchy misogynistic track.) Laura, on the other hand....
2018-03-0132 minHidden JukeboxEpisode 5: Mezzanine
Mezzanine, Massive Attack, 1998.
On this episode, we chill out after the rave and talk nicknames, musical diversity, fade-ins, buildups, and teenage weirdos. We also say "Bristol" many times as if we know where that is.Links:Listen on Apple MusicListen on Spotify
2018-02-0146 minHidden JukeboxEpisode 4: Penthouse
On our fourth episode we listen to Luna’s Penthouse, Laura Loe’s favorite album of the 1990s. We discuss lush recording, embarrassing lyrics, shameless Velvet Underground rip offs, and the absence of early rock shows for aging Gen-Xers.
Luna (extended thoughts from Laura Loe)
There are a lot of amazing things about doing our Hidden Jukebox podcast.
Tonight I'm listening to Luna's Penthouse for the millionth time with completely different ears--this is a super special rare gift.
Thank you Matthew Amster-Burton for this amazing opportunity to re-hear the musi...
2018-01-1534 minHidden JukeboxEpisode 3: Celebrity Skin
Hole, Celebrity Skin, 1998.
We take a deeper look at ourselves while listening to this 1998 classic. If this album is considered by some to be a "guilty pleasure," we clearly don't have any guilt about it. This was a foundational soundtrack to our 90's SoCal lives. From hanging with dolphins at the beach and midnight jaunts to the "Rock n' Roll Ralph's" grocery store to being trapped in college life in the valley, this summery, power pop, ironic album speaks to a particular GenX sensibility like nothing else.
(other topics touched on: women in...
2018-01-0146 minHidden JukeboxEpisode 2: 69 Love Songs
The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs, 1999
With apologies to Prince's Emancipation, 69 Love Songs is probably the best triple album out there. Still, we wondered, what if we had to edit it down to twelve songs? (Heretical, we know.) In the process, we talk romantic entanglements, carfree urbanism, and dreaminess.Links:Listen on Apple MusicListen on Spotify
2017-12-011h 02Hidden JukeboxEpisode 1: Brighten the Corners
Pavement, Brighten the Corners, 1997
On our debut episode, we talk guitar wankery, hit singles, off-mic screaming, and how to sing when no one's listening.Links:Listen on Spotify
2017-11-0946 min