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This week's guest Rob Kassees (1001 Album Complaints Podcast) brings us Spoon and their deceptively sparse, sonically luscious 2002 release 'Kill The Moonlight'. Britt Daniel and company employ a less-is-more approach that feels effortless and often had us pondering, "Does it rock or does it groove?" Yes.

Songs discussed in this episode: The Way We Get By - Vitamin String Quartet; Green Shirt - Elvis Costello & The Attractions; Servo - Brian Jonestown Massacre; Small StakesThe Way We Get By - Spoon; Gravity Rides Everything - Modest Mouse; Some Weird Sin - Iggy Pop; Something To Look Forward To, I Turn My Camera On, Stay Don't Go, Jonathan Fisk, Paper Tiger, Someone Something - Spoon; Ticket To Ride - The Beatles; Don't Let It Get You Down - Spoon; Do You Remember Walter - The Kinks; All The Pretty Girls Go To The City, You Gotta Feel It, Back To The Life - Spoon; Big In Japan - Tom Waits; Vittorio E, Love Song (The Damned Cover) - Spoon

This week Rob sits down with a friend of 30+ years, musician Pete Gordon, to talk Chapel Hill NC indie rock titans Superchunk and their 1993 release, 'On The Mouth'.
"Have you got a minute?..."

Songs discussed in this episode: From The Curve (Live in Montreal 1993) - Superchunk; Worry Wart - Radiobaghdad; A New Hope - Amboog-A-Lard; Seed Toss - Superchunk; Alpha Dog - Irish Car Bomb; Precision Auto - Superchunk; Precision Auto - Jimmy Eat World; Precision Auto - Les Savy Fav; Bringin' It Down - Judge; Sometime To Return - Soul Asylum; Still Waiting - Dag Nasty; Merchandise - Fugazi; From The Curve - Superchunk; Raining Blood - Slayer; For Tension, Mower, Package Thief, Swallow That, I Guess I Remembered It Wrong - Superchunk; Helicopter - Bloc Party; New Low - Superchunk; A Weird Place To Look For Gold, But OK - Cede The Clouds; Untied - Superchunk; Undone-The Sweater Song - Weezer; The Question Is How Fast, Trash Heap, Flawless, The Only Piece That You Get - Superchunk; What's Your Theory Doctor? - Cede The Clouds

Eric D Johnson of the Fruit Bats sits down with Brett Newski (NEWSKI) to riff about signing to Merge, playing the long game, cutting down on freaking out, joining the Shins, & career breaks.

More on Fruit Bats: http://www.fruitbatsmusic.com/

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NEWSKI ON TOUR:

4/6 - STEVEN'S POINT, WI - UWSP Dreyfus Center

4/7 - MILWAUKEE, WI - Anodyne Walkers Point (early 7p)

4/8 - MANITOWOC, WI - Sabbatical Brewing

4/12 - CHICAGO, IL - Golden Dagger

4/13 - ST PAUL, MN - Turf Club

4/14 - APPLETON, WI - Appleton Beer Factory

4/21 - COLUMBUS, OH - Rambling House Series

4/22 - YOUNGSTOWN, OH - Westside Bowl

4/23 - PHILADELPHIA, PA- Krobath Concert Series

4/26 - NYC - Bowery Electric (early 6pm)

4/27 - DEWEY BEACH, DL - Fort Ishu House Show

4/28 - WASHINGTON DC - Pearl St Warehouse

4/30 - RICHMOND, VA - Hardywood Brewing (early 3pm)

5/2 - SAVANNAH, GA - Sentient Bean

5/3 - ORLANDO, FL - Will’s Pub

5/4 - ST AUGUSTINE - Sarbez

5/5 - WEST DESTIN, FL - Rock by the Sea Fest

5/6 - WEST DESTIN, FL - Rock by the Sea Fest

5/7 - COLUMBUS, MS - Sunstroke House Music (early 6p)

5/20 - HAVANA, IL - Havana Songwriters Fest (solo)

5/23 - SEATTLE, WA - Fun House

5/24 - BEND, OR - Old St Francis School

5/25 - PORTLAND, OR - The White Eagle

5/26 - PORT ANGELES, WA - JFFA Festival 

6/2- MARSHFIELD, WI - Hub City Days

6/17 - SHEBOYGAN, WI - Three Sheeps

6/23 - CEDAR RAPIDS, IA - Newbo City Market

6/30 - BARABOO, WI - Tumbled Rock Brewing

7/1 - MADISON, WI - Terrace at Memorial Union

7/15 - GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Founders

7/16 - THREE OAKS, MI - Acorn Theatre 

Every year, the people who put together Record Store Day have their big meeting in New Orleans which they call RSD Summer Camp. This year, Paul Myers hosted the Key Note, an onstage conversation with two Merge recording artists; NOLA local Dawn Richard, and The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle. Somehow, our pristine recording of this wonderful chat got lost or destroyed (we never found out) but we *did* manage to find a "bootleg" of the event, which we cleaned up a little so you can hear it here. Plus, RSD co-founder Carrie Colliton explains the whole Summer Camp thing. For the latest RSD news, go to RecordStoreDay.com

The Mountain Goats' Bleed Out and Dawn Richard's Second Line are in stores now from Merge Records.

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#101. Ron talks with Eric D. Johnson of indie folk band Fruit Bats about his middle initial, his lost solo album, and making clever music videos.

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