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Ever wondered what's down the rabbit hole when you get to the end of pop music today?? ... WELL FOLLOW ME your host Ryan Courtney every week as I guide you through the musical wonderland me and my magical friends have created. Each week I feature different artists based on a central theme from my life and musical influences. I also have the pleasure of interviewing some of these artists for the show. Come listen for new music. Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/pmfsp/subscribe
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Reminiscent is a weekly show where 2 best friends discuss their favorite bands from their adolescence and how it’s shaped their lives as they find themselves exploring early adulthood. Hitting puberty in the early 2000’s was a really strange time for a lot of people, but Tom and Pat have had each others back since the early 90s. Come along for the ride.
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With the advent of streaming services and the ubiquity of speaker-enabled devices, in many ways, it seems like pop music has become a background soundtrack for our everyday activities rather than an independent art form to be appreciated on its own merit. My name is Matthias. I'm an attorney, amateur music blogger, and mediocre guitarist with a mild obsession for listening to and over-analyzing pop music that's just slightly outside of the mainstream. I'm here to explore the nuanced artistry ...
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Indie and Unsigned Music: Rock, Pop, Folk, Alternative, Punk, Rockabilly, Experimental Rock, Power Pop and a variety of other genres from IndieHeart.com Indie Music Showcase and Internet Radio. If you are looking for new and emerging Indie and Unsigned Music, you have found the right podcast. Many artists at the site provide free MP3 downloads of their music, so visit the Indie Heart Showcase for more! You can also check out the IndieHeart Eclectic Rock radio broadcast 24/7 at http://indiehe ...
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These Ears and Eyes of Mine is a podcast about Pop Culture, Music, and Sports. For 31 years, my passion has always been found in Pop Culture, Music, and Sports. That being said These Ears and Eyes of Mine have always gravitated to things that may or may not have been met with acceptance from my peers. But God blessed These Ears and Eyes to see things through a unique spectrum, and this podcast will be the medium for me to share that with the world.
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DJ and producer from Madrid. Former Opera singer I put my lyrism into melody and harmony of my mixes and my passion into it´s drums. My style is Tribal House with elements of progressive, deep house, as well as trap sounds. The kind of music you might hear at WE party Madrid, Muccassassina , Circuit festival Barcelona, XLsior Festival Mykonos, The Week. Listen, Share, Follow! Thanks for your support! Love Music! Be happy! If you wish to listen to my original tracks and remixes look up my oth ...
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We talk a lot of about album anniversaries on this show, but this is the first time we talk about one of our own! On November 9, 2013, Tom’s band The Good Fight released their debut (and final) EP “This Is My Nightmare” and the guys go track by track and discuss the writing and recording process of each song and provide some insight on how recordin…
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2007 was a very important year for Tom, Pat, and the scene as a whole. This year saw some of our favorite releases of all time, and things get contentious real fast as we scramble to claim our favorite tracks for this week’s draft. We end with quick conversation about The Hum Goes On Forever by The Wonder Years. Subscribe at Apple Podcasts | Google…
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Daddy and daddy have been away for a few months, and we’re very sorry that we left you all alone with the babysitter, a terrible April Fool’s joke of an episode. So we’re popping in real quick with a brand new toy to hopefully make things right. Here’s All That I’ve Got by The Used, but for real this time. Not a dragon in sight. See you in 10 month…
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On this episode of Pop Music For Smart People it's time to listen to and learn some lessons from BIPOC shes/hers/thems/theys music artists. These artists are using their voices to empower, advocate and propel BIPOC voices! Some of the artists on this episodeare no stranger to the show such as Mysie, but many of the artists are newcomers to the show…
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On this special episode of Pop Music For Smart People I had the pleasure of chatting with Satya Chavez who goes by the artist name .satya. We got to chat about her life and beginnings in music including her background and career in musical theater. We also discussed her single "Burn" which I featured on my Countdown Of Queer Bops episode because it…
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On this episode of Pop Music For Smart People we continue our world tour in which we feature amazing music artists from every country in the world. This week we are in the second most populated country in the world India. I am featuring three amazing female music artists that are all making such smart and unique music. They are RANJ, Kayan and Trib…
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On this episode of Pop Music For Smart People we finish out our 2022 Pride series with a little game of Category Is... Queer Edition! I am joined by my husband Nicholas Opp as we both offer up our song selections for 5 different categories including Sad Gay Boy Summer, She Done Already Done Had Verses, These Boots Were Made For Twerkin, Bal READ FO…
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This week Pop Music For Smart People was taken over by the radio station PMFSP 81.2 to do a countdown of 10of the best bops by queer artists that have come out recently. The artists featured on the countdown are .satya., Miss Benny, Bergo Husky, July Jones, NIMMO, Chubby Cat, Kiddy Smile, Catz 'n Dogz, Mette, Michael Medrano, RITTYBO and Jammy. All…
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On this episode of Pop Music For Smart People we kick off our 2022 Pride Series!! All the artists featured from now until the end of June will be queer artists who are all making incredible music. The artists I am featuring today all have the ability to soothe my soul with their music. The three artists are Jake Wesley Rogers, CLAY and flowerkid. A…
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On this episode of Pop Music For Smart People I am featuring Indigenous music artists from across the globe. The artists being featured today are Otyken, The Halluci Nation, UUTAi, Olox, Snotty Nose Rez Kids and Electric Fields. All of these Indigenous artists are creating music that infuses the traditional sounds of their tribes and communities wi…
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On this special episode of Pop Music For Smart People I had the opportunity to chat with the immensely talented Dope Saint Jude. I featured her on Episode 58 Who Runs The World: Outliers which is a series I am doing highlighting badass women in music from all walks of life and across the globe. This amazing artist is creating powerful, fun music th…
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On this special episode of Pop Music For Smart People I chatted with the immensely talented music artist Gess! I featured his song Clouds on Episode 74: Sensual, Sexual, Sexy, Sex, Sex, Sex! which featured ten bops that all revolved around sex. Not only does this song embody the essence of sexual energy but Gess's aesthetic and brooding musical vib…
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Love is in the air this week at Pop Music For Smart People!. This week I am featuring 12 love songs! Last week we covered sex and now it is on to love songs. I also ordered the tracks to show the different stages of love. We start off with sweet and cuddly phase when you are falling for someone and the artists with songs in this area are HEIGHTS, T…
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On this very special episode of Pop Music For Smart People I had the amazing opportunity to chat with the immensely talented Glume. We chat about how she got into music, some of her musical influences and some of her amazing bops including "Get Low" and "Body". We also discuss her kismet connection to the one and only Marilyn Monroe. So come give t…
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On this frisky episode of Pop Music For Smart People we dive into the world of sex! I am featuring ten bops that are all about doing the deed, getting it on, going to pound town and slappin da bass man!! the Featured artists this week are Alex Mali, Gold Fir, Gudfella and Levity, Gess, Roisin Murphy, 1st Vows, Madison Olds, Havelock, James Indigo a…
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On this episode of Pop Music For Smart People we continue our series Who Runs The World featuring amazing female music artists from across the globe and from all walks of life. This week I am featuring three badass women who are making music that has some retro vibes. The artists are Glume, The Last Artful, Dodgr and Uffie. All three of these incre…
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On this episode of Pop Music For Smart People I am featuring 10 of some of my favorite covers that have come out in the last 5 years. The list is all over the place and includes covers by KR3TURE and Sea-Ren, Avenue Beat, serpentwithfeet, Gabriel Garzon-Montano, MUNA, The Naked And Famous, Hannah Grace, Superorganism, Tune-Yards, Giant Rooks and An…
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On this special episode of Pop Music For Smart People I had the amazing opportunity to chat with SuperKnova. I featured this artist on a recent episode of the show titled Just Tik Tik TikToking All My Boxes! in which I featured four music artists I discovered through TikTok She is an extremely talented trans artist and activist who I have been list…
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On this week's episode of Pop Music For Smart People we continue our world tour featuring music artists from every country on the globe and today we are traveling to Nigeria. This amazing country is producing some incredible artists that are guaranteed to make ya body move. The Nigerian artists I am featuring are Jaido P, Good Girl LA, Zinoleesky a…
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Hello! On this episode of Pop Music For Smart People we are going back into the Popcorn Princess's data bass of artists I have found on TikTok. As I pretty much live in that app now it is where I find many of the artists that I feature on the show and TikTok has become one of the best places for new artists to be discovered and go viral with their …
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This episode was published on April 1, 2022, originally titled "All That I've Got by The Used" as an April Fool's joke. Since we later went ahead and published a real The Used episode, we changed the title to "Through the Fire and the Flames by Dragonforce". This week, we left it up to the listeners with a Twitter poll to determine which episode we…
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You know those moments in your life where you know you’re going to come away from that moment a completely different person? That’s what hearing 99 Red Balloons for the first time was for us. It’s the reason we’re friends. It’s the reason we ended up starting a band that we played in all through high school. It very well may be the reason we love p…
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Hey what's your zodiac sign? In part two of Pop Music For Smart People's zodiac music pairing we cover the second set of 6 signs that we didn't discuss last week. I am taking each one of the zodiac signs and picking 3 words or concepts to describe each of those signs and from that i am matching up musical artists to each one based on the mood and v…
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Happy St. Patrick’s Day, friends! As many as you may know or have guessed by now, we’re both hella Irish, so we’re happy to talk about the most Irish song we know, Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly. (Suck it, Irish National Anthem!) The song is great year-round, but it hits especially hard on St. Patty’s Day. But the VIDEO! Dear Christ, the video…
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In this special episode of Pop Music For Smart People I am featuring artists that I think match up with different Zodiac signs. I am doing 6 signs in this episode and 6 in next week's episode. The six for this week are Taurus, Cancer, Virgo, Scorpio, Capricorn and Pisces. The artists that are featured on this episode are Eliza, LIA LIA, Family Jool…
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Way too much time has gone by without screaming at everyone about how much we absolutely love Less Than Jake. Not only have they been cranking out some of the best music we’ve ever heard since the early 90s, but they even gave us Fueled by Ramen, so put some respect on the name! While The Science of Selling Yourself Short isn’t the most feel-good s…
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In this episode of Pop Music For Smart People we continue our world tour and are stopping in our southern border buddy Mexico. I am featuring three extremely talented artists that are from and are based in Mexica. All three of these artists are so unique and innovative in their respective genres. They are Bruses, Nina Dioz and Cuauh. Mexico is hone…
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Many bands over the years have dared to write songs about their hometown, the neighboring state that they can’t stand, or even extremely specific restaurants, apartments, and fountains in their local area. This week, we draft our favorite songs about our favorite places and spaces. Not a lot to it, we just love places and spaces! BONUS EPISODES AND…
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it’s no secret that Mayday Parade is one of our favorite bands of all time, but we’re super guilty of only talking about their debut album A Lesson in Romantics. It seems like the rest of the world may be guilty of the same crime, so we’re trying to set the record straight today. Mayday Parade is much more than a one-album wonder! Anywhere But Here…
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Earth, Fire, Air and Water!!! In this episode of Pop Music For Smart People I feature four musical artists or duos that represent each of these four elements. How you ask?? Ummmm I'm actually not even completely sure but it all boiled down to the feeling each of these artists make me feel with their music. The artists are Stalgia who represent wate…
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No early 2000’s podcast is complete without a Michelle Branch episode, because that woman was everywhere, much pun intended. And she wasn’t even a woman yet, she was like 15, taking the entire planet and the airwaves by storm! Our motto this year is #BangersOnly, so it’s only natural we talk about Michelle Branch, even if it is a little bit out of …
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On this episode of Pop Music For Smart People we are taking a trip to Germany to discover four amazing artists that are based in Berlin. The four artists I am featuring today are Angel Rider, Badmomzjay, Moglii and Riiva. All four of these artists are either from or currently live in Germany. They are all super different but you can definitely hear…
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It’s no secret that Hoobastank’s music video for The Reason is our favorite heist movie ever, but it recently came to our attention that there’s a sequel! Hooba picks up right where they left off and tell a gripping tale of crime, rock and roll, and betrayal all in three minutes, and somehow managed to outdo themselves once again. However, we want …
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There are few things as magical as a debut that absolutely takes over the world, whether that’s the literal world with platinum status or the self-centered, tiny bubble of a world we were living in when we were 15. This week we draft our favorite debut albums and state our cases for which song we think represents the album as a whole. Make sure to …
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On this episode of Pop Music For Smart People I am doin the third installment of my Who Runs The World series highlighting incredible female music artists from all over the globe. This week the category is artists that have a punk mentality as it relates to their work or creativity. The three artists featured this week are Buzz, Sizzy Rocket and Gi…
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The announcement of the When We Were Young Festival will be one of those moments we look back on in 20 years that are paired with a “where were you when"?" The millisecond that flyer hit Twitter, everyone went nuts. It was pure, unadulterated joy for like, 20 minutes… and then the questions started. And at last, the memes rolled in. Wait, how many …
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On this special episode of Pop Music For Smart People I had the pleasure of chatting with the immensely talented RAAQEL. This badass rapper from the Bay Area is delivering smart rhymes and disgusting beats. We discuss how she got into music, her track Chips she released with Xakra and we dive into her new EP 3am in Frisco which. The EP consists of …
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In this very special episode of Pop Music For Smart People I am featuring my top 12 songs of 2021 and we are also celebrating the show's 1 year anniversary!!!! YAAAAAAASSSSS!!! I cant believe it's been a year and I am so excited for 2022!! Thank you so much to everyone who has listened the past year!! Also thank you to all the amazing artists I hav…
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Everyone loves to talk about bands’ debut albums, but I think it’s about time we give some sophomore releases the credit they deserve. This week we draft our favorite sophomore albums, but there’s a twist… we also have to pick the song we think represents the album best. Not only does it leave a ton of room for debate, but it makes the playlist pos…
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In this episode of Pop Music For Smart People I feature 10 songs that were released in 2021 that I wasn't able to feature last year but that definitely need to be heard. All of these songs for sure could not be looked over and for that reason I wanted to do this episode so these bangers are not slept on. So come listen to 10 songs from 2021 that I …
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As Underøath releases their new album “Voyeurist” today, we take some time to discuss one of their early bangers, Writing on the Wall their album Define the Great Line. But not before we present your 2022 ScorchFest winner, Patrick McDonagh for his FLAMING hot take on Green Day and the listenability of their entire catalog. In this episode Tom tell…
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In this episode of Pop Music For Smart People I revisit the Who Runs The World episode with a part two. This time I am featuring three amazing female artists that are outliers of mainstream music and are paving their own music pathways. They are Grace Ives, Dora Jar and Dope Saint Jude. In this episode I feature three songs by each of these super t…
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You all listen to us spout our nonsense 51 weeks out of the year, but this week is yours. ScorchFest 2022 is upon us, and you people did not pull any punches. This year feels extra special as we had you all “call-in” to the show to personally tell us your thoughts that are sure to make everyone just absolutely upset, and it’s all done for the covet…
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Happy New Year!!! In this episode of Pop Music For Smart People I am featuring 12 songs that helped me to get through the dumpster fire that was 2021. The list has songs by artists such as Rude Cat, Renforshort, Moglii, duendita, Ella Langley, Big Kill and NCognita. All of the songs on this list helped me in some way or another in the past year fro…
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With the new year upon us, we’ve decided to finally discuss the only song that has ever made sense to discuss on the last week of the year, The New Year by Death Cab For Cutie. Gibbard and the boys have an insane way of dragging your entire day into the gutter after just one verse of any of their songs, and The New Year holds no punches. If you’re …
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Happy Holidays to all! On this holiday episode of Pop Music For Smart People I decided to create a playlist of Christmas bangers that are definitely on Santa's naughty list. There are some sexy tracks by artists like DYLN, Smino and Masego. There are some hype AF tracks from artists like DJ Snake, Little Sis Nora and Party Favor. With a sprinkling …
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For the first time in 5 years, we record an episode LIVE in front of a virtual studio audience! Pat watched a super long documentary about The Beatles, Tom definitely does not, they both start new Christmas traditions with their growing families, and they (we?) take compliments and accept gifts weirdly. How very Irish Catholic… BONUS EPISODES AND P…
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In this episode of Pop Music For Smart People I am answering the question Who Runs The World? Squirrels?? No Silly it's of course badass FEMALE DJs! I featured four amazing female DJ/producers who are each making their own mark on EDM. They are Chong The Nomad, Kilamanzego, CloZee and Zingara. All four of these artists are innovating electronic mus…
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Look, every modern, original Christmas song is terrible. They’re all so bad, in fact, that we had to go out of the decade just to find a remotely wintery song worth talking about. But the emo gods have blessed us with Neck Deep’s December, of which there are THREE VERSIONS! There seems to be a trend with super depressing Christmas/winter songs comi…
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In this episode of Pop Music For Smart People I am featuring three music groups or collectives that have 4 or more members and are making music that I can't stop listening to. They are seeyousoon, 404 Guild and Sub-Radio. All three of these musical groups are very different but are all using their combined talents to churn out grade A bangers. Feat…
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