States Rights Records Rodcast Unknown

Jake Longstreth & Steve Schroeder return to discuss the 3 Guided by Voices concerts that they recently attended and the current state of the band in the historical context of this mountain of rock that is GBV.

1. Pendulum, 2. Tomorrow Will Not Be Another Day, 3. It's Only Up To You, 4. My Impression Now, 5. I Am Decided, 6. Submarine Teams, 7. 7 Strokes to Heavens Edge, 8. Wrinkled Ghost, 9. Paradise Style, 10. Beneath a Festering Moon, 11. Dig Through My Window

4 years later, no big deal!

The Pollardcast is back!

I sat down with Jake Longstreth who is my longtime compatriot in GBV appreciation, a great artist, and he actually played in a well regarded GBV cover band (Giant Bug Village) for awhile. We play some of our favorite songs and talk about what makes Pollard special.

1. Club Molluska, 2. Ha Ha Man, 3. Indian Fables, 4. Dropping the Bomb, 5. Finks, 6. Dayton, Ohio 19 Something and 5, 7. Zoom (It Happens All Over The World), 8. A Life in Finer Clothing, 9. So High, 10. 7th Level Shutdown, 11. Crutch Came Slinking, 12. Never, 13. Long Way to Run, 14. Where I Come From, 15. My Feet's Trustworthy Existence, 16. Pop Zeus, 17. Messiahs, 18. The Pipe Dreams of Instant Prince Whippet, 19. Spring Tigers, 20. Powerblessings

States Rights Records presents our first educational podcast! It's an idea a year in the making (I thought of the idea last fall during bird migration time). It's about birds. All music about birds, with a bird feeling, sung by birds plus DJ Hot Air Balloon providing some little know facts about specific bird species and their habits. Get into the autumnal spirit. Hear my accent change throughout the podcast. You wouldn't believe how many possible songs I considered for this mix (120+!) Tracklist:

1.Ruby Suns - There Are Birds, 2.Beach Boys - Little Bird, 3.Deerhoof - Whither The Invisible Bird, 4.Moondog - Bird's Lament, 5.Roland P. Young - Flutter, Fly, Flounce, 6.Lucky Dragons - Wander Birds, 7.Lil Wayne - Birds Flying High, 8.Bobby Birdman - Sahaj Samadhi, 9.Silver Apples - The Owl, 10.Aki Tsuyuko - Owlet Hymn, 11.Ruby and the Romantics - Young Winds Fly (Higher Thank You Know), 12.Dennis Driscoll - Telepathic Birdcalls, 13.Lil B - I Am A Bird Now, 14.ABBA - Eagle, 15.U Roy - Silver Bird, 16.Karl Blau - Free The Bird, 17.John Lennon - Surprise Surprise (Sweet Bird of Paradox), 18.Ratatat - Desert Eagle, 19.Eagles - Earlybird, 20.Doc Watson & Clarence Ashley - Free Little Bird, 21.Kleenex Girl Wonder - Power Bird, 22.Dengue Fever - Hummingbird, 23.Bobby Vee - Fly Away, 24.After Dinner - I'll Just Go Birdwatching, 25.Fleetwood Mac - Songbird, 26.Dolly Parton - Blue Valley Songbird, 27.Grouper - Fishing Bird (Empty Jutted in the Evening Breeze), 28.Banyan - Early Bird, 29.Little Wings - Free Bird, 30.Dirty Projectors - Two Brown Finches, 31.Graves - Dirty Bird, 32.Baby Birdman - What Happened To That Boy (snippet), 33.Ariel Pink - Flying Circles (Intro), 34.Swan Island - Night Owl, 35.Thanksgiving - Now Its All Over Like the Birds, 36.Outro

Part 2 of the Pollardcast! We delve deep into the beautiful melancholy and even get a little choked up based on personal experiences and the raw beauty of these songs. We urge you to go there with us.

1. Time Machines, 2. Drugs & Eggs, 3. June Salutes You, 4. The Ash Grey Proclamation, 5. Your Charming Proposal, 6. Society Dome, 7. It's Only Natural, 8. Why Did You Land, 9. Payment for the Babies, 10. I'm a Strong Lion, 11. How Loft Am I, 12. Trap Soul Door, 13. And I Don't (So Now I Do), 14. You Can't Hold Your Women, 15. Waves, Etc., 16. Drinker's Peace, 17. Artificial Light, 18. Our Gaze, 19. Piss Along You Bird, 20. Crutch Came Slinking, 21. Caught Waves Again, 22. Mannequin's Complaint, 23. He's The Uncle, 24. I'm Cold, 25. If We Wait

Well looky here! We have a brand new mini-series of rodcasts to unveil. It's all songs by ONE GUY!! Sounds great, right? This guy is the greatest songwriter in rock and roll history though. BOOM, I said it, and I meant it. A lot of people are familiar with Robert Pollard's work on Guided by Voices' most popular albums, but this dude has unleashed probably somewhere around 8,000 songs into the world and so I'm gonna play some of his songs from the lesser recognized releases: very early GBV stuff, solo albums, other projects, B sides, unreleased. Some will be scratchy weird recordings, some will be bombastic full band studio affairs. It will all be filled with melody, poetry, and weird beauty. Get in. Get deep, you will be rewarded for your openness.

1. A Boy in Motion, 2. Artificial Light, 3. (I'll Name You) The Flame That Cries, 4. Liar's Tale, 5. Sing It Out, 6. I Can See It In Your Eyes, 7. Canteen Plums, 8. Father's Favorite Temperature, 9. Tropical Robots, 10. Headache Revolution, 11. Real, 12. Alone, Stinking, & Unafraid, 13. Quicksilver, 14. Larger Massachusettes, 15. The Ascended Master's Grogshop, 16. Stoke Newington Blitzkrieg, 17. Paper Girl, 18. Love Is Stronger Than Witchcraft, 19. Love Hurts (w/Kim Deal)

I recently had the opportunity to shine some light on the deep treasure chest that is reggae to someone. It was so fun to exist in these songs for a couple days while searching out some great ones. It put me in the best mood. This mix is pretty slapdash but the tunes are top notch. REGGAE FOREVER.


1. Lone Ranger - Natty Dread on the Go, 2. Jimmy Cliff - You Can Get It If You Really Want, 3. Babba Brooks - River Bank, 4. U-Roy - Rule the Nation, 5. Tito Simon - Build it Up, 6. King Tubby - King Tubby's Explosion, 7. General Smiley & Papa Michigan - Nice Up The Dance, 8. Abyssinians - Mandela, 9. Sly and the Revolutionaries - Marijuana, 10. Peter Tosh - Brand New Second Hand, 11. Bob Marley - Mr. Brown, 12. U-Roy - Tom Drunk, 13. Bunny Lion - Rat Trap, 14. Horace Andy - Ain't No Sunshine, 15. Freddie McGregor - Bobby Bobylon, 16. Horace Andy - Skylarking, 17. Sound Dimension - Psychedelic Rock (Rockford Rock), 18. Toots & the Maytals - Pressure Drop, 19. Bim Sherman - Lego Natty Cale, 20. Jimmy Cliff - The Harder They Come, 21. Damien Marley - Welcome to Jamrock, 22. Bobby Birdman - Ridin' 4 A Fall (Horace Andy cover), 23. U-Roy - Wake the Town, 24. I-Roy - First Cut is the Deepest, 25. Nicky Thomas - Watch That Little Girl, 26. Bim Sherman - Love Forever