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Indieheads Podcast

495 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 18 hours ago - ★★★★ - 34 ratings

The Indieheads Podcast is a cluster of shows about indie music, pop music, alternative rock, and whatever other stuff our listeners make us listen to. Usually weekly barring unforeseen issues!

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Retrospect #3: My Chemical Romance – The Black Parade

May 28, 2019 05:14 - 280 MB

On the third episode of our special Retrospect series, Matty and new members Corinne and Kasia talk the ambitious third album from My Chemical Romance, going through the album track by track discussing it’s narrative, it’s impact on the alt rock scene, and most importantly, where it lands in the hearts of all of us […]

135: Ed Sheeran Stockholm Support Group

May 24, 2019 02:55 - 229 MB

This episode, Matty, Alex, Jackson, and Jeremiah take a break from the world of indie and once again discuss the Billboard Top 10 (as of May 25th, 2019), discussing the professional failures of Taylor Swift, if Billie Eilish is actually good, and does Ed Sheeran deserve rights? All this and more on the latest addition […]

134: OMG, It’s the F of the Bride (F for Friend)

May 20, 2019 03:36 - 194 MB

This episode, Matty, Alex, and Jeremiah run down new albums from Big Thief, Vampire Weekend, and Kevin Morby! 

133: A Plague of Locusts Upon Your People

April 18, 2019 23:55 - 252 MB

This episode, Matty, Jackson, and Jeremiah present their first podcast episode since January, catching up on albums released in the first quarter of the year including Weyes Blood, PUP, Lomelda, Hand Habits, Helado Negro, Niliüfer Yanya, and more!

Retrospect #2: Sun Kil Moon – Benji

February 11, 2019 06:03

On this episode of the podcast, we finally bring you episode two of Indieheads Retrospect, a series where we get in-depth about the formative albums we love. To celebrate its fifth anniversary today, AJ, Jackson, and Lily rave track-by-track about Sun Kil Moon’s modern classic, Benji. 

132: Fuck Yeah, It’s January!

January 31, 2019 15:00 - 225 MB

This episode, Matty, Jackson, Dylan, and Britt talk new singles from Vampire Weekend, Lana Del Rey, Weyes Blood, Stephen Malkmus, and more, along with a discussion catching up on albums released this month from Toro Y Moi, Sharon Van Etten, Better Oblivion Community Center, and James Blake!

131: The 2018 AOTYcast Pt. 2: DON’T TELL ME HOW TO DO MY POD (#5-1)

December 26, 2018 23:33 - 258 MB

This episode, Matty, Jackson, Dylan, AJ, and Josiah run down the Indieheads Podcasts’ Top 5 Albums of 2018!

130: The 2018 AOTYcast Pt. 1

December 21, 2018 04:23 - 127 MB

This episode, Matty, Lily, Dylan, and Zach reveal numbers 10 through 6 of the Indieheads Podcast’s Top 10 Albums of 2018!

129: The Podcast Awards 2018

December 18, 2018 16:00 - 270 MB

On this special episode of the podcast, Matty, Jackson, Britt, Dylan, and Gavin reveal the nominees and winners for the Indieheads Podcast Awards 2018! See who wins for awards like the Golden Wedgie of the Year, Bully of the Year, EP/Mixtape of the Year, Song of the Year, and more!!

128: thank u, gamers (re-upload)

November 17, 2018 20:21 - 203 MB

This episode, Matty (Garrett), Jackson (Garrett), Alex (Garrett), Josiah (Garrett), and Britt (Garrett) take a break from the lesser explored to talk about the Billboard Top 10 (as of November 15, 2018). Hear the gang as they explore whether or not “Mo Bamba” is good, go into DMX’s personal life history, Halsey’s mall singing, Matty’s […]

128: thank u, gamers

November 16, 2018 05:12 - 203 MB

This episode, Matty (Garrett), Jackson (Garrett), Alex (Garrett), Josiah (Garrett), and Britt (Garrett) take a break from the lesser explored to talk about the Billboard Top 10 (as of November 15, 2018). Hear the gang as they explore whether or not “Mo Bamba” is good, go into DMX’s personal life history, Halsey’s mall singing, Matty’s […]

127: Mark Kozelek FUNNY MOMENTS #11

November 04, 2018 04:07

This episode, Matty, Lily, Dylan, and Jackson catch up on some recent releases from the likes of Empress Of, Holy Fawn, Emma Ruth Randle, Sun Kil Moon, Vince Staples, Julia Holter, Daughters, and more!

126: Take Or Treat II: The Revenge of the Hot Take

October 29, 2018 13:28 - 216 MB

This episode, Matty, Britt, Lily, and Dylan play a game of Take or Treat, where we judge various hot takes about music you, the fans, sent our way for this festive season. Is Foxing just the new Kings of Leon? Is “Love It If We Made It” by the 1975 one of the best songs […]

125: 🤠

September 05, 2018 03:46 - 112 MB

This episode, Matty and Jackson talk new singles from Thom Yorke, Empress Of, and Yves Tumor and albums from Interpol, Blood Orange, IDLES, and Mitski!

124: My Big Dumb Beautiful Guitar Boys

August 21, 2018 03:38 - 131 MB

This episode, Matty, AJ, Jackson, and special guest Will talk Mitski (official album discussion next episode…), Fred Thomas, Death Cab for Cutie, Campdogzz, Jamie xx, Gang of Youths, Ought, Haley Heynderickx, and our main topic, the newest album from St. Louis emo band Foxing, Nearer My God. 

123: Thom Yorke Goes SICKO MODE

August 08, 2018 02:11 - 157 MB

This episode, Matty, Jackson, and AJ (with some brief appearances by Alex) talk Vampire Weekend LP4 news, Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus’ upcoming mysterious new project, Carly Rae Jepsen’s fulfillment of the prophecy, new singles and projects from Blood Orange, Lemon Twigs, Foxing, Fred Thomas, IDLES, Wild Pink, Jim James, Channel Tres, illuminati […]

122: Air Bitches ‘N’ Bastards

July 21, 2018 07:25 - 96.6 MB

On this special episode of the podcast, Matty, AJ, Jackson, Josiah, Jake and Lily are joined by special guests Corinne and Ted as they come to you, all together, LIVE from the Indieheads Podcast AirBNB Podhouse 2.0 in Chicago, IL, as they’re all in town for the Pitchfork Music Festival 2018! We talk what we’re […]

121: MC Ride Has a Mortgage

July 10, 2018 04:23 - 220 MB

This episode, Matty, Jackson, Lily, Britt, and Josiah have a very normal one and talk new albums from Death Grips, SOPHIE, and Let’s Eat Grandma.

120: The Very Good, Not Bad, Unproblematic Podcast

June 19, 2018 04:27 - 82 MB

This episode, Matty, AJ, and Jackson talk the Japandroids’ exclusive beer at this year’s Pitchfork Music Festival (for way longer than necessary but like…. c’mon you know us at this point), singles from Dirty Projectors and Deafheaven, and brief touchdowns on new albums from Parquet Courts, Melody’s Echo Chamber, serpentwithfeet, Retirement Party, Good Looking Friends, […]

119: Do You Think Post Malone’s Dad Calls Himself Pre-Malone?

June 07, 2018 06:09 - 84.3 MB

This episode, Matty, Jeremiah, Alex, and Lily cut the crap and discuss the Billboard Hot 100 once again, critiquing and shooting the shit about the Top 10 (as of 6/7/18). 

118: YOU ARE HIDING A CHILD

June 02, 2018 03:43 - 81.1 MB

On this episode of the podcast, Matty, Lily, Zach and Jackson talk Interpol’s upcoming new album, more Vampire Weekend LP4 rumors, the death of Stewart Lupton of Jonathan Fire*Eater, and singles from Gorillaz, James Blake, IDLES, and Moses Sumney. Then, they talk the Pusha T/Drake shenanigans including Pusha T’s DAYTONA, Drake’s “Duppy Freestyle,” Pusha T’s “The Story […]

117: the wise man bowed his head solemnly and spoke: “theres actually zero difference between good & bad things. you imbecile. you fucking moron”

May 23, 2018 19:49 - 78.5 MB

This episode, Alex, Jackson, and Zach talk the death of Frightened Rabbit’s Scott Hutchison, Mitski’s upcoming album, Grimes further attempts to derail her career, and singles from Death Grips and Snail Mail. Then, they discuss the latest albums from Mark Kozelek, Beach House, and Arctic Monkeys!

116: Big Brainer Brand

May 09, 2018 00:50 - 98.4 MB

This episode, AJ, Matty, Jackson, Lily and Dylan talk more Vampire Weekend LP4 rumors, FYF Fest’s cancellation, new singles from Childish Gambino, Death Grips, Beach House, and more, and discuss new albums from DJ Koze, Sleep, Jon Hopkins, Janelle Monae, and Iceage. 

Retrospect #1: Dean Blunt – The Redeemer

May 01, 2018 02:00 - 61.6 MB

On this podcast, we present the first episode of a new series: Indieheads Retrospect. On this series, we get a chance to get more in depth about the albums we love, with this first episode featuring Matty and special guest Armando as they gush about Dean Blunt’s The Redeemer on its fifth anniversary. 

115: Infinity Takes

April 26, 2018 16:02 - 80.9 MB

This episode, Matty, Alex, Jake, and Zach talk Board’s of Canada’s Music Has the Right to the Children turning 20, My Bloody Valentine’s upcoming EPs, Parquet Courts performing on Ellen, Anais Mitchell’s Hadestown coming to Broadway, and an article from Billboard discussing why women aren’t dominating alternative radio, despite dominating alternative rock currently. Then, they talk new […]

SMHD #1: The Darby Wilks and Parker Monroe Memorial Special

April 12, 2018 18:40 - 119 MB

On this first episode of Slam Me Harder Daddy, a pro wrestling podcast brought to you by the creators of the Indieheads Podcast, Matty, Gavin, and Zach go over Wrestlemania 34 and its immediate aftermath. 

114: A Thick Layer of Ultracheese

April 12, 2018 18:39 - 122 MB

This episode, Matty, Britt, Jackson, Zach and Dylan (with an opening transmission from AJ) talk about the upcoming new Arctic Monkeys album, bleep dad Oneohtrix Point Never’s album announcement, Anticon founder Brendon Whitney passing away, the Thermals breaking up, Drag City albums coming to Spotify, and Dylan’s stockholm syndrome with bleep grandads’ Autechre. Then, they do […]

113: The 2018 Indieheads Podcast Freshmen List (Sponsored by The Brands™)

March 25, 2018 20:22 - 76.1 MB

This episode, Matty, Jackson, Gavin, and Dylan talk Death Grips’ album announcement, Animal Collective’s upcoming Sung Tongs tour, clipping. being in the studio with JPEGMAFIA, and new singles from Snail Mail, Beach House, Parquet Courts, and more. Then, we reveal our 2018 Indieheads Podcast Freshman List (sponsored by The Brands™) voted on by you! 

112: My Large Adult Son, We Don’t See Each Other Much

February 25, 2018 21:49 - 101 MB

This episode, Matty, Jackson, Zach, Britt, and new member Pat talk the aftermath of our Andrew Katz interview, Sufjan Stevens Oscars performance announcement, Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s upcoming album, and Win Butler’s NBA/karaoke antics. Then, they talk new singles from Courtney Barnett, Janelle Monae, Beach House, Father John Misty, Mount Eerie and more. And finally, they […]

111: I Want You to Know We Interviewed Andrew from Car Seat Headrest/I Hope You Listen to It

February 18, 2018 06:36 - 57.4 MB

This episode, Matty, Jake, Alex, and AJ interview special guest Andrew Katz of Car Seat Headrest where they squash their beef, talk about Andrew’s origins in the band, recording the new version of Twin Fantasy, the tour life, and more!

Album Commentary: Justin Timberlake – Man of the Woods

February 02, 2018 19:56 - 77.7 MB

On this special edition of the podcast, Matty, Alex, Zach, and Josiah do a live commentary over the new album from Justin Timberlake, Man of the Woods.

110: Radio Off, Tinfoil Hat On

January 28, 2018 19:09 - 106 MB

This episode, Matty, Jackson, Alex, and Jeremiah talk The War on Drugs, JPEGMafia, Joanna Newsom, and more. Then, they go back to the well and talk the Billboard Top 10. (as of 1/27/18)

109: Jeff Rosenstock is real, and strong, and he’s my friend.

January 26, 2018 08:10 - 80.7 MB

This episode, Matty, Jake, and new members Britt and Gavin talk the passing of The Fall’s Mark E Smith, Sufjan Stevens and Jonny Greenwood getting Oscar nominations, and Jack White banning phones from his concerts. new singles from Car Seat Headrest, Mount Eerie, Ought, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, The Voidz, James Blake, and more, and finally […]

108: The 2017 AOTYcast Pt. 2!

January 22, 2018 19:09 - 83.9 MB

On this episode of the podcast, we wrap up our AOTY list by going over our consensus Top 5 Albums of 2017!

107: The 2017 AOTYcast Pt. 1!

January 03, 2018 05:24 - 84.5 MB

On this episode of the podcast, Matty, AJ, Jackson, (and for a brief period) and special guest Will go through part 1 of the Indieheads Podcast’s Top 10 Albums of 2017, talking about entries #10-6. 

106: The 2017 Podcast Awards (Pt. 1)

December 27, 2017 07:09 - 124 MB

On this special edition of the podcast, Matty, AJ, Jackson, Alex and Zach present part 1 of the Indieheads Podcast’s 2017 Podcast Awards! On this episode, they pick their winners for categories like Meme of the Year, Breakout Star of the Year, EP of the Year, Comeback of the Year, Beef of the Year, Song […]

105: The Bleep Cast

December 18, 2017 18:21 - 108 MB

This episode, Matty, Jackson, Lily, and Dylan talk our hiatus and the missing Julien-cast, Grimes announcing new music is coming soon, Vampire Weekend LP4 details, Car Seat Headrest’s new song, and our main topic: the bleeps and bloops. That’s right, we’re talking albums from Jlin, Four Tet, Arca, GAS, Kelly Lee Owens, Iglooghost, Yaeji, Jacques […]

104: Take-or-Treat (Halloween Special)

October 31, 2017 04:37 - 71.7 MB

On this special Halloween edition of the podcast, Matty, Jackson, AJ, and Zach rate various hot takes sent in by fans in a new game, Take-or-Treat!

103: MASSOOZUCTION

October 23, 2017 07:13 - 112 MB

This episode, Matty, Jackson, AJ, and Josiah talk Pinegrove’s upcoming new album, Radiohead vs. Fox News, MGMT’s new song, and Tom Delonge’s weird alien conspiracy theorist ass. Then, they talk about what they’ve been listening to including (Sandy) Alex G, Arca, Future & Young Thug, Sun Kil Moon, Manchester Orchestra, Brand New, Destroyer, and The […]

102: The Smaller Indie Catch Up

October 06, 2017 04:48 - 107 MB

This episode, Matty, Dylan, Zach, and Lily talk the death of Tom Petty, Vampire Weekend working with Steve Lacy, Bruce Springsteen’s #indie playlist picks, Jon Hopkins’ new album update, Ought signing to Merge Records, and our thoughts on the FADER’s recent piece about Anthony Fantano’s second channel and the alt-right. Then, they talk about what […]

Interview w/ Fred Thomas!

September 17, 2017 20:11 - 23.4 MB

On this special edition of the podcast, AJ interviews one of his favorite artists of the year, Fred Thomas! They talk Fred’s new album, Changer, Mark Kozelek, moving to Canada, Polyvinyl, and more! 

101: The Big Indie Catch Up

September 09, 2017 23:59 - 105 MB

This episode, Matty, AJ, Jackson, and Will talk Can founder Holger Czukay’s passing, Ezra Koenig’s new Netflix anime series (oh and also his stupid band being almost done with their album or something), the future of Swans, Björk’s upcoming album, Death Grips’ online activity, and the ultimate BNM trio of Brand New, Lil B, and […]

Interview w/ Lomelda!

August 21, 2017 17:08 - 32.1 MB

On this special edition of the podcast, Matty, Ethan, and Josiah talk to Hannah Read aka Lomelda about her new album (Thx, out 9/8 on Double Double Whammy), touring with Pinegrove, driving, trips to NYC, and even more! 

99: Everytake Now

August 03, 2017 03:31 - 83.7 MB

This episode, Matty, Jake, AJ, and Will talk Lil B finally announcing the release date of Black Ken, Björk’s announcement of a new album coming soon, AJ’s experience at Panorama including special takes on Tame Impala and Pinegrove, new singles from The Killers, TWIABP, Protomartyr, Alex Cameron, Bully, and more, and finally present their long-awaited […]

98: it’s fucking nice out who’s tryna chill and smoke some loud u feel me. i got loud. hit that line. either DM me or hit my line bro i got loud im tryna smoke

July 31, 2017 03:48 - 107 MB

This episode, Matty, Alex, Jackson, and Lizzy talk Passion Pit, The Strokes, Daniel Johnson, Charli XCX, FYF Fest, Blood Orange, and eventually discuss the Billboard Top 10! (as of 7/30/17) 

97: [1:51:32 AM] Jeremiah: so AJ

July 24, 2017 02:14 - 97.3 MB

This episode, AJ, Jeremiah, Alex, and Lily talk Pitchfork Music Festival, Chester Bennington of Linkin Park (RIP), Drag City, and Arcade Fire. Then, they have a long-awaited discussion of the new album from Japanese Breakfast, Soft Sounds From Another Planet!

96: Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses

July 20, 2017 02:50 - 55.2 MB

This episode, the gang, being Matty, AJ, Will, Jake, Lily, Alex, and later on Jeremiah and special guest Kasia, are back in town for another IRL episode filmed the day before P4KFest as they go over what they were hyped about, Will’s cease and desist DM from Mike’s Hard Lemonade, Bad Ass 2: Bad Asses […]

95: >fleet foxes

June 26, 2017 06:06 - 91.2 MB

This week, Matty, Jake, AJ, Will, and Josiah talk news from LCD Soundsystem, Panda Bear, St. Vincent, Ariel Pink, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, and Arcade Fire, what they’ve been listening to including King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Slowdive, Queens of the Stone Age, Vince Staples, and Taylor Swift, and then discuss the latest albums from […]

94: …Retire Bitch

June 19, 2017 06:53 - 95.8 MB

This episode on the podcast, Matty, Jackson, and Josiah talk Bob Dylan Nobel Prize shenanigans, Mark Kozelek’s prolific 2017, the Car Seat Headrest vs. Teen Suicide indie beef, what they’ve been listening to including LIL UGLY MANE, Marika Hackman, Hazel English, BROCKHAMPTON, Kevin Morby, and Lorde, new singles from Arcade Fire, Queens of the Stone […]

93: Mark Kozelek Wears Cool Pants

May 30, 2017 04:59 - 109 MB

This episode on the podcast, Matty, new member Jackson, AJ, Zach, and Dylan talk The Avalanches working on a new album, Gregg Allman and Chris Cornell’s passings, Kanye West’s now defunct Twitter, Arcade Fire’s new video announcement being leaked by a South African casting agency, and Pinegrove announcing work has begun on a new album. […]

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