Will's Band of the Week
824 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsEvery week Will, Barrett and Chris feature an independent or alternative artist or band, have some fun discussion, and play some music.
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Episodes
8-9-15 -- Wilco and Ducktails
August 10, 2015 01:00 - 57 minutes - 31.2 MBWill, Barrett and Wilson discuss new music by Wilco and Ducktails.
8-2-15 -- Non-podcast
August 03, 2015 01:00 - 18 seconds - 232 KBThis is not a podcast. We'll be back next week!
7-26-15 -- Tame Impala, Negative Scanner, and Veruca Salt
July 27, 2015 01:00 - 57 minutes - 31.5 MBWill and Chris discuss new music by Tame Impala, Negative Scanner, and Veruca Salt, plus Chris reviews the Amy Winehouse movie.
7-19-15 -- Grant's Underground for July 2015
July 20, 2015 01:00 - 52 minutes - 27.1 MBIn this episode of Grant's Underground, Will and Grant discuss new music by Wavves + Cloud Nothings, Blue Smiley, Self Defense Family, and Institute.
7-12-15 -- Sauna Youth and Desaparecidos
July 13, 2015 01:04 - 1 hour - 33.2 MBWill and Craig discuss new music by Sauna Youth and Desaparecidos, plus live reports.
7-5-15 -- Wolf Alice and Mac McCaughan
July 06, 2015 01:12 - 1 hour - 36.9 MBWill, Barrett and Chris discuss new music by Wolf Alice and Mac McCaughan, plus live reports and the Nina Simone movie.
6-28-15 -- Sun Kil Moon and Shopping
June 29, 2015 01:25 - 1 hour - 37.4 MBWill and Nicholas discuss new music by Sun Kil Moon and Shopping.
6-21-15 -- SOAK and Sweet John Bloom
June 22, 2015 01:00 - 52 minutes - 28.5 MBWill and Barrett discuss new music by SOAK and Sweet John Bloom, plus a movie review and nominations for worst possible music.
6-14-15 -- Hop Along, Hot Chip, and Eternal Summers
June 15, 2015 01:00 - 59 minutes - 32.5 MBWill, Barrett and Chris discuss new music by Hop Along, Hot Chip, and Eternal Summers, plus a Pitchfork review controversy and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
6-7-15 -- Grant's Underground for June 2015
June 08, 2015 01:00 - 56 minutes - 29.7 MBWill and Grant discuss new music by Jons, Docking, Fountain, No Joy, and Ceremony, plus Porches and Trophy Dad.
5-31-15 -- Built to Spill and Mikal Cronin
June 01, 2015 01:00 - 1 hour - 34.5 MBWill and Barrett discuss new music by Built to Spill and Mikal Cronin.
5-24-15 -- The Tallest Man On Earth and Surfer Blood
May 25, 2015 01:00 - 1 hour - 40.8 MBWill, Barrett and Chris discuss new music by The Tallest Man On Earth and Surfer Blood, plus a live report and David Letterman.
5-17-15 -- Levitation Report, Best Coast, and Josh Rouse
May 18, 2015 01:00 - 47 minutes - 25.4 MBFollowing a catastrophic failure in 4th Bedroom Studios, Will discusses the Levitation festival in Austin, new music by Best Coast and Josh Rouse, plus the Death of the Week.
5-10-15 -- Metz and Pile
May 11, 2015 01:00 - 35 minutes - 18.5 MBWill and Grant discuss new music by Metz and Pile.
5-3-15 -- Calexico and Speedy Ortiz
May 04, 2015 02:33 - 1 hour - 40.6 MBWill and Barrett discuss new music by Calexico and Speedy Ortiz, plus lots of irrelevant banter.
4-26-15 -- Waxahatchee and Weed
April 27, 2015 02:45 - 56 minutes - 30.2 MBWill, Grant and Anurag discuss new music by Waxahatchee and Weed.
4-19-15 -- Sufjan Stevens and the Go! Team
April 20, 2015 01:00 - 1 hour - 34.4 MBWill, Barrett and Chris discuss new music by Sufjan Stevens and the Go! Team.
4-12-15 -- Krill and Death Cab For Cutie
April 13, 2015 01:00 - 59 minutes - 32.6 MBWill and Craig discuss new music by Krill and Death Cab For Cutie, plus a whole bunch of live reports.
4-5-15 -- Tobias Jesso Jr. and Courtney Barnett
April 06, 2015 01:00 - 1 hour - 34 MBWill, Barrett and Chris discuss new music by Tobias Jesso Jr. and Courtney Barnett, plus the usual random banter.
3-29-15 -- Chastity Belt, Death Grips, and More
March 30, 2015 00:45 - 1 hour - 32.8 MBWill and Grant discuss new music by Chastity Belt, Death Grips, Happyness, Lightning Bolt, and Fawn Spots.
3-24-15 -- Colleen Green, Will Butler, and Dick Diver
March 25, 2015 00:54 - 1 hour - 33 MBWill, Barrett, Chris, and a virtual Nicholas discuss new music by Colleen Green, Will Butler, and Dick Diver, plus movie and book reviews.
3-15-15 -- The Black Ryder, Kate Pierson, and the House of Love
March 16, 2015 01:03 - 1 hour - 41.1 MBWill and Barrett discuss new music by The Black Ryder and Kate Pierson, plus Barrett revisits the House of Love.
3-8-15 -- The Pop Group, Radical Dads, and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma
March 09, 2015 01:01 - 49 minutes - 26.3 MBWill and Grant discuss new music by The Pop Group, Radical Dads, and Jefre Cantu-Ledesma, plus a Minus 5 live report.
3-1-15 -- The Amazing, Jose Gonzalez, and Mourn
March 02, 2015 02:29 - 58 minutes - 32.2 MBWill, Barrett and Chris discuss new music by The Amazing, Jose Gonzalez, and Mourn, plus the Death of the Week, Leonard Nimoy.
2-22-15 -- Grant's Underground for February 2015
February 23, 2015 02:00 - 55 minutes - 28.9 MBWill and Grant discuss new music by Grooms, A Place to Bury Strangers, King Woman, Title Fight, and TELE/VISIONS.
2-15-15 -- The Church and Nite Fields
February 16, 2015 02:00 - 1 hour - 32.7 MBWill, Barrett and Nicholas discuss new music by the Church and Nite Fields, plus Nicholas reports from Melbourne on a J Mascis performance.
2-8-15 -- Chris Staples, Twerps, and D'Angelo
February 09, 2015 02:00 - 47 minutes - 26.1 MBWill and Chris discuss the latest releases from Chris Staples, Twerps, and D'Angelo.
2-1-15 -- Belle & Sebastian and the Decemberists
February 02, 2015 02:20 - 52 minutes - 28.2 MBWill and Barrett discuss new music by Belle & Sebastian and the Decemberists, plus the Pono music player.
1-25-15 -- Sleater-Kinney and Liam Hayes
January 26, 2015 02:00 - 45 minutes - 24.5 MBWill and Barrett discuss new releases from Sleater-Kinney and Liam Hayes.
1-18-15 -- Grant's Underground for January 2015
January 19, 2015 01:30 - 49 minutes - 26.8 MBWill and Grant discuss new music from Viet Cong, Forth Wanderers, and Fear of Men, plus the death of producer, perfomer and writer Kim Fowley, and live reports on Alvvays, Protomartyr and Cloud Nothings.
1-11-15 -- Co-pilgrim and Dean Blunt
January 12, 2015 03:22 - 50 minutes - 27.8 MBWill and Barrett discuss the latest releases by Co-pilgrim and Dean Blunt.
1-4-15 -- Melbourne Bureau Report 2014
January 05, 2015 02:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBWill and Melbourne Bureau Chief Nicholas discuss Nicholas's favorite music of 2014, plus his deaths of the year.
12-28-14 -- Ipswich Bureau Report 2014
December 29, 2014 02:00 - 1 hour - 44.9 MBWill and Ipswich Bureau Chief Craig discuss Craig's favorite albums of 2014, plus the year's disappointments and top live shows.
12-21-14 -- Ontario Bureau Report 2014
December 22, 2014 02:00 - 1 hour - 33.7 MBWill and Ontario Bureau Chief Anurag discuss Anurag's favorite albums of 2014.
Our Top Ten Lists for 2014
December 19, 2014 03:35Will's Top Ten 1. Alvvays - s/t 2. Real Estate - Atlas 3. Protomartyr - Under Coler of Offical Right 4. The Raveonettes - Pe'ahi 5. Barlow - Four Castles 6. Margot & the Nuclear So and So's - Slingshot to Heaven 7. Wussy - Attica! 8. Alex G - DSU 9. Cymbals Eat Guitars - LOSE 10. Kevin Drew - Darlings Barrett's Top Ten 1. Sun Kil Moon - Benji 2. Ty Segall - Manipulator 3. Christopher Owens - A New Testament 4. Damien Jurado - Brothers and Sisters of the Eternal Sun 5. Spoon -...
12-14-14 -- Best of 2014 Special
December 15, 2014 03:00 - 2 hours - 64.8 MBWill, Barrett and Chris discuss their favorite albums of 2014.
Grant's Top Ten Albums of 2014
December 10, 2014 01:55Grant's top ten for 2014: 1. Alex G - DSU 2. Whirr - Sway 3. Telstar Drugs - Endless Straight 4. Alvvays - s/t 5. White Suns - Totem 6. The Raveonettes - Pe'ahi 7. What Moon Things - s/t 8. Greys - If Anything 9. Weed Hounds - s/t 10. Dories - Stripped
12-7-14 -- Grant's Best of 2014
December 08, 2014 00:36 - 40 minutes - 21.3 MBWe kick off the end of 2014 episodes with Grant's favorite albums of the year.
11-26-14 -- TV On The Radio and Nude Beach
November 27, 2014 03:48 - 50 minutes - 28.3 MBWill and Chris discuss new music by TV On The Radio and Nude Beach, plus the movie "Whiplash."
11-16-14 -- Deerhoof and the Flaming Lips
November 17, 2014 04:02 - 1 hour - 35.1 MBWill, Barrett, and special guest podcaster Anurag from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada discuss new music from Deerhoof and the Flaming Lips.
11-9-14 -- Grant's Underground for November 2014
November 10, 2014 03:55 - 56 minutes - 30.1 MBWill and Grant discuss new music by the Garden, FF, Haunted Horses, Carbonleak, Whirr, and Nothing.
11-2-14 -- Thurston Moore and Eyelids
November 03, 2014 02:32 - 1 hour - 36.4 MBWill, Barrett, Chris, and special guest podcaster Nicholas from Melbourne, Australia discuss new music by Thurston Moore and Eyelids.
10-27-14 -- Foxygen and Allo Darlin'
October 28, 2014 03:40 - 56 minutes - 31.3 MBWill, Barrett and Chris discuss new music by Foxygen and Allo Darlin', plus the death of the week, Jack Bruce of Cream.
10-19-14 -- Christopher Owens, Ex Hex, and the Drums
October 20, 2014 02:52 - 1 hour - 36.1 MBWill, Barrett, and special guest podcaster Craig from the U.K. discuss new music by Christopher Owens, Ex Hex, and the Drums, plus some live reports and a death of the week.
10-12-14 -- Grant's Underground for October 2014
October 12, 2014 23:30 - 57 minutes - 30.7 MBWill and Grant discuss new music by Foxes In Fiction, Fountain, Dories, Shunkan, and S.
10-5-14 -- Tweedy and King Tuff
October 06, 2014 01:22 - 54 minutes - 30.2 MBWill and Barrett discuss new music by Tweedy and King Tuff, plus more random, unpredictable banter.
9-28-14 -- Interpol and Karen O
September 29, 2014 01:32 - 51 minutes - 28.9 MBWill and Barrett discuss new music by Interpol and Karen O, plus a U2 update and a live report.
9-23-14 -- Avi Buffalo and Ryan Adams
September 24, 2014 01:14 - 55 minutes - 31 MBWill and Barrett discuss new music by Avi Buffalo and Ryan Adams, plus music news and a live report.
9-14-14 -- J Mascis and the New Pornographers
September 15, 2014 03:07 - 54 minutes - 29.9 MBWill and Barrett discuss new music by J Mascis and the New Pornographers, plus Apple gives away the new U2 album, and the New York Dolls.
9-7-14 -- Cymbals Eat Guitars, Whirr, Naomi Punk, and What Moon Things
September 08, 2014 03:24 - 53 minutes - 27.6 MBWill and Grant discuss new music by Cymbals Eat Guitars, Whirr, Naomi Punk, and What Moon Things.