Beyond The Pond

In Episode 132, we tackle our favorite annual topic, counting down our Top Albums of 2024! In this episode we discuss music in 2024, our thoughts on our favorite jambands, look back 5 and 10 yrs to see how our lists have changed, plus rank our favorite albums of the year. It's a jam-packed episode!

Thanks as always for listening and supporting!

We'll see you in 2025!

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In Episode 131 we chat about Phish's Dick's 2024 Run before counting our Top Ten Albums of the 2020s so far. It's been an incredible year of Phish and a wild decade so far, and we dive deep on both.

Thanks as always for listening and supporting! We'll see you soon!

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In Episode 130 we try out a new format for BTP: we went live on YouTube and IG for a free-flowing conversation about Summer 2024, Summer 2024 albums, and previewing Dick's 2024! It's fun and lose and goes down like a Lawson's Sip of Sunshine on a glowing August afternoon!

Thanks as always for listening and supporting! We'll see you soon!

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In Episode 129 we answer a listener question: how many waves of Jamband are there, and what are they? We spend the majority of the episode exploring the history of Jambands and chatting through how we have seen the larger genre evolve over the last 50+ years. In addition we count down our ten favorite albums of 2024 so far. Up front we finally chat Phish at Sphere, plus catch up on Goose and Eggy through the first half of 2024.

Thanks as always for listening and supporting! We'll see you later this summer!

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In Episode 128 we chat about Phish's 2024 Run at Moon Palace in Cancun, MX. Focusing on the 35min "Wave of Hope," we discuss how Phish is capable of playing a this level in their 41st year, the connections we hear to Rush's early-80's output, and what this might mean about the upcoming run at the Sphere in mid-April. In addition, we check in with Eggy and Goose to see how early-2024 is treating them, plus celebrate the 10th anniversary of The War on Drug's "Lost In The Dream." Finally we chat about the first quarter of 2024 for new albums. We recommend a bunch of music and share how our musical interests continue to evolve.

Songs featured in this episode are:

• Rush: "Jacob's Ladder"
• Rush: "Witch Hunt"
• Rush: "The Weapon"

Thanks as always for listening and supporting! We'll see you in late-April/early-May!

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