That Record Got Me High Podcast

Poet/Songwriter Sara Mae Henke (The Noisy) brings us Japanese Breakfast and their 2021 album, 'Jubilee'. The third release by musician/author Michelle Zauner, it's a gloriously joyful slab of indie pop with a side-helping of catharsis.

Songs discussed in this episode: Neckline (Deluxe Version), Twos, Tony Soprano - The Noisy; Chamomile - Larlene; Tropical Jinx - Little Big League; Everybody Wants To Love You, Paprika, Be Sweet - Japanese Breakfast; Nightshade - The Noisy; Kokomo, IN, Winter In LA, Slide Tackle, Posing In Bondage, Sit - Japanese Breakfast; Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God) - Kate Bush; Savage Good Boy, In Hell, Tactics, Posing For Cars - Japanese Breakfast; Nightshade - The Noisy

Renowned producer/engineer Larry Crane (Sleater-Kinney, The Decemberists, The Go-Betweens, Elliott Smith...as well as editor and founder of Tape Op Magazine) brings us Wire and their groundbreaking, highly influential third album '154'. A favorite of a diverse array of artists including Robert Pollard, Johnny Marr and Michael Stipe to name a few, this heady slab of post-punk vignettes rewards repeated listenings.

Songs discussed in this episode: The 15th (Wire cover) - Mike Watt; Curl Up and Dye - Vomit Launch; The Walls Came Down - The Call; 1 2 X U - Wire; Map Ref. 41°N 93°W (Wire cover) - My Bloody Valentine; Ahead - Wire; EMI - The Sex Pistols; I Should Have Known Better - Wire; Equinoxe 5 - Jean-Michel Jarre; Romeo - Wipers; Two People In A Room - Wire; Kerosene - Big Black; Time To Pretend - MGMT; The 15th, The 15th (Demo), The Other Window (Demo), The Other Window - Wire; Craniostomy Vol. 2 - Larry Crane; Single K.O., A Touching Display - Wire; Don't Forget Me - Maggie Rogers; On Returning - Wire; Connection - Elastica; Alone, Fish 1 - Colin Newman; Lady In Red - Chris de Burgh; Svefn-g-englar - Sigur Ros; Mutual Friend, Blessed State - Wire; I Turn My Camera On - Spoon; Once Is Enough, Map Ref. 41°N 93°W - Wire; Shattered - The Rolling Stones; Indirect Enquiries - Wire; Double Dare - Bauhaus; 40 Versions, Song 1 - Wire; Passenger - Glitterfox; Angel In The Snow - Eliott Smith; Les Amazones d'Afrique - Larry Crane

One of our favorite returning guests, Miami drag icon Shelley Novak (aka Tommy Strangie), joins us to once again explore his life-long obsession with all things Chrissie Hynde as we discuss The Pretenders and their third studio album, 1984s 'Learning To Crawl'. "Now come on, baby Get in the road..."

Songs discussed in this episode: Absent Minded Me - Chrissie Hynde; Tommy Strangie - The Boas; Cuban Slide, Middle Of The Road - The Pretenders; Long Long Time - Linda Ronstadt; Back On The Chain Gang - The Pretenders; Working In The Coal Mine - Lee Dorsey; Mystery Achievement, Time The Avenger, Watching The Clothes, Show Me - The Pretenders; Vicar In A Tutu - The Smiths; Thumbelina - The Pretenders; Life In A Northern Town - The Dream Academy; Smalltown Boy - Bronski Beat; My City Was Gone - The Pretenders; Thin Line Between Love And Hate - The Persuaders; Tempted - Squeeze; Thin Line Between Love And Hate, I Hurt You - The Pretenders; Tell Laura I Love Her - Ray Peterson; Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas, 2000 Miles - The Pretenders; Tommy Strangie - The Boas; Back On The Chain Gang (Pretenders cover) - Morrissey

Named after the back seat of his family's car where he recorded the vocals to his early albums, Will Toledo's solo-project-cum-band Car Seat Headrest went from Bandcamp indie-darlings to headlining Coachella in a relatively short time. This week's guest, musician/songwriter Brendan Wright (Tiberius), brings us CSH's transitional 2014 release - and final one before signing to Matador - 'How To Leave Town'. Brimming with both existential doubt and unbridled wanderlust, the record works as a dark, witty soundtrack to coming-of-age in the 2010's.

Songs discussed in this episode: Running Up That Hill (Kate Bush cover) - Car Seat Headrest; Sag - Tiberius; Cherries - Tiberius Wright; Fill In The Blank, Not What I Needed - Car Seat Headrest; Dramamine - Modest Mouse; The Ending Of Dramamine - Car Seat Headrest; Bus Ride - Naked Days; Beast Monster Thing, Tybee Island Horse Ghosts, Kimochi Warui (When? When? When? When? When? When? When?) - Car Seat Headrest; Big Business Monkey - Daniel Johnston; I-94 W (832 Mi), You're In Love With Me, America (Never Been) - Car Seat Headrest; Felt - Tiberius; I Want You to Know That I'm Awake / I Hope That You're Asleep, Is This Dust Really from the Titanic?, Hey, Space Cadet (Beast Monster Thing in Space) - Car Seat Headrest; Over The Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox - Guided By Voices; The Catastrophe (Good Luck With That, Man) - Car Seat Headrest; Painting Of A Tree - Tiberius

This week, we Zoomed all the way over to the medieval wine country of Romagna, Italy to discuss The Flaming Lips and their beloved 2002 release: Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots with musician/artist Lucas Ward (The Silver Snails) "All we have is now All we've ever had is now All we have is now All we'll ever have is now"

Songs discussed in this episode: Do You Realize (Flaming Lips cover) - Willie Nelson; No Name #3 - Elliott Smith; Evanessence, Galen's Song - The Silver Snails; Race For The Prize - Flaming Lips; Time/Breathe (Reprise) - The Flaming Lips & Stardeath and White Dwarfs; Father and Son - Cat Stevens; Fight Test - Flaming Lips; Domsbore - Boredoms; Right Hand Ponk - OOIOO; One More Robot/Sympathy 3000-21, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 1, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots Pt. 2, In The Morning Of The Magicians, Ego Tripping At The Gates Of Hell, Are You A Hypnotist, It's Summertime, Do You Realize, All We Have Is Now, Approaching Pavonis Mons by Balloon (Utopia Planitia) - Flaming Lips; Video Killed The Radio Star (Buggles cover) - The Silver Snails