Pretty Good Vibrations (Dan Koch)

I have found myself coming back time and again to power pop since recording the recent tournament episodes with Steve. I have been listening to the Spotify playlist we made as well as drawing more connections, so I figured I would put some of those together with some song clips. Enjoy! PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

I met my guest and friend Jeff Martin on tour in 2005; both Sherwood and his band This Day & Age were opening up for The Rocket Summer. Over the years, we have stayed in touch, and this week and next we will be talking through our favorite tourmates from those years, including Hellogoodbye, Say Anything, The Format, Copeland, and many more. We also talk about the role that many years on the road has played in our development and how that time reverberates in our careers and lives to this day. Part 2 drops next week! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Oo7jRodXdnbQRve1ofpbe?si=8198ce8f396f4524 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is Part 2 ** ** Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/lJfetnfLjBE ** Scott Carlton, longtime close friend of mine and alum of Drive Thru and Tooth & Nail Records, finally convinced me to look deep into the darkest corners of human life and art... 80s glam metal, also known as "hair metal." We're talking Twisted Sister, Poison, Bon Jovi, Quiet Riot. We're talking about some of the most embarrassing moments in American pop and rock music. And, sadly, we are talking about the most popular era of heavy metal in global history! But Scott humanizes this genre and time period, and of course, we have a ton of fun with the songs and stories themselves. Throw on your big hair wig, break out your hair spray, grab a red solo cup, and come feel the noise! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31HEZiSRpN6Age4jfRJsTR?si=1f9e6d1dcc6f4c6f PGV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PrettyGoodVibrations PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2PWn23bi-3E ** ** This is Part 2; look at last week for Part 1 ** For a special episode of Pretty Good Vibrations, I was joined by my Sherwood bandmates Mike Leibovich and Joe Greenetz. Over two episodes, we talked through our 20 favorite Sherwood songs in chronological order. We also discussed every release at an album-level, from the Sherwood EP (2004) to Some Things Never Leave You (2016). We also tell a lot of funny stories along the way! Sherwood Top 20 Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sm71oxkjVSDgtA1YKToyP?si=38fd8a511d254990&pt=e63e11bb251275e2382b35e9dd515a4c PGV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PrettyGoodVibrations PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is Part 2 -- start last week with Part 1 ** Nirvana. The Smashing Pumpkins. Rage Against the Machine. Sublime. Green Day. Oasis. Soundgarden. Cake. Those of us who came of age with these bands should consider ourselves lucky. What a rich time for rock (and pop) music! Sherwood's own Joe Greenetz, who has been "preparing for this moment all his life," returns for a 35-artist mega-tournament to crown the Kings (or Queens) of Teen Angst. Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4z1gPfruzKHwvoqhK9hIgF?si=64a15f7610d84fcb PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nirvana. The Smashing Pumpkins. Weezer. Green Day. Rock kids of the 90s had it good as a slew of rock bands like these released excellent, explosive major label debut albums in the early 90s. Aaron Lunsford (As Cities Burn, The Music Draft) joins me to talk about our favorite albums from this period and their place in our lives as emerging musicians and music fans.  Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wRAn2Ap1vbhLssHDUXuDB?si=5f360aae18b24aca Hear previous Music Draft episodes on the It's All Over feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-all-over/id807519271 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**THIS IS PART 2** Ben Bishop is back! This time, we bask in the glow of the FM radio dial as we pit 70s pop and rock superstars against each other. We're talking Bowie, Zeppelin, Jackson Browne, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, Elton John... Episodes will continue to come out during this hectic next year of my life, but not on a weekly basis. A '90s Tooth & Nail Records tournament has been recorded but not edited yet, and we'll see what else gets added to the queue... Thanks everyone for listening! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Lx7iyk6jvRyANANHQ7XTC?si=840239a748b243c8 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben Bishop is back! This time, we bask in the glow of the FM radio dial as we pit 70s pop and rock superstars against each other. We're talking Bowie, Zeppelin, Jackson Browne, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, Elton John... Episodes will continue to come out during this hectic next year of my life, but not on a weekly basis. A '90s Tooth & Nail Records tournament has been recorded but not edited yet, and we'll see what else gets added to the queue... Thanks everyone for listening! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Lx7iyk6jvRyANANHQ7XTC?si=840239a748b243c8 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**Listen to Part 1, last week, first** Calling all head-to-toe-Converse-and-Dickies children of the 90s! All hail the $2.99 Epitaph/Fat Wreck Chords sampler! Santa Cruz native Ben Bishop joins me as 32 -- yes, THIRTY-TWO -- punk rock bands from the 1990s compete for bragging rights in a March Madness-style bracket tournament. Think NOFX, Rancid, Green Day, Social Distortion, Lagwagon, MxPx, Face to Face, The Offspring, and so many more. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HDrvR7gYkDnnMCUQe2C7g?si=881e128444fa4919 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

John Van Deusen (The Lonely Forest, John Van Deusen) joins me to talk through "power pop," a genre that spans 60 years, from the Beatles and Byrds up through Big Star, Superdrag, and Nada Surf. Part 2 drops tomorrow! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2sSIpgHJ68L1OfIHowGO2o?si=21630455cf3c4708 Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/power-pop/pl.u-e98lGpmHWErEl8 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is Part 2 of 3 ** Lace up your boots, clip on your suspenders, and put on your pork pie hat because we are taking back to your roots! Remember when stomp-clapping indie folk took the entire (white) world by storm? Well, some of that stuff holds up, some doesn't, and plenty of what's been recording both before and since is haunting and beautiful. Ben Bishop (90s Punk Tournament, Dad's Cassette Case) returns for a 34-artist mega tournament of endless-wheat-fields proportions. We're talkin' Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, The Lumineers, Phoebe Bridgers, Lord Huron, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, the Head and the Heart, and so many more. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3o5erORVZWI2UXakOVKmvZ?si=9608dd2c5ffe49a0 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** JOIN THE NEW FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ ** By "new," we mean "their first album came out in 2015 or later." Chad Mitchell, maybe my "best new music friend" if you know what I mean by that, joins me to talk through each of our top 10 "new" emo and/or punk bands. I chose to be vulnerable and selected mine entirely based on the total number of Apple Music plays they have in my library. Don't judge me! There was some confusion as to whether or not hardcore bands count -- I thought so, but probably had already told Chad they didn't, so we will need to do a top 10 new hardcore bands episode later, I guess! Artists discussed today include Hot Mulligan, PUP, Beach Slang, Pool Kids, Turnstile, Oso Oso, and more. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/00OynlFX9n2k2NYGU3eSgs?si=059d640ac83c4878 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*This is part 2 - check part 1 from last week!* Ever wondered how White Evangelical Protestants got the way they are? The music that generation created played an outsized role in the formation of their subculture, one that would come to dominate a large chunk of American sociopolitics in the coming 6 decades. And you know what? Some of it rules. (Some emphatically does not.) Lindsay Strannigan (Holy Ghosting Podcast, formerly of The Militia Group) joins me to break down this movement from a musicological angle over two parts, focusing on music released between 1967 and 1979, right up to the moment when Contemporary Christian Music truly emerges as its own cultural force (for better and for worse). Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3mBO62jRRLcNgrGOqtwVFf?si=b5a1da6edeb04f58 Holy Ghosting Podcast: https://www.holyghosting.com/ Edited by Josh Gilbert Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Or Twitter: ⁠⁠twitter.com/DanKoch⁠⁠ Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is part 2 -- start last week for part 1 ** Turn the radio off and instead get on your skankin' boots, suspenders, and pork pie hat, and meet us down at the rec center for the show! Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, The Suicide Machines, Less Than Jake, Rancid, NOFX, Save Ferris, The Interrupters, Five Iron Frenzy, and more meet in a winner-take-all tournament with returning guest Joey Libolt (Rancid vs. NOFX). Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vmwa0ajlLGnZRCYI4qVfp?si=53982be40389494c PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** Audio on "Sailing" fixed from previous iteration -- how embarrassing! ** ** Part 2 -- listen to part 1 before this ** Calling all middle-aged would-be sailors! The dulcet tones of Jimmy Buffet, James Taylor, Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and Hall & Oates are calling your name. Drop that alimony check in the mail on your way down to the docks and hop aboard! Indie songwriter Tyson Motsenbocker and I pit 16 "yacht rock" artists against each other in a March Madness-style tournament, eventually christening the Captain of Yacht Rock.   Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PsdNwkZxxlfmT6K0LNZFQ?si=16ac466578d3466f  Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library  Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com  Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/  Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch  Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com  Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

As my guest (Joe Greenetz of Sherwood) explains, for two glorious years in the mid-late 1990s, the Music Television channel put out compilation albums of new songs by breaking artists, most of them firmly in the rock/alternative realm. And, frankly, the people deserve to know definitively which of the two volumes is the superior collection. So we had no choice but to test out a new episode style/game, basically a soccer penalty kick-type "shootout," track competing against track. No one cares about these compilations anymore, but plenty of people still adore these songs, including tracks by Counting Crows, Cake, Stone Temple Pilots, Nada Surf, and more. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5pB7ndl7dl8Tt249xYYWUS?si=004099359adf4780 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

* This is Part 2 -- go to last week for Part 1 * It's alternative, but not TOO crunchy. It's pop, but not TOO pop. You know what we're talking about: bands like Counting Crows, Matchbox 20, Gin Blossoms, and the Goo Goo Dolls. It's got rock instrumentation, but it's built for radio. And because these songs were so ubiquitous, hearing them takes us RIGHT BACK to our lives in the 1990s. Other artists discussed: Third Eye Blind, Dave Matthews Band, Alanis Morisette, Hootie & the Blowfish, and many more. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1u4WjNZIr54STftYrAcGu2?si=6236363953c848c8 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calling all head-to-toe-Converse-and-Dickies children of the 90s! All hail the $2.99 Epitaph/Fat Wreck Chords sampler! Santa Cruz native Ben Bishop joins me as 32 -- yes, THIRTY-TWO -- punk rock bands from the 1990s compete for bragging rights in a March Madness-style bracket tournament. Think NOFX, Rancid, Green Day, Social Distortion, Lagwagon, MxPx, Face to Face, The Offspring, and so many more. Part 2 will drop next week! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1HDrvR7gYkDnnMCUQe2C7g?si=881e128444fa4919 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calling all 30-something (sub)urbanites! The detached irony of Spoon, Interpol, the Yeah Yeah Yeah's, and TV on the Radio are competing for your affection with the reverb-soaked calls of Band of Horses, My Morning Jacket, and Grizzly Bear. Ellen Mauro (my former co-host of the Depolarize! Podcast) joins me as 18 indie bands from the 2000s compete for bragging rights in a March Madness-style bracket tournament. Part 2 will drop next week! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6OjzY1t7DjobhdoPKhASs6?si=3b9df32dbac84f2f Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're trying out a new episode style, which on-air I called "Sugar, We're Throwin' Down" but in the future, I will probably refer to it as "David vs. Goliath." At any rate, it was my guest David Stuart's idea and basic structure, and I love it! He brought in a favorite and underrated album, The Starting Line's "Direction," which competed head-to-head with the winner of an 8-album mini-tournament of established emo/punk releases from that same year. Also, Kristen Tideman (of Justin Vernon episodes fame) joined us about halfway through! We listen to and discuss Anberlin, Motion City Soundtrack, Against Me!, Paramore, Relient K, and more. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/28MPj3MuTdI4tEXN5E6NNo?si=0710a4e9b4d143b0 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Throw your oilcloth rucksack full of seed catalogs and aspen twigs over your shoulder, pick up your pawn shop acoustic guitar, and join Kristen Tideman and me for a brisk early Spring walk through the fascinating and brilliant music career of Justin Vernon, AKA Bon Iver. Part 2 releases next week. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7rw8qbpdHxd46EhOtu5sIN?si=ee84e141932e4d1a PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Episode edited by Jeffrey Riggs Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My friend and former bandmate David Stuart joins me to talk through the coolest of all rock movements: Post-Punk. Grab a Hamm's tall boy and pull up a bar stool as we discuss Joy Division, Interpol, Public Image Ltd., LCD Soundsystem, Talking Heads, and even... U2? Part 2 releases next week. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xxSVMhdV2sYoC1ABzS58g?si=bb9848304a3d467c&pt=c6e520a4a0744150ad6d758940a1df6f Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Eat World's Clarity gets the full treatment this week and next on Pretty Good Vibrations. Drummer and artist manager Clay Hunt joins me to break down the album track by track, considering it both musically and autobiographically. Part 2 drops next week! Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

* This is part 2 -- look one episode back for part 1! ** YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/h0GCeYwjkDE We went for it on this one. 45 bands. 5 parts. Dashboard Confessional. Saves the Day. Paramore. Further Seems Forever. Anberlin. Brand New. Taking Back Sunday. Cursive. My Chemical Romance... and THIRTY-SIX other bands. I am joined by returning guest Jeff Martin (This Day & Age) for the most ambitious and thorough tournament yet attempted on Pretty Good Vibrations. But here's the thing -- we keep things fairly breezy throughout and don't linger on any particular band tooooo long... If you lived through this era, then we almost definitely talked about most of your favorite bands. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/737yPBRbSPLbjGGpieqQAL?si=b39cdcc4e20141b3 PGV on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TndELJ... PGV on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Turn the radio off and instead get on your skankin' boots, suspenders, and pork pie hat, and meet us down at the rec center for the show! Reel Big Fish, Goldfinger, The Suicide Machines, Less Than Jake, Rancid, NOFX, Save Ferris, The Interrupters, Five Iron Frenzy, and more meet in a winner-take-all tournament with returning guest Joey Libolt (Rancid vs. NOFX). Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vmwa0ajlLGnZRCYI4qVfp?si=53982be40389494c PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Fountains of Wayne. Nada Surf. Alvvays. Phantom Planet. Superdrag. In the 90s, a new generation of (mostly sad) boys who grew up on the Beatles, Beach Boys, and Byrds bought distortion pedals for their electric guitars and reinterpreted 60s and 70s pop for their Gen X peers. Since then, a steady stream of louder power pop has found its way to the headphones of (mostly sad) boys (and sometimes girls), and Steven James Aguilar (Heatmaps, producer/mixer) joins me as they all square off against each other in pursuit of the coveted Sad Boy Prince of Power Pop title. Part 2 drops next week. Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4YvAegTmgRjxwZ9pipzPVG?si=e773ee4fcd184350 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is Part 2 ** Death Cab for Cutie. Vampire Weekend. HAIM. Lana Del Rey. beabadoobee. The Head and the Heart. Florence and the Machine. The Shins. Feist. You know you love it! This is the soundtrack to white coastal millennials becoming adults. And are we still working on that? Because we're still listening to indie pop, and we likely will never stop. Death Cab and The Postal Service just sold out a bunch of arenas. This shit isn't going ANYWHERE. So thankfully, original early-days member of The Head and the Heart Chelsey Matley joined me for a two-part, 32-artist indie pop mega tournament. LFG! Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/59RVH26CMz91gJ2PKllCux?si=96b026e8caf746c9 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

* This is part 4 * ** There was an issue with Jeff's mic, creating some little pops and audio artifacts throughout the episode. For some it might be too annoying, but I haven't found a way to solve it and I think it'll be livable for most listeners ** *** Also we talk about YouTube, but this episode is audio-only (and further episodes, most likely!) *** We went for it on this one. 45 bands. 5 parts. Dashboard Confessional. Saves the Day. Paramore. Further Seems Forever. Anberlin. Brand New. Taking Back Sunday. Cursive. My Chemical Romance... and THIRTY-SIX other bands. I am joined by returning guest Jeff Martin (This Day & Age) for the most ambitious and thorough tournament yet attempted on Pretty Good Vibrations. But here's the thing -- we keep things fairly breezy throughout and don't linger on any particular band tooooo long... If you lived through this era, then we almost definitely talked about most of your favorite bands. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/737yPBRbSPLbjGGpieqQAL?si=b39cdcc4e20141b3 PGV on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TndELJ... PGV on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Rolling Stones, Broken Social Scene, LCD Soundsystem, Aerosmith, and other artists populate the musical memory of comedian Simon Gibson (Cannonball, Inside Jokes), whose father was a local musician in Portland, OR throughout Simon’s early life. We also hear the soundtrack to his early-2000s move to Los Angeles to pursue comedy and about the friends who helped him see the value in digging deeper to find great music.  https://www.instagram.com/simeygibson https://www.tiktok.com/@simeygibson Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Or Twitter: ⁠⁠twitter.com/DanKoch⁠⁠ Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0uZQdfHJwdw8vzqlAWqtDA?si=f40f7404111844bd Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's alternative, but not TOO crunchy. It's pop, but not TOO pop. You know what we're talking about: bands like Counting Crows, Matchbox 20, Gin Blossoms, and the Goo Goo Dolls. It's got rock instrumentation, but it's built for radio. And because these songs were so ubiquitous, hearing them takes us RIGHT BACK to our lives in the 1990s. Other artists discussed: Third Eye Blind, Dave Matthews Band, Alanis Morisette, Hootie & the Blowfish, and many more. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1u4WjNZIr54STftYrAcGu2?si=6236363953c848c8 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Summer approaches. Days grow longer. You forget to wear sunscreen, but you never forget your first musical love -- and mine was The Beach Boys. Jason Holstrom (United State of Electronica, Sunstrom Sound) joins me for a massive 32-album tournament, a winding journey through the entirety of their catalog. This part is 2 hours long, with another 3 hours and change to come next week, but with so much good stuff to talk about, can you blame us? The playlist is extra worth a listen for these episodes, with so many buried gems! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vfWEzlDSk4E7bk1Uyak18?si=087f915aded54915 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** Part 2 of 2 ** The Sex Pistols, Misfits, Clash, Ramones, Stooges, Damned, Black Flag & more... This is where it all began for punk rock, and this week I'm joined by returning guest Roman Honeycutt (Weezer episodes) and our old bandmate and dear friend Jon Hwong. We pit the top bands from this era against each other in another winner-take-all tournament; we also discuss the aesthetics and graphic design of punk rock, how our love for these bands has changed as we've gotten older, and tell some funny stories. Part 2 drops next week. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/05raKpsJiSZOv10ngevB45?si=79f381a5e0f74b52 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What were you doing in August of 2004? I'll tell you what my guest Joe Greenetz and I were doing: sweating it out on the Vans Warped Tour with our band Sherwood. Joe and I give some brief context of our experience that summer before launching into an efficient 16-artist bracket focused on bands we heard daily walking the festival grounds, regretfully guzzling free-to-artists Monster energy drinks (I have not taken a single sip in the last 19 years). This was the first tournament episode I recorded, about 7 months ago, so there were still some kinks to be worked out, but the listening experience should nonetheless be fun! Also, I edited this quickly myself, so please forgive any blips or boops or pops or weird edits. There is also some overlap with the "Scene Radio" episode, which was recorded later. Bands include Coheed and Cambria, Thursday, Alkaline Trio, NOFX, Underoath, Bad Religion, Yellowcard, Rise Against, and more. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3YfVZujNKEf1lCgSB3Hev0?si=18a4a32182de4971 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

**THIS IS PART 3** Ben Bishop is back! This time, we bask in the glow of the FM radio dial as we pit 70s pop and rock superstars against each other. We're talking Bowie, Zeppelin, Jackson Browne, Fleetwood Mac, Billy Joel, Elton John... Episodes will continue to come out during this hectic next year of my life, but not on a weekly basis. A '90s Tooth & Nail Records tournament has been recorded but not edited yet, and we'll see what else gets added to the queue... Thanks everyone for listening! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Lx7iyk6jvRyANANHQ7XTC?si=840239a748b243c8 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trailer for Pretty Good Vibrations, a podcast that analyzes and celebrates pop and rock music and its crucial role throughout our lives. Podcast veteran and host Dan Koch (You Have Permission Podcast) has been a professional musician for most of the last 20 years: songwriter for the emo-pop band Sherwood, then as a commercial composer since 2012. Multiple episode styles include bracket-style tournaments, chronological walk-throughs, and deep dives into genres, artists, and eras. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

January is "Emo Month" on Pretty Good Vibrations! Josh Cain (Motion City Soundtrack) re-joins me to get a little further into the history of emo. This week, we hit Cap'n Jazz, The Promise Ring, Weezer, Jimmy Eat World, The Get Up Kids, and more. Next week, we'll start going through Jimmy Eat World's album Clarity track by track! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tb1T3hCOOmv2N8JTpH9ii?si=e97d18796973459d Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Who is your favorite Beatle? And do you take into account what they wrote, recorded, and released after the Beatles' breakup? The Fab Four's collective solo efforts are an uneven but rich trove of pop music from the 1970s and beyond. Tyson Motsenbocker returns to help me run a death match of albums by John, Paul, George, and Ringo. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0uZQdfHJwdw8vzqlAWqtDA?si=f40f7404111844bd Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ever wondered how White Evangelical Protestants got the way they are? The music that generation created played an outsized role in the formation of their subculture, one that would come to dominate a large chunk of American sociopolitics in the coming 6 decades. And you know what? Some of it rules. (Some emphatically does not.) Lindsay Strannigan (Holy Ghosting Podcast, formerly of The Militia Group) joins me to break down this movement from a musicological angle over two parts, focusing on music released between 1967 and 1979, right up to the moment when Contemporary Christian Music truly emerges as its own cultural force (for better and for worse). Part 2 drops next week! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3mBO62jRRLcNgrGOqtwVFf?si=b5a1da6edeb04f58 Holy Ghosting Podcast: https://www.holyghosting.com/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Or Twitter: ⁠twitter.com/DanKoch⁠ Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yue3dHk2yfc ** Scott Carlton, longtime close friend of mine and alum of Drive Thru and Tooth & Nail Records, finally convinced me to look deep into the darkest corners of human life and art... 80s glam metal, also known as "hair metal." We're talking Twisted Sister, Poison, Bon Jovi, Quiet Riot. We're talking about some of the most embarrassing moments in American pop and rock music. And, sadly, we are talking about the most popular era of heavy metal in global history! But Scott humanizes this genre and time period, and of course, we have a ton of fun with the songs and stories themselves. Throw on your big hair wig, break out your hair spray, grab a red solo cup, and come feel the noise! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/31HEZiSRpN6Age4jfRJsTR?si=1f9e6d1dcc6f4c6f PGV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PrettyGoodVibrations PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

January is "Emo Month" on Pretty Good Vibrations! Josh Cain (Motion City Soundtrack) joins me to talk through the history of emo, originally known as "emo-core," a genre that traces its origins to the hardcore scene of Washington D.C. in the mid-80s. We start there, moving chronologically up through 1994, with a special emphasis on Midwest emo and proto-emo bands. This week, we hit Rites of Spring, Superchunk, Jawbox, Jawbreaker, The Get Up Kids, Sunny Day Real Estate, and more.  Next week, Josh will join me again to talk through '95-97. Later in January, we'll be going through Jimmy Eat World's album Clarity track by track. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7tb1T3hCOOmv2N8JTpH9ii?si=e97d18796973459d Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each year, Dan makes a mix of the songs that spent the most time in his head during the preceding 12 months. Some years, there is both a "rock" mix and an "everything else" mix, and 2023 is such a year. Presented today with a bit of context and explanation are the non-heavy songs; the full mix is also available as both a Spotify and Apple Music playlist for your listening convenience. Artists include: Bleachers, Prince, Adele, Henry Jamison, Weezer (again), and more. Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3nIDYJTq5hGE2ANsuVbJbS?si=a2af7b4af04b44b5 Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/2023-year-end/pl.u-5Zg1T0oG9r PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nirvana. The Smashing Pumpkins. Rage Against the Machine. Sublime. Green Day. Oasis. Soundgarden. Cake. Those of us who came of age with these bands should consider ourselves lucky. What a rich time for rock (and pop) music! Sherwood's own Joe Greenetz, who has been "preparing for this moment all his life," returns for a 35-artist mega-tournament to crown the Kings (or Queens) of Teen Angst. Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4z1gPfruzKHwvoqhK9hIgF?si=64a15f7610d84fcb PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Edited by Dave Hallahan Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Some songs come straight out of the gate like bats out of hell. They announce themselves with maximum energy as the band first kicks in. I love these songs! For the first installment, Captain Ryan Downs joins me as we each choose 6 of our favorite rip-roarin' classic tunes. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6qjeLJStfGqwlIF3T7Oq7h?si=cd3d89cbec5c425b Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*YouTube version of this episode: https://youtu.be/8EGbuVMOePU We went for it on this one. 45 bands. 5 parts. Dashboard Confessional. Saves the Day. Paramore. Further Seems Forever. Anberlin. Brand New. Taking Back Sunday. Cursive. My Chemical Romance... and THIRTY-SIX other bands. I am joined by returning guest Jeff Martin (This Day & Age) for the most ambitious and thorough tournament yet attempted on Pretty Good Vibrations. But here's the thing -- we keep things fairly breezy throughout and don't linger on any particular band tooooo long... If you lived through this era, then we almost definitely talked about most of your favorite bands. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/737yPBRbSPLbjGGpieqQAL?si=b39cdcc4e20141b3 PGV on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TndELJ... PGV on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ben and Joe Bishop, father and son, walk me through the albums Ben most associates with his childhood. We hear how Joe came to be a fan of these records and artists as well as the memories and time periods they call to mind for Ben. Before hitting some of biggest albums of the 60s, 70s, and 80s, we briefly hear clips and talk about 70s Christian albums from Keith Green and Randy Stonehill. Joe's You Have Permission episode on "Baby Boomer Deconstruction": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?i=1000568871042 Ben's You Have Permission episode ("Why I'm Still a Christian")": https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/you-have-permission/id1448000113?i=1000471323009  Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/64LMe7fsz8IU0MlJIjcciK?si=7c1b755087b14db5 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Each year, Dan makes a mix of the songs that spent the most time in his head during the preceding 12 months. Some years, there is both a "rock" mix and an "everything else" mix, and 2023 is such a year. Presented today with a bit of context and explanation are the heavier songs; the full mix is also available as both a Spotify and Apple Music playlist for your listening convenience. Artists include: Weezer, PUP, Le Tigre, Origami Angel, and more. Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6ode3HRdi5fDHWiQbsV7Us?si=26e8792345da4860 Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/2023-year-end-rock/pl.u-4a13S5YbBP PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is a replay of an older episode, in anticipation of the upcoming 70s Punk & Proto-Punk Tournament ** Grab a 6-pack (or don’t if you’re Straight Edge) and get in the van! Your buddy’s copy of Book Your Own Fucking Life doesn’t have too many pages stuck together, and it looks like there’s just enough gas to get to Bakersfield for tonight’s basement show. Comedian Sam Tallent joins me as we pit songs by Black Flag, Bad Brains, Descendents, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, and more against each other in a winner-takes-the-only-clean-towel tournament. This music has played a massive role in Sam’s life, and this conversation contains both lots of laughter and some pretty heartfelt moments. Part 2 drops next week. https://www.samtallent.com/ https://www.instagram.com/samtallent/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chubby-behemoth/id1527656616 Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0rDmujcrBIKA8mv0aFESVi?si=1db09849cc5f44f1&pt=2fe533356ef2bd50cddc301609ba1409 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Get comfortable, focus on your breath, slowly close your eyes, and imagine you are looking at a Hot Topic wall of band t-shirts circa 2008: My Chemical Romance, Blink-182, Yellowcard, The All-American Rejects, The Used, Dashboard Confessional. It used to just be you and your friends who knew bands like this, but now you hear them every time you turn on the radio in your 1999 Toyota Camry (which doesn't have a working CD player, hence the radio). The Plain White T's own Mike Retondo joins me to pit these bands against each other in a March Madness-style bracket tournament, as well as to share with me what is was like for his own band to enjoy worldwide radio success with "Hey There, Delilah." Part 2 will drop next week! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/42KmguU0phXoUJEH9l85Tn?si=43830579e59e4a7c Edited by Dan Taylor Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

California punks Rancid and NOFX have tread much of the same ground, festival lineups, a split EP where they cover each other's songs, and mental space among their large fanbases. But who is better? This is the obvious question that needs answering. You're welcome! My good friend Joey Libolt joins me as Rancid and their family of artists, including Transplants, Operation Ivy, and Tim Armstrong's solo output, face off against NOFX's angsty skate punk. "Like Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, where three men find a pot of gold and end up killing one another in the name of greed, some people are poison." Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4YZWS0YdJeVLsCOddBGEw4?si=8726748df6444b1a Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is Part 2 -- start last week with Part 1 ** Summer approaches. Days grow longer. You forget to wear sunscreen, but you never forget your first musical love -- and mine was The Beach Boys. Jason Holstrom (United State of Electronica, Sunstrom Sound) joins me for a massive 32-album tournament, a winding journey through the entirety of their catalog. This part is 2 hours long, with another 3 hours and change to come next week, but with so much good stuff to talk about, can you blame us? The playlist is extra worth a listen for these episodes, with so many buried gems! And yes, that is Jason's version of "Don't Worry, Baby" (mentioned in Part 1) in the outro. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6vfWEzlDSk4E7bk1Uyak18?si=087f915aded54915 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is Part 2 ** If you know, you know. And if you don't know, the chances that you will be glad that you found out are pretty slim! Artists include Pierce the Veil, Sason, Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights, Underoath, Emery, Chiodos, and more. Jed Payne (Church and Other Drugs) is my fantastic co-host for this one! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Gi1fs63mkkVz2XexnLrRd?si=9cc0b7d94ce24ba5 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** Check out Part 1 from last week first ** Throw your oilcloth rucksack full of seed catalogs and aspen twigs over your shoulder, pick up your pawn shop acoustic guitar, and join Kristen Tideman and me for a brisk early Spring walk through the fascinating and brilliant music career of Justin Vernon, AKA Bon Iver. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7rw8qbpdHxd46EhOtu5sIN?si=ee84e141932e4d1a PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Episode edited by Jeffrey Riggs Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ellen Mauro re-joins me for Part 2, as 18 indie bands from the 2000s compete for bragging rights in a March Madness-style bracket tournament. Part 1 aired last week -- start there! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6OjzY1t7DjobhdoPKhASs6?si=3b9df32dbac84f2f Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

* This is part 3 * We went for it on this one. 45 bands. 5 parts. Dashboard Confessional. Saves the Day. Paramore. Further Seems Forever. Anberlin. Brand New. Taking Back Sunday. Cursive. My Chemical Romance... and THIRTY-SIX other bands. I am joined by returning guest Jeff Martin (This Day & Age) for the most ambitious and thorough tournament yet attempted on Pretty Good Vibrations. But here's the thing -- we keep things fairly breezy throughout and don't linger on any particular band tooooo long... If you lived through this era, then we almost definitely talked about most of your favorite bands. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/737yPBRbSPLbjGGpieqQAL?si=b39cdcc4e20141b3 PGV on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TndELJ... PGV on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 is here! (Part 1 aired last week) Get comfortable, focus on your breath, slowly close your eyes, and imagine you are looking at a Hot Topic wall of band t-shirts circa 2008: My Chemical Romance, Blink-182, Yellowcard, The All-American Rejects, The Used, Dashboard Confessional. It used to just be you and your friends who knew bands like this, but now you hear them every time you turn on the radio in your 1999 Toyota Camry (which doesn't have a working CD player, hence the radio). The Plain White T's own Mike Retondo joins me to pit these bands against each other in a March Madness-style bracket tournament, as well as to share with me what is was like for his own band to enjoy worldwide radio success with "Hey There, Delilah." Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/42KmguU0phXoUJEH9l85Tn?si=43830579e59e4a7c Edited by Dan Taylor Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is Part 2 -- start at last week's Part 1 for context ** I met my guest and friend Jeff Martin on tour in 2005; both Sherwood and his band This Day & Age were opening up for The Rocket Summer. Over the years, we have stayed in touch, and this week and next we will be talking through our favorite tourmates from those years, including Hellogoodbye, Say Anything, The Format, Copeland, and many more. We also talk about the role that many years on the road has played in our development and how that time reverberates in our careers and lives to this day. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1Oo7jRodXdnbQRve1ofpbe?si=8198ce8f396f4524 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Calling all middle-aged would-be sailors! The dulcet tones of Jimmy Buffet, James Taylor, Steely Dan, the Doobie Brothers, and Hall & Oates are calling your name. Drop that alimony check in the mail on your way down to the docks and hop aboard! Indie songwriter Tyson Motsenbocker and I pit 16 "yacht rock" artists against each other in a March Madness-style tournament, eventually christening the Captain of Yacht Rock.   Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5PsdNwkZxxlfmT6K0LNZFQ?si=16ac466578d3466f  Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library  Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com  Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/  Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch  Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com  Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** Watch this episode on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPmW3MYvcbd8CMLOUC4o-RA ** On the inaugural "Wish I Wrote That" episode, I sit down with my old friend Ethan Luck (Relient K, Project 86, The O.C. Supertones, The Dingees, Demon Hunter) to talk about SoCal punk band Face to Face. I highlight their 2000 track "You Couldn't Had Everything," why I wished I had written the song back when it came out, and why I still love it today. We also hear Ethan's history and friendship with Trever Keith and the Face to Face crew, and talk about/listen to a few other great songs of theirs. PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is Part 3 of 3 ** Lace up your boots, clip on your suspenders, and put on your pork pie hat because we are taking back to your roots! Remember when stomp-clapping indie folk took the entire (white) world by storm? Well, some of that stuff holds up, some doesn't, and plenty of what's been recording both before and since is haunting and beautiful. Ben Bishop (90s Punk Tournament, Dad's Cassette Case) returns for a 34-artist mega tournament of endless-wheat-fields proportions. We're talkin' Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, The Lumineers, Phoebe Bridgers, Lord Huron, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, the Head and the Heart, and so many more. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3o5erORVZWI2UXakOVKmvZ?si=9608dd2c5ffe49a0 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2 of my conversational journey with John Van Deusen (The Lonely Forest, John Van Deusen) through the history of "power pop." Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2sSIpgHJ68L1OfIHowGO2o?si=21630455cf3c4708 Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/power-pop/pl.u-e98lGpmHWErEl8 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jimmy Eat World's Clarity gets the rest of its full treatment this week. Drummer and artist manager Clay Hunt joins me to break down the album track by track, considering it both musically and autobiographically.  Dan's Year-End 2022 playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5tmZY6PDHhKnlMD61H5Twn?si=e967dd10fd254bb2 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you know, you know. And if you don't know, the chances that you will be glad that you found out are pretty slim! Artists include Pierce the Veil, Sason, Silverstein, Hawthorne Heights, Underoath, Emery, Chiodos, and more. Jed Payne (Church and Other Drugs) is my fantastic co-host for this one! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Gi1fs63mkkVz2XexnLrRd?si=9cc0b7d94ce24ba5 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Returning guests David Stuart and Joe Greenetz join Dan to play a fantasy-style draft of rock albums released in 2012. Each player ends up with 5 albums on their "roster," and voting will take place over at the Facebook discussion group. PGV on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TndELJ... PGV on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you have what it takes to become Chief Rudeboy?! Grab your passports and your time machines as Chris Cron (Melee) and I take you back to 1960s Jamaica and 1980s England. First Wave and 2-Tone ska artists will duke it out in a winner-takes-all tournament. The actual tournament starts around the 29:00 mark if you'd like to skip our throat-clearing and personal ska stories. Don't worry -- eventually we will get around a to a Third Wave ska-punk tourney! Part 2 drops next week. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1GSiMy9phtwtmltmkJjXRh?si=d95f746d316b4ef4 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Death Cab for Cutie. Vampire Weekend. HAIM. Lana Del Rey. beabadoobee. The Head and the Heart. Florence and the Machine. The Shins. Feist. You know you love it! This is the soundtrack to white coastal millennials becoming adults. And are we still working on that? Because we're still listening to indie pop, and we likely will never stop. Death Cab and The Postal Service just sold out a bunch of arenas. This shit isn't going ANYWHERE. So thankfully, original early-days member of The Head and the Heart Chelsey Matley joined me for a two-part, 32-artist indie pop mega tournament. LFG! Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/59RVH26CMz91gJ2PKllCux?si=96b026e8caf746c9 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

My old friend DJay Brawner, filmmaker, music video director, and co-owner of the Tuff creative agency, joins me to talk through 10 important music video projects from the early days of his career (No Use for a Name) to his current projects (Taking Back Sunday, All Time Low). We get a behind-the-scenes sense of DJay's job on set and stories about many of the videos. https://tuff.la/ Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6082a2QHs1iLDaWtbfEDEy?si=982bc4ca1a134ed4 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The first of an ongoing series of episodes where a guest tries to convince me of something in the realm of rock music for which I have some skepticism. This week, philosopher Aaron Simmons aims high with a red-hot Blink-182 take! Along the way, we discuss the role of pop punk in our lives and others, how Blink songs hit differently at different stages of life, whether Aaron's college students are a better objective indicator of song quality (as they are unspoiled by nostalgia for their earlier stuff), and more. We end with a "Blink-182 Hot Take Lightning Round" with takes submitted by Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram friends of mine. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3oV9FB7W9bpveAeD9QDzFV?si=b7d638937def410e Apple Music playlist: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/blink-182-w-skiba-pretty-good-vibrations/pl.u-38oWZyyFgB0BEM Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AFI. The Used. Taking Back Sunday. Thrice. At the Drive-In. Remember? We sure do. And Jed Payne (Scremo Tournament) is back, baby, to soak neck-tattoo-deep in the scene that defined so much of our 20s. Listen as 32 post-hardcore artists from the 2000s go head to head in a March Madness-style mega-tournament. Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ppI7S3zj40b5Zi6LsXU6U?si=81e031b29d364880 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is part 2 ** Fountains of Wayne. Nada Surf. Alvvays. Phantom Planet. Superdrag. In the 90s, a new generation of (mostly sad) boys who grew up on the Beatles, Beach Boys, and Byrds bought distortion pedals for their electric guitars and reinterpreted 60s and 70s pop for their Gen X peers. Since then, a steady stream of louder power pop has found its way to the headphones of (mostly sad) boys (and sometimes girls), and Steven James Aguilar (Heatmaps, producer/mixer) joins me as they all square off against each other in pursuit of the coveted Sad Boy Prince of Power Pop title. Part 2 drops next week. Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4YvAegTmgRjxwZ9pipzPVG?si=e773ee4fcd184350 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we hear arguments in The United States vs. Nu-Metal. So de-tune your guitars, turn your hats backward, put up an ad at Guitar Center that says “Rap-rock band looking for DJ to fill out our sound,” and find something to break! A soundtrack of Limp Bizkit, Deftones, Korn, and even Rage Against the Machine (do they count??) dots the landscape of a surprisingly astute and sociology-heavy case made by my guests Matt MacDonald (The Classic Crime) and James Wightman (also kind of The Classic Crime) that, indeed, nu metal has inherent value. Let’s see if you agree! The Classic Crime Grim Age: https://open.spotify.com/album/71NYvV2nnigKFYaqXtWzcm?si=NqUeJZhwT1OX859W0aMhaA Nu Metal scholarship: https://digitallibrary.vassar.edu/sites/default/files/2022-01/Affective_masculinities_and_suburban_identities_Nu_metal_as_reflexive_art_0.pdf (No Spotify playlist this week -- just search "nu metal") Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** Watch this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dr8Jd5eVTyI ** For a special episode of Pretty Good Vibrations, I was joined by my Sherwood bandmates Mike Leibovich and Joe Greenetz. Over two episodes, we talked through our 20 favorite Sherwood songs in chronological order. We also discussed every release at an album-level, from the Sherwood EP (2004) to Some Things Never Leave You (2016). We also tell a lot of funny stories along the way! Sherwood Top 20 Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0sm71oxkjVSDgtA1YKToyP?si=38fd8a511d254990&pt=e63e11bb251275e2382b35e9dd515a4c PGV on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PrettyGoodVibrations PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Sex Pistols, Misfits, Clash, Ramones, Stooges, Damned, Black Flag & more... This is where it all began for punk rock, and this week I'm joined by returning guest Roman Honeycutt (Weezer episodes) and our old bandmate and dear friend Jon Hwong. We pit the top bands from this era against each other in another winner-take-all tournament; we also discuss the aesthetics and graphic design of punk rock, how our love for these bands has changed as we've gotten older, and tell some funny stories. Part 2 drops next week. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/05raKpsJiSZOv10ngevB45?si=79f381a5e0f74b52 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** Part 2 ** Nirvana. The Smashing Pumpkins. Weezer. Green Day. Rock kids of the 90s had it good as a slew of rock bands like these released excellent, explosive major label debut albums in the early 90s. Aaron Lunsford (As Cities Burn, The Music Draft) joins me to talk about our favorite albums from this period and their place in our lives as emerging musicians and music fans. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3wRAn2Ap1vbhLssHDUXuDB?si=5f360aae18b24aca Hear previous Music Draft episodes on the It's All Over feed: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/its-all-over/id807519271 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is part 2 -- start at Part 1 ** Do you have what it takes to become Chief Rudeboy?! Grab your passports and your time machines as Chris Cron (Melee) and I take you back to 1960s Jamaica and 1980s England. First Wave and 2-Tone ska artists will duke it out in a winner-takes-all tournament. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1GSiMy9phtwtmltmkJjXRh?si=d95f746d316b4ef4 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

David Stuart returns for the innagural episode of a new format we are trying, focused on shorter takes from each of us, huddled around the same time period and genre. In this case, that's 2000s emo, with arguments presented about Saves the Day (3:30), Jimmy World You (32:40), Motion City Soundtrack (56:00), and The Used (1:04:00). ** JOIN THE NEW FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ ** Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6mHqx3R71527bC1qNJKNBH?si=31e2b3177dad4d88 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*Part 2 -- check out Part 1 from last week* Grab a 6-pack (or don’t if you’re Straight Edge) and get in the van! Your buddy’s copy of Book Your Own Fucking Life doesn’t have too many pages stuck together, and it looks like there’s just enough gas to get to Bakersfield for tonight’s basement show. Comedian Sam Tallent joins me as we pit songs by Black Flag, Bad Brains, Descendents, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, and more against each other in a winner-takes-the-only-clean-towel tournament. This music has played a massive role in Sam’s life, and this conversation contains both lots of laughter and some pretty heartfelt moments. Part 2 drops next week. https://www.samtallent.com/ https://www.instagram.com/samtallent/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chubby-behemoth/id1527656616 Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0rDmujcrBIKA8mv0aFESVi?si=1db09849cc5f44f1&pt=2fe533356ef2bd50cddc301609ba1409 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lace up your boots, clip on your suspenders, and put on your pork pie hat because we are taking back to your roots! Remember when stomp-clapping indie folk took the entire (white) world by storm? Well, some of that stuff holds up, some doesn't, and plenty of what's been recording both before and since is haunting and beautiful. Ben Bishop (90s Punk Tournament, Dad's Cassette Case) returns for a 34-artist mega tournament of endless-wheat-fields proportions. We're talkin' Sufjan Stevens, Wilco, The Lumineers, Phoebe Bridgers, Lord Huron, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Iron & Wine, the Head and the Heart, and so many more. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3o5erORVZWI2UXakOVKmvZ?si=9608dd2c5ffe49a0 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Two music-centric films. Two different generations. Both released in 1994, Forrest Gump and Pulp Fiction call upon the same period of popular music but in distinctly different ways (with very different budgets). Michael Parker (Pickwick) and I try out a new episode format -- you could say we take it for a spin in a vintage Chevy while enjoying an overpriced milkshake -- where we pit the soundtracks against each other, track by track. We also talk about the films a bit. And we hear some GREAT songs. Let me know if these are fun! PGV on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TndELJ... PGV on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THE GLORIOUS FINAL CHAPTER. * Also we talk about YouTube, but this episode is audio-only (and further episodes, most likely!) * We went for it on this one. 45 bands. 5 parts. Dashboard Confessional. Saves the Day. Paramore. Further Seems Forever. Anberlin. Brand New. Taking Back Sunday. Cursive. My Chemical Romance... and THIRTY-SIX other bands. I am joined by returning guest Jeff Martin (This Day & Age) for the most ambitious and thorough tournament yet attempted on Pretty Good Vibrations. But here's the thing -- we keep things fairly breezy throughout and don't linger on any particular band tooooo long... If you lived through this era, then we almost definitely talked about most of your favorite bands. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/737yPBRbSPLbjGGpieqQAL?si=b39cdcc4e20141b3 PGV on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3TndELJ... PGV on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Grab a 6-pack (or don’t if you’re Straight Edge) and get in the van! Your buddy’s copy of Book Your Own Fucking Life doesn’t have too many pages stuck together, and it looks like there’s just enough gas to get to Bakersfield for tonight’s basement show. Comedian Sam Tallent joins me as we pit songs by Black Flag, Bad Brains, Descendents, Dead Kennedys, Minor Threat, Circle Jerks, and more against each other in a winner-takes-the-only-clean-towel tournament. This music has played a massive role in Sam’s life, and this conversation contains both lots of laughter and some pretty heartfelt moments. Part 2 drops next week. https://www.samtallent.com/ https://www.instagram.com/samtallent/ https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/chubby-behemoth/id1527656616 Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0rDmujcrBIKA8mv0aFESVi?si=1db09849cc5f44f1&pt=2fe533356ef2bd50cddc301609ba1409 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do you stop at Pinkerton? The Green Album? Or do you celebrate the guys' entire catalog? Original member of the Rebel Weezer Alliance (and high school bandmate of mine) Roman Honeycutt joins me as seemingly every single idea Rivers Cuomo has ever had dukes it out in a 16-album tournament! I come to some important realizations here, both as a result of prepping for this episode and recording it. On=W=ard! Part 2 drops next week. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gdIn0CxihMl1v2pbxmTHt?si=431d1f8f295c463f Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is the 2nd and final part. Check last week for Part 1 ** AFI. The Used. Taking Back Sunday. Thrice. At the Drive-In. Remember? We sure do. And Jed Payne (Scremo Tournament) is back, baby, to soak neck-tattoo-deep in the scene that defined so much of our 20s. Listen as 32 post-hardcore artists from the 2000s go head to head in a March Madness-style mega-tournament. Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2ppI7S3zj40b5Zi6LsXU6U?si=81e031b29d364880 PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Just like last time with The Starting Line's "Direction," "Emotion" will have to go up against the winner of an 8-album mini-tournament of 2015's biggest pop albums: OneDirection, Mark Ronson, Justin Beiber, Adele, Ellie Goulding, Selena Gomez, and more. Joe Greenetz (Sherwood) joins me again and does the deciding! Nothing weird about two men in their early 40s talking about music kind of made for children, right? Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3lz6xxx17ubI9KHn66xwFi?si=20b4780c705a4051 Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Part 2: my friend and former bandmate David Stuart joins me to discuss Joy Division, Interpol, Public Image Ltd., LCD Soundsystem, Talking Heads, and even... U2?  Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2xxSVMhdV2sYoC1ABzS58g?si=bb9848304a3d467c&pt=c6e520a4a0744150ad6d758940a1df6f Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

** This is part 2 -- start last week for part 1 ** Do you stop at Pinkerton? The Green Album? Or do you celebrate the guys' entire catalog? Original member of the Rebel Weezer Alliance (and high school bandmate of mine) Roman Honeycutt joins me as seemingly every single idea Rivers Cuomo has ever had dukes it out in a 16-album tournament! I come to some important realizations here, both as a result of prepping for this episode and recording it. On=W=ard! Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3gdIn0CxihMl1v2pbxmTHt?si=431d1f8f295c463f Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MxPx. Slick Shoes. Project 86. Plankeye. Craig's Brother. Dogwood. Starflyer 59. Chances are good that these band names either 1) mean nothing at all to you, which makes you an average American, or 2) meant EVERYTHING to you for a few years of your life and probably still mean something. The rest of you have probably heard MxPx, but maybe nobody else on this list. For my longtime friend and guest Jon Havens and I, these bands meant pretty much everything to us at one point, and although we've moved on from most of them musically (not all of them!), listening back through the 90s catalog of Seattle Christian indie record label Tooth & Nail was the perfect excuse to revisit the years of our early friendship. We were Christian rock subculture kids, spending a lot of time at Evangelical youth group and swapping discs we got at Berean or Lifeway Christian Bookstore. And how did we not talk AT ALL about using rotary phone cords as wallet chains...? Listen as we pit 16 of these artists against each other in a bracket-style tournament. Spotify playlist for today's episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1wGEGFcqSzIp34m3KsJOiS?si=31d72f88216d46cb PGV Shirts: prettygoodvibrations.bigcartel.com PGV Facebook Discussion Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/802347208310205/ Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com IG: www.instagram.com/prettygoodvibespod/ Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

*This episode is not about trauma-focused music therapy, but rather the language festival-goers use around trauma and healing* In today's dual-feed release (also on my You Have Permission feed), ethnomusicologist and author Nathan Myrick (Ph.D., Baylor University) joins me to discuss his research project studying the community surrounding Furnace Fest, a faith-adjacent heavy music festival held in Alabama. Nathan’s work focuses on "understanding humanity through the music they make, engage, and participate in." In a surprisingly emotional conversation for me, we cover the lasting effects the Christian punk/hardcore scene has had on so many people. Nathan's Website: nathanmyrick.com Dan's music licensing library: https://dankoch.net/library Email Dan: prettygoodvibrationspodcast@gmail.com Follow Dan on IG: www.instagram.com/dancoke/ Or Twitter: twitter.com/DanKoch Dan's podcasting site: dankochwords.com Artwork: https://www.nickryanluevano.com/ Photo: https://jennydjames.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices