Best Song Ever

“Most Daddiest Daddy.” It’s list season so the guys play a game called Most Streams or Bad Dreams, and then they brainstorm ideas for a new podcast called Talkin’ Lists. They talk about numerical paradoxes and Luke gets confused by simple math. The guys do funny dances and they jam out to a playlist that puts all other lists to shame. Songs Played In This Episode: Dan Deacon - Sat By a Tree from Mystic Familiar out January 31st on Domino Xenia Rubinos - DIOSA from DIOSA vs. BUGEISHA out now on Anti Your Smith - In Between Plans from Wild Wild Woman EP out now on Neon Gold Records Thyla - Lennox Hill from Everything At Once out January 24th Black Marble - Private Show from Bigger Than Life out now on Sacred Bones

“I Would Like To Recognize Myself.” The guys catch up after being away for a few weeks and Luke shares his secret identity. They talk about the Impeachment hearings and the eyes and asses involved with that process. They discuss being overworked and the culture that promotes it and Luke gives his theories on what the acronym S.U.C.C.E.S.S. could mean. They talk about the importance of emphasis and the terrors of sleep paralysis. Finally, they break down their need for constant attention and most importantly play an unimpeachable playlist of songs. Sløtface - S.U.C.C.E.S.S. from Sorry for the Late Reply out January 31st on Nettwerk/Propeller Recordings The Homesick - I Celebrate My Fantasy from The Big Exercise out February 7th on SubPop Wished Bone - Trees We Couldn’t Tell The Size Of from Sap Season out now Emily Yacina - Bleachers from Remember The Silver out December 6th Berhana - Health Food from HAN out now on EQT Recordings Basic Plumbing - Constant Attention from Keeping Up Appearances out Jan

“We don’t want Don’t-ets. We want Duets.” The guys talk about Star Wars and music plagiarism cases concerning Yellowcard and JUICE WRLD & Cece Peniston and Lizzo. They remember times when they had to go home and start over. They talk about the Between Two Ferns Movie, Comedy Bang Bang and put an end to The War of Duets. They discuss how they like their steak cooked and Brian talks about driving to a Creed concert in a Range Rover. All this in addition to the finest playlist of songs you’ve ever experienced. Songs Played In This Episode: Caribou - Home out now on Merge Records Destroyer - Crimson Tide from Have We Met? Out January 31st on Merge Records Matt Berninger and Phoebe Bridgers - Walking on a String out now on Dead Oceans Frances Quinlan - Rare Thing from Likewise out January 31st on Saddle Creek Porches - rangerover out now on Domino Recording Co. Girl Ray - Girl from Girl out November 8th on Moshi Moshi

“Jared Leto-ing All Over The Podcast.” Luke is damaged as he talks about seeing Joker, complains about his Roomba and tells the story of Joker parade that he encountered. Luke tells a strange tale from his childhood and Brian talks about how he’s missing his childhood memories. They talk about making something beautiful out of your past hardships and play a beautiful playlist of songs to end your week on. Songs Played In This Episode: Spearmint - 24 Hours In A&E from Are You From The Future out November 1st on hitBACK label Dry Cleaning – Sit Down Meal from Boundary Road Snacks and Drinks out October 25th on It’s OK Little Scream - Disco Ball from Speed Queen out October 25th on Merge Records Great Grandpa – Bloom from Four of Arrows out October 25th on Double Double Whammy Kiwi Jr. - Salary Man from Football Money out January 17th on Persona Non Grata Records Wilco – Hold Me Anyway from Ode to Joy out now on dBpm Records

“Propensity for Flailure.” The guys celebrate the arrival of October by playing Hymn or Horror, talking about catholic weddings, Jesus impersonators and Luke does a dramatic reading of one particularly intense hymn. They discuss albums from previous eras that still have pertinent themes today. They talk about what to do when the world is crashing down around you and having a heart that’s too full of love. Also, hear a clip from Luke’s interview with L’Orange and Jeremiah Jae, full feature on Offshelf.net on Tuesday, October 8th. All while playing a fantastic lineup of songs. Songs Played In This Episode: A Giant Dog - Keep The Car Running from Neon Bible out now on Merge Records Georgia – Never Let You Go from Seeking Thrills out in January 2020 on Domino L’Orange & Jeremiah Jae - Dead Battery from Complicate Your Life With Violence out now on Mello Music Group Teebs feat. Panda Bear – Studie from Anicca out October 25th on Brainfeeder Stevan - LNT out now on Honeymoon Bonnie Prince Billy – At th

"Kiss Me Fatboy." Luke is angry that the government is going to take his guns and Brian may be possessed by Pennywise the Clown. They talk about the stigma around mensuration, male birth control and gene editing with CRISPR. They talk about their hopes for the year 2020, Tom Delong exposing aliens and Luke beats the clown out of Brian. All while playing an amazing playlist of funky and positive tunes. Songs Played In This Episode: DIIV – Blankenship from Deceiver out October 4th on Captured Tracks Sis - Night From Scratch from Gas Station Roses out now on Native Cat Recordings Field Music – Only in a Man’s World from Making a New World out January 10, 2020 On Memphis Industries KAZU - Meo from Adult Baby out now on Adult Baby Records Corridor – Domino from Junior out October 18th on Sub Pop Brittany Howard - Stay High from Jamie out TODAY September 20th on ATO Records

"Sex Jokes and Sail Ships." The boys are back in town as Luke returns from his honeymoon and fills Brian in on his time in France and Spain. Luke tells Brian about the best meal of his life and an incriminating video of him. The boys talk relationships, friendships, sail ships and bands that use VV’s instead of W’s. They talk about movies about dogs movies, Disney movies that scarred them as children. They get real and talk about gun violence and mental health. All this while playing the best lineup of songs this side of the Atlantic. Songs Played In This Episode: Whitney - Giving Up from Forever Turned Around out now on Secretly Canadian Hovvdy - Ruin (my ride) from Heavy Lifter out October 18th on Double Double Whammy Jamie Drake - Redwood Tree from Everything’s Fine out September 20th on AntiFragile Music clipping. - Nothing is Safe from There Existed an Addiction to Blood our October 18th on Sub Pop Ezra Furman - Transition From Nowhere to Nowhere from Twelve Nudes out now on Bella Union Danny B

“I DRIVE TRUCK!!!” Brian calls in from his vacation and drifts through Lake Michigan as the guys talk about summer days, Tim Allen and Papa Roach. They talk about making your own family and being proud of where you come from. All while playing an incredible playlist of summer tunes from promising new artists. Songs Played On This Episode: Curtis Roach - You Got It from Lellow out now Sampa The Great - OMG from The Return out September 13th on Ninja Tune Angelica Garcia - It Don’t Hinder Me out now on Spacebomb Natural Monuments - Alone Etc. from Own A Sword out now Lower Dens - I Drive from The Competition out September 6th on Ribbon Music Jenny Hval - Ashes to Ashes from The Practice of Love out September 13th on Sacred Bones

"There Will Be Bibbons." IT’S OUR 100TH EPISODE!!!!!!! We celebrate this momentous occasion by looking back at our time doing the podcast. Luke plays a song he wrote to mark the occasion and we do a year in review (so far), we play some of our favorite music of 2019 and have many laughs along the way. Songs Played In This Episode: Denzel Curry - CAROLMART from ZUU out now on Loma Vista Recordings Little Simz feat. Michael Kiwanuka - Flowers form GREY Area out now on AGE101 Music Bibio - Curls from Ribbons out now on Warp Records Kevin Morby - No Halo from Oh My God out now on Dead Oceans Tyler The Creator - GONE, GONE/THANK U from IGOR out now on Columbia Records Weyes Blood - Something To Believe from Titanic Rising out now on Sub Pop

“Stretch Me Bigger.” In this patriotic episode the LaBenne cousins talk 4th of July traditions, Dem Debates, and Luke makes a shocking confession. The guys talk about Contemporary Christian Music, play a new game called God or Erotica and Luke does some DC Talk themed comedy. All this while playing a patriotic playlist of phenomenal songs. Songs Played In This Episode: Shura - religion (u can lay your hands on me) from forevher out 8/16 on Secretly Canadian Heart Bones - Disappearer out now Sui Zhen – “Perfect Place” Losing, Linda out sept 22nd on Cascine Hot Chip - Bath Full of Ecstasy from Bath Full of Ecstasy out now on Domino Recording Co. Moon Duo – “Stars Are The Light from Stars are the Light out September 27 on Sacred Bones COMA - Snurebassen out now on City Slang

“Guttenberg’s Revenge.” It’s the Best Song Ever Bachelor Party Spectacular! The boys celebrate Luke’s impending nuptials with keg stands, party drugs, dance parties with Steve Gutenberg and berating their fictional engineer Nerbert. Luke invents the concept of Road Rolling where you trick someone into listening to Old Town Road. Brian tries to get rich and avoid paying taxes and the guys advocate for redhead stepchildren. Plus they play and incredible lineup of songs to keep the party raging. Bon Iver - U (Man Like) out now on Jagjaguwar House of Feelings feat. Kip Berman - 401k out now B Boys - I Want from Dudu out July 26th on Captured Tracks SAULT - Why Why Why Why Why from 5 out now on Forever Living Originals Divino Nino - Melty Caramelo from Foam out now on Winspear Frankie Cosmos - Windows from Close it Quietly out September 6th on Sub Pop

“Luke LaBenne: Perfect Virgin” The guys talk about the E3 conference and Luke tries to figure out how video games are made. Also, it’s Father’s Day so the guys discuss Luke’s secret family. They brainstorm the theme song for a Golden Girls reboot and Luke tries to impersonate Jeff Goldblum. All this while playing an amazing lineup of songs that would make daddy proud. Songs Played In This Episode: Cosmo Gold - Drown The Fly from Waiting On The City out now KAINA – Green from Next to the Sun out July 12th on Sooper Records Joanna Sternberg - This Is Not from Then I Try Some More out July 12th on Team Love Records Girl Friday – Decoration/Currency from Fashion Conman out June 28th on Hardly Art Graveyard Club - William from Goodnight Paradise out June 28th G&D – Where I’m From from Black Love and War out August 9th on SomeOthaShip Connect

“Goat Parade.” The LaBenne boys talk about their birthdays, getting older, and what really goes on at bachelor parties. Luke recaps the Local Natives and Wu-Tang Clan shows he just went to. They talk about Bugs Bunny and Hansel and Gretel. Luke does a song parody, finds out Brian’s fetish and they talk about how to 96. Then they discuss the old clashing with the youth, empathy, and how everyone is dealing with something below the surface. Not to mention they play an all-star lineup of songs from artists who are GOATs! (greatest of all time) Songs Played In This Episode: Purple Mountains - All My Happiness is Gone from Purple Mountains out July 12th on Drag City Chaos Chaos - Armed and Dangerous out now Jay Som - Superbike from Anak Ko out August 23rd on Polyvinyl Silverbacks - Pink Tide out now (Sandy) Alex G - Gretel from House of Sugar out September 13th on Domino Recording Co. Jesca Hoop feat. Lucius - Shoulder Charge from STONECHILD out July 5th on Memphis Industries

“Uncrumbfortable.” Vibe out with the drowsy boys as the LaBenne cousins play nocturnal, soft, and otherworldly tunes. They talk about pulling all nighters, dream journals and misleading magazine covers. They try to find out the difference between Bachelor In Paradise and Paradise album and Luke threatens to disown Brian. They wonder about why cats always litter, what chopping and screwing is, and when they’ll get a crumpet from the royal family. All while playing the best lineup of songs you’ll here all week. Songs Played In This Episode: Yeasayer - Ecstatic Baby from Erotic Reruns out June 7th on Yeasayer Records Ludovic Alaria - nuit from We’re A Dream Nobody Wrote Down out now on chouchou records Chris Staples - Everyone Said from Holy Moly out June 28th on Barsuk Records Mega Bog - For The Old World from Dolphine out June 28th on Paradise of Bachelors Crumb - Nina from Jinx out June 14th Generationals - I Turned My Back on the Written Word from Reader As Detective out July 19th on Polyvinyl

“Let’s Forget I Said That.” It’s our special Mother’s Day episode, we talk about the royal baby, Riverdale and try to figure out the royal family’s last name. We talk about animal based experiments like Schrödinger's Cat, Pavlov’s Dog, and the writing of Haruki Murakami. We discuss classic films like Serendipity and Three Men and a Baby. The theme of our songs is FORGETTING and we talk about mental health, the duality of life and using music to dance and forget about your troubles. We do just that as we play the best playlist of songs you’ll hear all week. Songs played in this episode: The Orielles - Bobbi’s Second World out now on Heavenly Recordings Gemma - Only One from Feeling's Not A Tempo out May 30th on Double Double Whammy Wasuremono - Are You OK? from Are You OK? out June 14th on The Wilderness Records The Sonder Bombs - I don’t have one anymore out now on Take This To Heart Records French Vanilla - All The Time from How Am I Not Myself? out June 7th on Danger Collective Brijean - Show and T

“Luke LaBenne: Absolute Loser.” This week the theme of our songs is SOUL. We talk about souls getting crushed, f*cked, and repaired. We have a new edition of THOR TALK, it’s the AVENGERS ENDGAME edition where Luke does a failed attempt at spoiling the movie, the guys talk about Norse Mythology, and they argue over whether or not the new Game of Thrones episode was too dark. They play a song that was featured in the HBO Docuseries On Tour with Asperger’s Are Us, and Luke tells Brian about how much he loves the show. They talk about breakups, depression, and digging yourself out of that hole and Luke tells a story about Brian humiliating him on facebook. All while playing the best playlist of songs you’ll hear all week! Songs played in this episode: Wilder Woods - Sure Ain’t out now on Atlantic Records Grace Ives - Anything from 2nd out now on Dots Per Inch Music Noah Britton, Request Freebird - I Don’t Wanna Ever Stop Singing Loud from Why Would Someone Make An Album? out now on [bandcamp] (https://reque

"Album Sandwich with Birthday Bread." This episode has a theme of acceptance and understanding. We play outsider’s anthems and talk about perceptions and ideas place on people, the guilt and shame that accompany them, and the ultimate acceptance of who a person really is. We share our personal struggles with accepting ourselves and wrestling with guilt. It’s also our nerdiest episode as we talk about lots of TV shows including Game of Thrones, Ramy, PEN15, and Community and video games like Zelda and God of War. Luke plays a song from earlier in the year in a new edition of Slippin’ Through Our Cracks. We talk about how tall we are, mythology, and killer clowns. All while playing the best lineup of songs you’ll hear all week! Songs played in this episode: An Horse - This Is a Song from Modern Air out May 3rd on Lame-O-Records Jamila Woods - Zora from LEGACY! LEGACY! out May 10th on Jagjaguwar Samia - Lasting Friend out now on Grand Jury Music Bedouine - When You’re Gone from Bird Songs of a Killjoy out

"Love is Sleazy." The boys catch up and fill each other in on their lives. Luke tells a creepy story involving the movie Us, Brian recaps his experience seeing Hamilton and going to a Robyn concert, cha boiyzz discuss about March Madness and fill out their brackets for Name of the Year. Luke asks Brian when he stopped liking good things and then get into a debate about the merits of different bands and tv shows. The talk about music having soul vs. technical proficiency and Luke opens up about overcoming his insecurities about dancing.They talk about the importance of empathy and play their best lineup of songs yet, with each of them playing a song from their favorite album of the year (so far). Songs played in "Love is Sleazy": Channel Tres - Brilliant N** out now on GODMODE Vampire Weekend - Harmony Hall from Father of the Bride out May 3rd on Spring Snow Stef Chura - Method Man from Midnight out June 7th on Saddle Creek Records JR JR - Big Bear Mountain from Invocations/Conversations out May 31st o

"Gettin' Sloshy" In this episode, Cha Boiyzz are back after a long hiatus and Luke is out of practice. They’re also in a new studio on a NEW PODCAST NETWORK!!! They talk about blending somberness and silliness, Brian’s mixes and how they got Luke into new music. Brian plays songs as a mini party playlist and Luke talks about his most recent party experience. Luke also sharesall the Tom Cruise movies he’s never seen, the boys talk about different terms for being drunk. Most importantly, they talk about finding new meanings in music and how music can transport you to another time and place, while playing the best songs you'll hear all week! Songs played in "Gettin Sloshy": Tierra Whack - Only Child out now Ex Hex - Rainbow Shiner from It's Real out today on Merge Records Living Hour - Hallboy from Softer Faces out now on Kanine Records Pure Bathing Culture - Devotion from Night Pass out April 26th on Infinite Companion Bellows - The Tower from The Rose Gardener out now on Topshelf Records Hatchie - Wi

89 On this episode of Best Song Ever the dear, dear LaBenne cousins count down their favorite albums of 2018! This episode covers the picks for albums number 10 – 1. They talk about the government shutdown, dig into DJ Khaled’s landscaping business, discuss everybody’s favorite dead dog and the big man upstairs (Bob Marley) and Luke spends way too much time talking about porches, pools and patios all while playing ten of the best songs you’ll hear all year! Every week Ghettoblaster feature writers (and dear cousins!) Brian LaBenne and Luke LaBenne bring you fresh new songs with the hopes of introducing you to some that you may consider to be the best song ever. Both Brian and Luke have no idea what songs the other has picked, so what you are hearing is their genuine reaction to listening to the songs together. Also, if you enjoy this episode, head to iTunes to subscribe and rate our podcast with the highest rating available to you. Songs Played on “Government Shut Up” Marlowe – Lost Arts from Marlowe out