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BONUS EPISODE: Alternative Band Bracket

For our third annual March Madness music bracket, we put a (buck)cherry on top of Season 3 and its mid-90's theme, going double-wide with 64 artists from Alternative's brief reign. As always, the first round matchups are based on nothing more than a connection between the bands' names themselves. Will a band with a number, an animal, or a food in its name take the crown? And how much more bootlicking could it possibly take to get the guys from Superdrag to visit the pod? // Theme song: "Shinki Water" by ML Wah

BONUS EPISODE: Buzz Clips Draft

Taped in April 2025 and heretofore lost to the vaults, we are happy to present this recently unearthed Season 3 bonus episode: the Buzz Clips Draft! For this draft You Oughta Know we each picked 20 classic MTV Buzz Clips released during our Season 3 timeframe: August 1994 - June 1997. Which song/video will be the Natural #One draft pick? What'll be Song 2? Who'll be undrafted and left High and Dry? And which One of Us will make the best playlist from this stacked class? This pod may not Live Forever, but In the Meantime I Know I'll Stick Around to tell you What I Got... Follow along with our draft picks via our YouTube playlist! https://tinyurl.com/3aafefe7 Matt's Buzz Clips: https://tinyurl.com/36czynu5 Adam's Buzz Clips: https://tinyurl.com/3pbhazht Chris's Buzz Clips: https://tinyurl.com/nhky4nk6

Pony League: The Final List

Season 3 finale! Matt's near-veto pushes a friendship to the limit, Adam refuses to let a Season 1 feud with Chris die, and two more artists join the Active Listing two-time club in a final top ten that we all declare impeccable. ☯︎ Listen to our Season 3 playlist here! https://bit.ly/4izC7ei [ https://bit.ly/4izC7ei] ✇︎ Theme song: "Garden Green" by Matt LaJoie

BONUS EPISODE: Indie Band Bracket

For this year's March Madness, we line up a bracket of 32 indie-rock/pop/folk artists for head-to-head battles predicated on nothing more than the band's name itself. Which group with an animal in its name will advance farthest? Who will earn ultimate bragging rights as indie's top dog? And will Will Oldham ever answer our DM's? // Opening theme: "Last Words" by Herbcraft Closing theme: "Invitation" by ML Wah

Pony League: Honorable Mentions

We definitely maybe daydream under the bushes at marcy playground, counting crows and throwing jagged little pills in the garbage, sharing our hardcore reasonable doubts about the infamous and sublime mystic styles of some not-so-tiny music that didn't quite crack our individual top 10 lists. Grab some refreshments: this pod's a live one! ☯︎ Pony League Honorable Mentions playlist: https://bit.ly/41wWmmc [https://bit.ly/41wWmmc] ✇︎ Theme song: "Garden Green" by Matt LaJoie