In episode 6 of the Cool Guy Rock series, Gabe and Darin discuss the Third Eye Blind song "Semi-Charmed Life." Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder. Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun…

In episode 5 of the Cool Guy Rock series, Gabe and Darin discuss the Goo Goo Dolls song "Name." Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder. Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now more …

In episode 4 of the Cool Guy Rock series, Gabe and Darin discuss the Matchbox Twenty song "3 A.M." Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder. Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now mo…

In episode 3 of the Cool Guy Rock series, Darin and Gabe discuss the 1993 Soul Asylum hit "Runaway Train." Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder. Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com…

In episode 2 of the Cool Guy Rock series, Gabe and Darin discuss the Gin Blossoms' hit "Hey Jealousy." Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder. Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. No…

In the first episode of a new 15-part series, Gabe and Darin explore the origins of Cool Guy Rock, aka S--- Rock, aka the Music that Killed Rock Music, by looking at an early Goo Goo Dolls song, There You Are. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder. Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen t…

We're celebrating the 20th anniversary of Radiohead's Kid A by attempting to rank every song. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com And subscribe to our new side-pod, "GONKCAST: An Autechre Podcast"!By Gabe, Dan, and Darin

The fall season has officially begun, so we're counting down the five greatest autumn albums of all time. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPodBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Cocteau Twins classic, Heaven or Las Vegas, by getting into the album for the very first time. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPodBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We celebrate Phil Elverum's return to The Microphones with a deep dive into Elverum's 2001 masterpiece, The Glow Pt. 2. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPodBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We're taking a brief summer break, so here's an assortment of Lou Reed and Neil Young reviews from our archives to hold you over. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPodBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We reflect on our past obsessions with Pink Floyd by diving deep into the band's 1971 LP, Meddle. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPodBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We take a deep dive into Bob Dylan's new LP, Rough and Rowdy Ways, as well as the state of Bob Dylan's legacy in 2020. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPodBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We dive deep into the phenomenon that is 100 gecs by discussing their debut LP, 1000 gecs. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.com Follow us on Twitter: @PopShieldPodBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We celebrate a ton of classics that are turning 50 this year by counting down and debating our favorite records from 1970. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

In honor of Mark Mothersbaugh’s 70th birthday (but mostly to appease Dan), we're getting into Devo by exploring the band's 1978 debut, Q. Are We Not Men? A: We Are Devo! Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We celebrate the 25th anniversary of Pavement's Wowee Zowee by diving deep into the album, as well as its curious reception history. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We discuss Fiona Apple's new LP, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, plus the insane hype surrounding the album, including Pitchfork's perfect 10 rating. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

Inspired by a random tweet, we've decided to put the years of our birth head to head to head. We're talking Sonic Youth, Pixies, The Cure, and a whole lot more. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

When we learned that Joy Division had never "clicked" for Darin, and that Gabe hadn't listened to them in years, we decided to dive deep into the band's classic second LP, Closer. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

Gabe and Darin talk about the listener-requested "Never Fight a Man with a Perm" by Idles. They talk about the time Darin's band got a dorm evacuated, reminisce about the golden age of battle rap insults, and get confused by British drug slang. They both think this song slaps. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jer…

Darin and Gabe talk about comrade Britney Spears' revolutionary anthem "Work Bitch." The layers of irony are numerous and complicated, but both think the song slaps, kinda. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder. Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcit…

Gabe and Darin discuss the bleeby, bloopy postmodern pop song “Gone” by Charli XCX featuring Christine and the Queens. They discuss adult video stores, straight edge bands, and foreign language classes. Not gonna lie, they were both a little drunk for this one. Neither thought it slaps. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot c…

Darin and Gabe discuss the Baudrillardian classic "The Curse of Curves," which radically sucks. And they play "Which Poet of the Western Canon Wrote This: Shaant or Someone Else" They both think this song doesn't slap. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder. Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can…

We dive deep into an emerging cult classic that everybody needs to hear, Fishmans' 1996 magnum opus, Long Season. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

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While we're all away for the holidays, enjoy this bonus episode from the archives breaking down every song on Prince's 1984 classic, Purple Rain. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We celebrate the new super-deluxe-edition of Prince's 1999 by ranking every song on the album and diving into all that amazing bonus material. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We celebrate the 50th anniversary of one of the most polarizing albums of all time, Captain Beefheart's Trout Mask Replica, by discussing discussing how to "get it." Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

Instead of your run-of-the-mill review of Jesus Is King, we try to figure out how we got here by discussing the last year in the life of Kanye West, including the Yandhi leaks, Sunday Service, Jesus Is King, and all of the antics in between. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We share our personal picks for the 10 best records of the 2010s, discuss the musical trends that defined the decade, and, of course, complain about Pitchfork's end-of-the-decade lists. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

Enjoy this bonus episode on The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, recorded back in 2017 to celebrate the release of the remixed 50th anniversary edition. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We celebrate the 50th anniversary of The Beatles' Abbey Road by discussing the new "super deluxe" reissue and attempting to rank every song on the album. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

We revisit the Wu-Tang Clan's overstuffed and underrated sophomore LP, Wu-Tang Forever. Then, listener emails on Neutral Milk Hotel and Vampire Weekend. Email us: PopShieldPod@gmail.comBy Gabe, Dan, and Darin

In maybe the most focused episode to date, Darin and Gabe discuss radical self-care, the beautiful trap of consumer culture, and what it means to "get over" someone. They both think this song slaps. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder. Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk …

Zach and Kelton from Psychic Dolphin Garage stop by to talk about AOL.com's Rock Song of the Year, "Been to Hell" by the Hollywood Undead. Darin and Gabe try unsuccessfully to convince Kelton and Zach that this is a secretly subversive anti-capitalist anthem. You can follow Psychic Dolphin Garage on Twitter at @dolphingarage. And you can find their…

Gabe and Darin discuss wolf-shirt rock, cable news anchor Greta Van Susteren, whether Greta Van Fleet have ever had any sort of human interactions, and play the quiz-show game "Is it Greta Van Fleet, or is it Led Zeppelin?" Neither thinks this song slaps, and in fact both find it wildly objectionable. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him o…

A listener email inspired us to dive deep into a masterpiece we all somehow missed, Burial's 2007 LP, Untrue.By Gabe, Dan, and Darin

Darin and Gabe discuss the racial and class implications of skateboarding, Rep. Steve King's support for Colonel Jessup, and whether Gabe is more forgettable than former(?) NBA player Raymond Felton. But mostly they talk about hip-hop supergroup Felt's song "Early Mornin' Tony." They both think this song slaps. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can …

A listener email inspired us to share this bonus episode, recorded back in 2018, on the re-recording of Car Seat Headrest's Twin Fantasy. Enjoy!By Gabe, Dan, and Darin

Darin and Gabe discuss the merits of shower beers; the meandering, awkward conversations you have with your ex; and the philosophy of what it means for a song to slap. But mostly they talk about this gem of the sadcore genre. In a first ever split decision, Darin thinks this song slaps and Gabe is wrong. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find hi…

We've had pre-Aeroplane Neutral Milk Hotel on our minds lately, so we decided to discuss the band's criminally overlooked debut LP, On Avery Island, and finally give it its due.By Gabe, Dan, and Darin

Darin and Gabe discuss Southern accents; the phony cultural dichotomy between Red States and Blue States; and whether you can, in fact, hide red. Darin and Gabe think this song can be re-purposed for socialist ends, but they do not think this song slaps. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder. Intro and o…

Darin and Gabe discuss the perils of the Hollywood dream, the work of post-structuralist theoretician Michel Foucault, and werewolves, all somehow in the service of discussing the inoffensive ukelele hit "Riptide" by Vance Joy. Darin and Gabe, somewhat improbably, both think this song slaps. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter …

Billie Eilish is proving to be one of the most divisive pop stars in recent memory. We dive deep into her debut album, When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, and try to figure out why.By Gabe, Dan, and Darin

Darin and Gabe discuss hot girl summer (#hotgirlsummer), Lizzo's stance on polyamory (#notafan), and what to do if David Copperfield tries to hit on you at a club (#whattodoifdavidcopperfieldtriestohitonyouataclub). Darin and Gabe both think this song slaps unquestionably and without reservation. Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twi…