The Sound and the Story
By Podcast Advocate Network
The Sound and the Story is a podcast about music. I, David Kallison, dive deep to uncover the story behind and inside your favorite records. I take artists at their words.
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The Sound and the StoryApr 29, 2019
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Episode 25: Taylor Swift's folklore
We dive deep into the life-affirming, meaning-making power of Taylor Swift's folklore.
Dec 17, 202051:21
Episode 24: Signals Midwest's Pin with Max Stern
I had an in-depth quaratine call with Max Stern of Signals Midwest about their latest album Pin. Go buy it directly from the artist here.
Songs featured in this episode (in chronological order):
Can't Help But Wonder
Pin
Your Old New Apartment
Also mentioned:
Wil Wagner - More Like Signals MidBEST
Songs featured in this episode (in chronological order):
Can't Help But Wonder
Pin
Your Old New Apartment
Also mentioned:
Wil Wagner - More Like Signals MidBEST
May 11, 202001:00:12
Episode 23: Future Teens with Amy and Daniel
I talk to Amy and Daniel of Future Teens about their Dan Campbell-aproved record, Breakup Season.
You can find Future Teens on Twitter @FutureTeensUSA and at futureteensusa.com.
You can find Future Teens on Twitter @FutureTeensUSA and at futureteensusa.com.
Mar 06, 202035:01
Episode 22: Kevin Devine
Kevin Devine, a unique, thoughtful, loquacious, multi-talented musician talks about the ten-year anniversary of Brother's Blood as well as a whole lot of other things. Go buy his stuff at kevindevine.net.
Dec 14, 201901:34:49
Episode 21: Better Oblivion Community Center's Better Oblivion Community Center
We pay our dues to the surprise record from wunderkind Phoebe Bridgers (boygenius) and former wunderkind Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes).
Full chronological playlist:
Songs by Better Oblivion Community Center unless otherwise noted.
Chesapeake
My City
Conor Oberst - College
Bright Eyes - If Winter Ends
Bright Eyes - The City Has Sex
Bright Eyes - June on the West Coast
Bright Eyes - Interview from An Attempt to Tip the Scales
Bright Eyes - False Advertising
Conor Oberst - You All Loved Him Once
Phoebe Bridgers - Steamroller
The Replacements - Here Comes a Regular
Didn't Know What I Was in For
Sleepwalkin'
Dylan Thomas
Service Road
Forest Lawn
Big Black Heart
Phoebe Bridgers - Would You Rather (feat. Conor Oberst)
Full chronological playlist:
Songs by Better Oblivion Community Center unless otherwise noted.
Chesapeake
My City
Conor Oberst - College
Bright Eyes - If Winter Ends
Bright Eyes - The City Has Sex
Bright Eyes - June on the West Coast
Bright Eyes - Interview from An Attempt to Tip the Scales
Bright Eyes - False Advertising
Conor Oberst - You All Loved Him Once
Phoebe Bridgers - Steamroller
The Replacements - Here Comes a Regular
Didn't Know What I Was in For
Sleepwalkin'
Dylan Thomas
Service Road
Forest Lawn
Big Black Heart
Phoebe Bridgers - Would You Rather (feat. Conor Oberst)
Nov 18, 201954:02
Episode 20: Proper. with Erik Garlington
In this two-part interview with Erik Garlington, the brains and brawn behind the black and queer pop-punk outfit Proper., we discuss both his records, "The Surburbs Have Ruined My Life" and "I Spent the Winter Writing Songs About Getting Better," and how his background of being an outsider and a military brat lead him on a wild journey to be a pop-punk singer in New York City.
Full chronological playlist:
"Germany, 1991"
"A$AP Rocky Type Beat"
"Not Black Enough"
"Curtains Down! Throw in the Towel!"
"Bragging Rights (ft. Willow Hawks of The Sonder Bombs)"
"No Loitering"
Full chronological playlist:
"Germany, 1991"
"A$AP Rocky Type Beat"
"Not Black Enough"
"Curtains Down! Throw in the Towel!"
"Bragging Rights (ft. Willow Hawks of The Sonder Bombs)"
"No Loitering"
Aug 13, 201901:08:52
Episode 19: Sincere Engineer with Deanna Belos
I interview the very talented and very funny Deanna Belos of Sincere Engineer about her debut album Rhombithian. We talk about the expectations of growing up, lab mice, relationships, and the time Deanna almost died getting coffee.
Full chronilogical playlist:
Corn Dog Sonnet No. 7
Clip from the film Dirty Work
Overbite
Let You Down
Ghosts In The Graveyard
Full chronilogical playlist:
Corn Dog Sonnet No. 7
Clip from the film Dirty Work
Overbite
Let You Down
Ghosts In The Graveyard
May 30, 201950:18
Episode 18: blink-182's Untitled
blink-182, the band every punk pretends they hate, grows up on their untitled album.
All songs by blink-182 unless otherwise noted:
Here's Your Letter
Circle Jerks - I Just Want Some Skank
Frank Turner - Dammit - Live at Salty Dog Cruise 2006
Going Away to College - Live at the Pop Disaster Tour 2002
Dammit
Touchdown Boy
Dick Lips
All Systems Go
Feeling This
Obvious
Violence
Interview with Tom DeLonge
Down
Go
Easy Target
I Miss You
Asthenia
Always
Dammit - Live in Montreal 1998
All songs by blink-182 unless otherwise noted:
Here's Your Letter
Circle Jerks - I Just Want Some Skank
Frank Turner - Dammit - Live at Salty Dog Cruise 2006
Going Away to College - Live at the Pop Disaster Tour 2002
Dammit
Touchdown Boy
Dick Lips
All Systems Go
Feeling This
Obvious
Violence
Interview with Tom DeLonge
Down
Go
Easy Target
I Miss You
Asthenia
Always
Dammit - Live in Montreal 1998
Apr 29, 201959:07
Episode 17: Spanish Love Songs with Dylan Slocum
In a Sound and the Story first, I interview Dylan Slocum of Spanish Love Songs about their album schmaltz. We talk about Dylan's painful journey south and the mechanics of mediocrity.
Full chronilogical playlist (all songs by Spanish Love Songs):
Beer and Nyquil (Hold It Together)
Sequels, Remakes, and Adaptations
Nuevo
Buffalo Buffalo
The Boy Considers His Haircut
Otis / Carl
Funeral (Phoebe Bridgers cover)
And at 54:58, you can hear Dylan's mom sighing "wow" under her breath as noted in The Boy Considers His Haircut.
Full chronilogical playlist (all songs by Spanish Love Songs):
Beer and Nyquil (Hold It Together)
Sequels, Remakes, and Adaptations
Nuevo
Buffalo Buffalo
The Boy Considers His Haircut
Otis / Carl
Funeral (Phoebe Bridgers cover)
And at 54:58, you can hear Dylan's mom sighing "wow" under her breath as noted in The Boy Considers His Haircut.
Feb 11, 201901:45:41
Episode 16: The Depression Issue
Today we talk about depression.
Full chronological playlist:
The Weakerthans - Virtute at Rest
Bright Eyes - Poison Oak
The Good Life - O'Rourke's, 1:20 A.M.
Laura Jane Grace - Manic Depression
Phoebe Bridgers - Funeral
Elliott Smith - 2:45 am
Frightened Rabbit - Floating in the Forth
Luke Rainsford - Frame
Titus Andronicus - No Future, Part Three: Escape from No Future
Frou Frou - Let Go
Local News Legend - i wrote this when I was super mentally bad a few months ago :^(
Jetty Bones - Bringing It Up
Van Morrison - Slim Slow Slider
Here is a Spotify playlist of this episode's songs.
Full chronological playlist:
The Weakerthans - Virtute at Rest
Bright Eyes - Poison Oak
The Good Life - O'Rourke's, 1:20 A.M.
Laura Jane Grace - Manic Depression
Phoebe Bridgers - Funeral
Elliott Smith - 2:45 am
Frightened Rabbit - Floating in the Forth
Luke Rainsford - Frame
Titus Andronicus - No Future, Part Three: Escape from No Future
Frou Frou - Let Go
Local News Legend - i wrote this when I was super mentally bad a few months ago :^(
Jetty Bones - Bringing It Up
Van Morrison - Slim Slow Slider
Here is a Spotify playlist of this episode's songs.
Dec 31, 201859:12
Episode 15: The Wonder Years's Suburbia, I've Given You All, and Now I'm Nothing
The Wonder Years deliver a genre-defining album about surburbia and coming home.
Full chronilogical playlist (all songs by The Wonder Years unless otherwise noted)
Local Man Ruins Everything
Came Out Swinging
Buzz Aldrin: The Poster Boy for Second Place
My Last Semester
Allen Ginsberg and Tom Waits - America
Pool scene from Garden State
My Life As a Pigeon
Came Out Swinging
Woke Up Older
The Mountain Goats - Woke Up New
Local Man Ruins Everything
Suburbia
Okkervil River - Singer Songwriter
Summers in PA
I Won't Say the Lord's Prayer
Coffee Eyes
I've Given You All
The Get Up Kids - I'll Catch You
Don't Let Me Cave In
Hoodie Weather
And Now I'm Nothing
Aaron West and the Roaring 20's - '67 Cherry Red
Full chronilogical playlist (all songs by The Wonder Years unless otherwise noted)
Local Man Ruins Everything
Came Out Swinging
Buzz Aldrin: The Poster Boy for Second Place
My Last Semester
Allen Ginsberg and Tom Waits - America
Pool scene from Garden State
My Life As a Pigeon
Came Out Swinging
Woke Up Older
The Mountain Goats - Woke Up New
Local Man Ruins Everything
Suburbia
Okkervil River - Singer Songwriter
Summers in PA
I Won't Say the Lord's Prayer
Coffee Eyes
I've Given You All
The Get Up Kids - I'll Catch You
Don't Let Me Cave In
Hoodie Weather
And Now I'm Nothing
Aaron West and the Roaring 20's - '67 Cherry Red
Oct 22, 201801:08:49
Episode 14: Jawbreaker
The iconic grandfathers of emo and saints of the East Bay scene get the full Sound and the Story treatment.
Full playlist (all songs by Jawbreaker unless otherwise listed):
The Boat Dreams from the Hill
Lurker II: Dark Son of the Night
Shield Your Eyes
Tour Song
Donatello
In Sadding Around
Nirvana - Lithium
Million
Jet Black
Save Your Generation
Ache
Want
Chesterfield King
Boxcar
Condition Oakland
Jack Keourac and Steve Allen - October in the Railroad Earth
Jinx Removing
West Bay Invitational
Accident Prone
Kiss the Bottle
Unlisted Track
Check out my buddy's podcast, Good Grief, about one man's struggle with his mothers death from cancer, featuring music that you hear on this podcast!
This podcast is on the Podcast Advocate Network. Check out PodcastAdvocate.Network for more awesome podcasts.
Full playlist (all songs by Jawbreaker unless otherwise listed):
The Boat Dreams from the Hill
Lurker II: Dark Son of the Night
Shield Your Eyes
Tour Song
Donatello
In Sadding Around
Nirvana - Lithium
Million
Jet Black
Save Your Generation
Ache
Want
Chesterfield King
Boxcar
Condition Oakland
Jack Keourac and Steve Allen - October in the Railroad Earth
Jinx Removing
West Bay Invitational
Accident Prone
Kiss the Bottle
Unlisted Track
Check out my buddy's podcast, Good Grief, about one man's struggle with his mothers death from cancer, featuring music that you hear on this podcast!
This podcast is on the Podcast Advocate Network. Check out PodcastAdvocate.Network for more awesome podcasts.
Sep 03, 201857:56
Episode 13: The Menzingers's After the Party
The Menzingers and I take a good, hard look at who we’ve been and who we want to end up with after the party.
Feb 07, 201842:54
Episode 12: Julien Baker's Sprained Ankle
In the Sound and the Story, I tell the stories of your favorite records. In this episode, I explore the pain and faith in Julien Baker's Sprained Ankle.
Songs in order (all songs by Julien Baker unless otherwise noted)
Something
The Get Up Kids - I'll Catch You (Live)
Clip from Before Sunrise
Something
The Star Killers - Dallas
Rejoice
Blacktop
Vessels
Go Home
Sprained Ankle
Accident Prone (Jawbreaker cover)
Songs in order (all songs by Julien Baker unless otherwise noted)
Something
The Get Up Kids - I'll Catch You (Live)
Clip from Before Sunrise
Something
The Star Killers - Dallas
Rejoice
Blacktop
Vessels
Go Home
Sprained Ankle
Accident Prone (Jawbreaker cover)
Oct 27, 201739:39
Episode 11: Counting Crows's August and Everything After
In the Sound and the Story, I tell the stories of your favorite records. In this episode, I contemplate the end of adolescence with the Crows' debut album, August and Everything After.
Songs in order (all songs by Counting Crows unless otherwise noted)
Round Here
Anna Begins
Sordid Humor - Barbarossa
Mr. Jones (demo)
August and Everything After (live)
Round Here
Mr. Jones
Sullivan Street
Anna Begins
Rain King
Raining in Baltimore
Perfect Blue Buildings
Murder of One
Have You Seen Me Lately (live)
Songs in order (all songs by Counting Crows unless otherwise noted)
Round Here
Anna Begins
Sordid Humor - Barbarossa
Mr. Jones (demo)
August and Everything After (live)
Round Here
Mr. Jones
Sullivan Street
Anna Begins
Rain King
Raining in Baltimore
Perfect Blue Buildings
Murder of One
Have You Seen Me Lately (live)
Jun 15, 201743:46
7 Inch Singles Club: Brand New vs. Taking Back Sunday
The 7 Inch Singles Club takes a dives as deep we can into one song. Exclusive for Patreon members, this first episode is available for everyone! In this episode, we compare Brand New's "Seventy Times Seven" and Taking Back Sunday's "There's No 'I' in Team," which was written about the same salacious incident.
Song at the end is some live version of Jeff Rosenstock's "Beers Again Alone" I found.
Song at the end is some live version of Jeff Rosenstock's "Beers Again Alone" I found.
Jun 15, 201721:47
Episode 10: Rilo Kiley's More Adventurous
In the Sound and the Story, I tell the stories of your favorite records. In this record, I dive deep into Rilo Kiley's best record, More Adventurous, an indie rock record with major label ambitions.
Songs in order (all songs by Rilo Kiley unless otherwise noted):
Portions for Foxes
Kevin Devine - I Don't Care About Your Band
With Arms Outstretched (from Execution of All Things)
It's A Hit
Does He Love You
More Adventurous
Portions for Foxes
I Never
Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
Songs in order (all songs by Rilo Kiley unless otherwise noted):
Portions for Foxes
Kevin Devine - I Don't Care About Your Band
With Arms Outstretched (from Execution of All Things)
It's A Hit
Does He Love You
More Adventurous
Portions for Foxes
I Never
Jenny Lewis - Rabbit Fur Coat
Apr 03, 201742:42
Special Announcement
www.patreon.com/thesoundandthestory
I want to keep this show free without having obnoxious ads. I want to keep spending hours researching, writing, recording, and editing. I want to bring you more and more albums. I want to create a new type of episode, the 7" Single Series, that goes into one song by a lesser known artist (and maybe even an interview with that artist too). I want to make you playlists and I want to send you interesting emails about how I make the show. I can't do that without your support. It costs me time and money to put this show together and instead of going to advertisers, I'm coming to you.
Song is Jawbreaker - "Million"
I want to keep this show free without having obnoxious ads. I want to keep spending hours researching, writing, recording, and editing. I want to bring you more and more albums. I want to create a new type of episode, the 7" Single Series, that goes into one song by a lesser known artist (and maybe even an interview with that artist too). I want to make you playlists and I want to send you interesting emails about how I make the show. I can't do that without your support. It costs me time and money to put this show together and instead of going to advertisers, I'm coming to you.
Song is Jawbreaker - "Million"
Feb 08, 201707:02
Episode 9: The Gaslight Anthem's The '59 Sound
In the Sound and the Story we go behind and inside the meaning of your favorite records. In this episode we dive deep into The Gaslight Anthem's The '59 Sound, a rock trying to capture a time gone by.
Songs in order (all songs by The Gaslight Anthem unless otherwise noted):
Great Expectations
The '59 Sound
Casanova, Baby!
Snippets of Great Expectations/Old White Lincoln/High Lonesome/Miles Davis and the Cool/Casanova Baby!
Meet Me By The River's Edge
Here's Looking at You, Kid
Brian Fallon - Blue Jeans and White T-Shirts (live)
Miles Davis and the Cool
The '59 Sound
The Backseat
Clip from Mad Men - The Wheel
Old White Lincoln
Tom Waits - Cold Cold Ground
Brian Fallon - Smoke
Songs in order (all songs by The Gaslight Anthem unless otherwise noted):
Great Expectations
The '59 Sound
Casanova, Baby!
Snippets of Great Expectations/Old White Lincoln/High Lonesome/Miles Davis and the Cool/Casanova Baby!
Meet Me By The River's Edge
Here's Looking at You, Kid
Brian Fallon - Blue Jeans and White T-Shirts (live)
Miles Davis and the Cool
The '59 Sound
The Backseat
Clip from Mad Men - The Wheel
Old White Lincoln
Tom Waits - Cold Cold Ground
Brian Fallon - Smoke
Jan 31, 201736:52
Episode 8: Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago
In the Sound and the Story we go behind and inside the meaning of your favorite records. In this episode we dive deep into Bon Iver's For Emma, Forever Ago, a minimalist masterpiece born out of a Wisconsin winter.
Songs in order (all songs by Bon Iver unless otherwise noted):
Skinny Love
DeYarmond Edison - Silent Signs
Flume
Lump Sum
Skinny Love
The Wolves (Act I and II)
Blindsided
Creature Fear
Team
For Emma
re: Stacks
Blood Bank
The Gaslight Anthem - Blood Bank (Bon Iver cover)
Songs in order (all songs by Bon Iver unless otherwise noted):
Skinny Love
DeYarmond Edison - Silent Signs
Flume
Lump Sum
Skinny Love
The Wolves (Act I and II)
Blindsided
Creature Fear
Team
For Emma
re: Stacks
Blood Bank
The Gaslight Anthem - Blood Bank (Bon Iver cover)
Dec 23, 201640:28
Episode 7: Say Anything's ...Is a Real Boy
In the Sound and the Story we go behind and inside the meaning of your favorite records. This month, we dive in to Say Anything's ...Is a Real Boy, a manic, incessant almost rock opera.
Songs played in order:
Say Anything - Belt
Say Anything - The Futile
Clip from the film Say Anything
Say Anything - You Help Them
Say Anything - Woe
Say Anything - An Orgy of Critics
Say Anything - Belt
Say Anything - Woe
Say Anything - The Writhing South
Say Anything - Slowly, Through a Vector
Say Anything - Alive with The Glory of Love
Say Anything - Yellow Cat Slash Red Cat
Say Anything - Every Man Has a Molly
Say Anything - Belt Intro
Say Anything - Admit It!
Clip from the film Good Will Hunting
Say Anything - Chia-like, I Shall Grow
Say Anything - Jessie and My Whetstone (Saves The Day cover)
Songs played in order:
Say Anything - Belt
Say Anything - The Futile
Clip from the film Say Anything
Say Anything - You Help Them
Say Anything - Woe
Say Anything - An Orgy of Critics
Say Anything - Belt
Say Anything - Woe
Say Anything - The Writhing South
Say Anything - Slowly, Through a Vector
Say Anything - Alive with The Glory of Love
Say Anything - Yellow Cat Slash Red Cat
Say Anything - Every Man Has a Molly
Say Anything - Belt Intro
Say Anything - Admit It!
Clip from the film Good Will Hunting
Say Anything - Chia-like, I Shall Grow
Say Anything - Jessie and My Whetstone (Saves The Day cover)
Nov 15, 201638:44
Episode 6: Brand New's The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me
In the Sound and the Story we go behind and inside the meaning of your favorite records. This month, we dive in to Brand New's The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me, a treatise on death, loss, and heartbreak.
Songs played in order:
Brand New - "Sowing Season (Yeah)"
Brand New - "Archers"
Rites of Spring - "Hain's Point"
Brand New - "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad"
Taking Back Sunday - "Cute Without The 'E' (Cut from the Team)"
Brand New - "Jaws Theme Swimming"
Brand New - "I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light"
Brand New - "1996" (Leaked Demo 2006)
Brand New - "You Won't Know"
Brand New - "Sowing Season (Yeah)"
Brand New - "Degausser"
Brand New - "Luca"
Brand New - "You Won't Know"
Brand New - "Archers"
Brand New - "Limousine"
Brand New - "Jesus Christ"
Richard Kipling - "If--" narrated by Ralph Fiennes
Brand New - "Welcome to Bangkok"
Brian Fallon - "Sowing Season (Yeah)" (Brand New cover)
Songs played in order:
Brand New - "Sowing Season (Yeah)"
Brand New - "Archers"
Rites of Spring - "Hain's Point"
Brand New - "Jude Law and a Semester Abroad"
Taking Back Sunday - "Cute Without The 'E' (Cut from the Team)"
Brand New - "Jaws Theme Swimming"
Brand New - "I Will Play My Game Beneath the Spin Light"
Brand New - "1996" (Leaked Demo 2006)
Brand New - "You Won't Know"
Brand New - "Sowing Season (Yeah)"
Brand New - "Degausser"
Brand New - "Luca"
Brand New - "You Won't Know"
Brand New - "Archers"
Brand New - "Limousine"
Brand New - "Jesus Christ"
Richard Kipling - "If--" narrated by Ralph Fiennes
Brand New - "Welcome to Bangkok"
Brian Fallon - "Sowing Season (Yeah)" (Brand New cover)
Oct 10, 201640:36
Episode 4: Death Cab For Cutie's Transatlanticism
Death Cab For Cutie's Transatlanticism changed the indie rock scene for the better. Find out the story behind and inside the record, including why Ben Gibbard was so dang sad.]]>
Jun 22, 201634:34
Episode 3: The Mountain Goats' The Sunset Tree
In this episode we dig deep into The Mountain Goats' haunting, hopeful tale of sex, abuse, and music. Come, come, come to The Sunset Tree, there's lots of find here.]]>
May 12, 201649:06
Episode 2: The Hold Steady's Separation Sunday
The Hold Steady has been named America's bar band, which is accurate only if your local bartender is reading Kerouac, the Catechism, and Infinite Jest. In this episode of The Sound and the Story, I take a look at the gospel according to Craig Finn: Separation Sunday. Soak up the lyrics and the riffs as Finn takes us to church.]]>
Apr 05, 201635:42
Episode 1: Weezer's Pinkerton
Weezer's Pinkerton was voted the second worst album of 1996 by Rolling Stone readers. But now, almost every rock band cites it as an influence. What happened? Why was Rivers so sad? And how is it all connected to a Puccini opera? Find out in the inaugural episode of The Sound and the Story.]]>
Feb 28, 201628:43