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No Filler Music Podcast

No Filler is a music podcast dedicated to sharing the often overlooked hidden gems that fill the space between the singles on our favorite records. In each episode we’ll dive into a little history of the artist and the album of choice, with snippets from interviews & concerts, as well as music from the album itself. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.

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46:15

Rewind: Sidetrack - Slowdive

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/09/19

We're dusting off an episode from August 25th, 2019 for a closer look at the shoegazing dream pop outfit Slowdive. As one of the early pioneers of the genre, Slowdive's melancholy, druggy & spaced-out vibes sound just as fresh and modern today as it did in the early 90s. No Filler is part of Pantheon Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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38:17

Rise of the Shoegazing Phoenix: Slowdive's 2017...

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/09/12

Once again we cover shoegaze pioneers Slowdive. We chat about their triumphant return with their 2017 self-titled release that proved they still had a place at the head of the table. Tracklist: Star Rover Slomo Don't Know Why Go Get It No Filler is part of the Pantheon Podcast network. Special thanks to Better Help and AKG for sponsoring this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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63:43

Raw, Visceral, Mysterious: The Breeder's Pod (with...

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/09/06

Shortly after Doolittle, bassist Kim Deal needed an outlet to channel her creative energies in ways she wasn't able to under Black Francis' firm grip on the Pixies' songwriting process. So she formed a supergroup called The Breeders, teamed up with producer Steve Albini, and cranked out their debut record Pod in just 10 days. The result is an unapologetically straight-forward indie rock album that feels like an urgent expression of raw emotion and energy from a pent-up songwriter who had a hell of a

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77:55

Whatcha Heard? The Cycle Resumes Edition

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/08/30

It's our monthly mixtape for August, with everything from Pink Floyd's heavier side to a folky, softer Slowdive side project, from some dark-synth dance pop to some new wave post-punk and everything in between. Stereolab, Nurse With Wound - Simple Headphone Mind True Widow - Theurgist Charade - One More Roll Hotline TNT - Nightlighter Autolux - Robots In The Garden Pink Floyd - The Nile Song Mojave 3 - Trying To Reach You Ought - Disaffectation Rexy - Alien Exploded View - Dark

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71:55

And So On And So Forth: The Many Adjectives of HEALTH...

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/08/22

Industrial synth-pop? Noise gaze? What exactly is electronic body music? All of these words have been used to describe the musical stylings of HEALTH, a band that refuses to stop screaming at you in every song title. Travis is joined by long-time friend of the pod Nathan Forster to dive into a handful of HEALTH tunes to get to the bottom of the band's unique blend of noise rock and synth-pop. Tracklist DIE SLOW GOTH STAR TEARS COURTSHIP II This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast

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69:56

Rewind - Dreaming In Slow Motion: The Ethereal Sludge...

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/08/16

Ambient drone metal, dream sludge, bliss metal: it goes by many names, but one has finally stuck. The term is "doomgaze", and it's exactly what it sounds like: the reverb-drenched guitars and soft dreamy vocals of shoegaze played at the heavy, sludge-like pace of doom metal. That sound goes back much further than you might think, but didn't catch on until the mid 2010s with a steady rise in popularity ever since. Join us as we explore the dichotomy of doomgaze with a look back at it's history and

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63:25

Massively Loud, Hauntingly Quiet: The Music of...

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/08/09

If you're a fan of shoegaze, you know that wall-of-sound when you hear it. Brooklyn-based Spotlights takes that wall-of-sound and cranks up the distortion, infusing the hazy, quiet vocals of dreampop with the heavy sludge of doom metal. Some would call them a doomgaze band, but they prefer the term dreamsludge. We chat about tracks spanning from their first EP to their 2nd full-length, Love & Decay. Tracklist Learn to Breathe To the End Ghost of a Glowing Forest The Particle Noise Far from

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55:49

Mysterious, Uncontrolled, Free: The Music of Pencey Sloe

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/08/01

Doomgaze is exactly what it sounds like: a blend of the slow and sludgy pace of doom metal with the wall-of-sound and ethereal vocals we've come to associate with shoegaze. Pencey Sloe is a French band that appear to have unintentionally stumbled into this label, or as lead singer Diane Pellotieri often puts it, their style is "completely uncontrolled, free, and blind." While the "doom" part of the label certainly applies during the heavier and sludgier moments of their music, what stands out most

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87:10

Whatcha Heard? The Lullaby Commune Edition

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/07/25

For this month's Whatcha Heard, we dive into a variety of different folk from pop to freak, gazers from shoe to doom; and rock from psychedelic to grunge. Tracklist: Honeyglaze - Creative Jealousy Loop - Afterglow Built To Spill - Understood Sunbeam Sound Machine - Seems Like You Made Holy Wave - Schmetterling Rocketship - Your New Boyfriend Minaxi - Manchala Grouper - Come Softly - For Daniel D. Grouper - Alien Observer Kuroi Ame - Burning Plastic Vetiver - Last Hurrah MILLY -

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59:12

Prepare For Blast Off: The Interstellar Thunder Pop...

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/07/18

As a shoegaze band from Saint Petersburg, Russia, Pinkshinyultrablast describe that isolation from the global music scene as a feature not a bug. That freedom from the judgements and structures of the global scene led them to create a whole new subgenre under the shoegaze umbrella called "thunder pop". Join us as we chat about their debut record Everything Else Matters and their perfectly calibrated fusion of pop-forward melodies with an explosive wall-of-sound. Tracklist: Holy

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63:01

Punched Up Shoegaze: Narrow Head's Grunge Revivalism

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/07/11

Over the past decade, there's been a definitive shift happening in the indie-rock scene that leans very heavily toward that iconic 90s rock sound that we all know and love. Whether it be grunge, shoegaze, or any flavor on the wide spectrum of the alt-rock sound, modern bands are taking all of those waypoints in rock and breathing new life into them. And we argue on this episode that no band does it better (or comes anywhere close) than Houston-based alt-rock group Narrow Head. We listen to a few

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45:30

Noisy, free-flowing, and truly liberated: The music...

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/07/04

Emerging from New York's noise rock scene, Band Of Susans broke away from the rock clichés that were all but set in stone by the late eighties, liberating the genre alongside their grungy shoegaze counterparts. On this week's episode, we dive into a handful of non-singles from "The Word And The Flesh" and "Veil". Tracklist: Mood Swing Trouble Follows Silver Lining Not In This Life Trouble Spot Big Hush - Soft Eyes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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80:16

Whatcha Heard? The Yard Work Edition

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/06/27

On this month's Whatcha Heard, we kick off our monthly mixtape with a brand new single from Texas native alt-rockers, Narrow Head. From there we listen to everything from lo-fi indie pop to 90s shoegaze (no surprises there), psychedelic dream pop to 70s post punk and much more. Tracklist bar italia - skylinny bar italia - Mariana Trenchrock Pet Shimmers - Super Natural Teeth Arp - Flourescences Rick Cuevas - The Birds Sinead O Brien - There Are Good Times Coming Swallow - Cherry Stars

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60:11

Sloan: The Fab Four of 90's Alt Rock

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/06/20

Throughout the mid-nineties as proto-grunge, radio-friendly Nirvana knockoffs were signing record deals like they were going out of style, Sloan took the road less traveled after signing with Geffen Records, even in the face of mounting pressure from the label to stay on that grungy, noise rock course. A second full-length album found the group heading in a more refined pop sound, a world away from the washed-out fuzz of their previous releases. Despite having been swept under the rug by Geffen,

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64:35

Controlled Chaos: The Intoxicating Shoegaze of Swirlies

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/06/13

Considered by many to be one of America's best entries into the shoegaze genre during its 90s heyday, we talk about Swirlies' 1996 record They Spent Their Wild Youthful Days in the Glittering World of the Salons. The band spent a long time in the studio with this record, going on to refer to it as their "longest labor of love". The result is a collection of wide-ranging styles that blend lo-fi, noise pop, grunge, and even electronica with their shoegaze sound. And with lead singer Damon Tutunjian's

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56:51

Guitar-Driven Sonic World: The Music of Swervedriver

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/06/06

For our very first listener-suggested episode, we talk about the amazing Swervedriver and focus on their first 2 records: Raise and Mezcal Head. Similar to bands like Hum and Catherine Wheel, Swervedriver mixes elements of grunge, alt-rock, and shoegaze to create their sound. Tracklist: Son of Mustang Ford Sci-Flyer Sandblasted Never Lose That Feeling MM Abduction A Change Is Gonna Come Deep Wound Part of the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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74:04

Whatcha Heard? The Day & Nyquil Edition

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/05/30

We're back from our 2 week hiatus with May's Whatcha Heard, our monthly mixtape featuring 10 tracks that we can't get enough of. This month features everything from psychedelic folk to dystopian synthwave, the genre-defying Bjork to 90s post-hardcore, and plenty more to keep you interested. Tracklist: Toro y Moi - Days In Love Bjork - I Miss You Kikagaku Moyo - Cardboard Pile Yura Yura Teikoku - Otoko Wa Fuantei Quicksand - Supergenius New Order - Chosen Time Umberto - Hamster City

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40:41

An Uneven Wilderness: Unwound's Repetition

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/05/23

We're back from vacation with a short and sweet episode on the post-hardcore noise rock stylings of Unwound, a band that created, as Fred Thomas of AllMusic once said, "some of the more influential and lasting work of their era, with their cloudy moods and explosively tense group dynamics culminating in some truly transcendent albums." On this episode, we're diving into our favorite album from the group, 1996's Repetition. Tracklist: Message Received Corpse Pose Unauthorized

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69:17

Rewind: Jimmy Eat World - Clarity

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/05/16

Another rewind episode? What are you guys on vacation or something? Yes. Yes we are. Now considered a touchstone record of the emo genre, we take a look at Jimmy Eat World's 1999 classic Clarity, and how the sound they were perfecting ushered us into the third wave of emo music. Before that we go all the way back to the spring of 1985 in Washington D.C. to explore the origins of emo, and discuss how difficult the genre is to define. This show is part of the Pantheon Podcast Network. Learn more

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53:38

Rewind: The Obscure Shoegaze Episode

No Filler Music Podcast ·

2022/05/09

On this rewind episode pulled from the No Filler vaults we bask in the shimmering, deafening, lush haze of our favorite subgenre: shoegaze. We pick a few random branches on the shoegaze tree and admire all that makes grunge's less popular sibling so goddamn amazing. Tracklist: Oeil - Strawberry Cream Letting Up Despite Great Faults - The Colors Aren't You Or Me The December Sound - Never The December Sound - Painkiller Whirr - Blue Nothing - Bent Nail This show is part of the Pantheon

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