124: "Teen Age Riot" vs. "Where Is My Mind?" (ft. Ekko Astral!)
Song Vs. Song
Todd Nathanson
4.7 • 752 Ratings
🗓️ 26 March 2024
⏱️ 67 minutes
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Summary
The dawn of '90s alternative rock, in the late '80s! Jael Holzman of punk band Ekko Astral joins us to argue about which abrasive college rock anthem stands up higher in hindsight, is it Sonic Youth's "Teen Age Riot" or The Pixies' "Where Is My Mind?"
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Todd Nathanson. |
| 0:03.6 | And I'm Lena Morgan. |
| 0:04.7 | And this is song versus song. |
| 0:07.5 | Stop. |
| 0:08.6 | With your head on your feet and your pants on the ground. |
| 0:12.4 | Crap. I can't remember how it goes. |
| 0:14.6 | Okay, you got me. |
| 0:15.8 | Yes, we are doing song versus song. |
| 0:17.8 | And this is a special Dawn of indie rock matchup here. |
| 0:24.1 | We are doing Teenage Riot by Sonic Youth versus Where Is My Mind by the Pixies? |
| 0:32.6 | And we have a special guest in the studio today from indie rock band and USA Today Crossword Clue, Echo Astral. |
| 0:42.4 | We have one J.L. Holtzman, would you care to introduce yourself to the audience? |
| 0:47.9 | Hi. My name's J.L. I am the lead singer and one of the guitar players in a DC punk band called Echo Astral. |
| 0:56.7 | We've got a record coming out on April 17th, but that's enough promotional cycle for you. |
| 1:03.7 | Let's just stammer on about some of my favorite songs, because that's why you invited me here. |
| 1:09.6 | Some of our favorite songs, hopefully. |
| 1:11.9 | Lena invited you, and this, once I checked out your new album, it seemed pretty obvious |
| 1:17.8 | that you would be a very good guest for this particular matchup. |
| 1:23.1 | Would you consider either of these bands' influences? |
| 1:26.1 | Definitely Sonic Youth. Definitely Sonic Youth. Also, shout out Kim Gordon generally. Okay. you consider either of these bands influences definitely sonic youth definitely sonic youth also shout |
| 1:30.0 | out kim gordon generally a new album is also fantastic verse i have not a chance to listen to kim |
| 1:36.5 | gordon solo album yet but i've heard good things from the pitchforks and so on i feel like even if |
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