Indiecast Mailbag: Favorite Bassists, The Weakerthans + Beirut (The Band)
Indiecast
Amazon Music
4.6 • 621 Ratings
🗓️ 13 October 2023
⏱️ 62 minutes
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Summary
For the past several weeks, Steven and Ian have planned to do a mailbag segment on the show. But they always end up yapping for too long, and the segment inevitably ends up getting bumped. This week, the guys finally rectified the situation by addressing some emails from their loyal listeners.
What do Indiecast listeners want to know about? Our first letter concerns the matter of seated shows vs. standing-room only shows, and which is preferable (16:55). You can probably guess what the 40something-year-old hosts of Indiecast think about this, though Steven makes a case for seated shows providing "guaranteed real estate" that you don't have to defend if you leave temporarily to get a beer or go to the bathroom. From there, Steven and Ian finally address the email about The Weakerthans, and give their opinion on the beloved Canadian band (25:54). They also talk about their favorite indie-rock bassists of the last 25 years (39:08), and the legacy of the indie-folk band Beirut (47:24).
In Recommendation Corner (56:39), Ian talks about the Abe Vigoda offshoot Cupid & Psyche while Steven recommends the vibe-y Chicago rock act Squirrel Flower.
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| 0:00.0 | Indycast is presented by Uprocks's Indie Mix tape. |
| 0:13.2 | Hello everyone and welcome to Indycast. |
| 0:15.2 | On this show, we talk about the biggest indie news of the week. |
| 0:17.5 | We review albums and we hash out trends. |
| 0:20.0 | In this episode, we respond to email sent by you, the Indicast listener. |
| 0:24.7 | My name is Stephen Hayden, and I'm joined by my friend and co-host. |
| 0:27.8 | He's still sorry he got married instead of reviewing illusory walls. |
| 0:32.2 | Ian Cohen. |
| 0:33.1 | Ian, how are you? |
| 0:34.4 | Yeah, we're referring to one of my favorite pieces of indie cast lore where, uh, this, uh, one Twitter user, like I took, I, I, I actually followed through on not being on Twitter for a week when I got, uh, married and went on my honeymoon in 2021. And like the first thing I saw when I got back is there was like some sort of factual error in the pitchfork review of the world |
| 0:54.8 | is illusory walls and someone was like that's a you know that's what happens when Ian Cohen decides |
| 0:59.9 | to get married instead of reviewing illusory walls and you know what come 2031 maybe I'll like do a 10 year |
| 1:07.9 | anniversary piece instead of going on a honeymoon or something. Or maybe I'll just delay the honeymoon. |
| 1:12.2 | Like I, believe me, for the illusory walls truthers, which maybe it's the third best world is album, |
| 1:19.3 | I'm here for you. |
| 1:20.3 | I'm just biding my time. |
| 1:22.1 | So, and I bring this up because it's your two year wedding anniversary. |
| 1:25.7 | It very much is. |
| 1:27.0 | Not, Not today. |
| 1:28.5 | I mean, well, it was yesterday and we're going to Santa Barbara this weekend. |
| 1:32.3 | But I just want to be very, very clear that I am not recording a podcast during my anniversary vacation. |
| 1:41.1 | I'm just trying to remember if I've ever recorded an episode on a wedding anniversary. |
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