This week, we tackle the most amorphous of genres: Indie. What is Indie? What does it sound like? It is many things and while it tends to lean indie rock in this curated list, it isn’t just that. There is a voicemail...from a while ago. Oh, and go ahead and notice how wacky the sound of our voice is. Amy tried. Music: Excuse Me. - My Garden Sled Ellis & Danke Shane - Homebody Arctic Monkeys - When the Sun Goes Down Deathcab for Cutie - I Was a Kaleidoscope Spellling - Blue (American Dream) Sebadoh - Gimme Indie Rock Ovens - I Can’t Hang Frightened Rabbit - I Feel Better Close Lobsters - What Is There To Smile About The Thermals - A Pillar of Salt Pavement - Summer Babe Freeloader - Not that Smart

Mitchell and Amy get themselves together and record an episode after some time spent with too much work. From cuffed jeans to how amazing sundresses are, this episode covers it all. Shockingly, there are no songs about comfy socks here, but surely there are songs about them. Also, Mitchell and Amy had no idea how tall the other one was, so there is a hefty bit of conversation astonished about each other’s height. The Music: The Cardboard Swords - Flannel Brian Hyland - Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini T Pain - Apple Bottom Jeans Ben Folds Five - Song for the Dumped Claud - Cuff your Jeans NOFX - Jeff Wears Birkenstocks The Promise Ring - Red and Blue Jeans Portugal. The Man - Creep in a T-Shirt Tiny Moving Parts - Sundress The Equals - Michael and the Slipper Tree Nelly ft Kyjuan, Ali, Murphy Lee - Air Force Ones Summer Villains - Hoodie Weather

This episode is all about that time we need for ourselves, you know, self-care. The world is still stressful and being kind to ourselves is definitely what is needed. Have a lazy day, take care of yourself, and have a home spa day. Music: Mac Miller - Self Care Ben Harper - Walk Away Sesame Street with Daveed Diggs - Rubber Duckie Alex Lahey - I Haven’t Been Taking Care of Myself Bruno Mars - The Lazy Song Bad Brains - Attitude Le Tigre - Eau D’Bedroom Dancing Sparks - Falling in Love With Myself Again The Blue Sky Project - Pirates and Mermaids The Everly Brothers - Mary Jane New Radicals - You Get What You Give Teen Idols - Midnight Picture Show

So, the theme is “long distance” but there are so many revelations in this show that it cannot even be embodied in a description. Mitchell doesn’t lose socks, for one. Like, Mitchell does NOT lose socks. That is the most amazing talent. Also, Cat Power is not just short for Catherine Power. Music: The Hang Ups - 50,000 Feet The Byrds - Eight Miles High The Plimsouls - A Million Miles Away The Amazing Transparent Man - The Ocean is a F*** Of A Long Way to Swim AJR - Adventure is Out There Garth Brooks - Baton Rouge Cat Power - Stuck Inside of Mobile with the Memphis Blues Again The Wedding Present - A Million Miles Siouxsie and the Banshees - Song From The Edge of the World Pinback - AFK Aesop Rock - Long Legged Larry

This episode is a revisit to a great theme from a couple of years ago: non-english centered music from wherever (no Klingon was submitted, sorry to say). A wide array of styles and influences from a few decades. A true international treat. Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com Music: Tatsuro Yamashita - Ride on Time Frances Gall - Laisse tomber les filles Einstürzende Neubauten - Stella Maris Wednesday Campanella - Aladdin Shirin David - Ice Gwenno - Tir Ha Mor The Mars Volta - L’Via L’Viaquez Piper - Sunshine Kiz Otokobe Beaver - Don’t Light My Fire Tinariwen - Cler Achel Boris - Ibitsu

The US just came out of an epic “snow everywhere” incident which affected Memphis (and these streets)! So, let’s stay topical and talk about ice, snow, winter, and like, did I mention ice? Oh, and icicles! Turns out, there is quite a bit of chilly themed songs out there and here are some just for ya’ll. Music: Animal Collective - Winter’s Love The Glass - Tell Me It’s Snowing Superchunk - Silverleaf and Snowy Tears Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal Trafton - Winter Blues Let’s Go Sailing - Icicles Husker Du - Ice Cold Ice The Bangles - Hazy Shade of Winter Hayden - Bass Song Point Juncture, WA - The Siesta Movement They Might Be Giants - Snowball in Hell The Rosedales - Frozen Ghost

This week is all about the shows that haven’t quite been seen yet (and may or may not be able to be seen in the future). Many references to technical difficulties that happened beforehand. Mitchell and Amy also got an amazing email and it is legitimately worth listening to! (Yes, the last sentence did end in a preposition, which is fine.) Music: Women - Shaking Hand Tom Waits - Make It Rain Everything Everything - Violent Sun Adventures - Dream Blue Haze Lady Gaga - Million Reaons Teenage Fanclub - Empty Space Throwing Muses - Colder Deerpeople - Impala Abdul Run the Jewels (ft. Zach from Rage Against the Machine) - Close Your Eyes and Count to F*** Guided by Voices - We’ve Got Airplanes Ride - Twisterella Pity Sex - Honey Pot

Continuing the good vibes from last episode, Mitchell and Amy are covering songs found out in the wild. Amy just assumes all music is from Kroger and Mitchell illuminates how amazing the playlist at his retail establishment is. Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com Music: Wild Ones - Show Me Islands Elohim - Half Love The Flaming Lips = The W.A.N.D Ximena Seriñana - Different Tangerine Dream - The Dream is Always the Same Motocaster - The Buddha Jessica Lea Mayfield - Oblivious RobenX - NERO Tigers and Monkeys - The Ballad of the Smoking Gun Cosmo Sheldrake - Come Along Pastor TL Barrett and the Youth for Christ Choir - Like a Ship Max Frost - Good Morning

Sometimes, a good vibes show is what is needed and heck, every show may be a good vibes show because E&E is trying to smudge the room of 2020. It may take a couple more smudges, but we are making progress. Enjoy this heckin good feeling show and block out the haters. Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com Music: Andrew W. K. - Never Let Down Kottonmouth Kings - Positive Vibes Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple Penguin Prison - Never Gets Old Wolf Circus - Telephone Dreams Sugar - Your Favorite Thing Madvillain - Great Day F***ed Up - Crusades Rostam - Bike Dream Sylvester - You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real) Crosses - Prurient The I.L.Y.’s - Wash My Hands Shorty

We’re all tired this year, so we are ending this year on an old fashioned grab bag where the Earbuddies can share the songs that are on their minds. Lots of poppy tunes and a couple from TikTok, everyone’s favorite short attention span theater platform. Music: Midnight Sister - Blue Cigar Royal & the Serpent - Overwhelmed Twen - Make Hard Donnie Benét - Konichiwa AJJ - Body Terror Song Tilly & the Wall - Heavy Mood Morphine - The Night Blackstarkids - Dirty Dancing Isla Invisible - Pillow FF- Collide The Weeknd - Blinding Lights Daði Freyr - Think About Things

Look, this year is weird, and it is almost over. It has been hard and different than any year, so we might as well have a Christmas episode that represents the complicated feelings we are collectively having about this holiday season. Music: Lo Fi Geek - Jingle Bells LoFi Remix Gus Johnson - All I Want for Christmas (is a COVID vaccine) Sting - Gabriel’s Message King Diamond - No Presents for Christmas Emily Senn - All I Want for Christmas (is a Vaccine) Donny Hathaway - This Christmas Holly Golightly - Christmas Tree on Fire Fear - F*** Christmas Sparks - Thank God It’s Not Christmas Spinal Tap - Christmas With the Devil Fountains of Wayne - I Want an Alien for Christmas Mike Viola and the Candy Butchers - Give Me a Second Chance for Christmas

In a year where the world has been in various states of stand still, Mitchell, Amy, and the Earbuddies bring what was actually good this year, the music! So many good albums have come out and some of it has flown completely under the radar or musicians that have taken a break have come out with some new stuff. Amy may have totally credited Kaylah with liking show tunes,which may or may not be true, but she for sure loves Genesis (even has a tattoo!) Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com Music: Sarah Mary Chadwick - Please Daddy Bullion - We Had a Good Time Andy Shauf - Dust Kids Nothing - Famine Asylum Kay the Aquanaut & Kitz Willman - Ancient Fish Mint Mile - Amberline Deftones - Ohms Run the Jewels Ft. Greg Nice & DJ Premier - Ooh La La Little Dragon - Another Love Pendulum - Driver Sweeping Promises - Hunger For A Way Out Dan Deacon - Sat By A Tree

Hey, we needed a feel good about humanity episode, so we made a feel good about humanity episode. Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com Music: Geggy Tah - Whoever You Are The Replacements and Tom Waits - I Can Help The Rembrandts - I’ll Be There For You Old Crow Medicine Show - We’re All In This Together Landromat - Humans Songs: Ohia - Didn’t It Rain Japandroids - Continuous Rain Alanis Morissette - Empathy The Weakerthans - Bigfoot IDLES - Cry to Me Bright Eyes - Bowl of Oranges

Mitchell brings his November social media project to the show this week with his Nu-Metal November theme. Turns out, Amy legit didn’t know she loves most of Nu-Metal that doesn’t have sad dolls on the front cover. Oh, yeah, and Cher has only two children (this will make sense after you listen to the show, so don’t tweet too quickly.) Music: Deftones - Nosebleed Korn - Ball Tongue Limp Bizkit - Boiler Deadsy - Key of Gramercy Park Linkin Park - One Step Closer Reveille - What You Got Mushroomhead - Sun Doesn’t Rise Deftones - 7 Words Primer 55 - Loose Adema - Giving In TRUSTcompany - Downfall Ocean Grove - Junkies

This is an absolute lovefest of music that we learned about by making the show and listening to the show. Memories of shows past, like how Craig does have the best taste in music, and there is a beard parody song band, as well as a show theme idea come up. Also, towards the end, both Mitchell and Amy admit that they watch TikTok videos as a form of stress relief. Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com Music: Bloodywood ft. Raoul Kerr - Ari Ari Amyl and the Sniffers - Got You The Raveonettes - Christmas Song Crocodiles - Groove is in the Heart/California Girls The Marty Ray Project - I Can Grow a Beard Alvvays - Archie, Marry Me The Housemartins - Anxious Emperor X - Allahu Akbar Kitten - G# Infinity Frequencies - Virtual Lust Rozwell Kid - Michael Keaton Young Statues - True Liberty Mumford and Sons, Laura Marling & The Dharohar Project - Mehendi Rachi Todrick Hall - Y. A. S. Sugar - Your Favorite Thing

This week, month, year has been exhausting, and while this next week is even exhausting to think about in America, we are just going to focus on how ding dang tired we are and listen to music about how ding dang tired we are. Music: Tegan and Sara - Wake Up Exhausted Townes Van Zandt - Rake Edwin Starr - Twenty Five Miles Sugar Candy Mountain - Tired Otha - Tired and Sick Eels - I Need Some Sleep Neko Case - I Wish I Was the Moon Tim Heidecker - Nothing Jim’s Big Ego - The Ballad of Barry Allen Ceremony - Sick Bobby Bland - So Tired Culture Abuse - Take It Out on Yourself

Aspirations, we all got aspirations! Be it the end of this year, holding someone’s hand, getting them dollahs, it is all covered here! Also, Amy wants to know the reason for Graham’s song is used to mess with Jeremy. Reach out! Voicemail: 731-400-BUDS(2837) Email: eandepod@gmail.com Music: The Beach Boys - When I Grow Up Scarlett Johansson - I Don’t Want To Grow Up Garbage - When I Grow Up Joanna Gruesome - Hey! I Wanna Be Yr Best Friend I Don’t Know How But They Found Me - Clusterhug The Clash - Death or Glory The Peabodys - I Wanna Go Parking With You (But I Don’t Have a Car) POE - Angry Johnny The The - This is the Day Dire Straits - Money or Nothing Ben Folds Five - Kate Bill Wurtz - When I Get Older

Coming off of last week’s anxiety-fest, it seems suiting to have the next theme be about being calm, chill, and generally relaxed. All the atmospheres of chill are here, from jazzy to lo-fi to psychedelic. Music: The Babe Rainbow - Morning Song The Mercury Program - You Give Me Problems About My Business Tom Doolie - Darjeeling David Crosby - Laughing Lusine - Just a Cloud Yo La Tengo - Before We Run Khruangbin - First Class LTJ Bukem - Untitled 1995 Mix Múm - Green Grass of Tunnel Glasys - Aquatic Ambience (from Donkey Kong Country) Mild High Club - Windowpane The Album Leaf - The Outer Banks

If there is an unspoken theme of Earbuds and Earworms for the last near seven months, it is probably our low-key constant anxiety. This week, it gets spoken and discussed, and that catharsis is great to remind us that maybe we do need to relax our jaws and find our little escapes (like F*cked Up suggests). Music: Josef Salvat - Modern Anxiety Ruiners - Anxiety Dead Soldiers - High Anxiety F*cked Up - Black Albino Bones Autre Ne Veut - Gonna Die Surfbort - High Anxiety The Housemartins - Anxiety Faith No More - Separation Anxiety The Shangri-Las - The Train from Kansas City Defiance Ohio - Anxious and Worrying Zig Zags - Voices of the Paranoid Nothing - Vertigo Flowers

Surprisingly, “mundane tasks” has not been a theme before but oh, what a well! Mitchell, Amy, and the Earbuddies delve deep into songs that cover washing clothes, checking the cell phone, flipping through TV channels, and any number of mundane things we even do. Amy found some slugs, so that is also a topic. Music: Tim McGraw - Watch the Wind Blow By The Equals - Rub A Dub Dub Courtney Barnett - Avant Gardner Healing Potpourri - Blanket of Calm Working Men’s Club - Cook A Coffee The Mountain Goats - Half Dead Remember Sports - The Washing Machine Unknown Mortal Orchestra - Can’t Keep Checking My Phone Body Type - Free to Air Municipal Waste - Untitled Track The Buzzcocks - Sitting Round at Home Kurt Vile - Pretty Pimpin