I Wanna Hold Your Band

Vampire Weekend bassist Chris Baio talks Depeche Mode, Underworld, The Pharcyde, Junior Boys, Public Enemy, La Femme d'argent & more!
EPISODE PLAYLIST
​ Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
​ Basket Case - Green Day
​ Bawitdaba - Kid Rock
​ Stranger Than Fiction - Bad Religion
​ Illmatic - Nas
​ It Was Written - Nas
​ Personal Jesus - Depeche Mode
​ Enjoy The Silence - Depceche Mode
​ Born Slippy - Underworld
​ Air - La femme d'argent
​ Sexy Boy - La femme d'argent
​ Passin' Me By - The Pharcyde
​ In The Morning - Junior Boys
​ FM - Junior Boys
​ Fear of a Black Planet - Public Enemy
​ Funky Drummer - James Brown

Each guest's questionnaire is filled with so many songs, albums & artists that I now love. But in the spirit of year end music lists, here is one song from each 2025 guest that really stuck with me. Order based on flow.

⁠HELD SONGS MIXTAPE⁠ (playlist on Spotify)

⁠So Lonely ⁠- The Police (Jay Lund)
⁠⁠Pata Pata⁠⁠⁠ - Miriam Makeba (Liz Tuccillo)
⁠Maps⁠⁠ - Yeah Yeah Yeahs (Inara George)
⁠⁠Fake Plastic Trees⁠⁠⁠ - Radiohead (Rainn Wilson)
⁠St. Swithin’s Day⁠⁠ - Billy Bragg (Stephanie Courtney)
⁠⁠Cherry Bomb⁠⁠⁠ - The Runaways (Spencer Garrett)
⁠If It Ain’t Ruff⁠⁠ - NWA (Mark Pieper)
⁠I Can Let Go Now⁠⁠ - Michael McDonald (Cleto Escobedo III)
⁠Move On Up⁠⁠ - Curtis Mayfield (Alexander Straus)
⁠⁠Running Out Of Lies⁠⁠ - Johnnie Taylor (Jordan Whittington)
⁠Goodbye Earl⁠⁠ - The Chicks (Olivia de Recat)
⁠Verdi Cries⁠⁠ - 10,000 Maniacs (Sam Catlin)
⁠⁠Aphasia⁠⁠ - Pinegrove (Liam Yorgensen)
⁠Mandika⁠⁠ - Sinead O’Connor (Drew Droege) 
⁠⁠⁠Letter to Hermione⁠⁠⁠ - Robert Glasper (Jamila Glass)
⁠⁠If We Were Vampires ⁠⁠⁠- Jason Isbell (Mike Soroka)
⁠Girls Like Me⁠ - Bonnie Hayes (Merrin Dungey)
⁠The Distance⁠ - Cake (Pete Gardner)
⁠Come To The Manger⁠ - Donny Osmond (Jill Lover)
⁠Blues Run The Game⁠ - Laura Marling (Max Chernin)
⁠The Queen And The Soldier⁠ - Suzanne Vega (Tuc Watkins)
⁠Song 2⁠ - Blur (David Magidoff)
⁠Never Stop⁠ - Brand New Heavies (Julie Dretzin)
⁠The Foggy Dew⁠ - Chieftains/Sinead (Rory O’Malley)
⁠Come Back Home⁠ - Seo Taiji Boys (Peter Kim)
⁠Start Wearing Purple⁠ - Gogol Bordello (John Bush)
⁠Here We Go⁠ - N’Sync (Jeannie Klisiewicz)
⁠Painted From Memory⁠ - Elvis and Burt (Chris Douridas)
⁠Cold Feet⁠ - Tracy Chapman (Jordan Black)

LA Angel City Head Coach Alexander Straus talks New Order, Prefab Sprout, The Pogues, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bruce Springsteen, Alice In Chains, Curtis Mayfield & more!
EPISODE PLAYLIST
1. ⁠The River - Bruce Springsteen
2. Purple Rain - Prince
3. Infidels - Bob Dylan
4. Ghost In The Machine - The Police
5. Ceremony - New Order
6. The Perfect Kiss - New Order
7. Bonny - Prefab Sprout
8. Move On Up - Curtis Mayfield
9. Nutshell - Alice In Chains
10. A Rainy Night In Soho - The Pogues
11. Fairytale of New York - The Pogues
12. Searching For The Young Soul Rebels - Dexys Midnight Runners

LA Contemporary Dance Company Artistic Director Jamila Glass talks Robert Glasper, Lauryn Hill, The Temptations, Frankie Beverly & more!
EPISODE PLAYLIST
1. Letter To Hermione - Robert Glasper
2. Everything Is Everything - Lauryn Hill
3. Lost Ones - Lauryn Hill
4. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy & Monica
5. Here's Where I Stand - 'Camp' Original Soundtrack
6. Give Love On Christmas Day - The Temptations
7. Before I Let Go - Maze with Frankie Beverly
8. This Too Shall Pass - India.Arie

Tony nominated actor Rory O'Malley (Book of Mormon, Hamilton) talks The Beach Boys, Beauty and the Beast, Sarah McLachlan, Green Day & more!!
EPISODE PLAYLIST
1. Turn It Off - Book of Mormon
2. Pet Sounds - Beach Boys
3. Beauty and the Beast - Original movie soundtrack
4. Surfacing & Mirroball - Sarah McLaughlin
5. The Foggy Dew
6. Some Say The Devil Is Dead
7. Fields of Athenry
8. Dookie - Green Day
9. American Idiot - Green Day
10. Everybody Loves Louis - Stephen Sondheim
11. Sunday - Stephen Sondheim