Phoebe Bridgers Returns! Tame Impala Has A Real Pop Hit! This Is Lorelei Signs Big!

About this episode

The episode discusses recent music news, including Phoebe Bridgers' potential comeback and Tame Impala's new hit, alongside new album releases and music criticism.

This week's conversation begins with some recent discourse about whether rock is dead and whether it was killed by the CIA or liberal poptimists (2:34). The guys also briefly discuss the backlash against a "New York Times" video where the pop critics defended their recent greatest living American songwriters list (17:27). Then they look at a relatively light week for new releases, including albums by Kevin Morby, Rostam and Spencer Krug (22:41). After they pivot to news hinting at an apparent new Phoebe Bridgers album and her prospects for a comeback (29:03). They also discuss the recent Top 10 hit by Tame Impala from their critically panned 2025 album (39:27), and Nate Amos of This Is Lorelei signing to Matador (44:22). In Recommendation Corner, Ian talks about the electronic act Jump Scare and Steve talks about the L.A. band Gun Outfit (50:59). See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info .

Topics covered

• rock music discourse
• new music releases
• Phoebe Bridgers album
• Tame Impala hit
• This Is Lorelei signing
• music criticism

Keywords

• Phoebe Bridgers
• Tame Impala
• rock music
• new releases
• music criticism
• Nate Amos
• Matador
• Jump Scare
• Gun Outfit

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: New York Times, Matador, Tame Impala

Books & works: Kevin Morby, Rostam, Spencer Krug, Jump Scare, Gun Outfit

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