It’s that time of year again, Jay brings us the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees. We each pick five artists/bands from the fourteen nominees and see how we did when they announce the inductees in late April. This year’s nominees are Bad Company, The Black Crowes, Mariah Carey, Chubby Checker, Joe Cocker, Billy Idol, Joy Division/New Order, Cindy Lauper, Mana, Oasis, Outkast, Phish, Soundgarden, and The White Stripes.

Song: Anthony Joseph - “Tony”

Get ready for it, it’s News with Nick. Bryan Adams gets fatberged, Black Sabbath’s final concert, Drake drops a new album, and the Kennedy Center is under new management.

Song: Yussef Dayes - “Black Classical Music (feat. Venna & Charlie Stacey)”

Greg’s brings us a Vulfpeck inspired Three For Thursday. The band has been releasing singles from their new album, ‘Clarity of Cal’ over the past few weeks and we give some a listen.

Songs:

Vulfpeck - “Big Dipper”

Vulfpeck - “New Beastly (feat. Joe Dart)”

Vulfpeck - “Matter of Time”

Greg gives us a recap of Kendrick Lamar’s Super Bowl Halftime and tosses in a “Review the Review” for good measure. "Kendrick Lamar Just Rewrote the Rules of the Super Bowl Halftime Show” written by Andrew R. Chow of Time [Review Link] is in the hot seat this week!

Song: Kendrick Lamar - “Super Bowl Halftime Show Intro”

We discussed, sometime last year, that the Black Keys had cancelled their North American tour because ticket sales were less than expected for the arena that had been booked. This past week the band, Dan Auerbach & Patrick Carney, gave an interview with Rolling Stone recounted the circumstance. Jay brings us the details.

Song: Sharon Van Eton - “Idiotbox”

We wrap things up with a News with Nick. Sheeren busted for busking in India, Chappell Roan puts her money where her mouth is, Jack White likes short sets, and….Kanye returns with some more thoughts.

Song: Freckle - “Paranoid”

Nick kicks things off with a recap of the 2025 Grammys. Dawes & friends celebrate L.A, Kendrick Lamar wins big, Beyonce finally wins album of the year, and Chappell Roan tells it like it is.

Song: Dawes - “I Love L.A.”

Greg is back with Round 10 of “Bangers & Mashups.” This round features mashups from Instagram creators and we listen to the latest from the master DJ Cummerbund.

Songs:

Harleysantana239 - Take the Power Back + James Brown

Jimlapbap - Last Resort + Here Comes the Sun

Jimlapbap - I Wanna Dance With Somebody + In The End

DJ Cummerbund - Everybody & The Sunshine Band

Jay wraps up the episode with an album he fell in love with in the early 2000’s. Steve Earle first made it big in the Alt Country scene of the 1980s. Earle lived the rock and roll lifestyle a little too hard and wound up in prison for drug possession charges in the early 90s. Upon his release, he started his own label, embraced the clean life and released the album “I Feel Alright.” Jay shares some of his favorite songs from the album.

Songs:

Steve Earle - “Hardcore Troubadoor”

Steve Earle - “Valentines Day”

Steve Earle - “I Feel Alright (Live at Cold Creek Correctional Facility)”