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)”

Jay has a game for us this week. While the rules and play follow strict Jeopardy rules, he’s calling this one Danger! Will Greg regain the quiz crown or will Nick defend his one game winning streak, find out on this week’s Danger!

Song: Calvin Keys - “Aunt Lovey”

Nick has a handful of music stories to share this week in another News with Nick.

Song: GUM & Ambrose Kenny-Smith - “Ill Times”

Greg shares a compilation called “Roots of Chicha: Psychedelic Cumbia’s from Peru” that he came across many years ago. It’s stuck with him and we listen to some tracks and learn why.

Songs:

Los Destellos - “Para Elisa”

Los Mirlos - “Sonida Amazónico”

Los Destellos - “A Patricia”

Greg kicks things off with a remembrance to beloved director, David Lynch. He was a visionary filmmaker, who incorporated music in his films in unique and surreal ways. He died this week at the age of 78.

Songs:

“In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)”

Twin Peaks Intro Theme

Nine Inch Nails - “The Perfect Drug

Jay brings a special Three For Thursday. He remembers Garth Hudson, of the Band, celebrates the return of a favorite artist, and debuts a track by his son, Ben Rossman.

Songs:

The Band (Garth Hudson) - “The Genetic Method (Live)”

Jason Isbell - “Bury Me”

Ben Rossman - “Our Detective Agency”

Get Ready For It. It’s News with Nick. Despite no reunion, Rush still jams on a weekly basis. Drake files a new lawsuit against UMG for defamation. 2024 streaming stats are released, and the alarm is raised on the state of screen music in L.A..

Song: White Denim - “Bounce Back”

Greg updates us on his situation in Los Angeles following the devastating fires that swept across LA County. Much of the music news this week concerned the fires, the artists affected directly, and the industry’s response. News with Nick catches us up on the latest.

Songs:

Sam & Dave - “Hold On, I’m Coming”

Freckle - “Taraval”

Jay is about two weeks into a trial of Apple Music to determine whether it can replace Spotify as his primary music streaming subscription. He updates us on the good, the bad, and the meh.

Song: Ringo Starr - “Time On My Hands”

We’re kicking things off with a special guest. For the past six months, Jay has been playing guitar in a group called Ken Demith Collection, and today, we meet the man himself, Mr. Ken Demith. The band is performing this Friday, January 10th at Earp’s Ordinary in Fairfax, VA with Chèvre. If you’re in the area, please go check them out. Chèvre hits the stage around 7 and Ken Demith Collection plays on around 8pm. You can catch Jay over on Ken’s YouTube Channel Songwriter SESH here - https://youtu.be/QhkxBLWvS0o

Songs:

Fontaines D.C. - “Starburster”

Ken Demith Collection ‘There You Were”

Greg shares his top 5 albums of 2024. We’ve heard from most of them in the past year. In no particular order, Bad Plus - Complex Emotions, Kendrick Lamar - GNX, Squarepusher - Dostrotime, Opeth - The Last Will & Testament, and finally, his favorite, Louis Cole - Nothing.

Song: Bad Plus - “Casa Ben”

Nick went on a journey during the snow storm this week and listened to a track from as many albums scheduled to be released in 2025 that he could find. The result? It’s a Three for Thursday - 2025 edition.

Songs:

Mogwai- “God Gets You Back”

Bartees Strange - “Sober”

Eddie Chacon - “Empire (featuring John Carroll Kirby)”

Greg kicks things off this week with a recap of the The Loman Brothers show at Bossa Bistro this past weekend in a ’Tales from the Concert.’ Jay and Nick were in attendance and share their thoughts. If you missed it, it was an incredible show, but you can watch a solid recap of the performance over on Sandi Redman’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knKHDXUYzvE

Song: The Loman Brothers - “Actual Proof” (Herbie Hancock)

Jay watched the Yacht Rock Doc that Greg covered last week and he loved it. YouTube perrsonality, multi-instrumentalist and music educator Rick Beato watch it too, and he hated it. Jay takes us down to Hot Topical to discuss.

Song: Sam Fender - “People Watching”

The Drummers of Frank Zappa was a special released on Drum Channel over 16 years ago, but it’s new to Nick! He recaps the conversations had by Terry Bozzio, Chad Wackerman, Chester Thompson, Ralph Humphrey and Ruth Underwood about their time playing with the legendary composer. You can watch it too on Drum Channel’s YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruB1JplOmTw

Song: Frank Zappa - “RDNZL” (from You Can’t Do That On Stage Anymore, Vol 2)