Greg and Ben discuss Kendrick Lamar going platinum, Alanis Morissette’s ex-business manager, remake of A Star is Born, Harry Styles’ tour, Frye Festival fallout, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, cultural appropriation in pop music, and our Earworms of the Week! Pat Boone - Papa’s Got a Brand New Bag Atreyu - Ex’s and Oh’s Lindsay Lucas - Between the Lines Elvis Presley - That’s All Right Arthur Crudup - That’s All Right Little Richard vs. Pat Boone - Long Tall Sally Midnight to Monaco - Reign...
May 07, 2017•2 hr 2 min•Ep. 39
Greg and Ben discuss the Fyre Festival fiasco, a new festival disaster movie, new music and the Billboard Charts, a new Bad Boy documentary, digital sales at Sony, comparing Kendrick and Drake, “Introducing the Hardline According to Terence Trent D’Arby,” our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, and our Earworms of the Week! Terence Trent D’Arby - What a Wonderful World Michael Penn - No Myth Fight Sleep - River Thames Terence Trent D’Arby - If You All Get to Heaven Terence Trent D’Arby - Wishing Wel...
Apr 29, 2017•2 hr 12 min•Ep. 38
Greg and Ben discuss Kendrick dominating the charts, Sony parting ways with Dr. Luke, Madonna biopic in the works, Sisqo tells the story of the Thong Song, Beyonce having best-selling album of 2016, our Because 5: Prince Songs, and our Earworms of the Week! Prince - Let’s Go Crazy (Super Bowl XLI performance) Tina Turner - We Don't Need Another Hero (Thunderdome) Prince - Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad? Prince - Batdance Prince - Little Red Corvette Prince - Kiss Prince - Let’s Go Crazy Prince - ...
Apr 26, 2017•1 hr 35 min•Ep. 37
Greg and Ben make fun of the Chainsmokers, the Gorillaz tour, how Sylvia Moy saved Stevie Wonder, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, the production of Scott Storch, and our Earworms of the Week! Dr. Dre feat. Snoop Dogg - Still D.R.E. John Fassold - Our Own Way Emarosa - Helpless Jackie Tohn - Deep Like Chris Brown - Run It! Paris Hilton - Turn It Up AlunaGeorge - Wanderlust Fat Joe feat. Lil Wayne - Make It Rain Check out our website! www.bythetimeyouhearthis.com facebook.com/bythetimeyouheart...
Apr 19, 2017•1 hr 36 min•Ep. 36
Greg and Ben discuss the anniversaries of Third Eye Blind’s debut album and the death of Kurt Cobain, the passing of J. Geils, Billboard Award nominees, Paul Oakenfold spins on Mt. Everest, the Rock and Roll HOF induction, Make Music Day, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, American Idol, a musician we know, and our Earworms of the Week! Hudson Thames - Our Song Ivorie - SATELLITES Moby - Run On Paper Street - Everything’s Alright Kris Allen - Live Like We’re Dying Check out our website! www.byt...
Apr 14, 2017•2 hr 28 min•Ep. 35
Greg and Ben discuss Spotify’s paywall for new releases, how streaming makes money for the music industry, Cam’ron’s questionable sampling, music added to the Library of Congress, Alan Menken being honored, the Boy Band TV show, Kanye West’s streaming records, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, the history of payola, a musician we know, and our Earworms of the Week! Neil Young - Payola Blues Cam’Ron - 10,000 Miles Ella Riot - It Could Be Leena Regan - Reckless Love SHAED - Starboy Celisse Hende...
Apr 05, 2017•2 hr 18 min•Ep. 34
Greg and Ben discuss Drake’s chart domination, a Master P biopic, Young Money Radio, Harry Styles’ solo debut, Snoop inducting Tupac, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, the production team The Matrix, and our Earworms of the Week! Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi Lamb of God - Laid to Rest Emily Bell - Can’t Talk Back Liz Phair - Extraordinary Hilary Duff - The Math Ferras - Hollywood Is Not America Ashley Tisdale - Headstrong Hilary Duff - Party Up LION BABE feat Moe Moks - Rockets Avril Lavigne - An...
Mar 29, 2017•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 33
Greg and Ben discuss the passing of Chuck Berry, Greg attending a Phantogram concert, anniversary of The Last Dragon, Missy Elliott performing in the US, the Mulan remake, new music released, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, the idea of “selling out,” and our Earworms of the Week! Black Eyed Peas - Joints & Jam Chuck Berry - Sweet Little Sixteen The Beach Boys - Surfin’ U.S.A. Dwight David - The Last Dragon Martina McBride - Whatever You Say Emma-Jane Thommen - This City Liz Phair - Super...
Mar 26, 2017•2 hr 24 min•Ep. 32
Greg and Ben are joined by Tim to discuss Ed Sheeran dominating music, Terence Malick’s new film, the call to eliminate the NEA, the best SNL performances, Fear of a Black Hat, and our Earworms of the Week! (And some random bonus soccer talk.) NWH - Guerrillas In the Midst John Mayer - Helpless Tuxedo - 2nd Time Around The Ice Plant - Come and Pet the P**** Follow Tim on Twitter @timbeauxreynald Check out his website www.roll2save.com Check out our new website! www.bythetimeyouhearthis.com faceb...
Mar 17, 2017•2 hr•Ep. 31
Greg and Ben discuss Lorde’s new album, Ed Sheeran announces tour and give Taylor Swift news, 20th anniversary of Notorious B.I.G.’s death, the 30th anniversary of U2’s The Joshua Tree, the iHeart Music Awards, remix management company MetaPop, Chance the Rapper donating money for education, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours, and our Earworms of the Week! Fleetwood Mac - Silver Springs (Live) Robbie Dupree - Hot Rod Hearts K’eyla - Weak Fleetwood Mac - Don’t Stop Fleetw...
Mar 10, 2017•2 hr 10 min•Ep. 30
Greg and Ben discuss the new music, Ed Sheeran breaking streaming records, Sun Records, Jay-Z inducted into Songwriters HOF, Danger Mouse producing Man on the High Castle soundtrack, Hall & Oates on tour with Tears For Fears, a recording console up for auction among other things, Kendrick Lamar’s new direction, new Bobby Shmurda documentary, SHether, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, our Because 5 of Best Original Song winners, and our Earworms of the Week! Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone - Ci...
Mar 06, 2017•2 hr 31 min•Ep. 29
Greg and Ben discuss the passing of Al Jarreau and Clyde Stubblefield, new music released in the last week, Maroon 5’s hip-hop collabs, Kesha vs. Dr. Luke, Creedence Clearwater Revival reunion, the Tupac/Biggie revival, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, Adele beating Beyonce for Album of the Year, and our Earworms of the Week! Adele - Album of the Year acceptance speech Prince - I Wanna Be Your Lover Chevalier - Arts of Nature Phantogram - You’re Mine Beyonce feat. Jack White - Don’t Hurt Your...
Feb 19, 2017•2 hr 27 min•Ep. 28
Greg and Ben discuss Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl performance, potential performers for future Super Bowls, the Billboard Power 100, Aretha Franklin retirement, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis not submitting album for the Grammys, George Michael and Prince tributes at the Grammys, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, our Grammy picks, and our Earworms of the Week! Daft Punk feat. Pharrell and Stevie Wonder - Get Lucky/Another Star Marianas Trench - Vertigo Hawk Jones - The Final Frontier Drake feat. Rihanna ...
Feb 11, 2017•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 27
Greg and Ben are joined by Brandon AKA Father Clef to discuss more of The New Edition Story, Beyonce being pregnant, Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl plans, new music being released, how a Grammy voter voted for some big awards, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, the music of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, and our Earworms of the Week! Janet Jackson - Alright Arrows to Athens - The Waiting Heimlich feat. Jermaine Fleur - A Song Cherrelle - I Didn’t Mean To Turn You On The S.O.S. Band - Just Be Good to Me Jan...
Feb 04, 2017•2 hr 34 min•Ep. 26
Greg and Ben discuss the Oscar nominations for Best Original Song, new music releases, petition for Migos to perform at the Super Bowl, Hamilton cast performing at the Super Bowl, Elton John working on the Devil Wears Prada musical, Sprint buying stake in Tidal, hip-hop albums being preserved at the Harvard library, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, The New Edition Story, and our Earworms of the Week! New Edition - Crucial (Remix) Midnight to Monaco - One Way Ticket Carmen Perez - Space Girl N...
Jan 29, 2017•2 hr 7 min•Ep. 25
Greg and Ben discuss Ed Sheeran’s single debuting at #1, Alanis Morissette’s manager be stealing, the Bruce Springsteen cover band dropping out of performing at Trump’s inauguration, Kanye not being invited to perform at the inauguration, the real Bruce Springsteen performing at Obama’s last day in office, music movies coming out in 2017, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, the legacy of Stock, Aitken, & Waterman, and our Earworms of the Week! Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up Taken By C...
Jan 20, 2017•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 24
Greg and Ben are joined by Whitney & Lydia from Her Ms Us to discuss Whitney & Lydia’s YouTube channel and TTC journey, Donald Trump’s Inauguration lineup, Selena Gomez and The Weeknd are dating, Mariah Carey coming up after NYE, Festival acts being acts announced, Urban Myths series in the UK, Syd going solo, Trent Reznor being an old man, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, the Chris Brown/ Soulja Boy “fight”, and our Earworms of the Week! Music: Big Sty - It’s a Problem 3 Doors Down -...
Jan 15, 2017•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 23
Greg and Ben discuss Rebecca Ferguson performing at the inauguration under one condition, Big & Rich with Cowboy Troy’s hick-hop bars performing at the inauguration, Coachella announcing their 2017 lineup, Drake living out his childhood dreams, Black Beatles being #1 again, Sheryle Crow’s new album, Yes reuniting for the Rock and Roll HOF induction, Mariah Carey’s NYE fiasco, our Indie Instagrammer of the Week, Michael Jackson’s ‘Bad’ album, and our Earworms of the Week! Michael Jackson - Al...
Jan 06, 2017•1 hr 44 min•Ep. 22
Greg and Ben discuss the passing of George Michael, ‘Starboy’ #1 on the Hot 100, Pentatonix #1 on the Billboard 200, Christmas songs, Donald Trump’s inauguration performers, our “Indie Instagrammer of the Week,” our Because 5 Songs of 2016, top artists we discovered this year and our Earworms of the Week! George Michael - Freedom! ’90 Wham! - Young Guns (Go For It) Grimes - Kill V. Maim Orpheus - Mantra Tantra The 1975 - Somebody Else Phantogram - You Don’t Get Me High Anymore Rihanna - Needed M...
Dec 28, 2016•1 hr 48 min•Ep. 21
Greg and Ben discuss J. Cole having the #1 album again (with no features, again), John Legend performing at the NBA All Star Game, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2017 class, “best of the year” lists being published earlier and earlier, Mariah not knowing anybody, our “Indie Instagrammer of the Week,” the production of Jermaine Dupri, and our holiday Earworms of the Week! Featured Music: Usher - My Way John Lennon - Happy Xmas War Is Over After Romeo feat. Silento Kris Kross - Jump Da Brat - Fu...
Dec 21, 2016•1 hr 46 min•Ep. 20
Greg and Ben discuss the Golden Globe nominations for Best Original Song, Billboard’s 50 Best Albums of 2016, President Obama signs the BOTS Act, Drake’s ‘One Dance’ top 1 billion plays on Spotify, a new segment “Indie Instagrammer of the Week,” the pop tragedy of Milli Vanilli, and our Earworms of the Week! In Living Color - Do-It-Yourself Milli Vanilli Kit DON BROCO - Automatic Dominique - Bottled Up Boney M. - Daddy Cool Boney M. - Baby Do You Wanna Bump Milli Vanilli - Girl You Know It’s Tru...
Dec 17, 2016•2 hr•Ep. 19
Greg and Ben discuss new music released since the last episode, Shirley Caesar suing DJ Suede, Nicki Minaj’s ‘Black Barbies,” social media challenges, this year’s Grammy nominees, other gripes and trends with the Grammys, and Earworms of the Week! Featured Music: Alexander O’Neal - Sunshine Ekkah - Last Chance to Dance Doobie Brothers - What a Fool Believes facebook.com/bythetimeyouhearthis Follow us on Instagram: @bythetimeuhearthis Email: bythetimeuhearthis@gmail.com Subscribe on iTunes, Podom...
Dec 10, 2016•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 18
Greg and Ben discuss a Teddy Riley coincidence, the Soul Train Awards, the New Edition miniseries, Metallica’s #1 album, the new additions to the Grammy Hall of Fame, the Grammys going back to New York, TIME Magazine’s Top 10 Worst Songs of 2016, The Weeknd setting Spotify records, Lana Del Rey leaving the charts, a new YouTube video with 1 billion views, our Because 5 Artists from Atlanta, and our Earworms of the Week! Outkast - Cruisin’ In the ATL Jermaine Dupri & Ludacris - Welcome to Atl...
Nov 30, 2016•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 17
Greg and Ben are joined by Brandon AKA Father Clef to discuss the passing of Sharon Jones, new music from The Weeknd, Ja Rule and Ashanti, Tribe Called Quest and others, the top albums of 2016 from NME, nobody wanting to play Trump’s inauguration, Leonard Cohen’s passing, “type-beat” producers, the production and influence of Teddy Riley, our Earworms of the Week and more! Guy - Teddy’s Jam 2 Royal Tusk - Not So Fast Keith Sweat - I Want Her DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince - I’m Looking For t...
Nov 26, 2016•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 16
Greg and Ben are joined by Matt to discuss how social media made Rae Sremmurd #1, John Lennon’s letter to Paul McCartney, lots of new music being released, Kanye being a would’ve-been Trump supporter, Drake getting too involved in the sports, Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind,’ and our Earworm’s of the Week! (Sorry the music is too loud during some parts the recording.) Nirvana - On A Plain The Police - Synchronicity II Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit Nirvana - Come As You Are Nirvana - Breed The Wipers - ...
Nov 19, 2016•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 15
Greg and Ben are joined by Matt to discuss the Drake/Taylor Swift dating rumors, the top 5 of the Billboard 200, Bruno Mars and Mark Ronson being sued, the 2017 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominees, power trios, and our Earworms of the Week! The Jam - Town Called Malice Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars - Uptown Funk Collage - Young Girls *Jillea - Drive Slow* Ben Folds Five - One Angry Dwarf and 200 Solemn Faces Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit The Jimi Hendrix Experience - Purple Haze blink-182 -...
Nov 02, 2016•17 min•Ep. 14
Greg and Ben discuss the Calvin Harris/Taylor Swift 'beef,' play Ben's Earworm of the Week, talk about how protest/social music reflects the times, play Greg's Earworm of the Week, and more! Featured Music: Marianas Trench - Decided to Break It Kendrick Lamar - Alright Tupac - Changes Anderson. Paak feat Schoolboy Q - Am I Wrong Find us on Facebook: Facebook.com/bythetimeyouhearthis
Oct 17, 2016•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 2
Greg and Ben discuss Solange making Billboard history, Bob Dylan winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, Corey Feldman being on the Today Show AGAIN, Madonna being named Woman of the Year, Woodstock ’99 and other music festival stories, and our Earworms of the Week! Featured Music: Kid Rock - Bawitdaba *Styx - Renegade* The Offspring - The Kids Aren’t Alright *Steven A. Clark - Seashore* Bruce Hornsby - Resting Place facebook.com/bythetimeyouhearthis Follow us on Instagram - @bythetimeuhearthis ...
Oct 15, 2016•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 13
Greg and Ben are joined by Eric/meanmuggah11/Nyk Grey to discuss the passing of Rod Temperton, Lady Gaga officially performing at Super Bowl 51, new music from several artists, the upcoming A3C conference and AfroPunk Festival, bands originating from Carrollton, GA, the success of Chance the Rapper and what it means for major labels, the sounds of The Neptunes, and of course our Earworms of the Week! Featured Music: Ray J feat Lil Kim - Wait A Minute Hoagy Carmichael - Heart and Soul Train - Pla...
Oct 08, 2016•2 hr•Ep. 12
Greg and Ben discuss Lady Gaga performing at the Super Bowl, Justin Timberlake’s new concert film, a record store selling weed, Adele’s ’25’ going diamond, and both guys make a list of their top 5 movie soundtracks from the 1990s. We also have our Earworms of the Week! Featured Music: Britney Spears - (You Drive Me) Crazy - The Stop Remix! Carly Rae Jepsen - Emotion En Vogue - Don’t Let Go (Love) Dionne Farris - Hopeless Third Eye Blind - Graduate Naughty by Nature - Uptown Anthem Whitney Housto...
Sep 28, 2016•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 11
