Glass Animals' wonderfully wonky sophomore album "How To Be a Human Being" was a dramatic study in 11 different characters -- one for each song -- which found the indie pop band exploring the minds of a mayonnaise-eating stoner and a codeine-abusing, space-obsessed loner. The band described the zany project to host Chris Payne, while delving into its hip-hop ... Show More
Jul 2022
'We Built This City' by Starship
This song was slandered as “The Worst Song of the 80s”. Why?? It rocks! But as Andrew and Evan get way way into, it also sucks in unique and exciting and dumb ways. An absolutely devastating ep, with crucial insights into: what is hoopla; pre-boomer boomer attitudes, why you alwa ... Show More
1h 2m
Jul 2020
How “Who Let The Dogs Out?” Conquered The World
Join host Steve Greenberg for a deep dive into the remarkable story behind the unexpected smash hit “Who Let The Dogs Out?” by The Baha Men, a song celebrating its 20th anniversary. It's a tale involving crate-digging in Trinidadian record stores, Alex Rodriguez, Rugrats, and mor ... Show More
1h 4m
Aug 2020
Glass Animals’ Dave Bayley on releasing an album into a pandemic
This year has been devastating for the live music industry, especially for touring musicians, some of whom earn up to 90% of their income from playing live. Axios Re:Cap producer Naomi Shavin is joined by Glass Animals frontman Dave Bayley, who released an album this week and dis ... Show More
12m 6s
Jun 2022
'I'm Not Okay' by My Chemical Romance (w/ Gianmarco Soresi)
ARE YOU OKAY? Gianmarco Soresi stops by the podcast to discuss goths, outsized teenage emotions, music made in response to 9/11, debate the attractiveness of a sulky man, and much more. Read the bad, bad book that is this episode because unlike your jock boyfriend, this podcast j ... Show More
1h 20m
Oct 2021
The Velvet Underground Pt I
No Dogs in Space is back for Season 2!Marcus and Carolina return, and this season we shift our focus towards a sub-genre of Music, that much like Punk, encompasses a wide range of different styles cross-pollinating organically in the underground music scene of the 1970's, this se ... Show More
1h 20m
Dec 2023
A year in music science: wonder, volume and animals that groove
As 2023 comes to a close, Short Wave teamed up with our friends at All Things Considered to round up some of our favorite stories of the year — this time, about the science behind music. First, science correspondent Rob Stein talks to researchers (and Phish's Mike Gordon) about w ... Show More
10m 56s