Mark Blankenship and Sarah D. Bunting are journalists, friends, and music fans who love talking about pop music of all stripes.
We end the Best New Artist season where it all began for the podcast: the Grammys. We're talking today about... more
It's the Best New Artist Breakdown season finale, featuring a MASTAS greatest-hits line-up, the return of sprung rhythm, grand unifying... more
Our penultimate Best New Artist Breakdown moves into the teens; we're talking about Amy Clonehouses, lost anthems of lady rage,... more
As the Best New Artist Breakdown season rounds the millennium turn, we're talking about which band is playing when Jennifer... more
We're closing out the twentieth century in our fifth episode, and there are fewer howling embarrassments among our Best New... more
Confusing band names, the MTV aura, and what happens if the comedy/tragedy masks and a keyboard mate: it's the 4th... more
Disco, NuRo, and not knowing where to look during "Afternoon Delight" -- it's all part of our third episode, when... more
We're wading into the '70s in our second ep, which includes ruminations on inessential classic rock; how Karen Carpenter and... more
The Best New Artist Breakdown season has begun! Instead of pitting the 64 winners of the Grammys' Best New Artist... more
Our finale finds us talking about actor/musicians with lasting pop careers: Oscar-winners (Jamie Foxx), Grammy-winners (Childish Gambino), former child stars... more