Fave Albums of 2020...So Far
Fest Friends Podcast Episode 12
Two best friends podcasting about concerts, music festivals, and so much more! Your best friends are Shaun Johnson (@shaunsjohnson) and Nick Gandy (@bazooka_nick). We're live music veterans who want to share our joy and excitement for concerts and music festivals with the world! We also go on tangents about a bunch of other stuff we love, like movies, TV shows, and video games. Follow the show on social media at @festfriendspod! Send your letters to FestFriendsPod@gmail.com, and we will feature on the show.
In this episode:
Intro/Wild world
Election is coming up! September flew by! Let’s dive right into the Afterglow
Afterglow - Breckinridge, CO & Bridgeman, MI, and Whiterock conservancy for Mitch’s birthday, and celebrating my 1st anniversary with Led
Shauntelle’s birthday is Monday. The first debate & thoughts on addiction and the lifelong struggles that go with it, FDT
Shoutout to the Indiecast with Steven Hyden and Ian Cohen
Check in with our favorite records of the year
Shaun’s favorites so far:
Bully - Sugaregg
Code Orange - Underneath and Under the Skin
Hundredth - Somewhere Nowhere
Land of Talk - Indistinct Conversations
Touche Amore - Lament
Whitney - Candid
Phantogram - Ceremony
Stay Inside - Viewing - No Sleep Records, could this be the start of the next golden age for NSR?
Pay for Pain - Pain EP
COVET - technicolor
Run the Jewels - RTJ4
Juelz - High Octane EP
Kardashev - The Baring of Shadows EP - Black metal, incredible
weave - The Sound II - Japanese (sung in English), emo alternative
Waxahatchee - Saint Cloud
Trippie Redd - A Love Letter to You 4 - Pegasus is out 10/30
Need more time with:
Bartees Strange - Live Forever
Sufjan Stevens - The Ascension
Deftones - Ohms
beabadoobee - Fake It Flowers
Bright Eyes - Down in the Weeds, Where the World Once Was
CloZee - Neon Jungle
Mansions - Big Bad
Remo Drive - Portrait of an Ugly Man
Ezra Feinberg - Recumbent Speech
Terror Reid - Hot Vodka 1
Big Gigantic - Free Your Mind
HYPE - Two weeks off from things and then Halloween! Seeing Alex Bush and Kassie! WOOHOO!!