A mosquito.

Butch Vig on recording "Drain You" (video)

What we're listening to:

Matthew:
Kiwi jr., Blowin' Up
Tigers Jaw, Lost on You
Mikaela Davis, Graceland Way

Jake:
Boards of Canada, Inferno
DOMi & JD BECK, WHO ASKED?

The Meredith Smith Band (featuring Matthew) is playing at Blue Moon Tavern in Seattle on September 12, 2026.

Across from me, an extreme example.

What we're listening to:

Matthew:
Twisted Teens, Florida Water Blues
The Rolling Stones, Foreign Tongues
The Wrens, Album 4.5

Jake:
Muse, The Wow! Signal
Ed O'Brien, Blue Morpho

I don't wanna be your stool pigeon.

What we're listening to:

Matthew:
Fruit Bats, The Landfill
Trashcan Sinatras, Ever The Optimist

Jake:
Goose, BIG MODERN!
Tedeschi Trucks Band, Future Soul

She pulls those shades down tight.

Sambusa, Riddle for Reason

What we're listening to:

Matthew:
Weird Nightmare, Hoopla
Julianna Riolino, Echo in the Dust
Metric, Romanticize The Dive

Jake:
The Black Crowes, A Pound of Feathers
Bon Iver, VOLUMES: ONE (SELECTIONS FROM MUSIC CONCERTS 2019-2023 BON IVER 6 PIECE BAND)

As sleek as a sheik.

What we're listening to:

Jake:
Angine de Poitrine, Vol.II
Johnny Blue Skies, Mutiny After Midnight

Matthew:
Failure, Location Lost
Painkiller The Pigeon, Civil Temperatures (Zodiac B - Sides)
Castle Rat, Live on KEXP

Die young is far too boring these days.

What we're listening to:

Jake:
Harry Styles, Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally.
Bruno Mars, The Romantic

Matthew:
Mitski, Nothing's About to Happen to Me
Voxtrot, Dreamers in Exile
Meredith Smith, More Than a Dream - EP

It's getting kinda hectic.

What we're listening to:

Jake:
The Last Dinner Party, From The Pyre
Tauk, Somewhere Between Here And There

Matthew's:
Ruby the Hatchet, Valley of the Snake
The Blank Tapes, Lost Weekend

Sixteen in the clip and one in the hole

What we're listening to:

Matthew:
Slut Intent, Slutworld
Joyce Manor, I Used to Go to This Bar

Jake:
Melody's Echo Chamber, Unclouded
Lettuce, Cook