E266 - The Open Flames' Evan Sult (Harvey Danger) & Dave Eastman - Top 5 Albums with Super Awesome Drumming!

E266 - The Open Flames' Evan Sult (Harvey Danger) & Dave Eastman - Top 5 Albums with Super Awesome Drumming!

Author: O3L Media April 8, 2025 Duration: 1:41:14
Dedicated in loving memory of two of the greatest drummers of the O3L era: Blondie (among many others) drummer Clem Burke, who passed away the day prior to this episode's release; and The Jam's Rick Buckler, who we lost the week we recorded it. The title says it all: This week, we celebrate albums with super awesome drumming with Third Lads Evan Sult and Dave Eastman from The Open Flames! Evan Sult is the super awesome drummer behind Harvey Danger and their '90s alt-rock classic 'Flagpole Sitta' (c'mon, you know you've played air drums to it before). Plus, Harvey Danger's underrated second album, King James Version, is getting the deluxe vinyl treatment for its 25th anniversary on Record Store Day - April 12, 2025! Evan Sult and Paige Brubeck (who also make up the duo Sleepy Kitty) and bassist Len Bendel joined forces with singer/songwriter/guitarist extraordinaire Dave Eastman to form the literate pop noir band The Open Flames. Their new debut album, Same Time Next Year, rides a wild wave from crescendo to crescendo. Dave's novelist's eye tells narratives that he and co-vocalist Paige embody as characters which the band explodes into cinematic color via Evan's powerful drums, Paige and Len's inventive basslines, and a full spectrum of distorted guitar tones and harmonies. Same Time Next Year is out now on Subjangle: https://theopenflames.bandcamp.com Dave also treats O3L listeners to an exclusive live acoustic version of the album track 'My Birthday'. Oh, and did we mention it's super awesome?!? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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E268 - The Okmoniks - Top 5 Garage Rock Party Records! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:47:12
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E267  - Smoking Popes' Josh Caterer - Top 5 Albums of 1995, Vol. 2 [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:28:19
From Britpop to Beanie Babies, 1995 was da bomb! So much so, in fact, that we thought it would be pretty phat if we revisited the albums of the year in a Volume 2 episode. As if! This week's Third Lad, singer/songwriter/…
Crikey!  It's an O3L Guide to Record Store Day 2025! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 36:47
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E265 (or E1 of "Only Two Bros") - Top 5 Bro-Country Songs [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 25:53
Call it an O3L spin-off. Call it a new direction. But after 264 episodes discussing classic alternative music, we (Gregg Gunner and Brett Maverick) decided that it was finally time to devote ourselves to our true musical…
E262 - Alan D. Boyd (Movieland) - Top 5 Shoegaze Albums of the '90s [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:58:37
Yeah, we'll make the same disclaimer we made the last time we talked about shoegaze. We know the term is polarizing. We realize that it was coined by the press as a term of derision for what had previously been known as…
E260 - Tracey Vath (WUT) - The 5 W's [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 1:21:08
We're getting all investigative this week as we address songs that cover the "5 W's" - who, why, when, where...and WUT! Yes, that's right, W-U-T. Because our Third Lad this week is the utterly delightful Tracey Vath, bas…