Is There An Indie Rock Conspiracy? (Featuring Joywave)

May 15, 2019, 12:12 AM

Many people write us with musical maladies and conspiracies. A recent one caught our attention. Daniel Armbruster, lead vocalist of indie band Joywave, has been hearing the same melody on songs all across the Alt-rock charts. He believes that this hook could be the secret to securing a place on the Billboard. Nate and Charlie investigate this issue, traveling from the contemporary charts, all the back to the archaic musical scale. The stakes are high: is it possible to hack your way into a hit alt-rock song?

Songs Discussed 
  • Young The Giant - Superposition
  • Cold War Kids - First
  • Sir Sly - &Run
  • Joywave, KOPPS - Tongues
  • Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
  • Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 
  • AJR - Burn the House Down
  • Twenty One Pilot - Chlorine
  • The Black Keys - Lo/Hi
  • Bilie Eilish - Bury A Friend
  • Catfish and the Bottleman - Longshot
  • Cage The Elephant - Ready To Let Go
  • Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
  • SHAED - Trampoline
  • Oliver Tree - Hurt
  • The Lumineers - Ho Hey



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