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
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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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