New Bands We Didn't Know Pt 2

Key Outcomes

Scott and Burke completed a multi-day podcast episode (started Tuesday, finished Sunday) covering new music discovery, sports updates, and news segments. The session was delayed by AT&T cell tower overload from a nearby fireworks event, which knocked out Scott's upload connectivity until 6 AM. 1 Ten emerging bands were featured and discussed across the episode.

Decisions Made

• Supergirl film: Not recommended — budget ~$180M, needed ~$370M to break even, earned only $60M opening week; consensus was to skip theaters 23
• F1 race discussion deferred entirely to next show — both hosts too frustrated to cover it 4
• Bonkers Britain segment confirmed usable for the F1 episode 5

Music Featured

Band Origin Genre Reaction
Military Gun Los Angeles Melodic hardcore/alt punk Neutral — "didn't hate it, don't know if I liked it" 6
Theater Limerick, Ireland Indie rock/shoegaze Strong positive; vocals compared to Sinead O'Connor, Cranberries 78
Julie Orange County, CA Shoegaze/noise rock Positive; compared to Joy Division, Go-Go's 910
St. Clair Leeds, UK Atmospheric alternative Positive; notes of Oasis, Beatles, Poison 11
Bar Italia London Lo-fi indie/post-punk Positive; Tom Petty vocals, Pink Floyd instrumentation 12
The North Leeds, UK Indie rock Positive; compared to Foo Fighters, Bon Jovi chorus 1314
Stanley Simmons Los Angeles Folk rock Strong positive; sons of Paul Stanley & Gene Simmons 1516
Bottle Rockets – Home Glasgow Indie rock Strong positive; "Go-Go's on steroids" 17
Bottle Rockets – Won't Speak Again Glasgow Indie rock Positive; Cranberries + Cocteau Twins comparison 18
The Sprints Dublin Garage punk Positive; dark, six-minute slow-burn build 1920

• Runner-ups mentioned: Nation of Language (Inept Apollo), Urban Heat (Have You Ever) 5

News & Sports Highlights

• Wimbledon: Sabalenka upset by Naomi Osaka; Coco Gauff defeated Bensik in three sets; 18-year-old Jovic lost to Pegula but flagged as a future star 2122
• Travis Kelce / Taylor Swift: Jokingly announced as "married" — recurring show bit 23
• United Airlines flight diverted after passenger named a Bluetooth device "bomb" 24
• Kelsey Fendler completed solo row from California to Hawaii, breaking both women's and men's speed records 25
• Bonnie Tyler recovering in Portuguese ICU after cardiac event and coma; doctors expect full recovery 2627