Bandsplain - Podcast Rankings and reviews

I listened to the Paramore episode because Hayley recommended and it was totally worth the listen. It was an incredible dive into the evolution of the band, its members & their social dynamics, their albums, what was going on culturally around those albums, it includes music clips to really bring you there, it gave me everything I wanted and more. I nearly listened to the whole ~3hr episode in one sitting but had to take a break just to drive around and listen to Paramore’s After Laughter album only to immediately return to the episode after this drive to finish listening. Really liked the hosts and production. I’ll definitely be back for more of this podcast. Love, The Miss Guided Astrology pod

Seriously…my husband and I live on different sides of the internet (and we listen to very different podcasts), but Bandsplain is always one we listen to together and discuss at length. I am super stoked to hear a woman talk about music after spending my whole life listening to dudes talk over me about music. You’re the best, Yasi!!

This podcast needs a Pulitzer Prize or something. So many deeply researched stories of so many greats in music interwoven with humor, rawness, and passion in each band highlighted. Long live Bandsplain!

Started listening over the summer, first the grunge episodes then further back in the archive, and Yasi’s personality AND her voice—vocal fry and all!— made guitar rock feel alive again. I was beginning to see it as a dying genre, a vestige of a breed of masculinity that music culture has outgrown, until the Bandsplain crew reminded me how revolutionary and just plain good these bands are.

Keep doing what you’re doing!

Great taste and expertly-chosen bands, so just make it about the bands—no need to discuss working on your British lexicon. The Valley Girl delivery—hanging on syllables, speaking like she’s at the mall—just sort of corrupts the content. I’d rather go find a good book on the band in question. Should be an easy fix to clean up.