D’Angelo’s Voodoo was the culmination and natural end of Neo Soul, a vibrant (if arbitrarily named) genre in the mid to late 90s. Matt introduces other titans of Neo Soul in Maxwell and Erykah Badu.

Who cares if Pavement is cool, join Matt and Tim in rejoicing in the delightful, affirming ridiculousness of Ween and Art Brut, two bands for whom Irony is the last thing to worry about.

DJ Shadow’s music explodes at the seams with samples and production savvy, amazing it all comes from one four-track. In this episode, Matt introduces two other albums with that at-home vintage from Jay Som and Iron and Wine.

Liz Phair shocked the scene with her 1993 classic Exile in Guyville, paving a new way forward for women in indie. Matt takes us through two artists carrying Phair’s torch forward in Alanis Morissette and Courtney Barnett.

The episode Matt has been preparing for for years, really. The one where he discusses the beautifully apocalyptic tones of OK Computer and Radiohead's prescience and then talks about, and even slightly defends nu-metal.

After analyzing the best moments on The Queen is Dead and why The Smiths will never get back together, Matt offers two other albums by bands who have no chance of reuniting.

Matt considers Cosplay in his proposal to replace Daft Punk's Discovery.