Does It Slap?

Darin and Gabe

Every week, Darin and Gabe subject a song to critical analysis to determine whether it slaps.

  • 55 minutes 58 seconds
    Cool Guy Rock Ep. 6: Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life

    In episode 6 of the Cool Guy Rock series, Gabe and Darin discuss the Third Eye Blind song "Semi-Charmed Life."

    Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder.

    Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now more than ever.

    New episodes of the Cool Guy Rock series will be released on Mondays and Thursdays at precisely 8:32 a.m.

    Please slap that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review, because it helps the algorithms and, more importantly, our egos. You can also write a song in the review that you'd like us to discuss. Just throw it right in that review and we'll get to it at some point.

    10 May 2021, 3:32 pm
  • 38 minutes 21 seconds
    Cool Guy Rock Ep. 5: Goo Goo Dolls - Name

    In episode 5 of the Cool Guy Rock series, Gabe and Darin discuss the Goo Goo Dolls song "Name."

    Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder.

    Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now more than ever.

    New episodes of the Cool Guy Rock series will be released on Mondays and Thursdays at precisely 8:32 a.m. Unless Gabe gets a concussion and is told not to use a computer for a few days, in which case they might come out on a random Wednesday.

    Please slap that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review, because it helps the algorithms and, more importantly, our egos. You can also write a song in the review that you'd like us to discuss. Just throw it right in that review and we'll get to it at some point.

    5 May 2021, 3:20 pm
  • 38 minutes 34 seconds
    Cool Guy Rock Ep. 4: Matchbox Twenty - 3 A.M.

    In episode 4 of the Cool Guy Rock series, Gabe and Darin discuss the Matchbox Twenty song "3 A.M."

    Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder.

    Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now more than ever.

    New episodes of the Cool Guy Rock series will be released on Mondays and Thursdays at precisely 8:32 a.m.

    Please slap that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review, because it helps the algorithms and, more importantly, our egos. You can also write a song in the review that you'd like us to discuss. Just throw it right in that review and we'll get to it at some point.

    22 April 2021, 3:32 pm
  • 36 minutes 16 seconds
    Cool Guy Rock Ep. 3: Soul Asylum - Runaway Train

    In episode 3 of the Cool Guy Rock series, Darin and Gabe discuss the 1993 Soul Asylum hit "Runaway Train."

    Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder.

    Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now more than ever.

    New episodes of the Cool Guy Rock series will be released on Mondays and Thursdays at precisely 8:32 a.m.

    Please slap that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review, because it helps the algorithms and, more importantly, our egos. You can also write a song in the review that you'd like us to discuss. Just throw it right in that review and we'll get to it at some point.

    19 April 2021, 3:32 pm
  • 26 minutes 32 seconds
    Cool Guy Rock Ep.2: The Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealousy

    In episode 2 of the Cool Guy Rock series, Gabe and Darin discuss the Gin Blossoms' hit "Hey Jealousy."

    Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder.

    Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now more than ever.

    New episodes of the Cool Guy Rock series will be released on Mondays and Thursdays at precisely 8:32 a.m.

    Please slap that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review, because it helps the algorithms and, more importantly, our egos. You can also write a song in the review that you'd like us to discuss. Just throw it right in that review and we'll get to it at some point.

    15 April 2021, 3:32 pm
  • 40 minutes 16 seconds
    Cool Guy Rock Ep. 1: Goo Goo Dolls - There You Are

    In the first episode of a new 15-part series, Gabe and Darin explore the origins of Cool Guy Rock, aka S--- Rock, aka the Music that Killed Rock Music, by looking at an early Goo Goo Dolls song, There You Are.

    Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder.

    Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now more than ever.

    New episodes of the Cool Guy Rock series will be released on Mondays and Thursdays at precisely 8:32 a.m.

    Please slap that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review, because it helps the algorithms and, more importantly, our egos. You can also write a song in the review that you'd like us to discuss. Just throw it right in that review and we'll get to it at some point.

    12 April 2021, 3:32 pm
  • 47 minutes 55 seconds
    Idles - Never Fight a Man With a Perm

    Gabe and Darin talk about the listener-requested "Never Fight a Man with a Perm" by Idles. They talk about the time Darin's band got a dorm evacuated, reminisce about the golden age of battle rap insults, and get confused by British drug slang.

    They both think this song slaps.

    Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder.

    Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now more than ever.

    You can also now check out the playlist of all the songs we've reviewed or will be reviewing in the near future on Spotify or on Youtube.

    Please slap that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review, because it helps the algorithms and, more importantly, our egos. You can also write a song in the review that you'd like us to discuss. Just throw it right in that review and we'll get to it at some point.

    29 March 2020, 7:37 pm
  • 25 minutes 30 seconds
    Britney Spears - Work Bitch

    Darin and Gabe talk about comrade Britney Spears' revolutionary anthem "Work Bitch."

    The layers of irony are numerous and complicated, but both think the song slaps, kinda.

    Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder.

    Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now more than ever.

    You can also now check out the playlist of all the songs we've reviewed or will be reviewing in the near future on Spotify or on Youtube.

    Please slap that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review, because it helps the algorithms and, more importantly, our egos. You can also write a song in the review that you'd like us to discuss. Just throw it right in that review and we'll get to it at some point.

    27 March 2020, 1:00 pm
  • 40 minutes 11 seconds
    Charli XCX feat. Christine and the Queens - Gone

    Gabe and Darin discuss the bleeby, bloopy postmodern pop song “Gone” by Charli XCX featuring Christine and the Queens. They discuss adult video stores, straight edge bands, and foreign language classes. Not gonna lie, they were both a little drunk for this one.

    Neither thought it slaps.

    Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder.

    Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now more than ever.

    You can also now check out the playlist of all the songs we've reviewed or will be reviewing in the near future on Spotify or on Youtube.

    Please slap that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review, because it helps the algorithms and, more importantly, our egos. You can also write a song in the review that you'd like us to discuss. Just throw it right in that review and we'll get to it at some point.

    26 March 2020, 1:00 pm
  • 39 minutes 48 seconds
    Cute is What We Aim For - The Curse of Curves

    Darin and Gabe discuss the Baudrillardian classic "The Curse of Curves," which radically sucks. And they play "Which Poet of the Western Canon Wrote This: Shaant or Someone Else"

    They both think this song doesn't slap.

    Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder.

    Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com. Now more than ever.

    You can also now check out the playlist of all the songs we've reviewed or will be reviewing in the near future on Spotify or on Youtube.

    Please slap that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review, because it helps the algorithms and, more importantly, our egos. You can also write a song in the review that you'd like us to discuss. Just throw it right in that review and we'll get to it at some point.

    25 March 2020, 6:50 pm
  • 32 minutes 28 seconds
    Carly Rae Jepsen - Party for One

    In maybe the most focused episode to date, Darin and Gabe discuss radical self-care, the beautiful trap of consumer culture, and what it means to "get over" someone.

    They both think this song slaps.

    Cover art by Jeremy Hammond. You can find him on twitter dot com at @jeremythunder.

    Intro and outro music by New Junk City. You can listen to New Junk City's music at newjunkcityatl.bandcamp.com. Support their art at newjunkcity.limitedrun.com.

    You can also now check out the playlist of all the songs we've reviewed or will be reviewing in the near future on Spotify or on Youtube.

    Please slap that subscribe button and leave us a 5-star review, because it helps the algorithms and, more importantly, our egos. You can also write a song in the review that you'd like us to discuss. Just throw it right in that review and we'll get to it at some point.

    25 September 2019, 7:48 pm
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