1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 Part 1 of my conversation with guest Jay Breitling about our favorite music of the year so far. Show notes: - Pixies played &quot;surprise show&quot; at TT the Bear's - Cambridge club is closing after 40+ years - A primer on the Boston rock club scene - Free Converse shows were a bummer for those of us who couldn't get tickets - Van Halen talk continues with Eddie slagging DLR and Michael Anthony - JB: Indie bands move beyond the '90s guitar rock sound - Speedy Ortiz explored different textures on new album - Nice work, Insound - JK: Reunited bands with good new releases: Sleater-Kinney, Swervedriver and Faith No More - JB: Pile's new album has a live feel to it - Hard to categorize Pile - To be continued &amp;nbsp; Completely Conspicuous is available through the iTunes podcast directory. Subscribe and write a review! &amp;nbsp; The opening and closing theme of Completely Conspicuous is &quot;Theme to Big F'in Pants&quot; by Jay Breitling. Find out more about Senor Breitling at his fine music blog Clicky Clicky. Voiceover work is courtesy of James Gralian. Completely Conspicuous http://compcon.libsyn.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/3633512/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/88AA3C/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/9268374