Summary

It seems like it's a good time to play The Clash. Dive Bar Music Club is back and digging a little deeper this time. We’re diving into the crossroads of music and social awareness, sparked by the recent federal violence in Minneapolis. I’m Sloane Spencer, joined by Chad Cochran, the Nelson Gullett, and Charles Hale.

A couple of us are slightly under the weather this week, but we're psyched to chat about what we're listening to lately.

We’re still swapping our latest musical obsessions and what’s been living on our playlists, but today the conversation carries a little more weight. We’re talking about how music shows up when things get tense; how it pushes back, how it brings people together, and how artists turn frustration, grief, and defiance into something powerful and unifying. At the same time, we’re not forgetting what music also does best: giving us a breather, a release, a place to land when the world feels loud.

So settle in with us for thoughtful, unfiltered, interesting music conversation.

Catch Our Tastemaker Playlists

1. Apple Music
2. Tidal

Bands Featured in Episode 3

1. Iron Chic
2. Amelia Day
3. The Menzingers
4. Mon Rovîa
5. Off With Their Heads
6. Karen E. Reynolds
7. The Third Mind
8. W8ing4UFOs

Venues and Festivals Mentioned

1. Albino Skunk Music Festival, Greer, SC
2. Barley's, Knoxville, TN
3. Big Ears Festival, Knoxville, TN
4. Blue Plate Special, WDVX, Knoxville, TN
5. The Blue Room, Nashville, TN
6. Bubbapalooza, Atlanta, GA
7. First Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
8. Frank Brown Songwriting Festival
9. Lake Street, Minneapolis, MN
10. Little 5 Points Festival, Atlanta, GA
11. Nelsonville Music Festival, Nelsonville, OH
12. Star Bar, Atlanta, GA

The Regulars in Episode 3

1. Chad Cochran
2. Nelson Gullett
3. Charles Hale
4. Sloane Spencer

Musicians Also Mentioned

1. 13th Floor Elevators
2. Dave Alvin
3. Bad Bunny
4. Better Than Ezra
5. Carsie Blanton
6. The Blasters
7. BoyGenius
8. Billy Bragg
9. Peter Buck
10. Camper Van Beethoven
11. Ashley Capps
12. The Carter Family
13. Counting Crows
14. Chunklet (Henry Owings)
15. The Clash
16. Alice Coltrane
17. Cracker
18. JT Cure
19. Arrested Development
20. Lucy Dacus
21. Deacon Lunchbox
22. Drive-By Truckers
23. Bob Dylan
24. Grateful Dead
25. Billie Eilish
26. Billy Fields
27. Follow for Now
28. Will Fratesi
29. Marvin Gaye
30. The Jody Grind
31. Kelly Hogan
32. Japanese Breakfast
33. Jimmy Eat World
34. The Jompson Brothers
35. The Knitters
36. Victor Krummenacher
37. Lake Street Dive
38. MJ Lenderman
39. Barrett Martin
40. James McMurtry
41. The Minus 5
42. Nirvana
43. Joy Oladokun
44. J.S. Ondara
45. Robert Plant
46. Chuck Prophet
47. Pylon (Randy Bewley, Vanessa Briscoe Hay)
48. Pylon Reenactment Society
49. Rage Against the Machine
50. Redd and the Paper Flowers
51. The Replacements
52. Chappell Roan
53. Pharoah Sanders
54. Gregory Dean Smalley
55. Smoke
56. Bruce Springsteen
57. Mavis Staples
58. Chris Stapleton
59. The Steeldrivers
60. Taylor Swift
61. Jesse Sykes
62. Bill Taft (Chowder Shouters)
63. Chris Thile
64. Richard Thompson
65. The Toadies
66. Tuatara
67. Molly Tuttle
68. Waxahatchee
69. Weezer
70. Jesse Wells (the spectacular fiddler who plays with Tyler Childers)
71. Olivia Wolfe