No Filler is a music podcast dedicated to sharing the often overlooked hidden gems that fill the space between the singles on our favorite records. In each episode we’ll dive into a little history of the artist and the album of choice, with snippets from interviews & concerts, as well as music from the album itself. Proud part of Pantheon - the podcast network for music lovers.
335 episodes transcribedAt the start of the new millenium, Sweet Trip took the dream pop and shoegaze formula of the 90s and brought it into the digital age with their ever-e...
When their forces combined, Elizabeth Fraser and Robin Guthrie created some of the most ethereal, mysterious, and glimmering alt rock of all time. Wit...
With Quentin back at the mic, we take a left turn from last week's grunge gaze with a little dream pop courtesy of The Sundays. Goodbye I Feel Lif...
Just in time for their brand new record, Travis and special guest (and friend of the pod) Roni dive into the grunge/shoegaze/post hardcore revival of...
For our very special bonus Halloween episode, we chat about the perfect record for cruising around on Halloween night: White Zombie's 1992 La Sexorcis...
Only on Whatcha Heard will you hear a blood-curdling horror soundtrack followed by a children's song about the letters Q and U. It's our monthly mixta...
We get it: if you have to hear Monster Mash one more time, your boombox will be the only thing getting graveyard smashed. If you're in need for some n...
John Carpenter is often referred to as the master of horror. His iconic Halloween franchise defined the slasher film formula for decades to come. But...
Following last week's episode on Bowery Electric, we pull from the No Filler vaults with our episode on Seattle shoegaze group Cock & Swan. They pick...
Bowery Electric became one of the first rock groups to incorporate samplers and laptops into their setup with their 1996 record Beat. The result took...
We flipped on the mics for an early morning recording of this month's Whatcha Heard. Tracklist Milly - Marcy David Byrne - Strange Overtones No Vac...
We're dusting off an episode from August 25th, 2019 for a closer look at the shoegazing dream pop outfit Slowdive. As one of the early pioneers of the...
Once again we cover shoegaze pioneers Slowdive. We chat about their triumphant return with their 2017 self-titled release that proved they still had a...
Shortly after Doolittle, bassist Kim Deal needed an outlet to channel her creative energies in ways she wasn't able to under Black Francis' firm grip...
It's our monthly mixtape for August, with everything from Pink Floyd's heavier side to a folky, softer Slowdive side project, from some dark-synth dan...
Industrial synth-pop? Noise gaze? What exactly is electronic body music? All of these words have been used to describe the musical stylings of HEALTH,...
Ambient drone metal, dream sludge, bliss metal: it goes by many names, but one has finally stuck. The term is "doomgaze", and it's exactly what it sou...
If you're a fan of shoegaze, you know that wall-of-sound when you hear it. Brooklyn-based Spotlights takes that wall-of-sound and cranks up the distor...
Doomgaze is exactly what it sounds like: a blend of the slow and sludgy pace of doom metal with the wall-of-sound and ethereal vocals we've come to as...
For this month's Whatcha Heard, we dive into a variety of different folk from pop to freak, gazers from shoe to doom; and rock from psychedelic to gru...
