Is There An Indie Rock Conspiracy? (Featuring Joywave)

Many people write us with musical maladies and conspiracies. A recent one caught our attention. Daniel Armbruster, lead vocalist of indie band Joywave, has been hearing the same melody on songs all across the Alt-rock charts. He believes that this hook could be the secret to securing a place on the Billboard. Nate and Charlie investigate this issue, traveling from the contemporary charts, all the back to the archaic musical scale. The stakes are high: is it possible to hack your way into a hit alt-rock song?

Songs Discussed 

• Young The Giant - Superposition
• Cold War Kids - First
• Sir Sly - &Run
• Joywave, KOPPS - Tongues
• Maroon 5 - Moves Like Jagger
• Lady Gaga - Bad Romance 
• AJR - Burn the House Down
• Twenty One Pilot - Chlorine
• The Black Keys - Lo/Hi
• Bilie Eilish - Bury A Friend
• Catfish and the Bottleman - Longshot
• Cage The Elephant - Ready To Let Go
• Panic! At The Disco - High Hopes
• SHAED - Trampoline
• Oliver Tree - Hurt
• The Lumineers - Ho Hey
  
  

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