Longtime Omaha native Stephen Pedersen of Criteria (formerly Cursive / White Octave) joins me to recall his childhood of basketball, talk about his love of playing the sport, early days of Saddle Creek records, and the new Criteria album due out May 22nd. We also tried a new segment of "Band Name or NBA Player" with... mixed results.

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Lindsay and Mercy from Football Etc. talk all things sports from Rockets and Spurs to womens soccer. They also discuss their re-release of their debut album The Draft and new projects they're working on. And a Build-a-Band like you wouldn't believe.

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Topshelf Records is celebrating their 20th anniversary so founder Kevin Duquette joined me to talk about their history, compare some Topshelf artists to NBA players. Plus we talk Celtics, MVP, and more.

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Dan Campbell from The Wonder Years gets on the podcast to get into all things Philly sports, Sixers, training for their upcoming tour. I also share a few songs that I'm really digging right now.

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Our first Utah Jazz fan brings out Jack Rutter, also known as Ritt Momney, to talk about his newest album BASE, giving his music a proper NBA rebuild, and his pure passion for tanking and loving a bad team.

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We finally get friend of the pod Julia from Ratboys on to talk about their killer new album Singin' to an Empty Chair, favorite karaoke songs, Louisville basketball, Bulls, and more.

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NBA TRADE DEADLINE APPROACHES! Had Catherine and Julian of Remember Sports on the podcast during a busy NBA news day. We talked about the trade news, their new album "The Refrigerator", Sixers, Celtics, Bulls galore.

We also take in community suggestions for indie rock trade proposals.

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Ben from Tigers Jaw is my guest this week, ready for a new TJ album and talking about being both a Knicks and Sixers fan growing up in PA, the early 2000's Knicks, and he does a KILLER Build-a-Band.

Their album Lost On You is due out March 27th on Hopeless Records.

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Our final Half Court Session of the year with Macie Stewart is out now at: https://www.youtube.com/@indiebasketball

Shirts and hats, as well as album reviews, available at: http://www.indiebasketball.com

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