Hit It Or Quit It #16 - Bad Brains Trivia, Records Reviews, Zola Jesus!

Hit It Or Quit It #16 - Bad Brains Trivia, Records Reviews, Zola Jesus!
Hit It Or Quit It #16 - Bad Brains Trivia, Records Reviews, Zola Jesus!

Hit It Or Quit It #16 - Bad Brains Trivia, Records Reviews, Zola Jesus!

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This is episode 16 of the Hit It Or Quit It podcast and right away you might be asking yourself, “what’s with the youthful, buff Jared Leto photo?”  Well, check out this week’s Gossip Wolf segment to find out the story behind the photo that’s going to HAUNT YOUR DREAMS. Also on the show this week: - Podcast listener Stephen Sowley joins us for a round of Bad Brains Trivia! - We review new records by No Age, Abe Vigoda, and Residual Echoes! - Nika from Zola Jesus gives us a call to tell us how it feels to be “goth’s new figurehead!” All this plus gossip on Archer Prewitt, Kid Sister, and the aforementioned Mr. Leto; a twitter update from Nicki Minaj; and a bloated double-lp concept record running time of 42 minutes! Hit it y’all!

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Music this week:

  • Marianna Ritchey, “Hit It Or Quit It”
  • John Hughes, “You Don’t Love Me”
  • Bad Brains, “Banned In DC”
  • Bad Brains, “Sacred Love”
  • No Age, “Life Prowler”
  • No Age, “Fever Dreaming”
  • No Age, “Chem Trails”
  • Abe Vigoda, “Dream Of My Love (Chasing After You)”
  • Abe Vigoda, “Pure Violence”
  • Residual Echoes, “Düds”
  • Residual Echoes, “Eyes”
  • Zola Jesus, “Night”
  • Zola Jesus, “Tower”
  • Sam Prekop, “The Silhouettes”
  • Archer Prewitt, “Way Of The Sun”
  • Kid Sister, “I’ll House You (Reebok Remix 09 Instrumental)”
  • Nicki Minaj, “Your Love (Instrumental)”
  • Zola Jesus, “Sea Talk”

Hit It Or Quit It is hosted by Jessica Hopper and JR Nelson, and produced by Michael Catano.  You can stream past episodes at music.wbez.org or download them at the Chicago Public Media iTunes Store.  You can follow us on Twitter, become our friends on Facebook, or drop us an email.