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2 Brothers creating a shared playlist for a yearly road trip and reconnecting through music. Co-hosted by @jlowry001.bsky.social and @saelacroix.bsky.social Linktree: https://linktr.ee/2brtr

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · Nov 18

Hey, glad you're here, we're happy to be here - find our best and most up to date feed over on our instagram, but we'll also cross-post here more often than not www.instagram.com/2brothersroa...

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 1d

Released on this day in 1994, Sean’s #albumoftheweek is the self-titled debut by nu-metal pioneers KoЯn

While not a band that he revisits as often as Tool or Pennywise, KoЯn is equally foundational to Sean’s musical journey

Check out Season 1 Episode 18 when Sean added Blind to the Playlist

Self-Titled album by KoЯn CD front cover

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 1d

Joe's #albumoftheweek is Dwellin' In Tha Labb by JT The Bigga Figga.

Released on this day 30 years ago, this album has various head-bobbing tracks, including the self-titled Dwellin' In Tha Labb, Root Of All Evil, and Beware of Those featuring Vallejo legend E-40.

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 4d

The latest episode is live 🥳

The brothers add 4 new tracks to the playlist with songs from The Offspring, Sepultura, Jurassic 5, and Huntr/x. Yes, you read that right. This just might be the craziest mix of artists since the Season 1 Fourth of July episode #2BRTR

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2BRTR - Season 2 - Episode 8

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 9d

Joe's #albumoftheweek is Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun.

Released on this day in 2008, this is the electropop debut album from the duo of Luke Steele & Nick Littlemore. Joe added the title track to the Road Trip Radio Playlist all the way back in Episode 10 of Season 1.

Walking on a Dream by Empire of the Sun CD front cover

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 9d

Sean made his first appearance on '93 - '94: A Music Podcast with Travis Roy

He joins @9394podcast.bsky.social to discuss the best selling indie label album ever, Smash by The Offspring

Also check out the back catalog of amazin episodes including 3 featuring Joe

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Episode 101: The Offspring "Smash" with Sean Lowry

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 11d

Sean’s #albumoftheweek & arguably Sean’s favorite album of all time is Ænima by Tool

The CD version was released on this day in 1996, while the vinyl was released a few weeks earlier on September 17, 1996

Check out Season 1 Episode 29 to hear Sean dig into Tool & discuss Forty Six & 2 from Ænima

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 13d

A new episode is live 🥳

The brothers catch up & talk Star Wars & the new Mandalorian & Grogu trailer

Then they add 4 new songs to the playlist with tracks from Halsey, Sublime, the Grateful Dead, & an absolute banger from Professor Skank that is not to be missed

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2BRTR - Season 2 - Episode 7

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 16d

Joe's #albumoftheweek is Dark Days by DJ Shadow.

Released on this day 25 years ago (in 2000), Dark Days contains original music created by DJ Shadow for the documentary of the same name by Marc Singer.

This CD was produced as a Limited Edition with a reported production run of 7,000 discs.

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 17d

Sean’s #albumoftheweek is the single cassette, We Fall Out of Sync, by bay area noise & gloom electronic artist, Aggressive Anxieties, who also happens to be Sean

Released on this day 5 years ago, We Fall Out of Sync was conceived of in 2014 based on a journal of a friend given to Sean in 2010

We Fall Out Of Sync by Aggressive Anxieties single cassette tape

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 20d

Episode 6 is live 🥳

This week the playlist gets new songs from Kansas, Alizée, Girl Ultra with Little Jesus, & finally, another Beastie Boys song

Tune in to hear Joe's French accent & listen to Sean stumble his way through the early history of Kansas #2BRTR

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 20d

Sean’s #albumoftheweek is The Fragile by Nine Inch Nails.

Released on this day in 1999, The Fragile is a stand out in NIN’s catalog. Seriously, go check out our Insta for more on this album because character limits are much less restrictive there!

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 23d

Released on this day in 1997, Joe's #albumoftheweek is El Gran Orgo by At the Drive-In

An EP with a complicated place in the ATDI canon, it's likely unavailable for streaming due to a dispute with the band & label, leaving a favorite of Joe's, picket fence cartel, unavailable for our Playlist

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 27d

After an unexpected week off, the brothers are back to crafting the Season 2 Playlist.

This week sees new additions to the playlist from Jason DeVore of Authority Zero, Florence + The Machine, ABC, and Rise Against #2BRTR

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2BRTR - Season 2 - Episode 5

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 29d

Seriously, all the cool details and more photos are over at our instagram - worth checking it out www.instagram.com/2brothersroa...

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · 29d

Recorded on this day in 2011, and released in 2015, Sean’s #albumoftheweek is Live at the Bell House 9.12.11 by Wolves in the Throne Room.

Released on cassette and limited to 509 hand numbered copies, the first 283 copies were ornately packaged. Head over to our Instagram to find out more.

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · Sep 10

Joe's #albumoftheweek is A Passage in Time from Authority Zero. Released on this day in 2002, it was the debut album from the Mesa, AZ group

Check out Episode 4 of Season 2 where Sean added Over Seasons from this LP to the Road Trip Radio Playlist & expect more from the band to get added soon

A Passage In Time CD front cover by Authority Zero

A Passage In Time CD back cover by Authority Zero

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · Sep 5

Joe's #albumoftheweek is S&M Airlines by NOFX.

It's their 2nd studio album, 1st release on Epitaph Records, & was produced by Epitaph founder Brett Gurewitz

The original release of S&M Airlines was on this day in 1989, being pressed on LP and Cassette, with the CD version coming out a year later

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · Sep 4

The personification of crushing loss & the inescapable vulnerability of being human - Sean’s #albumoftheweek is Jane Doe by Converge released on this day in 2001

Shown here are 2 copies of the 1st Deathwish pressing in 2010, white & red, & the 2nd pressing in 2011 on black. See our insta for more

Jane Doe by Converge - various vinyls and artwork

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · Sep 1

A new episode is live 🥳

Joe adds his 1st Pennywise song & starts the PNAU additions for season 2 while Sean finally adds an Authority Zero song & a playlist 1st, The Bravery.

Tune in for the discussion & to find out what the brothers think of the US penny #2BRTR

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2BRTR - Season 2 - Episode 4

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · Aug 28

Sean’s #albumoftheweek is the promo single for Sail the Seas Dry (Extended Version) by The Downtown Struts

They're a punk leaning band that Sean isn't very familiar with, but he jumped on the chance to get this flexi record stamped onto a postcard that Pirates Press was sending out back in 2011

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · Aug 27

Joe's #albumoftheweek is White Women by Chromeo.

The fourth single off this album, Jealous (I Ain't With It), was just added to the Season 2 Road Trip Radio Playlist in the most recent episode released - check your podcast feed and hear more about the electro-funk goodness #2BRTR

White Women album by Chromeo front cover CD

White Women album by Chromeo back cover CD

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · Aug 25

What's that you say? Season 2 Episode 3 is live

The brothers chat about what they've been up to & Sean's deep dive into the WTF Podcast before adding familiar artists to the playlist

This week's additions are Sprung Monkey, Murs, Kenny Chesney, and Chromeo #2BRTR

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2BRTR - Season 1 - Episode 3

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · Aug 23

Sean's #albumoftheweek is The Ghost of Tom Joad promo single by Rage Against the Machine, a cover song originally written & performed by Bruce Springsteen

Released in late 1997, some copies of this have a live version of Vietnow recorded on this day in 1997 at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Michigan

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · Aug 20

Joe's #albumoftheweek is Led Zeppelin's debut self-titled album. This is the 2014 Remastered CD w/ bonus disc of a live concert in Paris from 1969.

This was the introduction of one of the biggest rock bands & one of the greatest rock singers, Robert Plant.

Plant turns 77 today - Happy Birthday 🥳

Led Zeppelin's debut self-titled album 2014 Remastered Reissue CD Trifold with a bonus disc of a live concert in Paris from 1969 front cover

Led Zeppelin's debut self-titled album 2014 Remastered Reissue CD Trifold with a bonus disc of a live concert in Paris from 1969 tri-fold inside

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2 Brothers Road Trip Radio @2brosroadtripradio.bsky.social · Aug 18

Season 2 Episode 2 is out now 🥳

After catching up, the brothers read & respond to their first email!

And then it's on to business, building out the Season 2 Playlist with additions from the Editors, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Ray Dalton, Ren, & Lykke Li.

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2BRTR - Season 2 - Episode 2

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