About the show
Do you remember the 2000s?
We don't*.
So to remind ourselves we created a spreadsheet of every. single. record. Which charted on the Billboard Hot 100 songs and the Billboard Top 200 Records between 1999 and 2013 and is tagged on RateYourMusic as either Pop Punk or Emo Pop.
Gotta Get Out of This Town is a podcast retrospective where we listen to all of those record chronologically. Because we have very poor judgment in making life choices.
* Sibyl does, but she's old, and won't for much longer.
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Episodes
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Episode 44: The Used - The Used
19 July 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 5 mins
2002, emo, the used
In this low-energy episode of GGOOTT we talk about emo music, whatever that means. Go listen to Dark in Here tho.
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Episode 43: All-Sibyl Ska Spectacular
12 July 2021 | Season 4 | 18 mins
2002, mighty mighty bosstones, reel big fish, ska
This week, everyone leaves Sibyl to her own devices in the land of brass and horn-y... tunes, that is! Join us on a lovely trip through the genre of ska and announcements of what's coming for the show now that we're a year into this project.
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Bonus Episode 5: The Offspring - Let The Bad Times Roll
5 July 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 27 mins
2021, punk, the offspring
This week we have a guest AND Sibyl is in control. It's chaos.
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Episode 41: Home Grown - Kings of Pop
28 June 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 13 mins
2002, home grown, punk
This week we delve with excessive depth into the bizarre lyrics of Home Grown.
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Episode 42: New Found Glory - Sticks and Stones
14 June 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 9 mins
2002, new found glory, punk
This week we fawn over one of the most pop punk records in pop punk. Also some generalized weird stuff.
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Episode 40: Box Car Racer - Box Car Racer
7 June 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 21 mins
2002, box car racer, punk
This week we explore the era in history known as The Blink 182 wars. As cracks start showing between the two pillars of pop punk vocals.
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Episode 39: Avril Lavigne - Let Go
31 May 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 25 mins
2002, avril lavigne, charting singles, pop, punk
This week we explore Avril Lavigne's debut record. Including an in-depth narrative analysis of the songwriting masterpiece that is sk8er boi.
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Episode 38: The Get Up Kids - On A Wire
24 May 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 17 mins
2002, emo, the get up kids
This week we're very kind to The Get Up Kids because they named their studio "The Black Lodge", and two out of three hosts agree that that's pretty cool.
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Episode 37: Something Corporate - Leaving Through The Window
18 May 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 32 mins
2002, something corporate
This week we are left scarred and bruised by one of the albums that managed to get more under our skin in the history of this podcast.
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Episode 36: Strung Out - An American Paradox
10 May 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 14 mins
2002, punk, strung out
This week we finally like a record! Turns out Strung Out are pretty good! Also, this is a stealth pilot for about five different spin-off podcasts, given the number of digressions on other topics we go on.
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Episode 35: Midtown - Living Well is The Best Revenge / Forget What You Know
3 May 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 21 mins
2002, 2004, emo, midtown, punk
This week, on the Midtown supershow, we explore the whole career of Midtown in ONE. SINGLE. EPISODE.
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Episode 34: Goldfinger - Open Your Eyes
27 April 2021 | Season 4 | 1 hr 26 mins
2002, goldfinger, open your eyes, punk, ska
On a special episode of Gotta Get Out Of This Town, we explain why transphobic slurs are bad.