We Do It Better

Dave Gross, Brian McDonough, Dennis Ryan
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Dave, Bri, and Den, the comically untalented, analyze and criticize your favorite albums, track-by-track, and ironically tell you whether we could do it better.

  1. JAN 12

    Brand New vs. Taking Back Sunday - part two

    00:00:49 - Last Chance To Lose Your Keys 00:07:04 - Ghost Man On Third 00:13:17 - Logan To Government Center 00:18:32 - Timberwolves At New Jersey 00:26:28 - The No Seatbelt Song 00:34:52 - The Blue Channel 00:39:28 - Seventy Times Seven 00:44:46 - You're So Last Summer 00:51:12 - Secondary 00:55:47 - Head Club 01:03:40 - Magazines 01:07:53 - Soco Amaretto Lime 01:20:11 - Final Score 01:21:35 - Superlatives! Awards! Miscellany! 01:41:48 - So... Who Won? 02:12:30 - Letters 02:15:04 - Next Time...

    2h 19m

  2. 12/26/2025

    Brand New vs. Taking Back Sunday - part one

    In this bonkers episode, we tackle the debut records of Brand New (Your Favorite Weapon) and Taking Back Sunday (Tell All Your Friends). This one is so epic that we needed to split it into two parts to mitigate your minds being blown. 00:00:57 - Usual Mess Around/Intro Nonsense 00:16:22 - Research Team's Findings 00:41:44 - Origin Stories 00:53:37 - Attacking the Zipper 01:02:08 - Your Favorite Weapon - The Shower Scene 01:10:11 - Tell All Your Friends - You Know How I Do 01:15:43 - One vs. One 01:16:11 - Jude Law And A Semester Abroad 01:23:21 - Bike Scene 01:27:33 - Two vs. Two 01:27:55 - Sudden Death In Carolina 01:33:02 - Cute Without the E 01:42:56 - Three vs. Three 01:43:20 - Mixtape 01:48:55 - There's No 'I' In Team 01:59:54 - Four vs. Four 02:00:16 - Failure By Design 02:08:37 - Great Romances of the 20th Century 02:18:41 - Five vs. Five 02:18:51 - Score Update

    2h 22m

  3. 12/07/2025

    015 - Saosin (the first two EPs)

    00:00:00 - Righteous banter 00:02:21 - Proper Intro... Sorta 00:07:24 - Origin Stories 00:10:25 - Anthony vs. Cove 00:21:47 - Research Team Findings 00:32:51 - Translating the Name EP 00:38:31 - Seven Years 00:48:04 - Translating the Name 00:55:55 - 3rd Measurement in C 01:03:24 - Lost Symphonies 01:10:12 - They Perched on Their Stilts... 01:24:16 - The Black EP 01:26:38 - Bury Your Head 01:33:23 - I Wanna Hear Another Fast Song 01:39:07 - New Angel 01:43:45 - Bury Your Acoustic Head 01:48:32 - Awards and Superlatives 02:06:32 - It's Time for Letters 02:14:17 - Next Time... on WDIB!

    2h 19m

  4. 10/21/2025

    014 - Funeral For A Friend (Between Order And Model / Four Ways To Scream Your Name EPs)

    00:00:34 - Bantercore 00:28:26 - Origin Stories 00:35:56 - More Research 00:54:55 - 1045 Amsterdam Conversations 01:00:14 - Juneau 01:06:04 - Red Is The New Black 01:14:02 - The Art of American Football 01:20:15 - This Year's Most Open Heartbreak 01:25:55 - She Drove Me to Daytime Television 01:30:19 - Kiss And Makeup (All Bets Are Off) 01:35:21 - Escape Artists Never Die 01:43:30 - Awards & Superlatives 01:54:16 - Fan Mail 02:14:01 - Next Time...

    2h 18m

  5. 08/23/2025

    013 - Further Seems Forever (The Moon Is Down)

    00:00:33 - Banter & Intro 00:20:14 - Origin Stories & Wackiness 00:33:48 - Research & Stuff 00:47:40 - The Moon Is Down 00:56:13 - The Bradley 00:59:57 - Snowbirds & Townies 01:08:55 - Monachetti 01:13:19 - Madison Prep 01:16:51 - New Year's Project 01:23:36 - Just Until Sundown 01:30:03 - Pictures of Shorelines 01:36:15 - Wearing Thin 01:41:05 - A New Desert Life 01:48:06 - Superlatives & Whatnot 02:02:04 - It's Time For Letters 02:17:30 - Next Time... on WDIB

    2h 25m

  6. 07/24/2025

    12 - I Am The Avalanche (self-titled)

    WDIB was filmed before a live, studio audience. 00:00:00 - Intro and Copious Amounts of Chicanery 00:22:30 - Origin Stories 00:56:23 - Dead and Gone 01:03:30 - New Disaster 01:11:04 - Murderous 01:15:31 - Green Eyes 01:24:53 - I Took A Beating 01:31:50 - Wasted 01:39:15 - Always 01:44:02 - This Is Dungeon Music 01:50:33 - Symphony 01:54:54 - Emergency 02:02:04 - Clean Up 02:11:16 - My Second Restraining Order 02:23:50 - Awards, Superlatives, Whatnot 02:37:36 - Next Time on WDIB...

    2h 51m

  7. 05/10/2025

    011 - Rancid (...And Out Come The Wolves)

    WeDoItBetterPod@gmail.com please and thank you. rancid. say. circle pit.

    3h 7m

  8. 03/30/2025

    010 - The Honorary Title (Anything Else But The Truth)

    email: WeDoItBetterPod@gmail.com we're back with an absolute banger, even if this is a more mellow listen. we hope you enjoy it nonetheless. if you haven't listened to this album in a minute, i would definitely encourage you to do so. it's wonderful and weird and sweet and powerful. xoxo wdib

    2h 18m
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Dave, Bri, and Den, the comically untalented, analyze and criticize your favorite albums, track-by-track, and ironically tell you whether we could do it better.

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  • Creator
    Dave Gross, Brian McDonough, Dennis Ryan
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    18
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Dave Gross, Brian McDonough, Dennis Ryan
  • Show Website
    We Do It Better