Make new friends, but keep the old; those are silver, these are gold.
New-made friendships, like new wine, age will mellow and refine.
Friendships that have stood the test—time and change—are surely best;
Brow may wrinkle, hair grow gray, friendship never knows decay.

– Joseph Parry

We gather here today for the beginning of the next chapter of the Fairly KickAss Podcast. From our beginnings in April of 2020, to being a Spotify-exclusive podcast in October of 2020 (where you can still find over 150 episodes), to now being back to publishing wherever you get your podcasts – we’ve had ourselves a journey.

First and foremost, to the new listeners, I’d like to offer each and every one of you a warm welcome. If you listened to our podcast trailer, then you got the gist of what we do already! If not, then just know that we are one of THE music podcasts there is. Not one of the best, mind you, but one of THE nonetheless.

We’ll bring you a ton of music-related content with an episode every week. From monthly reviews to top 5 lists, from finding the best song in an artist’s entire discography to deep dives throughout an artist’s life and music, and more. We like to make sure that everyone has something that they enjoy. No matter the episode type, you can always expect a few things:

• shenanigans from our regular hosts, Dan, J, and Zack, along with surprise guest hosts every so often
• music takes that range from “meh” to “delete the podcast immediately”
• all of that made to sound sterling, thanks to our esteemed Producer Nikki

This week’s episode is our monthly review episode for April. J and Zack will cover the newly-released albums that they liked the most, and Dan will rank all the newly-charting singles on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, covering the top and bottom of that list.

An accompanying playlist will be available on our website, https://fairlykickass.com. (Editor’s Note: That’s here! You’re here! PLEASE DON’T LEAVE) Website overhaulin’ is a work in progress, so bear with us as we spruce that up! Also go check us out on many of the major social media platforms:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/fairlykickass

Instagram: https://instagram.com/fairlykickass

TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@fairlykickass

Email: fairlykickass@gmail.com

Make sure to follow us on your podcast platform of choice, to be notified of new episodes. Go check out our Spotify-exclusive back catalog, which we will be bringing over to all the platforms slowly but surely.

And above all else, whether you’re the new friends or the old, always make sure to Keep. Kicking. Ass.