The Stranger’s Noise Complaint: Episode Two ⁠80%

By Stranger Staff⁠96%

7/17/2026, 1:05:28 PM

Topics: Music, Podcasts

BS Summary: This article contains 9 faulty reasoning types, including Halo Effect, Appeal to Authority, and Availability Heuristic, with Attempt to Sell a Product or Service as the most egregious example at 46.1% saturation with 70 hits. Analysis detected 267 faulty-reasoning hits from 152 analyzed words, generating a BS Score of 71.1% and a BS Rank of ⁠80% (4,530 of 21,887 articles). This article is worse (more manipulative) than 79.30% of the article peer group.

Welcome to Noise Complaint, The Stranger‘s new audio and video music podcast featuring live performances right here at The Stranger HQ. 
Streamed live and released every other Friday, we invite a great band, musician, or wonderfully weird act to perform. 
Tune in, discover something new, and support art in your city. 
On Apple, you can subscribe to the video podcast here. 
On Spotify, here. 
This week’s episode is Eleni Govetas Kompania. 
Eleni Govetas Kompania is a band composed of four best friends who blend the sounds of traditional Greek folk with psychedelic surf. 
Eleni and her brother Bobby, who plays bass in the band, grew up with traditional Greek music from their parents, who are also musicians. 
Eleni, a multi-instrumentalist who plays violin, saxophone, zurna, oud, percussion, and more, also collaborates and tours with other bands like the Brudi Brothers. 
Find Eleni Govetas Kompania at Bandcamp. 
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