Weed and music: Name a more iconic duo—we’ll wait. THC and tunes go together like peanut butter and jelly, like ketchup and mustard, like, well, weed and contemplating the vast mysteries of the universe. It’s a scientifically proven fact that music sounds better when you’re stoned. People have been going to college for years to learn about this phenomenon, but it doesn’t take a geochemistry-musicology degree to know the appeal of smoking on that gas and playing some jams, as anyone who has ever read Noisey once can attest.

Except: What if that’s not always the case? Lots of music sucks, so it stands to reason that, even given the powerful properties of pot, plenty of music would suck even after you’ve smoked weed. And, crazily enough, some music might even suck more because of the weed. To invoke science once again, cannabis is generally enjoyed calming and relaxing effects, which might be totally at odds with the kind of music you enjoy. There is always an exception that proves the rule, even when the rule is one as steadfast as: music sounds better with weed. 

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