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Ep. #63: Pat Sansone + John Stirratt of The Autumn Defense + Wilco
Pat Sansone and John Stirratt play together in the bands Wilco and the Autumn Defense. The pair met in New Orleans and began working together in 1999, when the Autumn Defense was formed. Sansone...
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Ep. #89: The Jesus Lizard Week with David Yow
It’s a very special week on this show because I’m dedicating four episodes to interviews with every founding member of one of the world’s greatest rock and roll bands, the Jesus Lizard. David Yow, Mac...
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Ep. #95: São Paulo Underground
São Paulo Underground is a cultural and stylistic collision between electronica, tropicalia, avant garde jazz, and punk, featuring Chicago Underground Duo’s Rob Mazurek on cornet, harmonium and various...
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Ep. #210: Mick Jenkins
Mick Jenkins is a powerful, uncompromising young hip-hop artist who has spent most of his life as a citizen of Chicago, Illinois. Born in Alabama in 1991, Jenkins first received widespread attention...
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Ep. #213: Cameron Esposito
Cameron Esposito is a gifted and hilarious comedian and actress who originally hails from Chicago, Illinois. She’s a beloved figure who reveals much about her personal life in her stand-up, often...
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Ep. #223: Ian MacKaye & Steve Albini (Part I)
Ian MacKaye was once in bands like Minor Threat and Embrace and is currently in the bands Fugazi and the Evens. He also co-founded and continues to oversee the excellent label Dischord Records, which...
View ArticleEp. #279: U.S. Girls
U.S. Girls is the moniker of Meghan Remy who currently calls Toronto, Ontario home. Since moving there from Chicago in 2010, Remy has become a vital part of the city’s music scene and, along with her...
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Ep. #287: Fake Limbs
Fake Limbs are a noisy rock band who hail from the west side of Chicago, Illinois. Known for creating a kind of “social justice street rock” that’s exhilarating and outspoken, the band formed in 2011...
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Ep. #299: Jay Ryan
Jay Ryan is a respected and prolific screenprint poster artist who is based in Chicago, Illinois. He has been making screenprinted concert posters for some of the world’s greatest bands and musicians...
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Ep. #369: Andrew Cohen & Light Coma
Andrew Cohen discusses Jason Molina of Magnolia Electric Co., Michael Dahlquist of Silkworm, and his new Comedy Minus One release with Light Coma, Unreality. Sponsored by Pizza Trokadero, the...
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Ep. #442: Sam Prekop of the Sea and Cake
The Sea and Cake‘s Sam Prekop on the band’s shifting lineup, what inspired the gorgeous music and enigmatic lyrics on their new Thrill Jockey LP, Any Day, what’s coming up next for him and the band,...
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Ep. #450: Jeff Tweedy
Jeff Tweedy answers the Exclaim! Questionnaire, talks Wilco, Bob Dylan, his new album WARM, his new memoir Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back), and more! Supported by Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet...
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Ep. #453: Steve Albini
Steve Albini on his busy 2018, guitar playing by St. Vincent and Malcolm Young, his big win at the World Series of Poker, the Democratic ‘blue wave,’ Heather Whinna’s Poverty Alleviation Chicago and...
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Ep. #480: Bill Callahan
American songwriter, singer, and musician Bill Callahan discusses his new record, Shepherd in a Sheepskin Vest, his move to Austin, becoming a husband and father and joining a community of parents, the...
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Ep. #481: David Berman
David Berman talks about the end of Silver Jews, the rise of Purple Mountains, every song on their self-titled debut, which is out via Drag City on July 12, 2019 and much more! Supported by CFRU 93.3...
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Ep. #483: American Football
Steve, Mike, Steve, and Nate of American Football talk about their history together and musical influences, why they went away for 15 years and then came back, their new Polyvinyl album, LP3, and much,...
View ArticleEp. #505: Bill MacKay
Esteemed guitarist and songwriter Bill MacKay talks about his two new Drag City releases, Fountain Fire and, in collaboration with Katinka Kleijn, Stir, his musical history, the state of the world, and...
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Ep. #514: Steve Albini and Silkworm’s Andy Cohen and Tim Midyett
Andy Cohen and Tim Midyett of Silkworm and Steve Albini discuss their work together on Silkworm’s 1994 album In the West and its 25th anniversary reissue on Comedy Minus One Records! Supported by Pizza...
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Ep. #523: Beth Stelling
Ahead of performing at JFL NorthWest in Vancouver on February 20, 2020, comedian Beth Stelling traces her acting/stand-up/writing trajectory, discusses growing up with a single mom, their podcast We...
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Ep. #524: Matana Roberts
The talented, multi-disciplinary American artist Matana Roberts discusses her Coin Coin album series and its latest chapter, Coin Coin Chapter Four: Memphis, her personal and professional trajectory,...
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