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View ArticleEp. #586: Spencer Tweedy
Musician and writer Spencer Tweedy on his new book, Mirror Sound: The People And Processes Behind Self-Recorded Music, home studios and recording, his dad Jeff Tweedy’s new book How to Write One Song,...
View ArticleEp. #587: Vic Berger IV & DJ Douggpound
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View ArticleEp. #588: Damian Rogers
Poet and author Damian Rogers on her new book, An Alphabet for Joanna – A Portrait of My Mother in 26 Fragments, contemplating our parents’ lives, feminine erasure, working with writers at Drag City,...
View ArticleEp. #589: Steve Albini
Steve Albini on the star-studded 2020 24 Hour Improv benefit event, the failure of the U.S. to manage the pandemic and most other things, places he might move to, the grim prospects for music and his...
View ArticleEp. #604: Rhea Butcher
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View ArticleEp. #607: Bill MacKay & Nathan Bowles
Bill MacKay and Nathan Bowles discuss their guitar/banjo folk excursion, their lovely new album Keys, living in America during a pandemic, future plans, and more. Supported by you on Patreon,...
View ArticleEp. #613: AZITA
AZITA discusses playing everything on and self-recording her new album Glen Echo, coming of age in Iran, the mid-1980s Dischord Records scene, David Berman’s guiding hand, comedy, real pianos, future...
View ArticleEp. #623: A Grape Dope
John Herndon of Tortoise on his solo work as A Grape Dope, his recent record, Arthur King Presents A Grape Dope: Backyard Bangers, living in Los Angeles, how he got into music and drumming, future...
View ArticleEp. #626: Eleventh Dream Day
Janet Beveridge Bean and Rick Rizzo talk about Eleventh Dream Day and their new album, Since Grazed, critical thinking, basketball, overcoming pain, neurology, Neil Young, future plans, and more!...
View ArticleEp. #629: E.R. Jurken
E.R. Jurken discusses his lovely new album, I Stand Corrected, what’s up with Drag City’s new Country Thyme imprint, Jeff Lynne, David Berman, how music helps, future plans, and more! Supported by you...
View ArticleEp. #643: Circuit des Yeux
Haley Fohr on the gorgeous and emotive new Circuit des Yeux album, –io, overcoming ptsd, young people seeing Janet Jackson and AC/DC live, Steve Albini keeping Electrical Audio safe, future plans, and...
View ArticleEp. #656: Steve Albini
Steve Albini talks U.S. politics, Electrical Audio and pandemic life, Shellac’s 30th anniversary and updates on their new record and new singles collection, Get Back and the Beatles he has met and...
View ArticleEp. #692: Wilco
Wilco’s Jeff Tweedy discusses their new album Cruel Country, curating music festivals, indifference, criticism, and communication, when certain people die, country, Wilco, and music genres,...
View ArticleEp. #704: Sam Prekop and John McEntire
Sam Prekop and John McEntire discuss their first duo collaboration, their wonderful debut album Sons Of, Portland and Chicago, eclectic music and Shrimp Boat, how they first met, drum machines and...
View ArticleEp. #732: Soulside
Alexis Fleisig and Scott McCloud of Soulside on the band’s first album in 33 years, A Brief Moment in the Sun, growing up in Washington D.C. and their role in the Dischord Records community, sharing a...
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Douglas Andrew McCombs discusses his lovely and fascinating first solo album, VMAK<KOMBZ<<<DUGLAS<<<6NDR7<<<, recording new music with Tortoise, his whole life in...
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Steve Albini discusses Poverty Alleviation Charities’ annual Letters to Santa program and the 24 Hour Marathon variety show taking place on December 19, what’s new at Electrical Audio, pandemic...
View ArticleEp. #786: Black Duck
Douglas McCombs and Charles Rumback discuss their band Black Duck and new self-titled debut album, jazz, punk, and freedom, the Slint/Tortoise connection, why producers like J Dilla are really...
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