Interviews
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Episode 1407: Interview: The Stick Arounds
In anticipation of Suburbs Fest Midwest, we have the first of a series of interviews with the bands who will be playing the Saturday night finale. We begin with the Stick Arounds from Lansing Charter Township in Michigan.
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Episode 1400: Conversation with Matt Carlson: The Outtakes
We give you a chance to listen to what didn’t make the conversation we had with Matt Carlson (The Stick Arounds, Harborcoat, Phonophore Records)
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Episode 1399: A Conversation with Matt Carlson (The Stick Arounds, Harborcoat) Part 2
We discuss the very cool (and free!) various artists collection All Good Kids – A Tribute To Guided By Voices that Matt issued on his Phonophore Records label.
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Episode 1398: A Conversation with Matt Carlson (The Stick Arounds, Harborcoat) Part 1
The first of a two-part conversation with Matt Carlson of the Stick Arounds and Harborcoat starts of the week!
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Episode 1315: Engineer Rusty Smith – Interview, Part 2
Part 2 of Sam and Josh Lisker’s interview with audio engineer Rusty Smith. Today, he talks more about his work on “Visions,” by the mysterious Tony Comer & Crosswinds.
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Episode 1314: Engineer Rusty Smith – Interview, Part 1
In a follow-up to yesterday’s episode, Sam and Josh Lisker track down audio engineer Rusty Smith, who worked on “Visions” by Tony Comer & Crosswinds. In the first part of the interview, they discuss Smith’s interesting career.
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Episode 1217: The Cocker Spaniels – Interview
We talk with Sean Padilla, who records as the Cocker Spaniels. His music spans many genres: folk-rock, power-pop, funk, grunge, dub, goth, punk, shoegaze, R&B or black metal, depending on the song. His latest album is “The Cocker Spaniels Are Alive and So Are You.” Joining in the conversation is Scott Parks, a patron of the pod who set up this interview.
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Episode 1214: Robert Ellis Orrall – Interview, Part 2
Part 2 of our interview with Robert Ellis Orrall. In this episode, he talks about writing hit songs for other artists, the role he played in the early success of Taylor Swift, working with Leon Russell and more.
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Episode 1213: Robert Ellis Orrall – Interview, Part 1
We talk with one of the coolest guys in music you will ever meet. Robert Ellis Orrall is an accomplished recording artist and songwriter, but later in life he founded noted indie label Infinity Cat. So he has worked in the center of the music industry and also at the fringes. He just released his latest solo album, “467 Surf and Gun Club,” a sort of concept album about the good times at the “Cathouse.”
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Episode 1194: Apollo 66 – Interview
In anticipation of Suburbs Fest, we talk with the members of Apollo 66: Travis Hodges, Alex Morse and Shawn Henderson. The punkabilly band will play Night Two, Oct. 2, at American Legion Post 41 in Silver Spring MD.