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Episode 684: Samuel Herring (Future Islands, Hemlock Ernst)

Plenty of musicians talk about 'leaving it all on the stage,' but few have offered as demonstrable an example as Samuel Herring. His live p...

Episode 685: John Davis (Superdrag)

Few who have walked the Earth can write a pop song like John Davis. That prowess catapulted his group, Superdrag to massive success on the ...

Transcript Episode 677: Franz Nicolay (The World/Inferno Friendship Society, The Hold Steady)

Band People is part music writing and part business book, rounded out by academic research and a host of footnotes. It's a pragmatic look a...

Transcript Episode 675: Graham Wright (Tokyo Police Club)

In November, Tokyo Police Club will play its final show. Saying goodbye is never easy, but the Ontario-based band's members seem surprising...

Transcript Episode 671: Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak (Mercury Rev)

Jet lag is a drag, leaving Sean "Grasshopper" Mackowiak at a decided disadvantage during our conversation. Mercury Rev just got back from A...

Transcript Episode 672: Joe Gatto

In 2020, Joe Gatto struck out on his own. It was surprising turn, as the Impractical Joker left a beloved and lucrative TV series that foun...

Episode 673: Eduardo Arenas (Chicano Batman)

While their music owes debts to the towering giants of rock, soul and the Mexican and Brazilian music before them, no one sounds like Chica...

Episode 670: Maria Bamford and Scott Marvel Cassidy

Her coauthor and husband, Scott Marvel Cassidy, is at the dentist for an emergency root canal, so Maria Bamford and I push ahead. Decades a...

Transcript Episode 669: Jack Grisham (TSOL)

A-Side Graffiti includes, among other things, a surprisingly faithful cover of Dr. Frank N. Furter's "Sweet Transvestite." The song finds J...