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Ep. #1009: Superchunk

Mac McCaughan and Laura King from Superchunk are here to discuss their new album, Songs in the Key of Yikes, North Carolina living and many Ludwig drums, writing dark-hued songs packaged in sunny, energetic arrangements, Jon Wurster retiring from Superchunk and how the band have met the challenge of filling his role, Laura’s musical background and why drummers have been in the news so much in 2025, why Mac wanted so many women from the Merge community to sing on this record, whether Superchunk could tour across Canada by train, confirmed upcoming non-train tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #962: Tom Beaujour & Richard Bienstock on ‘Lollapalooza’

Tom Beaujour and Richard Bienstock discuss their new book Lollapalooza: The Uncensored Story Of Alternative Rock’s Wildest Festival, living among bears, whether Guitar World journalists are required to shred, why their book Nöthin’ But a Good Time: The Uncensored History of the ’80s Hard Rock Explosion and Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life: Scenes from the American Indie Underground, 1981–1991, led them to Lollapalooza’s rise and fall, activism, credibility and selling out, why many artists who played or agreed to play Lollapalooza were not into it, Guided by Voices destroying Beastie Boys in backstage basketball games, the infamous year Metallica headlined, why Kim Thayil wrote the foreword, if this book could be more than a book, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #864: Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements

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Mary Lattimore and Walt McClements discuss their wonderful new album, Rain on the Road, a secret Sonic Youth show they both attended in North Carolina before they knew each other, their work and connection with Weyes Blood, their interest in synthesizing acoustic and otherwise distinctive instruments to conjure new sounds, how they got into harp and accordion respectively and music lessons along the way, Nirvana’s MTV Unplugged performance, elemental influences and The Far Side by Gary Larson, avoiding bears to get to a show, touring, other future plans, and much more.     

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