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Ep. #845: The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis

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Post date March 12, 2024

Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, and Anthony Pirog from the Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis discuss their wonderful new self-titled debut album, when musicians “sat in,” freedom from genre signifiers, music school pros and cons, why Anthony and James connected and what makes Brendan and Joe such a special rhythm section, upcoming tour and festival dates, other future plans and much more.

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Ep. #827: Woods

Post author By vish
Post date December 8, 2023

Jarvis Taveniere from Woods discusses the sound and lyrical themes on their new album, Perennial, our shared love and interactions with the late David Berman, the work that Woods did with Berman in their band, Purple Mountains, a brief Wikipedia-like history of Woods and recalling former members like Kevin Morby, from digital to analog, the Woodsist universe, working on new music, touring, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #821: Kurt Vile
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Ep. #823: Espanola

Post author By vish
Post date November 23, 2023

Aaron Goldstein discusses his band Espanola and their new album, Espanola, Again, what it was like touring with Willie Nelson in Kathleen Edwards’ band, why and how became such a sought-after pedal steel player, the blurry line between producing and writing a song, writing about displacement, southern rock from southern Ontario, future plans, and much more.

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