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Ep. #980: Alan Sparhawk

Alan Sparhawk discusses his stunning new album, With Trampled by Turtles, being home between tours, collaborating with Circuit des Yeux, how the internet affects the risks that audiences and musicians take, his daughter Hollis’ band Willem Dafoe Fanclub, mourning his late wife and musical collaborator Mimi Parker and ways friends can help you grieve, Trampled by Turtles and the gift of normalcy, working with them on this album, dealing with changes, how musicians have to hustle, the Low audio archives, writing new songs, other future plans, and much more.  

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Ep. #863: Amen Dunes

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Damon McMahon discusses the multi-layered new Amen Dunes album Death Jokes, how his exploration of hip-hop music technology stems from stumbling upon a discarded cassette tape in his youth, the instruments he can play and what prompted him to find a teacher to learn a new one, why Bob Dylan’s singing is such a huge influence on him, musicians who are prescient, spirituality, teachers, and Hinduism, becoming a parent during a pandemic but transcending anxiety, legacy and protest music, tour, new music, other future plans, and much more.    

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Ep. #857: Michael Feuerstack

Michael Feuerstack discusses his thoughtful and infectious new album Eternity Mongers, its social, philosophical, and interpersonal lyrical themes, a discussion about the phrase “It is what it is,” and Michael’s new song, “What Isn’t What it Is,” creating an artistic space to convey thoughts and ideas and Larry David’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, making an album in a Nova Scotia shack with producer Charles Austin and bringing a talented horn section and guest vocalists into the mix, upcoming tour dates and work with Land of Talk, Bell Orchestre, and the Luyas, celebrating Snailhouse, other future plans, and much more.

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