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Ep. #1136: Quicksand

Walter Schreifels from Quicksand returns to discuss ‘Bring on the Psychics,’ his recording studio in upstate New York, making a relatively short album and musical urgency, reflecting upon the foundational aspects of punk and hardcore in his life, a gorgeous new Quicksand song called “Days You Run To,” his dynamic and extremely powerful singing voice, timeless band names like Youth of Today and Minor Threat, why Quicksand is now a trio, a cross-Canada tour with Fucked Up, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1114: Stuck

Greg Obis from Stuck is here to discuss their new album Optimizer, following Bob Weston in operating Chicago Mastering Service, his background in audio engineering and an internship he had at Electrical Audio, how Michael Azerrad’s Our Band Could Be Your Life helped him re-assess punk rock, explaining what mixing and mastering is via a cooking analogy, where Stuck comes from, recording Optimizer at Electrical Audio and making use of a 16-string guitar model that Steve Albini had had built for Lee Ranaldo, the Miku Stomp guitar pedal and sound design, pondering big changes and political possibilities, a nod to Big Black, internet frustrations, admiring Liz Pelly, and joining Subvert, shows Stuck played in Edmonton in Calgary this past May (one of which I saw), future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1113: !franklin

Roy Binnion and Brian Sokel from !franklin are here to discuss Go Kid Go [Remastered & Expanded], the Lower Swedish Cabin in Philadelphia, the band’s Canadian connections, the Random Children/!franklin link, Roy’s early entrepreneurship and association with Fred Armisen’s band Trenchmouth, !franklin before Roy joined, why !franklin songs rarely had set lyrics when performed live, the band’s unique, youthful camaraderie and belief in what they were doing, how this new reissue came to be, if they might play shows together again, other future plans, and much more.

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