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Ep. #1141: Teenage Fanclub

Norman Blake from Teenage Fanclub is here to discuss Do Not Dare to Dream, being back in Scotland after living in Canada where we first met backstage at a Neil Young with Crazy Horse show in Kitchener, Ontario, Teenage Fanclub’s rotating line-up and why he and Raymond McGinley are the sole remaining original members, how Don Fleming urged them to harmonize, the new record’s vaguely prog or psychedelic spaciousness and reflective lyrics, moving back to the place where you came up as a child when you’re middle-aged, exhibiting gratitude and optimism in a darkening time, pondering Alex Chilton, Big Star, and bands that never stop playing together, writing new songs, upcoming tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1136: Quicksand

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Post date September 19, 2026

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. #910: The Hard Quartet

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Stephen Malkmus and Matt Sweeney discuss their band the Hard Quartet and its new, self-titled debut LP, living in places like Chicago and New York City, the memorial weekend event for Steve Albini that Matt and I attended in Illinois this past July and playing complicated games of dice, the friendship that Stephen and Matt shared with the late David Berman and fresh perspectives on the time Berman, Stephen, and Bob Nastanovich infamously heckled Nirvana, how the Hard Quartet all became friends and eventually started this band where all the guitarists take turns playing bass, the stories behind some of the songs and sounds by the Hard Quartet, the Edmonton Oilers and Neil Young’s iconic father, the late hockey writer, Scott Young, Matt’s amazing video series Guitar Moves, what’s next for the Hard Quartet, other future plans, and much more.

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