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Ep. #1103: Jon Spencer

Jon Spencer returns to discuss his new album Songs of Personal Loss and Protest, making the trek to play shows in Canadian cities like Edmonton, the uncertain status of Jon Spencer and the HITmakers, how his new trio featuring Kendall Wind and Macky Bowman came to be and whether or not this band will have a name, the comprehensive Jon Spencer fan site, Pop Catastrophe, what it’s like playing in a band with/relating to much younger musicians, their tremendous musical knowledge and skills, writing these new songs collaboratively, digging into this fraught socio-political moment in time while also mourning the loss of loved ones, working with Deke Dickerson, American cultural erasure, marginalization, and Little Richard, exhibiting empathy for evil people, the artistic burden of doing promotional work that show promoters used to do, upcoming tour dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1085: Richard Reed Parry

Richard Reed Parry returns to discuss Were “The Watchtowers” by Dallas Good + Richard Reed Parry, his Skybarn recording studio, being a new dad and adjusting to life off the road, how he first got to know Dallas after they were randomly chosen to participate in a Dawson City Music Festival collaborative workshop, a shared love of the Everly Brothers and other key artists and records, instant friend crushes and a yearning to collaborate on music, how they wrote lyrics together in a shared, outdated daytimer, insights about how vocals and other recordings of Dallas were used posthumously, how the sessions for Colder Streams by the Sadies and the Watchtowers informed each other, a unique contribution by Neko Case and making an album with songs about the tragic loss of one of the creators of that same album, why it’s a Record Store Day exclusive, news about Richard’s other bands and pursuits, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #896: The Folk Implosion

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Lou Barlow and John Davis from the Folk Implosion discuss their first album in 25 years, Walk Thru Me, the significance of college and community radio, punk rock humour and intellectualism exhibited by Gerard Cosloy and Steve Albini, John’s early collaborative relationship with Will Oldham and why he didn’t appear on his first album, how Lou and John first met, how the Folk Implosion’s name is an homage to/dig at the Jon Spencer Blues Explosion, working on the soundtrack for the controversial 1995 film, KIDS, why the Folk Implosion ended and why it’s back, touring, making new music, other future plans, and much more.       

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