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Ep. #881: Kass Richards

Post author By vish
Post date June 27, 2024

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Kass Richards discusses her powerful second album, New Love Meditation, becoming a mother during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boston Celtics and their fanbase, needing to live near water, being encouraged to enter recording studios by Basia Bulat and Meg Remy and making New Love Meditation with Maximilian Turnbull, how Geordie Gordon can play every instrument, growing up near the busy Washington D.C. live music circuit, mindfulness and grieving, how going through labour can feel close to death, some tour dates, other future plans, and much more!

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Ep. #863: Amen Dunes

Post author By vish
Post date May 6, 2024

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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. #854: METZ

Post author By vish
Post date April 9, 2024

Alex Edkins, Hayden Menzies, and Chris Slorach from METZ discuss their new album Up on Gravity Hill, its hard themes and dynamic emotional tenor, the evolution of METZ and the beginning of a new chapter, surprising each other musically, music videos and how songs can be de-valued, loving Eric’s Trip, working with producer Seth Manchester, filmmaker Colin Medley, and musician Owen Pallett, comfort, confidence, and consumption, touring again, other future plans, and much more.

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