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Ep. #1143: Lex Walton

Lex Walton is here to discuss ULTIMATE LOVE FOREVER, being displaced by an apartment fire and rescuing her damaged, beloved Matsumoku guitar, a cleansing post-disaster reset, figuring out her singing voice generally and after transitioning, why the vocal registers of singers like John Maus, Nico, and Ezra Furman resonate with her, pondering righteous violence in the U.S.A., how she got into music and what inspired her socio-political outspokenness, feeling less alone when colleagues like Cameron Winter release pointed songs, the apparent end of civility in modern political discourse, working with Wolf Parade’s Dan Boeckner and critiquing legacy indie-rock, the undeniable joy of receiving a Best New Music designation, writing new songs, potential live dates, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #1114: Stuck

Post author By vish
Post date July 16, 2026

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. #1021: Hotline TNT

Post author By vish
Post date October 2, 2025

Will Anderson from Hotline TNT is here to discuss their new album, Raspberry Moon, his love of Canada and why he almost lived here forever, moving to New York City only a few months before the COVID-19 pandemic started and how the isolation of that time bolstered his DIY ethic, a line-up shake-up, his Association Update fanzine and our love and criticism of the NBA, streaming strangeness and why he pulled his band’s catalogue from Spotify, world-building in his songs, a loving nod to Dinosaur Jr. and Prince, tour, other future plans, and much more.

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