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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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Related episodes/links:

Ep. #815: Geordie Gordon
Ep. #814: Badge Époque Ensemble / Symphony Orchestra
Ep. #813: Marc Masters
Ep. #757: U.S. Girls
Ep. #634: Richard Thompson
Ep. #363: Darlene Shrugg
Ep. #42: Basia Bulat
Ep. #5: Exclaim! Editor James Keast at a Blue Jays game

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Ep. #834: J Mascis

Post author By vish
Post date January 23, 2024

J Mascis discusses his new solo album, What Do We Do Now, recent live Dinosaur Jr. jams with friends like Lee Ranaldo, Kurt Vile, and Kim Deal, what we learned about “Divine Mascis” from the Breeders and J’s recollection, Kurt Cobain inviting him to join Nirvana, expensive cities like Oslo, Norway, working with Ken Mauri and Matthew “Doc” Dunn, loving early work by the band Chicago, Van Morrison vs. Bob Dylan, band chemistry and case studies like Metallica and Ramones, how musical heroes other than Lou Reed never seem to understand him, Dino and solo show news, other future plans, and much more.

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Related episodes/links:

Ep. #826: Steve Albini and Fred Armisen
Ep. #821: Kurt Vile
Ep. #812: Michael Azerrad on ‘The Amplified Come As You Are – The Story of Nirvana’
Ep. #806: The Breeders
Ep. #747: Fucked Up
Ep. #673: Sonic Youth
Ep. #614: Lou Barlow
Ep. #577: Thurston Moore
Ep. #515: Matthew “Doc” Dunn

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Ep. #731: Bill Nace

Post author By vish
Post date November 8, 2022

Bill Nace discusses his stirring new album Through a Room, his musical life in places like Jersey, Philadelphia, and western Massachusetts, playing on his own and in collaboration, working on various things during a pandemic, playing a donut pipe, punk and jazz, his label Open Mouth Records, trippy album art by Daniel Higgs, Kim Gordon and a new Body/Head release, touring, other future plans, and much more. Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad’s Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online.