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Ep. #826: Steve Albini and Fred Armisen

Steve Albini and Fred Armisen discuss Letters to Santa: The Holiday Gala in Chicago, which stars John Mulaney and takes place December 5 in Chicago, and Letters To Santa: The 24 Hour Comedy and Music Marathon in Los Angeles on December 16-17, their long friendship, their respective interactions with Conan O’Brien, Fred’s talents for mimicry, Steve’s penchant for comedic logic, Chicago’s distinction as a hub for top-tier comedy, music, and recording studios, Fred’s interest in “complicated drumming techniques,” the fact that a new Shellac album will likely be released soon, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #822: MAYBEL

In their first ever interview, Fez Gielen, Ali Hendra, Loris Kecaj and Lauren Spear from MAYBEL discuss their wonderful new and second album, Gloam, loving Montreal but moving away, working with producer Jonas Bonnetta from Port William Sound/Evening Hymns, folk singer Bob Dylan from Minnesota, how this band first met and began working together, obsessions, classical music, bluegrass, Nirvana, and O Brother, Where Art Thou?, MAYBEL’s future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #819: Scream

Pete Stahl discusses the celebratory, star-studded new album, DC Special, by Scream, the heartbreaking, recent passing of founding member Kent Stax, Dave Grohl’s pre-Nirvana role in Scream and his engagement with the band since, working at the longstanding location of Inner Ear before the studio was displaced, our shared love of the people in Fugazi, the strange cycle of similar socio-political lyrical themes within over 40 years of Scream songs, whether Scream can continue on without Stax, other future plans, and much more.

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