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Ep. #823: Espanola

Post author By vish
Post date November 23, 2023

Aaron Goldstein discusses his band Espanola and their new album, Espanola, Again, what it was like touring with Willie Nelson in Kathleen Edwards’ band, why and how became such a sought-after pedal steel player, the blurry line between producing and writing a song, writing about displacement, southern rock from southern Ontario, future plans, and much more.

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Related episodes:

Ep. #560: Kathleen Edwards
Ep. #324: Daniel Romano
Ep. #195: Terra Lightfoot

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Ep. #819: Scream

Post author By vish
Post date November 9, 2023

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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Ep. #768: Guy Picciotto & Xylouris White
Ep. #766: Black Eyes
Ep. #732: Soulside
Ep. #729: Hammered Hulls
Ep. #613: AZITA
Ep. #583: Ian MacKaye
Ep. #553: Aaron Riches
Ep. #550: Ian Svenonius & Rich Morel of Too Much
Ep. #421: Joe Gross on Fugazi’s ‘In on the Kill Taker’
Ep. #385: The Messthetics
Ep. #224: Ian MacKaye & Steve Albini (Part II)
Ep. #223: Ian MacKaye & Steve Albini (Part I)
Ep. #221: Ryan Nelson of Soccer Team

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Ep. #804: Tommy Stinson

Post author By vish
Post date September 25, 2023

Tommy Stinson discusses the wonderful new box set, Tim: Let it Bleed Edition by his old band, the Replacements, touring Canada in October with Tommy Stinson’s Cowboys in the Campfire and the stories behind the songs on their new album, Wronger, John Doe and Bob Dylan, the state of American life and writing new songs about it, loving Canada, other future plans, and much more.

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