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Ep. #975: Deerhoof

Post author By vish
Post date May 8, 2025

John Dieterich, Satomi Matsuzaki, Ed Rodríguez, and Greg Saunier from Deerhoof discuss Noble and Godlike in Ruin, the band’s history and recurring lyrical themes about animals and magic, seeing Dokken and Krokus, the evolution of DIY music culture, the state of immigration, dehumanization, and capitalism, the Anishinaabe concept of “all of our relations,” working with Saul Williams, celebrating 31 years of Deerhoof on tour, other future plans, and much more.

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News Podcast

METZ (2010, 2012) – Teaser

Post author By vish
Post date April 26, 2025

Toronto’s METZ were recently asked to reunite for a performance on Everybody’s Live with John Mulaney, and so I dug into my archives for my first conversation with the band’s Alex Edkins. My digging led me to our second conversation as well, so I’ve combined them here for you and other METZ fans. Alex and I had met a number of times at METZ shows before our first interview, which was a phoner that took place on Tuesday December 14, 2010, at 2:00 PM ET. Our next interview, again via telephone, took place on Tuesday June 12, 2012, at 1:00 PM ET, and we discussed the band’s big news: they’d finished their debut album, and were about to start working with Sub Pop Records.

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Ep. #966: Regulator Watts

Alex Dunham and Areif Sless-Kitain from Regulator Watts discuss The Mercury LP, Alex building a new house in Minnesota, Areif’s stint drumming in Bluetip and his love of Hoover, why Hoover broke up and how Regulator Watts began, the cinematic nature of the band’s sound, Regulator Watts reconvening recently and recording new songs at Electrical Audio, whether this means the band might play shows again, other future plans, and much more!

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