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Ep. #805: La Force

Ariel Engle discusses the brilliant new album, XO Skeleton, by La Force, Paris and fandom, family ties that bind, grief and reflection, making heavy pop music, cynical mysticism, working with Andrew Whiteman, Shahzad Ismaily, and Warren Spicer, cigar box guitars, “Song a Day” and Feist, touring, new music, other future plans, and much more.

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Ep. #804: Tommy Stinson

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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Ep. #801: Islands

Nick Thorburn discusses his band Islands and their new, sunny/dark album, And That’s Why Dolphins Lost Their Legs, making a musical trilogy, creative people striking and speaking out about cultural exploitation, pivoting in the modern age, John Lennon and Robert Smith, how to remain optimistic, always living near large bodies of water, making beats for people like Fat Tony, touring again, other future plans, and much more.

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