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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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Ep. #848: SAVAK

Post author By vish
Post date March 21, 2024

Sohrab Habibion and Michael Jaworski discuss the new SAVAK album, Flavors of Paradise, dancing seahorses, snow shovelling adventures, the late Rick Froberg’s role in influencing aspects of SAVAK and his constant presence in our lives, U.S. politics and the media, singing about years, defending your band name, gallows humour and punk-infused pop music, many project updates, tour news, other future plans, and much more.

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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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