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RiYL

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32:02

Episode 692: Tarriona “Tank” Ball

RiYL ·

2025/01/19

Following the release of Tank and the Bangas' Grammy nominated The Heart, The Mind, The Soul, singer Tarriona “Tank” Ball returns to the show. The three-part collection presents a new side of Ball for those only familiar with the Bangas' joyful New Orleans funk. Prior to her time as a music star, Ball sharpened her lyrics as a rising star in the world of poetry. The album follows the 2021 release of her first poetry collection, Vulnerable AF. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more

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Episode 691: Rafael Cohen (Las Palabras, !!!)

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2025/01/11

Fe finds Rafael Cohen returning to his roots on multiple fronts. The latest from the !!! multi-instrumentalist's Las Palabras finds the musician returning to his native Spanish, while pulling the thread of his family's Jewish faith. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 690: Grant Mullen (Naked Giants)

RiYL ·

2025/01/05

What does “maturity” mean for a rock band? The answer is, perhaps, a bit easier to answer when you’ve been together since age 18. For Naked Giants, it means grown up things – getting jobs, starting families. It’s not necessarily fodder for a band’s young punk days, depth of subject is in an important part of growing up as a band – and having a fanbase that grows along with you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 689: Ruthie Foster

RiYL ·

2024/12/28

Last month, Mileage scored Sun Records’ first-ever Grammy nomination. It’s hard to believe for a 72-year-old label that was once home to Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash. The album, Ruthie Foster’s latest, finds the musician reflecting on the ups and downs of a long career. It’s a journey that found Foster serving in the Navy, moving to New York and getting signed by a major label in the 90s, only to quit music to care for her mother back in Texas. It’s been a long road, but the singer

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45:12

Episode 688: Anna Butterss

RiYL ·

2024/12/19

Mighty Vertebrate hits different. In a world of sound a likes and slow burns, Anna Butterss' latest solo record makes itself known from immediately out of the gate. The album is as eclectic as it is fresh -- unsurprising, given the musician varied career, performing as the bassist for Jason Isbell's group, performing along side Phoebe Bridgers and Jenny Lewis,and serving as one fifth of improvisational group, SML. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 687: Zac Carper (Fidlar)

RiYL ·

2024/12/12

During our conversation, FIDLAR frontman Zac Carper reminds me of band’s acronym, Fuck It Dawg, Life's a Risk. Spontaneity has been a driving force throughout the band’s 15-year existence, but time comes experience and – hopefully – a bit of reflection. Surviving The Dream-- the band’s first record in five years – offers up that introspection, into work. Life and Carper’s recent bipolar diagnosis. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 686: Kenny Wayne Shepherd

RiYL ·

2024/12/05

Released in September, Dirt On My Diamonds Vol.2 finds Kenny Wayne Shepherd doing what he was put on Earth to do. With eight tracks spanning a collective hour, it's a tight set that packs a punch, while expanding the songwriting depth that has been a fixture at this stage of his career. Thirty-four years after signing to a major label at age 13, the guitarist has delivered staying power matched by few others in the industry. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 685: John Davis (Superdrag)

RiYL ·

2024/11/29

Few who have walked the Earth can write a pop song like John Davis. That prowess catapulted his group, Superdrag to massive success on the back of its 1996 single, "Sucked Out." The group's trajectory from there isn't wholly dissimilar from other groups who released a hit during the decade. The music business took an aggressive turn, culminating in the muddy horror show that was Woodstock 99, all while Superdrag was releasing its best and most mature work on indie labels. His latest record, Jinx

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Episode 684: Samuel Herring (Future Islands, Hemlock...

RiYL ·

2024/11/20

Plenty of musicians talk about 'leaving it all on the stage,' but few have offered as demonstrable an example as Samuel Herring. His live performance is a conduit for unbridled emotion, capturing mainstream attention as the frontman for Future Islands. As Hemlock Ernst, Herring's lyrics offer insight into life experiences, no better exemplified than on the hip-hop group's latest, Studying Absence. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 683: Michael Des Barres

RiYL ·

2024/11/14

Released in October, It's Only Rock n Roll is a celebration that has formed the backbone of Michael Des Barres' life. The album's one dozen tracks find the singer paying homage to the biggest names of the glam era, from T. Rex to Roxy Music. Des Barres' own musical career spans more than half a century, including an appearance at Live Aid as the head of The Power Station. As an actor, Des Barres has appeared in more than 100 TV shows, including a notable turn as MacGyver villain, Murdoc. Hosted on

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Episode 682: Mike Campbell (Dirty Knobs, Tom Petty...

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2024/11/11

Tom Petty's unexpected death in October 2017 effectively marked the end of the Heartbreakers. The band reunited a handful of times to pay tribute to the late singer, but its members have otherwise used the unfortunate opportunity to explore life beyond its confines. For Mike Campbell, the event marked the beginnings of a second career. His guitar playing and songwriter were foundational to the Heartbreakers' massive success, and he'd cowritten with Don Henley and Stevie Nicks, including the

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Episode 681: Kishi Bashi

RiYL ·

2024/11/08

Released at the end of August, Kantos is a “party album about the possible end of humanity as we know it.” A few months later, that possibility seems ever more probable. A one-time resident of both New York City and Athens, GA, Kaoru Dill-Ishibashi now spends his days in the Santa Cruz Mountains of Central California, heading over Highway 17 to surf when not making music. The singer and multi-instrumentalist is an industry veteran, fronting Brooklyn indie band Jupiter One and spending time as a

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Episode 680: Breymer

RiYL ·

2024/11/01

When I Get Through follows Breymer's (Sarah Walk) journey up to the day of their top surgery. It's a candid account of the conversations and emotions that precede such a life alternating moment. The musician joins us to discuss the journey and the decision recount the events on their new LP. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 680: Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones

RiYL ·

2024/10/25

Halloween comes early this year, as Matt Wagner and Kelley Jones join us to discuss the final days of their Kickstarter campaign for Dracula Book II: The Brides. The comics veterans talk about their planned four volume series and the lasting legacy of Bram Stoker's monster. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 678: Shannon Wheeler

RiYL ·

2024/10/13

New Yorker cartoonist Shannon Wheeler returns to the show. The artist recently launched a Kickstarter campaign to release a new book collecting minicomics and other appearances by his best-known creation, Too Much Coffee Man. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 677: Franz Nicolay (The World/Inferno...

RiYL ·

2024/10/10

Band People is part music writing and part business book, rounded out by academic research and a host of footnotes. It's a pragmatic look at the life of road warriors in an increasingly untenable industry. More than anything, however, it's a labor of love from lifelong touring musician, Franz Nicolay. Transcript available here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 676: Steve Cropper

RiYL ·

2024/10/04

He's quick to laugh with a twang that betrays his Southern Missouri origin. Steve Cropper discusses his accomplishments with modesty, rarely offering a glimpse into a career that profoundly impacted the course of 20th century popular music. As a core, founding member of Booker T & the MGs, the guitars helped form the backbone of the Stax Record sound. Cropper cowrote some of the era's most iconic songs, including "Knock on Wood," "In the Midnight Hour" and "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay, the

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Episode 675: Graham Wright (Tokyo Police Club)

RiYL ·

2024/09/27

In November, Tokyo Police Club will play its final show. Saying goodbye is never easy, but the Ontario-based band's members seem surprisingly okay with the whole thing. At the end of the day, very few of us manage to eke out a 20-year career playing with high school friends. Graham Wright acknowledges that, perhaps, the reality of the situation hasn't entirely set in, but for now, the band is enjoying what's left of the ride. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Episode 674: Dash Shaw

RiYL ·

2024/09/22

Comics and animation can both be grueling -- especially drawing a 400 page comic or animated a hand-drawn, feature length film. As such, one must be discriminating in choosing such projects. For Dash Shaw, the choice comes down to two principles: 1. It has to seem like he's the only one who can create it and 2. It needs to contain an element of "why would anyone do that." Both can be seen in his most recent, deeply idiosyncratic works in comics ("Blurry") and film ("Cryptozoo"). Hosted on Acast

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Episode 673: Eduardo Arenas (Chicano Batman)

RiYL ·

2024/09/21

While their music owes debts to the towering giants of rock, soul and the Mexican and Brazilian music before them, no one sounds like Chicano Batman. Formed in Los Angeles in 2008, the group released its self-titled debut two years later. But it was 2020's Invisible People and its infectious lead track, "Color My Life" that cemented the group's place in the indie universe. Released at the end of March, Notebook Fantasysees the band continuing to grow, exploring new sounds while staying loyal to the

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