Conan Neutron’s Protonic Reversal

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Ep373: J. Robbins (Jawbox, J. Robbins Band, Burning Airlines, Magpie Cage) Feb 14, 2024

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J. Robbins returns! He has a brand new record called Basilisk. It has been awhile since last he was on. How long? Well his LAST album Un-becoming wasn't even done yet then and that was 2019. So there you go. In-depth with a song by song on Basilisk as well as For Your Own Special Sweetheart turning 30 years old. Post-Bill Barbot Jawbox, the impartial overview tour and whether that will be the end of the reunited Jawbox or not. Brooks! Gordon! What the hey, it is J. Robbins folks. Let's go!

Ep372: John Wright (NoMeansNo, Dead Bob) and Jason Lamb (NMN book) Feb 09, 2024

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John Wright of NoMeansNo and Dead Bob returns! And this time he has the NMN biographer Jason Lamb, author of NoMeansNo: From Obscurity to Oblivion: An Oral History, with him. which has just come out. We speak of the great history of the band and the challenge of getting it all down and doing it right. Casual fans and folks with NMN tattoos, getting across the humor of the band in an informative way, the thrill of the hunt for NMN esoteria, What was left out. The need to focus on the music without the visuals distracting you "The Eyes are Thieves" (and a side conversation about the nature of music and video), And of course much more DEAD BOB.

Ep371: Andrew "Falco" Falkous (mclusky, Future of the Left, christian fitness) Feb 06, 2024

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It has been 1031 days since Falco's last appearance on Protonic Reversal and mclusky's US tour is imminent (for real this time). So much has happened since then, let's start with the return as a "real" band (or as real as any band is) of the mighty mclusky. Hearing protectiong! The recent double A side single released on bandcamp. New record. Venue respect! that was my brain on elves, Christian fitness. and creating songs that will not be played live, Arbiter of Sneers, stagediving, Gallagher Coats, and autozone, music journalism, slagging off bands, etc. Falco is back!

Ep370: Zach Blair (Rise Against, GWAR, Hagfish, Only Crime) Jan 29, 2024

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Zach Blair has had an incredible career in music. He and Conan talk about finding a voice with guitar, Anti-Heroes is Zach's podcast. Anti-Heroes is a podcast about guitar players that aren't on the covers of the guitar magazines but who Zach thinks should be. Sounds a little familiar? Hmm. No wonder they are such kindred spirits. Hagfish remembrances (including Conan remembering what a huge fan he was of that band), GWAR antics and logistical nightmares and secret Gwar superfans. Where shredding is and isn't important. The nostalgia Industrial complex of things like When We Were Young, but honoring the fan experience. Sonic Highways with the Foot Fighters, Joining Rise Against and bringing his own skills to it, DRAKULAS, Only Crime, and Bill Stevenson and living as a working musician in the year 2023. All that and a lot, lot more. It's Zach Blair!

Ep369: Steve Bartek (Oingo Boingo) Jan 21, 2024

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Steve started off writing songs and playing flute (!) with the Strawberry Alarm Clock then joined Don Randi's band (Wrecking Crew). All of that BEFORE Oingo Boingo. So what else? Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo into Oingo Boingo, Forbidden Zone, Danny Elfman, Little Girls, Only a Lad, KROQ, Bassman vs. Jazz Chorus, The Police, the Cuphead show., Machine-Man "The Museum Mayhem of Raymond Scott" with Ego Plum, and of course collaborating with DEVO's Gerald V. Casale. Composing vs. Guitaring. The first of two parts!

Ep368: Gerald V. Casale (DEVO) Jan 15, 2024

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Friend of the show, Gerald V. Casale returns! To talk not only about the 4-d video for the Lounge Version of Pay U Back (with Steve Bartek of Oingo Boingo and Josh Freese), but to talk about the many, many DEVO activities of the last year. US, Europe and Australia tours, a 50 years of De-Evolution box set. The Art DEVO 1973-1977 box set by Futurismo... a restoration of DEVO videos for the MOMA, the premiere of a Vice Devo Documentary directed by Chris Smith. Picking songs, the popularity of Puppet Boy on TikTok, and of course DOVE: The band of LOVE, all this and more on the latest Conan Neutron’s Protonic Reversal

Ep414: Top Records of 2024 Jan 08, 2024

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Here it is! The yearly roundup of Conan Neutron's favorite record of the years. The list:
1. J. Robbins - Basilisk - Exquisite Corpse
2. Kino Motel - Visions - Repeater
3. God Bullies - As Above, So Below - You Call This Love
4. CNTS - Thoughts & Prayers - Smart Mouth
5. Thank - I Have a Physical Body That Can Be Harmed - Woke Frasier
6. USA Nails - Feel Worse - Feel Worse
7. Arcwelder - Continue - Lafayette
8. Dale Crover - Glossolalia - Doug Yuletide
9. Kal Marks - Wasteland Baby - Insects
10. Melvins - Tarantula Heart - Working the Ditch
11. Bunuel - Mansuetude - Drug Burn
12. Shellac - To All Trains - Scrappers
13. The Jesus Lizard - Rack - Grind
14. DEAD - Burn us Clean - Burn Us Clean
15. Chat Pile - Cool World - Masc
16. Porcelain - Porcelain - Vanity
17. Upright Forms - Blurred Wires - Heaven Knows
18. Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More - Crystal Breath
19. Sugar Horse - The Grand Scheme Of Things - The Shape of ASMR to Come
20. Brant Bjork Trio - Once Upon A Time In The Desert - Backin' The Daze
21. Deep Tunnel Project - Deep Tunnel Project - Absolute Zero
22. Big'n - South of Loathsome - End Comes Too Soon
23. Bronson Arm - Bronson Arm - Conscious Confuser
24. The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis - The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis - That Thang
25. Godspeed You! Black Emperor - "NO TITLE AS OF 13 FEBRUARY 2024 28,340 DEAD" - BROKEN SPIRES AT DEAD KAPITAL
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Ep367: Scott Macdonald (Arcwelder) Jan 08, 2024

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Rejoice! For the first time since 1999 there is a new Arcwelder! CONTINUE is out now. What better way to celebrate than to have the amazing drummer and co-primary vocalist Scott Macdonald on. We get into all of the details of recording it, as well as constant comparisons to another Minnestota band.... the original sound of grindy, angular riffs with huge hooks and melodies. Tilt-a-whirl to Arcwelder (improvement), Jacket Made in Canada, PULL, Xerxes, Everest, Entropy and lots, lots more. IYKYK, first Arcwelder interview in at least a few Presidents. Let's go!

Ep366: Matt Cronk (CNTS, Qui, Fake Legs, Cowards) Dec 28, 2023

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Matt Cronk returns, and so has CNTS. This time you can lose the U. let's hear some stories of what THE CRONK has been up to since Feb 2020 and he was on last. Did anything happen? Medical tragedies, musical triumphs, thoughts on controversial names and sensibilities about that and an eye to a bright future in 2024 where CNTS are concerned. Also, find out more about Fake Legs and Cowards, and... Qui is back?

Ep365: Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu) Dec 20, 2023

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Ignore Grief, is the latest album from Xiu Xiu, it came out in 2023! However, Conan's history with the band goes way back to the first record. So, how about a relatively comprehensive album by album history? From the very beginning, all the permutations and eras to today. Along with some reasonable derivations on the way. Covering Under Pressure with Michael Gira, the story of Xiu Xiu Plays The Music of Twin Peaks, the story behind the artwork for A Promise, reissues, album commentary tracks, art not having anything to do with the person that made it. OH NO collaborations, PAHRUMP, Sal Mineo, Merzbow. Bottle of Rum and other dancey songs, All of it and so very much more.

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