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Episode 260: Ray's BBQ and Harsh Crowd Jul 17, 2016

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This week's episode of Snacky Tunes features an interview with Rene Ramirez of Ray's BBQ in Huntington Park, CA, and a live in-studio performance by Harsh Crowd, a punk-inspired band composed of four 14-year-olds who formed in 2013 after meeting at Willie Mae Rock Camp for Girls in Brooklyn, New York.

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Episode 259: Greg Bernhardt and OddKidOut Jul 10, 2016

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In this week's episode of Snacky Tunes, Darin Bresnitz interviews Chef Greg Bernhardt of Paley, a restaurant in Columbia Square, the birthplace of the Golden Age of Hollywood. At the forefront of the California farm to table movement, Bernhardt serves a dynamic menu of seasonal and local ingredients in classic dishes with a modern twist – a nod to the inspiration behind the restaurant itself.

The second half of the show features of live in-studio performance by OddKidOut, a 20 year old music producer from West Philadelphia. He is also the co-creator of FACT Magazine's #FACTInstaBeats Instagram series.

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Episode 258: LA Food Fest and Myrrias Jul 03, 2016

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This week's episode of Snacky Tunes features an interview with Shawna Dawson, founder of the LA Food Fest, followed by a live in-studio performance by the band Myrrias.

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Episode 257: Barrafina and Street Smells Jun 27, 2016

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On this week's Snacky Tunes, Greg Bresnitz is on location at Barrafina, an authentic Spanish tapas bar owned and operated by restaurateurs Sam & Eddie Hart in London's Soho.

In the second half of the show, a live in-studio performance from the band Street Smells, a New York City Garage Psych Rock band named for the smelliest street on earth. They are Jonny Street, on guitar and vox, Ryan Street, guitar and vox, Jessi Street, bass, Vivi Street, drums, and Lala Street, synth,aux, and vox. They like heavy fuzz, pajama jamz, and chasing the comet.

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Episode 256: La Copine and Nadia Sirota Jun 19, 2016

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On this week's Snacky Tunes, Greg Bresnitz interviews Claire Wadsworth of the restaurant La Copine.

La Copine began as a pop-up kitchen in 2009. Chef Nikki Hill partnered with singer-songwriter Claire Wadsworth in Philadelphia, where they started their business serving farm-to-table brunch on a food cart. In 2012, Nikki and Claire moved to California. Now living in Yucca Valley, they have opened their first restaurant in Flamingo Heights.

After the break, a live in-studio performance by violinist Nadia Sirota.

“A one-woman contemporary-classical commissioning machine” (Pitchfork), violist Nadia Sirota is best known for her singular sound and expressive execution, coaxing works and collaborations from the likes of Nico Muhly, Daníel Bjarnason, Valgeir Sigurðsson, Judd Greenstein, Marcos Balter, and Missy Mazzoli. Her debut album First Things First (New Amsterdam Records) was named a record of the year by The New York Times, and her follow-up Baroque (Bedroom Community and New Amsterdam) has been called “beautiful music of a higher order than anything else you will hear this year” by SPINMedia website PopMatters.

Nadia also hosts the Meet the Composer podcast on Q2 Music, exploring the work of living composers through her interviews and musical selections.

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Episode 255: HomeState and The Undercover Dream Lovers Jun 12, 2016

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In the first half of this week's Snacky Tunes, Darin Bresnitz sits down with Austin expat Briana Valdez, owner of HomeState, a Texas kitchen in Los Angeles. The menu features Tex-Mex specialties such as migas and brisket tacos.

After the break, we have a live in-studio performance by The Undercover Dream Lovers, the solo project of Brooklyn based artist and producer Matt Koenig. His first EP, While It’s in Style, was bedroom produced and self-released. Koenig wrote, tracked, and mixed all the instrumental and vocal parts for the EP, which was released on April 7th, 2016. The Undercover Dream Lovers live performance is a six piece band including two drummers, a bassist, 2 guitars, and a keyboardist.

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Episode 254: Tacolandia and Huh Jun 05, 2016

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Bill Esparza, also known as Street Gourmet LA, joins us in the studio to talk about winning the James Beard Award for food coverage, Latin American cuisine, and how it all comes together in Los Angeles.

In the second half of the show, the band Huh delivers a live in-studio performance. Huh are a heady, shreddy new rock band from New York City with a new EP and a new video. The four-piece creates thick, melodic sounds with whiffs of mid-'90s nostalgia and the occasional nod to Dad Rock. Onstage, their energetic set flows effortlessly from fast-paced, danceable tunes to dark, alluring ballads.

Friends from around town, guitarist/vocalist Tia Vincent-Clark (The Fugue; Queening; Pygmy Shrews) singer Carrie-Anne Murphy (Bad Credit No Credit; Clapperclaw), and drummer Ryann Slauson (Sleepy Vikings; Loins; Giddy-Up, Helicopter!) played their first show in September of 2015. Bassist Molly Jean Schoen, fresh to NYC from Detroit, joined in early 2016.

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Episode 253: MID|NIGHTS Restaurant and WALL May 22, 2016

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In the first half of this week's Snacky Tunes, Greg welcomes Raffaello Van Couten, Paul Kolbe, and Chef Marcellus Coleman of MID|NIGHTS Restaurant into the studio. Located in Williamsburg, MID|NIGHTS is the combination of a well executed food program, with a cocktail focused bar scene, that features outdoor seating, live DJ’s and a late-night menu.

The second half of the show features WALL, a post-punk or no wave band (it's up for debate, according to their website) based in New York City. Tune in for a live in-studio performance and their origin story...plus, they reveal their favorite cat they've encountered thus far as a band.

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Episode 252: Kings County Imperial & Michael Daves May 15, 2016

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In the first half of this week's Snacky Tunes, Greg and Darin catch up with Tracy Jane Young and Josh Grinker, the creative forces behind Kings County Imperial, a reinterpreted Central Chinese restaurant in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Rather than striving strictly for "authenticity," the menu is all about making an emotional connection between the food on the plate and the people who made it.

After the break, we have musical guest Michael Daves, whose two-album set Orchids and Violence is out now on Nonesuch Records. Both discs of Orchids and Violence are produced by Daves and have identical track listings of mostly traditional bluegrass songs. The first features straightforward interpretations of them and was recorded live to tape in a 19th-century church by Daves and a band of roots-music innovators: bassist Mike Bub, violinist Brittany Haas, mandolinist Sarah Jarosz, and Punch Brothers banjo player Noam Pikelny. The second disc was recorded in Daves's home studio and includes bass, drums, and electric guitar, mostly played by Daves, and takes a raw, experimental rock approach to the same old-time material. Both discs were mixed by Vance Powell (Jack White, Kings of Leon, Danger Mouse) and have a special guest appearance from Tony Trischka on cello banjo, and Daves's wife Jessi Carter played bass on the electric disc.

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Episode 251: Kavita Meelu and Mike Edison May 08, 2016

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This week on Snacky Tunes, host Greg Bresnitz sits down with Kavita Meelu, who is one of the founders of Street Food Thursday. She has also developed a number of Berlin events, such as Burgers & Hip Hop and Mother’s Mother.

After the break, Mike Edison and Mickey Finn, perform excerpts from Mike's new tragic-comic memoir, You Are a Complete Disappointment: A Triumphant Memoir of Failed Expectations.

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