Tour Stories/The Check-In with Joe Plummer

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The Check-In with Adam Halferty Nov 18, 2022

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Adam Halferty is a singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist living in Los Angeles by way of eastern Colorado. He has toured and recorded extensively with his band American Tomahawk and Nick Thorburn's band Islands. In this episode, new friends Joe and Adam talk touring recovery, the important role of humor on the road and what makes a good and bad hotel roommate. They discuss Adams new record, cc fAult, what stemmed the solo effort and his song writing process. They flirt with the idea of acting as a profession and we hear a couple tunes.
https://americantomahawk.bandcamp.com/album/mr-griever

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The Check-In with John Mark Lapham-Old Fire Nov 11, 2022

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John Mark Lapham is a composer, producer and animator from Abilene Texas. His newest effort Voids, under the moniker Old Fire, is a collaborative audio collage that illustrates the isolation and the cinematic landscape of his West Texas upbringing. In this episode Joe and John Mark discuss the dark inspiration behind the record, why his music tends to celebrate the visual, and why he worked with multiple vocalists (Bill Callahan, Emily Cross, Adam Torres, and Julia Holter) . John Mark shares the long process of making Voids and we hear a couple tunes. https://westernvinyl.com/artists/old-fire.php
https://oldfire.bandcamp.com/

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The Check In with Adam Luksetich, The Numero Group, Bound For Hell-On The Sunset Strip Nov 04, 2022

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Adam Luksetich is a musician, DJ and resident "metal head" at The Numero Group. He is also the producer of Bound For Hell-On The Sunset Strip, a multi-medium release that explores and celebrates the lesser known bands of the early 80's Los Angeles glam rock scene, just before the ultra popular Poisons and Motley Crue's of the same era. In this episode, Adam shares what he gleaned from his extensive research, why some of these bands went unnoticed and the difference between "glam" metal and "hair" metal. Joe and Adam speculate on the demise of the genre, the influence behind it and why women were underrepresented. We get a some insight on the process of making this extensive box set and hear a couple tunes.
https://numerogroup.com/

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On Tour with Man Man: A Tour Stories Special with Ryan Kattner Oct 28, 2022

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In this Tour Stories special, Ryan Kattner (Man Man, Mister Heavenly, Honus Honus) and Joe recount their recent Man Man tour in the southwest, where Joe sat in on drums for the first time. The conversation is supplemented and enhanced with Joe's audio diary, which sheds light on what these rock n rollers do off the stage, after the show and on the long drives in between. We hear from the entire band, hit the Bushyhead Festival in Kansas, Oklahoma and meet multi-personality driver extraordinaire, Coach Steve.
https://www.manmanband.com/
https://manmanbandband.bandcamp.com/album/dream-hunting-in-the-valley-of-the-in-between
https://sites.google.com/view/bushyheadfarmsummerfestival/home

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The Check-In with Scout Gillett Oct 21, 2022

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Scout Gillett is a singer songwriter living in Brooklyn by way of Kansas City. Her debut LP, no roof, no floor (Captured Tracks) is a meditation on loss and vulnerability that’s sonic quality replaces any hopelessness with a sense of openness. In this episode Joe and Scout discuss the inspiration behind the new record and the experience of tracking the songs in a barn, in the dark. Scout also tells us how the DIY community has shaped her view on the music industry and why that led to her starting her own booking agency. She shares her upcoming touring plans and we hear a couple tunes.
https://scoutgillettmusic.bandcamp.com/
https://capturedtracks.com/

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The Check-In with Gustav Ejstes- Dungen Oct 14, 2022

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Gustav Ejstes is the singer, multi-instrumentalist and founding member of Dungen. After a six year break, Dungen has released En Är För Mycket och Tusen Aldrig Nog (One is Too Much and a Thousand is Never Enough) on Mexican Summer. In this episode Gustav explains the process of working with producer/collaborator Mattias Glavå, and the role Mitch Mitchell, Public Enemy and Jungle play on the album. He shares his touring plans and we hear a couple tunes.
http://www.dungen-music.com/
https://www.mexicansummer.com/artist/dungen/

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LOU REED - WORDS & MUSIC, MAY 1965 - A TOUR STORIES SPECIAL Oct 07, 2022

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LOU REED - WORDS & MUSIC, MAY 1965

This Light In The Attic podcast is a companion piece to Words and Music, May 1965, an album of previously unreleased songs recorded by a young Lou Reed with future Velvet Underground bandmate, John Cale. It includes first known recordings of such iconic songs as "I'm Waiting for the Man" and "Heroin." These recordings will be released to the public for the first time on Light in the Attic Records.
Our host, Tunde Adebimpe sits down with Matt Sullivan (co-owner and founder of Light in the Attic Records) and Lou Reed archivists Jason Stern and Don Fleming to get their insights into how the tape was discovered and how the songs were recorded by Cale and Reed in the spring of 1965.

Listen along with Matt, Don and Jason as they share their appreciation and knowledge of these extraordinary recordings. Produced by Light in the Attic, Ruinous Media and Dann Gallucci.

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The Check-In with Sam Quartin Sep 30, 2022

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Sam Quartin is the singer, lyricist and founding member of The Bobby Lee's. Their newest record and Ipecac Recordings debut Bellevue will hit the streets October 7th. Bellevue is a ferocious follow up to the well received Skin Suit and an intense journey of manic metamorphosis that will leave you demanding to see them live. In this episode, Joe catches up with Sam from New York city, where she's in her car, parked illegally. We get Sams thoughts on touring after a busy year on the road, how she feels about Hollywood culture from an actors point of view and she tells us the origin of the title Bellevue. She also shares The Bobby Lee's songwriting process and her experience working with Vance Powell. We hear how the band will finish out the year play a couple rip roarin numbers.
https://www.thebobbylees.com/
https://thebobbylees.bandcamp.com/
https://www.ipecac.com/artists/thebobbylees

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The Check-In with Harper-Simon Sep 23, 2022

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Harper Simon is a singer, songwriter, producer and journalist. His most recent effort is an album and accompanying art book entitled Meditations on Crime. . The release is a vast and collaborative multimedia project that incorporates an eclectic collection of contributors including writers, visual artists and of course, musicians . It is indeed a full circle meditation on crime, expressed through song, images and word. In this episode Joe and Harper discuss the genesis of the project and how his relationship to politics motivated him to choose crime as the subject. Joe and Harper talk about the process of selecting contributors and the importance of cohesion in something this large. Harper shares his experience recording with long time friend Hal Willner, his plans to play live and we hear a couple tunes
https://youtube.com/user/HarperSimonMusic

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The Check-In with Randy Randall -NO AGE Sep 16, 2022

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Randy Randall is the guitarist, co-producer and founding member of No Age. Their 3rd record on Drag City, People Helping People, will be released September 16th with a full North American tour to follow. In this episode, Randy shares the head space he and Dean were in at the beginning of the recording and why they were itching to get weird. We hear why they feel they are in a perfect position to do whatever they want and how operating on the notion that "everything is valid" contributed to the sonic architecture of the record. Randy also tells us why he felt like Scotty Pippen playing with Bob Mould and he hips us to meaning behind Snares Like A Haircut , We hear a couple tunes and Randy offers up the stems from People Helping People.
https://www.dragcity.com/products/people-helping-people
https://noage.bandcamp.com/

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