Meet Our Makers

115. Jake Xerxes Fussell - Modern Mythos

In this episode, we get to meet Jake Xerxes Fussell. Jake is a folk singer in a true sense: his catalog of albums consists of his interpretations - some faithful, some ra

114. Peter Bjorn & John - Twenty Years of Writer's Block

In this chat, we get to meet Peter Moren and Bjorn Yttling of Peter Bjorn & John. Unfortunately, John could not join us for this conversation, but we soldiered on! The tr

113. Joan as Police Woman - We're Real Life

In this chat, we get to meet Joan as Police Woman, the musical project of singer, songwriter, violinist, composer Joan Wasser. Joan came up in the New York music scene of

112. The Fiery Furnaces - Aren't You Curious?

In this chat, we get to meet The Fiery Furnaces. The band first rose to prominence in the 2000s, but after a sort of garage-y debut album, they released a slew of highly

111. aja monet - I Wish I Could Just Write Love Poems

In this chat, we get to meet aja monet. aja is a poet and songwriter and composer, who has just released her 2nd album of jazzy, inviting, varied, potent spoken word musi

110. Rostam - Making Myself Whole

In this chat, we get to meet Rostam. The singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and producer has a brand new record out now, called American Stories. While you may kn

109. Gay Meat - All About My Mother

In this episode, we get to meet Gay Meat - aka Karl Kuehn. In this conversation, Karl and I dig right in to his brand new debut full-length solo LP, Blue Water. The album

108. Peaches - A Mirror to Absurdity

In this chat, we get to meet Peaches, the iconic electronic/electro-clash/pop singer, songwriter, and producer. After a lengthy absence, Peaches is back with a new LP, No

107. Asher White - Jessica Pratt By Asher White

In this chat, we get to meet Asher White. Asher is a singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and lots of other things, and has just put out a special new pro

106. Animal Collective - Twenty Years of Feels

In this chat, we get to meet 3/4 of the experimental rock band Animal Collective. The band just reissued its seminal album Feels for its 20th anniversary this fall, and s

105. Edith Frost - Back in the Lope

Ok, catch up part two. Now, in this episode, we get to meet singer-songwriter Edith Frost. Edith released her first record in about twenty years this past winter, called

104. Azazel Jacobs - The Magic

Time to play some catch up! In this episode, we get to meet award-winning filmmaker of His Three Daughters, Azazel Jacobs. Full disclosure: this chat (and the one that wi

103. The Mynabirds - Silence Broken

In this episode, we get to meet Laura Burhenn - aka The Mynabirds. Laura has just released her first album as the Mynabirds in about eight years, and it consists of sever

102. Austra - A Particular Grief

In this episode we get to meet Austra, which is the music project of singer/songwriter/producer Katie Stelmanis. In this chat, we talk about Katie's newest Austra record,

101. Julian Brave NoiseCat - Surviving the Night

On this episode, we get to meet Julian Brave NoiseCat. Julian is a filmmaker, documentarian, and writer, who just put out his first book, called We Survived the Night. Pa

100. Imogen Heap - This is My Communion

Episode 100!! Who knew this would ever happen? I didn't! To commemorate this grand occasion, what better than to sit down with one of the musicians I've listened to and

99. Avery Tucker - Slow Hits Fast

In this chat, we get to meet Avery Tucker. Avery is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who is probably up to know best known as one half of the indie rock ba

98. Casey Dienel - Casey Talk

In this chat, we get to meet Casey Dienel. Formerly known as White Hinterland, Dienel is back with a brand new record under their own name, called My Heart is an Outlaw,

WE MEET AGAIN IV: Madi Diaz

In the latest installment of my re-interview subseries, We Meet Again, we get to chat for a second time with luminous, talented, and hilarious Madi Diaz. Madi just put ou

97. Jens Lekman - Emotional Autobiography

In this chat, we get to meet singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Jens Lekman. Jens has just put out a new record, entitled Songs for Other People's Weddings, and it