Vinyl Emergency

Episode 242: Hutch Harris (The Thermals)

Describing himself as working within "the art of opportunity," Hutch Harris has been rummaging through charity bins and resale shops for years, pocketing vintage insuranc

Episode 241: The Hold Steady [LIVE IN CHICAGO] -- 'Boys and Girls in America' Deep Dive

Recorded in front of a live audience at The Salt Shed's Three Top Lounge in Chicago, all six members of The Hold Steady (along with album producer John Agnello) sit down

Glen Hansard, Remembered (2025 Interview)

Following the sudden passing of Glen Hansard, we are revisiting his appearance on Vinyl Emergency, with longtime Swell Season creative partner Markéta Irglová, to celebra

Episode 240: The Menzingers' Greg Barnett

Gearing up this week to release their latest album Everything I Ever Saw, Menzingers vocalist/guitarist Greg Barnett discusses vinyl's evolution since the band's inceptio

Episode 239: Anthony Mason (Returns!)

You'd be hard-pressed to find someone else with as much curiosity and vigor at 70 years old about the creation of art as longtime CBS News journalist Anthony Mason. Over

Episode 238: Nick Harmer of Death Cab for Cutie

Hot on the heels of I Built You A Tower — Death Cab for Cutie's 11th album, released earlier this month — bassist and founding member Nick Harmer tells us why this LP is

Episode 237: Mike Reed (Small Brown Bike / 84 Tigers)

It seems that Mike Reed's musical journey has been supported and surrounded by family from the very beginning -- whether his dad was building a stage, his uncle was insta

Episode 236: Erin Osmon, author of 'Won't Back Down: Heartland Rock and the Fight for America'

Having already penned much-heralded books on both John Prine and Jason Molina, author Erin Osman is now tackling the wide genre of heartland rock — which she defines more

SECOND SPIN: Hozier (October 2018)

This is an encore presentation of a previous episode. --- Global superstar Hozier ("Take Me To Church," "Too Sweet") discusses his appreciation for analog experiences

Episode 235: Tenille Townes

Thanks to vinyl's nearly two decades of steady growth and new pressing plants popping up almost annually, the physical act of getting LP's pressed as an independent artis

Episode 234: I'm With Her

Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz and Aoife O'Donovan talk this week about their recent Grammy wins, family mixtapes over the years, favorite live albums and more. Sing Me Alive

Episode 233: Mammal Hands

Through a sprawling instrumental approach that blends post-rock, jazz, minimalism, electronic elements and more, British trio Mammal Hands still have a knack for ensuring

Episode 232: Andrew Bird

Copping its title from a magic mail-order catalog from the 1920's, The Mysterious Production of Eggs sounds so confident in both its whimsical grandeuer and its pensive,

Episode 231: Hey Mercedes

Vocalist/guitarist Bob Nanna, bassist Todd Bell, guitarist Mike Shumaker and drummer Damon Atkinson discuss their original start as a band in the early 00's and their upc

Episode 230: Jason Narducy (Returns!)

On his third visit to the podcast, everyone's favorite musician-for-hire Jason Narducy (Superchunk, Bob Mould Band, Split Single, Verböten) discusses his new book — Mostl

Episode 229: Patterson Hood (Returns!)

As NPR tells it, Drive-By Truckers' "examination of the Southern psyche is a microcosm of how Americans respond to triumph and tragedy," but their early career incline co

Episode 228: Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World

This week, singer/guitarist Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World chats about the heavy metal (and instructional breakdance) records of his youth, collaborating on a new track by

Episode 227: Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids

Having spent the last thirty years fronting The Get Up Kids, Matt Pryor has earned an honorary doctorate in sharing intimate, vulnerable moments on record and making them

Episode 226: Tom Petty Producer/Engineer Ryan Ulyate

Hot on the heels of his involvement with a new, one-step vinyl pressing of Wildflowers -- celebrating its 30th anniversary -- Ryan Ulyate talks today about working with T

Episode 225: 'Springsteen: Deliver Me From Nowhere' Preview w/ Warren Zanes (Executive Producer)

If you were tasked with making a feature film about Bruce Springsteen, you could throw a dart and hit any number of career peaks worth covering. Instead, director/writer