RiYL
Recommended if You Like: longform conversation with musicians, cartoonists, writers and other creative types.
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- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 47 minutes
- Episodes
- 726
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Episode 526: Felix Cavaliere (of The Rascals)
The transition into the 70s wasn’t an easy one of for The Rascals. But it had been an extraordinaire run before the wheels came off, penning several songs that helped define what could reasonable be …
00:44:02 |
Fri 20 May 2022
Episode 525: Joe Rainey
Niineta opens unexpected. A call from inside the penitentiary. It’s a cousin of Joe Rainey’s – but one he considers close enough to call a brother. It’s a striking opening for a striking album that e…
00:46:44 |
Sat 14 May 2022
Episode 524: Simone Giertz
The last time we chatted was on stage in October 2019, not long before the world changed. Simon Giertz had recently dealt with some health struggles, chronicling her successful battle with a brain tu…
00:35:11 |
Sun 08 May 2022
Episode 523: Anton Newcombe (of Brian Jonestown Massacre)
Life off the road is a strange thing after 18 albums and 30 years , but Anton Newcombe is thriving. After decades in San Francisco, he settled in Berlin with a wife, kid and a dog – the whole deal. H…
00:33:00 |
Thu 05 May 2022
Episode 522: Lyrics Born
Facing an indeterminate period of isolation, Lyrics Born did what any rational person would: he started a podcast. While he’s quick to note that the last two years offered a period of reflection and …
00:55:30 |
Fri 29 Apr 2022
Episode 521: Paul Cauthen
In 2019, Paul Cauthen gave the world a breakup record. That’s not to say that Room 41 didn’t offer hints of what would come next. “Cocaine Country Dancing” offered the hint a brashness its title sugg…
00:37:04 |
Sun 24 Apr 2022
Episode 520: (Bonus) Bob Mould
As I type this, Bob Mould has jumped back in with both legs. He’s quick to point out that he managed to get a handful of dates in at the end of last year, but the his solo electric distortion tour sp…
00:20:41 |
Sun 24 Apr 2022
Episode 519: Jonathan Meiburg (of Shearwater)
His voice echoes as he speaks. The walls are entirely empty ahead of a big move, but Jonathan Meiburg has carved out enough time to sit and speak. We get into the subject of caracaras fairly quickly.…
00:47:26 |
Mon 18 Apr 2022
Episode 518: Ramesh Srivastava (of Voxtrot)
He quotes his therapist when describing his latest album. It’s a conflict of external vs. internal wanderlust. Ramesh Srivastava spent the last several years exploring the former, but Eternal Spring …
00:56:44 |
Sun 10 Apr 2022
Episode 517: Dustin Payseur (of Beach Fossils)
The album-making process has always been somewhat contradictory for Beach Fossils. Front man Dustin Payseur has never suffered from lack of inspiration, with hundreds of unreleased songs to his name,…
00:47:06 |
Sun 03 Apr 2022
Episode 516: David Christian (of Comet Gain)
At the height of social distancing, David Christian (nee Feck) went solo. After 29 years as the chief wrangler of the ever-morphing indie pop act, the musician went to work on For Those We Met On The…
00:42:18 |
Mon 28 Mar 2022
Episode 515: Scott Thompson and Paul Bellini (of Mouth Congress)
As we’re about to start, Scott runs to the kitchen to check on dinner. He’s making chicken, breaded with Shake ‘N Bake. He’s up a few more times during the conversation, once to proudly present the f…
00:45:46 |
Wed 23 Mar 2022
Episode 514: Eric Pulido (of Midlake)
There was no guarantee we’d ever see another Midlake album. The eight year gap since their last album was more than a simple break before records. Tim Smith’s departure in 2012 left the band with a m…
00:46:51 |
Sun 20 Mar 2022
Episode 513: James McMurtry
Last year saw the release of The Horses and the Hounds. James McMurtry’s 10th album was easily one of the year’s best, showcasing a seasoned songwriter at the top of his game, 35 years after entering…
00:37:42 |
Fri 18 Mar 2022
Episode 512: Josh Caterer (of Smoking Popes)
Faced with an indefinite touring hiatus, Josh Caterer improvised. The musician recorded a pair of “live” albums – The Space Sessions and The Hideout Sessions. No audience, no overdubs – just a trio o…
00:33:50 |
Thu 10 Mar 2022
Episode 511: Melanie Charles
A talented flautist trained as an opera singer, Melanie Charles wanted to make a splash with her Verve Records debut, Y'all Don't (Really) Care About Black Women. She taught herself to sample and tac…
00:45:15 |
Sat 05 Mar 2022
Episode 510: Rutu Modan
Editor’s note: Apologies for the rough audio quality this time out.
Just shy of hallway through Tunnels, two of the books leads engage in a spirited exchange. The Israeli and Palestinian characters ar…
00:42:30 |
Fri 25 Feb 2022
Episode 509: Basia Bulat
The past two years have afforded us all plenty of time to reflect – for better and for worse. For all of those who’ve devoted pandemic hours to reaching into past and wondering how we might change th…
00:57:27 |
Sun 20 Feb 2022
Episode 508: David Thomas (of Pere Ubu)
Nostalgia is a strange thing for any artist – particularly so for a group like Pere Ubu. Perpetually striving for change and innovation, the band’s evolution has afforded little time for reflection. …
00:51:42 |
Tue 15 Feb 2022
Episode 507: Buzz Osborne (of Melvins)
Two years of pandemic couldn’t keep Melvins down. In 2021 alone, the group released a pair of LPS: Working with God and Five Legged Dog, their 24th and 25th, respectively. The latter found the band r…
00:54:10 |
Fri 11 Feb 2022
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