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 566: Say She She
Prism is a breath of fresh air in troubled times. The Brooklyn-based seven piece delivers sunshine psychedelic soul grooves transported from a different time. At the group’s core is the three-part ha…
00:44:29 |
Fri 10 Feb 2023
Episode 565: Tom Gauld
Ahead of our conversation at Greenlight Books in Brooklyn, Tom Gauld and I sat down to discuss his career. The cartoonist was on tour in the States to promote his latest Drawn & Quarterly collection,…
00:46:04 |
Fri 03 Feb 2023
Episode 564: Robyn Hitchcock
Hard as it is to believe, the half-decade preceding last year’s Shufflemania was the Robyn Hitchcock has gone between albums since 1979’s Soft Boys debut, A Can of Bees. That band, while wildly influ…
00:44:37 |
Thu 26 Jan 2023
Episode 563: Sadie Dupuis (of Speedy Ortiz)
Her second poetry collection, Cry Perfume, deals with a lot. There’s a lot to deal with, from overdoses to a society that allows its artists to simply scrape by as a result of making art. Her band, S…
00:47:49 |
Mon 16 Jan 2023
Episode 562: Tim Burgess (of The Charlatans)
With his sixth solo album, Tim Burgess left nothing on the table. The 22-track album found every last new song put down on record. The singer says he wanted to give listeners ever once he had left. O…
00:37:00 |
Fri 13 Jan 2023
Episode 561: Anvil (with director Sacha Gervasi)
In April, Anvil! The Story of Anvil marked its 13th anniversary. Five months later, frontman Steve "Lips" Kudlow and drummer Robb Reiner joined the film’s director, Sacha Gervasi, to screen for a lim…
00:32:23 |
Sat 31 Dec 2022
Episode 560: Douglas Rushkoff
The plan wasn’t to write a book. The money was enough, Douglas Rushkoff says with a laugh. But appearing in from of anonymous billionaires at a desert resort was more than ample fodder for a new volu…
00:52:30 |
Sun 25 Dec 2022
Episode 559: Nick Drnaso
2018’s Sabrina was, quite deservedly, a breakthrough moment for Nick Drnaso. The Chicago-based cartoonist was nominated for a Man Booker Prize and suddenly placing at the top of numerous best of the …
00:49:51 |
Fri 23 Dec 2022
Episode 558: Terre Roche (of the Roches)
The new album is a product of a largely forgotten time in Roches lore. Before youngest sister Suzzy joined the group, the sister act was a duo: Maggie and Terre Roche. The pair produced one album: Se…
01:01:07 |
Tue 13 Dec 2022
Episode 557: Rebecca Pidgeon
Let’s talk about yoga. Let’s talk about the practice behind the familiar, physical movement. That deeper, spiritual resonance heavily informed Rebecca Pidgeon’s latest record, Parts of Speech Pieces …
00:49:13 |
Fri 09 Dec 2022
Episode 556: Will Cullen Hart (of The Circulatory System/The Olivia Tremor Control)
One of our most requested guests returns to the show. It’s been nearly eight years since we’ve caught up with Will Cullen Hart. The Circulatory System/The Olivia Tremor Control front man has spent mo…
00:50:07 |
Mon 05 Dec 2022
Episode 555: Seth Avett (of the Avett Brothers)
Recorded in hotel rooms while on tour with the Avett Brothers, Seth Avett Sings Greg Brown finds the musician paying tribute to the titular singer-songwriter over the course of 10 tracks. After being…
00:42:00 |
Thu 24 Nov 2022
Episode 554: Mario Hernandez
This year, Love and Rockets celebrates 40 years as – perhaps – the single greatest American comic of all time. Mario Hernandez, along with siblings Gilbert and Jaime, was a principle driving force in…
00:43:00 |
Fri 18 Nov 2022
Episode 553: Susie Ulrey (of Pohgoh)
We postpone the interview a few days, as there’s a hurricane bearing down on Florida. Tampa staved off the worst of it, but it’s another one of those things – counting yourself lucky that you made it…
00:53:32 |
Wed 16 Nov 2022
Episode 552: Stephanie Phillips (of Big Joanie)
One of the beautiful things about music is that it’s a seemingly bottomless resource. Whenever you begin to doubt it, something new and fresh quickly dispels the notion. Big Joanie’s sophomore LP, Ba…
00:40:20 |
Mon 07 Nov 2022
551: Linqua Franqa
It’s easy to feel hopeless in this world, but a 45-minute conversation with Mariah Parker makes you feel like you can do just about anything. A rapper, politician, activist and mother, the Athens, Ge…
00:48:26 |
Sat 05 Nov 2022
Episode 550: Malka Spigel (of Immersion and Minimal Compact)
Last year, Immersion released Nanocluster Vol 1. The album finds the duo of Malka Spigel and Colin Newman quickly composing and recording music with names like Tarwater, Laetitia Sadier, Ulrich Schna…
00:44:14 |
Thu 27 Oct 2022
Episode 549: Will Sheff (of Okkervil River)
As the sole consistent member, Will Sheff has built Okkervil River into one of the smartest and most beloved indie rock bands to walk the earth. This year sees the release of Nothing Special, his fir…
00:58:15 |
Sun 23 Oct 2022
Episode 548: Michael League (of Snarky Puppy)
Since 2004, Michael League has remained Snarky Puppy’s one constant. For every album and every show, the bass player has been there to help shape the amorphous jazz collective. Empire Central is a ra…
00:42:12 |
Sun 16 Oct 2022
Episode 547: L’Rain
Fatigue arrived like a breath of fresh air. The album is alternately complex and calming, but also deeply felt. The LP is Taja Cheek’s second under the L’Rain name, arriving in 2021. It’s a mix of so…
00:53:06 |
Fri 14 Oct 2022
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