Vinyl Emergency
Musicians, record label owners, visual artists and beyond describe how vinyl records have shaped their lives and careers. Previous guests include Hozier, Rosanne Cash, Ben Gibbard, Adam Duritz, Lisa Loeb and members of Run-DMC, Foo Fighters, R.E.M. and more.
- Update frequency
- every 16 days
- Average duration
- 75 minutes
- Episodes
- 250
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
Episode 223: Noah Reid (Schitt's Creek)
Before his profile as a musician exploded, actor Noah Reid thought of his songs as "a little closet that I could put my thoughts and feelings into." But in early 2018, that door came off its hinges. …
Episode 222: Evan Weiss (Pet Symmetry / Into It. Over It.)
A lot has changed since Evan Weiss last came on this podcast over nine years ago -- marriage, a plethora of new music, and a deliberate "one in, one out" strategy to balancing his record collection. …
SECOND SPIN: Brian Stack (Colbert/Conan; March 2016)
This is an encore presentation of a previous episode, originally airing in 2016.
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Currently a writer on CBS' Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Brian Stack started on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'B…
Episode 221: Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová (The Swell Season)
Vinyl Emergency Trailer: Spinning Since '16
Vinyl Emergency is where your favorite songwriters, producers, record label owners or other personalities who just love music come to discuss how vinyl's mere existence has shaped their lives and car…
Episode 220: Ben Nichols of Lucero
With a new solo album dropping later this month — In the Heart of the Mountain, his first in over 15 years — Lucero frontman Ben Nichols addresses why some of his recent songs feel like graphic novel…
Episode 219: David Lowery (Cracker / Camper Van Beethoven)
A vocal advocate for artist rights and a senior lecturer on all things music business at the University of Georgia, David Lowery discusses today the recent losses of Sly Stone and Brian Wilson, learn…
SECOND SPIN: S.G. Goodman (September 2022)
This is an encore presentation of a previous episode, originally airing in September 2022. "Planting By The Signs," S.G.'s latest album, comes out on June 20th.
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S.G. Goodman delivers both a voice …
SECOND SPIN: Sara Watkins (April 2021)
This is an encore presentation of a previous episode, originally airing in April 2021. Wild and Clear and Blue, Sara's latest album as a member of I'm With Her, was released on May 9th.
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Over the …
Episode 218: David Bazan on 20 Years of 'Headphones'
Episode 217: Dianogah
Jay Ryan and Jason Harvey, bassists for the Chicago-area trio Dianogah, describe the route to -- and surprise release of -- their new, career-spanning 5LP box set. Visit landland.bandcamp.com to orde…
Episode 216: Sean Nelson of Harvey Danger
Episode 215: Minus the Bear on “Menos El Oso,” Track-By-Track
After 15+ years on the road, Seattle's Minus the Bear said goodbye in 2018... but not for long. Marking two decades since the release of their second album, Menos El Oso -- heralded by both critics a…
Episode 214: Bob Mould
On the heels of a fiery new album (Here We Go Crazy), influential indie icon Bob Mould reflects on how record store culture informed Hüsker Dü's formation and why the jukebox singles of his youth sti…
SECOND SPIN: Tommy Prine (August 2023)
This is an encore presentation of a previous episode, originally airing in August 2023.
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The two sounds Tommy Prine says he remembers most growing up were having the AM radio on or his father (ren…
Episode 213: Adam Richman (Man v. Food)
Long before Hot Ones became a viral sensation, there was Man v. Food. Over four seasons on the Travel Channel, host Adam Richman cruised the country going toe-to-toe with fiery chicken wings, monster…
Episode 212: Michael Shannon and Jason Narducy
Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon (Knives Out, The Shape of Water, Boardwalk Empire, Groundhog Day) and acclaimed musician Jason Narducy (Split Single, Bob Mould Band, Superchunk, Verböten) discu…
Episode 211: Eef Barzelay (Clem Snide)
Episode 210: Jeff Parker (ETA IVtet / Tortoise)
Episode 209: Atmosphere (Slug & Ant)
In 1995, a fervent and wry rapper (Sean Daley, aka Slug) and a dexterous deejay (Anthony Davis; Ant for short) helped co-found a platform to help put Midwest -- and more precisely, Minnesotan -- hip-…