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 29: Matthew Sweet
Episode 28: Tom Mullen (Washed Up Emo, Legacy/Sony)
Episode 27: David Bazan (Exclusive Live Performance)
Episode 26: Collector's Club with Kristian Sorge (Record Nerdz Podcast)
Episode 25: Doug Sohn of Hot Doug's
Episode 24: Josh Caterer of the Smoking Popes (Exclusive Live Performance)
Chicago's Smoking Popes are one of my seminal favorite bands, having released several crucial albums of lovelorn power-pop including 1994's Born To Quit and 1997's Destination Failure. Gaining notori…
Episode 23: MLB broadcaster Joe Block
Episode 22: Derek Jones and Gene Priest of Sharing Needles With Friends
Music discussion and vinyl news podcast Sharing Needles With Friends has been both a favorite of mine for years as well as an inspiration for me to start Vinyl Emergency. Based out of Knoxville, TN a…
Episode 21: Gramovox
In 2015, Chicago-based company Gramovox launched a Kickstarter campaign for their gorgeous Floating Record Vertical Turntable. With over $1 million in backing and now almost a year to the date of the…
Episode 20: Collector's Club with WOXY's Matt Shiverdecker
Matt Shiverdecker -- member of the Austin Film Critics Association and former music director/on-air host of WOXY -- joins me this week to discuss his record collection, how vinyl bootleggers are maki…
Episode 19: Cameron Schaefer of Vinyl Me, Please
Vinyl Me, Please has been supplying record lovers with exclusive album presses each month -- whether they be well-known classics, brand new releases or long-buried gems -- since January 2013 as a sub…
Episode 18: Collector's Club with Nicholas Lynch (@ThirdManCollector)
Episode 17: Heather Gmucs and Sarah Barker of Wax Mage and Gotta Groove Records
We all know what it's like to listen to vinyl, but what's it like to hand-pour or physically press them? Heather and Sarah from Gotta Groove and Wax Mage join me this week to talk about their side of…
Episode 16: Ryan Arnold of WXRT
Seemingly born into radio, Ryan Arnold is an avid music fanatic beyond what you hear him spin as a DJ on Chicago's WXRT. When he's not on the air, you can find him record shopping, checking out local…
Episode 15: Live from Record Store Day / Ben and Chris from flipbin
275 miles, 6 record stores and 2 states in 1 day. I made it my mission on Record Store Day 2016 to bring you a slew of interviews with vinyl collectors of all sorts in both Wisconsin and Illinois (fa…
Episode 14: Damon Atkinson (Hey Mercedes, Braid) / RNRHOF Induction Re-cap
Fresh off our interview with bassist Todd Bell of Braid and Hey Mercedes, I sat down in Nashville with the other half of that incredible rhythm section, drummer Damon Atkinson! We discuss the Hey Mer…
Episode 13: Nick Digilio of WGN Radio
Since I moved to suburban Chicago almost ten years ago, Nick Digilio has been a constant audio companion for me in both radio and podcast form. During his 2-5am shift weekday mornings on one of the m…
Episode 12: Brian Stack (Conan, Late Show with Stephen Colbert)
Episode 11: Todd Bell (Braid, Hey Mercedes)
Back in 2014, I interviewed Braid and Hey Mercedes bassist Todd Bell about his record collection for a written piece on Modern-Vinyl.com, which led to us digging together on Record Store Day 2015. So…
Episode 10: Josh Modell of The Onion / A.V. Club
Long before his current position as Editorial Director of Onion Inc., -- and his freelance work for Magnet, Spin and Rolling Stone -- Josh Modell created Milk Magazine (along with his buddy Jim Minor…