Matt Sullivan owns and manages 'Light In The Attic Records', an independent record label best known for reissuing material and 're-breaking' artists, including Betty Davis, Sixto 'Sugarman' Rodriguez, Serge Gainsbourg & more. Matt talks us through the history & future of this highly respected label.
Read MoreEp170: Chad Kassem of Acoustic Sounds Part 2 of 2
Chad Kassem has built a small vinyl record and audiophile empire in Salina Kansas, which includes AcousticSounds.com, Analogue Productions, Quality Record Pressing & more. Hear his story today in part 2 of his 2 part series.
Read MoreEp169: Chad Kassem of Acoustic Sounds Part 1 of 2
Chad Kassem has built a small vinyl record and audiophile empire in Salina Kansas, which includes AcousticSounds.com, Analogue Productions, Quality Record Pressing & more. Hear his story today in part 1 of his 2 part series.
Read MoreEp168: Al Anderson of Bob Marley and The Original Wailers
Al Anderson was handed a guitar session that turned into a career with Bob Marley, Peter Tosh and more. Today he tours with The Original Wailers and shares his stories as an eye witness to Reggae history.
Read MoreEp167: 20 Years of Ipecac Recordings
Ipecac Recordings was founded in 1999 by Mike Patton and Greg Werckman as a vehicle to release some of Mike's more eclectic projects. 20 years later Ipecac is thriving thanks in part to a loyal fan-base and their artist-friendly approach to releasing music. Greg joins us today to talk about the formation, growth and future of Ipecac Recordings.
Read MoreEp166: Frank Carter & the End of Suffering
Frank Carter and the Rattlesnakes just released what may be their defining album "End of Suffering", and signals another level of growth and artistry for Frank. Today he discusses the many paths that led him to this moment and how he balances life with creativity.
Read MoreEp165: Keith Morris of OFF! & Watermelon - The Movie
Punk rock legend Keith Morris (OFF!, Black Flag, Circle Jerks) returns to discuss the new project from OFF!: "Watermelon: The Movie" which sounds like a pretty ambitious and amazing project. Enjoy the conversation, Keith is in top form.
Read MoreEp164: Dimitri Coats of OFF!
OFF! is my favourite band and they're making a movie. Today guitarist Dimitri Coats discusses his vinyl record collection, shares the history of OFF!, some rare records of their catalogue, plus an inside peek at their upcoming movie sci-fi punk-rockumentary 'Watermelon'.
Read MoreEp163: The Bizarre World of Ahmet Zappa and Joe Travers
Ahmet Zappa and Joe Travers are steering the legacy of Frank Zappa’s music, producing several releases for Record Store Day, the upcoming live hologram tour and heaps more projects and vinyl records in the hopper. This week they give us a peek at the work involved, the projects underway, the challenges they have and the hurdles they overcome to bring us what the world needs; MORE ZAPPA!
Read MoreEp162: The Final Recordings of Chuck Mosley
Chuck Mosley recorded two tracks shortly before passing in November of 2017. These tracks will be part of an amazing Record Store Day release from BlocGlobal, a company led by a music-loving group of partners, including audio restoration engineer, Shawn Franklin. Today Shawn tells the story of this music and puts it into context of Chuck's life.
Read MoreEp161: A Danko Jones Supreme
Danko Jones has a lot of energy and a lot of experience playing in a rock and roll band. Today we talk about a wide range of topics, including vinyl, his love of Kiss, we share Lemmy stories and heaps more. Plus 2 tracks off the upcoming LP 'A Rock Supreme'.
Read MoreEp160: Jello Biafra - Record Collector
Jello Biafra joins us to talk about his record collection, his process for shopping, selecting and listening to vinyl, his taste, his recommendations and general bits of wisdom and humour that has come to define him as an artist.
Read MoreEp159: WTF is HD Vinyl?
The science of vinyl records hasn't changed much in the last 60-70 years. Now Güenter Loibl and his team at Rebeat are looking to disrupt the vinyl record industry with the concept they've named "HD Vinyl". Today we speak to Mr Loibl and understand the techniques, advantages and controversies surrounding HD Vinyl.
Read MoreEp158: Isaiah Mitchell of Earthless
Earthless' 2018 album 'Black Heaven' was a tremendous game changer for the band who continue to tour and increase their fan base around the world. Today we chat with guitarist/vocalist and songwriter Isaiah Mitchell about the momentum of Earthless, buying vinyl records on tour and heaps more. Plus a track from the new live LP "From The West".
Read MoreEp157: Joe Harley - The Blue Note Tone Poet
Joe Harley is passionate about reissuing landmark jazz performances onto audiophile-quality vinyl records, which led him to develop the 'Tone Poet' series for Blue Note Records. Hear the stories of working for the legendary jazz label and the nuances that make these records special.
Read MoreEp156: Coady Willis of Big Business, Melvins & more
Coady Willis has played drums for many vinyl-friendly bands including Melvins, Murder City Devils and now Big Business, whose new LP, ‘The Beast You Are’, we share a track from today. Hear the stories and get the record, it’s killer!
Read MoreEp155: Andy Gill of Gang of Four
Alongside his production work, touring and new Gang of Four LP "Happy Now", guitarist and songwriter Andy Gill sits with us to discuss the highly revered LP "Entertainment!" and its continued influence across the music industry 40 years on.
Read MoreEp154: The Brief History of Quadraphonic Records
In the 1970s, record collectors & music fans salivated over the latest Quadraphonic stereo systems. So why did it die out? Kamran V has recently pressed the first Quadraphonic vinyl record in over 30 years and shares the history, and possible future, of Quadraphonic audio.
Read MoreEp153: Ethan P. Miller of Howlin' Rain & Silver Current Records
Ethan P Miller of Howlin' Rain and Silver Current Records, shares a myriad of stories from his career and perspective only gained through focus and commitment to his craft. Enjoy this conversation as well as a new track from the latest Howlin' Rain LP 'The Alligator Bride'.
Read MoreEp152: The Fall & Rise of Vinyl with Billy Fields
Vinyl records are currently a desirable audio format however this is after a serious decline in popularity and near death experience from the mid 80s to early 2000s. WEA VP Billy Fields discusses what this time period was like for the vinyl record manufacturing industry.
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