AUX Populi

This week, music scene photographer Tracy Conoboy (from Locomotion Sessions) finally agreed to an interview and opens up about being a photographer during the time of Instagram, childhood trauma, getting closer to the local music scene, their work on Deglazed, and the process of starting a video project with limited time and budget.

This week, it’s an ode to degeneracy and finding yourself as Daylong from the band Daylongsigh speaks highly not only of the Chicago indie music scene but also of skatepark culture.

Music from Daylongsigh can be found on most music streaming services.

This week, it’s Sam, Ax, Chris, and Stos from the band Anything is Everything. It’s an episode of complicated backstories, hot dogs, inner monologues, and new music.

Their album “A Tragic Optimism” is available across streaming services on February 10th, along with a release show featuring Totally Cashed, OK Cool, and Nora Marks on the same day.

This week, as part of a special double episode drop, musician Joe Costa from the band Tourist Season comes to the show to discuss metal body parts, borderline personality disorder, danger, and finding the right people to play music with.

Tourist Season can be found on most music streaming services, as well as on Bandcamp and SoundCloud.

This week, as part of a special double episode drop, musician Tommy Kessler stops by to talk about movies, writing, poetry, philosophy, his charity remix album “The Weiner Tape”, and future music.

Tommy Kessler’s music can be found on most music streaming services, as well as on Bandcamp.

This week, the boys from the band Superkick (namely Mike, Joe, and Tom) have stopped by the show to talk about being forced to draw, going on and off medication, issues with tragedy and identity, as well as new music and their show at Beat Kitchen on Thursday, January 19th.

Their latest single, “Nightshift”, is available now on most streaming platforms.

This week on the show, it’s Josh, Isa, Joseph, and Alex from the band Cut Your Losses. With an album on the way just before summer hits, the band sits down to discuss eye contact, winning a battle of the bands in an unexpected way, a life-altering car crash, and early creative projects.

On the return of AUX Populi, Andy welcomes a set of new questions, as well as fellow podcasters Sarah and Zac from the podcast Album ReBrews.

Both arriving in Chicago from different suburbs in different states, Sarah and Zac find themselves grateful and lucky not only to know each other, but to have the opportunity to interview the people they do, including a handful of musicians that have also appeared on AUX Populi and other AUX projects.

This week’s guest, and the final guest before the show goes on hiatus for the summer, is former radio host and current host of the podcast Car Con Carne, James VanOsdol. Podcasting since the early days, and hosting Car Con Carne for eight years, James and Andy commiserate about life behind a mic, and what’s special about the Chicago music scene.

For more information about AUX Populi’s hiatus, see Andy’s monologue at the top of the episode. Have a good summer, everyone!

This week, singer-songwriter Reilly Downes sits down for a conversation about church, NASCAR, anxiety, emotions, the song Wicked Game, her own song “Smoke & Mirrors”, her album release show on June 9th at Carol’s Pub, and, most importantly, plamp. Plamp. Plamp.

Stay tuned after the episode for her recent single “Smoke & Mirrors”, followed by another recent single, “Spent”.