Sunflower Bean sat down with WFUV host Eric Holland to talk about their new album, Mortal Primetime, the secret misheard Iggy Pop lyrics that led to the name of the record, how the pandemic pushed the band to learn how to self-produce and how taking some space from the band helped them come back stronger than ever for this project.

Songs: Champagne Taste, Nothing Romantic and Look What You’ve Done To Me

Chris Davids and Liam Ivory, who make up the UK-based duo Maribou State, sat down with WFUV host, Kara Manning, to talk about their latest album, Hallucinating Love, how they became closer friends than ever before during this project, the fact that this record was born from a difficult medical diagnosis and what sonic elements make up a Maribou State song. The songs in this session were recorded by Jay Heigl at the Ogden Theater in Denver on April 24, 2025.

Songs: Blackoak, Otherside, All I Need and Dance on the World

Brian Fennell, who makes music as SYML, sat down with FUV host Alisa Ali to talk about his third album, Nobody Lives Here, his classical music roots and how he both used and tabled those skills while making this record, the simplicity of the recording and how easily these songs transfer to live performance and how special it is to work on a project with your lifelong best friend.

Songs: Heavy Hearts, Fear of the Water and Carry No Thing

Jessica Dobson of the band Deep Sea Diver joined WFUV host Alisa Ali in the studio to talk about the group’s fourth album, Billboard Heart, the importance of making music without worrying about how it will be received, what it was like to tour with Pearl Jam and what the band learned from debuting brand new songs in arenas filled with thousands of people.

Songs: What Do I Know, Shovel and Emergency

Marley Munroe, who makes music as Lady Blackbird, sat down with FUV host Kara Manning to talk about her latest album, Slang Spirituals, what changed in her life when she tabled religion and embraced her queer identity, the genre fluid influences on this record and how important it is to stay the course and commit to your art if it’s what you’re meant to do.

Songs: Like a Woman, I Am What I Am and Man on a Boat

Kieran Shudall and Joe Falconer of the English indie rock band, Circa Waves, sat down with WFUV host Eric Holland to talk about their latest album, Death & Love Pt. 1, the pivotal life moment these lyrics were written during, how each record from the band gets more authentic and their classic indie rock influences like The Strokes and Arctic Monkeys.

Songs: T-Shirt Weather, Like You Did Before and Let’s Leave Together

Mon Rovîa, whose stage name comes from the capital city in Liberia where he was born, sat down with WFUV host Kara Manning to talk about his fourth EP, Atonement, why he chose to create a four-act EP series about the hero’s journey, how his writing often includes the undercurrent of the past and why people can continue to feel hopeful as long as they choose to pour love into one another.

Songs: crooked the road., Winter Wash 24, Heavy Foot and Rust.

WFUV’s Kara Manning caught up with Rhian Teasdale of the English indie-rock band Wet Leg to talk about their second album, Moisturizer, the transition of the band from a duo to a five-piece, how important it is to take your time and try to have fun while making a record and the mindset shift from the first album to the second. The music in this episode was recorded at The Village Studios in Los Angeles. Photo by Iris Luz. Moisturizer is available now wherever you get your music!

Songs: CPR, catch these fists and mangetout

Justin Vernon – who makes music as Bon Iver – caught up with WFUV host Benham Jones to talk about SABLE, fABLE, how each album is designed to help people get through hard things, the collaborations that brought this record to the next level and the thread of death, rebirth, renewal and extinction that exists across the narrative arc of all Bon Iver projects. This bonus episode is interview only, but you can get Bon Iver’s new album SABLE, fABLE now wherever you listen to music. Photo by Graham Tolbert.

English singer-songwriter Paris Paloma sat down to have an intimate chat with FUV host Alisa Ali about her debut album, Cacophony, how she applied her creative writing skills to songwriting, the importance of making music with a message and just how empowering it is to listen to a crowd full of female fans sing these songs as a group.

Songs: Labour, As Good A Reason and Hunter