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Group Hugs episodes

  • S3E1 - Matt Greenia hugs Andy Browne
    Matt and Andy talk about Van Halen, Tool, and dreamnaut stuff.

    Features the NIghtporters songs "Miles Away", "From a Memory" and "Satellite" and closes out with the Lynx Deluxe song "Mercy".

    Come to Lynx Deluxe's a show at Smith's Olde Bar on Saturday April 6th!
    1 hr 6 min
  • S2E18 - Matt Greenia hugs Chad Shivers
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    Matt and Chad talk shop on surf music, yard sales, and fanny packs in this interview with the mysterious guitarist and multi entrepreneur behind the Southern Surf Stomp Fest, October 8th 2022 in the Avondale Estates neighborhood of Atlanta, GA, USA

    https://www.facebook.com/SouthernSurfStomp

    Features the song "Sky Lanterns" by The Mystery Men
    51 min
  • S2E16 - Matt Greenia hugs Jon Harris
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    Matt interviews Jon in this episode, coming full circle. They go over early days playing music in the Church, to working as a sideman in reggae bands, forming his own band The Sin Hounds, and how that led to his long term collaboration with The Sun Dogs

    Features the track "Curly Hair"
    53 min
  • S2E14 - Matt Greenia hugs Matt Williams
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    Matt talks to Matt about his life in music, diving deep into some parts of his musical background and dancing around others, all while discussing the philosophies and modes of working that have kept him going

    Features the song "Bone Picker", the title track to a full length album by The Strange Truth of It All
    1 hr 20 min
  • GROUP HUGS SUPPLEMENTAL 1 - Matt Greenia hugs Of Persephone
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    Today we're trying something a little different over here at Group Hugs, as we've interviewed an entire band at once, that band being Of Persephone

    Of Persephone is a four piece band based in Atlanta, GA that formed in 2021 from the solo work of Sarah Rae Tramell, who recently formed the indie label Lost Girl Records

    Of Persephone has gone on to make a splash for themselves, landing a ton of gigs and making new recordings

    In this interview we get a special look at what they're like in a room together, kinda like hanging out in the green room with the band

    Features the songs Shadow Girl, Selenite Soul, Poison Ivy, and an instrumental sneak peek of the upcoming tune Enchantress of Paradise
    1 hr 2 min
  • S2E13 - Matt Greenia hugs Jeffrey Butzer
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    Greenia talks to Jeffrey about his origins playing heavy metal with his Mom, his old band Midwives, the Bicycle Eaters era, Compartmentalizationalists, his collaboration with Emily Marie Malmer, PJ Harvey, and rockabilly music on this investigation into one of Atlanta's most ambitious local composers

    Jeffrey is wrote the play Artificial Island, now showing at Push Push theatre in College Park, GA

    Features the songs "Rebekka" and "Rebekka 2"
    1 hr 10 min
  • S2E12 - Matt Greenia hugs Nick Bach
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    Matt talks to Nick about the Bach family business, music, and the way he forged a path for himself and his friends to collaborate, perform and record together

    Features the track "Better Acid Easy Rider"
    1 hr 16 min
  • S2E11 - Matt Greenia hugs Jon Allinson
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    Matt talks to Jon about his early days in Alabama, how Matt Lambert from All the Saints made him and his brother Bon move to Atlanta, and his experiences rocking people's faces off through projects like Abby Gogo and Van Vleck

    Features the song "Black Denim Bookends"
    1 hr

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Join Alex Teich and Matt Greenia on their quest to uncover the origin stories of musicians, in their own words

Comes out each Friday at 6pm