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Brain Graffiti is a Chicago-based zine and show promotion outfit led by the power couple of Matt and Jess. This follow-up conversation comes several months after our initial meeting (which you can find in the podcast feed). In this episode, we talk about the future of Brain Graffiti and reflect on what the project has meant to Matt and Jess. If you are a fan of BG, don’t worry, there is still more coming. There is 4th issue somewhere on the horizon, more DIY shows, and future endeavors from both brains behind Brain Graffiti. 

We also dive into the music that Matt and Jess have connected to throughout their lives, as well as what they are listening to now.

Bands Mentioned:

Hum, Julian Casablancus (The Strokes), We Weren’t Invited, Snuffed, Algernon Cadwallader, Harm’s Way, Nightosphere, Verga, Muddle, Solemn Grey, Blink 182, Cage The Elephant, Neck Deep, Twenty-One Pilots, Panic At The Disco!, Bane’s World, Rex Orange County, The Allman Brothers Band, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, Pearl Jam, Smashing Pumpkins, Billy Corgan, Downward, Prize Horse, I Promised The World, Modern Color, Summer Salt, $uicideboys, System of A Down, Deftones, Title Fight, Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Mazzy Stars, Elliott Smith, Emery, Dance Gavin Dance, Poison The Well, Taylor Swift, Slow Mass, Glare, Superheaven, Nuvolascura, Glixen, Greet Death, Ceruleum 

Singer and Frontperson of Smut, Tay Roebuck joins the show to discuss their new record Tomorrow Comes Crashing (Bayonet Records). Smut is a Chicago-based, by way of Cincinnati. In this interview Tay talks about the community that her and her band have built in a new city, as well as how Ohio continues to play a part in the band. We also explore outside influences, musical and otherwise, that have fueled the band holistically. We get into the music that inspired Tay to join in a band, along with the music that she continues to dissect and understand, The Oasis Reunion, and much more.

Theres a little bit of a technical difficulty at the top of the interview but we get it fixed quickly.

Bands Mentioned:

Oasis, Joy Division, Ceremony, Nothing, Citizen, Joyce Manor, Title Fight, Batman Beyond Theme Song, Nine Inch Nails, Charli XCX, MGMT, LCD Soundsystem, My Chemical Romance, Green Day, Nirvana, Pavement, The Sundays, The Cranberries, The Temptations, Bread, Creed, Big Star, Wilco, Tegan and Sara, The White Stripes, Kizzy Hall (Columbus, OH)

Songwriter and fellow-Kansan Kristyn Chapman joins the show to talk about her project Morpho. After a cross country move from Wichita, KS to Chicago, with a few trips back and forth, Morpho released its debut EP 'Morpho Season', 5 captivating tracks that shine bright with guitar heroics and tender lyrics. I caught up with Kristyn about what its been having the record out in the world, as well as playing it live. We connect on growing up in Kansas and the disperate music scenes that exist between stretches of highway populated by mostly cows. We discuss the production of Morpho Season, the exercise of patience in putting together a record over years, knowing when a song is ready to be recorded, how Freaky Friday inspired Kristyn to play music, and more!

Band Mentioned:

Curfew for Katie, Lost Colors (Mile Marker 128), Pink Slip,Green Day, Blink 182, Deep See Diver, Waltzer, Simple Plan, Switchfoot, Anberlin, As Cities Burn, The Devil Wears Prada, Of Mice & Men, The Travel Guide, Wilco (Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Summer Teeth, Sky Blue Sky), Deer Hunter, Yo La Tango (songs: Sugar Cube, Nothing to) hide, Julian Lage, Jim Hall & Bill Evans, *silence*, John Cage, Stereolab, Charli XCX, Addison Rae, Lorde, Kweelag, The phantom, Broadcast, Bjork, and MSPAINT   

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Dave Collis and Mercedes Webb of Slow Mass join the show to talk about their new record Low On Foot, out now on Landland Colportage. We get into the creation of Low On Foot and the circumstances surrounding its release, from being recorded and ready to release to 4 years later when the record finally saw a wider release. Dave and Mercedes discuss their experiences finding music at a young age that eventually led them to pursuing their own songwriting. We of course connect on the music discoveries that were pivotal to each of their tastes, as well as the music they carry with them still.

Bands Mentioned:

Hop Along, Algernon Cadwallader, Dave Matthews Band, Cloud Mouth, Morning Arms, Wild Bell, Modest Mouse, The Killers, Muse, The Killers, Interpol, The Walkmen, Beastie Boys, Pinback, Blink-182, Elvis Costello, The Stranglers , The Jam, Led Zepplin, Cream, Yes, King Crimson, Frank Zappa, Lucy Dacus, Dr. Dog, Mogwai , The Seeds, Duster, Q and not U, Black Eyes, Hella, Lightning Bolt, Death Cab For Cutie, Andrew Bird, Mitch Mead, Downward, Prize Horse, Pygmy Lush, Foo Fighters, Bellows, Snoozer, Spirit Of The Beehive, Lithuania, Minus The Bear, Spite House, Underoath, Hovvdy, Porches  

Have a question or suggestion for the show, email me at [email protected].

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Marcus Joins the show for a fantastic conversation about his new album Take A Beat from his project Wrong Numbers. You may know Marcus from his drumming in the highly adored Pet Symmetry and the fast-growing Ratboys. Wrong Numbers contains fun flourishes and invigorating musical moments that I've come to expect from Marcus' other projects.

In this episode we get into Marcus' history within the Chicago music scene, meeting the people he would end knowing to this day, an insane mixed bill show from 2013 getting into electronic music hardware, developing his solo songwriting process, collecting musical ideas for the Wrong Numbers project, lots of production talk (cool), abandoning sp*tify, mindfully listening to music, modding old ipods, and more (if you can believe it)

Bands Mentioned

This is Lorelei

Boards of Canada

Aphex Twin

Venetian Snares

Radiohead

Fugazi

Bad Brains

Gorrilaz

Rush

Pinback

Fear Before The March of Flames

Heavy Heavty Low Low

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Something from left field cometh! It’s another draft episode. This time Blake and Jack are building a full 10-man starting lineup to face off on the diamond. Since this is musicians we are talking about, we need to take a few things into consideration. Your hosts take different approaches to selecting who will represent their teams on the grass and dirt. Blake takes a more conceptual approach, aligning the ideal attributes of each position to a musicians output and skill in their projects. Jack takes a more strategic and holistic approach to his team, building a forceful opponent.

Don’t worry, this is still a music podcast.

Matt Kerner is the drummer of the Chicago-based math rock band Origami Button. In this episode, Matt shares his love for bands like Incubus and Deftones, how high levels of fandom can be rewarding, utilizing your influences, making the distinction between music as a passion and career, the origin of Origami Button and the source of the band's longevity which has led them to exciting support slots with scene legends like The Fall of Troy and The Used.

Harper Boyhtari joins the show to talk about Greet Death's new record Die In Love arriving June 27th via Deathwish Inc. I am very excited to bring this conversation with one of my favorite bands going. Harper and I get into the start of her and Gaval's songwriting partnership, her connection to Chicago, finding your voice and choosing the right words as a songwriter, Neil Young, Blink-182, Death Cab for Cutie, Jason Molina, and much more

From the jump when I discovered 2019's New Hell I was hooked with Greet Death's depressive distortion brought deeper with the vocal tag team of Harper Boyhtari and Logan Gaval. Greet Death knows how to take the listener on a journey, opting for asymmetrical song structures rather than repeating hooks. Three records in and Greet Death is taking their love for folk rockers like Neil Young to the next level, remaining noisy and heartfelt. Die In Love is a record of contrasts, its bright moments help to define the light from the dark. It might be their happiest record yet, but Greet Death is only giving a smirk.

Can you believe we're halfway through 2025?

Lukas Skucas (Griefeater, Veisalgia, Bosses), Jack Tecca (As A Ghost) and I discuss basically evetything we've been listening in 2025.

Grab a pen and paper because we go through a lot.

Logan Voss and Alex Kennedy join the show to talk about their excellent new record I KNOW HOW YOU WILL DIE, available everywhere now.

We have a great chat about band's influences and history that have brought the band to their fourth record. Alex and Logan also share their perspectives about the connections that they have made through music, their shared feelings on their album release show at Subterranean, the community that has helped fuel the Snooze's endeavors, and exciting opportunities on the horizon.