Musician/Producer Riley Corbin (Faintheart, Jeremy Nathan) joins the show to have a different conversation than long-time listeners of the show may be used to. Riley and I talk about new years resolutions, our current music obsessions, and we get deep into the music biz (first for the show). If you are a fellow musician or just a curious music fan this is the conversation for you.

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Rabi Valurri is a fellow Kansas native and musician, currently living in NYC. Our conversation centers on music and the the effects of a place like Kansas on it.

I am excited to debut the first-ever full band Interview with Cold Gawd. I caught up with the band hours before their showcase at The Belasco in Downtown Los Angeles, California celebrating Dais Records 15 year anniversary. It is exciting to see the growth in the project since my first interview with Matt back in March of 2021. Since signing to Dais Cold Gawd released their sophomore record, played numerous west-coast shows, and played alongside Deftones, Freddie Gibbs and Turnstile at the annual Dios De Los Deftones - All while holding the shoegaze torch high. 

Cold Gawd's Sophomore record "Got Get Me The Fuck Out Of Here" has a controversial reputation within the online shoegaze community, namely the r/shoegaze. The band's controversy is not lost on Matt and the band, in some ways they revel in it. Despite detractors GGMTFOOH has found critical acclaim and excitement on sites like Revolver, Cvltnation and New Noise Mag. Matt and his bandmates share a mutual love for shoegaze and their collective vision to be the biggest shoegaze band ever. Cold Gawd's ambitions don't end there... Listen to my interview with Cold Gawd to find out what is next.

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Latest Episode of Catching Up

On this episode, Mitch Mead comes on the show to discuss his debut record Opening Act, released on September 23, 2022. We talk about his Michigan origins, how he got started performing in Chicago and talk about the best way to open a show. 

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Latest Episode of Catching Up

LWYL welcomes very special guest Zack Weiss of Apres Pompeii. Blake and Zack compare notes on the years best albums and the ones that didn't quite make the cut. Check out the links below and let me know what your favorite album of the year is! 

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2022! What a year in music. Unfortunately not every record makes the top of my list, but that doesn't mean I'm not gonna talk about it. These are 5 records from 2022 I think are worth your time going into 2023.

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On this episode, Blake reads a past review from the blog (link below), Talks about a classic record he just discovered and makes the case for why you should listen to Catching Up (link also... you know... down there.). THANKS

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Blake talks about his love of the band Low in light of the passing of drummer Mimi Parker + A review of the new face of power pop Dazy with their record OUTOFBODY (Out on Lame-O records).

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Jake Wagner joins the show to discuss The 1975 and their new record Being Funny in a Foreign Language, released October 14th 2022 via Dirty Hit. Jake is a Chicago performer who has graduated from Second City Conservatory and runs a weekly variety show at The Bughouse Theater called Everything is Fine. 

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Tangents on merch, tallness and shoegaze phase in and out as Blake expresses his thoughts on the new record by Alvvays. Also in this episode, Blake goes over 3 albums out 10/21 that you should check out and Jimmy Eat World's new song "Place Your Debts".

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