This is the sixth installment of highlights from the Scherler Sunday’s concert series earlier this summer. We’ll be hearing interviews and three songs each from Hot Pursuit of Happiness, my old friends LAKE, and Kelsey Magnuson.  The first two sets were recorded on July 24th, and Kelsey’s set is from July 31st of this year, all recorded in front of an audience behind the Historic Carnegie Library in Olympia.  If you want to hear the complete sets and unedited versions of the interviews, it will be available via Patreon.com/lowprofileHot Pursuit of Happiness is the current songwriting project from improvising keyboardist Thollem McDonas.  We talk about his expansive practice in improvised and composed music, his activist anti-war stance, and share some laughs.  LAKE is no stranger to Low Profile, but this is the first time everyone has been on the show together.  It also marks my first performance with them since the group’s ten year anniversary, such a fun time!  Kelsey Magnuson is an Olympia transplant from Nebraska whose new band has been making a big impression in the local scene with solid, thoughtful rock and roll music.Find music from Thollem and Hot Pursuit of Happiness at www.Thollem.comFind LAKE’s music at www.laketheband.comFind Kelsey Magnuson’s music at kelseymagnuson.bandcamp.com

Patrick Haggerty brings his six-piece Lavender Country band to the grassy knoll.  After a candid interview in front of the Scherler Sundays audience, the band's lively honky-tonk set serves as a framework for Haggerty to tell his life story using his songs as the soundtrack, making for a very special show celebrating almost 50 years since their release of the first openly queer-themed country album.  Engineered by Robin Carmosino, behind the historic Carnegie Library in Olympia, WA.Scherler Sundays is a collaborative effort from Low Profile and Three Magnets Brewing Company.This edit of the show includes less than half of the complete performance, which you can find at patreon.com/lowprofile when you become a supporter of Low Profile.

Today’s live highlights reel features interviews and performances from July 10th and 17th, 2022.  First up it's NYC-based Zachary Cale, who shares about his musical journey and finding his rock chops in Olympia at the turn of the century.  Next, Portland’s Jack Habegger returns after guest-hosting last week for his first time as the interviewee before performing with his band Celebrity Telethon.  Then, we jump ahead a week to meet Olympia neo-bluegrass artists the Pine Hearts, and Oly’s indie rock favorites Generifus.  All of this was recorded in front of an audience behind the historic Carnegie Library in Olympia WA as part of the Scherler Sundays concert series.  The first half was engineered by Robin Carmosino, and the latter half by Miles Rozatti.  Scherler Sundays is a collaborative effort by Low Profile and Three Magnets Brewing Company.The entire performances and unedited interviews will be made available for supporters of this show athttp://Patreon.com/LowProfileJoin today and help keep the cogs cranking, and scope out the bonus content you get access to as a supporter!More from the featured artists:Zachary CaleJack Habegger's Celebrity TelethonThe Pine HeartsGenerifusFind all previous episodes of Low Profile at lowprofilepodcast.com

Musical storyteller Michael Hurley made his debut on Folkways records way back in 1964 and shows no signs of slowing down because there’s always another story to tell. His songs have been covered by The Violent Femmes, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo and previous Low Profile guests Eugene Chadbourne and the Holy Modal Rounders. Michael’s performances are few and far between these days, and interviews with him are even more rare. Without him American music would not be the same, and it was an honor to welcome this living legend to the stage.James Maeda is a mutual friend of mine and Michael’s, and the two of them are planning to start a new band and make a new record any day now.  Madea’s songwriting is spot-on: feels like you know it by the time it’s done, and it really sticks.  According to James, none of these songs have ever been recorded or released before this episode, so that’s an exclusive to the max.  Most music fans in Olympia probably know James Maeda from our vinyl mecca Rainy Day Records where he obsessively curates a treasure trove of 45RPM singles, or his occasional DJ sets as Wildman James, spinning underground garage rock gems most people have never heard. He’s also a founding member of the group Spider and the Webs, along with his wife Sara Pete and Bikini Kill’s Tobi Vail. But Wildman James is also a gifted songwriter, with leanings toward early rock and country music, echoing the lonesome twang of artists like Townes Van Zandt, Billie Joe Shaver and Hasil Atkins.Regrettably, though somewhat predictably, I found myself with my first positive test for COVID-19 a few days before this eagerly anticipated show and could not attend.  I hadn’t heard these remarkable performances until the weekend of this episode’s release, and I can say you’re in for a real treat.  The noble Jack Habegger returns as guest host on my behalf, thankfully, and makes it all work.  This episode was engineered by Miles Rozatti in front of a live audience behind the historic Carnegie Library in downtown Olympia, WA on July 3, 2022.  Note: this episode is edited for time, but if you become a supporter on patreon.com/lowprofile you can hear the entire show.lowprofilepodcast.comScherler Sundays is a collaborative effert by Low Profile and Three Magnets Brewing Company.

For the second collection of highlights from the Scherler Sundays 2022 concert and interview series, we have a document from an indie rock lover’s dream: Doug Martsch of Built to Spill and John Atkins of 764-HERO, and more recently, his new band Sun Breaks. Doug and John each play intimate acoustic sets behind the old Carnegie Library in Olympia. For this show, I interviewed the two of them together since they have a bit of mutual history in their formative years in their respective music careers- you’ll hear about that in a bit. I’m including about 20 minutes from each performance on today’s show, and it was really difficult to choose which songs. Doug had a terrific selection of familiar cover tunes, including songs by Cat Stevens and Mazzy Star that aren’t included here. If you want to hear the complete, unedited show you can find a link to that at patreon.com/lowprofile.Doug Martsch is best known as the man behind Built To Spill, Boise’s undisputed kings of indie rock since the early 1990s, Treepeople before that, and a solo album called “Now You Know” released 20 years ago. Built to Spill also toured as the late Daniel Johnson's backup band, and shortly thereafter released the album "Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnson" in 2020. But my first exposure to his music was through his band with Olympia’s Calvin Johnson on K Records, The Halo Benders. His wry lyrics and virtuosity on the guitar have made a life-long fan out of me from day one.Three Magnets Brewing Company, this season’s collaborator, has also released several beers inspired by Built to Spill albums/songs, and were absolutely thrilled when Doug agreed to perform at Scherler Sundays! Built To Spill has a new album, When the Wind Forgets Your Name, out this Fall.  He plays a tune from it here, along with some other BTS favorites and a few surprising cover tunes.John Atkins’ band 764-HERO toured with Built to Spill in the early 1990s when they were label mates on Up! Records, and this commonality inspired the idea to interview Doug and John together for this show.  John’s music is cemented in the minds of indie fans in the Northwest and beyond.  Following 764-HERO, the ever-evolving Atkins’ other projects Hush Harbor, and currently, Sun Breaks, have continued to create emotionally charged, contemplative records.  Today, you’ll hear some favorite tunes from across the past few decades in John’s catalog.This episode was recorded and engineered by Robin Carmosino behind the historic Carnegie Library in Olympia, WA on June 26th, 2022.

Live performances and interviews from Olympia artists Null State, Waves Crashing, Annie Schultz, The Cold Sweats and Fastener. Recorded July 12 and July 19 2022 at Scherler Sundays in Olympia, WA presented by Three Magnets Brewing Company. These are highlights from those days; if you would like to hear the unedited recordings they are being made available via patreon.com/LowProfile at any support level. These are my first interviews in front of an audience, and all of the guests are up-and-coming musicians in the Olympia scene.Artist links:Null Statehttps://nullstate.bandcamp.com/Null State’s sonic adventure fascinates me. I know little to nothing about the artist behind this beautiful music, other than I can really chill out to it and it’s been happening right under my nose for years. It’s sultry bedroom pop in its rawest form. Postmodern folk ballads played over earnest guitar and synth arrangements, recorded on equipment that sounds just shitty enough to hit that sweet spot. I feel almost voyeuristic when I hit play on their latest record, 2019’s Misguided Ventures, and I can’t wait to see them perform. Waves Crashinghttps://wavescrashing.bandcamp.com/“Anyone who’s been paying attention to the re-emergence of the local music scene knows that Waves Crashing is one of the hardest-working bands in the game these days. Their on-the-nose band name lands the oceanic quality of their music, re-imagining the blurry shoegaze sound of the early 1990s into a contemporary context. With an array of self-produced singles over the past two years and headlining LoveOly Music Fest this past summer, the band premiered their debut EP 'Sea of Wires' last November on DKFM Shoegaze Radio. The band's newest material, a 3-track maxi single titled "high/low" released on April 15th and features the mixing of engineers James Aparacio (London) and Kurt Roy (Seattle).” Annie Schultzhttps://annieschultz.bandcamp.com/Annie Schultz is a talented new singer-songwriter on the scene to watch out for since her first live performance last summer. She commands with a blend of rawness and delicacy, thought-provoking lyrics, and a keen ear for melody, with a sound rooted in the Pacific Northwest. I’m excited to see where she goes from here, and thrilled to have her on board for this concert series. The Cold Sweatshttps://coldsweatsband.bandcamp.com/The Cold Sweats might have been the first local rock outfit to reintroduce Olympia to live music when they played on the Cryptatropa rooftop last summer (now that’s what I call social distancing!). This power pop trio is LOUD, their songs are super catchy, and their tapes are great, too. Kudos to the Cold Sweats for this very last-minute appearance filling in for the Mona Reels! Fastenerhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFkAKyEbNKAI had the privilege to witness Fastener’s first public performance, when they volunteered to be the “Guinea pigs” for our Scherler Sundays equipment test run. This brand-new Olympia quartet features group vocals and face-melting guitar solos, delivering a nostalgic indie/pop punk vibe. Be the first kid on your block to get into it! They haven’t made any recordings as of yet, but check out this live video to see what’s up with Fastener.All recordings on this episode were engineered, mixed and mastered by Robin Carmosino.  Check out his musical world on IG @robincarmosinoSupport Low Profile on Patreon where you can find exclusive content:http://patreon.com/lowprofileFind all previous episodes of Low Profile at http://lowprofilepodcast.comFollow this show on IG @lowpropodcast

We went on location to Anacortes, Washington to meet up with the local historian and musician Bret Lunsford in a cavernous repurposed train depot.  Calvin Johnson interjects during the intro to say a few words about his pal and former Beat Happening band mate Bret, who recently wrote a book called sounding for Harry Smith: Early Pacific Northwest Influences. To give a little background on who Harry Smith was, The Holy Modal Rounders’ co-founder, living legend and returning Low Profile guest, Peter Stampfel weighs in on Harry Smith and his Anthology of American Folk Music.In our conversation we’ll talk about Bret’s years with Beat Happening and D+, his record label/publishing company Knw-Yr-Own, and his recent book.This episode was co-hosted by Madison Nadine.  Andrew Ebright from Thurston Community Media engineered and film this episode- if you’d like to watch the video version of today show, you can follow Low Profile on social media @lowpropodcast or check out this program’s website, that’s lowprofilepodcast.com .You can find out more about Bret’s book at soundingforharrysmith.com .Much gratitude to Nathan Berko-Gibson @portabledisko for painting portraits for ALL FIFTEEN of this season’s episodes! If you want more Low Profile in the meantime, I’m still hosting live episodes and concerts at Scherler Sundays for the next five weeks , more info about that is at Scherlerbeer.com . For those who can’t make it, a lot of that will be released via this show on KAOS Community Radio, TCMedia on TV, and online starting in August.Season 6 of Low Profile is already wrapping up recording, and the first episode is tentatively scheduled to drop on September 30th, 2022. If you enjoy this show please tell a friend. word-of-mouth is the most effective means of growth for this type of thing. I’d love to hear from you too, drop me an email anytime, I’m at Low Profile [email protected].

Loren Connors is a guitarist, poet and painter who grew up in Connecticut but has called New York his home since early adulthood.  Since the late 1970s he was released over 50 albums of primarily improvised material, developing his unique avant-garde playing style in formed by early blues and 20th century composers. He has collaborated with a diverse array of likewise important musicians such as John Fahey, Sonic Youth, Jim O’Rourke, Kath bloom, and Alan Licht. His most frequent cohort is also his partner, Suzanne Langille. She and Loren join me from Brooklyn at their friend Bob Bellarue’s home studio.  We talk about Loren‘s family doorway into music and the lessons learned along the way, his body of work, Suzanne and Loren‘s aesthetic partnership, and we'll also hear Loren‘s guitar improvisations in real time throughout the interview. Suzanne and Loren also improvise a piece together just for today’s show, and David Grubbs gives a warm introduction.Special thanks to Bob Bellarue for engineering this episode.Links to the music from today’s show, related videos and more can be found on this episode’s page at lowprofilepodcast.com – all previous episodes are there as well.More about Loren at http://www.lorenconnors.net/More from Suzanne at https://suzannelangillenyc.bandcamp.com/Instagram: @lowpropodcastEpisode art by Nathan Berko Gibson @portablediskoThis show is supported by you on patreon.com/lowprofile and receives in-kind support from:San Francisco Street Bakerysfsbakery.comRainy Day Records and Tapes@rainydayolympiaSchwartz’s Deli@schwartzsolympiaOld School Pizzeria@old_schoolpizzeriaand Scherler Easy Premium Shitty American Lager.  Visit scherlerbeer.com for info about the free Scherler Sundays with Markly Morrison happening weekly through August 19th, come say hi and hang out for the taping!Artists and musicians! Want vinyl records but can’t afford to order 1000 and wait 8-12 months? Check out our friends at Lathecuts.com . They will make you vinyl singles in quantities as low as 50 as quickly as 3-4 weeks. All of their pricing is ala carte and they can help pick a package that fits your budget. Email Mike at [email protected] and Mention Low Profile and get a 10% overrun on your order for free!

Athens, Georgia band Elf Power has been cranking out homespun psychedelic rock for nearly three decades, with their 14th album “Artificial Countrysides” coming out this July on Yep Roc records. I spoke to the band’s founder, Andrew Rieger about Elf Power’s beginnings, working with legendary producer Dave Fridman, collaborating with artists like Vic Chesnutt and Robyn Hitchcock, his roots in the hardcore punk scene, being involved with the Elephant 6 Collective, the farm and record label Orange Twin, and his crew of indie rock musicians teaching at the University of Georgia.Links to the music from today’s show, related videos and more can be found on this episode’s page at lowprofilepodcast.com – all previous episodes are there as well. Instagram:@elfpowerband@lowpropodcastEpisode art by Nathan Berko Gibson @portablediskoThis show is supported by you on patreon.com/lowprofile and recieves in-kind support from:San Francisco Street Bakerysfsbakery.comRainy Day Records and Tapes@rainydayolympiaSchwartz’s Deli@schwartzsolympiaOld School Pizzeria@old_schoolpizzeriaScherler Easy Premium Shitty American Lagerscherlerbeer.com Visit scherlerbeer.com for info about the free Scherler Sundays with Markly Morrison happening weekly through August 19th, come say hi and hang out for the taping!Artists and musicians! Want vinyl records but can’t afford to order 1000 and wait 8-12 months? Check out our friends at Lathecuts.com . They will make you vinyl singles in quantities as low as 50 as quickly as 3-4 weeks. All of their pricing is ala carte and they can help pick a package that fits your budget. Email Mike at [email protected] and Mention Low Profile and get a 10% overrun on your order for free!

My guest on today’s show is Martin Selasco, the man behind Terror/Cactus, an electro-cumbia fusion project based in Cashmere, WA. Martin tells me about his early exposure to south american music, giving credit to his father who was in the music business when he was a child living in Miami, where he taught himself to make multitrack recordings as a preteen. We also discuss his move to Seattle and the challenges of bringing his music rooted in tradition to a predominantly white indie rock audience, the responsibility to preserve and evolve Columbian culture, why he doesn’t sing, and his new collaborations with folks who do. I spoke on the phone with Martin Selasco from his farm in Cashmere. follow Martin @terrorcactus Low Profile receives support from you on patreon.com/lowprofile as well as in-kind support fromSan Francisco Street Bakerysfsbakery.comRainy Day Records and Tapes@rainydayolympiaSchwartz’s Deli@schwartzsolympiaOld School Pizzeria@old_schoolpizzeriaScherler Easy Premium Shitty American Lagerscherlerbeer.com Check out the link above to find out more about our free summer live event series, Scherler Sundays.All previous episodes and bonus content are available at lowprofilepodcast.com