My Little Underground

Los Angeles shoegaze/noise-pop band, Mo Dotti return to My Little Underground to discuss their debut full length album “Opaque”. Singer/guitarist Gina Negrini and guitarist Guy Valdez talk the overall opaque nature of Mo Dotti, shoegaze and other sub-sub genres, Ride’s Mark Gardener mastering their album, their holy trinity of LA music venues, self-releasing their music and more! 

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On the latest episode of My Little Underground, I’m glad to welcome back Joe Stevens of Peel Dream Magazine! Listen as we discuss the pop band’s fourth album, “Rose Mose Main Reading Room” and the influence New York had on the LP. Joe also discusses evolving out of the shoegaze sound of their earlier work and not focusing on belonging to a particular sub-genre while maintaining a focus on melody and eclectic instrumentation. Joe recently scored the movie “Lets Start A Cult” and he talked the lessons learned from scoring a film!

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The latest episode of My Little Underground welcomes Andy Pastlananiec, the leading man behind the San Francisco jangle pop band, Chime School is on the show to talk up the new album “The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel”. Andy gets into recording the album in his own studio, the effects of gentrification as well as important music performance spaces in San Francisco that inspired the new album. “The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel” is out now on legendary Slumberland Records and Chime School are going on tour in Europe this fall as well! 

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This week on My Little Underground, my old friend from the Long Island music scene, Poly Vinylchloryd (Nick Bedo) comes on the show to discuss his two kraut/moog/psychedelic inspired new EPs; ‘Switched on Theremin’ (covers) and ‘Invisible intonation’ (originals). Nick also discussed his love performing in drag and beauty, his time hosting the WJFF 90.5 FM Radio Catskill show Electronic Hair Pieces, his definition of psychedelic music, insight on his future music projects and more!

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Bay Area quartet, Aluminum are on My Little Underground to discuss their genre fluid debut album, 'Fully Beat' which sonically blends shoegaze with electronic music and conceptually deals with the defeating pressures of everyday life. Aluminum also talk up the growing Bay Area music scene, getting an Ameoba Music shout out, how they stay motivated given the current state of the world, and more!

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Homeboy Sandman returns to My Little Underground to discuss his new album, 'Rich II', his chemistry with producer Mono En Stereo, and manifesting love. The Queens bred MC also shared an interesting fact on his very high Fan Conversion Rate, news on an upcoming mixtape, plans for his label, Dirty Looks, and more!

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Joe Trainor, the guitarist and on the rare occasion vocalist of Los Angeles noise-pop/shoegaze band, Dummy returns to My Little Underground to discuss the announcement of their sophomore album, ‘Free Energy’ out September 6th! We discussed Dummy evolving their sound, returning to Europe to tour, and their big album release show at The Lodge Room on September 7th! Joe also talked about the joys and pains of doing freelance PR for up and coming artists and instead of promoting himself, he names numerous bands to listen to! 

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Listen to the latest Dummy single “Nullspace”: 

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New England punks Perennial released a new album ‘Art History’ and Chad Jewitt (guitar/vox) is on My Little Underground to discuss this creative body of work! Listen as Chad talks up the meticulous method of production and engineering on the new album, the thought process behind their street team, “The Perennial Organization”, their 20 minute set time limit and why ‘Art History’ was the album they’ve always wanted to make. 

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Shana Cleveland returns to My Little Underground to celebrate the release of the new La Luz album, ‘News of The Universe’! Listen as she discusses the influence the 60’s Indonesian band Yanti Bersaudara and Soul Train had on La Luz, the continued focus on vocals in their production and Shana’s love of print media. ‘News of The Universe’ is also the first La Luz album on Sub Pop and Shana shares insight on the purpose of record labels in 2024.

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This week on My Little Underground (@mlupod), Stephen Stec and Cynthia Rickenbach of Long Branch, NJ jangle-pop band, Lightheaded return to the show to discuss their debut LP, Combustible Gems, out now on Slumberland Records! Stephen and Cynthia discuss what they did right and where they may have went wrong with their first album, the positives and negatives of playing their release show in a record store, how they manage their social battery, renting a bus for their UK tour, playing Market Hotel in Brooklyn with the legendary indie-pop band, Heavenly and more!

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