Peeling The Onion

Peeling The Onion

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Peeling The Onion episodes

  • The Messthetics (Brendan Canty, Joe Lally, Anthony Pirog) | Peeling The Onion Ep. 10 (May 30th 2024)

    The Messthetics  interview May 30th 2024 - Peeling The Onion Ep. 12

    I had the jaw dropping - once in a lifetime honour to spend a day with The Messthetics - one of the most innovative bands currently active. Joe, Brendan and Anthony had been touring Europe and I had been in touch with Joe through bass lessons and also through this podcast and I invited them to have a proper layover.

    They come to thee main public radio building where they tan through a few tracks as well as sat down for a quick chat.

    That sessions and chat was absolutely amazing to say the least. Seldom have i come across a sweeter group of guys. 

    Later that night they played at the Smekkleysa record store where non other than Icelandic superheroes and original bad boys Mínus opened for them - just as they had done 25 years earlier when Fugazi played the car park of the National Radio building back in 1999 ! 

    I hope you like the talk and encourage you to seek out The Messthetics, Anthony Pirog's solo stuff - as well as what he has done with his wife Janel Leppin - as well as Mínus - they are truly awesome.


    All the best, love you guys,

    Elvar 

    Peeling The Onion on YouTube

    59 min
  • Buzz Osborne (Melvins) | Peeling The Onion Ep. 11.2 (April 24th 2025)

    Buzz Osborne interview April 24th 2025 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #11.2

    Man do I feel lucky to be able to share the same space as this god damn legend !

    This is definitely my favourite of the two interviews I've done with Buzz so far. I was far less stressed and I feel like we vibed better.

    Melvins have released three awesome albums in three years - Tarantula Heart was released last April and this years they've released a collaborative album with Napalm Death: Savage Imperial Death March and a Melvins 1983 album Thunderball. Three stone cold classics in a year. 

    No band that has been active since 1983 is even close to the amount of output and the quality as well. But it´s The Melvins, they've always defied the laws of gravity.

    Hope you like the interview

    Peeling The Onion on YouTube

    45 min
  • Buzz Osborne (Melvins) | Peeling The Onion Ep. 11.1 (August 26th 2025)

    Buzz Osborne interview August 26th 2024 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #11.1

    Alright good people it's time for King Buzzo !

    Buzz Osborne has to be one of my all time favourites. He's lead The Melvins for over 40 years now and released endless amount of classic, strange, fucked up music that often transcends  genres and categorization.

    Actually in later years their output has increased and they show now sign of slowing down.

    This is the first interview of two that I've done with Buzz. He was in the middle of a US tour with Trevor Dunn doing their King Dunn tour - where they played acoustic instruments.

    Buzz is one of those guys who's not afraid to speak his mind and say exactly what he wants to say - which is always refreshing. 

    Both his solo output and his solo stuff along what he's done with Trevor is among my favourite music out there.

    Hope you like it !

    Elvar

    Peeling The Onion on YouTube

    38 min
  • David Yow (Jesus Lizard) | Peeling The Onion Ep. 10 (April 23rd 2025)

    David Yow follow up interview April 23rd 2025 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #10

    Hello beautiful people

    Elvar Elvarsson from Iceland here. I've been taking some time off the podcast since I'm working on a radio show for public radio in Iceland - so now I'm doing a few follow ups with the people I've already interviewed to get some points that I didn't get to the first time. This morning I talked to the very majestic David Yow, who has become one of my all time favourite people. 

    You should know Yow from his tenure with The Jesus Lizard - who just fell into full swing - with a full album released last year and a slew of singles since then - all fucking great.

    Yow also released a great solo album in 2013 titled Tonight You Look Like A Spider. He also sang with Flipper for a few years and has done great one offs with the Melvins and other bands.

    David just relocated to Portugal and is loving it. He's always the nicest guy in the room and just an incredible talent. A true southern gentleman.

    I'll be doing a few of those follow up interviews and then I'll wrap up season 1 of Peeling The Onion to do the radio show and then I'll be back I guess next fall or so - we'll see


    All the best guys - love you

    Elvar

    Peeling The Onion on YouTube

    37 min

About Peeling The Onion

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A music podcast where Elvar Elvarsson, a Icelandic music journalist, sits down for a deep dive with his favorite musicians and peels the onion