Back in the mid-nineties, a group emerged from St. Louis, later moving to Chicago, where they'd go on to make some of the most beguiling and unique music of the time. They were 90 Day Men. In this three-part series from the Secretly Society Podcast, Tim Kinsella, a fellow Chicagoan and friend of the band, guides us through conversations with the members and other folks who were involved in the scenes and movements that they operated in. Over four albums and a few EPs, the band's sound developed into elaborate, experimental, baroque songs, influenced by the world around them and delving back into prog, sixties art rock, and beyond. 90 Day Men were not ahead of their time, they were of a different world entirely; their discography, and a handful of previously unheard songs, were compiled into a five-LP set by Numero Group in 2023. In this episode, Tim speaks to the band about the musical world from which they were born, and how they came to be.

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G'day! Today on the Secretly Society podcast we welcome one of our label family's rare Australian artists, Harriette Pilbeam, who you will know much better as Hatchie. Starting out playing in bands as a teenager in Brisbane, Hatchie put her first single out under her own name in 2017 and quickly picked up interest in both her home country and internationally. She signed with Secretly Canadian in 2021, released her much-acclaimed follow up album 'Giving the World Away' in 2022 and just dropped her latest, the sweet and salty 'Liquorice,' last week. Chatting with her fellow countryman Max Thomas, Secretly Distribution's Head of Marketing & Campaigns Asia-Pacific, and co-host Tom Davies, Hariette shoots the breeze on Letterboxd scores, dream-pop, Oasis, and much more.

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Today's guest is the inimitable Lonnie Holley, and to say that he has a rich and long history is an understatement. While Lonnie is a relatively recent addition to Jagjaguwar since 2018, he's been creating for decades as a sculptor, painter, musician, and poet; his visual art work is included in the permanent collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and his musical collaborators include Bon Iver, Richard Swift, and Alabaster Deplume. There's no story quite like Lonnie's, and co-hosts Tom Davies and longtime Jagjaguwar A&R Eric Deines make it down just the tip of the iceberg in this dynamic conversation exploring Lonnie's catalog of songs and stories.

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You may have heard her on your TikTok feed, opening for MUNA, or on the silver screen; Jensen McRae is a polymath and a manifestor. She released her second album 'I Don't Know How But They Found Me!' on Dead Oceans this past spring, and it's already landed on several critics' best-of-2025-so-far lists. Self-described as "one house down from the girl next door," Jensen joins co-hosts Catalog Project Manager Coco Segaller and A&R Samantha Urbani for a game of name that tune. Jensen covers the power of moving on, meeting your heroes, and lyrically swinging between crying and laughing (or both at the same time).

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Tune into Secretly Frequencies with Dana Margolin of Porridge Radio. Dana started Porridge Radio while still a university student, and met natural collaborators Georgia Stott (keyboards), Sam Yardley (drums), and Maddie Ryall, and later, Dan Hutchins (bass). The "sometimes twisted, often transcendent, always incendiary" band came to an end earlier this year, and today's chat with co-hosts Tom Davies and A&R Director Adam Nealon serves as a chance for Dana to look back over a decade spent making music under the Porridge Radio moniker. Dana reflects on visual and sonic art connections (including playing le Centre Pompidou in Paris), writing solo versus arranging with bandmates, and managing a meteoric rise while the world was largely shut down.

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Today's guest is Nigil Mack, head honcho of All Flowers Group label drink sum wtr. With roots in hip hop, R&B, and alternative, the emerging record label looks beyond trends to invest in a new cultural legacy, releasing music from Annahstasia, THEY., Gareth Donkin, Aja Monet, and more. Prior to co-founding drink sum wtr, Nigil served as an A&R at Motown and Republic Records, where his signings include Kid Cudi and focused on artist development on numerous projects; an A&R consultant for Atlantic Records, and as a manger of artists such as DRAM. Now lending his ear to the independent spectrum, Nigil IDs songs for co-hosts Tom Davies and Alexandra Berenson, Senior Director of A&R, from drink sum wtr's already extensive catalog, weaving stories of his inspirations and influences along the way.

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To kick off our newest season, R&B sensations Durand Jones & The Indications sit down with our Secretly Frequencies hosts, Tom Davies and the band's old pal, Colemine Records' Terry Cole. Formed in Bloomington, Indiana in 2012 with an original plan to play a single show, we encounter the Indications after countless worldwide tours and four albums, with their most recent, 'Flowers,' released in June via Dead Oceans. Through an interview-by-song, the core songwriting trio of singer Durand Jones, singer/drummer Aaron Frazer, and guitarist Blake Rhein wax on breaking the musical rules, their myriad fanbase, and the power of friendship.

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Hosts Tom Davies and Mike Holdsworth sit down with Sharon Van Etten to conduct an interview-by-song across her illustrious catalog. If you can believe it, we're commemorating ten years since the release of 'Are We There,' one of her most powerful and timeless collections, with a new limited-edition vinyl and a 7" including a live rendition of beloved tune "Every Time the Sun Comes Up." Sharon's polymathic nature is on full display in this episode, discussing producing, performing, writing, collaborating, and her sonic influences.

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Our Secretly Frequencies hosts sit down with Paul Mahern from Zero Boys to conduct an interview-by-song with a blind playlist of tracks spanning the band's esteemed catalog. We're celebrating the fortieth anniversary of Zero Boy's 'History Of...' with a special reissue, including a previously-unheard 1980 live set at Indianapolis venue Crazy Al's. Paul has been a literal professor of punk rock history, in addition to his storied career as a musician, producer, and engineer, so pull up a chair and have a listen – you may learn something!

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We're back in label mode today with the revered Ghostly International and our guests, label owner/founder Sam Valenti and Molly Smith, Ghostly's Senior Art Director. Currently celebrating its 25th year, Ghostly established itself as one of the most well-loved artist-centric labels around, having put out records by the likes of Tycho, ADULT., Gold Panda, Matthew Dear, School of Seven Bells and Telefon Tel Aviv. In the last few years, the label's scope has been broadening with releases from Julie Byrne, Kate Bollinger, with many more exciting new acts to come. Sam and Molly share their memories of working with artists over multiple decades, collaborating on Ghostly's famous aesthetic sensibilities, and more.

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