In this episode, we speak with DIY stalwarts Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson, founders of the influential Simple Machines label and the band Tsunami. We discuss running your own indie label, wearing shorts in the DC hardcore scene, Sassy magazine, and knowing when it’s time to let it all go.Hosted by Dylan Metrano and Gregory Moss.Episode artwork by Alan Bull.

In this episode, we speak with DIY stalwarts Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson, founders of the influential Simple Machines label and the band Tsunami. We discuss running your own indie label, wearing shorts in the DC hardcore scene, Sassy magazine, and knowing when it’s time to let it all go. Hosted by Dylan Metrano and Gregory Moss. Episode artwork by Alan Bull.

Simple Machines and Tsunami with Jenny Toomey & Kristin Thomson

In the early ‘90s, a vibrant American underground music scene was dragged kicking and screaming into mainstream visibility – with turbulent, controversial, sometimes hilarious results. Musician Dylan Metrano and writer Gregory S. Moss speak with major bands, producers, label heads and hangers-on of the era, look back and try to make sense of this transformative moment in American cultural history. If you’re hungry to hear about the independent, lo-fi, garage, grunge, avant-garde and punk music of the late 20th century, this podcast will fill your goddamn socks.

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