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Straightening the Record episodes
- Tommy Boynton (The Four Freshmen, The Mimzees, and many more!)
Hey, thanks for being here. In this
second episode of 2024, my guest is the wonderful Tommy Boynton, who you might know as a solo performer, a member of The Four Freshmen, The River Monks, The Mimzees, Jinnouchi Power, or any number of otherpursuits as a musician. He's also extremely passionate about teaching music, and we talk a bit about that here.
I felt bad about having to call this conversation a little early, but we still ended up having almost a full hour of it for you. I'm definitely looking forward to the possibility of a part two!Links for all of Tommy's music
mentioned in the conversation below:
TheyTaste Good EP | The Mimzees (bandcamp.com)growing
boy | Tommy Boynton (bandcamp.com)The
Four Freshmen: Featuring Emmet Cohen, Russell Hall, & Kyle Poole| The Four Freshmen (bandcamp.com)Live
From Emmet's Place Vol. 106 - The Four Freshmen (youtube.com)Support me on Patreon here: Forest
Cochran | creating music and podcasts! | Patreon1 hr 21 min - Patrick MacCready (JPWR, McKenna Alise & The Great Galvanic Divide)
Pat's back!
This time we had a pretty long chat in the basement studio of Squayne Manor about Patrick's new McKenna Alise album, Stranded, which is the first of four scheduled to come out this year. We also chat about Neutral Milk Hotel, how we met, and horrifying children's cartoons, and much more. I forgot to mention in my "recent shows" section of the intro that I went to the Cartoon Smokers release show, which was also this past month and was also a blast.
Hear Stranded and much more at https://mckennaalise.bandcamp.com/
Check out my Patreon and lots of music here: https://linktr.ee/fjcochran
1 hr 42 min - Extravision Returns!
We're back, and Ryan Stier of Extravision is back with us!
Ryan and I chatted about two weeks after the release of the new album, Temporary Fountain. We talked about the album, evolving relationships with your parents, Hot Ones, tour stories, and so much more!
The conversation starts at 16:12.
Check out Temporary Fountain and all of Extravision's music here: https://extravisionmusic.bandcamp.com/album/temporary-fountain
Support me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/forestcochran
1 hr 26 min - Andrew Jones (Zap Tura, Pleasants)
Good morning, good evening, good afternoon, whatever applies when you're listening to this! I think we're coming out the gate of 2022 strong here with Andrew Jones, talking about the new Zap Tura album, Ataptasia, among other things. This was a really fun conversation not only about Andrew's work in particular, but also some fun philosophical talk about some music concepts, including folks who over-simplify the magic.
I've taken down the Featured Songs playlist because nobody was subscribed to it, and frankly I think you should just buy everything that's discussed on this podcast from the artists. Speaking of, links below!https://zaptura.bandcamp.com/album/adaptasia
...and here's my Patreon!
https://www.patreon.com/forestcochran
Like, rate subscribe, etc1 hr 15 min - Jordan Mayland
I need to get better at recording intros to these things! New Year's resolution, I guess.
Jordan Mayland is a super-productive singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, teacher, and advocate for music in central Iowa. You are likely to have seen him with Tires, Volcano Boys, Nuclear Rodeo, The Wheelers, Keepers of the Carpet, or with his band The Thermal Detonators, among others. He started as the Program Coordinator for the Des Moines Music Coalition in 2019, and hosted In The Birdroom, a podcast similar to this one, for two years. He and I also used to be mistaken for each other a lot. I had him over to my new home on the south side of Des Moines to drink beers and talk about many of these things, as well as his most recent release, The Plan, on November 11th. This was a really fun conversation, and we could have talked for hours longer, but we hit a lot of the big stuff here.Listen here: https://jordanmayland.bandcamp.com/?fbclid=IwAR1dJ2NqiwvklSigcA3H3l1csmb0kLiTPtgRWYtOcLPV9Mk4dY7jhG0b1coor check out the Featured on STR playlist here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1l4FySDWQyuMDrTSfjSmHq?si=37e104e8170a4badBecome a supporter of this podcast and my musical endeavors at patreon.com/forestcochran1 hr 23 min - Making of You Found a Match with Nicholas Frampton
We're doing something a little different here. Improvising. A little podcast jazz, if you will. Since Nick and I were talking about all these moments in the process of recording, it truly seemed more appropriate to just use clips from the album. Since we deviated from the usual format, I'm skipping adding songs to the "Featured on Straightening the Record" playlist this month. Instead, just check out my music if you haven't already! https://open.spotify.com/artist/3smVtfof1X5V3up42qa1Ww?si=Kg7ZHtUeQrGkQKWzROA5Iw&dl_branch=1
Hopefully we'll be back with a normal interview where I talk a lot less next month!59 min - Huxley Maxwell
We're back with a long and juicy conversation with the always-creating and always changing Huxley Maxwell. We get into some wild, fun, deep stuff here from punk and subversion, inclusiveness and the value of art, drug addiction (CW on that), and so much more. Click all of the links below if you are able to on your listening platform:
https://justicefetish.bandcamp.com/releaseshttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/3mP4f0A0IkJ66jMHKsaJ1u?fbclid=IwAR3noddrpE4RacTuexzAEBRNd4WP8uvK8nlTlEtfytVtM2tI1Y2v9l9kRWI
https://huxleymaxwell.bandcamp.com/
https://goldblums.bandcamp.com/album/pay-window
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6YdWGKhufE&ab_channel=MarkWarm
https://open.spotify.com/episode/5mlaXAci5xnNx5pDm60ecs?si=4cceef8d23334e19
Photo credit: Morgan Vander Hart
Support STR on Patreon: patreon.com/forestcochran
1 hr 29 min - Annalibera
We're back to our usual format this month with Annalibera's Anna Gebhardt and Caleb Swank-Ferrara. Annalibera has been a local favorite of mine since the early days, when they had a dreamy, post-rock inspired sound. Over the years Anna has never failed to impress, whether the presentation was a solo performance on keyboard or a full band featuring many other talented Iowa musicians, including previous STR guests Ryan Stier and Brooks Strause. We talk here about the project's ever-changing sound, the loveil tape and accompanying short film, and what's next for them.
Episode Photo by Lindley Warren Mickunas
Get tickets to see the Englert Theatre Stages performance by Annalibera May 19th: https://englert.org/event/stages-annalibera/Buy Moonbath and check out other past releases: http://annaliberamusic.com/
Watch the loveil film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDgvTzkpJiE&ab_channel=AnnaliberaGesualda
Support STR and my home studio efforts on Patreon: www.patreon.com/forestcochran
1 hr 10 min - Field Division
Boy, I sure like, say "like" a bunch in this one. I must be a millennial!
This time around our guests are Nicholas Frampton and Evelyn Taylor, aka Field Division. They are Iowans who started playing together in Nashville, moved to Colorado, back to Iowa, and now call Denton, Texas home. We chatted over Skype on January 23rd about their songwriting and arranging process from their first EP to now, as well as philosophical ideals like time and peace, whether inner peace or world peace. Due to technical issues, most of our two-hour conversation had to be trimmed down, but we still have a lot of good stuff in here, and it really was a pleasure to chat with them as always.
Buy some merch! http://www.fielddivisionmusic.com/fielddivisionmerch
Listen to the tunes! https://fielddivision.bandcamp.com/track/star-where-are-you
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Support me on Patreon, if ya want. I usually spend money making this podcast, so I would appreciate it a lot! https://www.patreon.com/forestcochran
Featured on Straightening the Record Spotify playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1l4FySDWQyuMDrTSfjSmHq?si=19AI2VpSQOGjPSvDuRU5Kg
55 min - Brooks Strause
We're starting 2021 off strong with eastern Iowa's wizardlike singer-songwriter Brooks Strause. We talk new and old albums by Brooks, the upcoming Spectral Snake full-length, Brooks' current passion for comic books, and more! This conversation was recorded on 12/23/2020. Episode photo by James Dean, aka Great Plains James.
Check out Spectral Snake's first EP here: https://spectralsnake.bandcamp.com/album/i
And pert near everything else Brooks has done here: https://brooksstrause.bandcamp.com/album/benjamin
The Pants Off! Podcast episode with Brooks from 2017 is also a great companion piece, possibly as a prequel to this. https://soundcloud.com/pantsoffpodcast/pants-off-podcast-ep-95-brooks?fbclid=IwAR0bzen-oxTT-xn9WiThk-YpXagLmTHIEavNZUK97wyeb-8PWVW1M97MGac
If you love this episode or have enjoyed the show in general, please consider supporting me on Patreon :) https://www.patreon.com/forestcochran
Featured on STR playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1l4FySDWQyuMDrTSfjSmHq?si=Uo8VYCAiS76fpI6sQ-5tag
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About Straightening the Record
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Showcasing independent and Iowa artists, host Forest Cochran and guests discuss creative process and other divergent topics.
All songs played with explicit permission from the artists.