The Tape Deck

Hallo peeps!!

Today on the podcast I’ve got Nicolle Swims, lead singer/guitarist of Seattle “gunk-pop” band Black Ends. We go deep into their new EP, Stay Evil, with some welcome tangents into Frank Zappa, cool album art, and Swims’ recent performance at the now-dismantled CHOP.

Go listen to Stay Evil here!

Here’s footage of Swims’ show at the CHOP:

One of the highlights of my weekend was catching a solo performance by Nicolle Swims of @EndsBlack in the CHOP zone. ✨ pic.twitter.com/tKRSonyayW— Emily Pothast (@emilypothast) June 16, 2020

For reference, here are some of the album artworks we discussed on the podcast:

Laurel Halo – Quarantine

Danny Brown – The Hybrid

Miles Davis – Live Evil

Frank Zappa – Uncle Meat

Locust Abortion Technician – Butthole Surfers

Hallo!! Today on the podcast we’ve got the incomparable Danny Denial, here to talk about his new album, ‘fuck danny denial’. We also dive into classic Seattle music, new queer cinema, music as character in film, Gus Van Sant, and more!!

Check out Danny’s work here!

Check out DoNormaal’s work here!

Edit: Edit: I released and realized I said “Mother Moor” instead of “Moor Mother.” My bad!! Here’s her work though, go check it out!

Hallo peeps! Today on the podcast we’ve got Eli Enis, one of the hardest-working freelance music journalists in the present moment. We cover the new Car Seat Headrest record, the pitfalls of working freelance, 100 Gecs, how to avoid burnout, and much more!

Check out Eli’s stuff here!https://elienis.contently.com

Intro/outro music: “saffron” by sunkingBuy their music here: sunkingexperiment.bandcamp.com

On today’s podcast, I talk to Cheekface frontman Greg Katz about his band. We also cover self-promotion, what to learn from the greats, and modern protest music.

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Today we’ve got Greg Katz, frontman and lyricist for LA-based band Cheekface. We talk about Cheekface. BUT, we also talk other stuff, like the right lessons to learn from old music, what works about today’s protest music, and how to successfully promote yourself on social media.

Check out Cheekface’s music here!http://cheekface.bandcamp.com

Intro/outro music: “saffron” by sunkingMidtro music: “revali” by sunkingBuy their album here! sunkingexperiment.bandcamp.com

Hallo peeps!! On today’s podcast, we talk with Travis Shosa of the hit independent blog COUNTERZINE, as well as the Texas-based tape label Under The Counter Tapes. We talk about the pitfalls of being a music blog in 2020, the downside of Submithub, college radio, and the struggle to win an audience.

Check out UTCT’s two most recent releases here:

Banders

The Ryne Experience – Funky Town

Intro/outro: “saffron” by sunkingMidterm: “revali” by sunkingBuy their music here!

Hallo people! Welcome to the next episode of the Tape Deck Podcast! Today we’ve got an interview with up-and-coming Seattle legends Antonioni! We talk mostly about music videos, and we make you guys feel like ghosts.

Because of copyright laws, we’re unable to play the music we’re talking about during the podcast, but for your convenience I’ll link all of the videos we talk about here, so you can watch while listening (if you’re interested). Hope you enjoy!

Check out Antonioni’s music here!

Here’s their Tiny Desk submission:

Sampa the Great: “Final Form”

Little Simz: “101 FM”

Solange: Losing You

Queen: “Bohemian Rhapsody”

Pearl Jam : “Jeremy”

Nirvana: “Heart Shaped Box”

Antonioni: “Stutter Step”

They Might Be Giants: “Homestar Runner”

They Might Be Giants: “Don’t Let’s Start”

They Might Be Giants: “Ana Ng”

They Might Be Giants: “Birdhouse In Your Soul”

Björk: “Bachelorette”

FKA twigs: “Video Girl”

Caroline Polachek: “Door”

Intro/outro music: “saffron” by sunkingMidtro: “revali” by sunkingBuy their music here!

Hallo people! Today we’ve got Jordan Brawner, former bandleader of mathcore band Meanderthals and current chiptune artist under Hurry Up, Snufkin. We talk about Moomins, Haruomi Hosono, freeware, Link’s Awakening, and much more! It’s an intensely awesome discussion that we hope you enjoy while pacing the walls of your bedroom and feeling that cabin fever seep up through your toes.

Check out Jordan’s music here:https://dentapes.bandcamp.com/album/we-are-doing-our-besthttps://www.facebook.com/Meanderthalsband/

Intro/outro: “saffron” by sunkingMidtro: “revali” by sunkingBuy their album here!

Hallo there! This week on the podcast we’ve got Proofs, a Seattle band that’s proudly fudge-core. We shout out some local producers, some local music, and some things that were going on in January.

Check out Proofs’ music here!https://proofsseattle.bandcamp.com

Intro/outro: “saffron” by sunkingMidtro: “revali” by sunkingBuy their album here!

It’s the Season 2 Premiere of the most listenable podcast on the planet! Today we’ve got ethereal folk band Luness talking about self-managing musical endeavors, the ecstatic dance movement, and the difficulty of mixing an electric cello.

Welcome to the Tape Deck Podcast’s Season 1 Finale!! Since early February this year we’ve managed to push out (nearly) an episode a week, and we figure now it’s time for us take a step back and work on making the podcast even better! We’ll be gone for just a couple of months, and then we’ll be back with new guests, new topics, better stuff all around!! If you’ve been listening until now, thank you so much for sticking with us since the beginning as we’ve been getting used to our sea legs, it means the word to us!

Anyway, today’s podcast features Miiko Valkonen of Seattle’s Don Forgetti, as we talk about The ‘Zoid, a U-District DIY festival that occurred the weekend prior. Join us as we talk about the impetus behind its creation, as well as the behind-the-scenes work that allowed the festival to take place.

Also, I realized this as I was editing the episode down, but I completely forgot to talk about a lot of the stuff that made the ‘Zoid special, including that alien abduction! I’m stupid! Here’s a small summary of what happened there:

-Picture this: you’re about six full sets in and you’ve wandered into the front yard of this house with a porch that’s been set up into a stage. There’s this strange dome assembled out of cloth and pipes that’s been set up above everyone’s heads like a giant water tower, and when you realize what its for there’s a wave of excitement mixed with a sudden urge to get out fro underneath it, just in case. Velvet Q’s set starts, and they stun, playing like they just arrived from this makeshift UFO, riffing and screaming like they just synthesized the entirety of Frank Zappa’s discography in two minutes. Then guitarist Rebecca Henry sits at the keyboard and embraces the alien role entirely, singing stark words into two vocoders as an organ rings out. It’s silly and moving and monolithic, and when she suddenly leaves the keys to walk toward the black drapes of the UFO’s abduction beam, the band picks up the slack. The excitement builds during the set-up, and then the pieces come together one by one: the bright light illuminating the drapes, the smoke pouring out of the bottom, and Henry, clothes nearly shed and suspended by a cloth rope, twirling and bending and increasingly rapid speeds. She was being abducted. As she climbed upward into the body of the improvised spacecraft and the song slid to a halt, a band with a reputation for theatrics somehow managed to top themselves. At a HOUSE SHOW.

Also check out all these bands!–Actionesse–Antonioni–Artem/s–Baywitch–Bear Axe–Black Ends–Dogbreth–Drew Martin–Fabulous Downey Brothers–Flesh Produce–Fruit Juice–Gestalt–iji–Laser Beam–