An encounter with North America's only digital native marsupial, Milkypossum.
Oliver Ghoul opens his head and serves up some juicy tidbits about his scary good music.
A conversation about collaboration and friendship between Superdestroyer and Phoneswithchords about their EP Surealist Love Songs.
I tried and succeeded in having a good talk with Jordan of We're Trying Records about the 10th Anniversary of his label.
A lively and casual conversation with Emily of 2:00AM Wake Up Call about her new album Dead City, where, amongst other things, she explains why she is not a glam rock artist.
Interview with experimental sound artist and ape enthusiast Andy Loebs.
Andy's latest LP Cercopithecoid is out on Orange Milk.
Pete Min runs the experimental record label Colorfield Records out of his studio in LA. It's a place for talented but underrecognized performers to make unique records that push their boundaries and the boundaries of their listeners. Tune in to learn more.
Featured in this episode is the music of Nicole McCabe, who released an album with Pete called A Song To Sing.
This episode is dedicated to the great George Lowe (1957 - 2025).
Desmond of Career Day gives our host some advanced professional planning advice.
Before we drift too deep into the murky, dark tempest of 2025, I'm taking one last look at the year that was with Molly O'Brien of the ever-enterprising blog, I Enjoy Music.
Molly and I swapped lists of 5 albums released in 2024, and we got granular on each, discussing what we thought made each one special before switching gears to chat about Molly's blog and her collaborative approach to writing and engagement.
Albums discussed in this episode:
Fantasy of a Broken Heart - Feats of Engineering
Dummy - Free Energy
Hey, Ily! - Hey, I Loathe You!
Ludivine Issambourg - Above the Laws
Revival Season - Golden Age of Snitching
Ekko Astral - pink balloons
Jimmy Montague - Tomorrow's Coffee
Sun Kin - Sunset World
Kim Gordon - The Collective
Check out Molly's blog: https://www.ienjoymusic.net/
Chicago hip-hop duo Quentin Branch & Brian Warren aka Angry Blackmen chill with our consummate host aka Mick R for a minute to recap their crazy rise in 2024 and talk about what they're looking forward to in 2025... also this is Quentin's last interview before he turns 30. Happy Birthday, Quentin.
An encounter of the 5th kind with SkyJelly Jones. This recording is the only surviving document of my contact with this enigmatic being. Uploaded here for posterity.
Nelson came to visit Superdestroyer and something cool happened. Simple as
Reminiscing and rambling with Toby Jeg of Red Scare Industries about the past 20 years of punk/DIY, signing superstar bands hiding out in Anywhere, USA, and putting together the label's 20th-anniversary comp.
A groovy gab with the one and only Discoholic, fresh off the plane from Discopolis!
For this episode of the podcast I called Parent Teacher into my digital conference room to have a frank discussion about his latest album Ethereal Collapse as well as his general history of delinquency. He was very well-behaved.
Summers come and go, but great DIY music never really leaves us. Speaking of which, I had the pleasure of speaking with Nish, Charlie, and Scumdrop of Chicago Emo/Punk group Tenmonthsummer hot off their Bummer Summer fest set at the Beat Kitchen. They're a relatively new band, but I think the future has some very cool stuff in store for them.
Conversation with sound artist Bert Scholten about his history with Dutch baking boards used for making "speculaas," which is a kind of cookie, and how these folk objects helped inform his 2023 album Dat Speelt Hier Niet.
In this episode Mick explores the myriad twists, turns, double backs, and secret passages of User Pleasure Gaunrteed, an EP from digital emotional-core artist Analogue Heart, with the artist themself as his guide. The EP is out on Lonely Ghost Records.
Talking up Nicky the Gnome about the magic behind his underground synth and metal label, WereGnome Records.
Warning to listeners: Hearing this interview may result in you wearing crocs 100% more often than your current norm. Listener beware!
2023 is over and done, but I still have quite a few things I'd like to say before I let it go. Listen in to hear Will Green of Full Blown Meltdown and I recap our favorite and/or the best albums from this past year. Will is one of the most enthusiastic supporters of DIY music I know and it's why I reached out to him about sharing his list. Also, he's a huge anime nerd, which means that this episode, at some point, devolves into us swapping recommendations from our Crunchroll watchlists.
Covered in this episode are albums by: Jeff Rosenstock, MSPAINT, Stray from the Path, JPEGMAFIA, Palette Knife, Screaming Females, Origami Angel, Hemlocke Springs, Fall Out Boy, Initiate, Huachuca Aerostat, Royal Thunder, Frost Children, Lunch Money Life, Thanks! I hate it!, The Merrier, Kicksie, Aesop Rock, and Super Cassette.