Conversations With Dwyer

Katy Black of the Portland based band Spoon Benders joins Dwyer to discuss Neuropsychology and how scientists know what your fetishes are by looking at your brain, how her dad's musical instruments were forbidden fruit, driving to LA as a teen to see Burger Records shows, how science is inspiration and what it's like to hold a human brain.Part 2 of the Katy Black Patreon Exclusive Part 2 HEREOpening Song Nation from the album Dura Mater by Spoon BendersSpoon Benders Bandcamp Spoon Benders Instagram The 11th Hour: Songs For Climate Justice Purchase HEREGet a website by Kelly R Dwyerthemattdwyer.com

Margaret McCarthy of the Chicago based trio Moontype joins Dwyer to share her thoughts on how the earth is a living organism, making beats with kitchen appliances, the joys of field recording, the serendipitous tale of how she started playing bass and writing music from an emotional space. Opening Song, About You from the album Bodies of Water by MoontypeMoontype Bandcamp HEREMoontype on Instagram The Eleventh Hour: Songs For Climate Justice buy at Sub PopDark Was the Night Cold Was the Ground by Blind Willie Johnson Joe Bussard Piece Dan Finkle's book Mr. Taffle's Pants of Insanity Get a website from Kelly R. Dwyer themattdwyer.com

Nic Gohl joins Dwyer in a conversation covering many great topics such as making his own wine, the gatekeepers of the music scene of the Chicago suburbs, Ska music, how a drunken email lead to Ikey Owens of Mars Volta sleeping on his couch in his whitey-tighties.Listen to the Patreon exclusive of my Part 2 with Nic HERE. We get into the dangers of delivery jobs on a bike, playing on the same bill with Jeff Tweedy and how Chicago is keeping it DIY. Opening song Run  from the album Auto-Pain by DeeperDeeper on BandcampThe 11th Hour: Songs For Climate Justice Purchase HEREGet a website by Kelly R Dwyerthemattdwyer.com