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Episode 756: Nicole Georges
56:29|"It's such a gift to be queer," Nicole Georges says, putting a bow on our hour-long chat."It's such a gift to be punk. It's such a gift to be queer and to be in these alternative spaces, and to have so many friends who are also in this community, and also have shared backgrounds, shared therapeutic practices, where we can all connect to each other in a really deep way."The Calling Dr. Laura/Invincible Summer has spent a long time learning to love herself. Now she's sharing those tools in the form of Emotional Support Animals, a combination comic/workbook, designed to deliver a bit of compassion when it's needed most.
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Episode 755: Langhorne Slim
47:54|Life's good when it's just a couple of guys singing about butts (everyone's got 'em). "The Dreamin' Kind" Langhorne Slim healthy, happier, and more rocking than ever before.
Episode 754: Björn Yttling (Peter, Björn and John; Yttling Jazz)
43:58|What's two decades between releases? Yttling Jazz returned this year, with a new lineup and album, Illegal Hit. Björn Yttling wears his jazz influences on his sleeve, paying tribute to the greats of the form, and enjoying every moment of the process.
Episode 753: Adele Bertei
42:34|No New York picks up where Peter and the Wolves, with young Cleveland transplant Adele Bertei landing in New York amid a burgeoning new scene. No wave -- a an avant-garde musical and visual art moment -- was harder to classify than its contemporaries, punk and new wave. Bertei participated in all aspects of the movement, as a member of the Contortions and the Bloods, starring in Lizzie Borden's Born In Flames, and even serving as Brian Eno's assistant as the legendary musician produced one of the genre's defining documents. The new book is a celebration of a movement, and more so, the women who made it.
Episode 752: Ben Easton (deary)
38:59|Born during the pandemic, deary proudly wear their influences on their sleeve. Most immediate is a love of the Cocteau Twins, which first connected guitarist Ben Easton and singer Dottie Cockram. The latter's vocals soar ethereally on "Seabird," happily evoking the legendary Liz Fraser. The track marks the first single from deary's forthcoming debut LP, Birding, which finds the trio embracing life's challenges.
Episode 751: Bette A
52:36|Slow Stories took its time. Author Bette A(driaanse) revisited the work decades after initially committing it to print, this time with a new motivating force.An ambient soundtrack marks the second collaboration between Adriaanse and music pioneer, Brian Eno, following closely on the heels of last year’s delightful What Art Does: An Unfinished Theory. Adriaanse can now add narrator to an expanding list of jobs that already includes novelist, artist, and teacher.She also cofounded the non-profit artist network, TRQSE, through which she and Eno first crossed paths.
Episode 750: Beatrice Deer
48:32|Upon reflection, Beatrice Deer suggests that Inuit Legend may ultimately be her least personal record to date. That's not to say the musician doesn't connect deeply with the work, only that she's opted to draw on the stories of others -- both historical and folkloric. Deer has long approached her own life with a thorough candidness, as she discusses family, sobriety, and the struggles of the Inuit people. The latter form the focus of her latest work, as she finds echoes in her own family's story.