The Counterforce with Aug Stone

A fantastic conversation with Mike Nagel about writing, authors, music, swimming, quitting drinking, and much more. Mike's books Duplex and CulDeSac are hilarious little masterpieces, check 'em out https://www.michaelscottnagel.com/ https://autofocusbooks.com/store/p/duplex-mike-nagel https://www.instagram.com/mike__nagel/ https://x.com/misternagel https://bsky.app/profile/misternagel.bsky.social...

Chatting to Jessamyn Violet about writing, music, the difficulties of making art these days, therapy, and her ace new book Venice Peach   https://jessamynviolet.com/ https://www.instagram.com/jessamynviolet/?hl=en https://bsky.app/profile/jessamynviolet.bsky.social https://shop.maudlinhouse.net/#venice-peach  

Talking to Dan Tremaglio about dreaming, writing, his Mount Rushmore of authors, and his excellent new book The Only Wolf Is Time https://www.dantremaglio.com/ https://www.instagram.com/dantremaglio/?hl=en https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/the_only_wolf_is_time/  

Talking to Brian Alan Ellis about KISS, KISS, more 80s hard rock, KISS, his writing, House Of Vlad Press, and more KISS. Check out his latest collection, The Errors Tour. I have never laughed harder at a book https://houseofvladpress.com/brian-alan-ellis https://www.instagram.com/depressedwriterasshole/ https://x.com/brianalanellis  

An excellent conversation with Kyle Seibel about writing, performing, perseverance, and his killer new story collection Hey You Assholes https://www.instagram.com/kylerseibel/ https://x.com/kylerseibel https://bsky.app/profile/kylerseibel.bsky.social https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/kyle-seibel-hey-you-assholes-preorder    

Great conversation with The Church frontman about his many projects, what he wants from music, and new album The Road To Tibooburra   https://www.instagram.com/stvklby/ https://www.thechurchband.com/  

I had a freakin' blast chatting with the Powerhouse of ROCK that is Conan Neutron. We covered just about everything in this marathon session, and his latest Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends record, The Way Of The Neutron, is great, one of the best records I've heard this year   https://neutronfriends.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-of-the-neutron https://www.instagram.com/conanneutron/?hl=en http...

A real pleasure to finally chat to Tim Lane, author of Your Silent Face and Phil's Siren Song. Talking books, music, Joy Division of course, the brilliant 80s bands that soundtrack his novels, and much more   https://www.yoursilentface.com/ https://www.instagram.com/inlovewithplaid/ https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforce-no-41-books      

A fun chat with filmmaker Bobby Miller about his debut novel, Situation Nowhere, in which a new energy drink is causing folks to explode. Talking books, film, comics, and more https://www.bobbymillertime.com/ https://thebobbymiller.com/situationnowhere https://bsky.app/profile/bobbymillertime.com https://augstone.substack.com/    

A pleasure to chat with Goolkasian, Heather Morgan, & Adam Wade about the first Replaced By Robots mini-album. A psychobilly/surf-rock cheerleader freak-out heralds three killer new wave tunes. Plus Goolkasian tells a good Cars-related Elevator Drops story. And much more... https://replacedbyrobots.hearnow.com/the-experiment https://replacedbyrobots3d.bandcamp.com/album/the-experiment-2 https:...

I had a great conversation with Ali Smith about music, writing, photography, punk ideals, rock n roll adventures, and her excellent memoir The Ballad Of Speedball Baby   https://www.alismith.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@mommaloveAli https://www.instagram.com/mommaloveali/ https://www.instagram.com/speedballbaby/ FB: Ali Smith Photo   https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforce-no-56-ali-smit...

Psyched to chat with one of my favorite pop stars, TheBabeGabe (BLACKSTARKIDS), about her new solo career and first single and video, PSA. Honored that this is her first solo interview https://www.instagram.com/ughthatsgabe https://x.com/_TheBabeGabe https://bsky.app/profile/thebabegabe.bsky.social https://thebabegabe.bandcamp.com/album/psa-single https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_vjpYHxQxM   http...

Hopefully one of your new favourite bands, Chemtrails are great rock n roll, with good lyrics and an infectious glammy stomp to boot. A fun conversation with Mia and Laura from the band https://adoseofchemtrails.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chemtrails_band/ https://pnkslm.com/pages/chemtrails   https://augstone.substack.com/  

Talking John Frusciante, Kurt Vonnegut, music, writing, and of course his new book Horse Girl Fever with Kevin Maloney https://kevinmaloney.net/ https://x.com/kevinrmaloney https://www.instagram.com/kevinrmaloney https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/kevin-maloney-horse-girl-fever-preorder https://twodollarradio.com/products/maloney-kevin   https://augstone.substack.com/    

Always a blast to chat with Lily & Alex from Fightmilk. No Souvenirs is one of the best albums of 2024   https://fightmilkisaband.bandcamp.com/album/no-souvenirs https://x.com/fightmilkband https://www.instagram.com/fightmilkisaband https://bsky.app/profile/fightmilkband.bsky.social   Excellent read from their label boss Giles Richards https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/27/i-set-up-my-...

Aug Stone chats to Kimaya Diggs about her lovely songs and the challenges of making music these days   https://www.kimayadiggs.com/ https://kimayadiggs.substack.com/ https://kimayadiggs.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/kimayadiggs/ https://augstone.substack.com/  

Aug Stone chats to one of his favourite authors, Steve Aylett, about his dazzling and hilarious new book, The Book Lovers https://www.steveaylett.com/ https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforce-no-51-bauhaus    

Aug Stone talks to the man behind Glass Records, David Barker, who has brought much excellent music into the world by the likes of David J, The Jacobites, The Pastels, The Jazz Butcher, Spacemen 3, The Perfect Disaster, and even a mini-LP by The Replacements https://glassmodern.bandcamp.com/album/glass-remade-remodelled https://glassmodern.bandcamp.com/ https://glassredux.bandcamp.com/ https://gla...

Aug Stone chats to one of his favourite songwriters, Mikey Georgeon, about Mikey's recent The Middle People album, his adventures in Athens & Georgia (the OG ones), the art of making moments, and much more https://mikeygeorgeson.com/ https://themiddlepeople.bandcamp.com/album/revenge-of-the-killjoys https://www.alldonebykindness.com/ https://www.instagram.com/mikeygeorgeson/ https://augstone.s...

Aug Stone chats with author John Patrick Higgins about David Coverdale, P.G. Wodehouse, The Smiths, and of course his new novel, Fine    https://johnpatrickhiggins.blogspot.com/ https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/fine/ IG: https://www.instagram.com/johnpatrickhiggins/ Twitter: https://x.com/JohnnyMuggins   Aug's Substack: https://augstone.substack.com/    

Aug Stone chats with Lou Mathews & Jim Gavin about the funniest books they know, Lou’s new novel Shaky Town on Jim’s new publishing imprint Tiger Van Books, Los Angeles, Thomas Pynchon, Lodge 49, and a whole lot more    https://www.tigervanbooks.com/shaky-town   https://bookshop.org/books/shaky-town/9781735303802   https://twitter.com/tigervanbooks   ​

Aug Stone talks to Mikey Georgeson about his new record Simply The Best, dressing up, trusting the creative emergent process, felt intensities, fortuitous ice cream vans and other cosmic coincidences, David Bowie, & much more     https://www.mrmikey.net/   http://mikeygeorgeson.com/   Twitter: https://twitter.com/mistersolo   Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikeygeorgeson/    

Aug Stone chats to Rachel Love about her first ever solo album Picture In Mind, getting the Ramones’ autographs, ping pong, Dolly Mixture, and much more     https://rachellove.bandcamp.com/   https://www.instagram.com/racheldollymixture/   ​  

Aug Stone chats to Lana Bastašić, the 2020 European Union Prize for Literature winner, about her debut novel Catch The Rabbit, visiting the places James Joyce lived, the works of Vladimir Nabokov, Yuz Aleshkovsky, Aglaja Veteranyi, Magda Szabó, Per Petterson and many other authors, tips for writing, Bosnian curse words, and much more    https://lanabastasic.com/   https://restlessbooks.org/lana-ba...

Aug Stone talks to Møtrik’s Erik Golts & Dave Fulton about their new record MØØN: The Cosmic Electrics of MØTRIK, Krautrock and other cosmic grooves, ‘circus music’, and a whole lot more    Pre-Order the album - ht https://pocp.co/motrik https://motrik.bandcamp.com/   https://www.facebook.com/motrikband   https://www.instagram.com/motrikband/   https://www.jealousbutcher.com/       ​