Ear Coffee Podcast

This week, Joe talks shop with Andrew Perrizo of Melodic Noise Media about covering local music and the history of the blog .   Ear Coffee is also celebrating our 5th Birthday on August 18 with a show at The Treasury in St. Paul. It'll be a fun night with Careful Gaze, BlueDriver, OKnice, and Prathloons. Tickets are $15 and can be purchased in advance through the link below.  https://www.eventbrit...

This week, Wes chats with the band Early Eyes about their debut record Look Alive!

For this week's episode of the podcast, Wes talks to the band Hyooman about their debut album, Pilot.  

This week, Joe talks with Des Lawrence , who performs as a solo act Dusty Forever . Earlier this month, Dusty Forever put out his debut record Sing!, a folk-rock expanse that puts Lawrence's visual songwriting abilities on full display. 

Wes and Joe sit down to discuss some of their favorite releases from the year.

This week, Wes talks to ZORA about her new record Z1 , out on June 17 via Get Better Records .

This week, Wes talks to SYM1 about their newest EP, ALL THAT U WANT .

This week, Joe talks to Natalie , Hailey, and Leigh about Natalie's new record Three Man Army . 

For this week's episode, Joe talks to Laura and Danielle of the band Scrunchies about their new record Feral Coast . 

For this week's podcast, Joe talked to Jesse and Shawnna of the band Palm Friends about their new EP, The Delivery . 

This week, Joe talks to Collin Dall and John O'Brien of the band Prathloons about their new album The Kansas Wind .

For this week's episode, Wes talks to Sarah Elstran of The Nunnery about her newest release, Floating Gardens .

This week, Wes talks with St. Paul rapper OKnice about his new record " Have You Tried Being Happy? ".

This week Wes talks to all four members of the band Robot Slide about their new record, EXTEND .

This week, Wes speaks with Betty Taylor, who releases music under Velvet Vision . 

This week, Wes talks to all seven members of Alien Book Club about their record Desecration Of The Whispering Salamander .

This week, Joe talks to Danny and Renn of Don't Panic Records & Distro about their 10-year anniversary. 

This week, Wes talks to all four members of the hardcore band Blue Venus . The band released their long-awaited EP nosebleed and took some time to discuss the release. 

This week, Wes talks to Nat Harvie about their new record, " Married in Song ."

This week marks the beginning of a new(ish) show. Wes and Joe sit down to discuss new and upcoming releases  in the Minnesota scene. We also round out the show with our song of the month from EVV .  Releases mentioned: Blue Venus - Nosebleed Twin Tombs - 4:23 GI Bill - “Not In My Backyard” Why Not - VERY WHY NOT Getting By - "Anyone" & "Happy When" Colleen Dow - “bumbum” Prathloons - The Kansas Wi...

This week, Joe talks with Julia Eubanks, guitarist, singer, and songwriter for the band Creeping Charlie . Late last year the band released their debut record How to Kill Creeping Charlie. During the interview, she talked about the band's formation, progression into their debut record, and her love for the ebow.     

For our first episode of the new year, Joe talks to all four members of Getting By . The band is back with brand new music, and we are lucky enough to premiere the music video for the band's single "Anybody" over on the blog. That single, and its b-side "Happy When," will be available on streaming next week. You can pre-save those songs by clicking here . 

This week, Wes and Joe discuss their favorite releases of 2021. Neither of these lists is exhaustive and we have too many honorable mentions to list.  Joe's Picks: Wringer - Divide Another Heaven - The Sorrowful Cries of Birds with Singed Feathers Sentenced 2 Die - No Reason to Live Double Grave - Echinacea Wannabianca - Family   Wes' Picks: Gully Boys - Favorite Sun Abe Anderson - Seasick Lullaby...

This week on the pod, Wes talks to singer-songwriter and arranger Zaq Baker . The pair dig into Zaq's musical beginnings and his prolific work between his solo efforts and with Maria and the Coins. 

This week, Joe talks to Hannah and Sam of the band Harlow. The band released their debut EP Playing Dove in November of this year, and the pair was kind enough to talk about the group's formation and dig into the songs.