Ear Coffee Podcast

We're sorry to interrupt your regular Ear Coffee Podcast content, but Wes did a special interview with Evan Bakker of Silent Agency ahead of  Give Sound 2019 . This event is a charity festival featuring a ton of great Twin Cities bands, and Silent Agency is coming out of retirement to their first show in six years. 

This week, Wes sat down with Caleb Hinz of The Happy Children to discuss the band's final album Same Dif , his production work, and more.

The Ear Coffee Podcast has a new segment - Ear Coffee This Month. Every month, Joe Keyport runs down a handful of tracks that stood from the rest.  Here are the artists in order of appearance:  Goodnight Gorillas - "Three Words"  AMY HZL - "Dead Bird"  Healthy Competition - "Department Store"  Meese - "Number 1 Dad" Syvers - "Forest Fire" We Should Be Laughing - "Uncool" 

This week, Joe got to talk with Aaron, Ali, and Cole of the band Another Heaven . The episode feels like you're sitting in the middle of three friends talking about music, and it's great. All three guys are prolific in their musical output, and hearing them speak about it gives a slight peek inside the world of heavy music in Minnesota.  Check out their newest record For Ever  by heading to their...

Joe and Wes sit down and slowly lose their minds while discussing their favorite albums of the first half of 2019.

Wes and Joe site down for a rare discussion about their favorite local releases from the month of April. Also, Wes got in a twitter fight with his biggest fan over Vampire Weekend.  Albums Mentioned: Miyha, The Symptones, In Lieu, and Kate Malanaphy.   

For your May 1st episode, Joe sat down with the band The Symptones to discuss their debut record Irrational Fears / Overactive Imagination . 

For this episode, Joe sat down with Alex Nordenson to discuss Soundpruf , a startup company designed to help you track your listening trends on Spotify. The easiest way to describe Soundpruf is if Last.fm had way more features and rewarded you for listening to your favorite artists. This episode was especially fun since this the first non-band we've had on the podcast and have a major impact on ho...

This week Ear Coffee moves away from the local focus to a regional focus with an interview with the Green Bay, Wis. based duo 7000apart as they talk about their new single and debut album We Are More . 

This month Joe Keyport sat down three members of the band Sal Paradise right before their release show for their brand new Table for Two EP. 

This week, Joe got the opportunity to interview Jeremy Warden of Double Grave to discuss the band's history, new record, and Jeremy's social media trickster nature.     

Wes and Joe now have a radio show! They discuss all things going on the local scene here in Minneapolis with slight forays into national and international scenes. This podcast is an edit of that show. In it, they discuss their favorite releases of January.    You can listen to it online on Sunday's from 12:30 to 2:30 on The Remnant . 

For Ear Coffee's first podcast of 2019, we spoke with the band Twin Lakes before they took the stage at Caydence Coffee and Records in early December. 

For episode 13, Ear Coffee sat down with three of the five members of the Minneapolis folk-rock band The Nokturnal North. We discussed the band's use of a traditional producer and their upcoming record.    Note from Joe: This will hopefully be one of the last times the podcast sounds like this. We are planning to update your podcasting rig for upcoming interviews. 

Wes and Joe "sat down" in different locations to discuss our favorite local music releases of 2018. This podcast is a companion to an article published on our blog earcoffeee.blogspot.com. 

Ear Coffee's Joe Keyport sat down with Alexander Natalie of the Alexander Natalie Band to discuss the release of their debut record How Much Could You Ask Of Me? which is out on Saturday, December 15. 

For this episode, Joe sat down with Durry, Wilder, and Valentine, three of the five members from the Minneapolis cinematic alt-rock band Marah in the Mainsail. This episode was recorded ahead of their November 24 show at the Turf Club. 

For Episode 15 of the podcast, Joe sat down with Austin Lombardo of Shrimp Olympics and a member of his live band Teagen DeVoe.

For episode 14 of the podcast, Joe sat down with Sarah and Jake Larson of the band Syvers. Their single "The Wolves" is one of Ear Coffee's favorite songs of 2018. It is this anthemic track about finding hope in the middle of life's struggles that pushes itself to the edge before pulling back and fading out in a sea of twinkling synths and guitars. During this podcast, we talk about the challenges...

In Pursuit of Something Interesting is a column on the Ear Coffee blog that focuses on digging through the vast catalog of music in the world to discover something you maybe haven't heard before. The music is usually picked based on album covers and liner notes. This week Joe thought he'd try something different and turn his column into a podcast as well.  If you want to read the review of Tongue...

Initially, Wes and Joe wanted to do a Car Seat Podcast where they drive around Minneapolis and talk about how Ear Coffee and how it has evolved over the last year. However, that didn't happen so they talked on the phone instead. 

Ear Coffee editor Wes Muilenburg sat down with the Twin Cities jazz fusion quartet Spelt Melk Collective for episode 11 of the Ear Coffee Podcast. The band shared an interesting perspective on being a younger jazz fusion group in a music community that is predominantly indie rock focused. 

Ear Coffee's Joe Keyport sat down with Brett Carey and Jordan Wipf of the band Calvin Heights. The three discussed the band's forthcoming record Talented Sun which is being released on August 10, 2018. 

This week Ear Coffee reached into the vault for an interview with the duo Syvers done in November of 2017. In June of 2018, the band released the lead single off of their debut record The Weight and The Sound . "The Wovles" is an anthemic track that shows off Sarah and Jake Larson's songwriting expertise. The pair blend a multitude of sounds with lyrics that tell stories of hope.  Along with the b...

Ear Coffee dug deep into their vaults and pulled out an interview with the band Cureton done in early 2017. Originally played on the defunct radio show Local Juke Joint, the interview with Joel and Caleb of the band was done right before they announced their debut record Spring In The Attic which turned a year old this week. This piece is being released as a companion to a feature done on the band...