My Little Underground

On Level 98 of My Little Underground, 2/4 of New York's Lunarette pulls up for a big talk with Peter A about their debut EP, 'Clair De Lunarette'! Brian Alvarez and Kevin Doxsey also discuss how the group reformed from the ashes of Gingerlys and what made some attach them to the new wave sound. Plus, Peter A and Kevin bond over a shared Long Island hometown in Valley Stream! All in all, Lunarette...

On Level 97 of My Little Underground, WFMU Music Director, Olivia Bradley-Skill returns to talk with Peter A about her goals for the station in 2021! Listen to them discuss the recent successful WFMU fundraiser, her ideas for Radio Row and Radio Ravioli this year, her favorite music submitted to the station so far and more! Peter A will be taking over Radio Row tomorrow, March 28th at 5pm ET! List...

On Level 96 of My Little Underground, Tommy White & Aly Quinones of the New York soul-rock outfit, Lovehoney return to talk with Peter A about their new self titled full length album! Tommy and Aly also share their thoughts on guitar smashing, their relationship to music press, getting vinyl pressed and more!  --- Listen to Lovehoney:  https://www.lovehoney-music.com/ All things My L...

On Level 95 of My Little Underground, Peter A invites his brothers, Smiley Arriaga and Richard Arriaga to reflect on 20 years of Crash Bandicoot: The Wrath of Cortex! This was not only the first Crash game on Playstation 2, it was first game the Arriaga brothers played on the console. Listen as they reflect on how this game holds up 20 years after its original release in October 2001, the difficul...

On Level 94 of My Little Underground, Peter A welcomes Wendy Eisenberg and Steve Cameron of Editrix to talk up their latest album 'Tell Me I'm Bad'! Wendy and Steve discuss dismantling "indie-rock", the sonic unpredictability of their new album, their love for both pop and experimental music, discussing politics in music, the effectiveness of ambiguous lyrics and more!  -- Listen to Editrix:&...

On Level 93 of My Little Underground, Peter A has a big talk with Vicky Casis, the co-founder and producer of Quality Sounds TV and one of the hosts Chad Davis aka Dr. Vibesman! Quality Sounds TV aka QS TV is a web series showcasing all sorts of creatives such as rappers, producers, DJs and content creators. Vicky and Chad talk up the criteria that must be met in order to be a guest on the show, h...

On Level 92 of My Little Underground, Peter A talks up more albums he's excited about for 2021 as well as artists that don't have a set release date, but all signs point to new music! Listen in as Peter A previews upcoming projects from Death From Above 1979, Jane Weaver, CHAI, Lunarette and more!  --- For all things Peter A and My Little Underground:  https://www.peteraradio.com/ #mlupo...

On Level 91 of My Little Underground, Peter A talks with Montreal based artist Thanya Iyer about her incredible 2020 album KIND , initially not fitting into the music industry, studying violin, Bandcamp Day, inventing a new section in a record store, teaching residency for the inPath non-profit organization and more!  -- Listen to Thanya Iyer:  https://thanyaiyer.bandcamp.com/album/kind...

On Level 90 of My Little Underground, Alicia Gaines (bassist of Ganser) returns to kick off Black History Month with Peter A! Listen in for a celebration of Black artists from today and yesterday such as Miss Eaves, Poly Styrene of X-Ray Spex, The Equals, Tina Turner, Junior Kimbrough, Yola and more! Discover some black excellence you may not have heard!  -- Listen to Ganser:  https://ga...

On Level 89 of My Little Underground, Miranda Elliot, the leader behind the fungus pop outfit, Old Man of The Woods talks to Peter A about her latest EP Dissolve , recording in isolation, the success of her initial cassette run with Totally Real Records, evolving her sound, local Richmond, VA artists to pay attention to and more!  -- Listen to Old Man of The Woods:   https://oldmanm...

On Level 88 of My Little Underground, New York City [insert sub genre] outfit Palberta talks with Peter A about their new melody driven album, Palberta5000 ! They also discuss John Coltrane's influence on this project, buying instruments from restaurants, their favorite shoes as well as the difficult task of finding out their genre!  -- Listen to Palberta: https://palbertapalberta.bandcamp.co...

On Level 87 of My Little Underground, Peter A talks with the leading man behind Peel Dream Magazine, Joe Stevens! Joe talked up the frequent comparisons to the likes of Stereolab, My Little Underground, etc and the idea of "wearing your influences on your sleeve." He also talked up the current Peel Dream projects such as Agitprop Alterna, Moral Panics and what he was planned for 2021! Joe and Pete...

On Level 86 of My Little Underground, Peter A and his younger brother Smiley Arriaga discuss the recent 10th birthday of the commercial breakthrough album of The Black Keys, 'Brothers' and reflect on the recent passing of the legendary MF Doom. They also talk about the Danger Mouse era of The Black Keys compared to the early raw sound of their first three albums.  -- Listen to Smiley Arriaga:...

On this bite sized Level 85 of My Little Underground, Peter A quickly discusses some of the albums he is looking forward to in 2021! Some these upcoming releases include Palberta's Palberta 5000, Bernice's Eau De Bonjourno , Madlib & Four Tet's collaboration Sound Ancestors and more! Peter A also discusses a few albums in the works but have no set release date such as Smol Data's Inconvenience...

Level 84 of My Little Underground is part 2 of the Best of 2020 series! This week, Conor Rooney returns to grade the best music of second half of 2020 with Peter A! They also reflect on some of the entire year of music and how it related to their roller coaster of emotions brought on my the COVID-19 outbreak and the continued wave of police misconduct incidents. Artists mentioned: Slow Pulp, Drew...

It's the most wonderful time of the year. Year end lists!!! Level 83 of My Little Underground begins part 1 of Peter A's discussion of the best music of the year. This week, Peter A goes through some of the stand out singles and EPs of 2020 such as the very successful Kid Cudi and Travis Scott collaboration, The Scotts & Meet Me @ The Altar bringing a fresh black perspective of pop punk. Liste...

On Level 82 of My Little Underground, Nana Adjoa is back after two years to talk up her debut full length album 'Big Dreaming Ants'! Nana and Peter A discuss of the concepts behind select tracks on the album as well as the album art itself! Nana also talks up her personal studio, her social media shyness, favorite vinyl records and more!  -- Listen to Nana Adjoa:  https://nanaadjoa.bandc...

Level 81 of My Little Underground welcomes Bryce Segall, the Alternative Regional Brand Manager at Entercom and host of the new music show, New Arrivals! Bryce discusses with Peter A  programming many Alternative radio stations under the Entercom umbrella, lack of diversity in Alternative radio and defining the term in 2020. Listen to New Arrivals every Sunday at 10pm ET on Alt 92.3 in NY and...

Prolific New York artist, Drew Citron (Beverly, Public Practice, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart) pulled up to My Little Underground to talk to Peter A about her debut solo album 'Free Now'. They talked about the vulnerable and emotion content of the project as well the multifaceted nature of Citron's work which includes the more direct and abrasive punk nature of Public Practice. Drew also discu...

Level 79 of My Little Underground is all about Queens of The Stone Age! Peter A and special guest Biasby  have decided to do a retrospective of their entire discography to commemorate the 20th Anniversary of 'Rated R', the bands sophomore release that helped propel them into the mainstream. Frontman Josh Homme's sister projects, Them Crooked Vultures, Eagles of Death Metal and Desert Sessions...

On Level 78 of My Little Underground, Karah Goldstein of Smol Data returns to shed some light on their upcoming full length album, 'Inconvenience Store'. Goldstein shares with Peter A the title of the album's first single, early demos, recording at home compared to a studio, Metric influence and more!  -- Listen to Smol Data: https://smoldata.bandcamp.com/album/smol-data-an-ep Inconvenience S...

On Level 77 of My Little Underground, Peter A catches up with an old friend (since 4th grade) Kaitlin Boyle, CEO & Founder of KBoyleCustoms! When COVID-19 broke out earlier this year, Kaitlin decided to take a change on herself and start a custom longboard business! Peter A and Kaitlin discuss starting a small business during a pandemic, career shifts, whether or not KBoyleCustoms is an art en...

On Level 76 of My Little Underground, Peter A talks with Joe Trainor who is a member of Wildhoney and is currently focused on his new band Dummy. Joe discussed Wildhoney's hiatus, formation of Dummy, wearing influences on your sleeve when said influences have done same. Joe also talked up his Tone Bursting music blog, showcasing obscure shoegaze acts such as Aspidistra and more! With one EP under...

Ganser's bass player, vocalist and graphic designer extraordinaire; Alicia Gaines pulls up to Level 75 of My Little Underground! Gaines talked up the new Ganser album, Just Look at The Sky , designing the artwork, legendary bass players, the history of black people in rock music, lack of diversity at shows from the DIY level to the major festival space. Alicia also discussed how black rock acts do...

On Level 74 of My Little Underground, Julian Maultsby, bass player of the Long Island quartet, Medicine Fish shares some details behind his solo project, Biasby! His talks with Peter A about his new single 'Warzone', how he constructed the song and why it is the right time to release solo material after almost a decade with Medicine Fish! Speaking of Medicine Fish, Julian and Peter A talk up their...