My Little Underground

On Level 73 of My Little Underground, Peter A talks to Olivia Bradley-Skill, Music Director of one of the biggest freeform radio stations in the tri-state area, WFMU! Olivia discusses her role as Music Director for a freeform station and how it compares to her experiences doing so during her college radio years. Ms. Bradley-Skill also hosts a creative show on WFMU titled Radio Ravioli that airs ev...

On Level 72 of My Little Underground, Melissa Recarte, CEO of Ricky's Compass, a non-profit organization dedicated to shattering the stigma surrounding mental health. Recarte is also a sixth grade teacher in New Jersey's Morris School District and she discusses the difficult task of teaching during a global pandemic and the mental health ramifications of doing so. Peter A. and Melissa also discuss...

On Level 71 of My Little Underground, Bryan Bruchman, host of the Music Digest podcast on BTRToday  & founder of Totally Real Records talks new music discovery (duh), shoegaze (classic pete), music jadedness, maneuvering music licensing in podcasting, running a label and more! -- Follow My Little Underground:  https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.ins...

On Level 70 of My Little Underground, Peter A talks with radio host Lamark Plaskett about their humble beginnings at 90.3 WKRB, which was the genesis of The Fresh Movement which now airs on Party 101.9 Radio every Friday night 7pm - 9pm ET! Lamark discusses the growth of the show by obtaining sponsors and searching for new co-hosts. Peter and Lamark also talk about the current state of radio and h...

On Level 69 (ha!) of My Little Underground, Peter A talks with Jasamine White-Gluz, the primary songstress of the beloved Montreal band, No Joy! Jasamine pulled up to discuss the new No Joy album. 'Motherhood', how the project has evolved passed being a traditional band, developing many creative sampling techniques, working with her sister Alissa White-Gluz of Arch Enemy for the first time and how...

On Level 68 of My Little Underground, Dion Lunadon, former bassist of A Place To Bury Strangers discusses the difficult decision to leave the band after 10 years to focus on solo ventures. Dion has since released his first solo single in three years,  'When Will I Hold You Again' which has raised over $2,000 for organizations Campaign Zero and City Harvest NYC which the former benefits anti-p...

On Level 67 of My Little Underground, Peter A welcomes Claudia Renee, host of The Ambition Hour Podcast and co-owner of WTW (Worth The Wait Records)! Claudia talks up the foundation and progression of The Ambition Hour Podcast and it's connection to WTW Records. She also discusses how The Ambition Hour stands out among other podcasts, what she looks for in an artist, Verzuz series, her #CanYallHea...

Media personality and fitness instructor, Ally Melendez makes her grand return to My Little Underground! On Level 66, Melendez and Peter A bond over their love of running and how to do it safely during this pandemic, she also discusses how COVID-19 effected her sports hosting endeavors with the Long Island Nets, NCAA Atlantic 10 and possible work with the Mets! Ally started a weekly Instagram Live...

On Level 65 of My Little Underground, New York native Raia Was pulls up to talk up her upcoming full length album 'Angel, I'm Frightened (Side B)', the fantastic Bandcamp compilation she curated, 'NYC-Sides: Vol 1'; with proceeds going to the food relief service, Food Issues Group. We also discussed diversity (or lack there of) within the New York DIY music community, the impact of Cocteau Twins a...

On Level 64 of My Little Underground, Brooklyn based and LA bred, Nyallah pulls up to talk up her "Lately" single, balancing college life at USC while recording her 2019 'Reflections' EP, the importance of having a black or brown therapist as a black person her Loft Sessions organization, diversity in artistic spaces and more!  --------------- Follow My Little Underground:  https://www.f...

On Level 63 of My Little Underground, Miss Eaves returns! The Brooklyn based charismatic artist is back on My Little Underground to discuss her brand new EP, How It Is, her #BellyBounceChallenge, learning french, farts (yes, farts), paper mache (classic Eaves), Influencer culture and more!  ----- Follow My Little Underground:  https://www.facebook.com/mlupod/?modal=admin_todo_tour https:...

On Level 62 of My Little Underground, Elise Okusami of Oceanator pulls up to discuss her upcoming album "Things I Never Said" out 8/28 on her very own Plastic Miracles label. She talks all about her community focused intentions behind starting a label, our shared love of Courtney Barnett, great punk legends, Twitch cover sets, her creative patreon perks and more! ----------- Follow My Little Under...

On Level 61 of My Little Underground, Peter A takes a trip back 15 years to 2005 to discuss some of the great tunes that came out that year and well they have aged. He'll discuss interesting singles such as the ubiquitous "We Belong Together" from Mariah Carey, the eternal party anthem, "Pon de Replay" from Rihanna and one of the best album intros, "Extraordinary Machine" from Fiona Apple. The sou...

On Level 60 of My Little Underground, Peter A discusses the streaming service that has been a major supporter of independent artists, Bandcamp! Since a lot of artists, especially those that use the service frequently, lost their tour revenue due to COVID-19, Bandcamp has been waiving their fee monthly so that fans can directly support their favorite indie acts! Peter also goes through some of his...

On Level 59 of My Little Underground, Peter A & special guest, Smiley Arriaga discuss the Madlib alter ego, Quasimoto, and the 20th anniversary of the project's debut album, 'The Unseen'.  Both discuss how they first came across the landmark underground hip-hop album, the album's best songs such as the record collector anthem "Return of The Loop Digga", the relevancy of the anti-police di...

We're halfway through the year which means it's time to grade midterms! Level 58 of My Little Underground welcomes Conor Rooney back for the Midterm Report 2020! Peter A and Conor discuss the best albums of 2020 and how society performed on their midterms this year as well. Listen as they discuss great albums from Fiona Apple, Run The Jewels, Irreversible Entanglements, Perfume Genius and more! Co...

On Level 57 of My Little Underground, Peter A discusses some great albums from 2010 and if they aged well ten years later! 2010 seemed to be the year of the black genre bender with albums from Janelle Monae, Kid Cudi, Drake & B.o. B all blending elements of many genres including soul, r&b, swing, hip-hop, pop and indie-rock. This was also the year of noise-pop/shoegaze revival acts such Du...

On Level 56 of My Little Underground, Peter A talks to Aly (Singer) & Tommy (Guitar) of Brooklyn rising stars, Lovehoney! We talked about the story of their upcoming EP, 'Victory', Arlene's Grocery naming a drink after them, the best Lovehoney project so far, playing with DMC of Run DMC, what it means to be a Black and Latinx fronted rock band in 2020, great black guitar players of the past an...

On Level 55 of My Little Underground, Peter A has a big talk with Sam Raia, one of the vocalists and guitarists of the Long Island band Necter! Raia talks about her role as the booker of shows for the group, connecting with bands from other states, getting booked for the Great South Bay Music Festival, their new album Spilt Milk and more!  ------------------------------- Follow My Little Unde...

On Level 54 of My Little Underground, Long Island's own, DJ Kaution talks to Peter A about DJing for Mase (Yes, Bad Boy Mase), learning how to DJ before the days of YouTube tutorials, the importance of the 2001 documentary Scratch, CDJs vs Turntables, the effects of COVID on live DJing, maneuvering the Twitch space and more!  ---------------- Follow My Little Underground: https://www.facebook...

On Level 53 of My Little Underground; Julia Steiner, lead singer of the Chicago outfit, Ratboys gives some insight on their creative quarantine endeavors. Ratboys have started a public access TV style show on Twitch called Ratboys Virtual Tour where they interview fellow artists and perform! Julia also discussed how Bandcamp's monthly fee waiver has benefited Ratboys and what artists we should sho...

Level 52 of My Little Underground featuring the Los Angeles quartet, Gateway Drugs! It has been five years since their debut album, Magick Spells and they recently announced its follow up, PSA out May 8th! I find out why they have been asleep of half a decade and what brought them out of their slumber. They discuss their work with Sune Rose Wagner of The Raveonettes and what they learned from him,...

On Level 51 of My Little Underground, John Velsor discusses his three main music projects; Astronauto , Medicine Fish and 3BC . We discussed the character and musical differences of each project,  the history of certain songs he has written over the years that have found new life on his projects. Velsor discusses how he remains creative in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak, "long songs" and...

My Little Underground has reached Level 50 after two years of working at a snails pace! I'm so glad to finally welcome NYC duo, Gemma to My Little Underground! Their second album, Feeling's Not A Tempo is close to its first trip around the sun and since nobody, especially musicians, can leave the house, I thought this was the perfect change to talk up how they're creatively handling COVID-19 as ar...

New York rising star, Anna Shoemaker arrives on My Little Underground to talk about her latest EP, Everything Is Embarrassing , how COVID-19 is effecting her as an artist, connecting with fans, Soundcloud success, and more!  -------- Follow My Little Underground:  https://www.facebook.com/mlupod/ https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #MLUPod