SPINNING OUT PODCAST

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with musician Brian Venable (of Lucero) about Marvin Gaye's 1971 album "What's Going On," and also about political activism in music & trying to get back to the roots of making simple songs. Lucero released their most recent album, When You Found Me, on January 29th, 202...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with my good friend Dylan Wachman (of Dollar Signs) about the 2010 Gorillaz album, "Plastic Beach," the guy from Blur, anime & about how nerd culture became the dominant culture, but not without a fight. Dollar Signs released their newest album, Hearts of Gold, on March...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with musician/podcaster Grey Gordon about Polvo's 1993 album "Today's Active Lifestyles," and we ask ourselves where have all the true weirdos gone. Grey does Demolisten Podcast and also plays in the bands Kill Surf City, Antlers as Roots, and Summerhead. Really Rad Reco...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with musician/actor Kiley Lotz (of Petal) about George Harrison's 1973 album, "Living in the Material World." We talk about The Beatles (of course), spirituality & learning how to be enough for yourself. Kiley is currently filming their first movie Brave the Dark, starri...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with comedian Myq Kaplan about Dan Bern's 2001 album, "New American Language." Last year I spoke with Myq on his podcast, Brocolli & Icecream and it was an honor to connect with him again. We had a lovely chat about music, comedy & about how sometimes the two meet. Myq r...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with Rob Pennington of the bands By the Grace of God, Endpoint, Black Cross & as you’ll hear in the chat, his new band Jupiter Hearts. We talked about Ozzy Osbourne’s debut solo album “Blizzard of Ozz,” our personal connection to the record, and Rob fills me in on some L...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with Sarah Blumenthal (of Alright & Faye) about Lucero's second and third albums. We go pretty deep into our long love into this band and feeling like a main character in other people's life. This is the 50th episode of the pod, so thanks so much to anyone who's been the...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. WELCOME to a preview of one of our Patreon episodes with co-host Sarah Blumenthal. Every week we dig into an album from our past and find out if it still resonates with us. On this episode we talk about Hawthorne Heights' 2004 debut album, "Silence in Black & White," and touch on the tip of...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with Jeremy Bolm of the bands Touche Amore & Hesitation Wounds, also of First Ever Podcast. We talked about The National's 2010 album "High Violet" & never being too late to discover a new band. Touche Amore released their most recent album, "Lament," last year on Epitap...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with Sam Bielanski of the band Pony and of the podcast 2 Much TV. We talked about That Dog's 1997 "Retreat from the Sun," & the mythology of Hollywood and "making it." Pony released their album "TV Baby" on April 9th, 2021 on Take This to Heart Records. https://ponytheba...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with Maura Weaver of the band Direct Hit, Homeless Gospel Choir, Ogikubo Station, The Mimes, and previously of Mixtapes. To be honest I probably forgot a couple. We talked about Liz Phair's 1993 debut album "Exile in Guyville," as well as mysoginistic double standards in...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with David Mitchell of Gulfer. We talked about Coheed & Cambria's debut album Second Stage Turbine Blade and the mythology behind the Armory Wars and other things, of course. Gulfer recently released a split with Charmer, as well as their S/T 2020 album on Topshelf/Royal...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Check out the episode a few days before the usual Monday drop! Today we're talking with Julia Steiner of Ratboys. We talked about Silversun Pickups' debut album "Carnavas" & how this is the perfect album for late night drives. We don't profess to be experts on this band or album, but after...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with Dylan and Justin Hensley of Punk Lotto Pod. We talked about Minutemen's classic 1984 album Double Nickels on the Dime. We also talk about the documentary We Jam Econo & growing up in small towns outside of the beaten path and how that influenced all of us, and how s...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with Jon Wurster of Superchunk, Mountain Goats, Bob Mould and of Best Show fame! We talked about The Clash's 1979 album London Calling. Big fan of Jon Wuster's music & comedy, so it was a huge honor. Honestly bummed we didn't talk about Bob Mould & our love of Husker Du,...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with my new friend Amy Hoffman of the band Future Teens. We talked about Carly Rae Jepsen's 2015 album, "Emotion," our mutual love of Tom Hanks & growing up Christian. We also workshopped a couple film ideas for Carly Rae. Future Teens released their most recent EP, "Del...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with artist Mike King about the 1980 post-punk album, "For How Much Longer Do We Tolerate Mass Murder" by The Pop Group. To be honest I'd never heard of this album, but was super into it & so glad Mike introduced me to it. it's such a viscerally political record that sti...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with Scott Hicks of the band Totally Slow about Government Issue's 1987 album, "You." We're both big fans of this band, especially this later era. RIP John Stabb of Government Issue, such an amazing underrated frontman. If you're having trouble looking for the album on s...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. Today we're talking with Ryan Allen of the band Extra Arms about Superdrag's third album, "In the Valley of Dying Stars," from the year 2000. As much of a fan of this band as I am, I somehow completely missed this album. Like most people, I was fixated with "Regretfully Yours," so I missed...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. This week's guest is my new friend Phil Ward aka Lord Warddd. We chatted about the 1984 hip-hop compilation Street Sounds Electro 4. Once again, I've broken my personal rule of covering compilations, but this was too interesting to pass up. Street Sounds Electro 4 isn't available for stream...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. This week's guest is my long-time friend Slade Baird (of Amigo). We chatted about Frank Black's 1996 album, "Cult of Ray." What makes this album interesting is that it isn't an album most people would reach for when it comes to Frank Black, so that really interested me. The Pixies are alway...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. This week's guest is Skylar Sarkis (of Taking Meds). We chatted about Warren Zevon's 2000 album, "Life'll Kill Ya." We're both huge fans of Zevon, so this talk really brushes on his whole career, while mainly focusing on this specific album. Warren Zevon was a complicated person who had a l...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. This week's guest is my good friend Karl Kuehn (of Museum Mouth). We chatted about Incubus' 2001 album, "Morning View." Karl and I go way back, have played many shows together and even toured a few times together. So good to catch up and do an in-person chat together! On top of playing musi...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. This week's guest is Rae Goldman (of Goldwoman). We chatted about Haim's 2013 debut, "Day Are Gone," and as always a slew of other detours along the way. Had a lot of fun chatting with Rae, and I'm looking forward to the amazing new S/T Goldwoman album out June 11th on Self Aware Records. I...

Spinning Out (another music podcast) We talk to artists about their favorite albums and go on wild tangents. This week's guest is Matt Scottoline, of the Philly band Hurry, also previously of Everyone Everywhere. We chatted about the 1995 Teenage Fanclub album, "Grand Prix," an album I love a lot, but one honestly that I didn't know a ton about. So Matt helps guide me along my power-pop journey. W...