The Sketched Sounds Podcast

This episode is with Stephen Clair! He is a lifelong singer-songwriter kicking out the jams on the heels of 2019’s full length Strange Perfume with his pre-Covid recordings The Small Hours. We talked process, his teaching style and the art of the three piece.

Tiny Stills are an LA-based pop-punk band whose recent release, 'Craigslist Bed', playfully reminisces on the harsh pain of splitting your stuff after a breakup. We talked about their forthcoming EP, the future of shows and this damn quarantine.

Skylar Watkins is a music photographer and founder of Sad Punk Press, a quarterly print publication featuring multimedia works on music and culture in the digital age.

Peter Barnes is a touring music photographer based in Nebraska as well as lead guitarist for the post-hardcore band Been Better.

Jessie is an indie/dark pop musician based in Los Angeles. She works closely with recent guest Viktor Ahlgren and played one of LA’s final holdout shows in an alley. Cops didn’t like that.

Sorry Party’s Chris and Ned joined me for another #Quarantinecast! We caught up about the lockdown, guilty displeasures and how good shows always overshadow numbers.

Viktor is a Sweden-based musician and producer, working with Los Angeles favorite LACEI and is 1/2 of electronic outfit Deeps.

Jon Valdez and I catch up amidst the COVID-19 lockdown. Jon is stuck in San Jose and we debate whether or not he should come back down.

E Scott Lindner is a composer, producer and audio engineer based in Long Island City, NY, where he maintains Pinch Recordings – his own studio among a network of creatives. His recent release, In Flowers Through Space, is a concept album based entirely on the Fibonacci Sequence, a mathematical principle found throughout the universe on a scale from micro to macro. Check it out on multiple channels...

An impromptu podcast with Austin Adams and John Owens. Austin is a guitarist and frontman of Mire, whose work in the local scene can be heard across the Inland Empire. John is a musician, audio engineer, and host of The Sunday Show with Johnny O.

This episode is with Bridgetown Vagabond, La Puente three piece whose roots in punk, rock and a bit of jazz make for pleasant hits of nostalgia with an ear for the future.

Episode 28 is with Brain Fragment, a local No Wave outfit with a new record in the works. Originally a noise duo, the band has expanded to five members with even more creative juices flowing. This one is just shy of two hours, featuring stories from the road and the process of recording an album in twelve hours. Listen below.

The long-awaited El Haru Kuroi interview is here! We talked about music, Los Angeles and the obnoxious overpriced tag of gentrification.

This episode is with Jen and Henry of Aloud – Miami-born, LA by way of Boston quartet whose mutual love of the classics in British Invasion bears overwhelming fruit. I was introduced to Henry at I believe the Polartropica residency at Bootleg, though we didn’t speak until much later. It was a loud one. A loud. Aloud. Well I reached out for an interview and met Jen who was happy to set it up. We al...

Richard Jankovich leads Big Mother Gig, alternative rock band originally formed in Wisconsin, who is working on a new record due for release in November. We talked music, shows and strange genres in the beautiful Arlington Gardens of Pasadena.

Today’s episode is with Azam Ali, Iranian-American multi-instrumentalist whose latest album, Phantoms, explores a multidimensional reality from a sonically ethereal perspective. We hung out at Teragram Ballroom in LA just before her set and talked about the new record. Big thanks to Girl Underground Music for the collaboration! Check out Girl Underground Music for the article and more photos.

Episode #2 of the sub-series Justin Hates the Simpsons is out! Jon and I talk movies, news and spoil the hell out of Another Life. Listen in.

Episode 18 of the podcast is with LA punks Dangerously Sleazy, the three piece about to hit the road again to support their forthcoming EP, Sleep Apnea.

Jon Valdez and I hung out at the old cafe to talk movies, shows and things we both missed.

So I saw my first show at the Echoplex and got instantly hooked to anything Part Time Punks wants to do. She Past Away played the final show of their US tour the other night with locals Aurat and visiting Texans, Twin Tribes. Check out the full write-up at www.girlundergroundmusic.com

Hey friends! This episode is with Human Offline, the electronic project of Andrew Long. He and premiere podcast guest Vinny Macias worked together on the latest HO single, “False Dreaming”. Does it sound weird? Don’t worry, I’m learning. Enjoy.