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A chat about compiling a giant book of emo band photos. Get full access to ZERO CRED at danozzi.substack.com/subscribe

A conversation with Ratboys frontperson Julia Steiner about their new album The Window, as well as iPods, The Simpsons, and where good song ideas come from. Get full access to ZERO CRED at danozzi.substack.com/subscribe

Talking about working out and Perfect Saviors with the (not so) mysterious cult member. Get full access to ZERO CRED at danozzi.substack.com/subscribe

A conversation with the NY photographer about compiling a massive book documenting the history of an already iconic venue, St. Vitus. Get full access to ZERO CRED at danozzi.substack.com/subscribe

A chat with the songwriter on the release of her new album, 'The Answer Is Always Yes.' Get full access to ZERO CRED at danozzi.substack.com/subscribe

A conversation with the mastermind behind Single Mothers and the Drew Thomson Foundation. Get full access to ZERO CRED at danozzi.substack.com/subscribe

A chat about writing, creativity, and starting an indie press with the Rose Books founder and author of 'Tonight I'm Someone Else.' Get full access to ZERO CRED at danozzi.substack.com/subscribe

A conversation about writing rock books with Jim Ruland, author of Corporate Rock Sucks. Get full access to ZERO CRED at danozzi.substack.com/subscribe

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the only and therefore greatest email newsletter about music in the known universe. I’ve been running a series here over the last few weeks called SELLOUT STORIES where I post extended chats with some of the people who make appearances in my BELOVED and BESTSELLING new book SELLOUT . Please see past episodes with Chris #2 of Anti-Flag , Norman Brannon of Texas Is th...

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the best/only newsletter about music. I’ve been doing a lot of supplementary interviews around here lately about my book SELLOUT since it has consumed my damn life over the last two months. As such, I’ve run interviews about the major-label experiences of The Bronx , Less Than Jake , Anti-Flag , Texas Is the Reason , Thrice , and Murder by Death . But today I figure...

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, my perfect email newsletter about music which has never had a single typo or msitake in it! I had my West Coast SELLOUT release party last week in Los Angeles and it still amazes me that an entire venue’s worth of people will show up to hear about A BOOK. THE WRITTEN WORD! Thank you for coming if you did! I really do need to set up some events in other cities, huh?...

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the only/greatest newsletter about music in the world. Welp, SELLOUT has been out for a week and the response has been so overwhelming. Every morning I wake up to dozens and dozens and dozens of nice messages from you all. Apologies if I haven’t gotten to all of them but I really appreciate the support! I’ve done approximately 9,000 interviews about the book recentl...

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the greatest email newsletter about music in the world/shameless hype machine for my new book SELLOUT , which is out NEXT WEEK. ( BUY IT !) Today I’d like to introduce a new podcast segment which I’m excited about called Sellout Stories . These are interviews with people whose major-label experiences (or near-miss experiences) deserve a full hour of chatting. Some p...

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the world’s greatest music newsletter which is also sometimes an interview podcast. Listen to all previous episodes on Spotify  and  Apple . The kindest praise I believe a writer can give another about their work is: I wish I’d written this . About 100 pages into Franz Nicolay’s debut novel, Someone Should Pay for Your Pain , that thought hit me like a baseball bat....

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the greatest newsletter about music, ever. Sometimes I put text into these things and sometimes I put audio conversations. Today is a convo for your listening pleasure! Hm. Do I, of all people, need to sit here and type an introduction for today’s guest, Brendan Kelly? [my producers are yelling in my earpiece that yes, in fact, I do.] OK, OK, fine, I will introduce...

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the newsletter about music which is also sometimes a podcast. Listen to today’s episode and others on  Spotify  or  Apple . I’ve got to be out of my goddamned mind to agree to interview The Armed on April Fool’s Day. Trying to get a clear picture of the enigmatic Detroit collective has been like nailing Jell-O to the wall for those who’ve tried. A few years ago, I s...

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the only email newsletter about music that is also sometimes a podcast. Today, it’s a podcast. Listen to this episode and others on  Spotify  or  Apple . You’d think a guy like Mikey Erg would get cynical or jaded about music. After all, the guy has played in a near limitless slew of bands over the last decade, toured through every venue in every city in America, an...

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the only email newsletter about music that is also sometimes a podcast. Today, it’s a podcast. Listen to past episodes on Spotify  or  Apple . This post is a sappy one. Don’t say you weren’t warned! Many years ago, when I was entering the thoroughly unprofitable world of writing about rock bands for a living, I was largely figuring it out as I went along. I didn’t k...

Hello and welcome to  REPLY ALT , the best email newsletter about music in the entire world which is also sometimes a podcast—the best podcast in the entire world. Today it’s a podcast. Sometime around 2013 I heard a band called Cayetana. They only had a handful of songs to their name at the time and that was all I needed to hear. I was instantly hooked on the Philly trio’s scrappy take on punk, e...

Hello and welcome back to REPLY ALT. As previously mentioned , I had to take a short break from the newsletter game to finish the first draft of my book, so thanks for the patience. As a writer who takes pride in meeting deadlines, I am pleased to report that I stuffed everything into the mailslot at the eleventh hour. All 140,000 words of it. People keep asking how long that is in pages. I’d imag...

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT , the best email newsletter about music in the entire world which is also sometimes a podcast—the best podcast in the entire world. Today it’s a podcast. Sometimes I will spend a few hours preparing for an interview so that I will pass as someone who at least wields some vague sense of what the fuck they’re talking about. Sometimes, if I’m being honest, I will be cra...

Hello and welcome to another edition of REPLY ALT, the only newsletter about music ever to exist. Thanks to everyone who bought a copy of the zine I put on sale last week . They sold out way, wayyyy faster than I’d expected, so apologies if you didn’t get one but my insecurity rendered me incapable of printing literally a single copy more than I did. Today’s newsletter is once again a podcast. Ple...

Jonah Ray, photo by me. Welcome to REPLY ALT, the world’s only newsletter about music. Today’s edition is once again a podcast. Please see previous episodes with:  Sarah Tudzin  [Illuminati Hotties], David Anthony , Chris Farren ,  Lauren Denitzio  [Worriers],  Todd Taylor  [Razorcake], and  Jenny Owen Youngs . They’re also available on streaming services like  Spotify  and  Apple  and all that. O...

Today’s newsletter is once again a podcast. Please see previous episodes with: Sarah Tudzin [Illuminati Hotties], Chris Farren ,  Lauren Denitzio  [Worriers],  Todd Taylor  [Razorcake], and  Jenny Owen Youngs . They’re available on Spotifies and Apples and all that. Oh and subscribe to REPLY ALT! If you were a listener of my old podcast, No Plus Ones , you will be familiar with today’s guest, Davi...

Hello and welcome to REPLY ALT, the world’s only and therefore greatest email newsletter about music. Sometimes I use this newsletter’s built-in podcast feature. (Please see previous episodes with Chris Farren , Lauren Denitzio [Worriers], Todd Taylor [Razorcake], and Jenny Owen Youngs .) And today I’m once again taking a crack at it with a new episode, featuring an interview with Sarah Tudzin of...