Episode 357 Jeffrey Henson Scales
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Photo: Sabrina Santiago Early in his career, photographer and former New York Times photo editor documented the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s. These photographs were compiled in his 2022 monograph . During the 1970s, he worked in the music industry as a tour manager, production director, and equipment manager for acts including and . He also shot album covers, film posters, and promotional photography for groups such as , , and . Jeffrey's photo work was featured in the National Gallery of Art's 2025 exhibition . His photographs are held in the...
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Episode 356:In the Red Records Head Larry Hardy
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In 1991, Larry Hardy founded the enduring Los Angeles-based label In the Red Records. Guided by Larry's personal taste for raw, "atonal garage music" and sonic extremes, the small operation has cultivated a catalog of over 300 titles, championing underground acts like , the , and . On August 21st, In the Red Records—in partnership with the newly revived —will release by The This previously unreleased 12-track album is sourced from the band's October 1977 sessions at in Memphis, produced by Big Star's . While those sessions produced early classics like Surfin' Bird and Human Fly, an...
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Episode 355: Lydia & Tim Summer Break / Tour Update
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It’s been a busy summer for Lydia and Tim. Stay tuned for more guests joining in the coming weeks, but for now, we're catching you up on everything in this brand-new "minisode"—recorded all the way from Lydia's bed in Brooklyn and from Tim's tour in Japan.
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Episode 354 Black Cab's Andrew Coates
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During their June 2026 , Lydia turns the mic on her touring partner, Andrew Coates of Melbourne's . Together, the duo brought a , live reimagining of and Alan Vega to stops in , Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, and Perth. The run commemorated the tenth anniversary of Vega's passing, channeling the energy of the 1970s NYC underground where Lydia’s bond with Vega and Martin Rev began.
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Episode 353 Guitarist Reg Bloor
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is a guitarist, instrument builder, and founder of the record label. For 18-years she collaborated with composer , serving as a guitarist, concertmaster, and manager on international tours and multiple albums. On June 12, 2026, she will conduct Branca's at Lincoln Center, and she is currently preparing the release of his Symphony No. 4. Independently, Reg has released four solo guitar albums, co-founded the bands and Twitcher, and contributed to several film soundtracks.
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Episode 352 Beirut Slump's Bobby Swope AKA Bobby Berkowitz
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Robert “Bobby” Swope belonged to a talented cadre of avant-garde visionaries—among them Arto Lindsay, , , and —who first crossed paths as students at Florida's Eckerd College in the mid-1970s. This collective moved to New York City in 1977, where they formed the nucleus of the No Wave movement alongside other luminaries like Lydia. Bobby first met Lydia at her birthday celebration in 1978, where she was introduced to both Bobby and his sister, Liz. Captivated by their energy, Lydia invited the siblings to join k and in , a side project conceived to run parallel to her...
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Episode 351 Short Tour Special
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Lydia and Tim are on a whirlwind tour right now, hitting stages in Brazil, Australia, Japan, and Europe! The heavy travel and intense performance schedule have made pinning them down for an interview tough, but this week we've got the scoop on exactly where you can see them live. If they are coming to your city, you won't want to miss it. Listen now to get all the details.
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Episode 350 Writer Zoe Hansen
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In this episode returning to The Lydian Spin is writer and artist . Zoe is a writer, video artist, and longtime friend of the podcast. On this episode she is here to celebrate a big milestone. Her brand new memoir, , is officially out from It is an amazing, firsthand look at three decades of New York City’s underground culture, documenting her survival and journey from a London runaway to a Manhattan madam.
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Episode 349 Genre Is Death
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, a limitation-destroying noise band formed by (guitar, vox) and (bass, vox), release their debut album, out May 1 2026 on . Their sound is abrasive yet melodic, using heavy distortion, dissonant riffs, and reverberating vocals to create music that feels both minimal and overwhelming. Their newest record Attractive People, recorded by legendary sound producer , prods and pushes its listener with tongue in cheek lyrics that accuse and indict their audience, cacophonous guitar shrieks of power and madness, and bass lines that oscillate from funky to erratic dissonance. While...
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Episode 348 Lorin Benedict
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is a California-based improvising vocalist (scat singer, essentially), who operates in the fields of jazz and jazz-adjacent music. In addition, he works as a theoretical and computational applied physicist where his focus is on understanding the properties of materials in extreme conditions of pressure and temperature.
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Larry Mullins, also known as Toby Dammit, is a musician, record producer, and composer who plays drums, percussion, and keyboards. He performs as a member of the bands Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Swans, and previously played with Iggy Pop and The Stooges. He has also worked on scores for film and television and appeared in a performance role in the series Babylon Berlin. Stay tuned next week for Part 2.