Our Annual Look At Holiday Records (2023)
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Release Date: 12/19/2023
Blitzen Trapper's Eric Earley, and a few words about Steve Albini (1962-2024)
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Blitzen Trapper's Eric Earley explains the zen inspirations behind his band's newest album, 100's of 1000's, Millions of Billions (May 17 on Yep Roc). RSD co-founder Carrie Colliton drops by with news of a Blitzen Trapper adjacent promotion to win a Steve Keene painting of Bob Pollard's artwork for the new album (details at RecordStoreDay.com) and chats with Paul about the significant passing of musician, recording engineer, poker champion, and indie philosopher king, Steve Albini (1952-2024) The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also...
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The Lemon Twigs Return!
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Last year, The Lemon Twigs' Brian & Michael D'Addario made their RSD Podcast debut to talk about one of the best albums of 2023, Everything Harmony. Exactly one year later, they're back with a brand new album, A Dream Is All We Know, recorded mostly by themselves at their Brooklyn studio, except for one track on which they collaborated with Sean Ono Lennon at his studio in upstate New York. It's another strong set of original music and you won't want to miss this conversation. Carrie Colliton has the week off. The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and...
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The High Llamas' Sean O'Hagan
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
English/Irish composer and arranger Sean O'Hagan (Microdisney, Stereolab) is perhaps best known as the visionary behind The High Llamas, whose second album Gideon Gaye (1994) blended a healthy respect for the harmonic tableaus of both Brian Wilson and Steely Dan with a delicate UK pop sound reminiscent of his contemporaries such as Prefab Sprout. On the brand new High Llamas album, Hey Panda, (featuring guests including Fryars, and Bonny "Prince" Billy) O'Hagan has been absorbing many of the production tricks of contemporary hip-hip records from the likes of Tyler The Creator or Solange, while...
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Joe Pernice returns!
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
As the dust settles after Record Store Day 2024, Joe Pernice joins the "second-timers club," returning to our podcast to unpack Who Will You Believe? the new album from The Pernice Brothers (New West Records). The Record Store Day Podcast is written, produced, engineered and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music. Executive Producers (for Record Store Day) Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton. For the most up-to-date news about all things RSD, visit RecordStoreDay.com) Sponsored by Dogfish Head Craft Brewery (), Tito's Handmade Vodka (),...
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RSD 2024 Preview #7 with Dhani Harrison, Eric Levin from Criminal Records (ATL), and a look at Nat King Cole.
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
For the last six episodes, we've been previewing some of the titles on the list for Record Store Day 2024 (April 20). This week, we wind down this series with a very special exclusive interview with musician and composer Dhani Harrison, who also happens to be the president of Dark Horse Records, the label founded by his father, the late and beloved George Harrison. Dark Horse is partnering on several releases with RSD, including his dad's Electronic Sound and Wonderwall Music, Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros Rock Art and The X-Ray Style, and Dreamers In The Field, a collaboration between...
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Stan Ridgway (Wall of Voodoo), and Celebrating the Funky Soul of Westbound Records
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
As we countdown to Record Store Day 2024, (April 20), we continue to spotlight a few of the special RSD releases from The List (go to RecordStoreDay.com for the whole thing). This week, Wall Of Voodoo founding member Stan Ridway regales us with tales of wild Los Angeles, and the circumstances leading up to the two Wall Of Voodoo RSD titles on offer this year, their self-titled 6-song debut, plus Wall Of Voodoo Live 1979, both from Jackpot Records. And we take a funky walk to 1970s Detroit with Andrew Rossiter from ORG Music and Josie Fox from Tito's Handmade Vodka to celebrate the music of the...
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Charlie Benante (Anthrax) and the RSD LOUD List with Steven Williams (Down In The Valley, Minneapolis)
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
This week, our Record Store Day 2024 preview series brings us to the LOUD part of the list (the full list is at RecordStoreDay.com). Charlie Benante (Anthrax, Pantera, Stormtroopers of Death) is here to talk about the RSD Exclusive 7" single he did with Anthrax's Scott Ian, and Dave Grohl (collectively known as G.B.I), a cover of the Bad Brains DC hardcore jam, "The Regulator," which is also a fundraiser for the ongoing healthcare of Bad Brains' H.R. Steven Williams at Down In The Valley in Minneapolis walks us through a few of the heavier things on the RSD list, among them his own Init...
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America (Gerry Beckley & Dewey Bunnell), and Zev Feldman Looks at the RSD Jazz List 2024
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
As we continue the countdown to Record Store Day 2024 (April 20) we're covering diverse ends of The List (always accessible at RecordStoreDay.com) This week, founding members of America, Gerry Beckley and Dewey Bunnell, are here to talk about their RSD Exclusive Release Event, America: Live From The Hollywood Bowl 1975, recorded during America's "imperial era" on August 3, 1975, featuring an orchestra conducted by their legendary producer, Sir George Martin. Our chat touches on their stories of working at Abbey Road with Sir George, their connection to Phil Hartman and Janet Jackson, and the...
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De La Soul, and a look at the 2024 RSD Hip Hop List with Phillip Rollins (OffBeat Records, Jackson, MS)
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
The list of releases coming out on Record Store Day 2024 (April 20) is expansive, so we're taking on different aspects of the list every week. This week we couldn't be more thrilled to welcome Posdnuos (Plug 1) and Maseo (Plug 3) from the legendary De La Soul to talk about their fallen brother Dave "Trugoy the Dove" Jolicoeur (Plug 2), and their landmark albums including 3 Feet High And Rising and Stakes Is High, plus their RSD 2024 release, De La Soul Live At Tramps NYC 1996. Plus we cover a few of the other Hip Hop titles on the list with Phillip Rollins (aka DJ...
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RSD PREVIEW: Steve Conte, plus a look at NUGGETS LIVE with Rick Johnson and Jon Wurster.
The Record Store Day Podcast with Paul Myers
Hey we're WEEKLY now! This week, we continue to ramp up to Record Store Day (April 20) with another look at two special releases coming out on that special day. RSD's Rick Johnson has put together a live recording of last November's tribute concert, Lenny Kaye & Friends: Live At The Cat's Cradle, a 50th Anniversary Celebration of Nuggets. We'll hear from Rick and then hear from the drummer from the star-studded event itself, Jon Wurster (Bob Mould Band, Mountain Goats, Superchunk). Then ex-New York Dolls guitarist Steve Conte unveils his RSD release, The Concrete Jangle, most of which was...
info_outlineOnce again, it's time to take our annual glance at some of the records that make it a cool yule, and this year we have a very qualified guide in returning guest, journalist and author Annie Zaleski, who has written about 100 of them in her new book This Is Christmas, Song by Song (Running Press).
And since it's our holiday party, Paul talks holiday music with RSD co-founder Carrie Colliton.
The Record Store Day Podcast is written produced, engineered, and hosted by Paul Myers, who also composed the theme music and selected interstitial music.
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