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Brian Reitzell - Watch Dogs
In May 2014, the video game company Ubisoft released Watch Dogs, about a vigilante hacker in Chicago in the near future. Here's how the game is descr…
11 years, 9 months ago
Open Mike Eagle - Dark Comedy Morning Show (feat. Toy Light)
In this episode, rapper Open Mike Eagle talks about making the song Dark Comedy Morning Show, along with the track's producer, Walker Ashby, aka Toy …
11 years, 9 months ago
The Microphones - I Want Wind to Blow
In the fall of 2001, Phil Elverum released the album The Glow Pt 2 on K Records. Pitchfork named it the best album of the year. In this episode, Phil…
11 years, 10 months ago
Converge - Dark Horse
The band Converge formed in 1990, when its members were teenagers. They've been making music that lives somewhere in the intersection of punk, hardco…
11 years, 10 months ago
Nite Jewel - One Second of Love
In this episode, we'll get a deconstructed view of the song One Second of Love by Nite Jewel. I spoke to Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel and her partne…
11 years, 11 months ago
Garbage - Felt
The band Garbage formed in 1994 when three guys from Madison Wisconsin — Butch Vig, Steve Marker, and Duke Erikson, met Scottish singer Shirley Manso…
11 years, 11 months ago
Poliça - Smug
Ryan Olson is a member of the band Polica. Though he doesn't perform with them live, he put the band together, produces the songs, and co-writes them…
12 years ago
Loren Bouchard - Bob's Burgers (Theme Song)
Loren Bouchard is the creator of the animated television comedy Bob's Burgers, a series about a family and the restaurant they own and live above, cu…
12 years ago
Jeff Beal - House of Cards (Main Title Theme)
Composer Jeff Beal deconstructs the main title theme music to the Netflix original series House of Cards. The show has been nominated for multiple Em…
12 years, 1 month ago
Daedelus - Experience
Alfred Darlington, better known as Daedelus, takes apart his song Experience. This early track of his is made with only acoustic sounds, but Alfred s…
12 years, 1 month ago