Podcasts focused on digging deeper into underground and experimental sounds of the past and present.
On this installment of the podcast, I get back to sifting through the stacks of new music and new discoveries from the past few months, and once again there are some incredible releases to highlight, including works by Blue Chemise, Nick Storring, Rambutan, Space Afrika, Will Guthrie, Beatriz Ferreyra, and much more. I hope you enjoy…
On this installment of the podcast, I dig into the vast musical universe of Dereck Higgins, an artist and musician who has been active in the Omaha, Nebraska music community since the 1970s. Higgins has played in numerous bands over the years including Norman & The Rockwells, Digital Sex, RAF, InDreama, and Son, Ambulance to…
On this installment of the podcast, I get back to combing through a bunch of new arrivals and other releases connected to more recent events. There are so many high-quality albums to discuss this time around, including new works from Aaron Dillioway & Lucrecia Dalt, Johnny Coley, Eric Arn, Maxine Funke, Dereck Higgins, and much…
On this installment, I speak with Anne-F Jacques, who is a sound artist based in Montreal, Quebec. Jacques creates unique sound-making contraptions, devices, and idiosyncratic systems from small motors and other discarded parts and found objects, and she utilizes contact mics and tiny amplification set-ups to produce really fascinating textures and unexpected rhythms. Jacques’ creations…
On this installment of the podcast, I chat with Markus Acher, who is a German musician, composer, label owner, festival organizer, and much more, perhaps best known for his work in the long-running band, The Notwist. Earlier this year, The Notwist released their first album in seven years called Vertigo Days, which finds the group…
We play catch-up with a recent round of episodes of Dan Melchior’s Quality Street show where the classics get desecrated and performed to varying degrees of charm. These are some fun episodes with stellar playlists as always. Check ’em out if you haven’t already.
On this installment of the podcast, I’ve got another stack of mostly new music to highlight for you again. Things swing pretty widely this time between more melodic and even catchy songs to the most wildly eccentric sound collage work, but I think it’s all quite interesting and hopefully you hear some of the loose…
On this installment, I get back to covering a bunch of new releases and new discoveries that I’ve acquired over the past few months. It’s taken a little longer than usual to get this episode put together, as I’ve been juggling multiple things of late, but I’m hoping to produce a few extra shows during…
The latest episode of Dan Melchior’s Quality Street podcast features an interesting combination of strange strings and other electronic and twangy things. Dan takes the week off and hands over the mic duties to Digital Debbie. Enjoy!!
Dan Melchior’s Quality Street podcast will now be available on Free Form Freakout. “A veritable viennetta of idiosyncratically fetishized sound” awaits you!
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