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Episode #262 – The Ditch and the Delta

Local progressive metal band The Ditch and the Delta will release their first full-length album, Hives and Decline, on Battleground Records on May 12. Elliot Secrets (guitar/vocals) shares the meanings behind the band’s lyrics and background story on The Ditch and the Delta’s growth over time. … read more

Episode #278 – Pick Pocket

Pick Pocket frontman Arcadio Rodriguez discusses the band’s music-education origins and songwriting techniques on this episode of Soundwaves. … read more

Episode #294 – Larkin

Larkin talks to us about growing up in a musical family, finding her artistic voice in a shower and turning the world she sees into art. … read more

Episode #310 – Cool Banana

VHS Vic (Victor Blandon) is a stop-motion animator whose penchant for puppetry has evolved into Cool Banana, a muppet-rock band centered around theatrics and onstage characters. … read more

Episode #326 – Acacia Ridge

With a new single and currently over half a million streams on Spotify, Acacia Ridge’s lead vocalist Christian Mayfield talks about what went into their debut album and the way they’ve managed to successfully navigate the opaque waters of Spotify’s algorithmic promotion. … read more

Episode #342 – PETR Chubak

After years spent in his last project angrily expressing his relationship to depression, bipolar, anxiety and suicide, Teague Chubak realized he was only reinforcing the feelings he was trying to recover from. PETR Chubak became Chubak’s new avenue for tackling these topics, now through a lens of positivity and a desire to be understood rather than merely heard. … read more