Jun 9, 2017
The Department of Tangents Podcast is back from a brief hiatus with a comedy and music packed EP32! The main interview here is with The Upper Crust, the world’s leading Rocque band. They have a great new rock and roll record out called Delusions of Grandeur, and I spoke with the band at their CD release party at Once...
Feb 1, 2017
I heard <a href="http://www.donwhite.net/" target="_blank">Don White</a> on the radio long before I met him. He would tell these wonderful stories about his family, often followed by a heartfelt song. I...
Aug 31, 2016
Brett Netson is a cheery and intense guy. He's got an easy smile and open personality, and quite a musical legacy. He's been a sideman with Built to Spill and Earth and led the 90s heavy psychedelic group Caustic Resin. On September 9, he'll release Caustic Resin's 1998 album The Medicine Is All Gone on vinyl for the...
Jun 16, 2016
There is nothing Robbie Fulks lacks as a musician. He is a talented flat picker as a guitarist, and a voice that can convey great sorrow and humor. Most importantly, he is one of the best songwriters of the past twenty years, an unparalleled lyricist. That's easy to hear on his latest, Upland Stories, which I...
May 13, 2016
My guest for Episode 6 of the Department of Tangents Podcast is musician and filmmaker Brendan Boogie. When I sat down with Brendan in his living room in April, he was about to release a new album called Last Words with Brendan Boogie and the Broken Gates, and launch a Kickstarter project for his latest film, Sundown....