Month: October 2017

• October 31, 2017Show Posts

  Ep101: Fox Face (Mary Joy, Lindsay DeGroot, Lydia Chioda, Chopper Chioda)

  

  

  (stream and download – Episode 101)

  t’s time for a FREEWHEELING episode of Protonic Reversal! Conan and Josh have guests live in the studio: the most excellent Milwaukee band Fox Face! Hear such seemingly endless digressions such as:

  -Josh’s mic antics
  -Fox Face meets Dirtnap
  -Rock ‘n’ roll maternity leave
  -Conan’s most relaxing episode ever
  -Banana and the Handplant
  -the garage rock scene…?
  -Magick? Like from the X-Men?
  -Lindsey watching the Craft a bunch
  -Always dicking on purpose
  -Following a songwriting path
  -Is Britney Spears listening right now?
  -The long history of Fox Face and its members
  -The (not really) fairweather drummer
  -Heterogeneity within genres and being classed as a “girl band”
  -Fox Face’s shock at having a web site
  -Tour talk
  -Writing lyrics in a Trump world
  -Mary’s two-drink stage banter
  -Favorite bands in the world scene
  -The Mundane Epiphany
  -Tectonics talk
  -Fantasy show lineups, but achievable
  -Operation: Mind Spiders
  -The thing you play in the van that everyone else hates
  -An extended discussion of Christian rock
  -Conan digs deep to identify the annoying Aerosmith songs
  -Kyle Motor’s cute cat
  -The asset of a sympathetic engineer
  -Being a parent and continuing to be creative

  This episode is very silly, but it’s very fun, and Fox Face is one of our very favorites. Enjoy!

  Fox Face – Clever Girl
  Fox Face – Nasty Woman
  Fox Face – Hiawatha
  Shellac – The End of Radio (Closing Theme)

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• October 19, 2017Show Posts

  Ep101: Lindsey Charles (The Cell Phones)

  

  (stream and download – Episode 101)
  It’s Episode #101 of Protonic Reversal! Your hosts, Conan and Josh, are in a sour mood, due to living in the world. But never fear, a phone call with Lindsey Charles of the Cell Phones cures what ails them! After some discussion about Refused (overrated? Or rated just right?) and the fascinating concept of changing a band’s structure by adding in another ill-fitting member out of rock history.

  Topics in this interview include:

  -Lindsey’s talented brother
  -The curse of buying more than you intended during any Target visit
  -Everyone loving the Cell Phones’ “West Coast”
  -People connecting differently to the same song
  -Why don’t we discuss pregnancy?
  -Wielding emotions like a weapon
  -Playing for unexpecting crowds
  -The puzzle of songwriting
  -Hooks!
  -Selling the album title
  -Impressing one’s dad
  -53% (Overrun)
  -NEVER BE QUIET
  -It’s not a joke, sometimes
  -the Kool Aid Man full of period blood
  -Mismatched bookings
  -Well-matched bookings
  -Encounters with Lesley Gore
  -The outlet of performance

  By the end of the episode, Conan and Josh are on Cloud Nine. We think you will be, too!c

  The Cell Phones – West Coast
  The Cell Phones – You Make Me Say No
  The Cell Phones – 53% (Overrun)
  Shellac – The End of Radio (Closing Theme)

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• October 3, 2017Show Posts

  Ep100: Chris Frey! Christian Lembach! Sohrab Habibion! Josh Newton! Dale Crover! Tom Hazelmyer! Andrew “Falco” Falkous! Rick Valentin! (not) Steve Albini!

  

  

  (stream and download – Episode 100)

  Oh, shit, it’s the hundredth episode of PROTONIC REVERSAL! Thrill as Conan, Josh, and special in-studio guest Jeff Moody wrangle GUEST AFTER GUEST for two and a half hours! Get ready to hear such scintillations as:

  -Chris Frey on navigating medical crises on a European tour!
  -Christian Lembach on stage rocking with a bum knee!
  -Sohrab Habibion on the new SAVAK album!
  -Josh Newton on Glazed Baby and mysterious Bandcamp apperances!
  -Dale Crover on bootleg shoes and Siri!
  -Tom Hazelmeyer on carrot cake!
  -Rick Valentin on album sequencing and punk rock professorin’!
  -Andrew Falkous on parenthood and moving to London as a grownup!
  -NOT Steve Albini!

  And, believe it or not, EVEN MORE! (Although not more guests, tho, that’s all the guests.) Two and a half hours of entertainment and artistic motivation awaits you, friend!

  Porch – Dickhead
  Whores – I see you are also wearing a black t-shirt
  Savak – Alive in Shadows
  Shiner – The Egg
  Sie lieben maschinen – meat is meat, love is murder
  Dale Crover – Bad Move
  Future of the Left – Eating for None
  Poster Children – Blatant Dis
  Shellac – Steady As She Goes
  Shellac Crow
  Shellac – The End of Radio (Closing Theme)

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