October 2017 – Protonic Reversal: Music Podcast

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

October 31, 2017| Neutron| 12:23 am

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)

Ep101: Lindsey Charles (The Cell Phones)Ep101: Lindsey Charles (The Cell Phones)

October 19, 2017| Neutron| 3:28 am

Episode 101 – 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)

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

October 3, 2017| Neutron| 2:54 am

(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)