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CHIRP Podcasts
Artist Interviews Girl Band
After their set at the 2016 Pitchfork Music Festival, Daniel and Adam of Dublin-based group Girl Band caught up with CHIRP volunteer Amelia Hruby. They talked about what it was like to play noise punk outside mid-afternoon on a sunny day, how food has inspired some of their lyrics, and what girls they might invite to join Girl Band.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ajhruby)
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First Time First Taste - Maggie Kubley
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Maggie Kubley is a multidisciplinary performer and musician who creates confessional solo theater pieces and performative piano pop and aggressive girl pop as part of Celine Neon, a grime pop duo out of Chicago. Since 2006, Kubley has performed both her music and theater projects in a wide variety of venues, bars, living rooms, clubs, basements, and theaters throughout the city. Her work focuses primarily on love, death, addict tendencies, and sex/romance and has has been featured in the The Chicago Tribune, Chicagoist, The Redeye, and Gaperʼs Block.
produced by Dan Epstein and Brian Heath
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Artist Interviews Lifestyles
CHIRP volunteer Marites Velasquez sits down with local band Lifestyles to talk about inspirations for their debut album, how it builds and breaks from other projects the band members are involved in (Foul Tip, Lil Tits, Touched by Ghoul), and whether or not Lifestyles is a "supergroup."
produced by Marites Velasquez
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First Time First Taste - Mindy Segal
Mindy Segal specializes in contemporary American cuisine, placing a modern twist on traditional classics. What makes her one of the best pastry chefs in America is her mastery of temperature, texture and taste. In a word, balance. Chef Segal refined her craft as pastry chef in some of the most prestigious kitchens in the country, with early professional positions stationing her at Spago, Gordon, Charlie Trotter’s, Ambria and MK.
Mindy’s restaurant, HotChocolate, is the culmination of 25+ years of dedication to her craft and the passion she has for the entire culinary experience. The urban café is a marriage of contemporary sweet and savory food, inspired by seasonal, local ingredients. It features an innovative, ever-evolving menu presented with gracious, polished first-class service in a friendly, inviting atmosphere.
Chef Segal has appeared on The Today Show, The Martha Stewart Show, The Food Network, The Cooking Channel and First Look. Her work has been featured in O Magazine, GQ, Food & Wine, Travel + Leisure, CHOW.com, Bon Appétit, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal and The Washington Post.
produced by Dan Epstein and Brian Heath
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Artist Interviews Shamir
Before his set at the 2016 Pitchfork Music Festival, Amelia Hruby caught up with XL's Shamir Bailey. They talked about living in and managing artists in Philly, Shamir's background in stand-up and comedy writing, and childhood dreams of becoming a world-famous chef.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ajhruby)
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