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Podcasts on the topic of “Riot Fest” 13 results
Surfer Blood Interview
Surfer Blood catches up with Mick Reed at Riot Fest 2019 to talk labels, DIY vs an actual movement of music as coined by the critics, favorite performances, and their tour in support of 'Hourly Haunts.'
Produced by Robert Patterson
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Ganser Interview
Features interviewer Mick Reed catches up with Ganser at Riot Fest 2019. They talk about their DIY approach, including switching from a label to a self release model. They also get into album art, videos, and accompanying visuals and how that feeds into the overall understanding of tha band's vision. Keep an eye out for their hidden easter eggs!
Produced by Robert Patterson
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Artist Interviews The Districts Interview
The Districts graced the Riot Fest stage for the first time in 2018. Features Director Miranda Phelps caught up with the guys after their set to talk roots, politics, activism in action, and 90s uncle vibes.
produced by Amanda Roscoe Mayo
photo by Sarah Rudderow
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Artist Interviews Direct Hit Interview
Features Director Amanda Roscoe Mayo sat down with Milwaukee’s pop-punk darlings Direct Hit! at Riot Fest in the wake of their latest LP release “Crown of Nothing”. The band talks animated videos, super fans, DIY community outreach, and bad dad jokes.
Produced by Amanda Roscoe Mayo
Photo Credit: Nicole Zenoni
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Pronoun Interview
Featuers Director Amanda Roscoe Mayo caught up with Alyse Vellturo after her set at Riot Fest. The moniker for her music is Pronoun and her the release 'There's No One New Around' you is a cathartic expression of heart break. In this interview Alyse talks about the evolution of the new record coming out early 2019, adding to the dialogue of her discography, a passion for indiependent record labels including her own, and more.
Produced by Robert Patterson
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Twin Peaks Interview
Features Director Amanda Roscoe Mayo caught up with Clay, Jack, and Conner of Chicago based garage rockers Twin Peaks at Riot Fest 2018. They let us in on some of their best pranks on the road, guilty pleasures, and big goals for the future of the band.
produced by Amanda Roscoe Mayo
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Artist Interviews Kitten Forever
Kitten Forever is a feminist party punk band from Minneapolis. Features Director Amelia Hruby caught up with the band at Riot Fest to talk about how the band got together, swapping instruments, and where their name came from.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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Artist Interviews Radar State
Production Director Amanda Roscoe-Mayo caught up with Radar State members Josh (also of The Anniversary) and Jim (also of The Get Up Kids) at Riot Fest this year. They chat about how the band got together, playing Riot Fest as their second show ever, and choosing a band logo before they even had a name.
produced by Brad Helm
photo by Mike Alexander
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Artist Interviews Upset
I feel like the music is really whatever I'm feeling, and women contain multitudes. - Ali
CHIRP Features Director Amelia Hruby caught up with Ali and Nicole of Upset at Riot Fest 2017. They chat about how the band got together, recording with bronchitis, and their neverending fear of someone finding all the notes and voice memos on their phones.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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Artist Interviews INVSN
CHIRP Volunteer, Amanda Mayo, caught up with Swedish rockers, INVSN at Riot Fest 2017. Listen to them discuss the origins of their name, the significance of politics in their music, and much more!
produced by Amanda Mayo
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Artist Interviews Liars
CHIRP volunteer Amelia Hruby caught up with Angus Andrew of Liars at this year's Riot Fest. They talked about how the band now functions as a solo project, recording the new record Theme from Crying Fountain in the Australian bush, and the meaning behind the album's wedding imagery.
produced by Amelia Hruby (@ladyameliaa)
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Artist Interviews BRONCHO
While backstage at Riot Fest 2014, Katie Owens caught up with BRONCHO’s Ryan Lindsey. The singer elucidated the intentional ambiguity in the title of band's second full-length, Just Enough Hip To Be Woman, talked about the French origins of their first single and explained why it's important to have a self-sustaining band.
BRONCHO opens for Billy Idol at The Riviera on February 7.
Produced by Brian Szpak
Photo by Katie Owens
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Artist Interviews Skaters
CHIRP's Katie Owens met up with New York's Skaters at Riot Fest 2014 where they expressed their fondness for The Orwells, reminisced about getting in trouble with the cops in Columbus, and gave the inside scoop on their zine Yonks.
Skaters' debut album, Manhattan, is out now via Warner Bros. Records.
produced by Ben Buddig
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