Champaign Is Also A Band

Champaign Is Also A Band

One songwriter, one song. Podcast about stories & songs of Champaign-Urbana music. In each episode Sven sits down with a person from the C-U music scene to hear the story & the background of a favorite song they’ve written.

Episodes

June 27, 2025 64 mins

Sven chats with Patrick Lyke (He/Him) about his song "Army Surplus," the CU music scene past and present, and his favorite non-musical thing.

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Sven meets up with roseli (She/Her) at KCPA for a chat about her song "spit ends," the CU Music Scene, and her favorite non-musical thing 

Photo: Kandy Delgadillo 

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Sven chats with Robert Hirschfeld (He/Him) of Common Loon about his song "Automatic Skin," the CU music scene past and present, and his favorite non-musical thing.

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May 16, 2025 43 mins

Sven meets up with Sierra Sikora (She/Her) at KCPA to talk about her song "Jade" off of the EP "Confessions" the CU music scene, and her favorite non-musical things.

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Sven chats with Andrew Simek (He/They) about his song "Pocket Song," the local CU Music Scene, being the Piano Man, and their favorite non-musical things!

Info on the Piano Man : https://canopyclub.com/piano-man/

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Sven chats with Patrick (He/HIm) and Noah (He/Him) of Castle Finn to talk about their song "Velvet Fangs" off of the "On The Vine (EP)."

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Sven chats with James Mauck (He/Him) of Forebeat about his piece "Currents" off of the album "Stages of Growth," old and new CU venues, house shows, and his favorite non-musical thing.

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Sven chats with Juli Sherry (She/Her) of Pretzle Records about working with Doug Hodge (BEP23) to create the record label, supporting the local music scene, and plans for the future.

Pretzle Records Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pretzlerecords/

Pretzle Records Website: https://www.pretzlerecords.com/

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Sven zooms with Tim Reynolds (He/Him) of Horrible Things about his song "A Million Times," off of the album "Everybody Else" the CU music scene 10+ years ago, and his favorite non-musical thing.  

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Sven chats with Ricko.6ix3O (He/HIm) about his song "THOUGHT I WAS DONE (feat. JLøve)" off of the "Thought I Was Done - Single", the CU music scene, and his favorite non-musical things.

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Sven chats with Michael Thies (He/Him) (EP122) of Metaphysics to talk about his newest album "Duality"  Duality on Bandcamp: https://the-metaphysics.bandcamp.com/album/duality

Stream on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/4lb7YoaBjLtlowQaloqY7X?si=x9hcTjaXRzK0zw_x0wjJHw

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January 10, 2025 35 mins

Sven chats with JLøve (She/Her) about her song "Gløw 'n Grøw" off of her recently released EP: "Dønt Førget," her favorite CU Venue, getting back into performing live, and her favorite non-musical things.

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December 27, 2024 50 mins

Sven chats with Bryan Bachman (He/Him) of Louavull to talk about his song " '57" off of the album "It's Over, Now What?" memories of the CU Music scene, and great things about his favorite non-musical thing.  Links to Bryan's current project: Shop Class

 

 

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Sven chats with John Mcnally (He/Him) of TwoLeggedZoo at The Labary about his song "Rest 1" written for the Rest Lab installation.  We'll also talk about finding a community of musicians here in CU, his favorite non-musical thing, and why you should kill your lawn and plant native plants.

https://twoleggedzoo.carrd.co/

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Introducing a podswap... Sven was a guest on "Z and Keith Watched A Movie" and here it is!  We talked about a formative movie from my childhood: "The Black Hole" You may remember Keith from EP130 talk about "Mobius Rip" which so happens to be the musical theme from "Z and Keith Watched A Movie."  *imagine sven inserted clever line about things going full circle here*

Follow these links for funsies:

https://x.com/zandkpod

instagram....

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Sven chats with Joe Carr (He/Him) of Decapitation In The Food Court to talk about his song "SCANDINAVIAN WAHHABISM" off of the recently released album "WHAT IF WE HAD NO MONEY AND JUST SHARED EVERYTHING?", excessive capitalization, DIY spaces, and his favorite non-musical thing(s).

 

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October 25, 2024 47 mins

Sven chats with Surpraman (He/Him) about his song "Blow It Again" off of the upcoming album "The Troublemaker" dropping November 16th, just a few regrets, the CU scene, and his favorite non-musical things. 

Cover design by: @_itsbittersweet

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Sven sits down with Myles (He/They) from the band Mars Hojilla to talk about his song "Pinocchio," the music scene, and his favorite non-musical thing.

Cover Photo by: Cam Marsengill (@purefriend_art on Instagram)

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Sven chats with Rhoq (She/Her) about her song "Wait For It" off of A Small Meaningless Rebellion's upcoming EP.

Cover Photo: Juli Sherry (@moochieboochie on Instagram)

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August 30, 2024 50 mins

Sven chats with David aka WhipTRip6 (He/HIm) from Half House Studios about his song "Oil and Water," the CU music scene, and his favorite non-musical thing(s)

Jake Futch (@_fj.fj_ on instagram)

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