My Little Underground
My Little Underground is a podcast where Peter A talks with musicians, authors, media professionals, content creators and any other creative type!
Episodes
Thanya Iyer returns to My Little Underground to discuss her new album ‘TIDE/TIED’ out now Top Shelf Records! Thanya speaks on the concepts of the new album, what keeps her motivated to keep pursuing music, the communal collaborative process with her bandmates, her immersive experience at PHI (which I miss-pronounce) in Montreal, and Thanya recommends some musicians from her city!
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Music Journalist Liz Pelly is on My Little Underground to discusses her motivation for writing her book, Mood Machine - The Rise of Spotify and The Costs of The Perfect Playlist. She also talks the importance of supporting local music scenes, the wild Wild West of post-piracy, pre streaming music period, the status of human curation of music in the age of streaming, and more!
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Lamark returns to My Little Underground to discuss Season 4 of his podcast, Lamark After Dark! Not only that, Lamark shares details of the first ever Lamark After Dark live show this summer, working on his book, his thoughts on the abundance of celebrities in the podcast space, the lack of diversity in certain radio formats, and more!
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Seattle based musician Miranda Elliot (Old Man of The Woods and The Stalk) made her way back to My Little Underground to discuss her new Old Man of The Woods “Tryptich” EP series, a paranormal experience re-recording a track from her debut LP “Votives”, and her new dark dance duo The Stalk with Joey Frostad. Miranda also talks her growing connection with Seattle as a city and its music community. Regarding The Stalk, we get insight...
On the 2024 finale of My Little Underground, I go through my favorite releases of the second half of the year (plus two singles from the first half)! Listen as I expain the New York vibrancy of "Rose Main Reading Room" from Peel Dream Magazine, the sonic gumbo that is "Free Energy" from Dummy, the genre exploration of "Bird's Eye" from Ravyn Lenae, confrontational yet reflective "GNX" from Kendrick Lamar and more!
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On the penultimate episode of My Little Underground of 2024, Vanessa Mena is on the show to discuss her podcast Musica Con M De Mujer; which is dedicated to Women across the spectrum of the music industry. Vanessa talks why podcasting became her medium and how she gained confidence in her voice. We also have a conversation on challenges on producing podcasts and the importance of getting to know the human behind the music. Venessa ...
Elise Okusami, who fronts Oceanator, is on My Little Underground for a third time to discuss the band’s new album “Everything Is Love and Death” and why she believes this is her best work yet. We also discuss the continued genre-bending of Oceanator, how both of us dealt with post Election Day grief, dealing with mortality, an update on Elise’s imprint Plastic Miracles, and more!
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So glad to welcome Sebastien Grainger to My Little Underground! Sebastien is the drummer and singer of the legendary Canadian Dance-Punk band Death From Above 1979 and he is on the show to discuss the 20th anniversary of their debut album “You’re A Woman, I’m A Machine”. He's not exactly nostalgic about that time period but I appreciate him sharing fond memories of recording the LP and talking up the forward thinking nature of the ...
Los Angeles shoegaze/noise-pop band, Mo Dotti return to My Little Underground to discuss their debut full length album “Opaque”. Singer/guitarist Gina Negrini and guitarist Guy Valdez talk the overall opaque nature of Mo Dotti, shoegaze and other sub-sub genres, Ride’s Mark Gardener mastering their album, their holy trinity of LA music venues, self-releasing their music and more!
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On the latest episode of My Little Underground, I’m glad to welcome back Joe Stevens of Peel Dream Magazine! Listen as we discuss the pop band’s fourth album, “Rose Mose Main Reading Room” and the influence New York had on the LP. Joe also discusses evolving out of the shoegaze sound of their earlier work and not focusing on belonging to a particular sub-genre while maintaining a focus on melody and eclectic instrumentation. J...
The latest episode of My Little Underground welcomes Andy Pastlananiec, the leading man behind the San Francisco jangle pop band, Chime School is on the show to talk up the new album “The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel”. Andy gets into recording the album in his own studio, the effects of gentrification as well as important music performance spaces in San Francisco that inspired the new album. “The Boy Who Ran The Paisley Hotel” is ...
This week on My Little Underground, my old friend from the Long Island music scene, Poly Vinylchloryd (Nick Bedo) comes on the show to discuss his two kraut/moog/psychedelic inspired new EPs; ‘Switched on Theremin’ (covers) and ‘Invisible intonation’ (originals). Nick also discussed his love performing in drag and beauty, his time hosting the WJFF 90.5 FM Radio Catskill show Electronic Hair Pieces, his definition of psychedelic mus...
Bay Area quartet, Aluminum are on My Little Underground to discuss their genre fluid debut album, 'Fully Beat' which sonically blends shoegaze with electronic music and conceptually deals with the defeating pressures of everyday life. Aluminum also talk up the growing Bay Area music scene, getting an Ameoba Music shout out, how they stay motivated given the current state of the world, and more!
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Homeboy Sandman returns to My Little Underground to discuss his new album, 'Rich II', his chemistry with producer Mono En Stereo, and manifesting love. The Queens bred MC also shared an interesting fact on his very high Fan Conversion Rate, news on an upcoming mixtape, plans for his label, Dirty Looks, and more!
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Joe Trainor, the guitarist and on the rare occasion vocalist of Los Angeles noise-pop/shoegaze band, Dummy returns to My Little Underground to discuss the announcement of their sophomore album, ‘Free Energy’ out September 6th! We discussed Dummy evolving their sound, returning to Europe to tour, and their big album release show at The Lodge Room on September 7th! Joe also talked about the joys and pains of doing freelance PR for up...
New England punks Perennial released a new album ‘Art History’ and Chad Jewitt (guitar/vox) is on My Little Underground to discuss this creative body of work! Listen as Chad talks up the meticulous method of production and engineering on the new album, the thought process behind their street team, “The Perennial Organization”, their 20 minute set time limit and why ‘Art History’ was the album they’ve always wanted to make.
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Shana Cleveland returns to My Little Underground to celebrate the release of the new La Luz album, ‘News of The Universe’! Listen as she discusses the influence the 60’s Indonesian band Yanti Bersaudara and Soul Train had on La Luz, the continued focus on vocals in their production and Shana’s love of print media. ‘News of The Universe’ is also the first La Luz album on Sub Pop and Shana shares insight on the purpose of record labe...
This week on My Little Underground (@mlupod), Stephen Stec and Cynthia Rickenbach of Long Branch, NJ jangle-pop band, Lightheaded return to the show to discuss their debut LP, Combustible Gems, out now on Slumberland Records! Stephen and Cynthia discuss what they did right and where they may have went wrong with their first album, the positives and negatives of playing their release show in a record store, how they manage their soc...
Citronella Room Records supergroup, Don't Tell A Soul (Artisan P & Buster Wolf) are on My Little Underground to discuss the creative process behind the fantastic "DTAS EP" and the latest Buster Wolf project, "Bodega Rat". Buster Wolf also shares his unique inspiration for samples and insight on the direction for future releases. Both Artisan P and Buster Wolf talk up their love of cassettes, future plans...
On this episode of My Little Underground, my brothers Richard Arriaga and Michael "Smiley" Arriaga join me for a retrospective on our favorite video games of 2004!
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