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! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support
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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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--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/suppor...On the latest episode of My Little Underground, I go through some of my favorite albums of 2014 to see how well they have aged!
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--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/supportOn the 2024 premiere of My Little Underground, I reflect on the six year history of this show and share some albums I'm anticipating this year!
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--- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/supportOn the 2023 finale of My Little Underground, Katherine Rye Jewell; Fitchburg State University professor, historian, and author is on the show talking up her new book, Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio. Listen as Professor Jewell and myself discuss our shared experience in college radio, the evolving identity of the medium, diversity issues, the punk origins of Newbury Comics, plus the important influence Long Is...
December on My Little Underground means it’s time for Finals! Concert photographer, writer, and all around friend to the show, Conor Rooney returns for our annual recap of our favorite music of the second half of year. Listen to us talk about how we enjoyed the 2023 works of Homeboy Sandman, Foo Fighters, Hotline TNT, Don’t Tell A Soul, DJ Koze/Roisin Murphy, Danny Brown/JPEGMAFIA, and more!
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This week on My Little Underground, New Jersey band Lightheaded is on the show to talk up their debut EP ‘Good Good Great!’ on Slumberland Records. Stephen Stec (guitarist) and Cynthia Rittenbach (bass and guitar) talk up establishing a relationship with the legendary Bay Area label, their thoughts on Romance and love from family friends, inspiration from The Cleaners From Venus, great Jersey bands and our shared love of The Vaseli...
This week on My Little Underground, radio veteran DJ Sandra Dee tells inspiring stories behind her experiences at Radio Disney and starting her genre-bending show, SweetBeatz on SUNY Old Westbury’s OWWR, Old Westbury Web Radio (my alma mater). We talked about Sandra getting pulled out of her comfort zone during her time at Radio Disney as well as her process of reaching out to artists to interview for her SweetBeatz show that airs ...
This week on My Little Underground, Samantha Campanile (vocals, guitar) of New York quartet, Sadlands! Sam talks up the debut self titled EP of Sadlands and provides an updates on her Samantharants solo project and her other band Answering Machine; who are playing FEST this year! Campanile also talks up the songwriting collaboration of Sadlands, shares some insights to the lyrics from the EP, gives inspiring perspective in balancin...
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