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On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., Tash Sultana talks about their new record Flow State, an LP chock-full of long-form jams and landscapes painted with guitar. The musician discussed their approach of "soundscaping" while writing for each record and how valuable patience is in a world built on "hook, line, sinker"-structured and radio-edited songs. For those itching for more Sultana material already, they also touch on writing for their next project with more experimental and percussion-heavy music in the near future. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kyle Meredith speaks with renowned country and blues musician Lucinda Williams about her latest release, Vanished Gardens, an Americana jazz collaboration with Charles Lloyd. They also delve into two coinciding anniversaries: the 20th anniversary of her landmark album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road and the 10th anniversary of Little Honey. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On today's special trio episode of Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle speaks with three bands who released critical albums in the year 1988: James, Big Country, and The Church. James' Tim Booth talks about the humanitarian themes of their newer music, and the importance of their '88 album, Strip-mine, in the mythology of the band. Kyle jumps back in time again with The Church's Steve Kilbey, who discusses their classic 1988 record, Starfish, and how "going against the zeitgeist" of that time crafted their unique sound. To finish out the episode, Bruce Watson of Big Country chats with Kyle about their album Peace in Our Time and its groundbreaking effect when the group became one of the first to tour in Russia. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Today's episode of Kyle Meredith With... features classic rock legend Steve Lukather of Toto, who talks about everything from the "pamphlet jerk-fest" of Rolling Stone today to Weezer’s successful cover of their revitalized smash hit "Africa". Lukather laughed about the band's take on their song, saying: "They're gonna have to play that song for the rest of their lives, too!" The guitarist also discussed his new memoir, The Gospel According to Luke, and the prolific combined studio credits of Toto as a whole, which range from Michael Jackson's Thriller and work with The Beatles and Ringo Starr. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This Monday’s Kyle Meredith With…Deer Tick’s John Joseph McCauley breaks down the band's upcoming compilation, Mayonnaise. The singer-songwriter also explains the significance behind the songs Deer Tick covers, shares some of his band's finer beer-drinking exploits, and retells the entire story leading up to his life-changing experiences fronting Nirvana. From Dave Grohl planning the entire thing to standing in a room for rehearsals, McCauley goes deep on the unthinkable reunion. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This Friday on Kyle Meredith With…, Kyle Meredith speaks with three big guests about their new music and recent placements in television shows. Gregory Alan Isakov discusses how nature inspires his writing, his experience of immigrating from South Africa, and having the closing song on Netflix's The Haunting of Hill House. The band HAERTS discusses putting together and releasing their sophomore LP and seeing their music used on Thirteen Reasons Why, and Brooke Annibale joins to talk about taking on an electronic sound, being influenced by Robyn, and Grey's Anatomy.   For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This Wednesday’s Kyle Meredith With… features Hanson’s Taylor Hanson, who talks with Kyle Meredith in advance of the band’s new album, String Theory. He explores what it was like blending a love of R&B and soul music with an orchestra template, revisiting and rewriting old songs like “MMMBop” and “Tragic Symphony”, and how the context of the orchestra influenced the writing of new songs on the album. Hanson also touches on what has kept the band together and why they couldn’t have done the work they’re doing now in their earlier years. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On today's episode of Kyle Meredith With..., J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr. talks with Kyle about his new solo record, Elastic Days, a love for drumming, and his specific, recognizable "Big Muff" sound. Mascis discussed working on new music for the band by himself and other hobbies like biking and karaoke. "It's not as boring as most things," Mascis said about biking, which keeps him up early and perky as ever. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kyle Meredith sits down with Young the Giant frontman Sameer Gadhia to discuss their new record, Mirror Master. Gadhia not only talks about the loneliness and complexity of the selfie era, but also the "romanticism of the universe" and the quest to understand the world around us through interests like quantum physics. The singer discusses subverting the norms of today's music with honesty that "naturally weeds out" overproduced rock and how the genre needs a fire lit under it to make real change for the better. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This Halloween episode of Kyle Meredith With... features an interview with heavy metal band Gwar’s current frontman, Blothar, who dives into the mythology of the group's newest album, The Blood of Gods, which takes on social and political issues that will further "the destruction of the human race." We hear the artist's opinion on President Trump and his "bizarre, alien, surreal disregard for humanity," which Blothar claims makes him more like an ideal member of GWAR than any human being. He also touches on the group's new graphic novel, GWAR: The Enormogantic Fail, and their upcoming tour. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., Melissa Etheridge talks about the legacy of Yes I Am, her groundbreaking album released 25 years ago, and what we can expect from her next album, which will be out early next year. The legendary singer-songwriter also discusses what went into making the songs on Yes I Am, what we might find on the upcoming reissue, why she views the idea of coming out as both a burden and a blessing, and her ensuing frustrations with the Grammys and rock 'n' roll. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This Friday on Kyle Meredith With..., Kyle chats with modern pop legend Elvis Costello about his new album, Look Now, which was released earlier this month to critical acclaim. Costello elaborates on the older influences that tie this record to those of his past, namely the work that he and frequent collaborator Burt Bacharach did in revisiting songs originally intended as part of a stage show. The singer also dives into characters from past albums that carry through to his latest work. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the latest Kyle Meredith With…, Bob Mould discusses growing up in the sixties and why he often chooses to begin the day with a book about Joni Mitchell or The Beatles rather than with the news. The songwriter and musician also touches on working with an 18-piece orchestra on Sunshine Rock, making “light records” versus “dark records,” and why he decided to include a cover on his new solo record for the first time in his career. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Folk and rock legend David Crosby joins Kyle Meredith With... to discuss his new record, Here If You Listen, and the process of writing it, which included revisiting some old demos from the '60s and '70s. Crosby also touches on the 50th anniversary of two Byrds albums and how he will celebrate the upcoming 50th of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, insisting that he'd be happy to collaborate with Neil Young again. The singer-songwriter also delves into the anticipated documentary on his life directed by Cameron Crowe and his desire to start his own marijuana brand. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Chan Marshall, also known as Cat Power, talks with Kyle Meredith for Kyle Meredith With… about the minimal style of her new record, her lifelong songwriting practice of “three chords and the truth,” and the importance of freeing oneself from one's past. The singer-songwriter also speaks to what it means to be a wanderer, and why she wrote “Black” from the perspective of a ghost. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

On the latest Kyle Meredith With..., Rostam Batmanglij touches on his debut record and recent collaboration with Hamilton Leithauser, the inherently political nature of music, and what the process of songwriting is like for a perfectionist. The songwriter and producer also shares his appreciation for Bob Dylan and U2, a bit of news about working with Vampire Weekend's Ezra Koenig, and what we can expect from his sophomore solo album. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kyle Meredith sits down with Joan Jett and Kenny Laguna for this Monday's episode of Kyle Meredith With....  Jett discusses her experience fronting Nirvana at the band's 2014 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and her later collaborations with Dave Grohl. She explains the process behind her and The Blackhearts' new single, "Fresh Start", which can be found on the soundtrack to Runaways doc Bad Reputation, in addition to a group effort with Miley Cyrus and Laura Jane Grace on a cover of The Replacements' "Androgynous". For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

This Friday's episode of Kyle Meredith With... features Third Eye Blind frontman Stephan Jenkins, who discusses the difference in public perception of the band versus their own opinion of themselves — Jenkins believes Third Eye Blind is "one of the last great rock bands" in the modern age. The singer shares his thoughts on the band's new covers EP, Thank You for Everything, and how it came to be. For those fans looking for even more Third Eye Blind, Jenkins also confirms the release of a new LP to look forward to in the spring. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kyle Meredith talks to new star Alice Merton about her sudden rise to fame with the soulful European chart-topper "No Roots" and the press tirade that followed. The singer explained that her new single, "Why So Serious", began as a response to the press' questions about being a one-hit wonder and embracing her individuality through music and a small team. Merton also discussed her German-Canadian-English heritage and how a mixed national identity gives her a special perspective on current politics. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy

Kyle Meredith is joined by singer-songwriter Hozier to talk about his recent EP, Nina Cried Power, and its debt to a bevy of strong female influences. For those waiting for more Hozier, the artist also confirms his sophomore effort will come out next year and that he has been performing the lead single, "Movement", at live shows in anticipation of the release. For information regarding your data privacy, visit acast.com/privacy Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brandsPrivacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy