Figure Eights: A Music Podcast

Oct 28 2024 67 ep. 69 mins
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Figure Eights is a music podcast hosted by Nick Leet from the MPLS rock band "High on Stress"

Join Nick as he interviews musicians, producers and music industry professionals.

Check out Nick's band "High on Stress" on Bandcamp.
https://highonstressmpls.bandcamp.com

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Figure Eights (A Music Podcast) - Episode 68 w_ Jim Brunzell (Sound Unseen Film Festival)

Oct 28 2024 68 mins  
Join me as I chat with Jim Brunzell (Director of the Sound Unseen Film Festival). Movie Maker calls Sound Unseen "One of the 25 Coolest Film Festivals in the World." The festival is a unique, cutting edge "films on music" festival that started in Minneapolis 25 years ago. We discuss his upbringing, upcoming festival guests, John Doe, Linda Perry and more and I also learn that his d

Figure Eights (A Music Podcast) - Episode 67 w_ Lisa Umbarger (Toadies / SolShifter)

Oct 08 2024 70 mins  
Join me for the 4 year anniversary episode as I talk with Lisa Umbarger (the Toadies). We talk about her time in the Toadies, touring in places like North Dakota, her parents hanging out with Marilyn Manson and Trent Reznor, the ghost of tour buses past, podcasting and the reasons why the Toadies made the kids sad...

Figure Eights (A Music Podcast) - Episode 66 w_ Steve Fisk (Producer/Engineer: Nirvana/Soundgarden/Screaming Trees/Ben Gibbard)

Oct 01 2024 76 mins  
Join me as I talk to record producer/engineer, Steve Fisk. As a musician, he has been in bands such as the instrumental alternative/indie rock band Pell Mell and the electronic band Pigeonhed. He has long been associated with the Pacific Northwest music scenes recording such artists as Nirvana, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Unwound, Ben Gibbard, the Wedding Present, Beat Happening

Figure Eights (A Music Podcast) - Episode 65 w/Matt Keating (Bastards of Fine Arts)

Sep 11 2024 65 mins  
Matt Keating is a fantastic songwriter from New York City. We talk about his solo career, Steve Earle, living near the World Trade Center, opening for the Cranberries and ummmm…DAVID BOWIE! You can catch him on Thursday at the Driftwood in MPLS with his band “The Bastards of Fine Arts”. Great guy and fun conversation.

Figure Eights (A Music Podcast) - Episode 64 w/Rick Ness & Blake Smith (Fig Dish)

Aug 28 2024 73 mins  
Blake Smith returns to the show and brings along his co-conspirator, Rick Ness. Join us as we talk about coffins, weird shows, unimpressed bartenders, Minneapolis, Oasis and the great yacht rock fall out. Fig Dish will reunite for two sold out shows next week in Chicago. They are also putting out their previously unreleased third record, "Feels Like the First Two Times."Always a pl

Figure Eights (A Music Podcast) - Episode 63 w/Mike Hjelden & Elliot Hilton (Dakota Shakedown / Standard Thompson / Mr Whirly)

Aug 21 2024 68 mins  
Join me as I chat with Dakota Shakedown about their history as well as their brand new album "We All Spin Together". We talk about run ins with Keanu Reeves, getting played during the Super Bowl and the night that Night Ranger sent them down a dark path.

Figure Eights (A Music Podcast) - Episode 62 w/ Brian Oake (Twin Cities Radio Icon & Host of The Brian Oake Show)

Mar 25 2024 76 mins  
Join me as I chat with Twin Cities radio icon, Brian Oake. We cover a lot of topics including the ups and downs of the radio industry, the band that changed his life, the greatest concert he's ever seen and the joys and occasional downsides of interviewing musicians. Great chat!

Figure Eights (A Music Podcast) - Episode 61 w/Thomas O'Keefe (Tour Manager: Weezer, Whiskeytown, Train, Third Eye Blind, D Generation)

Mar 06 2024 75 mins  
Thomas O' Keefe is a tour manager musician and author, best known for his work with Weezer, Antiseen, Whiskeytown, D Generation, Mandy Moore, Train and more!

Figure Eights (A Music Podcast) - Episode 60 w_Brian Paulson (Producer: Wilco, Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Slim Dunlap, Archers of Loaf)

Feb 05 2024 81 mins  
Join me as I talk to record producer, Brian Paulson. We discuss his adventures producing Wilco, Son Volt, Uncle Tupelo, Slim Dunlap, Slint, Archers of Loaf and more. We touch on his relationships with Jeff Tweedy, Steve Albini, Peter Jesperson, Bob Mould and others. Great talk, great records!

Figure Eights (A Music Podcast) - Episode 59 w_Dan Murphy (Soul Asylum, Golden Smog, Scarlet Goodbye)

Jan 02 2024 69 mins  
Dan Murphy is an American musician best known as the the lead guitarist of Soul Asylum from 1981-2012. He is also a member of Golden Smog and the Scarlet Goodbye.We chat about Iggy Pop, Lou Reed, the Grammy Awards, Rolling Stone Magazine, the Replacements and more!