My Little Underground

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! —

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! --- Follow Lamark After Dark on Instagram: ht

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 a

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 "G

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 g

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

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 recordin

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 m

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 mainta

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