Peeling The Onion

Nov 14 2024 9 ep. 87 mins

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A music podcast where Elvar Elvarsson, a Icelandic music journalist, sits down for a deep dive with his favorite musicians and peels the onion

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Blixa Bargeld interview October 26th 2024 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #9

Nov 14 2024 33 mins

Hello good people and welcome to this very special episode of Peeling The Onion.I had the immense honour of sitting down with one of my favourite artist of all time, Blixa Bargeld. Blixa has been making cutting edge art for nearly 45 years (next April 1st will mark Neubauten’s first concert). He was a part of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds from the groups inception until 2003 and in

David Yow interview August 30th 2024 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #8

Sep 12 2024 74 mins

Hello good peopleThis is a very special episode of Peeling The Onion given the fact that our guest is non other than Mr David Yow.There are few that have taken the art of singing and performing (as well as writing music and lyrics) to as glorious heights as David Yow has. He came up in the Austin Texas punk scene of the late 70's/early 80's, first fronting the band Scratch Acid (19

Lou Barlow interview August 2nd 2024 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #7

Aug 04 2024 146 mins

Break out your baritone ukuleles - our guest on Peeling The Onion is no other than Mr. Lou Barlow !Lou has been recording music since he was 12 years old and has been a part of seminal bands like Sebadoh, Dinosaur Jr. and The Folk Implosion - who just released their first album in 25 years and are currently out on tour (tour dates at the bottom. Get your tickets here).Lou cut his t

Steve Albini interview February 20th 2024 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #4

May 12 2024 86 mins

There was an unmeasurable loss suffered May 7th when Steve Albini died from a heart attack at his home in Chicago, on May 7, 2024, at the age of 61.It’s very hard to state Albini’s importance in music but also what a wide thinking individual he was - with ethos and values that he re-visited and which evolved along with him as a person.He was one of my all time favourite musicia

Blixa Bargeld interview March 25th 2024 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #6

Apr 01 2024 92 mins

Alright good people - let’s get our bass springs ready and fire up our jet turbines - our guest on Peeling The Onion is no other than the almighty Blixa Bargeld ! Yes, this is not a drill. I sat down with Blixa for a 90 minute talk about the new Einstürzende Neubauten album, Rampen (AMP: Alien Pop Music), which is to be released April 5th, as well as his extremely prolific caree

Chris Ballew interview March 11th 2024 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #5

Mar 23 2024 81 mins

Alright let's get in our little blue dune buggies and let’s get this party started - Chris Ballew is our guest on episode 5 of Peeling The Onion ! Chris is one of the most prolific artist out there - he’s played over 2000 shows throughout the years and released several dozen of albums of original material under multiple aliases. These days he’s releasing solo albums under his

Joe Lally interview (Fugazi, The Messthetics, Coriky) February 6th 2024 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #3

Mar 22 2024 115 mins

Turn off your heat and have a bowl of rice - we have an in depth conversation with one of the all time great bass players of our lifetime. Joe Lally is one of four key ingredients of Fugazi, one of the most influential bands of all time. After Fugazi went on indefinite hiatus some 20 years ago Joe has been prolific and beside releasing three solo albums has collaborated with artist

Henry Rollins interview January 2nd 2024 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #2

Mar 19 2024 80 mins

Henry Rollins taught me a new word: luddite. Ah ha ! Peeling The Onion is back with non other than the mighty Henry Rollins.Oh my what an absolute treat. I spoke to Henry on January 2nd and what a great way to start the calendar year. Hopefully this will be the beginning of a yearly thing because what is better than starting the year speaking to a man who is as hard working and suc

Greg Norton interview November 20th 2023 - Peeling The Onion Ep. #1

Mar 18 2024 78 mins

Originally recorded for Rás 2 - Icelandic public radio. They probably own the rights to this so if you want to use the recording in any way you better check with them.Parts of the interview were aired March 3rd 2024 and March 10th 2024.Greg Norton of Hüsker Dü and now Ultrabomb is of course a living legend.Hüsker Dü is one of the most hard working and prolific bands in the his