The Counterforce with Aug Stone

Apr 10 2025 72 ep. 60 mins
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EPISODE 72 - STEVE KILBEY

Apr 10 2025 89 mins  
Great conversation with The Church frontman about his many projects, what he wants from music, and new album The Road To Tibooburra https://www.instagram.com/stvklby/ https://www.thechurchband.com/

EPISODE 71 - CONAN NEUTRON

Mar 25 2025 113 mins  
I had a freakin' blast chatting with the Powerhouse of ROCK that is Conan Neutron. We covered just about everything in this marathon session, and his latest Conan Neutron & The Secret Friends record, The Way Of The Neutron, is great, one of the best records I've heard this year https://neutronfriends.bandcamp.com/album/the-way-of-the-neutron https://www.instagram.com/conanneu

EPISODE 70 - TIM LANE

Mar 20 2025 61 mins  
A real pleasure to finally chat to Tim Lane, author of Your Silent Face and Phil's Siren Song. Talking books, music, Joy Division of course, the brilliant 80s bands that soundtrack his novels, and much more https://www.yoursilentface.com/ https://www.instagram.com/inlovewithplaid/ https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforce-no-41-books

EPISODE 69 - BOBBY MILLER

Mar 13 2025 62 mins  
A fun chat with filmmaker Bobby Miller about his debut novel, Situation Nowhere, in which a new energy drink is causing folks to explode. Talking books, film, comics, and more https://www.bobbymillertime.com/ https://thebobbymiller.com/situationnowhere https://bsky.app/profile/bobbymillertime.com https://augstone.substack.com/

EPISODE 68 - REPLACED BY ROBOTS

Feb 06 2025 51 mins  
A pleasure to chat with Goolkasian, Heather Morgan, & Adam Wade about the first Replaced By Robots mini-album. A psychobilly/surf-rock cheerleader freak-out heralds three killer new wave tunes. Plus Goolkasian tells a good Cars-related Elevator Drops story. And much more... https://replacedbyrobots.hearnow.com/the-experiment https://replacedbyrobots3d.bandcamp.com/album/the-exp

EPISODE 67 - ALI SMITH

Jan 30 2025 62 mins  
I had a great conversation with Ali Smith about music, writing, photography, punk ideals, rock n roll adventures, and her excellent memoir The Ballad Of Speedball Baby https://www.alismith.com/ https://www.youtube.com/@mommaloveAli https://www.instagram.com/mommaloveali/ https://www.instagram.com/speedballbaby/ FB: Ali Smith Photo https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforc

EPISODE 66 - THEBABEGABE

Jan 23 2025 26 mins  
Psyched to chat with one of my favorite pop stars, TheBabeGabe (BLACKSTARKIDS), about her new solo career and first single and video, PSA. Honored that this is her first solo interview https://www.instagram.com/ughthatsgabe https://x.com/_TheBabeGabe https://bsky.app/profile/thebabegabe.bsky.social https://thebabegabe.bandcamp.com/album/psa-single https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_

EPISODE 65 - CHEMTRAILS

Jan 16 2025 64 mins  
Hopefully one of your new favourite bands, Chemtrails are great rock n roll, with good lyrics and an infectious glammy stomp to boot. A fun conversation with Mia and Laura from the band https://adoseofchemtrails.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chemtrails_band/ https://pnkslm.com/pages/chemtrails https://augstone.substack.com/

EPISODE 64 - KEVIN MALONEY

Jan 09 2025 68 mins  
Talking John Frusciante, Kurt Vonnegut, music, writing, and of course his new book Horse Girl Fever with Kevin Maloney https://kevinmaloney.net/ https://x.com/kevinrmaloney https://www.instagram.com/kevinrmaloney https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/kevin-maloney-horse-girl-fever-preorder https://twodollarradio.com/products/maloney-kevin https://augstone.substack.com/

EPISODE 63 - FIGHTMILK Round III

Dec 19 2024 90 mins  
Always a blast to chat with Lily & Alex from Fightmilk. No Souvenirs is one of the best albums of 2024 https://fightmilkisaband.bandcamp.com/album/no-souvenirs https://x.com/fightmilkband https://www.instagram.com/fightmilkisaband https://bsky.app/profile/fightmilkband.bsky.social Excellent read from their label boss Giles Richards https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov