Kyle Meredith

Alex Ebert & Alec Ounsworth on critics, chaos, and concept album delusions: 🎙️ “We recorded 37 songs. I grouped 9 that sounded alike. Voilà, a concept.” 🎙️ “I scream, I cry, I whisper, I skip—why wouldn’t the music?” https://t.co/nv9kqaq7uZ

Tonight: Sabrina Carpenter joins me on @WFPK. Also spinning Dream Academy, Letters To Cleo, David Bowie, John Legend, new Jade Bird & the Girl Meets World theme. 6p ET. Pop glitter, ‘90s alt, glam ghosts & one very specific coming-of-age crisis. https://t.co/PX25W0ISA7

Greg Dulli says he tried to name the song something other than “Please, Baby, Please.” But what are you gonna do—call it “Highlander”? The Afghan Whigs frontman gets candid on ghosts, b-sides, voodoo curses, and burning bright on How Do You Burn. https://t.co/RE6ZKlnS27

“It was fun… until it wasn’t” Scott Lucas looks back on Pack Up the Cats, a rock opera that came out just in time to be crushed by the nu-metal wave and a label implosion. “We did exactly what we wanted—and the timing couldn’t have been worse.” https://t.co/IeMhtkdm62

“Some of my peers found their niche and stayed in it forever" Filter's #RichardPatrick bares all: the secret affair that shaped Title of Record, how Darcy from the Pumpkins secretly recorded vocals, and why he’s not wearing monster boots when he’s 75. https://t.co/rO4jfvdU9P

Bethany from Best Coast says she’s “not great, just okay”—and that’s what makes the new album so good. We talk Sugar Ray, punk attitude, saying no, and pulley systems for amps. https://t.co/VTYUDOUJM2

Gay James Bond? Close. Gabe Liedman created Q-Force as the anti-spy spy show—and filled it with queer jokes, action twists, and even Deborah Winger. We talk COVID blankets, cobblestones, and why rep still matters. https://t.co/Q0UL804ZYU

Tom Petersson says Cheap Trick’s Christmas Christmas was “better than we thought” and that their “Silent Night” is dark. We talked Nilsson, Rock Your Speech, and autism benefit w/ Dandy Warhols & more https://t.co/ZtzPMGVYKB

Pierre Bouvier of #SimplePlan says he uses the delete button a lot, still writes like a romantic, and once flew to a Mary-Kate & Ashley movie on a prop plane. We talked genre wars, pop punk’s comeback, and Harder Than It Looks https://t.co/SCGs4MgNFI

Love. Death. Anger. Matrimony. And one badly timed sailing trip. Tennis’ Elaina Moore opens up about Swimmer, toxic friendships, feminist vows, and writing “Matrimony II” from the deck of a boat with no Wi-Fi. https://t.co/w7wwIKkZBb

"In a post apocalyptic future, I'd probably be fine." #Blur’s #DaveRowntree on Radio Songs, arguing on purpose, seeing the same number everywhere, and why machines probably like him back. https://t.co/vWxiZbWFPH

RT @WFPK: “I resist life to a great degree” @TheJeffBridges on jamming with Dylan, a Kong sequel that never was, and his lost '70s album S…

Bartees Strange and I had a moment at Non-COMM. Now I’m back and talking to Gene Simmons and Thunderbolts’ Hannah John-Kamen on the pod. On @WFPK (6p ET): Sabrina Carpenter, Bon Iver, Ian Astbury, David Byrne & Josh Homme. Emotions. Chaos. Guitars. https://t.co/MP6NvRbsB0

“If they want Peter Pan, I’ll give them RoboCop.” #ArcticMonkeys talk AM, soul music, weirdness as a mission statement, and why some songs feel like telling the same joke for 20 years. https://t.co/Ajz6Avqp1g

“I was thinking a lot about my reluctance to access my own power” Fade-outs, falsehoods, and WWI deep dives — #HopAlong’s #FrancesQuinlan talks Bark Your Head Off, Dog, power dynamics, and turning Smog songs into cheerleader chants. https://t.co/HVUGp6Xxbz

#DaveGahan calls Imposter the closest he’s come to revealing who he really is. The #DepecheMode singer talks Dylan, Neil Young, and why Always On My Mind is actually a tragedy. “It’s not a covers album—it’s a confession.” https://t.co/YcIsnWOAhB

“I resist life to a great degree” #JeffBridges on jamming with Dylan, a Kong sequel that never was, and his lost '70s album Slow Magic finally getting released. https://t.co/cimTJctu8G