Podcast appearances and mentions of merrill garbus

Oakland based art-pop band Tune-Yards is widely loved for their complex and funky rhythms, layers of sound, thrillingly dynamic vocals, and thought provoking lyrics. The duo, Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, have just released a new album, “Better Dreaming,” praised by critics as highly danceable and jubilant while, as always, grappling with the state of the world. Merrill Garbus joins us in the studio for a new album listening party and to demonstrate how she creates her powerhouse sound. Guests: Merrill Garbus, singer, musician, Tune-Yards - newest album is "Better Dreaming" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today's episode, I talk to Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner of the band Tune-Yards. Started by Merrill in the mid-aughts, Tune-Yards first official release Bird-Brains came out in 2009 on 4AD. Almost immediately, the band began to garner acclaim from Pitchfork, the Village Voice and many other publications. After the release of Bird-Brains, Merrill moved to Oakland where Nate lived, and since then, the two have recorded five more albums, a number of singles, as well as the score to the Boots Riley film Sorry to Bother You. Their latest, Better Dreaming, just came out a few weeks ago on 4AD, and it's wonderful! This is the website for Beginnings, subscribe on Apple Podcasts, follow me on Twitter. Check out my free philosophy Substack where I write essays every couple months here and my old casiopop band's lost album here! And the comedy podcast I do with my wife Naomi Couples Therapy can be found here! Theme song by the fantastic Savoir Adore! Second theme by the brilliant Mike Pace! Closing theme by the delightful Gregory Brothers! Podcast art by the inimitable Beano Gee!  

Merrill Garbus says the lyrics simply poured out of her mouth on several tracks for the new Tune-Yards album, Better Dreaming. This time, she and her partner Nate Brenner trusted their gut more in the writing process. The record is heavily inspired by current events domestically and abroad, the ongoing fight for LGBTQ+ rights, and unexpected lessons from unexpectedly becoming a parent. “I'm not a maker of sad music generally,” Garbus says in the interview. “My general take on music is: Let's sweat this out because we have to keep moving on. I love music for that. It allows that kind of movement through grief, through trauma, through hardship.” Support the show: kexp.org/deeperSupport the show: https://www.kexp.org/sound/See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Merrill Garbus returns to SHEROES this week to chat with Carmel about the brand new Tune-Yards album Better Dreaming, motherhood, and stepping into her power as an artist with nearly two decades and six albums under her belt.

In this chat, we get to meet Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards. Garbus started Tune-Yards as a solo project, but quickly transformed into a duo with musical and life partner Nate Brenner, and they have now released their brand new LP, Better Dreaming, on 4AD. In this chat, Merrill and I go deep on the personal, global, emotional, and sociopolitical themes and inspirations behind the new record, as well as the production, writing, and composition process. We also touch a bit on Tune-Yards early years, and end up diving deep into the significance of art (both making it and having it in our lives), and of simply being alive, in this moment, now - and how radical that can be. Thank you for listening.

adrienne takes a break from our regular program to bring us a very special bonus episode with a super special guest: AUTUMN, the band! Podcast cohost Autumn Brown comes back, this time as a guest to talk about her debut EP, The Animal in You. The Brown Sisters are joined by Autumn's brilliant collaborators Nehemiah Luckett, Merrill Garbus, and Sterling Duns. Tune in to hear adrienne interview the team about the process of producing the EP, with intimate look at each song. --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT OUR SHOW! - ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow --- Music by Tunde Olaniran, Mother Cyborg, The Bengsons & AUTUMN --- HTS ESSENTIALS ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠SUPPORT Our Show on Patreon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/Endoftheworldshow⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PEEP us on IG⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/endoftheworldpc/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/how-to-survive-the-end-of-the-world/message

Ever since his 2018 feature debut Sorry to Bother You, Oakland-based musician Boots Riley (of The Coup) has built a reputation as one of our most imaginative, socially-minded filmmakers, combining abject surrealism with biting commentary on the complex interweavings of race and capitalism in American life. (With a healthy dose of absurd comedy, of course.)   His followup is the seven-episode Amazon series I'm a Virgo,  starring Jharrel Jerome as a 13-foot-tall Black man named Cootie, hidden away since birth by his overprotective parents in Oakland. But when he escapes and finally sees the real world for what it is, he's both amazed and aghast at the joys and horrors it contains. Sure, he finally gets to try fast-food burgers, and falls in love with a charming woman named Flora (Olivia Washington) who has her own sort of superpower. But he also faces the increased commodification of his size and self by a world that views him as an object... or, in the case of real-life superhero The Hero (Walton Goggins), a "thug" that needs to be taken out.   Aiding Riley's beautifully maximalist project is indie duo Tune-Yards, aka Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, who adapt their signature frenetic hooks, and limber vocalizations to a soundscape as riveting as it is unconventional. And now, Garbus and Brenner join me on the show to talk about working with Boots' exacting creative vision, adapting to the world of composing, and what it's like for musicians out there in a world where unionization is on the minds of everyone in the wake of the SAG and WGA strikes.   You can find Tune-Yards at their official website here.   I'm a Virgo is currently streaming on Prime Video. You can also listen to the score on your preferred music streaming service courtesy of Lakeshore Records.

Sad news for all of us: producer Rachael Cusick— who brought us soul-stirring stories rethinking grief (https://zpr.io/GZ6xEvpzsbHU) and solitude (https://zpr.io/eT5tAX6JtYra), as well as colorful musings on airplane farts (https://zpr.io/CNpgUijZiuZ4) and belly flops (https://zpr.io/uZrEz27z63CB) and Blueberry Earths (https://zpr.io/EzxgtdTRGVzz)— is leaving the show. So we thought it perfect timing to sit down with her and revisit another brainchild of hers, The Cataclysm Sentence, a collection of advice for The End. To explain: one day in 1961, the famous physicist Richard Feynman stepped in front of a Caltech lecture hall and posed this question to a group of undergraduate students: “If, in some cataclysm, all of scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence was passed on to the next generation of creatures, what statement would contain the most information in the fewest words?” Now, Feynman had an answer to his own question—a good one. But his question got the entire team at Radiolab wondering, what did his sentence leave out? So we posed Feynman's cataclysm question to some of our favorite writers, artists, historians, futurists—all kinds of great thinkers. We asked them “What's the one sentence you would want to pass on to the next generation that would contain the most information in the fewest words?” What came back was an explosive collage of what it means to be alive right here and now, and what we want to say before we go. Featuring: Richard Feynman, physicist - The Pleasure of Finding Things Out (https://zpr.io/5KngTGibPVDw) Caitlin Doughty, mortician - Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs (https://zpr.io/Wn4bQgHzDRDB) Esperanza Spalding, musician - 12 Little Spells (https://zpr.io/KMjYrkwrz9dy)  Cord Jefferson, writer - Watchmen (https://zpr.io/ruqKDQGy5Rv8)  Merrill Garbus, musician - I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life (https://zpr.io/HmrqFX8RKuFq) Jenny Odell, writer - How to do Nothing (https://zpr.io/JrUHu8dviFqc) Maria Popova, writer - Brainpickings (https://zpr.io/vsHXphrqbHiN) Alison Gopnik, developmental psychologist - The Gardener and the Carpenter (https://zpr.io/ewtJpUYxpYqh) Rebecca Sugar, animator - Steven Universe (https://zpr.io/KTtSrdsBtXB7) Nicholson Baker, writer - Substitute (https://zpr.io/QAh2d7J9QJf2) James Gleick, writer - Time Travel (https://zpr.io/9CWX9q3KmZj8) Lady Pink, artist - too many amazing works to pick just one (https://zpr.io/FkJh6edDBgRL) Jenny Hollwell, writer - Everything Lovely, Effortless, Safe (https://zpr.io/MjP5UJb3mMYP) Jaron Lanier, futurist - Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now (https://zpr.io/bxWiHLhPyuEK) Missy Mazzoli, composer - Proving Up (https://zpr.io/hTwGcHGk93Ty)   Special Thanks to: Ella Frances Sanders, and her book, "Eating the Sun" (https://zpr.io/KSX6DruwRaYL), for inspiring this whole episode. Caltech for letting us use original audio of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. The entirety of the lectures are available to read for free online at www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.All the musicians who helped make the Primordial Chord, including: Siavash Kamkar (https://zpr.io/2ZT46XsMRdhg), from Iran  Koosha Pashangpour (https://zpr.io/etWDXuCctrzE), from Iran Curtis MacDonald (https://zpr.io/HQ8uskA44BUh), from Canada Meade Bernard (https://zpr.io/gbxDPPzHFvme), from US Barnaby Rea (https://zpr.io/9ULsQh5iGUPa), from UK Liav Kerbel (https://zpr.io/BA4DBwMhwZDU), from Belgium Sam Crittenden (https://zpr.io/EtQZmAk2XrCQ), from US Saskia Lankhoorn (https://zpr.io/YiH6QWJreR7p), from Netherlands Bryan Harris (https://zpr.io/HMiyy2TGcuwE), from US Amelia Watkins (https://zpr.io/6pWEw3y754me), from Canada Claire James (https://zpr.io/HFpHTUwkQ2ss), from US Ilario Morciano (https://zpr.io/zXvM7cvnLHW6), from Italy Matthias Kowalczyk, from Germany (https://zpr.io/ANkRQMp6NtHR) Solmaz Badri (https://zpr.io/MQ5VAaKieuyN), from IranAll the wonderful people we interviewed for sentences but weren't able to fit in this episode, including: Daniel Abrahm, Julia Alvarez, Aimee Bender, Sandra Cisneros, Stanley Chen, Lewis Dartnell, Ann Druyan, Rose Eveleth, Ty Frank, Julia Galef, Ross Gay, Gary Green, Cesar Harada, Dolores Huerta, Robin Hunicke, Brittany Kamai, Priya Krishna, Ken Liu, Carmen Maria Machado, James Martin, Judith Matloff, Ryan McMahon, Hasan Minhaj, Lorrie Moore, Priya Natarajan, Larry Owens, Sunni Patterson, Amy Pearl, Alison Roman, Domee Shi, Will Shortz, Sam Stein, Sohaib Sultan, Kara Swisher, Jill Tarter, Olive Watkins, Reggie Watts, Deborah Waxman, Alex Wellerstein, Caveh Zahedi.EPISODE CREDITS Reported by - Rachael Cusick (https://www.rachaelcusick.com/)Our newsletter comes out every Wednesday. It includes short essays, recommendations, and details about other ways to interact with the show. Sign up (https://radiolab.org/newsletter)! Radiolab is supported by listeners like you. Support Radiolab by becoming a member of The Lab (https://members.radiolab.org/) today. Follow our show on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook @radiolab, and share your thoughts with us by emailing radiolab@wnyc.org Leadership support for Radiolab's science programming is provided by the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation, Science Sandbox, a Simons Foundation Initiative, and the John Templeton Foundation. Foundational support for Radiolab was provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.

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A mix by Joseph Sannicandro (@thenewobjective) that will be played at Cinema Politica (www.cinemapolitica.org) screenings as people gather for the projection. Below is the track listing: Soundtrack Politica mix by @thenewobjective Accompanying image from the documentary: Whose Streets? https://www.cinemapolitica.org/film/whose-streets Two things I love: hip hop and soundtrack music. More specifically, New York hip hop and Italian soundtrack music, which form the basis of most of this mix (with a few west coast tracks thrown in for good measure). In recent years there's been a newfound appreciation for soundtracks and library music, but hip hop producers have been digging those gems for decades. MCs are amongst the best contemporary storytellers, though they don't often get enough recognition in that respect. And in my opinion, we have been witnessing a new golden age in New York hip hop, so I've mostly selected songs released in the last few years to highlight the excellent work being done today. There are a good number of instrumental cuts here, but where there are rhymes they often have political and spiritual significance that might resonate with the films screened at Cinema Politica. I also aimed for close to gender balance on the voices heard on this mix. I gravitated towards tracks that tell a story and tracks that sample soundtracks, and tie it all together with a few choice cuts from soundtracks themselves. TRACKLIST Goblin - “Mad Puppet's Laugh (Opening intro)” (Profondo Rosso, 1975) Madlib - “Breaks Of Mediate Pt. 1” (Beat Konducta Vol. 0: Earth Sounds, 2001) Nappy Nina - “Lugie” (Mourning Due, 2023) Navy Blue - “1491” (Song of Sage: Post-Panic!, 2020) AKAI SOLO - “Marine Snow” (Body Feeling, 2022) AMANI + King Vision Ultra - “Water (feat. maasai)” (AN UNKNOWN INFINITE, 2020) Quelle Chris + Chris Keys - “Sacred Safe (feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier, & Homeboy Sandman)” (Innocent Country 2, 2020) Flying Lotus - “R2 Where Are You?” (Star Wars Headspace, 2016) Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - “Waiting For The Moon (feat. Mosel & Anna Wise)” (Everything's Fine, 2018) billy woods & Kenny Segal - “Houthi” (Hiding Places, 2019) E L U C I D - “impasse” (I Told Bessie, 2022) AKAI SOLO & NAVY BLUE - “OCEAN HUE HOURS” (TRUE SKY, 2020) Madlib - “Chops & Thangs” (Beat Konducta Vol. 0: Earth Sounds, 2001) Moor Mother - “Made A Circle (feat. Nappy Nina, maassai, Antonia Gabriela & Orion Sun)” (Black Encyclopedia of the Air, 2021) Gang Starr feat. MOP - “1/2 & 1/2 (Instrumental)” (Blade Soundtrack, 1998) Goblin - “Suspiria (Celesta And Bells)” (Suspiria, 1977) Piero Umiliani - “To Seek” (La Morte Bussa Due Volte, 1969) Jean Grae & Quelle Chris - “Gold Purple Orange” (Everything's Fine, 2018) Navy Blue - “Aunt Gerry's Fried Chicken” (Song of Sage: Post-Panic!, 2020) KING VISION ULTRA (feat. Lord Kayso) - “Media Training” (SHOOK WORLD, 2023) Egisto Macchi - “Jungla I” (Africa Minima, 1972) Raekwon - “Casablanca” (instrumental loop edit) (Immobilarity, 1999) Piero Umiliani - “Lavoro Nero” (Atmospheres, 1979) Madlib - “Two Timer (The Pimp)” (Beat Konducta Vol 1-2: Movie Scenes, 2006) Fatboi Sharif & Roper Williams - “I'm Buggin” Egisto Macchi - “Regno di Dio” (Risonanze / 3 - Evocazioni Musicali Di Temi Biblici, 1979)

Shara Nova, a classically trained vocalist and self-taught multi-instrumentalist who records dazzling, shapeshifting music as My Brightest Diamond, has always felt like an outsider.  Over the course of many albums, she has resisted the conventions of genre, blending elements of rock, art pop, and chamber music into a sound totally her own. SIGN UP FOR SHARA'S NEWSLETTER HERE!---Support TBAS by becoming a patron!!!!---Call Zak with your advice @ 844-935-BEST---IG: @bestadviceshow & @muzacharyTWITTER: @muzacharybestadvice.show---PAST ADVICE FROM BRILLIANT MUSICIANSSlowing Down with Katie Crutchfield of WaxahatcheeBeing Close with Michael FrantiNot Knowing with Merrill Garbus of Tune-YardsPlanting Seeds with Matt Berninger of  The NationalFacing the Truth with Tamara Lindeman of The Weather StationSharing from a Deep Well of Knowledge with Daniel Messé of HemPower Hour with Jon London

Welcome to the fifth and final chapter of TrueAnon Presents: Keep the Dream Alive. In this episode: facing the inevitable; the sacred and the profane; falling in love with LA; opening in Oakland; embracing digital; on the road again. Interviews with Merrill Garbus, John Congleton, and Tabor Allen. Featured tracks: "cracked pass words" by John Vanderslice, "If" by The Dodos, "Coast to Coast" by Tune-Yards.

To hear the full episode, subscribe at patreon.com/TrueAnonPod ---------- Welcome to the fifth and final chapter of TrueAnon Presents: Keep the Dream Alive. In this episode: facing the inevitable; the sacred and the profane; falling in love with LA; opening in Oakland; embracing digital; on the road again. Interviews with Merrill Garbus, John Congleton, and Tabor Allen. Featured tracks: "cracked pass words" by John Vanderslice, "If" by The Dodos, "Coast to Coast" by Tune-Yards.

Based in Los Angeles and a native of New York City, Kiran Gandhi, aka Madame Gandhi, is a singer, percussionist, activist and music industry thinker known for her electronic-based sound and fourth-wave feminist perspective. She began working under the stage name Madame Gandhi in 2015, while Alexia Riner — a Berklee College of Music graduate in sound design — became a key contributor to the project, providing electronic soundscapes and co-production. Currently, Gandhi is working on her three-part electrofeminist solo EP series. Her debut EP, and the first in the series, Voices, was released in October 2016, featuring guest appearances from Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs and Alt-J guitarist Joe Newman. The second installment, Visions, is slated for July 2019. The third in the EP series will follow. Prior to her solo work, Gandhi toured with forward-thinking, politically-minded rapper/electronic artist M.I.A. as the band's drummer. She has also drummed for acts such as Krewella, Lizzo and Kehlani and is a prolific collaborator in the world of electrofeminist music and art. Gandhi's interests span music, politics and activism. She studied Political Science, Mathematics, and Women's Studies at Georgetown University and received her M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. It was while at Georgetown that Gandhi‘s interests in music and politics fused — she met and began performing with boundary-pushing electronic duo Thievery Corporation, including an appearance at Bonnaroo in 2010, after they organized a protest over the closing of a local homeless shelter. While at Harvard, she juggled playing shows around the world with M.I.A. and taking classes. Gandhi has been featured on Forbes' “30 Under 30” list and her 2018 “Own Your Voice” TED Talk has been viewed 200,000+ times. She also previously served as the first digital analyst at Interscope Records in Los Angeles.

The Blind Boys of Alabama have the rare distinction of being recognized around the world as both living legends and modern-day innovators.  They are not just gospel singers borrowing from old traditions; the group helped to define those traditions in 20th century and almost single-handedly created a new gospel sound for the 21st.  Since the original members first sang together as kids at the Alabama Institute for the Negro Blind in the late 1930s (including Jimmy Carter, who leads the group today), the band has persevered through seven decades to become one of the most recognized and decorated roots music groups in the world.Touring throughout the South during the Jim Crow era of the 1940s and 1950s, the Blind Boys flourished thanks to their unique sound, which blended the close harmonies of early jubilee gospel with the more fervent improvisations of hard gospel. In the early 1960s, the band sang at benefits for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and were a part of the soundtrack to the Civil Rights movement. But as the years passed, gospel fans started to drift away and follow the many singers who had originated in the church but were now recording secular popular music. And the Blind Boys, who refused many offers to ‘cross over' to secular music, also saw their audiences dwindle. However, the Blind Boys persevered and their time came again, starting in the 1980s with their starring role in the Obie Award-winning musical “The Gospel at Colonus,” which began a new chapter in their incredible history. It's almost unbelievable that a group of blind, African-American singers, who started out touring during a time of whites-only bathrooms, restaurants and hotels, went on to win five Grammy® Awards, a Lifetime Achievement Grammy, be inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame, and to perform at the White House for three different presidents.Few would have expected them to still be going strong—stronger than ever, even—so many years after they first joined voices, but they've proved as productive and as musically ambitious in recent years as they did in the beginning. In 2001, they released Spirit of the Century on Peter Gabriel's Real World label, mixing traditional church tunes with songs by Tom Waits and the Rolling Stones, and won the first of their Grammy Awards. The next year they backed Gabriel on his album Up and joined him on a world tour, although a bigger break may have come when David Simon chose their cover of Waits' ‘Way Down in the Hole' as the theme song for the first season of HBO's acclaimed series The Wire.  Subsequent Grammy-winning albums have found them working with the likes of Ben Harper, Robert Randolph, Aaron Neville, Mavis Staples, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Allen Toussaint and Willie Nelson.In 2013 the band worked with Justin Vernon (of Bon Iver) to release I'll Find A Way,  a powerful collection of gospel and spiritual songs new and old, featuring some of the Blind Boys' most fervent vocals as well as contributions by a new generation of Blind Boys fans, including Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs, Patty Griffin, and Justin Vernon himself.  In 2014 the Blind Boys released Talkin' Christmas!, a collaboration with Taj Mahal, that continued the band's streak of creating original and interesting work.  It includes new versions of Christmas standards, covers of hidden gospel gems, and seven brand-new holiday songs featuring Money Mark on keyboards, Taj Mahal on vocals and songwriting collaborations with Stax Records soul legend William Bell.  

Merrill Garbus is a founding member of the band Tune-Yards. The other regular member of the band is her partner Nate Brenner.  Back in 2009, Merrill recorded the first Tune-Yards album Bird-Brains on recycled cassette tape using a voice recorder and then self released it. The album was well received and led to the band being signed by 4AD records several months later. Since Bird-Brains Tune-Yards has released four more albums including Sketchy, which was released this past March.  Merrill has described Sketchy as a rediscovery of the joy in making music.   She and Nate also do soundtrack work. In 2018 Tune-Yards scored the excellent Boots Riley movie Sorry to Bother You.

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Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner discuss tune-yards, their new album sketchy., running, workaholism and managing creative expectations, delving into what socio-cultural appropriation really means, improvisation, future plans, and more! Supported by you on Patreon, Blackbyrd Myoozik, Live at Massey Hall, Pizza Trokadero, the Bookshelf, Planet Bean Coffee, and Grandad's Donuts. Support Y.E.S.S. and Black Women United YEG. Follow vish online. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/kreative-kontrol. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards joins hosts Jim DeRogatis and Greg Kot for a conversation about their new album, Sketchy, and the complicated ideas about race that informed it. Plus, they interview writer Josh Terry about how the live music industry can be more accessible as concerts resume. Accessibility Interview Transcript: https://soundopinions.org/show/809Join our Facebook Group: https://bit.ly/3sivr9TBecome a member on Patreon: https://bit.ly/3slWZvcSign up for our newsletter: https://bit.ly/3eEvRnGMake a donation via PayPal: https://bit.ly/3dmt9lURecord a Voice Memo: https://bit.ly/2RyD5Ah Featured Songs:Tune-Yards, "hold yourself.," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021Tune-Yards, "Bizness (Live on Sound Opinions)," Whokill, 4AD, 2011Tune-Yards, "Now as Then," I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life, 4AD, 2018Tune-Yards, "homewrecker," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021Tune-Yards, "make it right.," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021Brocelïande, "Abbots Bromley Horn Dance," Flowing Glass: Sir Christèmas, Flowinglass Music, 2000The Coup, "Hey Saturday Night (feat. Tune-Yards)," Sorry To Bother You: The Soundtrack, Interscope, 2018Tune-Yards, "Money Money Money," Sorry To Bother You: The Score, Interscope, 2019Craig Brenner, "Spring Is Near," Passages, (Self-released), 2020Tune-Yards, "silence pt. 1 (when we say we)," Sketchy, 4AD, 2021Led Zeppelin, "The Battle of Evermore," Led Zeppelin IV, Atlantic, 1971Talking Heads, "The Great Curve," Remain in Light, Sire, 1980Earth, Wind & Fire, "Spirit," Spirit, Columbia, 1976Rare Earth, "Get Ready," Get Ready, Rare Earth, 1969Bachelor, Jay Som, Palehound, "Stay in the Car," Stay in the Car (Single), Polyvinyl, 2021

Merrill Garbus and Jenn Wasner released monumental records just a week apart this year: Tune-Yards fifth album—sixth if you count their score to Boots Riley’s film Sorry to Bother You—is called Sketchy, and it’s as puzzling and progressive as you’ve hopefully come to expect. Garbus and bassist Nate Brenner are never content to rest on their past glories: They’re always searching for new modes of thought and expression, and Garbus’ lyrics meld the personal and political into one fiery concoction. Jenn Wasner is best known for singing and playing guitar in Wye Oak, and she’s also released albums with Dungeonesse and solo style under the name Flock of Dimes, in addition to being a recent touring member of Bon Iver. It’s her Flock of Dimes project that’s garnering some incredible, well deserved attention this year, including a huge feature in the New York Times. It makes sense, considering that the album she’s promoting is so extraordinary: Head of Roses will be both familiar to her fans and unexpected, with new sounds, textures, and lyrical motivations. The story is that it’s an album about heartbreak, but it’s so much more. It's a great conversation between two great friends. Enjoy.

The Guardian calls sketchy., the new album from Tune-Yards, a “discomfiting but enjoyable sonic deluge.” Tune-Yards’ Merrill Garbus joins us for an All Of It Listening Party.

Tune Yards, the band of singer and producer Merrill Garbus, have found the perfect blend of indie anthems and global pop. Tune Yards was initially Merrill Garbus' solo project. In 2009, her debut was originally released on cassette. Produced with only a few resources and a ukulele, the album was celebrated for its lofi charm.

Tune-Yards, die Band von Sängerin und Producerin Merrill Garbus, haben die perfekte Mischung aus Indie-Hymnen und Global Pop gefunden. Tune Yards war anfangs das Solo-Projekt von Merrill Garbus. 2009 erschien ihr Debüt ursprünglich auf Kassette. Mit nur wenigen Mitteln und einer Ukulele produziert wurde das Album für seinen Lofi-Charme gefeiert.

Our friend James rejoins us to talk about one of his favorites, 2011's w h o k i l l by tUnE-yArDs. Merrill Garbus has a whole lot of her personal politics come out in the lyrics of this album...moreso than any of us remembered. Some of it works, some of it is going in our cringe compilation. David | Matt | James | Tuning Fork

Our friend James rejoins us to talk about one of his favorites, 2011’s w h o k i l l by tUnE-yArDs. Merrill Garbus has a whole lot of her personal politics come out in the lyrics of this album…moreso than any of us remembered. Some of it works, some of it is going in […]

Join KEXP’s daytime DJ line-up, Gabriel Teodros, John Richards, Cheryl Waters, Larry Mizell, Jr. and Kevin Cole, as they reflect on the 2020 releases that got them through the year that felt like a decade. They share standout tracks from KEXP favorites like SAULT, IDLES and Deep Sea Diver, as well as gems from Sa-Roc, Arlo Parks, Bartees Strange, Nappy Nina and more. 1. Sa-Roc - The Black Renaissance (feat. Black Thought) 2. Quelle Chris and Chris Keys - Sacred Safe (feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman) 3. Essam & Petty Pro - Write Your Name (feat. Prospect and Umar Zia) 4. Jah9 - Note To Self (Okay) (feat. Chronixx) 5. Ivy Sole - BITTERSWEET 6. Benjamin Gibbard - Life in Quarantine 7. SAULT - Wildfires 8. Smokey Brights - I Love You But Damn 9. The Neverly Boys - Never Come Down 10. Jeff Tweedy - Love Is The King 11. Arlo Parks - Hurt 12. Nilüfer Yanya - Crash 13. Bartees Strange - Stone Meadows 14. Porridge Radio - Sweet 15. Dylan Cartlidge - Yellow Brick Road 16. SIR E.U. - Multimedia Artist (October 71) 17. Nappy Nina - Modestly (feat. maassai) 18. Nubya Garcia - The Message Continues 19. Yves Tumor - Medicine Burn 20. Jessica Winter - Sad Music 21. Working Men’s Club - A.A.A.A. 22. Songhoy Blues - Worry 23. IDLES - Grounds 24. Deep Sea Diver - Impossible Weight (feat. Sharon Van Etten) Support the show: https://www.kexp.org/donate See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Eamon's top 100 Hip Hop songs of 2020: eamonwhalen.tumblr.com Top 10 Songs Chris 1. Juice WRLD - Titanic 2. Meek Mill - Uptown II (feat. Faruko) 3. MoneyBagg Yo - No Chill (feat. Lil Baby & Rylo Rodriguez) 4. French Montana - Wave Blues (featuring Benny the Butcher) 5. Ty Dolla Sign - Double R (feat. Lil Durk) 6. Megan Thee Stallion - Rich 7. Jay Electronica & Jay-Z - Flux Capacitor 8. Chris Brown & Young Thug - Big Slimes (feat. Gunna & Lil Duke) 9. JPEG Mafia - Bald! 10. Tee Grizzley - Covid (feat. Lil Baby) Eamon 1. Chris Keys & Quelle Chris - Mirage (feat. Earl Sweatshirt, Denmark Vessey, Merrill Garbus & Big Sen) 2. Mozzy featuring Blxst - I Ain't Perfect 3. Jay Electronica & Jay -Z - A.P.I.D.T.A. 4. Shabazz Palaces - Fast Learner (feat. Purple Tape Nate) 5. G-Herbo - PTSD (feat. Chance the Rapper, Juice WRLD & Lil Uzi Vert) 6. 21 Savage & Metro Boomin - Rich N***a Shit (feat. Young Thug) 7. Sad Baby - Slide 8. Megan Thee Stallion - Circles 9. Polo G - Martin & Gina 10. Gunna - SKYBOX Top 5 albums Chris Ty Dolla Sign - Featuring Ty Dolla Sign Juice WRLD - Legends Never Die Benny the Butcher - Burden of Proof Megan Thee Stallion - Good News Playboi Carti - Whole Lotta Red Eamon Quelle Chris and Chris Keys - Innocent Country 2 Freddie Gibbs and Alchemist - Alfredo Gunna - WUNNA Jay Electronica - A Written Testimony Mozzy - Beyond Bulletproof

Merrill Garbus is a musician. Her band is Tune-Yards. She put together a collage-y, meditative livestream thing to benefit @EBMC_Oakland, East Bay Meditation Center this Saturday @ 5pm PT / 8pm ET.   - ATTEND - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKbzKawWdTA With @thaogetdownstaydown, @esotericatropical, @DJCecil --- HASTENING SLOWLY w/MERRILL - https://bestadvice.show/episodes/202069_hastening-slowly-with-merrill-garbus--from-tune-yards-/ ---- To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BEST TRANSCRIPT: MERRILL: I am Merrill Garbus. I have a band called, Tune-Yards. Advice I wish I had taken to heart sooner is to say, I don't know, more often. ZAK: I always think I'm gonna be better at saying, I don't know. But then in the moment when someone's like, Have you heard of bla bla bla. And I'm always like, Yeah, I think so. MERRILL: Me too! Oh yeah. ZAK: It's so hard. It takes some real discipline. MERRILL: It does take discipline. Are you a first-born child? ZAK: No. I have an older sister. MERRILL: So, I'm a first-born child and I always blame it on that but apparently it's not that but the sense that I should be the one who's in the know all the time, like I'm the boss. The boss has got to know versus, like, so much of the effective leadership I've seen over these years of being alive, always it's a more powerful leader who says, I don't know and I know some people who might and so I'm going to go consult with them. It's always so much more effective. Yeah. ZAK: Yeah, it's such a good one. Do you think there's a practice for training yourself how to say, I don't know? MERRILL: I think that your idea of discipline around it...You know just a daily commitment to saying, I don't know when I actually don't know. Even if I framed my day that way. And for me that also has to do with honesty which has been...rigorous honesty is what they say in the 12-step world...that I'm always in a better place when I'm grounded in honesty cause then I'm not pretending. I'm not holding this reality up. To just say, I actually don't know. There's nothing wrong with it. I think in a lot of worlds it is symbolic of weakness. That if I let go of control of this situation and say, I don't know then who knows where things will go. Even that feels like white supremacy culture, actually. The idea that the leader should know and all should follow the leader, versus the group knows and the knowledge should be sourced from the group. Just even saying it feels so much more powerful, especially given this particular moment in history. ZAK: Yeah, it's just such a relief to say. I. Don't. Know. MERRILL: It is. ZAK: Merrill is a return contributor to the show. Her last episode is called, Hastening Slowly. I linked to that one in our show notes. If you like today's advice, I'd love for you to share it with a family member or friend. Also, if you love this show, please consider leaving a rating or writing a review on Apple Podcasts. It's gonna help other people discover the show. Thank you so much. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know...

An unbelievable line up this week sees Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus ask Danielle and Este from Haim, Black Pumas' Eric Burton and Bardo Martinez of Chicano Batman if they consider the audience when writing, the ways in which their creative process has adapted from when they started out, and how they use the music of the past in their work. Eric Burton - a singer, songwriter, former busker, and one half of Black Pumas - was discovered whilst performing on the streets of Austin, Texas, by a friend of Grammy-winning artist and producer Adrian Quesada. Bardo Martinez is a Los Angeles-based vocalist, keyboardist, and bandleader of Chicano Batman. They have toured with the likes of Jack White, Alabama Shakes and Portugal The Man. And Haim are one of the biggest pop-rock bands of our time. Their latest album, Women in Music Part III, reflects on the strength of their bond, and personal struggles the three sisters have experienced during the writing process, which they have described as “collective therapy”.

In this week’s episode, Edith talks to kings of collaboration Disclosure and music-looping visionary Merrill Garbus from Tune-Yards. But rest assured, she’s bringing you a whole load of the freshest new tracks to boot. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

I had a chat with Merrill Garbus, who with her long term collaborator and husband Nate Brenner, makes the wonderful sound that is Tune-Yards. The first time I heard Tune-Yards, I think it being on the 4AD label drew me in, I totally fell for the rhythms and harmonies bursting out of the at the time lo-fi production. Ever since then, new Tune-Yards material is always such heaven to my ears, whether its been on big tunes like Water Fountain or scoring the film Sorry To Bother You. Zapping in from Oakland, California, where the skies were still very much effected by fires. We speak about her long term support for Black Lives Matter, feminism and how that plays a role in her songwriting. In the process, the conversation kind of became an examination of the cultural issues behind Paul Simon’s Graceland. There’s also a new tune, Nowhere, Man out this week, which takes their sound to realms of squelchy funk.I hope you enjoy listening.

Allie Zeff drinks coffee from her home in Detroit. Hastening Slowly with Merrill Garbus - https://bestadvice.show/episodes/202069_hastening-slowly-with-merrill-garbus--from-tune-yards-/ To offer your own advice, call Zak @ 844-935-BEST TRANSCRIPT: ZAK: In the meantime, you want to do some coffee talk? ALLIE: Yes. With Linda Richman. I am Allie Zeff and I am an organizer for an organization called Detroit Jews for justice. And I have a cute dog. ZAK: So tell me about your, your history of, of coffee ALLIE: High school. I would say my mom, I think quickly figured out that like having a cup of coffee ready on the counter was like the way to get me out of bed. Um, and to go to school. Yeah. I've been hooked ever since. Very heavy coffee drinker all through college. Haven't really taken very many breaks, maybe one or two. ZAK: And now here you are having arrived at a kind of coffee turning point. It sounds like. Yes. Tell me about your new strategy. ALLIE: No caffeine after noon. Decaf afternoon. It's like hard for me to allow those words to come out of my mouth. No caffeine after noon. ZAK: And so up to this point before you, you decided, no caffeine afternoon. What was your like typical coffee intake? Like over the course of a day? ALLIE: Some days I have a top five cups of coffee in a day and I'd be drinking it until I go home and then I would sleep like a baby. It, it just felt like it was normal. It was delicious. ZAK: Yeah. And so what happened, why it sounded like it was working for you? ALLIE: Yes, uh, the pandemic, uh, and the global uprisings. And when all of these global issues that affect my work were coming to a head and I was confined to my house. And I'm an extrovert. So I think like I didn't, I wasn't getting that like social energy out in the way that I needed to. The coffee just like pushed me over the edge of urgency. I was just like a panicked mess pacing, physically shaking and I'm confined to my home. Um, and the walls are closing in. Um, so yeah, ZAK: All these things still very much exist. Police brutality, rising death toll, et cetera, et cetera. Are the walls closing in less now that you're having less coffee? ALLIE: Yeah. You know, we're still grappling with this stuff. You're right. Like all this stuff is still happening. And when it first, when everything started to happen, I was like, Oh, this is like a, this is a crisis that I need to respond to immediately. And what I've realized in the past, and I know how long it's been four or five months is like, Oh, this is a marathon, not a sprint. And I have to be ready to deal with things as they arise, as long as they arise, maybe forever. Right. So, um, yeah, I think like lowering the amount of like stimulant and my body has really helped me to, to deal. ZAK: This has been another episode of Food Friday on The Best Advice Show. This one is more like Drink Friday, but still this episode pairs particularly well with the one called Hastening Slowly with Merrill Garbus MERRILL: The idea behind it is that there is urgent work to be done. And that in order to do that work slowing down is necessary. ZAK: I'm going to link to that in our show notes. If you have some advice on how you've made your walls stop caving in less, I would love to hear it. Give me a call on the hotline at 844-935-BEST

On this episode, RJ speaks with percussionist Dani Markham. A born beatmaker, Dani has channeled her lifelong passion for rhythm into musical stylings from across the world. In 2014 Dani toured with the indie pop sensation Tune-Yards, forging a unique musical bond with their leader Merrill Garbus. In 2016 Dani joined Childish Gambino, the Grammy-winning stage name of superstar Donald Glover, to bring her sound into their eclectic rhythm section. Between world tours, Dani found time to compose an hour-long drum score for a live dance performance called "It's Time," with choreographer Jenn Freeman. This unique concept and composition is just another step in Dani's ongoing experiments with rhythm and sound.After the interview, you'll hear Dani perform three brand new songs that she wrote with violinist Sarah Neufeld, best known as a member of Arcade Fire. In the final song of the performance, there is an interlude dedicated to Breonna Taylor. Please visit Justice for Breonna to learn more.You can see videos of these and all other Past, Present, Future, Live! performances on the Osiris Media YouTube Channel. You'll find music from all the artists mentioned in this interview on our Past, Present, Future, Live! Spotify playlist. Please consider leaving us a review on Apple Podcasts. Past, Present, Future, Live! is brought to you by Osiris Media. Hosted and Produced by RJ Bee. Executive Producers are Adam Caplan and Kirsten Cluthe. Production, Editing, Mixing and original theme music by Brad Stratton. Show logo by Liz Bee Art & Design. To discover more podcasts that help you connect more deeply to the music you love, check out osirispod.com. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Merrill Garbus' band is Tune-Yards. They rock. So much of this show is going to originate with your hard-earned advice. To contribute please call me (Zak) at 844-935-BEST. Leave your name and your advice, followed by your email address in case I have any follow-up questions. Regarding your advice. I’m not particularly interested in platitudes and truisms. I’m after specific, odd, uplifting, effective, real tips from you about how you make it through your days.

Episode Description   We’re chugging along while sheltered in place as best as we can and our Quarantine Mix #2 features the music that's been getting us through the days. Seattle producer Sango joins us to talk about the roots of Brazilian baile funk music and his new collaborative EP with Juls, 'Fufu & Grits' on Soulection Records. We'll hear tracks from British singers Cleo Sol and Arlo Parks, the latest from psych folk rockers Woods, take a trip around the world with Monster Rally, soak into summer vibes by Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes w/ Freddie Gibbs, plus Spooky Mansion joined by Blushh and a new jam off the new from Quelle Chris and Chris Keys album, featuring Tune-Yards' Merrill Garbus. Visit noisepop.com/podcast for a full track list from this episode and more.   Songs Featured In Episode   Monster Rally -  “Escape to the Cloud Forest (Along The River)    Woods - “Where Do You Go When You Dream”   Cleo Sol - “Why Don’t You”   Sango & Juls - "Angele Ni Fie"   Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes, “Nightrider” feat Freddie Gibbs   Quelle Chris and Chris Keys feat Merrill Garbus, “Sacred Safe”   Arlo Parks - “Black Dog”   Spooky Mansion feat. Blushh “Eyes”   Monster Rally -  “Escape to the Cloud Forest" (Mountain Village)   Other Songs Heard in Episode:   Woods - "Strange To Explain" Cleo Sol - "When I'm In Your Arms" Sango - "Me De Amor" Tom Misch and Yussef Dayes - "The Real" Quelle Chris and Jean Grae - "Peacock" Arlo Parks - "Sophie" Spooky Mansion - "Real Jerk"   Links Mentioned In Episode:   New York Times piece on Woods Noise Pop's No Place Like Home Streaming Series

Unpronounceable bringing you a collection of selections from his hometown and around the world We're pleased to present our next quarantine takeover guest is Sharnie. Repping Birmingham collective @TRPHSE You may have also heard Sharnie from her 2019 Soulection all day session along with her many sets up and down the UK. During this quarantine we have invited some special guests who's sound or selection we love to host a full hour session for you to enjoy for even longer. We've had suggestions in the past about making our shows a little more extended so strap in

100 programas ya. Suenan: LCD Soundsystem: 45:33 (Pt. 2) Prince: The Beautiful Ones Squarepusher: Nerveleves Thundercat: Fair Chance (feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Lil B) Lorenzo Senni: THINK BIG Chris Keys & Quelle Chris: Sacred Safe (feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman) Rina Sawayama: XS Ulcerate: Exhale the Ash Little Simz: might bang, might not Caribou: Never Come Back Kraftwerk: Computer Liebe

100 programas ya. Suenan: LCD Soundsystem: 45:33 (Pt. 2) Prince: The Beautiful Ones Squarepusher: Nerveleves Thundercat: Fair Chance (feat. Ty Dolla $ign & Lil B) Lorenzo Senni: THINK BIG Chris Keys & Quelle Chris: Sacred Safe (feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman) Rina Sawayama: XS Ulcerate: Exhale the Ash Little Simz: might bang, might not Caribou: Never Come Back Kraftwerk: Computer Liebe

tUnE-yArDs co-founder Merrill Garbus chats with Jenny about her life in music, discussing early musical influences (Ani DiFranco, Johnny Clegg, Ali Farka Touré, to name a few), how her focus shifted from theater and puppeteering (!) to making music in a band, and how she hopes tUnE-yArDs can contribute to positive change in the world. 

This week’s mix is hosted by DJ Gabriel Teodros and features artists like Yazmin Lacey, Quelle Chris and Princess Nokia. It's dedicated to all the medical workers, first responders, grocery store workers, farm workers, sanitation workers, postal workers, drivers, the community kitchens, everyone who has to work during this pandemic and everyone who can't but still deserves their food, clothing, shelter and healthcare.   1. Yazmin Lacey - Morning Matters 2. Jah9 - Note To Self (Okay) (feat. Chronixx) 3. Cleo Sol - Young Love 4. Fifth House - ELEMENT 5. Quelle Chris and Chris Keys - Sacred Safe (feat. Merrill Garbus, Cavalier & Homeboy Sandman) 6. Hollis - Heavy Hands 7. Adrian Younge - NOIR (feat. Black Thought & Ali Shaheed Muhammad) 8. Noveliss - Stationed (feat. Riian Raquel) 9. Essam & Petty Pro - Write Your Name (feat. Prospect & Umar Zia) 10. Lido Pimienta - Nada (feat. Li Saumet) 11. Princess Nokia - Soul Food y Adobo 12. Bambu - Orosi 13. The Coup - The Stand Gabriel Teodros hosts a Variety Mix every Friday night/Saturday morning from 1-6am PT on KEXP.org or 90.3 FM in Seattle. Listen to KEXP's interview with Lido Pimienta on the Sound & Vision podcast Listen to KEXP's interview with Hollis on the Sound & Vision podcast

Playlist: Lamont Butler - Love One AnotherDavid Snell - Crab Apple JamBobby Oroza - There Can Be No LoveKutiman - LaylaPiet Van Meren & The Flying Dutchmen - Mr. BuzzCCS (Collective Consciousness Society) - Hang It On MeMaxwell - Radiation FunkThe Kats - Under The CoversGaidaa - Falling HigherBon Iver - PDLIF (Please Don't Live In Fear)Joji - Gimme LoveSmol - Seeding Changehyume - IIJamie XX - Idontknowplusol - Ghost Tribeplusol - Mountain RestPrizim Wizard - Wormwood PremonitionsRobotaki, featuring Spirit Animal - IdentityWeiler - The NightZUUBEK - Apartchromonicci - breatheGrey Killer - Moon Dripbrtrnd - spectaclesebjin - SPACESHIPTIBE - WindRobotaki - The Possibility Of A Dream Coming TrueTIBE - LIBGENSykotikz - Ode To CYGNMioWnize - Watchingnaski - runawayKaash Paige - Frank OceanSiR, featuring Boogie - Rapper WeedSnotty Nose Rez Kids - Peaks & ValleysEarl Sweatshirt, featuring Maxo - WHOLE WORLDNNAMDÏ - SemanticsL'homie, featuring ETHERYAL, NEWGENT & Isabel Damiani - Feels Good To be Dead1982 (Statik Selektah & Termanology), featuring UFO Fev & Marlon Craft - Another DayQuelle Chris & Chris Keys, featuring Earl Sweatshirt, Denmark Vessey, Merrill Garbus & Big Sen - MirageWestside Gunn, featuring Joey Bada$$, Billie Essco, & Tyler, The Creator - 327Bishop Nehru , featuring MF DOOM - MEATHEADAb-Soul - Dangerookipawaa FreestyleMichael Christmas - Young and Foolish

One day in 1961, the famous physicist Richard Feynman stepped in front of a Caltech lecture hall and posed this question to a group of undergraduate students: “If, in some cataclysm, all of scientific knowledge were to be destroyed, and only one sentence was passed on to the next generation of creatures, what statement would contain the most information in the fewest words?” Now, Feynman had an answer to his own question - a good one. But his question got the entire team at Radiolab wondering, what did his sentence leave out? So we posed Feynman’s cataclysm question to some of our favorite writers, artists, historians, futurists - all kinds of great thinkers. We asked them, “What’s the one sentence you would want to pass on to the next generation that would contain the most information in the fewest words?” What came back was an explosive collage of what it means to be alive right here and now, and what we want to say before we go. Featuring: Richard Feynman, physicist (The Pleasure of Finding Things Out) Caitlin Doughty, mortician (Will My Cat Eat My Eyeballs) Esperanza Spalding, musician (12 Little Spells) Cord Jefferson, writer (Watchmen) Merrill Garbus, musician (I Can Feel You Creep Into My Private Life) Jenny Odell, writer (How to do Nothing) Maria Popova, writer (Brainpickings) Alison Gopnik, developmental psychologist (The Gardener and the Carpenter) Rebecca Sugar, animator (Steven Universe) Nicholson Baker, writer (Substitute) James Gleick, writer (Time Travel) Lady Pink, artist (too many amazing works to pick just one) Jenny Hollwell, writer (Everything Lovely, Effortless, Safe) Jaron Lanier, futurist (Ten Arguments for Deleting Your Social Media Accounts Right Now) Missy Mazzoli, composer (Proving Up) This episode was produced by Matt Kielty and Rachael Cusick, with help from Jeremy Bloom, Zakiya Gibbons, and the entire Radiolab staff.    Special Thanks to: Ella Frances Sanders, and her book, "Eating the Sun", for inspiring this whole episode. Caltech for letting us use original audio of The Feynman Lectures on Physics. The entirety of the lectures are available to read for free online at www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu.   All the musicians who helped make the Primordial Chord, including: Siavash Kamkar, from Iran  Koosha Pashangpour, from Iran Curtis MacDonald, from Canada Meade Bernard, from US Barnaby Rea, from UK Liav Kerbel, from Belgium Sam Crittenden, from US Saskia Lankhoorn, from Netherlands Bryan Harris, from US Amelia Watkins, from Canada Claire James, from US Ilario Morciano, from Italy Matthias Kowalczyk, from Germany Solmaz Badri, from Iran   All the wonderful people we interviewed for sentences but weren’t able to fit in this episode, including: Daniel Abrahm, Julia Alvarez, Aimee Bender, Sandra Cisneros, Stanley Chen, Lewis Dartnell, Ann Druyan, Rose Eveleth, Ty Frank, Julia Galef, Ross Gay, Gary Green, Cesar Harada, Dolores Huerta, Robin Hunicke, Brittany Kamai, Priya Krishna, Ken Liu, Carmen Maria Machado, James Martin, Judith Matloff, Ryan McMahon, Hasan Minhaj, Lorrie Moore, Priya Natarajan, Larry Owens, Sunni Patterson, Amy Pearl, Alison Roman, Domee Shi, Will Shortz, Sam Stein, Sohaib Sultan, Kara Swisher, Jill Tarter, Olive Watkins, Reggie Watts, Deborah Waxman, Alex Wellerstein, Caveh Zahedi.

"Why can't we just have a conversation about this?" -Merrill Garbus

Working Class Audio #233 with Beau Sorenson!!! Beau Sorenson is a freelance audio professional (producer/mixer/ engineer) based in California. He also writes, records, and remixes music as Beaunoise. As producer/engineer, He's worked on multiple albums for Death Cab for Cutie, Bob Mould, and Superchunk, as well as albums for Tune-yards, Thao and the Get Down Stay Down, Mac McCaughan, Mike Krol, Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin, The Dodos, Sparklehorse, Field Report, Jars of Clay, Yellow Ostrich, Camera Obscura, and many more. I’ve engineered sessions for Chris Walla, Merrill Garbus, Tucker Martine, Butch Vig, John Vanderslice, Dangermouse, Ryan Hewitt, and Al Weatherhead. While studio recording is Beau's primary focus, He's also composed and recorded soundtracks for films and podcasts mastered music for release, worked as a studio tech, taught audio engineering, and consulted on studio construction and design. Beau spent six years as a staff engineer at Smart Studios in Madison, WI before leaving to work freelance. He is currently a staff engineer at John Vanderslice’s Tiny Telephone studios but he also works at other studios as well. About this interview: Beau joins me for coffee to discuss hardware stores, being kind, respect for studio owners, having patience, and getting out of town to record. Enjoy! -Matt Links and Show Notes: Beau's Site: www.beaunoise.com https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-119-with-tucker-martine/ https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-220-with-butch-vig/ https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-047-with-john-vanderslice/ https://www.workingclassaudio.com/wca-156-with-justin-perkins/ Current sponsors & promos: https://bit.ly/2WmKbFw Working Class Audio Journal: https://amzn.to/2GN67TP https://www.omnigroup.com/omnifocus Credits:Host: Matt Boudreau Guest: Beau SorensonWCA Theme Music: Cliff Truesdell Announcer: Chuck SmithEditing: Anne-Marie Pleau & Matt BoudreauAdditional Music: The License Lab

Thao Nguyen is taking over as the new host of Song Exploder in 2019. This is a reissue of an episode from 2016 in which she was the guest. Thao & the Get Down Stay Down released the album A Man Alive in March 2016. In this episode, Thao Nguyen breaks down the song "Astonished Man." Thao talks about working with Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards, who produced the album, and she speaks candidly about her relationship with her estranged father, the subject of the song. songexploder.net/thao

Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards and Meghan Remy, who performs under the name U.S. Girls, are two of indie’s leftist vanguard. So it’s no surprise that the 4AD labelmates’ conversation takes in a ton of the big sociopolitical quandaries affecting today’s musicians, such as the ethical difficulties of playing festivals (and touring at all) and undoing white privilege. We also hear about how action movies pale in comparison to Meg’s real life; understanding Trump-supporting family members; whether people should be oil or sand in the machine; why Father John Misty must be "rich as fuuuuck," and much, much more. Buckle up! Subscribe now to stay in the loop on future episodes of the Talkhouse Podcast. Feel free to DM me to let me know which artist(s) you’d love to see appear on a future episode. —Elia Einhorn, Talkhouse Podcast host and producer  This episode was recorded by Christopher Sandes in Toronto, Merrill Garbus in “a coffee shop by my hotel” somewhere in America, and Mark Yoshizumi at Hook and Fade Studios in Brooklyn. It was co-produced by Mark Yoshizumi. The Talkhouse Podcast’s theme song was composed and performed by The Range.

Here's Strange Brew #140 - Hell Of A Party - on 8radio.com. Merrill Garbus from tUnE-yArDs tells me all about a song she loves, and there's music from All Tvvins, Villagers, Body Type, Sylvan Esso, IDLES, Pillow Queens and a bit of Why? Every Friday at 9pm & Saturday at 7pm on 8radio.com. Strange Brew : Songs Of The Day playlist - https://open.spotify.com/user/gugai www.strangebrew.ie www.facebook.com/strangebrewgalway www.twitter.com/@strangebrewirl gugai@strangebrew.ie

Æ Mak tells me all about her favourite Tune-Yards song - with a guest appearance from Merrill Garbus, no less, plus music from Villagers, Sleep Thieves, The Goon Sax, Mitski, IDLES, PowPig, Anna Mullarkey, Fontaines D.C, Dream Wife, Shrug Life and Teenage Fanclub. Every Friday at 9pm & Saturday at 7pm on 8radio.com. Strange Brew : Songs Of The Day playlist - https://open.spotify.com/user/gugai www.strangebrew.ie www.facebook.com/strangebrewgalway www.twitter.com/@strangebrewirl gugai@strangebrew.ie

Welcome to the Spring 2018 season of No Effects!!! My guests this week are Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, aka Tune-Yards. We talk about Merrill's life as an employed puppeteer, meeting Nate at performing arts summer camp, creating Tune-Yards together and eventually getting married. NOEFFECTSSHOW.COM EMAIL: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Merrill Garbus sings about racism, white privilege and climate change on the experimental duo's fourth album.

"Statute Arf Limitations" and Swift Justice, recorded live at San Francisco Sketchfest! With special guests Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner of Tune-Yards, with a dispute of their own! Thank you to Eric Ray for suggesting this week's title! To suggest a title for a future episode, like Judge John Hodgman on Facebook. We regularly put out a call for submissions.

Fresh New Year, fresh new Bullseye! This week, legendary director Errol Morris. He's the kind of filmmaker that gets shown in film school all the time. He's contributed that much to the field of documentary making. Morris has a way of painting portraits of people in his films that's incredibly vulnerable. A perfect example of this is his first documentary "Gates of Heaven" released in 1978. It's a film about pet cemeteries, and the connection people feel to their deceased pets. Some of his films, like "The Thin Blue Line" try to find objective truth. That film ultimately helped secure a innocent man's freedom from prison. His latest project is a six-part miniseries for Netflix called "Wormwood." The series explores the CIA LSD experiments in the late 1950's, and the effects on a man named Frank Olson. The story is mostly told through interviews of Frank's son, Eric, who's worked for years to uncover the truth. The film is kind of a departure for Errol's signature style — it blends dramatic reenactments and real life interviews. Plus, Merrill Garbus of the band Tune-Yards tells us about the song that changed her life. And for this week's Outshot: The 1991 film "The Commitments."

Francesca brainstorms slogan improvements for the Dems in '18, Favianna reverse gentrifies Burning Man, Merrill talks white fragility songwriting, and Kamau can't help but talk about OJ.

This week the Professor TOGA Boys have been chosen to teach a class, specifically Introduction to Weird Music. We're joined by Saucewise and Chris Scarrison's Aftershow Spooktacular host Adjunct Professor Richie in an academic death match to determine the best album for getting a new generation into weird music. We travel through time, space, and the internet to get there all in the name of elevating academia. Good thing we have tenure.  Other topics: Kyle picked Bruce Springsteen again, none of us know what music is, starting a beef with California, Merrill Garbus can see into the future

There's something undeniable about singer-songwriter James Tillman's falsetto; it's the soulful hinge that swings his incredible Silk Noise Reflex album. Plaintive vocals that are unhurried but deceptively so because there's always a knowing backbone present. The D.C. native's full-length debut was executive-produced by Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs after James served as an opening act on one of the group's tours. This episode features both "Rat Race" and "Human Behavior" from Silk Noise Reflex. Download Silk Noise Reflex for free:                                                  http://www.jmtill.com                                                            https://jmtill.bandcamp.com   TMT APP FOR iPHONE: http://bit.ly/TMTappiOS TMT APP FOR ANDROID: http://bit.ly/TMTappANDROID SUBSCRIBE ON iTUNES: http://bit.ly/TalkMusicTalk SUBSCRIBE ON GOOGLE PLAY: http://bit.ly/TMTgoogleplay Please take a moment to leave a rating and/or review in the store. It helps increase the ranking of the podcast and exposes TMT to a new audience. Thanks! Liz (The Talk Music Talk Theme)-FULL VERSION Written and Composed on an iPad by boice. https://soundcloud.com/thisisboice/liz-talk-music-talk-theme   SURVEY It would be greatly appreciated if you would take a moment to fill out this brief demographic survey. It will be used solely to help me select advertisers/sponsors for Talk Music Talk to offset the cost to produce the podcast i.e. audio editor, podcast host, traveling to guests to record. It should take less than a minute of your time. Thanks!                                                                                                                                                                                                    http://www.talkmusictalk.com/survey

Episode #47: We talk a lot about how musicians can make a living in today's music industry, but on this episode we look at the selfless ways artists use their influence. Our guests show that musicians at any stage of their careers can affect sustainable, positive change. Mike McCready, lead guitarist for Pearl Jam, tells us how the band's Vitalogy Foundation, funded by ticket sales, benefits everything from the environment to the arts. Then we hear from emerging queer punk duo PWR BTTM about how their tour rider is making venues safer and more accessible. Merrill Garbus, the artist behind tUnE-yArDs, explains how one song led to the creation of the Water Fountain fund. We end the show with Coy Bowles of Zac Brown Band, who uses storytelling to change kids' lives.

San Francisco's own Thao Nguyen teams up with producer Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards to create a beat-driven, emotionally raw record that is a significant departure from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down's earlier albums, and may be their best work yet.

San Francisco's own Thao Nguyen teams up with producer Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards to create a beat-driven, emotionally raw record that is a significant departure from Thao & The Get Down Stay Down's earlier albums, and may be their best work yet.

Thao and the Get Down Stay Down released the album A Man Alive in March 2016. In this episode, Thao Nguyen breaks down the song "Astonished Man." Thao talks about working with Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards, who produced the album, and she speaks candidly about her relationship with her estranged father, the subject of the song.

Thao Nguyen and the Get Down Stay Down teamed up with Merrill Garbus of tUnE yArDs for the new record. Here's music and conversation from this week's show. Catch the full opbmusic session over here: http://www.opb.org/opbmusic/series/sessions/thao-the-get-down-stay-down-live-at-opb/

Bob Dylan hands over his archives and one of our crew squeeeeeeeeeees with joy.Thao Nguyen, her Get Down Stay Down, and Merrill Garbus have made a career defining, motherf@$%er of a record. That's pretty much it if you wanna cut to the chase.You crave metal? We've GOT metal. From Finland. Put Oranssi Pazuzu in your putki and smoke it. RIP George Martin because GEORGE MARTIN. ;(Show Notes"Bob Dylan hands over his archives" [Marketplace]Learn more about Oranssi PazuzuOfficial Site | Facebook | Twitter | SpotifyCheck out the first single off of Oranssi Pazuzu's Värähtelijä, " Hypnotisoitu Viharukous" A Man AliveThao & The Get Down Stay DownKevin: Buy ItPatrick: Buy ItEduardo: Buy ItOfficial Site | Facebook | Twitter | Spotify Upcoming Tour Dates See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode #21: For the 15th annual Future of Music Summit, we headed to Washington DC for a special taping of The Future What. Portia talked with musician and innovator Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs about her creative process, puppeteering past and more. Then we sat down with Tim Quirk, founder of Freeform Development Inc. and former Google Play exec. GUESTS Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs) Tim Quirk (Freeform Development Inc.) MUSIC tUnE-yArDs “Gangsta” Too Much Joy “Long Haired Guys From England” Delta 5 "Mind Your Own Business"

The iconic multimedia artist Laurie Anderson always has two or three projects going at any one time, and aside from her acclaimed new feature film Heart of a Dog, she’s unveiling an installation and performance called Habeas Corpus, which takes place at the cavernous Park Avenue Armory in New York, October 2nd through 4th, 2015. Among Anderson’s collaborators on the show are the great Syrian singer Omar Souleyman, ace multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily and Anderson’s partner in this Talkhouse Music Podcast, Merrill Garbus from Tune-Yards. Garbus and Anderson actually met through a Talkhouse Music Podcast, and you can hear them hit it off in the course of that conversation. If fact, they hit it off so well that Anderson invited Garbus to develop a musical piece with her for Habeas Corpus. So, on the occasion of their collaboration, we brought these two remarkable artists back together for another chat. They spoke mostly about the show, but when you get two such brilliant, interesting people, the conversation is going to go to some fascinating places, and it sure did — everything from Anderson’s experiences with a psychiatrist to the reason why Garbus wanted to become an artist.

Listen up babysnakes! On this week’s show we have Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs! She participates in great amounts of many things, such as intelligence and talent and fun. Don’t believe me? Well, you don’t have to. But it will be a GREAT decision and you will be doing YOURself a favor when you listen to… Continue reading 4 Merrill Garbus (tUnE-yArDs)

In this episode, Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs breaks down "Water Fountain." It's a song that draws inspiration from the politics of drought and dancehall reggae, and you'll hear how (and why) she tried to make this song less catchy. Despite that effort, in 2014 the tUnE-yArDs album Nikki Nack climbed the Billboard Charts and got widespread critical praise.

Intervista a Merrill Garbus

Intervista a Merrill Garbus

On the latest episode of the Talkhouse Music podcast, Merrill Garbus from Tune-Yards talks with the iconic performance artist and musician Laurie Anderson.  By turns funny and poignant, and always insightful, the conversation between these two affable powerhouses ranges from coping with sudden fame, "the art police," the healing power of puppetry, their upcoming projects, dehydrated kale bars, nutritional pantyhose and… hotel hotdogs.  For more musicians talking music, visit Talkhouse Music at thetalkhouse.com/music.

Brad Wells and Roomful of Teeth

(Listen to audio here)Four nights ago:I listened to an of album of hers on the train ride out on my iPod.  I didn't like it much at first.  It was something else that made me want to hear it.  Her voice and words.  A drunken night in her apartment a few years ago sums it up.  So drunk, I couldn't remember how it ended when I woke up the next day, and soon after when I was at work, I had this feeling of bliss.I tried to preserve my hearing by keeping the headphone volume low, so the crushing and sliding sounds of the train and its track mixed into the music, so much, so that when the album ended, I didn't realize it....And the youth catches on to doom.  As a music and art genre.  It used to be that people would tell me about these styles that were new to me, saying they've been around for a while.I think the next act will use loop pedals.  I saw that ten years ago in Seattle, and it was boring.  Merrill Garbus did it right.  The loops on her recordings sound nice, but her voice was the meat!  Every chew squeezes out more flavor.The DJ just Put something on that shut the crowd up.  If you didn't guess, it's some really cute music, with melodies that could be in a children's song, and loads of arcade game sounds.Next, a recording of a guy I knew played over the speakers.  In fact, I received a Facebook friend request from him earlier in the week.  I felt important, and relevant for only that brief moment.You get shocked once, and then you're numb.  You realize it's the same from coast to coast, in the land of the free.  But you'll never be satisfied until you've seen it all, which is impossible.  So you keep going, hoping for something new, or for something to stop you....And what a beautiful spring night it was, for the last day of January.  Finding the buzz, the pulse of the city. Nobody ever writes romantically about D.C.  It's the same as every other city; late twenty-early thirty somethings trying to find mates, and telling each other intellectual jokes to prove they are going to college.  Everybody else building families.  Poor people seemingly lounging about.  Widows and widowers occupying their time with work, the fitness club, church, and maybe, if they're motivated, one other activity they like to call "a hobby."I sat with Coltrane all the way home.  After I pulled up the driveway on my single speed bicycle, I popped a beer from the shed and sat in the back yard with it and the warm air, and finished "A Love Supreme," and pretended to be in a time of sixty years ago, with Kerouac.