Podcasts about pachyderm studios

Thanks to a generous invitation from the members of Northfield Band Fred the Bear, Rich, Danny and their merry band of knuckleheads find themselves recording at the legendary Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, just like Nirvana did. Except this show probably isn’t as good as In Utero. Regardless, they celebrate the location by playing music […]

For the 30th anniversary of Superchunk's fourth album, FOOLISH, we take a detailed look at how it was made. After Superchunk got their start in Chapel Hill, North Carolina in 1989, they were becoming known for their catchy punk anthems and busy touring schedule. Mac McCaughan and Laura Ballance had been a couple and formed Merge Records initially as a way to release their early singles, while releasing their full-length albums on Matador Records. Around the time of their third album, ON THE MOUTH, McCaughan and Ballance ended their romantic relationship, causing tension and uncertainty about the future of the band, as well as Merge. The inner-band turmoil impacted the songs they were writing, as McCaughan wrote lyrics from a vulnerable place while they also worked to expand their sound, incorporating more dynamics, new guitar textures and slower tempos. They booked studio time at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minnesota with Brian Paulson, who they had wanted to work with after hearing records he made with Slint and Unrest. Their breakneck three-day session resulted in FOOLISH, eventually released in 1994. In this episode, Mac McCaughan describes his intention to do something different musically with this record and how he was incorporating more clean guitar tones and space than ever before. Laura Ballance talks about hearing McCaughan's lyrics for the first time in the studio and how she felt attacked as she interpreted them as being about her or about their relationship. Jim Wilbur gives his perspective on this tumultuous time in the band's history, but how they were able to remain collaborative as a unit and write many songs quickly. From treating the band like a job to losing a day in the studio to writing on acoustic guitars to an ambitious and tense video shoot to the story behind the album cover to a breakup record with some of Superchunk's most enduring songs, we'll hear the stories of how the album came together.

(First aired on WUTC 1/13/24)"Marissa Paternoster is one of the best guitar players alive.” -Kathleen HannaA band lasting for half the lifetime of its members, Screaming Females has long been pounding out their own desire path. Formed in 2005 in New Brunswick, NJ, the trio has consistently created a hearty, surprising mix of indie-, alt-, punk- and stoner-rock, all with their original line-up of Marissa Paternoster (guitar/vocals), “King Mike” Mike Abbate (bass) and Jarrett Dougherty (drums).Released on February 17th, 2023 by Don Giovanni Records, Screaming Females' final album, Desire Pathway, was recorded at Minnesota's Pachyderm Studios. Bright and full, the album captures the band at a time when nothing was certain other than their abiding desire to make music together.For 18 years and eight albums, Screaming Females have clearly created their own path in the world, touring DIY, self-managing, and releasing music without compromise. The route might cut a little off the main road, but you'll quickly see there's a reason they went this way. You just might like where it leads you! Screaming Females: 2005–2023Episode Tracklist:Ripe – Screaming FemalesBell – Screaming FemalesEver Fall in Love – BuzzcockTrue Believers – The Bouncing SoulsCut Your Hair – PavementSheep – Screaming Females (Live at Songbirds)Tell Me No – Screaming Females (Live at Songbirds)Mourning Dove – Screaming Females (Live at Songbirds)Let me In – Screaming FemalesWhat's Wrong with You – BratmobileFreewheel – Team DreschTitan – Screaming Females (Live at Songbirds)Halfway Down – Screaming Females (Live at Songbirds) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

«In Utero», el tercer y último álbum de Nirvana, fue publicado a mediados de septiembre de 1993. El trabajo supuso un regreso a las raíces del trío después del éxito del «Nevermind» dos años antes. Según Kurt Cobain, el nuevo proyecto de Nirvana muestra mejor las dos caras del grupo, con temas pop y letras más crudas que hablan de enfermedad, muerte, la mala relación de la banda con la prensa y la presión que conlleva el estatus - inesperado - de estrellas del rock. Steve Albini, productor del «Surfer Rosa» de los Pixies, se puso a los mandos de la producción de un disco que se grabó en solo seis días en los Pachyderm Studios de Minnesota. La crítica aplaudió el regreso al sonido original de Nirvana. La gira del álbum fue interrumpida en febrero de 1994 después de que Kurt Cobain sufriera una sobredosis. El 8 de abril de 1994, fue encontrado muerto en su casa de Seattle. La muerte de Cobain aumentó las ventas del «In Utero» un 122% en solo una semana.

Today in the ArtZany Radio studio Paula Granquist welcomes musicians Chris Ash and Michael Meehan from the band No Time For Fame. We talk about their news songs recorded at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls and preview upcoming performances. No Time For Fame: https://www.notimeforfameband.com Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/527dq42mZe9WQxpyP59tAc?si=xnn99Hg2TfqwD1ueH2VVbg No Time For Fame will perform at Imminent Brewing, 519 Division Street South, Northfield, MN on […]

For this incredibly thrilling premiere episode of Season 5, I am joined by Marissa Paternoster, the frontwoman of the legendary New Jersey punk band Screaming Females. Marissa and I talked in depth about her band's steadfast DIY ethics, recording the latest Screaming Females album in the now infamous Pachyderm Studios where Nirvana, The Wedding Present, and PJ Harvey made their most iconic LPs, our shared love of Placebo, and so much more. ✨ MORE ABOUT SCREAMING FEMALES ✨Formed in New Brunswick, NJ in 2005, Screaming Females is Marissa Paternoster (guitar, vox), Mike Abbate (bass), and Jarrett Dougherty (drums). Over seven albums and more than a decade of music-making, the band has remained deeply individual and steadfastly DIY. They have also grown into one of the most dynamic and devastating touring bands going today.✨ KEEP UP TO DATE WITH SCREAMING FEMALES ✨Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/official_screamales/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/3pZ666b6CyO1KGpVYirY0tTwitter: https://twitter.com/ScreamalesBandcamp: https://screamingfemales.bandcamp.com/album/desire-pathwayFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/screamingfemalesApple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/screaming-females/311088670✨ CONNECT WITH IZZY ✨YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCv6SBgiYCpYbx9BOYNefkIgWebsite: https://agrrrlstwosoundcents.comInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/agrrrlstwosoundcents/Twitter: https://twitter.com/grrrlsoundcents

Everynight Fire Works is the debut album by American rock band Hey Mercedes. Following the demise of Braid, most of the members formed Hey Mercedes, with guitarist Mark Dawursk joining in early 2000. The band released a self-titled EP through Polyvinyl Record Co., before signing to Vagrant Records at the end of the year. They recorded their debut with Burning Airlines member J. Robbins at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minnesota in April 2001. Everynight Fire Works is an alternative rock, emo, indie rock and pop punk record that drew comparisons to Burning Airlines, Jets to Brazil, and Shudder to Think. Everynight Fire Works was announced for release shortly after recording, but was delayed a few times distribution troubles or legal issues that Vagrant was having. It was eventually released on October 23, where it was met with a mixed-to-positive reaction from music critics, with some commenting on the group's maturity and guitar work, as well as Nanna's vocals. Sometime after release, Dawursk left the band and was replaced with Michael Shumaker, and drummer Damon Atkinson spent some time touring with Saves the Day. The band went on two stints of the US, one as part of the Vagrant America arena tour, with other acts on the label. In all, Everynight Fire Works was promoted with over 200 shows.

www.bullythemusic.comA very old saying goes that no one saves us but ourselves. Recognizing and breaking free from the patterns impeding our forward progress can be transformative — just ask Bully's Alicia Bognanno. Indeed, the third Bully album, SUGAREGG , may not ever have come to fruition had Bognanno not navigated every kind of upheaval imaginable and completely overhauled her working process along the way.“There was change that needed to happen and it happened on this record,” she says. “Derailing my ego and insecurities allowed me to give these songs the attention they deserved.”SUGAREGG roars from the speakers and jumpstarts both heart and mind. Like My Bloody Valentine after three double espressos, opener “Add It On” zooms heavenward within seconds, epitomizing Bognanno's newfound clarity of purpose, while the bass-driven melodies and propulsive beats of “Where to Start” and “Let You” are the musical equivalents of the sun piercing through a perpetually cloudy sky.On songs like the strident “Every Tradition” and “Not Ashamed,” Bognanno doesn't shy away from addressing “how I feel as a human holds up against what society expects or assumes of me as a woman, and what it feels like to naturally challenge those expectations.”But amongst the more dense topics, there's also a lightheartedness that was lacking on Bully's last album, 2017's Losing . Pointing to “Where to Start,” “You” and “Let You,” Bognanno says “there are more songs about erratic, dysfunctional love in an upbeat way, like, ‘I'm going down and that's the only way I want to go because the momentary joy is worth it.'”The artist admits that finding the proper treatment for bipolar 2 disorder radically altered her mindset, freeing her from a cycle of paranoia and insecurity about her work. “Being able to finally navigate that opened the door for me to write about it,” she says, pointing to the sweet, swirly “Like Fire” and slower, more contemplative songs such as “Prism” and “Come Down” as having been born of this new headspace. Even small changes like listening to music instead of the news first thing in the morning “made me want to write and bring that pleasure to other people.”An unexpected foray into the film world also helped set the table for Sugaregg when Bognanno was asked to write songs for the 2019 movie Her Smell , starring Elisabeth Moss as the frontwoman of the fictional rock band Something She. “It got me motivated to play music again after the last album,” she says. “I loved reading the script and trying to think, what music would the character write? People asked if I'd play those songs with Bully but the whole point was for them to not be Bully songs. It was nice to get my head out of my own ass for a second and work on a project for someone else,” she says with a laugh.A highly accomplished engineer who ran the boards herself on the first two Bully albums, Bognanno was ready to be free “from the weight of feeling like I had to prove to the world I was capable of engineering a record, and wanted to be content knowing for myself what I can do without needing the approval of others to validate that.”So for SUGAREGG , she yielded recording and mixing responsibilities to outside collaborators for the first time and trekked to the remote Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, Minn., an unexpected return to her home state. Behind the console was John Congleton, a Grammy-winner who has worked with everyone from St. Vincent and Sleater-Kinney to The War on Drugs and Modest Mouse. “Naturally, I still had reservations, but John was sensitive to where I was coming from,” Bognanno says. “He was very respectful that I'd never worked with a producer before.”The studio's rich history (classics such as Nirvana's In Utero, PJ Harvey's Rid of Me and Superchunk's Foolish were recorded there) and woodsy setting quickly put Bognanno's mind at ease. Being able to bring her dog Mezzi along for the trip didn't hurt either. “I had never tracked a record in the summer, so waking up and going outside with her before we started each day was a great way to refresh,” she says.SUGAREGG features additional contributions from longtime touring drummer Wesley Mitchell and bassist Zach Dawes, renowned for his work on recent albums by Sharon Van Etten and Lana Del Rey. Dawes and Bognanno met at Pachyderm to work on parts just two days before tracking, “but it ended up being so much less stressful than I had expected and I loved it,” she says. “Zach wanted to be there to help and make my vision happen.”With 14 songs on tape, Bognanno and friends left Pachyderm thinking SUGAREGG was done. But once back home in Nashville, she realized there was more to be written, and spent the next five months doing exactly that. Moving to Palace Studios in Toronto with Graham Walsh (Alvvays, METZ, !!!), Bognanno and Mitchell recorded “Where to Start” and “Let You,” which proved to be two of the new album's key tracks.Ultimately, SUGAREGG is a testament that profound change can yield profound results — in this case, the most expressive and powerful music of Bognanno's career. “This is me longing to see the bigger picture, motivated and eager for contentment in the best way,” she says. “I hope the happy go lucky / fuck-it-all attitude shines through some of these songs because I really did feel like I was reentering a place I hadn't been to in a while and was excited to be back there.”

Hawk had a great weekend at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls and shares some great stories from those hallowed grounds, it's NFL Draft week and Ben Leber has the latest speculation on it, and Carly Zucker is back in studio and goes In The Box!

Fairport Convention [00:47] "Million Dollar Bash" Fairport Chronicles A&M SP-3530 1976 Fairport Convention plucking a little something from the Basement Tapes and giving it a fine dust off. Tommy Boyce & Bobby Hart [03:41] "Girl I'm Out to Get You" Family Portrait A&M SP-19002 1967 Bubblegum Pop takes a dip into Chamber Pop? Maybe this is what happened when Boyce & Hart listened to Sgt Pepper and Their Satanic Majesties Request? Bobbie Gentry [06:05] "Rainmaker" Fancy Capitol Records ST-428 1970 A fine funky arrangement of this Harry Nilsson/Bill Martin song. The album made it to number 34 on the Hot Country Albums chart. The Oak Ridge Boys [08:45] "She's Gone to L.A. Again" Fancy Free MCA Records MCA-5209 1981 From the album that unleashed the song "Elvira" on an unsuspecting listening public. Lightnin' Hopkins [12:40] "Lightnin' Boogie" Fast Life Woman Verve Records V-8453 1962 Some excellent electric boogie from the Texas legend. Fun fact: Hopkins recorded an album in 1969 entitled Free Form Patterns in which he was backed by the 13th Floor Elevators rhythm section. Frank Yankovic [15:29] "Champagne Taste and a Beer Bankroll" Favorite Polkas ABC Records ABCD-873 1975 Ain't it the truth, buddy. Feargal Sharkey [17:29] "It's All Over Now" Feargal Sharkey A&M Records SP-6-5108 1985 Former Undertones frontman with his first solo outing. Couldn't resist picking this one. For interested parties, there is the album opens with a bit of she said/he said: Side 1 Track 1 is by Maria McKee about her relationship with Benmont Tench, and Side 1 Track 2 is by Benmont Tench but is purportedly not about Maria McKee. Nina Hagen [21:40] "What It Is" Fearless Columbia BFC 39214 1983 That's right, an RHCP song. And oddly it fits in the context of this album very well. José Feliciano [27:30] "Just a Little Bit of Rain" Feliciano! RCA Victor LSP-3957 1969 Could definitely use a little rain out here. Deerhoof [30:20] "Paradise Girls" Fever 121614 Polyvinyl Record Company PRC-309 2015 Recorded live in Tokyo, on beautiful translucent red vinyl. One of the my favorite bands to see live. Tom Jones [33:49] "Don't Fight It" Fever Zone Parrot PAS 71019 1968 Tom doing his best Wilson Pickett. Julio Iglesias [36:41] "Une Chanson Quie Revient" Fidèle CBS DIL-50323 1981 Awe yeah, disco Cole Porter. Begin the Beguine for those of you wondering. PJ Harvey [42:15] "50ft Queenie" 50ft Queenie Island Records 12IS 538 1993 The third single from Rid of Me. Recorded at Prince's Pachyderm Studios by Steve Albini. Ohio Players [44:38] "Fire" Fire Mercury SRM-1-1013 1974 Ohio Players number one single from their number one album. UiLab [49:06] "St. Elmo's Fire (Radio)" Fires Bingo BIN 2 1998 Ui + Stereolab + Eno = Awesome! Billy Mure's Super-Sonic Guitars [53:14] "Guitar Theme" Fireworks RCA Victor LSP-1694 Some stereophonic snazziness! Music behind the DJ: "Everybody's Talkin" by Terry Baxter and his Orchestra

Dos años después de su anterior trabajo de estudio, Children of Paradise, Willie Nile, a punto de cumplir 72 años, se recrea de nuevo en la ciudad de Nueva York como centro de su inspiración para sacar a la luz un nuevo trabajo que ha titulado casi por obligación New York At Night y que fue publicado antes de ayer. El artista de Buffalo se marchó a Nueva Jersey para recluirse en los Hobo Sound Studios con la banda que suele acompañarle en los directos y el añadido muy especial de Steuart Smith, uno de los músicos de estudio más cotizados y colaborador habitual de los Eagles. “A Little Bit Of Love” es una canción compuesta en el piano Steinway vertical que su padre, un anciano de 102 años, regaló a su madre en unas Navidades. Es el recuerdo de por qué nos enamoramos de la música, manteniendo un espíritu infatigable junto a la capacidad de transformar lo ordinario en extraordinario por medio de las canciones. “This Forgotten Town” es la canción que abre el nuevo trabajo de los Jayhawks, XOXO, que parece procurar una invocación a Gene Clark, aunque se quede en un armonioso y lejano intento. Compuesta por Gary Louris junto al bajista Marc Perlman y compartiendo el protagonismo vocal con el batería Tim O’Reagan, es una muestra fehaciente de que este primer álbum de nuevas canciones desde Paging Mr. Proust de hace cuatro años supone un nuevo reparto del protagonismo entre los miembros del cuarteto, que completa la teclista Karen Grotberg. El próximo 10 de julio es la fecha prevista para que la banda de Minneapolis, en Minnesota, publique XOXO, grabado durante un par de semanas en los Pachyderm Studios de Cannon Falls, y en el Flowers Studio. La versión en CD tendrá tres canciones de bonificación con respecto a la edición de vinilo, pero las copias en vinilo también incluirán el CD. Escuchar audio

Nick Tveitbakk is a recording engineer, producer and currently runs Pachyderm Studios, a legendary recording studio that has hosted many great artists like Nirvana, Son Volt, PJ Harvey, Arcade Fire, and Motion City Soundtrack. Nick has worked in the industry for over 20 years making records and running studios. For the past five years he has worked to integrate that experience and the amazing history of Pachyderm Studios to make an extraordinary place to make records

Ari Herstand played in the Courtyard Cafe Wednesday, 1 October 2008, to a packed crowd.  Just before the show, your podcaster sat down in Studio B for the first ever in studio performance and interview with the Minneapolis artist.  Note to the careful listener: your interviewer is aware that Pachyderm Studios are in Cannon Falls, [...]

Ari Herstand played in the Courtyard Cafe Wednesday, 1 October 2008, to a packed crowd.  Just before the show, your podcaster sat down in Studio B for the first ever in studio performance and interview with the Minneapolis artist.  Note to the careful listener: your interviewer is aware that Pachyderm Studios are in Cannon Falls, [...]