After the Deluge

Crime as Forgiven By Against Me! was released in 2001 and followed that same year by the band's self-titled acoustic EP. Frank Turner is a musician from England. He joined us from his studio while wor...

15 Okt 20231h

Season 3 of After the Deluge goes album by album through the Against Me! discography with a new guest on each episode, starting with their early days in Gainesville followed by records released on No ...

13 Sep 20231min

I talked to Dan Ozzi, author of the book Sellout, about his recent Fader piece about The Armed—a band/collective/cult from Detroit. We jump from there into early 2010s music writing, hearing new music...

22 Aug 20231h 4min

Tim Kasher returns for a special episode about The Good Life’s Album of the Year. We talk about Zooming with Conor Oberst on bad wifi, his upcoming tour, his high school band March Hares opening for 3...

7 Aug 20231h 10min

I talk to Conor Oberst of Bright Eyes about Jackson Browne, emo, being a child among the Saddle Creek teens, showing ambition in a slacker scene, Pitchfork reviews, a wild story behind “Soul Singer in...

1 Aug 20231h 22min

GET THIS EPISODE AND THE WHOLE BRIGHT EYES SERIESBrian Howe is a music, arts and culture critic for Pitchfork and many other outlets. Evan Bailey sings and plays guitar in the band Oh, Lonesome Ana. W...

22 Jul 20234min

Ian Cohen (Pitchfork/Indiecast) and I talk about Fevers and Mirrors, a pivotal moment for Bright Eyes and Saddle Creek. Check out Ian's excellent Pitchfork review of the vinyl reissue in 2012. Also di...

16 Jul 202357min

Season two of After the Deluge goes album by album through the Bright Eyes discography, from the basement recordings in Omaha through the pandemic release after a decade-long hiatus, and some real cla...

2 Jul 202359s