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Amy Irving sitting in front of a piano.

I had to keep the part in where Amy Irving gets a text from Kate Capshaw. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

At age 11, his fate was sealed when Benmont Tench met Tom Petty at a Gainesville music store. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

At age 11, his fate was sealed when Benmont Tench met Tom Petty at a Gainesville music store. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

Former Gang Of Four Bassist Dave Allen Dead At 69 Dave Allen, the founding bassist of English post-punk greats Gang Of Four, died last Saturday at 69. His former bandmate Hugo Burnham confirmed the news in a post today on Gang Of Four’s Instagram acc...

Absolutely crushed. Dave was such an incredible and incredibly kind guy -- and obviously one hell of a musician.

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Vladimir Nabokov's 1951 memoir, Speak, Memory, opens with a quote describing life as the content between two dark eternities -- the before and the after. Though teaming with potential existential dread, the quote is a hopeful one for Luke Lalonde. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

Gabríel Ólafs describes a lifelong desire to score films. In the meantime, he’s making his own. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

Episode 700: Chester Brown - Since its debut at last year’s Toronto International Film Festival, Paying For It has garnered rave reviews from critics, drawing comparisons to fellow comic adaptation, Ghost World. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

One thing you should know about Lloyd Kaufman is that he isn’t dead. The introduction to Mathew Klickstein’s new interview collection is very adamant about this.

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After 35 years, Tsunami returned with a bang. The Virginia-based band capped off 2024 by reuniting to deliver a massive, career-spanning boxset, Loud As. During their time away from the band, however, Jenny Toomey and Kristin Thomson were never too far apart. riylcast.com/episode/jenn...

“I am edging away from apathy,” bellows, “I am drifting away from the dark. The rain has got my mind in motion.” riylcast.com/episode/epis...

Following the release of Tank and the Bangas' Grammy nominated The Heart, The Mind, The Soul, singer Tarriona “Tank” Ball returns to the show. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

Fe finds Rafael Cohen's Las Palabras returning to his roots on multiple fronts. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

What does “maturity” mean for a rock band? The answer is, perhaps, a bit easier to answer when you’ve been together since age 18. For Naked Giants, it means grown up things – getting jobs, starting families.
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Last month, Mileage scored Sun Records’ first-ever Grammy nomination. It’s hard to believe for a 72-year-old label that was once home to Elvis Presley, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash.
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Mighty Vertebrate hits different. In a world of sound a likes and slow burns, Anna Butterss' latest solo record makes itself known from immediately out of the gate. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

During our conversation, FIDLAR frontman Zac Carper reminds me of band’s acronym, Fuck It Dawg, Life's a Risk. Spontaneity has been a driving force throughout the band’s 15-year existence, but time comes experience and – hopefully – a bit of reflection. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

Released in September, Dirt On My Diamonds Vol.2 finds Kenny Wayne Shepherd doing what he was put on Earth to do. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

Honored and excited to be one of Bluesky's Top Podcasts of 2024, a real title that we absolutely did not make up.

A lot our new follows don't know anything about RiYL. We're a a long form interview podcast that's at nearly 700 episodes. We've had: Rep John Lewis, John Leguizamo, Matt Groening, Rivers Cuomo, Michael McDonald, Dick Gregory, Eric Bogosian, Peter Frampton, Errol Morris, Danny Elfman, Ralph Nader.

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Episode 682: Mike Campbell (Dirty Knobs, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers) | Recommended if You Like: Long form conversation with musicians, cartoonists, writers and other creative types. Tom Petty's unexpected death in October 2017 effectively marked the end of the Heartbreakers. The band reunited a handful of times to pay tribute to the late...

Some recent interviews:
Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers: riylcast.com/episode/epis...
Steve Cropper: riylcast.com/episode/epis...
Maria Bamford: riylcast.com/episode/epis...
Chicano Batman: riylcast.com/episode/epis...
Future Islands: riylcast.com/episode/epis...

A lot our new follows don't know anything about RiYL. We're a a long form interview podcast that's at nearly 700 episodes. We've had: Rep John Lewis, John Leguizamo, Matt Groening, Rivers Cuomo, Michael McDonald, Dick Gregory, Eric Bogosian, Peter Frampton, Errol Morris, Danny Elfman, Ralph Nader.

Sounds ruff.

The shit I miss not being on the group chat.

Few who have walked the Earth can write a pop song like Superdrag's John Davis. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

Always dug Future Islands for their unique sound - which mostly comes from their lead singer

Episode 684: Samuel Herring (Future Islands, Hemlock Ernst) | Recommended if You Like: Long form conversation with musicians, cartoonists, writers and other creative types. Plenty of musicians talk about 'leaving it all on the stage,' but few have offered as demonstrable an example as Samuel Herring. His live performance is a...

Plenty of musicians talk about 'leaving it all on the stage,' but few have offered as demonstrable an example as Future Islands’ Samuel Herring. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

French royalty, glam singer and MacGyver villain Michael Des Barres joins us this week. riylcast.com/episode/epis...

Greenhouse!