Caropop

Victor Krummenacher (Credit: Jesse Sykes)

On the new Caropop, Victor Krummenacher, brilliant bassist of The Third Mind and Camper Van Beethoven, discusses those bands' futures, the RSD release of Camper's "Tusk," his latest solo work and how the outside world affects it all. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Caropop

We keep posting new and classic Caropop episodes onto our YouTube channel. Recent archival ones include Justin Hayward, Stevie Van Zandt, Gina Schock, Chris Frantz plus Mitch Easter/Don Dixon, Dag Juhlin, Marc Ribot and Robyn Hitchcock eps. Please listen and subscribe! www.youtube.com/@Caropopcast

Dag Juhlin. (Credit: David Kindler)

Dag Juhlin. (Credit: Mark Caro)

The Michael Shannon/Jason Narducy R.E.M. project, Sunshine Boys, Poi Dog Pondering, the Slugs -- Dag Juhlin has had many musical lives and revisits them all on the new Caropop.
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Hint #4: His own band shares its name with a '70s movie, minus the "The."

Hint #3: He's about to go out on tour with a band playing another band's music.

Hint #2: He had a power-pop trio in the late '80s and early '90s before joining a more populous band.

It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!

Hint #1: He's currently the frontman in one band and guitarist in another.

Marc Ribot. (Photo by Ebru Yildiz)

On the new Caropop, guitarist/songwriter/studio musician Marc Ribot reflects on his love of Latin American music; the creative leeway that Tom Waits and Elvis Costello gave him, his decision to start singing, and his fight for indie musicians’ rights. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Hint #3: He has played with Yoko Ono, Brother Jack McDuff, Robert Plant & Allison Krauss, Elton John and Leon Russell, Sam Phillips and Elvis Costello.

Hint #2: I first heard one of those songs over the opening credits of a Jim Jarmusch movie.

it's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!

Hint #1: His distinctive guitar playing has elevated many artists' albums as well as his own.

Mitch Easter

Don Dixon

On the new Caropop w/Mitch Easter & Don Dixon, I said the Murmur "Radio Free Europe" sounds "snare-y," and Easter explained that the band's recording lacked snare so he recorded and mixed in a track of him just banging a snare. Did @remhq.bsky.social know about this? www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Mitch Easter

Don Dixon

On the new Caropop w/Mitch Easter & Don Dixon, I said the Murmur "Radio Free Europe" sounds "snare-y," and Easter explained that the band's recording lacked snare so he recorded and mixed in a track of him just banging a snare. Did @remhq.bsky.social know about this? www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

This new Caropop episode reuniting producers Mitch Easter and Don Dixon includes revelations about the making of R.E.M.'s Murmur that blew this longtime diehard fan's mind. You'll never hear "Radio Free Europe" or "Perfect Circle" in the same way... www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Hint #3: One of them called this classic album "the 'Dark Side of the Moon' of the New Wave era."

Hint #2: Each of them has produced, performed and recorded on his own.

It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guests!

Hint #1: They worked together on one of rock's greatest debut albums.

In the first Caropop of 2026, Robyn Hitchcock bats around the music of 1967 and whether it would have had such an outsized impact on his own music if not for where, how and at what age he experienced it. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Hint #3: He is a previous Caropop guest, and so, more recently, is his wife.

You are ON IT.

Hint #2: His memoir and latest album have the same title (though different subtitles).

Belated thanks, Matt!

Oops, I forgot to cue up Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest. Well, if you happen to see this...

Hint #1: His most recent album is all covers except for one original.

Wesley Stace. (Credit: Ebet Roberts.)

Where does John Wesley Harding stop and Wesley Stace begin (or vice versa)? On the new Caropop, the English singer-songwriter-turned-U.S. citizen discusses his dual identities, his Frank Capra title-mining and his reaction to Elvis Costello snark. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Wesley Stace. (Credit: Ebet Roberts)

Where does John Wesley Harding stop and Wesley Stace begin (or vice versa)? On the new Caropop, the English singer-songwriter-turned-U.S. citizen discusses his dual identities, his Frank Capra title-mining and his reaction to Elvis Costello snark. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...

Hint #3: His first four albums borrowed their titles from Frank Capra.

Hint #2: His major-label debut featured the acclaimed rhythm section of another band.

It's time to Guess Tomorrow's Caropop Guest!

Hint #1: He has done work under a pseudonym and his own name.

YouTube video by Caropop Caropop Ep145-Jimmy James & Steve Cropper chat about playing guitar in organ-led rock bands

I'm so glad I was able to get guitarist Jimmy James together with one of his idols, Steve Cropper, on Caropop. This was a great conversation. As it happens, James' band Parlor Greens is playing tonight at Garcia's in Chicago--check 'em out. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4DZ...

Dave Specter. (Credit: Mike Hoffman)

Dave Specter was Son Seals’ rhythm guitarist for two years before becoming a bandleader himself. I love hearing Specter play as well as chatting with him at his club @evanstonspace.bsky.social, but I’d never gone in depth with him like we do on the new Caropop. www.caropop.com/caropopcast/...