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An intimate chat with Andy Ross, an award-winning music supervisor and executive music producer with over 30 years of diversified experience in the music industry, including stints as artist manager, label chief, and publisher.

Andy won a Guild of Music Supervisors Award for his music supervision on director Damien Chazelle’s three-time Academy Award winning jazz movie Whiplash, and has been responsible for music supervision and curation of music in over 200 film, TV and advertising projects. As manager of UK band Psapp he helped land them the theme song to the award winning ABC show ‘Grey’s Anatomy’, currently gearing up for its 18th season after 365 episodes. He has commissioned over 100 original songs by writers such as Diane Warren, Dr John, Conor Oberst, Gary Numan & Howard Jones.

Currently he is the Creative Director and co-founder at Exit Strategy Productions where he oversees all aspects of creative music production and works on the development, creation and production of feature films and TV projects.

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Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned! This week is the 5th installment of our series celebrating the gender with the most attitude and pure ferocity. Piss off a man; you can fight it out and then go have a pint at the pub. Piss off a woman, and you will pay for it 10-fold… In this episode, we focus on women that truly rock! Ladies that play loud and heavy with attitude, grit, and that rasp. 

What’s this InObscuria thing? We’re a podcast that exhumes obscure Rock n' Punk n' Metal and puts them in one of 3 categories: the Lost, the Forgotten, or the Should Have Beens. These ladies bring it, and you owe to yourself to check them out! We hope we turn you on to something new!

Songs this week include:

1. The Gems – “Like A Phoenix” from Like A Phoenix - single (2023)
2. Blues Pills – “Proud Woman” from Holy Moly! (2020)
3. ONE FALL – “Rats Abandon Ship” from ONE FALL (2022)
4. Stonefield – “Shutdown” from BENT (2019)
5. Larkin Poe – “Strike Gold” from Blood Harmony (2022)
6. The Downhauls – “Spit The Poison Out” from Spit Into The Void - EP (2023)
7. Thunderpussy – “Thunderpussy” from Thunderpussy (2018)

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If you’d like to check out Kevin’s band THE SWEAR, take a listen on all streaming services or pick up a digital copy of their latest release here: https://theswear.bandcamp.com/

If you want to hear Robert and Kevin’s band from the late 90s – early 00s BIG JACK PNEUMATIC, check it out here: https://bigjackpnuematic.bandcamp.com/

This episode is an encore presentation of Season 1's second episode: Four Winds. In this episode, the hosts discuss their favorite Conor releases from Bright Eyes, Mystic Valley Band, Solo releases, and Monsters of Folk. 

This is the first episode of Season 3 and we are happy to be back!

We have a brand new format designed to keep you updated with what’s happening in the music world as well as to bring you in-depth discussions about various music nerd things.

This season, yours truly, The bravest of badgers, will be hosting a short format news segment called ***What’s Happening*** where I will be discussing the week's music news, often joined by a fellow music nerd.

Monthly we will “get the band back together” in the studio for a long format discussion on a music nerd topic of choice, such as Vinyl vs Streaming or Music Through the Decades...

The Scared Fox and Darsh stopped by for a discussion recently, that episode will air next week, so make sure you subscribe to 12 Bar News wherever you get your podcast or at 12BARNEWS.COM

What’s happening?!? All of these topics were discussed by this week's hosts:

• The Sick New World Festival was announced earlier this week and promises to bring the same nostalgia to Nu Metal fans as the When We Were Young Festival brought to Emo Kids.
• Iggy Pop announced a new album featuring amazing guest musicians.
• Aaroon Carter's sad death at age of 34
• New Found Glory announced a new acoustic album featuring some of their classic hits.
• Bright Eyes has released another 3 installments of their companion EPs along with their respective classic albums. Badger gives a quick review of the new EPs and nerds out for a while. 

On this week's show, we...

• spend quality time with new records from Plains, Cory Branan & Mightmare
• bid adieu to Low drummer & vocalist Mimi Parker 
• hold a musical memorial for a friend who left way to soon

All this & much, much less! 

Debts No Honest Man Can Pay is over 2 rock-solid hours of musical eclectica & other noodle stories. The show started in 2003 at WHFR-FM (Dearborn, MI), moved to WGWG-FM (Boiling Springs, NC) in 2006 & Plaza Midwood Community Radio (Charlotte, NC) in 2012, with a brief pit-stop at WLFM-FM (Appleton, WI) in 2004.

It's our last "Versus" episode of the year, and who better to end it all with than Phoebe Bridgers? 

Links:

• 20th Century Boss - Nebraska w/Phoebe Bridgers podcast
• 60 Songs That Explain the 90's
• Louis Wain

Welcome to Roadcase, a podcast exploring the live music experience!!  Join us for this special interview with blues rock superstars and Grammy nominated artists Rebecca and Megan Lovell of Larkin Poe.  This amazing musical team is truly a family effort; they love and nurture their sister bond both onstage and off and are currently winding down a nationwide Fall tour on the heels of several amazing recent albums produced during the pandemic, including their 2020 effort Self Made Man. Also in 2020, they released Kindred Spirits, an inspiring collection of traditional blues and contemporary covers, and this year, they released a spectacular and engaging live album Paint the Roses, recorded live with the Nu Deco Ensemble in Miami. This amazing duo just does not stop!! Rebecca and Megan are hardcore "road dogs," in their own words, having worked super hard to get where they are, logging years on the road and loving every minute of it.  Their story is inspiring and exciting as they navigate the various aspects of their busy lives while maintaining their love for what they do -- and it truly shows!  So hop aboard the Roadcase bus for this wonderful and exciting episode with the Lovell sisters, Rebecca and Megan, of Larkin Poe.  It's gonna be a great ride!!

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Theme music:  "Eugene" (Instrumental)" by Waltzer

Caitlin Henry, the vocalist of one of our favourite pop-punk bands, Eat Your Heart Out, joins the show this week to chat all things Tigers Jaw 'Spin' and Better Oblivion Community Center 'Self-Titled'! It's a bit of a different one with no Brad or Adam making an appearance, but Will and Caitlin go over why these bands are so good, and what's been happening in the world of EYHO lately. Enjoy!

It's part two of our convo with Julia— we get into the nitty-gritty of 2007's Cassadaga, the band's highest-charting album in the US upon its release. Where will the "Four Winds" take us? Tune in to find out. 

Links

• Conor Oberst does a track-by-track breakdown of Cassadaga
• Malcolm Jack's Bandcamp

Today could be the "First Day of My Life" or maybe, your life. Writer and producer Julia Kochuk joins us to talk about how Bright Eyes hits harder and in different ways in the here and now. Join us for part one of this fun, dynamic convo where emotions are a-okay.

Links

• Julia's website — https://www.juliakochuk.com/
• Bright Eyes on the Late Late Show
• David Bazan - I Flirted With You All My Life 

My old friend John Sheliak joins me for a great conversation - the first we've had on the air in about 12 years. We talked about lots of different relevant topics along with the some reminiscing.

Featuring the music of Conor Oberst

Previous appearances by John:
June 16, 2008
July 30, 2007
February 26, 2007

Up and coming singer/songwriter Phoebe Bridgers, whose 'Punisher,' is one of the most  acclaimed albums of the year, joins host Steve Baltin to talk about her favorite protest songs from Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan and Bright Eyes, among others. 

"My favorite protest songs are the ones that basically say just exactly what's happening or what happened. That's the most heartbreaking stuff with any art, like a traumatizing movie based on true events or something. All they really do is lay out the facts of what happened and it's just so heartbreaking," she says.