photo credit: Sara Laufer On this episode, we talk with Laura Wolf (one of our very favorites)! Laura just released her new EP, 'Artifacts', so we talk with her about writing those songs, why learning-it-all-herself is part of her creative process, and a few of the other Laura Wolfs (Laura Wolves?) out there. I also spring a pop quiz on her, and we…

In this episode, we talk with Norwalk-then-New-York's Beau Dega! Our conversation includes venue politics, releasing 50 songs in a year and a half, and playing guitar in Powerviolets. I give Beau a pop-quiz on obscure Connecticut trivia at the end. How does Norwalk's Favorite Son do on the quiz? You have to tune in to find out. We recorded this epi…

In this episode, we talk with Hellrazor, Heele, and Jobber! (Michael Falcone; Kate Meizner; Michael Henss) We talk about their new music, spooky spots in Connecticut, pro-wrestling, and exploitative battles of the bands. And hey, did you know that Hellrazor was the subject of one of our first posts on our site? We were covering their video for "Lan…

In this episode, we talk with New Haven's Sargasso! (Maria Campos Saadi, Noah Goodman, Thomas Hagen, Soledad Tejada) We talk about their new album, As It Surfaces To Meet Me, how they finished it over the quarantine, making a band work over long distances, the glory of a good smoothie, and the importance of cereal. We recorded this episode a few we…

We talk with Violet Hetson from Powerviolets! Things we talk about in this episode: their upcoming album, DIY ghosts, microphone placements, and what to do with unwanted cucumbers. Go check out their debut album, NO BOYS, anywhere you normally get your music. https://powerviolets.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/powerviolets/ https://www.tik…

We join up with Chef the Chef (Chefren Gray) to talk about his new EP Junkfood, his live show, what it's like to work as a teacher, and whether CatDog is fit to rap about. We also spend some time talking about The Quest music collective, being baptized at Crunch House, and the highs and lows of producing your own tracks as a rapper (or rapping on y…

We talk with New Haven / DC's Hero Magnus about her new EP 'Make Me A Man'. Her microphone is either on stage or behind the radio desk at Yale's WYBC 'Live from the Moon' series. In this episode, we also talk about the strange separation of the Yale and New Haven music scenes, music as a source of empathy, and how much of a hottie Socrates was in h…

We are joined by Em Alderman and John Romano of Glambat! True ctverses stans will know that our very first blog post was about a Glambat show at MAC650, so we were very excited to get to the bottom of such pressing questions as "Is Glambat an Industry Plant?", "Is Andy a real person?", "Which is louder: Connecticut or Philly?" and "What do you have…

in this very special episode, i talk with Karen Ponzio (of the New Haven Independent and The Word According to KP) about the music of 2020! it's not a list or a countdown -- instead, we talk about the year in general, highlighting some of the albums / EPs (and people) that really spoke to us. you can find more KP at:https://www.newhavenindependent.…

Jason Rule has a new band! Autopoet is a collaboration between Rule and Rex Thurstan of Eel People and Litvar. I invited Rule onto the podcast to talk about Autopoet, who just released their debut single "Unhealthy Exchanges", with a full-length album set for Februrary 2021 called The Nightlife Has Changed You. Jason is currently a member of ctvers…

This episode is a longform conversation with the New Haven by-way-of Bridgeport emcee Siul Hughes. Hughes just released an album this year called "HUEMAN" on the record label Fake Four Inc, and we've been spinning it ever since it came out. And he has a new collaborative 7" split with Ceschi called "DRKWLKR"; we talked about that a little bit in ou…

hello and welcome to another ct verses audio interview. it's me, your pal, ct verses, and this episode, we got a chance to talk to norwalk's finest -- similar kind! the band has been very busy this year, keeping things active even though we are all in quarantine, releasing four brand new songs. in this interview, we'll talk about these new songs, t…

This episode we talk with Olive Tiger, the New Haven trio and one of ct verses's all-time-faves. The song you heard in the intro is "The Boys", their brand new single that came out last week, and the first peek from their upcoming EP. We talked about their new music, playing live with Dirty Projectors, and their best and worst Halloween costumes. T…

photo/art credit: @rustyflipflopIn this episode, we talk with Youth XL -- the new band from New Haven. The band's debut ep will come out on October 30th, so we asked them a bunch of silly questions about it. You may know the singer, Alex McGuire, who used to release music under his own name. In this conversation, I sat with all four studs from Yout…

photo credit: @digitalcypher (digital cypher productions).in this very special episode, we talk to the recording artist and Fake Four label head Ceschi. to let you behind the curtain for this episode, it has two parts: the part you are about to hear was recorded just a day ago, and the second half was recorded back in mid-March. back in March, we t…

this episode, i sit with Adam Matlock, the musician and songwriter behind An Historic, Mystal Tree, Kolessa, AOS, and more. We'll get into all that, but what we're really here to talk about is An Historic's new album 'Thawing', which came out earlier this year. Adam has a unique style that makes his music impossible to neatly categorize, so I'm goi…

this episode, i talk with the singer, songwriter, musician, engineer, producer, and all around swell guy Noah Silvestry, who records under the name Luke Ellingson. this episode of the pod will be a little bit different because it's actually two episodes in one! i sat with Noah back in late June to record a podcast about his upcoming record, Like Wi…

we talk with Quinn from the band Quinn! their debut EP 'Depression Nap' just came out, so we talk a lot about it and why Quinn is a band and not just a solo project. other topics for discussion: the ecstasy of sushi from Middletown, an upcoming socially-distance release show, and 5 records that everyone NEEDS to hear. stay until the end for a light…

photo credit: kelly sullivaniin this episode of our podcast, we interviewed Jenny Genius(!), the New Haven band featuring Maggie and Dan Katz (from Spit-Take / NG2BC) and Chris Chew (from his Chew solo work and formerly drums in Honeycutt). they just released a brand new tape (self-titled), so i was super excited to pick their brains about their so…

welcome to another ctverses audio interview. this episode, i interviewed zeb mrowka and shelby talbot from the band zebvlon! a few weeks ago, our website premiere their brand new EP, oil's dry, and the song you heard in the intro -- "Will 2 Live" -- is taken from that EP. Zeb and Shelby both have very interesting points of view and great senses of …

This week, I picked the brain of Lydia Arachne, the multi-instrumentalist songwriter from the band Semaphora. If you haven't heard Semaphora's music before, it's really unlike anything else you've ever heard, and it's for that reason that I was so excited to talk to Lydia about her music. In this interview, we talk about what inspires her songwriti…

This episode, I am joined by Stephen Friedland from Fat Randy! The song you heard in the intro is "Connecticut", the band's most recent single. While you may know Stephen from his work in Fat Randy, the band, you may also know him as the host of Fat Randy the Podcast, which interviews many local artists, including Greetings, SAP, Doom Beach, and mo…

photo credit: lea ciarciain this episode, i sit down with Thomas Shreve and Jason Moriarty from Cinema Stare, who just released their debut album Hum and the Glow.this interview is a spiritual sequel to last week's interview, where i talked with Pasquale Liuzzi, who is the drummer for Cinema Stare (amongst many other things). this was recorded the …

i am joined by Pasquale Liuzzi, a man of many indie DIY hats. He has run local venues, like the Church in Hamden and the Crust Cabin in Storrs. He plays drums in bands you know and love, like Cinema Stare, SELLER, and most recently Posture and the Grizzly. You may have even read some of his music writing in the New Haven Independent. I reached out …

this episode, i sit with Kim Normal, the young rock band from the heart of Connecticut. this interview was recorded in the middle of the coronavirus quarantine, so we all jumped on Zoom for the interview. the band will be uploading this whole episode as a video on their own Kim Normal youtube channel, so if you'd rather look at our beautiful faces,…

this episode, i talk with Kierstin Sieser, who is both a solo artist and the frontperson for the americana band Tiny Ocean, who released their debut album 'Sometimes You're Right' in late 2018. the song you heard there in the intro is "Attached You Will Find", and it is the first track on her new solo record 'Shark Tooth Moon'. i talk with Kierstin…

for this ct verses audio interview, i spoke with sam carlson. by day, sam is the engineer and producer of Sans Serif recordings in New Haven, where he's worked with bands like SHY, Evelyn Gray, the Fiction Kids, Killer Kin, Ditch Boys, Fiction, and more, and by night, he is a musician and songwriter, playing in Ports of Spain, Laundry Day, and the …

in this episode i get a chance to talk with dylan healy, the head of funnybone records and the songwriter behind stadia. the song you just heard in the intro is "tiny you in a prism", taken from stadia's debut ep 'Mood Ring'. if you are listening to this podcast, i guarantee that you've listened to a band or musician on funnybone records, which is …

this is episode number 12 in which i talk with NIGHT CREW. Shawn and Nate join me to talk about how they met, how they technically opened for Bowling for Soup in their first gig, and what would happen if they donated you their organs. NIGHT CREW is known for their energetic live shows, and they brought that same energy and moxxie to this interview.…

https://twoheadedgirl.bandcamp.com/www.ctverses.comin this episode, i talk with connecticut's premiere twin-core band, Two Headed Girl. the song you heard there in the intro is "Dont Be Scared", off of their most recent EP, Resonation, which came out this past December. the twins at the center of this band are Angie and Celeste Padua, they play gui…

this episode, i'm talking with TIP, a band whose members come from across new england but call New Haven their home. they also happen to be the organizers behind the annual Kaaterskill Music and Arts Festival (or KMA Fest for short). the song you heard in the intro is called "Canadian Coins", and it was a single they released late last year. in thi…

on the eve of their debut ep, i got a chance to talk with Dan Deutsch from Hartford's Portrait Party. if you haven't had a chance to listen to Portrait Party yet, the trio is part-indie rock, part-prog pop, part-jazz jam. in 2019 they released two singles, won the Hartford Courant's CT NOW Best Indie Rock Band award, and gained an impressive follow…

unless you're new to these parts, you've at least heard of Eel People. the duo, Rex Thurstan and Matt Falkowski, have been featured on this very blog a number of times. they've got a new album coming up at the end of the month: A Preliminary Display of Tomorrow's Grievances. it's the first full album from the two working together as "Eel People", b…

This episode features Ben Mueller, the songwriter and multi-instrumentalist behind Low Ceilings. We check in with his on the eve of his new album, Learn To Sew! Check it out on Bandcamp + all the usual places.https://lowceilingsmusic.bandcamp.com/www.ctverses.comDi ctverses

An interview with Alex Saraceno from Zanders! We talk about their new album, CONCENTRATION SIXTY-FOUR, the responsibility of songwriting, and chocolate quadratinis. www.zanders.bandcamp.comwww.ctverses.comDi ctverses

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www.themairs.bandcamp.com www.ctverses.com On our first episode of the ctverses audio interviews podcast, we talk to the chaotic, noisy, incredible Them Airs!Di ctversesmusic