We sat down with CHVRCHES on our podcast to talk about their unique chemistry and upcoming album ‘Love is Dead,’ in partnership with BMWUSA’s #ProjectUnfollow and the first-ever BMW X2.

CHVRCHES #ProjectUnfollow Interview

In partnership with BMWUSA’s Project Unfollow and the first-ever X2, we sat down with Little Simz to talk about the forces that have shaped her career.  Little Simz is an artist who has paved her way by staying true to her own vision, a true embodiment of the Unfollower spirit. 

In partnership with BMWUSA’s Project Unfollow and the first-ever X2, we sat down with Little Simz to talk about the forces that have shaped her career.  Little Simz is an artist who has paved her way by staying true to her own vision, a true embodiment of the Unfollower spirit.

Little Simz Project Unfollow

Andrew Winistorfer, Senior Editor extraordinaire for VMP, is in the building for the last episode of 2017. We talk through VMP's top 10 albums of the year list and wander into a number of other topics as the two of us have a habit of doing. We love you guys and we'll see you next year!

Andrew Winistorfer, Senior Editor extraordinaire for VMP, is in the building for the last episode of 2017. We talk through VMP's top 10 albums of the year list and wander into a number of other topics as the two of us have a habit of doing. We love you guys and we'll see you next year!

The Best Albums of 2017

Bill Bentley

Bill Bentley, author of one of the coolest books I've come across this year  Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen, is on the show today to talk about what it's been like to spend his entire life in music. We get into what it was like to work for Neil Young for 30 years, what it was like to see The Rolling Stones when he was 15, and how the hell he managed to get hundreds and hundreds of concert and band photographs taken by fans. He will certainly be back on the show but this was an amazing first visit from him.  

Bill Bentley, author of one of the coolest books I've come across this year <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Smithsonian-Rock-Roll-Live-Unseen/dp/1588346005" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Smithsonian Rock and Roll: Live and Unseen</a>, is on the show today to talk about what it's been like to spend his entire life in music. We get into what it was like to work for Neil Young for 30 years, what it was like to see The Rolling Stones when he was 15, and how the hell he managed to get hundreds and hundreds of concert and band photographs taken by fans. He will certainly be back on the show but this was an amazing first visit from him.

Interview with Bill Bentley

I found out about Satica maybe a month ago and got addicted to her track “Honey Whiskey” on Soundcloud. She was nice enough to come on the show to talk about her music, but we ended up also getting into some pretty heavy stuff related to family and growing up as the daughter of Cambodian refugees in Long Beach, CA. This conversation was equal parts illuminating and funny and I've been hooked on her new Drippin' EP for a few weeks now. Check out the interview and then hop into the music itself, I think you'll be just as addicted to her music as I am once you do. 

I found out about Satica maybe a month ago and got addicted to her track “Honey Whiskey” on Soundcloud. She was nice enough to come on the show to talk about her music, but we ended up also getting into some pretty heavy stuff related to family and growing up as the daughter of Cambodian refugees in Long Beach, CA. This conversation was equal parts illuminating and funny and I've been hooked on her new Drippin' EP for a few weeks now. Check out the interview and then hop into the music itself, I think you'll be just as addicted to her music as I am once you do.

Satica and the Best Summer Pop Song You'll Hear All Winter

Andrew Barber

Huge day today folks. Red Bull flew me out to Chicago for their Red Bull Sound Select festival and hooked up an interview with one of my personal heroes and a legend in the Chicago music scene, Andrew Barber. He's the founder of Fake Shore Drive and was there at the beginning to watch Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Chief Keef, King Louie, Lil Durk, G Herbo, and many more rise to local and then national fame. We go deep on the Chicago music scene, how he started Fake Show Drive and made it what it is today, and where he sees the music industry going along with many more topics. This is my favorite episode we've ever done and I'm so glad this worked out. Enjoy!

Huge day today folks. Red Bull flew me out to Chicago for their Red Bull Sound Select festival and hooked up an interview with one of my personal heroes and a legend in the Chicago music scene, Andrew Barber. He's the founder of Fake Shore Drive and was there at the beginning to watch Chance the Rapper, Vic Mensa, Chief Keef, King Louie, Lil Durk, G Herbo, and many more rise to local and then national fame. We go deep on the Chicago music scene, how he started Fake Show Drive and made it what it is today, and where he sees the music industry going along with many more topics. This is my favorite episode we've ever done and I'm so glad this worked out. Enjoy!

Interview with Andrew Barber from Fake Shore Drive

Sharon Van Etten

Sharon Van Etten has become a force to be reckoned with within the world of Indie music over the last 8 years, and it all began in 2009 with the release of her debut album Because I Was In Love. Sharon stopped by the show recently to discuss the album and the impact it's had on her career since its release.  She opened up quite a bit about what her life was like around the making of the record and the different twists and turns of recording it. We also got into what her life has been like both personally and as an artist since then, what it's like creating albums that are so honest and personal, and what her hopes are for her future projects as she sets out to create her next record.

Sharon Van Etten has become a force to be reckoned with within the world of Indie music over the last 8 years, and it all began in 2009 with the release of her debut album Because I Was In Love. Sharon stopped by the show recently to discuss the album and the impact it's had on her career since its release.  She opened up quite a bit about what her life was like around the making of the record and the different twists and turns of recording it. We also got into what her life has been like both personally and as an artist since then, what it's like creating albums that are so honest and personal, and what her hopes are for her future projects as she sets out to create her next record.

Interview with Sharon Van Etten on "Because I Was In Love"

I’ve been pretty curious for a long time why it is that as soon as there’s the faintest nip of cold in the September air, I’m immediately in my flannel stuff and listening to For Emma Forever Ago and relating every line of it to every girl that I have ever been in a committed monogamous relationship with or seen in line at the bagel place. It’s genuinely sort of strange how seasons can affect our moods and the music we listen to during them, and Allie Baughman stopped by to talk about the whole thing. We got pretty deep here into some mysticism stuff, the nature of aesthetics, and how we’re tied much closer to the natural world than our iOS 11-crippled iPhones would like us to believe. It may sound a bit off the beaten path for you but this was genuinely one of my favorite conversations I’ve had in quite some time.

I’ve been pretty curious for a long time why it is that as soon as there’s the faintest nip of cold in the September air, I’m immediately in my flannel stuff and listening to For Emma Forever Ago and relating every line of it to every girl that I have ever been in a committed monogamous relationship with or seen in line at the bagel place. It’s genuinely sort of strange how seasons can affect our moods and the music we listen to during them, and Allie Baughman stopped by to talk about the whole thing. We got pretty deep here into some mysticism stuff, the nature of aesthetics, and how we’re tied much closer to the natural world than our iOS 11-crippled iPhones would like us to believe. It may sound a bit off the beaten path for you but this was genuinely one of my favorite conversations I’ve had in quite some time.

Why We Love Sad Music During The Fall

Daniele Luppi

It takes a special sort of artist to pull the listener into a different world entirely, and there are far more examples of folks who have tried to do that than ones who have pulled it off. Like Twain said about the difference between the right and the almost right word, the difference between immersion and depiction is like lightning vs a lightning bug. Daniele Luppi's work falls squarely on the lightning side of that comparison and Milano, a concept album meant to bring you into the jungle that Milan, Italy in the 80's was, is a masterpiece from an artist at the top of his game.  I recently got some time to sit down with Daniele to talk about his childhood in Milan, the inseparable bond that visual art and music share in his mind, and what it is that pushes him into projects like these over and over again. Daniele is treasure, as his is work, and you're going to love getting to hang with for 30 minutes or so today.

It takes a special sort of artist to pull the listener into a different world entirely, and there are far more examples of folks who have tried to do that than ones who have pulled it off. Like Twain said about the difference between the right and the almost right word, the difference between immersion and depiction is like lightning vs a lightning bug. Daniele Luppi's work falls squarely on the lightning side of that comparison and Milano, a concept album meant to bring you into the jungle that Milan, Italy in the 80's was, is a masterpiece from an artist at the top of his game.  I recently got some time to sit down with Daniele to talk about his childhood in Milan, the inseparable bond that visual art and music share in his mind, and what it is that pushes him into projects like these over and over again. Daniele is treasure, as his is work, and you're going to love getting to hang with for 30 minutes or so today.

Daniele Luppi's "Milano"

This week Katie Bain and I jump into Four Tet and his meditative new album New Energy. We get into Four Tet's backstory, why his work has stuck with both of us so closely over 9 releases, and what makes his new work so special. We also get way deep into what makes IDM music so important, why Four Tet is one of the most important electronic musicians of his generation, and why the club dance floor is the perfect space for a particular type of meditation and enlightenment. 

This week Katie Bain and I jump into Four Tet and his meditative new album New Energy. We get into Four Tet's backstory, why his work has stuck with both of us so closely over 9 releases, and what makes his new work so special. We also get way deep into what makes IDM music so important, why Four Tet is one of the most important electronic musicians of his generation, and why the club dance floor is the perfect space for a particular type of meditation and enlightenment.

Four Tet's New Energy

Vinyl Me, Please co-founder Tyler is out to find the best stories, albums, and artists in music and tell you all about them here. He enlists artists, music nerds, and other people in the know along the way to make sure you leave every episode with a healthy dose of brain food, new music to listen to, and a few things to laugh about as you plummet into the void with the rest of us.

I am currently lsitening to the 2017 best-of episode. I think that I have listened to a few episodes previously that were more interview-y... So here I am wanting to hear a few music clips from these top 10 records. But alas, all talk from two dudes who must say &#34;like&#34; 1000s of times in this episode. ugh.

All talk, no music

Great work on the new intro and outro on the Snoop episode. 

Keep up the great work, Tyler and Co!

Keeps Getting Better and Better

The Vinyl Me Please Podcast

I hopped a plane to L.A. to hang out with Jeff Weiss and Paul Thompson, two of the best and brightest when it comes to rap, to talk Tyler the Creator's new album Flower Boy. We talked his history and the rise of Odd Future, Tyler's evolution as a musician, and why Flower Boy is not only our favorite album from him but also one of the best of year. 

I hopped a plane to L.A. to hang out with Jeff Weiss and Paul Thompson, two of the best and brightest when it comes to rap, to talk Tyler the Creator's new album Flower Boy. We talked his history and the rise of Odd Future, Tyler's evolution as a musician, and why Flower Boy is not only our favorite album from him but also one of the best of year.

Tyler the Creator's "Flower Boy"

Noah Lennox

We had the pleasure of sitting down with Noah Lennox, the mastermind behind this month’s featured record Person Pitch, to talk about quite a bit more than just the making of the album, though we got to that too. As far as interviews go, I think it ranks at or near the very top of any we’ve ever done. Noah has an incredible depth to him, and his creative process ended up mirroring a great deal of his inner workings as well. He came across as someone who is always constructing and then deconstructing. Someone who is always pushing further into the forest not in search of answers so much as a quiet place for meditation and reflection. Noah is an incredible talent and this may very well be his best work to date, though that’s the cause of some debate. He’s also a prototype of a new kind of songwriter. One who assembles and curates and synthesizes his spectrum of influences into a literal collage that serves as the backdrop for his own art. And this album found him at a number of foundational crossroads which we all face, sometimes several times, during the course of making those specific choices that shape what our life will eventually be. This is a portrait of an artist as a young man, for sure, but one who is transforming before our ears into something much more than he was when he first set out from New York with his Roland 303 and a one way ticket to Lisbon. This is the sound of a genius in flux, and he did an incredible job in our interview of pulling back the curtain on who that version of himself was. As always, here’s the quick reminder that you can sign up to get your special edition of Person Pitch if you aren’t already slotted to get one and I hope that you do. Not because I’m selling you on something but because I think it’s important you give this album the time it deserves. Noah is a rare gift and we’re lucky to be living during the time he’s making music. I hope you enjoy this interview as much as I did.

Interview with Panda Bear (Noah Lennox)

Josh Gaines

This week, Andrew is on a roadtrip through the South so Tyler's friend Josh Gaines fills in as guest host. Josh is a filmmaker and fiction author from Denver and he stops by to talk fiction writing, his new short film, and some of the records he keeps closest. We get into Beck's penchant for inducing meditation, why Muse was sort of heady sort of not, and what it's like living in a (possibly?) post-post-Rock world and still loving Mogwai.

Beck, Mogwai, and Muse with Special Guest Josh Gaines

Angel Olsen

This week we had a very special guest on the show. Angel Olsen stopped by to talk about her upcoming album My Woman (which drops on Sept. 2nd) and in the process, we ended up talking quite a bit about traveling, how cities are a lot like people, and what it's like to navigate life in the midst of the web of modern and historical narratives that shape it even more than we may think. Suffice to say, I learned a lot from her about all of those topics as well as what went into her new record and I think you will too.

Interview with Angel Olsen

Rae Sremmurd

This week we talk Rae Sremmurd's new album, HBO's new show The Night Of, and why Rae Sremmurd are way more contextually important than you may think.

Danny Brown

Bon Iver

This week we tackle the Big Smoke project that Andrew and Yours Truly just finished, Danny Brown's new record "Atrocity Exhibition", and Bon Iver's new album "22, A Million", as well as the incredible new FX show Atlanta.

Bon Iver, Danny Brown, and Big Smoke

Tyler and Alex take you through VMP's killer weekly On Rotation playlist and talk through why they love each track and artist featured there that week. This week, highlights include new music from Childish Gambino, The xx, Bernice, and an appearance from a semi-terrible cold.

On Rotation feat. Childish Gambino, The xx, and Bernice

Dylan Baldi

Today I got the chance to sit down with Dylan from Cloud Nothings to talk about him, his life, his creative process, and their new album. I've been excited to talk with him for awhile now and he ended up being one of the best interviews I've ever done. This is a great companion piece to bring along as you jump into their new album this weekend and I think you'll benefit as much as I did from listening to his perspective not only on music and what it means to be an artist but also on life.

Interview with Cloud Nothings (Dylan Baldi)

This episode we talk Wilco's latest record "Shmilco", we gush somewhat briefly about both of Frank Ocean's new albums, and I lose my mind when I find out that Andrew has read each of the Game of Thrones books multiple times.

Wilco Shmilco

Tyler is still out getting married, so Andrew is joined this week by writer and editor Ben Munson who joins the podcast to talk about YG's great new album, Still Brazy, and a not so great Red Hot Chili Peppers album both of them struggle to remember the title of.

Red Hot Chili Peppers Are Still Brazy After All These Years

This week Tom Breihan from Stereogum is here to talk through Big Thief's crushing new album Capacity and the new metaphysically tongue in cheek maze Crack Up from Fleet Foxes. We try to lift the overwhelming weight of Big Thief's new album to see what's underneath, we explore where the hell Robin Pecknold has been for the last 6 years, and we get into the purposefully opaque and wonderfully dense inner workings of his and the band's latest effort. Get ready for some gut punching stuff and a few big laughs along the way, and make sure you put both of these albums on your rotation. 

This week Tom Breihan from Stereogum is here to talk through Big Thief's crushing new album Capacity and the new metaphysically tongue in cheek maze Crack Up from Fleet Foxes. We try to lift the overwhelming weight of Big Thief's new album to see what's underneath, we explore where the hell Robin Pecknold has been for the last 6 years, and we get into the purposefully opaque and wonderfully dense inner workings of his and the band's latest effort. Get ready for some gut punching stuff and a few big laughs along the way, and make sure you put both of these albums on your rotation.

Big Thief and Fleet Foxes

This week, Tyler and Andrew break down new albums from The Weeknd and Childish Gambino and get into why the right thing at the wrong time is still the wrong thing and why "Awake, My Love!" is more like a Charles Bradley album than it is a sonic adventure.

The Weeknd and Childish Gambino

This week, Tyler turns the whole hour over to Tim from Strand of Oaks and it was the best decision he's made in quite some time. Tim is an incredible human being and musician and after an hour long conversation with him, you leave feeling like a weight has been lifted off of you. I don't know many people who are as insightful and honest and funny as he is all while consistently dropping top shelf rock records and listening to this may very well be the best thing you'll do for your own well being all week. Seriously. We get into all things surrounding his new record "Hard Love" and catch up on what life has been like for him since he released "HEAL" back in 2014. As you can imagine, we end up in a lot of other corners of his mind along the way. Enjoy :)

Interview with Strand of Oaks

Geoff Rickly

This week Andrew is on vacation so I had a very special guest (Geoff Rickly) stop by to talk about IDM and new music from Aphex Twin, Arca, and Clams Casino. It turned into quite the conversation and I think you're going to love it even if you have no idea what the hell IDM is.

Aphex Twin, Arca, and Clams Casino with Geoff Rickly

Cameron and I sit down to chat about our September featured album "How To Be A Human Being". We dig into why we picked the album, why we think Glass Animals is such an interesting band, and why it's ok to like music from popular bands.

ROTM Roundtable: "How To Be A Human Being" by Glass Animals

Kacey Musgraves

Jim James

This week Andrew and Tyler talk about new records from Jim James, Kacey Musgraves, and ASAP Mob. They also dive into what role protest albums actually play, why you should care about the Black Friday Record Store Day, and why it's probably ok that Christmas is coming soon to a store near you.

Jim James, Kacey Musgraves, and ASAP Mob

We've recently launched a new series in our online store where each month, we ask someone with unbelievably good taste to pick 4 records they love that you have to hear. This month's edition features Egon of Now Again/Madlib/Stones Throw fame, and I learned a TON from him. I think you will too, and I'm excited for you to listen!

The Selector Series with Egon from Now Again Records

Vince Staples

Eric Sundermann, Editor-In-Chief at Noisey and James Murphy doppelganger, and Jeff Weiss, Editor at Passion of the Weiss and Founder of POW Records, both dropped by today to talk all things related to Long Beach's current all-star Vince Staples. We talk Vince's background and journey to his current level of fame, his schtick for not bullshitting anyone about anything, and what the future holds for one of the best and most blunt young rappers on the planet. 

<a href="https://twitter.com/ericsundy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Eric Sundermann</a>, Editor-In-Chief at Noisey and James Murphy doppelganger, and <a href="https://twitter.com/Passionweiss" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Jeff Weiss</a>, Editor at Passion of the Weiss and Founder of POW Records, both dropped by today to talk all things related to Long Beach's current all-star Vince Staples. We talk Vince's background and journey to his current level of fame, his schtick for not bullshitting anyone about anything, and what the future holds for one of the best and most blunt young rappers on the planet.

Vince Staples' Big Fish Theory

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