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The FADER Podcast

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The FADER Podcast is the new home for The FADER Interview, plus brand new podcasts like Songs You Need In Your Life, The FADER Culture Show, and New Music Friday.
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Episodes

100 gecs

Laura Les and Dylan Brady tell The FADER’s Editorial Director Alex Robert Ross their love of nu metal and ska, taking fun music seriously, and the long road that led to their new album , ’10,000 Gecs.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 16, 202333 minEp. 82

Fever Ray

Karin Dreijer calls The FADER’s Jordan Darville from the mountains of Sweden to discuss their new album ‘Radical Romantics,’ making art about love, and radical solutions to everyday problems. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 07, 202335 minEp. 81

slowthai

slowthai tells The FADER’s David Renshaw about his new album ‘UGLY,’ a natural evolution of his quest towards happiness, being as honest as possible, and always speaking his mind, no matter how much trouble it gets him in. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mar 02, 202342 minEp. 80

Damon Albarn

Damon Albarn talks about Gorillaz' new album, Cracker Island , and the blurry line between the cartoon world and the real world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 23, 202327 minEp. 79

Mike Shinoda

The FADER’s Editorial Director Alex Robert Ross talks to Linkin Park co-leader Mike Shinoda about how the band’s second album, ‘Meteora,’ came to light, in advance of the records 20th-anniversary reissue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 14, 202342 minEp. 78

John Cale

The FADER’s Raphael Helfand sits down with Velvet Underground co-founder John Cale following the release of his 19th solo album, ‘MERCY,’ for a brief but illuminating conversation about experimental music’s past and future, John Lennon’s smoking habits, and making a scene at the movies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Feb 07, 202321 minEp. 77

B. Cool-Aid

In an early look at B. Cool-Aid’s forthcoming album, ‘Leather Boulevard,’ The FADER’s Arielle Lana LeJarde talks to Pink Siifu and Ahwlee about their synergistic partnership, collaborating with legends, and what it means to be an Aquarius. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 31, 202333 minEp. 76

Fucked Up

Ahead of the release of their new album ‘One Day,’ Fucked Up’s Damian Abraham and Mike Haliechuk talk to The FADER’s Editorial Director Alex Robert Ross about punk history, grief, and the constant need to write. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 24, 202335 minEp. 75

MIKE

Prolific, 25-year-old New York rapper MIKE joins The FADER’s Brandon Callender to discuss touring, sampling, New Year’s resolutions, and his new album, ‘Beware of the Monkey.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jan 17, 202338 minEp. 74

Bree Runway

Ghanaian-British rapper, singer, and fashion icon Bree Runway joins The FADER’s Gyasi Williams-Kirtley to discuss her new surprise EP, ‘Woah, What a Blur!,’ a bite-sized sample of her immeasurable talent and unparalleled confidence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Dec 15, 202233 minEp. 73

Babyface Ray

The FADER’s Brandon Callender talks to Detroit rapper Babyface Ray about his city’s influence spreading across the country, taking the long road to success, and how he views his artistic evolution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 29, 202229 minEp. 72

Weyes Blood

With her fifth album, ‘And In The Darkness, Hearts Aglow,’ arriving Friday, Weyes Blood joins The FADER’s Raphael Helfand for a discussion of invasive algorithms, astrology scams, and avoidant attachment styles. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 16, 202234 minEp. 71

Coco & Clair Clair

The FADER’s Jordan Darville talks to Coco & Clair Clair about their newfound commitment to songwriting, transcending TikTok, and the road from Atlanta house parties to sell-out crowds across the country. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 08, 202244 minEp. 70

Westside Gunn

Westside Gunn talks working with RZA and Goo Goo Dolls, discusses unannounced forthcoming Griselda projects, and gives Armani Caesar her flowers in conversation with FADER contributor Son Raw. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Nov 02, 202242 minEp. 69

Fred Again..

Fred tells The FADER’s Salvatore Maicki why he’s ready to pivot from documenting life via dance music, what he’s learned from working with Brian Eno and Four Tet, and where he’s headed next. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 27, 202234 minEp. 68

Carly Rae Jepsen

Carly Rae Jepsen opens up to Alex Robert Ross about the awkwardness of Zoom songwriting sessions, fighting through loneliness while hundreds of miles from family, and writing a love letter to the songwriter who unknowingly convinced her to stick with music in the first place. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 20, 202239 min

Tove Lo

The FADER’s Salvatore Maicki catches up with Swedish dance-pop diva Tove Lo for a wide-ranging conversation about going indie, sampling Hot Butter’s “Popcorn,” and the wild nights that shaped her new album, ‘Dirt Femme.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 13, 202234 minEp. 66

WILLOW

WILLOW is, as she told The FADER’s Gyasi Williams-Kirtley a few weeks weeks before the new record’s release, in her villain era. She also opens up about detachment, growing pains, her new recording process, and how sparks of neon energy helped her pushed through the black void of heartbreak. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Oct 06, 202231 minEp. 65

Slipknot

Slipknot’s seventh studio album, ‘The End, So Far,’ drops Friday. On the eve of the record’s release, frontman Corey Taylor gave David Renshaw his takes on true crime, political division, and ‘The Sopranos.’ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 29, 202246 minEp. 64

Mura Masa

In honor of releasing his third album, ‘demon time,’ Mura Masa tells The FADER’s Salvatore Maicki about the demons that got him to where he is, the lessons PinkPantheress taught him about songcraft, and everything he’s still got up his sleeve. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 22, 202240 minEp. 63

Whitney

The FADER’s Alex Robert Ross catches up with Whitney’s Julien Ehrlich and Max Kakacek in honor of their new album ‘Spark’ to talk about writing through grief and falling back in love with Usher and Gwen Stefani. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 15, 202237 minEp. 62

Rina Sawayama

Rina Sawayama is finding fresh struggles — and cause for celebration — in her new success. On the latest episode of The FADER Interview, the ascendant megastar tells David Renshaw about the making of her intensely emotional, deeply funny, supersized sophomore album, ‘Hold The Girl,’ out next week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 08, 202233 minEp. 61

Cryalot

Sarah Midori Perry and Jennifer Walton join The FADER’s Raphael Helfand to discuss their debut joint project as Cryalot, as well as religious mythology, Minecraft concerts, pampas grass angel wings, ‘The Fast and the Furious,’ and death metal screaming technique. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sep 01, 202234 minEp. 60

Regina Spektor

Regina Spektor’s ’11:11’ 20th anniversary box set, featuring a double LP of previously unheard recordings titled ‘Papa’s Bootlegs,’ drops tomorrow. On the new episode of The FADER Interview, the pop anomaly tells Kim Taylor Bennett about the little things that have shaped the arc of her long, fruitful career. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 25, 202235 minEp. 59

Hudson Mohawke

Scottish producer extraordinaire Hudson Mohawke tells The FADER’s David Renshaw how he navigated the pitfalls and “profound ridiculousness” of alcoholism and American decadence in search of perfect pop music for Cry Sugar , his first new album in seven years. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 18, 202234 minEp. 58

Danny Elfman

Iconic film score composer and all-around musical eccentric Danny Elfman tells The FADER’s Raphael Helfand about his new project Bigger. Messier. and some other things that make him happy, including low-budget horror movies, his tattoos, and his daughter Mali’s forthcoming first feature film. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 15, 202235 minEp. 57

Fireboy DML

The FADER’s Brandon Callender speaks to breakout Nigerian superstar Fireboy DML about opening himself up to collaboration, valuing solitude, and Afrobeats’ global takeover. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug 05, 202233 minEp. 56

quinn

quinn, a 17-year-old living in Columbus, Georgia, has transcended her beginnings as a hyperpop wunderkind to become an experimental producer and composer of searingly personal works. The FADER's Jordan Darville spoke to her about her new self-titled album, her label deadAir, and the unexpected obstacles to following her artistic vision. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 28, 202234 minEp. 55

DJ Premier

The FADER’s Raphael Helfand joins the living legend DJ Premier in his Queens studio to talk about his new project, a five-track tape to kick off hip-hop’s 50th anniversary celebration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 15, 202238 minEp. 54

Sudan Archives

Brittney Parks — the violinist, singer, rapper, producer, and arranger better known as Sudan Archives — tells The FADER’s Raphael Helfand about her newfound acceptance of Capital-P Pop, her missing pet python, and the unorthodox process that led to the new record she can’t wait for the world to hear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jul 07, 202234 minEp. 53
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