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First and foremost, Talkhouse Contributing Writer Liam Wilson is a good vibe technician. He&#8217;s known to moonlight as an avid psychonaut and enjoys occasional visits with his worldly possessions in Philadelphia. He spends most of his time wandering Earth in an endless pursuit of a clearer understanding of all things bass-frequency related with his band the Dillinger Escape Plan. Follow him on: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/liamwilson">Twitter</a>, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/goodvibetech">Facebook</a> and <a href="http://instagram.com/liam_wilson">Instagram</a>.
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Liam Wilson (Dillinger Escape Plan) Talks Tortoise’s The Catastrophist

For more than twenty-five years, Amy Ray has been renowned as one half of the Grammy-award winning folk duo Indigo Girls. She is also a community activist, and has had an indie label, Daemon Records, since 1989. With her debut solo album, Stag (2001), Ray turned in her acoustic for an electric and delivered a critically acclaimed album that showed her love of punk and rock. Since then, she has released two live records and four more solo studio albums: her rock/punk records, Prom, Didn’t It Feel Kinder, Lung of Love, and her country record, Goodnight Tender, her first foray into traditional country music. Her newest live recording is called The Tender Hour and was recorded at Seattle’s Triple Door. The record features her top-notch country band playing all the tunes from Goodnight Tender as well as a few songs from her earlier releases.
(photo credit: Paul Dunlap and Denise Plumb)

Amy Ray

Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) Talks a Playlist of Songs from Her Ten Favorite Albums of 2015

Spencer Tweedy (b. 1995), son of Susan Miller and Jeff Tweedy, brother of Sammy, Lounge Ax frequent-customer cardholder and kosher pickle enthusiast, is a musician. He most recently played drums on Sukierae, an album by his dad. You can follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/spencertweedy" target="_blank">here</a>.

Spencer Tweedy

Spencer Tweedy (Tweedy) Talks a Playlist of Songs from His Ten Favorite Albums of 2015

Dave Depper is a multi-instrumentalist from Portland, Oregon. He’s currently playing guitar and singing with Death Cab for Cutie. In the past, he’s played with Ray LaMontagne, Robyn Hitchcock, Fruit Bats, Menomena, Corin Tucker and many more. He got bored one month and <a href="http://davedepper.com/the-ram-project/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">re-recorded Paul McCartney’s Ram</a> all by himself. Find him on <a href="http://www.instagram.com/davedepper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Instagram</a>, <a href="http://www.twitter.com/davedepper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Twitter</a> or <a href="http://davedepper.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">his website.</a>

Dave Depper

Dave Depper (Death Cab for Cutie) Talks a Playlist of Songs from His Ten Favorite Albums of 2015

The 2015 Talkies: Complete Listing of Talkhouse Writers’ Year-End Top Tens

The 2015 Talkies: Talkhouse Music Contributors’ Top Albums of the Year

Born and raised New Yorker Jeffrey Lewis leads a double life as both a comic book artist and a songwriter, and tours the world with his indie-rock-folk-art band. His latest record, The EVEN MORE Freewheelin&#8217; Jeffrey Lewis, is out now.
(photo credit: Sonya Kolowrat)

Jeffrey Lewis

Jeffrey Lewis Talks His 19 Years of Yo La Tengo Fandom

Tim Showalter performs as Strand of Oaks. His new album HEAL is available now via Dead Oceans. You can follow him on <a href="https://twitter.com/Strandofoaks" target="_blank">Twitter</a> and <a href="https://www.facebook.com/strandofoaks" target="_blank">Facebook</a>.
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Tim Showalter

Tim Showalter (Strand of Oaks) Talks Father John Misty’s I Love You, Honeybear

Mac McCaughan is the co-founder of Durham, NC, independent label Merge Records and the band Superchunk. He recently released Non-Believers, his first solo album under his own name. Additionally, McCaughan co-authored the book Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records (Algonquin, 2009). Keep up with Superchunk and Mac McCaughan + the Non-Believers <a href="http://mergerecords.com." target="_blank">here</a>.
Laura Cantrell is a Nashville-born, New York City-based country artist with five critically acclaimed albums; the most recent, No Way There From Here (Thrift Shop Recordings), was described by <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-big-city-is-good-for-country-music" target="_blank">The New Yorker</a> as “…a set of timeless originals…” She is playing some shows in the northeastern U.S. in November (see itinerary <a href="http://www.lauracantrell.com/gigs.asp" target="_blank">here</a>) and finalizing a compilation of her BBC Sessions for release in 2016. In January, she released her first music video, <a href="http://bit.ly/1MAKrK3" target="_blank">“All the Girls Are Complicated.”</a>
(photo credit: Lissa Gotwals)

Mac McCaughan and Laura Cantrell

Mac McCaughan (Superchunk) Talks with Laura Cantrell for the Talkhouse Music Podcast

Singer/songwriters Deb Talan and Steve Tannen began writing together the night they met and soon formed the Weepies. On the strength of their simple yet insightful songwriting and distinctive harmonies, they quietly sold more than a million records, with over 17 million streams on Spotify and 20 million views on YouTube. They married and had three children, rarely touring but continuing to release their music, five records over seven years. Their new album Sirens is available now. You can follow them on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/theweepies" target="_blank">here</a>.

The Weepies

The Weepies Talk Rocky Votolato’s Hospital Handshakes

Andy Gill is a founding member and guitarist for the British rock group Gang of Four, considered one of the most influential bands since the mid ’70s. Noted for his innovative guitar technique, Gill also produced most of Gang of Four’s output, as well as albums for many other artists including the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Jesus Lizard, the Stranglers, Therapy?, Michael Hutchence &amp; Bono, Killing Joke and the Futureheads. Gang of Four’s website is <a href="http://www.gangoffour.co.uk" target="_blank">here</a>, their Facebook page is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gangoffourofficial" target="_blank">here </a>and you can follow the band on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/gangof4official" target="_blank">here</a>. 
(Photo credit: Tom Sheehan)

Andy Gill

Andy Gill (Gang of Four) Talks Sleater-Kinney’s No Cities to Love

Qasim Ali Naqvi is a musician and cofounding member of the band <a href="http://dawnofmidi.bandcamp.com/" target="_blank">Dawn of Midi</a>. In his free time he writes and produces music for film, theater and other media. He was born in 1977 and was raised in Bridgewater, Connecticut. He has a fondness for animals and is able to read their thoughts. You can follow him on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/qasimnaq" target="_blank">here</a>. You can follow Dawn of Midi on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/dawnofmidi" target="_blank">here</a> and on Facebook <a href="https://www.facebook.com/DawnofMidi" target="_blank">here</a>.

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