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Weekend Playlist: Songs That Feel Like no place that feels like

Your favorite musicians, filmmakers, and other creative minds one-on-one. No moderator, no script, no typical questions. The Talkhouse Podcast offers unique insights into creative work from all genres and generations. <a href="https://pod.link/Talkhouse" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Subscribe now</a>, and explore more illuminating shows on the <a href="https://talkhouse.com/category/podcast" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Talkhouse Podcast Network.</a>

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Louise Post (Veruca Salt) Talks with Kay Hanley (Letters to Cleo) on the Talkhouse Podcast

Shamir is Shamir and remains Shamir through and through, no matter what the universe puts him through. You may know the singularly named artist (think—Madonna or Cher) from his 2015 debut hit record Rachet, beloved by NPR listeners and club kids alike. After quickly rising to underground fame with his Northtown EP in 2014, the DIY pop star made a sonic splash with Rachet’s lead single “On The Regular,” a poppy banger that had extensive commercial usage. But how to follow all that up? Shamir, who came from the dusty dunes of Las Vegas, to Brooklyn’s Silent Barn, to the Philly indie scene (and all over the world in between), wanted to go back to what had inspired him from the beginning. Outsider music, country &amp; punk. Raw and vulnerable tunes, stripped down to their emotional core. 2017’s Revelations explored a new avenue of guitar driven hooky indie rock and was widely critically praised in the US and overseas.
Shamir’s most recent releases, the brilliant Room 7” on Father/Daughter, and his self-released limited edition album, Resolution, are pinnacles in the catalog of the increasingly fascinating artist’s career. Room and its b-side Caballero celebrate Shamir’s love of country music, while Resolution is a deeply introspective look into the fabric of society and the artists’ own mind.  With these two releases he has refined his craft exponentially and done so in less than six months from the release of Revelations.

Shamir Bailey

Music

Best of 2018: Shamir’s Favorite Album of 2018 is Skating Polly’s The Make It All Show

Matt Drenik is an American songwriter, producer and writer. He performs under the moniker Battleme, a rock project that he formed upon moving to Portland, Oregon in 2010. His songs have been featured in numerous American television shows, including dozens in FX&#8217;s hit show Sons of Anarchy. As a writer, he&#8217;s contributed Op-Ed pieces to American Songwriter, Magnet Magazine and OPB Music. He currently lives in Los Angeles, CA with his wife and son.

Matt Drenik

Trolling Is Over (If You Want It)

Louise Post is one of the lead vocalists-guitarists for the grunge band Veruca Salt, which formed in 1993. The band&#8217;s most recent record, Ghost Notes, was released in 2015.

Louise Post

Louise Post (Veruca Salt) on Songwriting (and Intergenerational Kinship) With Skating Polly

Veruca Salt