Sunny War (a/k/a Sydney Ward) has lived through quite a few of her nine lives, rising out of substance abuse... more

North Carolina band, Rainbow Kitten Surprise are re-issuing their 2015 album RKS for Record Store Day (April 12) as an... more

Montreal-based Basia Bulat has been nominated five times for Canada's prestigious Juno Awards, and is a three time finalist... more

While we're on a brief hiatus from making all-new episodes, we thought it would be fun to compile all the... more

While we're on a brief hiatus from making all-new episodes, we thought it would be fun to compile all the... more

Belle And Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch is here to discuss his new semi-autobiographical novel, Nobody's Empire, his struggles with chronic fatigue,... more

It's been nearly eight years since today's guest Benjamin Booker released his critically acclaimed second album, Witness, but now he's... more

Pixies guitarist and founding member Joey Santiago is here to talk about their most recent album, The Night The Zombies... more

As apocapytic fires continue to ravage Los Angeles, we spoke with Laura Segura, Executive Director of Musicares.org about how you can... more

We hope you like innovative jazz-based electric guitarists, because our first episode of 2025 focuses on two of 'em.  Jeff... more

Paul goes home to Canada for Christmas, and the maple syrup is flowing. We close out 2024 with a snow-covered... more

This holiday season, the singer/songwriter, piano player, and all around musical overachiever Ben Folds released an album called Sleigher (in... more

As Christmas nears, we caught up with the legendary rock vocalist Steve Perry, a certified Rock & Roll Hall of Famer... more

Holiday Gift Ideas for Record Fans, Pt. 1 As the holiday season gets into full swing, we feature two books... more

This year, The dB's (Peter Holsapple, Chris Stamey, Will Rigby, and Gene Holder) reissued their first two albums, Stands For... more

Record Store Day Black Friday is November 29, and as we ramp up to the big day we offer the... more

Record Store Day Black Friday is November 29, and as we ramp up to the big day we offer the... more

This year, the pioneering pop-punk and emo label Hopeless Records celebrates its 30th anniversary with a new compilation, Hopelessly Devoted... more

Happy November, anything important going on this week? Meanwhile, here at the Record Store Day Podcast, we're talking about, what else?,... more

Joe Boyd has had many job descriptions over the course of his nearly sixty-year career in music, and there was... more

Master of the bass and pioneering Stick player Tony Levin regales us with tales from the court of King Crimson's... more

To kick off our SIXTH SEASON of the podcast, Kelly Finnigan talks about his soulful new album A Lover Was... more

Gun N' Roses founding guitarist Slash talks to us about his recent solo album Orgy Of The Damned, a collection of blues... more

Recently, the Oklahoma born singer, guitarist, and songwriter J.D. McPherson chats with us about his just released album, Nite Owls (New... more

Grammy Award winning jazz vocalist/composer Samara Joy is already establishing herself as one of the hottest stars on the contemporary... more

Big Star drummer and founding members Jody Stephens, R.E.M.'s Mike Mills, Wilco's Pat Sansone, and Jon Auer of The Posies join... more

Nada Surf front person Matthew Caws chats with Paul about the themes and inspirations behind his band's shiny new album... more

UK breakout band The Heavy Heavy co-founders Georgie Fuller and William Turner are here to unpack their debut full-length album... more

Shelby Lynne's voice resonates with hard-won wisdom and the unseen scars of love and loss. After returning home to Nashville... more

Legendary L.A. punk rockers X began their career in 1977, and this month they released the ninth album, Smoke... more

Comedy records are records too!  WTF podcast host Marc Maron returns to the show to talk about his new vinyl LP,... more

Brigitte Calls Me Baby is a Chicago-based band with a sound that, while rooted in 2024 could have easily made... more

Lawrence Rothman (they/them) is a gender fluid singer songwriter (and music producer) born in St. Louis, MO, and currently living... more

American Aquarium frontman and songwriter BJ Barham talks about the inspirations behind his band's new album, The Fear of Standing... more

There's kind of a theme to this week's show, which is admittedly a bit of a mashup of two previous... more

After last week's all-Memphis lineup (Episode #134) it's time for a little North Carolina love as we welcome Superchunk founders... more

Let's go to Memphis in the meantime, baby!   Our featured interview is with Rob Bowman, the Toronto based... more

This year, the genre-straddling Hawthorne, California rock band Redd Kross are celebrating 45 years as a band, and as such,... more

Paul welcomes best-selling author and award-winning journalist Ann Powers to discuss her incredible new book, Traveling: On The Path Of... more

Guitarist's guitarist and UK folk/rock legend Richard Thompson joins Paul to discuss his brand new album Ship to Shore (out... more

Getting Ringo Starr don't come easy, but we did it! Ringo is here to chat about his new Crooked Boy... more

Andrew Bird takes a slight detour into the world of jazz standards while keeping his own impeccable standards high on... more

Shannon Shaw opens up about the tragic events that informed the new Shannon & The Clams album, The Moon Is... more

Blitzen Trapper's Eric Earley explains the zen inspirations behind his band's newest album, 100's of 1000's, Millions of Billions (May... more

Last year, The Lemon Twigs' Brian & Michael D'Addario made their RSD Podcast debut to talk about one of the best... more

English/Irish composer and arranger Sean O'Hagan (Microdisney, Stereolab) is perhaps best known as the visionary behind The High Llamas, whose... more

As the dust settles after Record Store Day 2024, Joe Pernice joins the "second-timers club," returning to our podcast to... more

For the last six episodes, we've been previewing some of the titles on the list for Record Store Day 2024... more

As we countdown to Record Store Day 2024, (April 20), we continue to spotlight a few of the special RSD... more

This week, our Record Store Day 2024 preview series brings us to the LOUD part of the list (the full... more

As we continue the countdown to Record Store Day 2024 (April 20) we're covering diverse ends of The List (always... more

The list of releases coming out on Record Store Day 2024 (April 20) is expansive, so we're taking on different... more

Hey we're WEEKLY now! This week, we continue to ramp up to Record Store Day (April 20) with another look... more

Paul took a month off, and plenty happened while he was away, including the announcement of the RSD List for... more

It's the return of The First Record I Ever Bought, and this time we look back at the past year... more

While host Paul Myers is away, we're looking back at two different interviews from 2023 featuring artists who were nominated... more

When Paul invited the filmmaker Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging, Mi Vida Loca, Grace Of My Heart) to remember the... more

Sleater-Kinney founding members Carrie Brownstein and Corin Tucker are here to discuss the pain and defiant joy that informs their... more

Happy New Year from The Record Store Day Podcast. We ring in 2024 with a 40-minute special episode featuring legendary... more

Once again, it's time to take our annual glance at some of the records that make it a cool yule,... more

At the holidays, the best kind of "Wrapped" is physical media (records, CDs, and even music books) nicely wrapped and... more

It's the annual RSD Black Friday Special, featuring interviews with a selection of people behind certain titles on "The List."... more

Helmet's Page Hamilton joins us to talk about his band's politically charged new album, Left, and more. Paul chats with... more

When Black Pumas released their self-titled debut, we had the guys on the show to talk about it. Now, three... more

OUR SEASON FIVE DEBUT features an empowering discussion with Canadian born, Nashville musician Allison Russell about her inspiring (and funky)... more

British singer, songwriter, and producer Corinne Bailey Rae explains how Chicago's Stony Island Arts Bank inspired her ambitiously complex new... more

Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads,talks about his work on the new remastered 40th Anniversary audio release of the Stop Making Sense... more

After two music book episodes, RSD Goes To The Movies, pointing our lens at two rock documentaries, each told from inside... more

Part two of our Summer Music Book Series features author and former Del Fuegos guitarist Warren Zanes discussing his recent... more

In part one of our Summer Music Book Series, we discuss Steely Dan with Alex Pappademas and Joan LeMay whose new... more

To celebrate our 100th episode, we take a brief look at merely some of the "First Record I Ever Bought"... more

Lloyd Cole unpacks his wonderful new album On Pain (earMUSIC) and explains how he's trying to put the soul back... more

June 18th marked Paul McCartney's 81st birthday, and on Episode #98, Dana Carvey talks about his meetings with McCartney, Neil... more

Jason Isbell (reigning RSD co-ambassador for 2023, along with his wife Amanda Shires) returns to discuss Weathervanes (Southeastern Records)his new... more

The New Pornographers' Carl Newman discusses the many themes of isolation and collapse on the band's recently released 9th studio album,... more

The Lemon Twigs, Brian & Michael D'Addario, join Paul to discuss their fifth full-length studio LP, Everything Harmony (Captured Tracks).... more

On Episode 94, we welcome back two returning guests. Buffalo Tom's Bill Janovitz is here to discuss his new book,... more

Record Store Day 2023 is April 22, and we're doing two back to back episodes to feature a few of... more

Nickel Creek's Sara Watkins, Sean Watkins, and Chris Thile discuss their brand new album Celebrants (Thirty Tigers) Record Store Day... more