Meet Our Makers
Episodes
109. Gay Meat - All About My Mother
05 May 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Gay Meat - aka Karl Kuehn. In this conversation, Karl and I dig right in to his brand new debut full-length solo LP...
108. Peaches - A Mirror to Absurdity
20 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Peaches, the iconic electronic/electro-clash/pop singer, songwriter, and producer. After a lengthy absence, Peaches is b...
107. Asher White - Jessica Pratt By Asher White
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Asher White. Asher is a singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist, and lots of other things, and has just put ...
106. Animal Collective - Twenty Years of Feels
31 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet 3/4 of the experimental rock band Animal Collective. The band just reissued its seminal album Feels for its 20th anniv...
105. Edith Frost - Back in the Lope
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Ok, catch up part two. Now, in this episode, we get to meet singer-songwriter Edith Frost. Edith released her first record in about twenty years this...
104. Azazel Jacobs - The Magic
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Time to play some catch up! In this episode, we get to meet award-winning filmmaker of His Three Daughters, Azazel Jacobs. Full disclosure: this chat...
103. The Mynabirds - Silence Broken
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Laura Burhenn - aka The Mynabirds. Laura has just released her first album as the Mynabirds in about eight years, and ...
102. Austra - A Particular Grief
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we get to meet Austra, which is the music project of singer/songwriter/producer Katie Stelmanis. In this chat, we talk about Katie's ...
101. Julian Brave NoiseCat - Surviving the Night
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this episode, we get to meet Julian Brave NoiseCat. Julian is a filmmaker, documentarian, and writer, who just put out his first book, called We ...
100. Imogen Heap - This is My Communion
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 100!! Who knew this would ever happen? I didn't! To commemorate this grand occasion, what better than to sit down with one of the musicians I'...
99. Avery Tucker - Slow Hits Fast
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Avery Tucker. Avery is a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist who is probably up to know best known as one half...
98. Casey Dienel - Casey Talk
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Casey Dienel. Formerly known as White Hinterland, Dienel is back with a brand new record under their own name, called M...
WE MEET AGAIN IV: Madi Diaz
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In the latest installment of my re-interview subseries, We Meet Again, we get to chat for a second time with luminous, talented, and hilarious Madi D...
97. Jens Lekman - Emotional Autobiography
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Jens Lekman. Jens has just put out a new record, entitled Songs for Other Peop...
WE MEET AGAIN III: Nina Nastasia
25 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Time for another edition of We Meet Again, the subseries of Meet Our Makers where I re-interview folks from the show's past, this time with nicetie...
96. The Swell Season - Earth and Water
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet The Swell Season. Comprised of singers, songwriters, musicians Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, you may know them bes...
95. Patrick Wolf - Period of Harvest
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet singer, songwriter, producer, multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wolf. Patrick is back after a 14-year album absence with a...
94. U.S. Girls - A Line in the Sand is Not a Wall
03 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we get to meet Meg Remy, the driving force behind the chameleonic indie rock project, U.S. Girls. Remy may be the driver, but the grou...
93. Amy Millan - It's Nice to Believe in Magic
18 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Amy Millan. Amy is best known as co-bandleader of the Canadian band Stars, as well as her side gig as a member of Broken ...
92. Sally Shapiro - Italo Anonymous
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat we get to meet Swedish Italo-disco duo, Sally Shapiro. Made up of producer Johan Ageborn and singer Sally Shapiro (which is a pseudonym f...
91. Lido Pimienta - ...And Then Belong
01 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Lido Pimienta. Lido is a singer, songwriter, producer, who just put out her newest record, La Belleza, via ANTI-. We tal...
90. Tune-Yards - Age of Interruption; or, Rhythmic Buttprint
16 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Merrill Garbus of Tune-Yards. Garbus started Tune-Yards as a solo project, but quickly transformed into a duo with musica...
89. Uwade - Song-Gathering
09 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Uwade. Uwade a Cailfornia-by-way-of-North Carolina singer-songwriter, who has just released her new debut album, Flo...
88. Tunde Adebimpe - Building Your Own Bicycle
25 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we get to meet Tunde Adebimpe. Tunde is best known as one of the co-founders, singers, and songwriters of the influential indie rock ...
87. Valerie June - We Are Oracles
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer Valerie June. Here, Valerie and I go deep into her brand new recor...
86. Daughter of Swords - Clicking the Kaleidoscope
14 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Daughter of Swords, aka Alex Sauser-Monnig. Alex just released a brand new solo album under their Daughter of Swords m...
85. Baths - Sad Bastard Music
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Baths, aka Will Wiesenfeld. Will just released his latest record - and first in a while - as Baths, called Gut, and in ...
84. Basia Bulat - Live From the Palace
02 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Basia Bulat. Basia just released a brand new album - the lovely Basia's Pal...
WE MEET AGAIN II: Orenda Fink
10 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
CONTENT WARNING: Emotional and narcissistic abuse (specifically via a parent). And now for a second helping of my new subseries. In episode two of WE ...
WE MEET AGAIN I: Half Waif
20 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
And now for something a little different. This is the first episode in what I hope will be an ongoing "subseries" of Meet Our Makers, called We Meet A...
83. Gareth Paisey - Music With My Mates
23 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Gareth Paisey, the lead singer of indie rockers Los Campesinos! In this chat, Gareth and I discuss the band's newest r...
82. Hayden Thorpe - The Wilds Tamed
13 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Hayden Thorpe. Hayden is a singer/songwriter from the UK, who is probably best known for his band Wild Beasts. Althoug...
81. Henry Hall - Parts of the Pie
11 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Henry Hall. Henry is a musician and actor from LA, whose new album, Stop Doing Funny Stuff, is out now. (That didn't ...
80. My Brightest Diamond - There is Still Wonder
24 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet My Brightest Diamond - aka: Shara Nova. I got to speak with Shara surrounding the release of her newest MBD record, calle...
79. Emilíana Torrini - Finding Miss Flower
13 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Icelandic singer-songwriter, Emilíana Torrini. Torrini has been releasing music for quite some time, debuting in the ...
78. Phosphorescent - Heart Open Wide
08 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Phosphorescent - aka: singer, songwriter, guitarist Matthew Houck. Matthew's been at the game for a while now, and we cau...
77. Kate Nash - This Moment
15 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we meet pop auteur/singer-songwriter Kate Nash. Kate Nash has just released her brand new record - her first in a little bit - on Kil...
76. Tracyanne Campbell - New Optimism
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Tracyanne Campbell, the frontwoman of celebrated Scottish indie rock icons Camera Obscura. Back with their first album in...
75. Loreena McKennitt - Communion and Union
21 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Canadian singer, songwriter, multi instrumentalist, folk music icon, Loreena Mckennitt. In this conversation, Loreena and...
74. Molly Drag - Opening the Windows
14 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Molly Drag. Molly Drag is the pseudonym of Montreal singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist Michael Charles Hansford. I...
73. Iron & Wine - We Are The Box in the Back of the Gym
10 May 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Iron & Wine - aka: singer/songwriter/guitarist, and general indie folk icon, Sam Beam. Sam has just recently put out ...
72. claire rousay - heart in the machine
23 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet claire rousay. claire is best known as an ambient composer, crafting soundscapes with keys, found sounds, drone, and othe...
71. Julia Holter - She Moves the Room
09 Apr 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Julia Holter. Julia is a multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, and composer extraordinaire, who just put out a wondr...
70. El Perro Del Mar - A Sucker for Melancholy
23 Feb 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet El Perro Del Mar, AKA: Swedish singer, songwriter, musician, producer Sarah Assbring. In this chat, Sarah and I talk a...
69. Bonnie ”Prince” Billy - Singing Life
31 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Bonnie "Prince" Billy - aka Will Oldham. Will has had a great year in music, putting out one of his best records yet w...
68. Jess Williamson - Texan Lightning
16 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet singer-songwriter Jess Williamson. Jess put out her most recent album, Time Ain't Accidental, back in June. (It also hap...
67. Jolie Laide - It’s Just Music
07 Dec 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Jolie Laide, the new band fronted by acclaimed singer-songwriter Nina Nastasia and guitarist/multi-instrumentalist Jef...
66. Kevin Drew - Death and a Good Moisturizer
19 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Kevin Drew. Best known as the sort of de facto captain of indie rock superstars Broken Social Scene, Kevin has just pu...
65. Empty Country - Haunted Places
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Joseph D'Agostino, the frontman and lead songwriter of indie rock outfit Empty Country. Previously known for his now-d...
64. Illeana Douglas - Connecticut in the Movies
11 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet actor and writer Illeana Douglas. Illeana is best known for her film work, costarring in films as wide-ranging as Scorses...
63. Marnie Stern - Call it a Comeback
04 Nov 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Marnie Stern. Marnie is a singer, songwriter, and electric guitar wizard, who's back after more than a decade-long absenc...
62. Land of Talk - Impulse & Defiance
28 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet Lizzie Powell, the lead singer, guitarist/multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, general jack-of-all-trades of indie rock ban...
61. Matana Roberts - The Weave
21 Oct 2023
Contributed by Lukas
In this chat, we get to meet acclaimed composer Matana Roberts. Best known for their work as a saxophonist, clarinetist, and composer in the world of ...
60. Sally Potter - I Don’t Want To Be Suzanne
14 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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59. Regina Spektor - A Beautiful Circle
07 Jul 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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58. Emile Mosseri - Naked and Terrified
30 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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57. The Tallest Man on Earth - In the Scape of Songs
20 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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56. AC Newman - Making Music and Farting Around
02 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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55. Youth Lagoon - Talking the Untalkable
13 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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54. Jeff Hiller - The Authenticity Factor
21 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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53. Avey Tare - Let it Flourish
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
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52. Caleb Landry Jones - Something Real
29 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet actor and musician Caleb Landry Jones. Though Caleb is known best as an actor - appearing in projects such as Three Bi...
51. Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith - Sound is Poetry
28 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we get to meet Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith. A multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, singer, producer, Kaitlyn is best known as a leading user o...
50. Alela Diane - Home is a Container for Life
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this -- the FIFTIETH (!!!) episode -- of Meet Our Makers, we meet singer-songwriter Alela Diane. In this chat, Alela and I discuss her brand new re...
49. Jesca Hoop - Celebrating Our Nature
21 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet singer-songwriter Jesca Hoop. Speaking to me from her home in the UK (though she's originally from California), Jesca ...
48. Emily Sprague - In Between the Lines
10 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Emily Sprague. Emily is best known as the frontperson and lead singer of indie folk band Florist. In this chat, Emily ...
47. Laura Veirs - Sharing Truth
14 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Laura Veirs. Laura is a singer-songwriter based in Portland, OR, and she's just released her newest record, Found Lig...
46. Emily Haines - We Found You
07 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Emily Haines. Emily Haines is best known as the lead singer and lyricist of Canadian indie rock band Metric. In this c...
45. Torquil Campbell - We Don’t Need the Machine
01 Jun 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to mee Torquil Campbell (aka Torq), one of the cofounders and co-bandleaders of Canadian indie rock veterans Stars. I'm excite...
44. Daniel Rossen - Sonic Worlds
11 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Daniel Rossen. Dan is best known as one of the singers/songwriters/guitarists of indie rock veterans Grizzly Bear. Now...
43. Destroyer - I Don’t Know if I’m There
04 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Dan Bejar of Destroyer. What started as a 4-track solo project in the 90s has bloomed into one of indie rock's stalwar...
42. Sasami - Bowser Energy
28 Mar 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet singer, songwriter, metal-lover, producer, Sasami. The mononym of one Sasami Ashworth, Sasami has recently put out her...
41. Anaïs Mitchell - To Hadestown and Back Again
21 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode - the first of 2022 - I have the privilege of meeting Tony- and Grammy-award winning songwriter, singer, and composer Anaïs Mitchell....
40. José González - Enjoy Music & Hugging (Without Making People Die)
31 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, the final episode of 2021, we get to meet singer/songwriter José González. Speaking with me from his home in Sweden a couple days b...
39. Meric Long - With(in) a Guitar
06 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Meric Long, a singer/songwriter/guitarist best known as one half of indie rock band The Dodos. In this chat, Meric and...
38. Xenia Rubinos - This is Why
26 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Xenia Rubinos, a singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist hailing from Brooklyn. I actually interviewed Xenia once befo...
37. Nite Jewel - World Beyond
21 Oct 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Nite Jewel, which is the alias of singer, songwriter, producer, instrumentalist Ramona Gonzalez. In this chat, Ramona ...
36. Madi Diaz - One Big Release
07 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Madi Diaz. Madi is a singer-songwriter based in Nashville, who has just released her deeply personal and honest new so...
35. Indigo Sparke - It Can Only Be Beautiful
27 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Indigo Sparke. Indigo is a singer-songwriter who just put out her debut record, Echo, back in February. In this chat,...
34. Spencer Krug - A Tinkerer at Heart
12 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Spencer Krug. Spencer is best known as one of the lead singers and songwriter of indie rock veterans Wolf Parade, but ...
33. SPELLLING - Vessel for the Sound
28 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet SPELLLING, which is the pseudonym of singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Chrystia Cabral. In this ...
32. Juana Molina - How to Make an Omelette
21 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Juana Molina. Speaking to me from her home in Argentina, Juana...
31. Japanese Breakfast - Year of Release
07 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Japanese Breakfast, aka Michelle Zauner. Under the Japanese Breakfast name, Zauner has just put out her third record, ...
30. Skye Edwards - From the Heart
31 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet singer-songwriter Skye Edwards, who is best known as the lead singer of famed trip hop band Morcheeba. In this chat, S...
29. Sarah Neufeld - ...And Her Three New Babies
20 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet composer and violinist extraordinaire Sarah Neufeld. In this chat, Sarah and I discuss the very busy 2021 she's shapin...
28. Rosali - Leveling Up
13 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet singer-songwriter Rosali. Originally based out of the Philly scene, Rosali recently relocated to rural Michigan - in t...
27. Half Waif - Removing the Boundary
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Nandi Rose, who records music under the alias Half Waif. Under the Half Waif name, Nandi has been putting out albums f...
26. Jenn Wasner - Paying Attention Now
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Jenn Wasner. Best known as the lead singer and guitarist for indie rock band Wye Oak, Jenn has just released her secon...
25. Peter Silberman - Cutting Out the Noise
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Peter Silberman, frontman and chief singer/songwriter of indie rock band The Antlers. In this chat, Peter and I discus...
24. Lia Ices - Energy of Freedom
03 Feb 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet singer, songwriter, and pianist Lia Ices. In this chat, Lia and I discuss many things, including her beautiful new alb...
23. The Besnard Lakes - A Goth Episode
27 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas of The Besnard Lakes. In this chat, we discuss some of the backstory and the aesthetic of t...
22. Zola Jesus - Songs Are Living Things
13 Jan 2021
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Nika Danilova, aka Zola Jesus. Nika and I discuss each of her studio albums, from her debut up to a highly collaborati...
21. Charles Spearin
30 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode we get to meet Charles Spearin, multi-instrumentalist and part of two legendary Canadian bands: Do Make Say Think and Broken Social Sc...
20. Anjimile
16 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Anjimile. Anjimile - or Jimi as he sometimes likes to be called - is a singer-songwriter from Boston who just put out ...
19. Azure Ray
02 Dec 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Azure Ray. Azure Ray is a dream pop duo consisting of Maria Taylor and Orenda Fink. The pair have been releasing music...
18. Ane Brun
25 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Ane Brun. Ane is a Norwegian singer and songwriter, who has released many albums across her acclaimed career, includin...
17. Matmos
11 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet electronic music duo Matmos. Matmos is made up of musical and romantic partners Drew Daniel and Martin Schmidt, who ha...
16. Kaki King
04 Nov 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Kaki King. Kaki is best known as a guitarist, but her skills and range go far deeper than that description may suggest...
15. Mirah
21 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet singer-songwriter Mirah. Recently celebrating the 20th anniversary of her debut album, Mirah has been in this business...
14. Robin Pecknold
07 Oct 2020
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we get to meet Robin Pecknold, frontman of folk-rock band Fleet Foxes. In this chat, we discuss the many facets of the band's new, su...