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Kyle Meredith With... is an interview series in which WFPK's Kyle Meredith speaks to a wide breadth of artists. Meredith digs deep to find out how their work is made and where their journey is going. From legendary artists to the newer class, from musicians to film & television stars, you'll hear about the things you were always curious about from all of your favorites.
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Sep 22, 2021 • 24min
G-Eazy on These Things Happen Too and Demi Lovato Collab: “We’re both complicated human beings.”
G-Eazy sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about These Things Happen Too, an album that sequels his 2014 breakthrough.
The rap artist talks about the 436 songs that were written for the project, E-40's influence, and his nostalgia for the past.
He also tells us about befriending Cage The Elephant’s Matthew Shultz, who guests on a track, covering David Bowie’s "Lazarus" on last year’s Everything’s Strange Here, collaborating with Demi Lovato on Breakdown and their shared experience as artists, and teaming up with Diane Warren and Santana on "She’s Fire."
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Sep 20, 2021 • 39min
Shirley Manson on The Jump, Beautiful Garbage, and The Importance of Weird
Shirley Manson catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about season three of The Jump, the podcast that finds her speaking with some of her favorite artists about the songs that changed their careers.
The Garbage lead singer discusses the art of songwriting and its current place in the pop landscape, the importance of being weird, and the opportunities to borrow from greatness.
Manson also dives into an interview she did with Alanis Morissette and their shared experience coming up in the '90s, the power of Cat Power, and being a hero to so many people in the way that she sees Patti Smith.
It’s also the 20th anniversary of Garbage’s third album, Beautiful Garbage, and Manson tells us about the painful period that produced the LP and its lining up with 9/11, but how it has eventually come to speak for this current moment and finally find the recognition it deserves.
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Sep 17, 2021 • 29min
Debbie Gibson on The Body Remembers: “I’m somebody who likes to flip the script.”
Debbie Gibson sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about The Body Remembers, her first album of new material in twenty years.
The legendary pop star tells us of her penchant for flipping the script on her career, having spent years on in musicals and movies, and discusses the differences and similarities of pop music between the 80s and today.
Gibson also dives into her friendship with New Kids On the Block’s Joey McEntire, who she’s currently performing with in a Las Vegas residency, and their duet on a new version of her classic "Lost In Your Eyes" that is also featured on the new record, how she balances her past nostalgia with pushing toward something new, and the importance of of imperfections within her art.
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Sep 15, 2021 • 33min
Glenn Hughes on Holy Ground, Letting Go of Fear, and a 2022 Dead Daisies Album
Glenn Hughes drops a line into Kyle Meredith With to discuss Holy Ground, his new album with The Dead Daisies. The former Deep Purple/Black Sabbath singer talks about what it's been like playing live shows post-lockdown, joining The Dead Daisies supergroup in 2019, and bringing a '70s feel to their catalog.
Hughes then goes into singing about letting go of fear and the things we can’t control, overcoming addiction, and covering "30 Days in the Hole." What's more, he gives us a big tip that The Dead Daises are already completing another new album to be released next year.
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Sep 13, 2021 • 23min
Taylor Momsen on Death By Rock and Roll, Halloween, and Her Love of Soundgarden
Taylor Momsen sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about The Pretty Reckless’ new album, Death By Rock and Roll, an album born from loss but filled with a ferocious confidence.
The former actress-turned-rock artist discusses writing from a depth of honesty and reflecting the social movements happening around us while still keeping songs fun and full of imagination.
Momsen also reflects on the guests that found their way onto the record, including Tom Morello and Soundgarden’s Kim Thayil and Matt Cameron, as well as recounting the moment she went all in on being a musician in the song "Rock And Roll Heaven" after hearing the music of The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, and The Who.
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Sep 10, 2021 • 28min
Sleigh Bells on Texis: “Subtlety has never been our thing.”
Sleigh Bells sit down with Kyle Meredith to dive into the details behind their new album, Texis.
Alexis Krauss and Derek Miller discuss how they found themselves leaning into their early sound and the dark lyrics that make up the collection, hitting on the opioid epidemic, loss of Lil Peep and Mac Miller, and Miller’s own self destructive behavior in the past.
Krauss expands on the western motif of the music videos, the connections and continuations that we’re seeing in both "Locust Laced" and "Justine Go Genesis", and replicating the hair-dos of Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn. The noise pop duo also talk about their love of floor shows, aging within rock & roll, realizing the perfect riff, and taking inspiration from Nine Inch Nails.
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Sep 8, 2021 • 39min
jxdn on Finding His Scream, Silverstein and Lil Uzi Vert's Influence, and New Songs
jxdn catches up with Kyle Meredith about his debut full length LP, Tell Me About Tomorrow; how he found inspiration in Silverstein and Lil Uzi Vert; and writing about his own struggles and the balancing of angels and demons. The Travis Barker and Machine Gun Kelly protégé also discusses sampling blink-182, being championed by pop punk legends, and the new songs that will be included in an upcoming deluxe edition of the album.
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Sep 7, 2021 • 23min
The Band CAMINO on Curse Words, Guitar Solos, and Their Debut Album
The Band CAMINO sits down with Kyle Meredith to discuss their debut album and the journey from a small Memphis, Tennessee band to their breakout success. Jeffrey Jordan, Spencer Stewart, and Garrison Burgess talk about their first touring van, working in a group with three vocalists, and the magic and lost art of a blazing guitar solo. The trio also get into the themes of the record, proper use of swear words, and their tour.
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Sep 3, 2021 • 12min
A Flock of Seagulls on String Theory, the Magic of the '80s, and a New Album
A Flock of Seagulls’ Mike Score chats with Kyle Meredith about String Theory, the new collection of orchestral versions of the iconic '80s band’s catalog.
The frontman talks about giving some of the band's overlooked songs a bigger spotlight, such as the first single “Say You Love Me,” which originally arrived on their 1995 album, The Light at the End of the World. Score also shares the story behind the fan-favorite "Remember David."
Elsewhere, the A Flock of Seagulls singer tells us he'd like to see a third orchestral collection and tips us off that he’s working on both a solo record and the first new Seagulls album in over 25 years.
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Sep 1, 2021 • 22min
Gabe Liedman on the Queer Forward Comedy of Netflix’s Q-Force
Comedian/writer/producer Gabe Liedman sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about his new Netflix series, Q-Force.
The showrunner explains how the new adult animation series about a group of LGBT superspies picks up from his work on PEN15, Big Mouth, and Brooklyn Nine-Nine. He also talks about creating the concept based on an idea from Sean Hayes (who also stars as the lead character), representing so many different types of queer, and getting a strong message across while still writing comedy.
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