My Little Underground

Citronella Room Records supergroup, Don't Tell A Soul (Artisan P & Buster Wolf) are on My Little Underground to discuss the creative process behind the fantastic "DTAS EP" and the latest Buster Wolf project, "Bodega Rat". Buster Wolf also shares his unique inspiration for samples and insight on the direction for future releases. Both Artisan P and Buster Wolf talk up their love of cassettes, future plans for Citronella Room and more! --- Connect to My Little Underground:  https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

On this episode of My Little Underground, my brothers Richard Arriaga and Michael "Smiley" Arriaga join me for a retrospective on our favorite video games of 2004! --- Follow My Little Underground: @mlupod My brothers make music: Michael's Music Richard's Music Michael and I have a wrestling podcast: The Wrestling Caucus #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

On the latest episode of My Little Underground, I go through some of my favorite albums of 2014 to see how well they have aged! --- Playlist of tunes discussed! @mlupod #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

On the 2024 premiere of My Little Underground, I reflect on the six year history of this show and share some albums I'm anticipating this year! --- Socialize with My Little Underground: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

On the 2023 finale of My Little Underground, Katherine Rye Jewell; Fitchburg State University professor, historian, and author is on the show talking up her new book, Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio. Listen as Professor Jewell and myself discuss our shared experience in college radio, the evolving identity of the medium, diversity issues, the punk origins of Newbury Comics, plus the important influence Long Island had on Hip Hop. Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio is a must read for anyone who is into history, music, college radio, and broadcasting in general!  ---- Connect with Katherine Rye Jewell:  Twitter: @katisjewell  Instagram + Threads: @katejewell  Bluesky: @katejewell.bsky.social  Connect with My Little Underground: Instagram, Threads, Twitter: @mlupod Buy Live from the Underground: A History of College Radio: https://uncpress.org/book/9781469677255/live-from-the-underground/ #mlupod  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

December on My Little Underground means it’s time for Finals! Concert photographer, writer, and all around friend to the show, Conor Rooney returns for our annual recap of our favorite music of the second half of year. Listen to us talk about how we enjoyed the 2023 works of Homeboy Sandman, Foo Fighters, Hotline TNT, Don’t Tell A Soul, DJ Koze/Roisin Murphy, Danny Brown/JPEGMAFIA, and more!  --- Conor’s rich portfolio:  https://www.rooneytns.com/ Socialize with My Little Underground: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

This week on My Little Underground, New Jersey band Lightheaded is on the show to talk up their debut EP ‘Good Good Great!’ on Slumberland Records. Stephen Stec (guitarist) and Cynthia Rittenbach (bass and guitar) talk up establishing a relationship with the legendary Bay Area label, their thoughts on Romance and love from family friends, inspiration from The Cleaners From Venus, great Jersey bands and our shared love of The Vaselines. Stephen and Cynthia also provide some insight on their upcoming debut LP!  ---- Listen to Lightheaded:  https://areyoufeelinglightheaded.bandcamp.com/ Socialize with My Little Underground: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

This week on My Little Underground, radio veteran DJ Sandra Dee tells inspiring stories behind her experiences at Radio Disney and starting her genre-bending show, SweetBeatz on SUNY Old Westbury’s OWWR, Old Westbury Web Radio (my alma mater). We talked about Sandra getting pulled out of her comfort zone during her time at Radio Disney as well as her process of reaching out to artists to interview for her SweetBeatz show that airs every Friday, 11a-1p ET on OWWR!  --- How to listen to DJ Sandra Dee’s SweetBeatz show:  http://owwrny.org/ Connect with DJ Sandra Dee:  https://djsandradee.wixsite.com/djsandradee Socialize with My Little Underground: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

This week on My Little Underground, Samantha Campanile (vocals, guitar) of New York quartet, Sadlands! Sam talks up the debut self titled EP of Sadlands and provides an updates on her Samantharants solo project and her other band Answering Machine; who are playing FEST this year! Campanile also talks up the songwriting collaboration of Sadlands, shares some insights to the lyrics from the EP, gives inspiring perspective in balancing life as teacher/musician and more!  --- Listen to Sadlands:  https://sadlands.bandcamp.com/album/sadlands Socialize with My Little Underground: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

This week on My Little Underground is video game centric; talking some of the best games of 2003! My brothers Richard and Michael “smiley” Arriaga return to the show to talk up the games from 2003 that had a massive impact on us 20 years later! Listen as three brothers talk up how decades old games like Tony Hawk’s Underground, SSX 3, The Simpsons Hit and Run, WWE Smackdown!: Here Comes The Pain, Ratchet and Clank: Going Commando, Sonic Heroes, and Jak II, shaped our standards of gaming, music taste, TV viewing habits, and more!  --- Socialize with My Little Underground: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

On the fall premiere of My Little Underground, Tallahassee based rapper, producer, photographer, Buster Wolf returns to talk up his new genre ambigous instrumental album ‘Jewel Cake’ along with video games he’s currently playing, his upcoming "Don't Tell A Soul" collaboration with his Citronella Room tag team partner, Artisan P and so much more!  --- Listen to Buster Wolf:  https://busterwolf.net/ Listen to Don't Tell A Soul: https://citronellaroom.bandcamp.com/album/dtas-ep Support the Citronella Room label:  https://citronellaroom.bandcamp.com/ Socialize with My Little Underground: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

On an all new My Little Underground, my fifth ever guest, Kelly Moonstone (fka The Afr0dite) returns to talk up her new album ‘I Digress…’, lessons learned from her first tour, including cities that gave her the most love, pre-show rituals, and more!  --- Listen to Kelly Moonstone: https://kellymoonstone.bandcamp.com/album/i-digress Socialize with My Little Underground: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

Lamark, host of the podcast Lamark After Dark is back on My Little Underground to talk about what differs this show from Lamark’s previous show The Fresh Movement. Lamark also talked about not being put in a box creatively, celebrities entering the radio/podcast space, questions submitted from the audience and more!  --- Listen to Lamark After Dark:  https://www.iheart.com/podcast/269-lamark-after-dark-107166153/ Socialize with My Little Underground: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

Best of ’23 - Midterms  This week on My Little Underground, it’s my annual Midterms show where I go through some of my favorite music from January to July of this year! Concert photographer/music columnist and my good friend, Conor Rooney returns to My Little Underground to give his mid year music report as well. Conor also talks about his rapidly expanding concert photo portfolio and his upcoming trip to Ireland to shoot a Men I Trust show! The difference between this year’s Midterm show is that quality takes precedent over quantity.  —- Check out Conor’s portfolio:  https://www.rooneytns.com/ Socialize with My Little Underground: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

Betty Taylor, who performs as Velvet Vision, returns to My Little Underground to talk up her debut full length LP, ’Together’! Betty discusses how she picked the singles for this album and evolving her live set. We also unpack some of the anti-capitalistic themes from ’Together’, the concept of guilty pleasures, her growing connection to the Santa Fe music scene, if she misses her radio show The Independent Hour and more!  --- Listen to Velvet Vision:  https://velvetvision.bandcamp.com/album/together Socialize with My Little Underground: https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

This week on My Little Underground, Dominic Sen returns to the show to talk up her new album ‘Apparition’, her novel that inspired the concept of this album, collaborating, her love of the Brooklyn venue Purgatory and more!  Listen to Dominic Sen:  https://dominicsen.bandcamp.com/album/apparition Apparition Release Show 7/1 at Purgatory:  https://dice.fm/event/623aq-dominic-sen-sadie-rachel-lime-1st-jul-purgatory-new-york-tickets Connect to My Little Underground:  https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

This week on My Little Underground I had to record my thoughts on all of the albums coming out in June (and one last May album) that I'm eagerly anticipating! -- Follow My Little Underground:  https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

This week on My Little Underground we go back ten years to talk up some great albums of 2013! This was a year of great rap team ups (CZARFACE and Run The Jewels), comeback albums (Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Quasimoto, My Bloody Valentine) and tremendous debuts (Courtney Barnett, The History of Apple Pie, La Luz). I also compiled a playlist of all releases discussed which is linked below. Happy listening!  -- 2013-ish Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1YElmrBvPS6DhnCzWfHcQF?si=18004f683d374c4b Connect to My Little Underground:  https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

One of New York City’s finest underground bands, Desert Sharks pulled up to My Little Underground to catch me up on their EP release show for ‘The Tower’ at The Sultan Room because I was on the Left Coast when it all went down. The Sharks also talked up their contribution to ‘Cool Kids Belong Together’; a Yeah Yeah Yeahs tribute compilation, Record Store Day, and Tarot Cards. Listen to a conversation with a band that’s so passionate about their craft despite parts of the music industry that’s working against musicians.  --- Listen to Desert Sharks:  https://desertsharks.bandcamp.com/album/desert-sharks-the-tower Connect to My Little Underground:  https://www.facebook.com/mlupod https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support

Miami based DJ/Producer, DJ Proof pulled up to My Little Underground to talk up his latest project; Red Wine & Veggie Burgers on Citronella Room. Speaking of which, Proof is the third artist from Citronella Room to appear on MLU and he talks up how he got connected with the Tallahassee, Florida collective. We also have an important conversation about keeping your skills sharp because you never know who is watching or listening. Proof also discusses connecting with Hip Hop vets like Lord Finesse and Talib Kweli in Puerto Rico and so much more!  Follow My Little Underground:  https://twitter.com/mlupod https://www.instagram.com/mlupod/ Listen to DJ Proof:  https://djproofbeatz.bandcamp.com/album/red-wine-veggie-burgers #mlupod --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/mlupod/support