In this episode, we discuss Kryssi's early days of playing jazz in school, New Haven history including Daggett Street venue and Loren Connors, the infamous "Dirt Pile", and our Italian family names/histories. We also talk about the Medication project she played with, meeting Stefan Christensen, New Haven drone and noise scene, her bands Headroom and Mountain Movers, Japanese psych bands and guitar players, playing harmonica while driving, her label Elm Recordings, her radio show (WXOJ LP), and more.

Tracks:

Headroom - Aomidori (from split LP with Dire Wolves on Centripetal Force)

Headroom - Over Easy (from Nobody Knows This Is Somewhere 4-way LP compilation on C/Site Recordings)

Mountain Movers - Bodega On My Mind (from forthcoming 2LP on Trouble In Mind)

Kryssi Battalene - Blazing Star (from WOUND 2LP compilation on Carbon Records)

Links:

Mountain Movers forthcoming 2LP - https://troubleinmindrecords.com/products/mountain-movers-walking-after-dark

Mountain Movers Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/artist/2641030-The-Mountain-Movers

Headroom Bandcamp - https://headroomnhv.bandcamp.com

Headroom Discogs - https://www.discogs.com/artist/5221795-Headroom-11

Open Field Radio show on WXOJ LP - https://www.mixcloud.com/OpenFieldWXOJ/