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  • Proof of Life

    Proof of Life
    Feb 23 2026

    I don’t wanna be that guy that says “hey, listen to my new podcast!” and then two months pass between episodes. Nobody wants that! The reality is, it’s been two months since our last episode with Alex Mojaverian and I’m embodying that guy!

    All we can do is move forward. Here’s my proof of life. I’m here! I love this show and have so many ideas to get out there. Thanks for staying tuned in. Check out these show notes.

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    Bleary
    https://www.instagram.com/bblearyy

    “Bug” / “sugar splint”
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/bug

    Fetching Pails
    https://www.instagram.com/fetchingpails

    “A Duchenne Smile”
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/a-duchenne-smile

    About the track
    https://news.ykrecords.com/2026/02/fetching-pails-unveils-a-duchenne-smile/

    Peachy
    https://peachyfanclub.bandcamp.com/

    Good Signal – endeavor with Caroline Bowman-Schneider
    http://goodsignal.online/

    Good Signal IG
    https://instagram.com/goodsignal.online

    Major Label Debut Podcast
    https://linktr.ee/majorlabeldebutpodcast

    Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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    28 min
  • We’re All Gonna Die with Trash Man

    We’re All Gonna Die with Trash Man
    Dec 19 2025

    In October of 2024, yk Records released Moment of Bleakness, the debut EP from Trash Man. A year later, we released the second EP Cool Until It’s Not. Both are quick bursts of rock music seeped in existential ponderings. They somehow manage to be extremely fun and also introspectively weighty about our time on this big rock.

    To dig further into this, Alex Mojaverian (Trash Man himself) sat down to talk about his musical history, how Trash Man came to be, how motivating the thought of Death can be and many other lighthearted topics like aliens, ghosts, witches and the crushing forces of capitalism!

    Seriously tho, the conversation reflects Trash Man’s music – it is a good time that doesn’t shy away from hard topics but somehow, miraculously, doesn’t feel like a bummer.

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    Trash Man Official Site
    https://trashman.online

    Jenni Mojaverian on Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/jennimojwrites/

    Hard Launch by Jenni Mojaverian
    https://www.novelettebooksellers.com/product-page/hard-launch-may-3

    Trash Man – Moment of Bleakness
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/moment-of-bleakness

    Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Not
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/cool-until-its-not

    Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Not Demos
    https://trashman.online/cool-until-its-not-demos

    Sad Baxter
    https://sadbaxter.bandcamp.com/

    Bill Eberle
    https://billeberle.bandcamp.com/

    Bleary
    http://bleary.bandcamp.com/

    Ranch Ghost
    https://boombox.nashvillepubliclibrary.org/artists/ranch-ghost

    Steve Albini ‘Fluffy’ Coffee
    https://www.mashed.com/1580426/fluffy-coffee-steve-albini-drank-studio/

    Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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    1 h et 11 min
  • Quibi 5: Chomps Included

    Quibi 5: Chomps Included
    Nov 19 2025

    It’s a dose of Quick Bites, aka QUIBI’S. A term that I am hellbent on taking back for our common lexicon. Truthfully tho, is it really Quick Bites if the episode is over 30 minutes? I say yes but some may say nay. You’ll have to weigh in via DM to let me know what you think.

    We take a look at some recent YK news and the 3 latest YK releases. Chomp away!

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    The Features & Glossary tickets – Jan 30th, 2026
    https://thefeatures.com/jan-30-2026

    Mixtape Memories
    https://mixtape-memories.com/podcast

    Zook – Evaporating
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/evaporating

    Jessica Breanne – Electric Heart
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/electric-heart

    Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Not
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/cool-until-its-not

    Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Not Demos
    https://trashman.online/cool-until-its-not-demos

    YK Holiday Compilation
    https://ykrecords.com/holiday/2024/

    Birdcloud 7”
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/cool-christmas-silent-night

    Tower Defense “Fit for Purpose”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ME2DLET9w

    Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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    34 min
  • The Three C’s with Coupler (Ryan Norris) and sugar sk-lls (Ben Marcantel)

    The Three C’s with Coupler (Ryan Norris) and sugar sk-lls (Ben Marcantel)
    Nov 4 2025
    YK Records has the fortunate pleasure of releasing music with the electronic artists Coupler – aka Ryan Norris – and sugar sk*-*lls – aka Ben Marcantel. These two have a deep catalog of works to explore but, most recently, they released a collaborative EP called The Great Oxidation Event. This piece is inspired in part by a cataclysmic geological event of the same name and created by following the methodology of Miles Davis & Teo Macero’s Bitches Brew. By that, an improvisational piece was recorded by Marcantel and delivered to Norris with the instructions to add no overdubs, only edit the piece with transformation and mutation. The results are fantastic. Talking to these two is an absolute pleasure as they are both unbelievably thoughtful, extremely insightful and casual about the way they talk about music. Both tackle big heady concepts during our conversation but it’s never presented as some dull or dense topic, it’s exciting and inspiring to hear them talk. I am beyond pleased to get to work with them both when it comes to releasing music and absolutely gleeful that we got to chat about their latest release. Oh, and “The Three C’s” refers to “Community, Comradery and Creativity” – you’ll understand soon enough. Preamble Quick Bites Links:Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Nothttps://ykrecords.com/releases/cool-until-its-not Jessica Breanne – Electric Hearthttps://ykrecords.com/releases/electric-heart Zook – Evaporatinghttps://ykrecords.com/releases/evaporating Primary Episode Links:sugar sk*-*lls + Coupler – The Great Oxidation Eventhttps://ykrecords.com/releases/the-great-oxidation-event Coupler (Ryan Norris)https://www.instagram.com/couplermusic sugar sk*-*lls (Ben Marcantel)https://www.instagram.com/sugar__skulls Miles Davis – Bitches Brewhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitches_Brewhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE_crkd4fe4&themeRefresh=1 Coupler Making Of GoE1: https://www.instagram.com/p/DN5o5szDuqu/2: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOJ063YjtS0/3: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOtYv_MDkQc/ Hands Off Cuba – From Arrival to Survivalhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nMPf2BERx-VBrAjS2VK5t1OkL0Z_rhzCI Forrest Bride (early collaboration with Ben and Ryan)https://forestbride.bandcamp.com/album/cats-with-wings Rollum Haashttps://therobemusic.com/ William Tylerhttps://williamtyler.bandcamp.com/ Luke Schneiderhttp://lukeschneider.bandcamp.com/ Dufflebag (Great Escape)https://thegreatescapeonline.com/ Characterhttps://archive.org/details/character-a-flashing-of-knives-and-green-water Hands Off Cuba + Lambchop – CoLabhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n_LNSzMEONsko4YiXM4F9Yw3q5UQQNr2Y Intersubjective Realitieshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersubjectivity Glen Gould vs Leonard Bernsteinhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nx09pigZRI Brian Eno + David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghostshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_(album)https://davidbyrne.bandcamp.com/album/my-life-in-the-bush-of-ghosts CANhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_(band) Adoration of the Magi (DaVinci painting)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi_%28Leonardo%29 Chris Marker’s Sans Soleilhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans_Soleil Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus. Find us at ykworld.showEmail me at michael [at] ykworld [dot] show.Instagram: @records_ykBluesky: ykrecords.bsky.socialThreads: @records_yk
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    1 h et 49 min
  • Quibi 4: Still Quibi’in

    Quibi 4: Still Quibi’in
    Sep 21 2025

    Back with another QUIBI dose! That’s right, Quick Bites of news and music for you to enjoy at your leisure. No big topic here, just a nice pleasant time to spend together.

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    Panic World
    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/panic-world/id1740187810

    Garbage Day Newsletter
    https://www.garbageday.email/

    Venus Theory: It’s Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plleJ0Zv0Ww

    Ampwall adds Video support
    https://docs.ampwall.com/Video-embeds-26cf9feec6a8806d9e31c980bcf4971f

    Trash Man – “Eventually”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ8H9n-kQ2g

    Sad Baxter
    https://sadbaxter.bandcamp.com/

    Bleary
    https://www.instagram.com/bblearyy/?hl=en

    Trash Man “Ruin It”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAMo0MYZs-o

    Jessica Breanne “Winning Hand”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtS3-gTLnFY

    Jessica Breanne – Electric Heart Pre-Order
    https://shop.ykrecords.com/collections/jessica-breanne

    sugar sk–lls + Coupler – The Great Oxidation Event
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/the-great-oxidation-event

    sugar sk–lls + Coupler – “The Great Oxidation Event, Part 1”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zILa0FLtRd4

    Ryan Norris, Behind the Scenes of GOE
    1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RQDOL9KS-M
    2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd3cuFcu06U
    3: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOtYv_MDkQc/

    Cody Uhler “Coco Trails” from Gluggle Jug
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/gluggle-jug

    Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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    34 min
  • Discovered by Lost Wave with Alex Caress & Beth Cameron

    Discovered by Lost Wave with Alex Caress & Beth Cameron
    Aug 27 2025

    This podcast is about the goop between technology, music, and creativity – told through the lens of yk Records. This episode exemplifies that quest. Today we talk with Alex Caress and Beth Cameron about their experiences being discovered by the Lost Wave community – a group of sleuths that take on the task of finding music that is otherwise uncredited.

    Both Alex and Beth had music uploaded to the Internet without any credit – fans simply having the music files and wanting to find out who made the songs. Lost Wave tracked them both down. This conversation isn’t as much about how they were found (tho we do cover that) but more about how it feels to have music you created decades ago reach someone in a meaningful way, music you yourself considered lost.

    If you want more on both of these stories – please dive into this WPLN article about Alex’s experience and this But Her Lyrics podcast episode for Beths.

    Huge thanks to both of these two for sharing the experience and even bigger thanks to the Lost Wave community for tracking them down!

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    Additional Links:
    Alex Caress on Instagram:
    https://instagram.com/alexcaress
    https://www.instagram.com/littlebanditmusic

    Alex as Little Bandit:
    https://littlebanditmusic.com/

    Beth Cameron on Instagram
    https://www.instagram.com/blackbramusic/

    Beth’s band Fair Verona:
    https://fairverona.bandcamp.com/

    Beth’s band forget cassettes:
    https://forgetcassettes.com/

    Beth’s band Black Bra:
    https://blackbra.bandcamp.com/album/black-bra

    Beth & Alex’s band (and Jordan!)
    Ponychase – Parade of Youth
    https://ponychase.bandcamp.com/album/parade-of-youth

    WPLN: “Worldwide hunt for long lost song ends in Nashville”
    https://wpln.org/post/lostwave-song-dont-get-over-me-alex-caress-found/

    Alex – “We Tie Ourselves To Lies” aka “Don’t Get Over Me”
    https://lostwaves-finest.fandom.com/wiki/Don%27t_Get_Over_Me

    Beth – “The Downfall of a Well-Known Actress”
    https://lostwaves-finest.fandom.com/wiki/The_Downfall_of_a_Well_Known_Actress

    But Her Lyrics episode: Fair Verona Mystery Solved
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5jw9ClYf6A

    Alex and OP Michaela Alden discuss “Don’t Get Over Me”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhMhI4ITOUo

    Reddit Thread on how “The Downfall of a Well Known Actress” was found
    https://www.reddit.com/r/DownfallOfLostWave/comments/1b3fyte/it_is_solved_the_downfall_of_a_well_known_actress/

    “The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet”
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGf4liO-KQ

    Nuendo Software
    https://www.steinberg.net/nuendo/

    “Legendary Record Producer” Eddie Kramer
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kramer

    Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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    1 h et 17 min
  • Balancing The Coin with Talking with Hands

    Balancing The Coin with Talking with Hands
    Jul 25 2025

    Whenever YK Records puts out a new release, we write up a little bio about the artist and the release. This process is talking about in more detail on The Guide to Releasing Records but, in short, it’s a handful of questions that are written up asynchronously. I pose some questions, the artist supplies some answers. It’s not a proper conversation but it is a conduit to understanding the inspirations and processes for any given release.

    On Friday, July 18th, YK released a new EP entitled The Coin from Talking with Hands. These four songs are politically inspired and the most urgent and charged tracks to date. Matthew Smith, aka Talking with Hands himself, answered many questions about the release in our pre-release interview – all incredibly insightful to the release. Many of the quotes made it into the bio but not all. That’s a shame.

    So, this episode we recreate that interview – asynchronously. It’s an experiment and I think it works pretty well.

    You’ll benefit from hearing the EP ahead of time but you’ll also be inspired to hear it afterwards. So, no wrong choices. Enjoy!

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    Talking with Hands – The Coin
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/the-coin

    Talking with Hands on Instagram
    https://instagram.com/talking_with_hands

    Matt & The Watt Gives – Til You video
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnz5-NdZsNY

    Matt & The Watt Gives – New Revolutions interview
    https://news.ykrecords.com/2025/07/matt-the-watt-gives-on-new-revolutions/

    Chris Crofton – “Side Effects” video
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5F0I8d2OOU

    Chris Crofton – I’m Your Man
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/im-your-man

    Dave Paulson – Sandusky, Ohio vinyl
    https://shop.ykrecords.com/products/dave-paulson-sandusky-ohio-12-vinyl

    Dave Paulson – Sandusky, Ohio album
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/sandusky-ohio

    Tommy Boy Fest
    https://www.tommyboyfest.com/

    The Prudish Few – The Eagle Has Left the Building LP
    https://shop.ykrecords.com/products/the-prudish-few-the-eagle-has-left-the-building

    ElasticStage Vinyl Pressing On Demand
    https://elasticstage.com/

    Cody Uhler – Gluggle Jug
    https://ykrecords.com/releases/gluggle-jug

    Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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    29 min
  • Ampwall: Building Community with Chris Grigg

    Ampwall: Building Community with Chris Grigg
    Jul 14 2025

    This episode we talk with Chris Grigg, founder of Ampwall. What is Ampwall? It’s a direct to consumer music platform that enables artists to post their creations and sell them directly to their fans. If that sounds a lot like Bandcamp, you’re not wrong! The idea for Ampwall was born out of the tumultuous time when Bancamp was sold to Epic Games.

    We talk with Grigg about the history of the company, the differences between Ampwall and Bandcamp and what he foresees in the future. Spoiler alert: Ampwall intends to be much more than just a place to sell music, it aims to become a better place for creatives of all kinds to find community.

    Two very important items to remember as you listen to this episode:

    1. Music distribution is not a single path choice! Being a fan of Ampwall does not mean you have to dislike Bandcamp. Just like being a fan of Bandcamp does not mean you have to hate YouTube. Artists should be everywhere to maximize their potential discovery.
    2. Ampwall is, currently, a subscription based service. Please do not let this dissuade you from digging in deeper. They have a generous free trial and it only costs less than $1 per month at this time. If that still sounds like too much (I get it, I have subscription fatigue), be sure to reach out to them and explain your situation. They are very kind. Tell them I sent ya!

    Immense thanks to Chris Grigg for talking. I hope it is not the last time.

    Photo: Grzesiek Czapla/Woe by Caroline Harrison

    Additional Links:
    Ampwall!
    https://www.ampwall.com/

    YK on Ampwall
    https://ykrecords.ampwall.com/

    Woe on Ampwall
    https://woeunholy.ampwall.com/

    Glorious Depravity on Ampwall
    https://gloriousdepravity.ampwall.com/

    Ampwall on Bluesky
    https://bsky.app/profile/ampwall.com

    Ampwall on Instagram
    https://instagram.com/ampwall

    Dave Paulson plays Tommy Boy Fest
    http://www.tommyboyfest.com

    Tristen + Cortney Tidwell at Soft Junk, Nashville, TN – Aug 2nd
    https://dice.fm/event/l86gel-tristen-phiz-cortney-tidwell-2nd-aug-soft-junk-nashville-tickets

    Chris Crofton new music!
    http://chriscrofton.bandcamp.com/

    Talking with Hands new music!
    https://ampwall.com/a/talkingwithhands/album/the-coin

    Garth Brooks Ghost Tunes
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GhostTunes

    Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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    1 h et 8 min