Scherler Sundays: Elf Power, Your Heart Breaks, Kinetic Paranormal Society

Scherler Sundays: Elf Power, Your Heart Breaks, Kinetic Paranormal Society

Author: Markly Morrison July 17, 2023 Duration: 56:44
This is the season eight premiere of Low Profile!  This season is gonna be coming at you every Friday for the next couple of months, and it’s all pretty fresh stuff.  Right now we are in the middle of Scherler Sundays, a weekly concert and interview series hosted by 3 Magnets Brewing in downtown Olympia.  If you’re in the area, it’d be great to see you there, every Sunday at 3pm through August 13th.  This is the first one, recorded on June 18th 2023.  First up is a puppet theater troupe from Arcata, CA called the Kinetic Paranormal Society.  Unfortunately, there were some technical difficulties with the recording of their performance and it just didn’t turn out, but we did manage to get a good recording of my interview with  Bartleby, one of the puppets.  You can hear their scripted podcast wherever you’re hearing this, just look for the Kinetic Paranormal Society podcast.  After that, it’s a performance from Your Heart Breaks, the long term project of musician, filmmaker and visual artist Clyde Peterson. We’ll be talking about his new documentary about the band Earth, and his new Your Heart Breaks album “The Wrack Line” out now on Kill Rock Stars records.  Finally, a set from our friends Elf Power, who drove out west from Athens, GA to play a show in the rain.  Vocalist/guitarist Andrew Rieger catches up with Markly at the end of it all.

There’s a whole world of essential music made by people who never became household names. Low Profile with Markly Morrison seeks out those artists, producers, and behind-the-scenes figures, blending their stories with the music they created. Host Markly Morrison, an audio journalist and musician based in Olympia, Washington, approaches these conversations as oral history-less about fame and more about the craft, the context, and the often overlooked contributions that shaped sounds we love. You’ll hear intimate, detailed interviews that pull back the curtain on influential work, paired with the tracks that define these careers. The show originates as a radio program on KAOS 89.3 FM but finds its enduring home as a podcast distributed by Ruinous Media, allowing these deep-dive stories to be savored anytime. Each episode is a chance to discover not just new music, but the rich human experiences behind it, focusing on the genuine artistry that exists far from the glare of the mainstream spotlight. This podcast is for anyone who believes the most compelling stories in music are often the ones you haven’t heard yet.
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