Tour Stories - The Check-In with Hew Time

The Check-In with Hew Time

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03/03/23 • 42 min

Tour Stories

This week we hear from Joe's other voice, his drums. In the winter of 2012 and 2013, Joe found himself on a dreaded break. Mister Heavenly, The Shins and Cold War Kids were either between tours or between records, leaving him in his least favorite position, idle. He was still playing and recording almost daily, but with records rather than bandmates. One day during a "shuffle session" ( he would hit record, shuffle his music library and start playing with whatever tune came into his ears), he got the idea to not only pay homage to one of his favorite drummers Max Roach, but to "cover" M'boom, an all percussion masterpiece released in 1970. Ultimately, Hew Time only hints at the jazzier elements of M'boom, but each composition is a song for song interpretation of spirit of the record. As soon as the skeletal versions were written, Joe brought the tunes to Dale Crover (The Melvins, Nirvana) Coady Willis (Big Business, Murder City Devils, The Melvins, High On Fire) and Kyle Crane (Rufus Wainwright, Daniel Lenois, Neko Case) where they recorded live over the course of two days with Toshi Kasai. Please enjoy, It's Hew Time. Hew Time is available on Joyful Noise Records. #feelthepassion

https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/collections/hew-time

https://www.themelvins.net/

To see video, go to https://youtu.be/ZE4oUmUZABw

Track Listing

2020 Is Yours!

Koopolder

Nine Pan Alley

Swung

Bell Door

Swimming Pool (Hildalgo Blues)

Tan Guy

Bell Window

Cave Rage

https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/collections/hew-time

https://www.themelvins.net/

To see video, go to https://youtu.be/ZE4oUmUZABw

Track Listing

2020 Is Yours!

Koopolder

Nine Pan Alley

Swung

Bell Door

Swimming Pool (Hildalgo Blues)

Tan Guy

Bell Window

Cave Rage

Previous Episode

The Check-In with Ed Rodriquez and John Dieterich of DEERHOOF

Ed Rodriquez and John Dieterich are the guitarists for Deerhoof. Though they branch out with other projects, they have both been dedicated to the band for over 20 years and are celebrating the bands 19th album Miracle-Level (out March 31st on Joyful Noise Recordings). As standard with Deerhoof, the new record shimmers with newness and is full of sonic and lyrical surprises, but what stands out most is that this is the first "studio record" they've recorded in their long career. In this episode John and Ed share the recording experience and the motivation behind it. We also learn how John and Ed's artistic and personal relationship formed, how music brought them together and why this bond is so important them. John Joe and Ed discuss the path of their early influences and how they rear their head in the music and life. John tells us about Pond Hockey and we hear a couple tunes from the new record.

https://deerhoof.website/

https://deerhoof.bandcamp.com/album/miracle-level

https://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/collections/deerhoof

Next Episode

The Check-In with Piper Torrison- Mediocre

Along with Keely Martin, Piper Torrison is a singer, guitarist, songwriter and 1/2 of the Boston based rock duo, Mediocre. Their newest effort , To You Know You're Screwed is due out April 7th and is their first release with Dangerbird Records. In this episode, Joe and Piper discuss the bi coastal effort it took to make the new record, how Piper and Keely are artistically joined and the idea behind "knowing you're screwed" and how it relates to entering adulthood. Piper also shares the meaning of the newest single Pop Song Baby , and why this perspective goes beyond the fem tokenism. Piper tells us why video and visual art are equally as important as music to Mediocre and we hear a couple tunes.

https://mediocretheband.bandcamp.com/music

https://ffm.to/toknowyourescrewed