119: Maxwell Stern (Signals Midwest): An Iterative Process That Is Going To Grow and Change So It Won't Get Stale
The First Ever Podcast
Jeremy Bolm
5.0 • 532 Ratings
🗓️ 7 December 2022
⏱️ 74 minutes
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Summary
This week Jeremy interviews Maxwell Stern of Signals Midwest, Timeshares, Meridian, Orbits and more!
On this episode Max and Jeremy talk tour managers, cardio, music from skate videos, The Barenaked Ladies, his first guitar, the Boss Metalzone, his early band the Skatastrophes, harsh statements that stick with you, Jeff Rosenstock, his relationship with The Sidekicks, the genesis of Signals Midwest, The Lawrence Arms, signing to Tiny Engines, working with J Robbins, his band Meridian, putting out four albums in one year, and so much more!
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| 0:59.5 | First ever, the first ever podcast. |
| 1:13.5 | Hello, and welcome to the first ever podcast. |
| 1:14.9 | My name is Jeremy Bollm. |
| 1:24.8 | I am your host, and if this is your first time here, this is a show where I interview artists of all kinds about the first experiences in their art form that led them to where they are today. |
| 1:32.1 | This is episode 119. And my guest this week is Maxwell Stern. |
| 1:37.7 | He is a musician. He puts out records under his own name, but he's also in a ton of bands. |
| 1:41.6 | He's in a band called Signals Midwest. He's in a band called Orbits. He's in a band called Time Shares. He's in a band called Meridian. |
| 1:49.6 | All four of those things, of those bands, put out records this year. |
| 1:52.9 | April 8th, Signals Midwest, put out a record called Dent. |
| 1:56.1 | August 9th, Orbits put out a record called Fever Museum. |
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