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83. African Head Charge
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - June 18, 2024 16:16 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsBonjo Iyabinghi Noah is the percussionist and vocalist behind African Head Charge, the experimental dub project he co-founded with legendary studio wizard Adrian Sherwood in the late 1970s. With dozens of albums to his credit, he’s been established as an influential and singular performer with a ...
82. Danielson
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - May 14, 2024 20:31 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThe band Danielson started when Daniel Smith worked with his siblings to satisfy a requirement for his senior thesis three decades ago. If you’re not familiar with their music, one thing you’ll notice throughout today’s show is that nobody else sounds anything like them. Daniel and I are talking ...
81. Mayo Thompson
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - April 17, 2024 15:56 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsMayo Thompson is the founding member of The Red Krayola, an experimental rock group that has existed in various formations since 1966. He’s collaborated with The Raincoats, Pere Ubu, and the Fall as a record producer, is an active visual artist, and has recently published his second novel, “After...
Episode 40: Igneous Piece 40 Mixed by Lethabzin
The Igneous Piece - April 17, 2024 00:00 - 54 minutesHi everyone, managed to record my first tape for 2024. Allow the music to take you on a journey, perfect for relaxation. Including tunes from the likes of Deep Essentials, Nastic Groove & C-moody to mention a few.
Questionable Music at KAOS (Patreon snippet)
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - April 01, 2024 22:03 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsMarkly brings his weekly pub trivia game "Questionable Music" to the radio in this exciting segment from the new two-hour Patreon release featuring Markly Morrison and Jack Habegger being interviewed by KAOS station manager DJ Jonny H. Full show available at patreon.com/lowprofile Play Questiona...
High Llamas
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - March 22, 2024 17:01 - 21 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsFriend of the show Sean O’Hagan returns to the Low Profile to discuss “Hey Panda,” the first release from The High Llamas in eight years. When we last spoke in 2021, he had dropped the High Llamas moniker and forged a new path under his given name, embracing more contemporary influences. In the ...
80. Lora Logic of X-Ray Spex and Essential Logic
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - March 11, 2024 18:49 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsOnce upon a time in England, a teenager named Susan Murphy brought her saxophone to audition for a new punk band called X-Ray Spex- a group that was not looking for a sax player. Despite that fact, she made the cut, and like her fellow new band mates, she adopted a stage name: Lora Logic was born...
Bonus: James Spooner on Afro Punk, The High Desert, and Black Punk Now!
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - February 29, 2024 23:08 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsJames Spooner is a writer, filmmaker and visual artist from Southern California. He grew up as one of two black punk rockers in the small town of Apple Valley, and he wrote a critically acclaimed graphic novel about his experience called “The High Desert,” released in 2022, twenty years after the...
79. Death (the band from Detroit)
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - February 13, 2024 00:25 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsAbout fifty years ago, three brothers started a garage band in Detroit. Their sound was forward-thinking and ferocious, and their band name – Death – played no small part in killing their music career. That didn’t stop them from doing what they loved, in private, where they amassed dozens of song...
BONUS: Brooke Wentz on "Transfigured New York: Oral Histories From Experimental Artists and Musicians, 1980-1990"
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - January 31, 2024 08:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWho smoked more: academics like John Cage, La Monte Young and Vladamir Ussachevsky- or the underground scenesters, like Glenn Branca, Arthur Russel and Laurie Anderson? Why is turntablist Christian Marclay on the cover of "Transfigured New York," but not in the book, even though she interviewed h...
78. Vashti Bunyan
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - January 12, 2024 01:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsWhen I started this show five years ago, I made a short list of artists I wanted to feature. Near the top of that list was the British musician Vashti Bunyan. Vashti Bunyan released her beautiful album “Just Another Diamond Day” in 1970, and it was almost immediately buried in time. She’d had ...
Scherler Sundays: Gun Outfit, Amps for Christ, Blues Faeries
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - October 14, 2023 17:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsOn this year's final installment of highlights from the Scherler Sundays live series, headlining act Gun Outfit is a twangy , dreamy rock band that started in Olympia in the mid-aughties, and relocated to Los Angeles several years later. Carrie and Dylan still have family around these parts, so ...
Scherler Sundays: Morgan & The Organ Donors, XOHNO, Chance of Ghosts
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - October 01, 2023 07:00 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn this eighth installment of highlights from 2023’s Scherler Sundays live series, we have another all-Olympia showcase. This time, we hear performances and stories from Morgan and the Organ Donors, XOHNO, and Chance of Ghosts. The MODs feature Sara Peté's soft dreamy vocals and rhythmic 60s gar...
Low Profile classic: Cornershop
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - September 22, 2023 18:12 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsRecorded at the beginning of the 2020 lockdown, this remains one of my favorite interviews in the last five years of working on this project. Tjinder Singh’s Cornershop has been a long-standing go-to band in my rotation since I came across them on MTV in the mid nineties, watching back-to-back vi...
Scherler Sundays: Riley Kendig, UK Gold
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - September 18, 2023 05:36 - 58 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIn the seventh installment of highlights from this year’s Scherler Sundays concert and interview series, we’re getting another healthy helping of Olympia, WA rock and roll music. First up is Riley Kendig and his newly christened Magenta Sextet in their first public appearance, performing fully-r...
Episode 39: Igneous Piece 39 Mixed By Lethabzin
The Igneous Piece - September 07, 2023 00:00 - 1 hourGreetings. Finally got enough time to upload a new show, been quite a tough year with external commitments. Bit of a special episode as this mix was recorded LIVE with friends and family around. Absolutely enjoyed recording this, pay attention to the track selection as well. Perfect for ...
Scherler Sundays: Kicking Giant, Anna Oxygen, Guidon Bear
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - September 03, 2023 19:50 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsOn July 23rd, 2023 a meeting of the minds occurred behind the Carnegie Library in downtown Olympia, WA. Pat Maley and Mary Sharp (formerly of Oly rock duo Little Red Car Wreck) arrived with their new band Guidon Bear to warm up the grassy knoll for Anna Oxygen, who has lived in New York for almo...
Blind Boys of Alabama singer Ricky McKinnie (Bonus Episode)
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - August 27, 2023 21:03 - 15 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsIt's a bonus episode! Here's a little radio piece I made back in January to promote a Blind Boys of Alabama concert here in Olympia. The gospel singing group has been in existence since 1939 or so, with its members changing over time... you know, like Menudo, The Preservation Hall Jazz Band or t...
Scherler Sundays: The Gift Machine, Joshua James Amberson, Hot Rush
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - August 20, 2023 17:34 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThis is the fifth installment of highlights from this year’s Scherler Sundays concert and interview series. Today’s show was recorded on July 16th behind the Carnegie Library in Olympia, WA and features performances from San Diego band The Gift Machine and Hot Rush, plus Joshua James Amberson rea...
Scherler Sundays ft. Karl Blau + Tim McBride & the Divide
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - August 13, 2023 07:24 - 57 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsKarl Blau makes his fourth appearance on Low Profile- first as featured guest back on episode 29, and then taking over the show producing interviews with Temple of Bon Matin and Hermit Thrushes. Now episode marks his first appearance on the program as a live performer, with a smoking hot quartet...
Donnie and Joe Emerson
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - August 04, 2023 16:56 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThe movie "Dreamin' Wild," about the unlikely and belated fame of Donnie and Joe Emerson, is released in theaters today. It stars Casey Affleck, Beau Bridges, Walton Gogging and Zooey Deschanel. Today I'm sharing my interview with the real Donnie and Joe, along with their parents Don Sr. and Sal...
In memory of Alice Stuart
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - August 02, 2023 08:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsAlice Stuart was a singer-songwriter from Washington Sate. She passed away yesterday. In celebration of her life, here is Rob Smith's interview with Alice from 2021. This episode is a cross-release between Low Profile and Rob's podcast, Welcome to Olympia. Rob also produced this one, be sure a...
Scherler Sundays: Heatwarmer, The Purple Shadows
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - July 31, 2023 02:49 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsRecorded live on 07/02/2023 from this year's Scherler Sundays concert series, prog-pop trio Heatwarmer returns to Low Profile in person performing a handful of songs from their latest album "It's A Nightmare" and catches up on what's been going on since the geographically dispersed group's previo...
Scherler Sundays: Ralph Reign, Doctor Sleep, guest host Jason Traeger
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - July 23, 2023 23:08 - 59 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsOn today’s show, Jason Traeger of the Traegermethod podcast is filling in for me as host, presenting performances and conversations with Olympia synth rock artist Doctor Sleep and Tacoma rapper Ralph Reign. Interestingly enough, both of these guys incorporate a Nintendo Game Boy into their disti...
Scherler Sundays: Elf Power, Your Heart Breaks, Kinetic Paranormal Society
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - July 17, 2023 04:55 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThis 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 ...
77. Generifus
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - June 09, 2023 15:51 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThe band Generifus from Olympia is kind of a big deal- the group’s unassuming founder, Spencer Sult, is gifted with a poignant, understated sense of delivery. Active sincew the mid-aughties, he continues his long-term project writing songs that reflect his personal take on every day Monday in int...
76. Asuna
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - May 26, 2023 12:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsAsuna is a Japanese sound artist and musician who has been performing and releasing albums since the turn of the century. I first became aware of Asuna’s music when his album “Organ Leaf” was released as part of the Sparkling Composers series in the early aughties via Lucky Kitchen Records, whose...
75. Scientists (originally aired on Jack Habegger's Celebrity Telethon)
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - May 12, 2023 07:45 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsThis week, Low Profile presents music and conversation with Kim Salmon of the Scientists. This program was originally broadcast on the KAOS program Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon. Jack has co-hosted and guest hosted previous episodes of Low Profile, interviewing Lavender Country, Jeffrey Le...
74. Califone
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - April 28, 2023 07:00 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsToday I’m talking with the band Califone’s founding member Tim Rutili. Califone began 25 years ago as a solo project after the dissolution of his previous group Red Red Meat in Chicago. You may have heard his collaboration with Modest Mouse’s Isaac Brock, Ugly Casanova, or his ambient rock gro...
73. Mike Stax on Craig Smith
Low Profile with Markly Morrison - April 14, 2023 07:07 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 64 ratingsToday, my co-host Madison Nadine and I sit down with Mike Stax joining us remotely from his home in San Diego. For kicks, Mike records and tours with his band, the Loons, but he’s better known as a writer, having published the magazine UGLY THINGS for 40 years and running. In 2022, he starte...
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