Pop Recon

Stereolab's new album, "Chemical Chords," (4AD) fuses Motown melodies with the groop's signature sound. Maria T speaks with Tim Gane about the record, touring, and more...

Maria T sits down with Philadelphia's favorite punk rockers the Beatles -- uh, the Dead Milkmen -- and talks about their upcoming shows and stuff...

Sweden's Love Is All have a new record coming out called "A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night" (What's Your Rupture?) and Maria T thinks it's very good, so she talked with the band back in June...

The Breeders' new album for 4AD, Mountain Battles, has, as one station DJ put it, "something for everyone." In this interview, Pop Recon got to talk with the band about how they found their way around Mountain Battles' diverse landscape of pop, world and more...

No Age are currently on tour in support for their new album Nouns, released on Sub Pop...

Pop Recon caught up with the Oxford Collapse in mid-May. The band's currently on tour, gearing up for the release of their forthcoming album, "Bits," their second full-length on Sub Pop Records...

ANTIETAM (Original interview date: 3/30/1990) Louisville, KY transplants Antietam formed in 1984 -- on the day of the Kentucky Derby, as the story goes. The group released a string of records on Homestead and Triple X, then quietly hung up their hats to focus on other projects...

Marc Masters' "No Wave" (Black Dog Publishing) traces the history of this noisy and uncompromising genre, from its most famous names down to its many offshoots and sidetracks...

Friends & Fans, Pop Recon returns this month with a NEW episode! This episode features Brooklyn's Oxford Collapse (Sub Pop) and Philadelphia's Pattern Is Movement (Hometapes). » These interviews air on Friday 6/27 at 7 PM ET on WPRB. Tune in!...