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Radical Research Podcast

Join hosts Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn in a bi-weekly conversation about the inner- and outer-reaches of left-field rock and metal music.

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Episode 34 – No More False Transparency: The Works of Anacrusis

Episode 34 – No More False Transparency: The Works of Anacrusis

It began with suffering and ended with screams (and whispers). St. Louis' radically-progressive Anacrusis never enjoyed ... Read more

25 Jun 2019

1hr 20mins

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Episode 6: Band in the Trees — Among the Ruins of Die Kreuzen

Episode 6: Band in the Trees — Among the Ruins of Die Kreuzen

Band in the Trees: Among the Ruins of Die KreuzenEpisode 6 of Radical Research finds your intrepid hosts deep-diving int... Read more

29 May 2018

1hr 22mins

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Episode 25 – Pytten’s Chamber Music: Black Metal in Grieghallen

Episode 25 – Pytten’s Chamber Music: Black Metal in Grieghallen

Pytten’s Chamber Music: Black Metal inGrieghallen As the ground began to swell in early ‘90s Norway, a shadowy figure kn... Read more

12 Feb 2019

1hr 25mins

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Episode 39 – In The Woods… Family Tree

Episode 39 – In The Woods… Family Tree

Greetings from the nativity. This podcast began as an examination of the vast and nebulous frontier of Norwegian post-bl... Read more

3 Sep 2019

1hr 21mins

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Episode 38 – Fathom by Fathom by Fathom: Kayo Dot’s Blasphemy

Episode 38 – Fathom by Fathom by Fathom: Kayo Dot’s Blasphemy

Toby Driver’s path to the present has been circuitous and inscrutable, which is to say, in keeping with music he has wri... Read more

20 Aug 2019

56mins

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Episode 26 – It’s Weird Being a Bob: NoMeansNo FTW

Episode 26 – It’s Weird Being a Bob: NoMeansNo FTW

Angular, adventurous, and apocalyptic in nearly equal shares, few bands scratch the collective itches of Radical Researc... Read more

26 Feb 2019

1hr 40mins

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Episode 13 – Make No Mistake: The Rick Rubin A/B

Episode 13 – Make No Mistake: The Rick Rubin A/B

There are no happy accidents or lucky mistakes in Rick Rubin productions. The legendary producer knows exactly what he w... Read more

4 Sep 2018

1hr 18mins

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Episode 32 – In the Morphine Fields: The Works of Thought Industry

Episode 32 – In the Morphine Fields: The Works of Thought Industry

In less than 10 years’ time, Michigan’s maddest scientists, Thought Industry, built a five-album discography that drew u... Read more

28 May 2019

1hr 18mins

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Episode 24 – This is the Ritual of Divination: Nasty Savage ’87/’88

Episode 24 – This is the Ritual of Divination: Nasty Savage ’87/’88

Emerging from the swampy wastes of Florida, Nasty Savage created a body of work built on the inimitable vocals of Ronnie... Read more

29 Jan 2019

58mins

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Episode 36 – Melvins is Cult, Part 1: Hostile Ambient Takeover

Episode 36 – Melvins is Cult, Part 1: Hostile Ambient Takeover

Melvins’ career -- a vast, still-expanding 36-year odyssey across the full spectrum of heavy and experimental sound -- i... Read more

23 Jul 2019

1hr 7mins

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Episode 11 — They Scream In Us Too: The Works of Carbonized

Episode 11 — They Scream In Us Too: The Works of Carbonized

Death metal is very weird musick. It’s the rupturing and restructuring of musical tradition. At its best it offers other... Read more

7 Aug 2018

1hr 15mins

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Episode 5.5: Calling Dr. Morpheus – The Kiss/Nuclear Death Convergence

Episode 5.5: Calling Dr. Morpheus – The Kiss/Nuclear Death Convergence

Radical Research 5.5 is the first in an occasional series of brief ambushes. Super-trivial stuff that’s too fun, weird a... Read more

22 May 2018

7mins

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Episode 29 – Walking Shadows: Mekong Delta 1987-1994

Episode 29 – Walking Shadows: Mekong Delta 1987-1994

Under the guidance of bassist Ralf Hubert, Mekong Delta’s initial phase featured a revolving door lineup of Euro-metal l... Read more

9 Apr 2019

1hr 34mins

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Episode 44 – 44th & Magical: Xysma 1989 – 1998

Episode 44 – 44th & Magical: Xysma 1989 – 1998

When Uranus falls, once and for all, in the cosmic background will be heard the humming, buzzing sound of a tragically-o... Read more

12 Nov 2019

1hr 36mins

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Episode 31 – An Abrupt Egress from the ’60s: Van Der Graaf Generator

Episode 31 – An Abrupt Egress from the ’60s: Van Der Graaf Generator

Crawling out of Manchester to work strange machinations on the English psych-pop era of the late 1960s, Peter Hammill an... Read more

14 May 2019

1hr 40mins

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Episode 23 – What the Hell is Art Rock?

Episode 23 – What the Hell is Art Rock?

The possibly despicable term “art rock” is where pop, prog & rock meet, with a generous layer of quirk embedded thro... Read more

15 Jan 2019

1hr 8mins

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Episode 14 – Northwest of Babylon: Candlemass 1998-1999

Episode 14 – Northwest of Babylon: Candlemass 1998-1999

Had Leif Endling disbanded Candlemass after 1989’s Tales of Creation, he would have given enough to place his band in th... Read more

18 Sep 2018

1hr 2mins

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Episode 37 – Listen With the Lights Off: Devil Doll 1989-1996

Episode 37 – Listen With the Lights Off: Devil Doll 1989-1996

Writing about Devil Doll is like skating about horticulture. Led by the deeply enigmatic Mr. Doctor, and purposely shrou... Read more

6 Aug 2019

1hr 31mins

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Episode 5: Ten Bad-Ass Fusion Decapitations

Episode 5: Ten Bad-Ass Fusion Decapitations

Ten blasts of springtime joy before the scorch of summer. This is the Radical Research strain of fusion, corralling some... Read more

15 May 2018

48mins

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Episode 7 – Wishful Dreaming: A Study of My Dying Bride’s Urban Detour

Episode 7 – Wishful Dreaming: A Study of My Dying Bride’s Urban Detour

Wishful Dreaming: A Study of My Dying Bride's Urban DetourJoin Radical Research hosts Jeff Wagner and Hunter Ginn in a s... Read more

12 Jun 2018

1hr 14mins

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