Revisited: Steve Albini with Jerry Casale (Devo)

About this episode

A conversation between Steve Albini and Jerry Casale discussing their experiences and thoughts on music and culture.

Hey Talkhouse listeners, this week, I'm throwing you a rerun from a while back, but whose wisdom hasn't dimmed since 2018 when it was recorded. It's a great conversation between Steve Albini and Devo's Jerry Casale that was captured backstage at the Desert Days Festival. I grabbed this one from the archive because we recently passed the 2nd anniversary of Albini's untimely death, and there was a great Rolling Stone piece about his legacy that got me thinking. He was a very smart, sometimes controversial guy, always opinionated, but always thoughtful. Check it out and we'll see you with a new episode next week. —Josh Modell, Host of the Talkhouse Podcast The Talkhouse Podcast recently headed out to the fantastic Desert Daze festival at Moreno Beach at Lake Perris in Southern California. When we weren't catching sets by Tame Impala, King Gizzard, and My Bloody Valentine, we recorded a trio of great talks; this week, we present the first. When I saw that both Steve Albini and Devo's Jerry Casale were going to be at Desert Daze giving talks, I knew we had to pair these two icons of alternative music. They're big fans of each other's work, and halfway through their conversation, Steve…

People in this episode

Host: Josh Modell

Guests: Steve Albini, Jerry Casale

Topics covered

• music
• interviews
• alternative music
• legacy
• festival

Keywords

• Steve Albini
• Jerry Casale
• Devo
• Desert Days Festival
• alternative music
• legacy
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Devo, Rolling Stone

Places: Desert Days Festival

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