Champaign Is Also A Band
One songwriter, one song. Podcast about stories & songs of Champaign-Urbana music. In each episode Sven sits down with a person from the C-U music scene to hear the story & the background of a favorite song they’ve written.
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Episodes
Friday Jan 13, 2023
Friday Jan 13, 2023
In this 100th Episode of the pod sven chats with Rick Valentin (He/Him) of Poster Children about his song "*He's My Star" off of the 1995 album "Junior Citizen," writing songs with Poster Children, his relationship to creativity, and trying to meet David Hasselhoff at a mall.
*Song truncated due to usage rights-- To listen to the full song listen on Spotify CLICK HERE
SONG: He's My Star
ALBUM: Junior Citizen
BANDS: Poster Children, Salaryman, and Thoughts Detecting Machines
Favorite Treat: Green River soda
Photo Credit: Self
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Friday Dec 30, 2022
Sven sits down to chat with Tessa Turner (She/Her) about her song "Narcissist," unusual venues, and her favorite non-musical things.
SONG: Narcissist
ALBUM: Unreleased
Favorite Treats: Tea and Dark Chocolate
Photo Credit: DJ BJ Clark
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Friday Dec 16, 2022
Sven chats with Rebekah Songer (She/Her) about her song "Swamp Thing" from her upcoming yet unnamed album, the future she'd like to see in the CU music scene, and of course her favorite non-musical thing.
SONG: Swamp ThingALBUM: Unnamed (yet)Favorite treat: Gin & Tonic
Photo credit: Selfie
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Friday Dec 09, 2022
Sven chats with Malady Jane (She/Her) about the formation of the band Thotcrime. How they created their first album "ønyøurcømputer" with other members of the band who were located in another state and another country, got a record contract with Prosthetic Records, and then released "D1G1T4L_DR1FT."
Friday Dec 02, 2022
Friday Dec 02, 2022
Sven chats with Jason Finkelman (He/Him) of Kuroshio about the piece "bereavement" off of their self-titled album, improvising by meditating on a concept, building community with the Improvisers Exchange, and his favorite non-musical thing.
SONG: bereavement
ALBUM: Kuroshio
BANDS/GROUPS: Kuroshio, Improvisers Exchange, Bourema “Ibrahim” Ouedraogo and Jason Finkelman, Sea of Stars, Music for Dance, SUNSAT IV, IO Mining Core, Ferrocene3, Nu Orbit Ensemble NYC: Straylight
Past member Zécca Bom, Bailalai, Tree Thump
Favorite treat : hot / iced tea, Turkish Coffee,
seltzer and fruit juice blends…
Photo credit: Natalie Fiol
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Friday Nov 18, 2022
Sven zooms with Genaro Jr (He/Him) about his song "American Gothic" from his album "Pentimento," the DIY music scene, and his favorite non-musical thing.
SONG: American Gothic
ALBUM: Pentimento
BANDS/GROUPS: UIUC Hip Hop Collective, Hidden Renaissance Collective
Favorite treat : Raspberry Lemonade
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Friday Nov 11, 2022
Sven chats with Doug (He/Him) and Ian (He/Him) of The Weird Meat Boyz about their venue in development: "The Space," creating unique food, booking shows at the Brass Rail, and the opportunity to support "The Space" on Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weirdmeatboyzhot/the-weird-meat-boyz-present-the-space (Ends 11/25/2022)
Favorite treat: Old Style
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Friday Nov 04, 2022
Sven takes a trip back to 1993 to talk with Rob Arrol (He/Him) about the song "9 Outta 10," playing in the early 90s, and his favorite non-musical thing.
SONG: 9 outta 10
ALBUM: Lasso Your Heart (EP)
BANDS: Rob: dick justice, Ticks, Mary Me, June and the Exit Wounds, Belva Plane, and Shotgun Wedding
Treats: Coke and Cherry Twizzlers
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Friday Oct 21, 2022
Sven chats with Francis (They/Him) and Thomasin (She/Her) of The Joy Machine to talk about their song "Herd Immunity."
BANDS: Francis- The Failures, Mid Nite Leg
Thomasin- Haki-N’M, Feed the Monarch
Favorite treats : Francis- true north seltzer (black cherry)
Thomasin - Vanilla Coke/ extreme sour patch kids
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Friday Oct 14, 2022
Sven chats with Emily (she/they)(EP67), Camryn (they/them), and Abbey (she/her) of Emily the Band about their recent release "the heartbreak album"
Digital copy: https://emilytheband.bandcamp.com/album/the-heartbreak-album
You can also pre-order a cassette from Failed Poem Records all cassette proceeds donated to: https://www.centerforpreventionofabuse.org/
Album photo by: Caspian Voss