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 Apr 07, 2023
Friday Apr 07, 2023
Sven zooms with Jon Ginoli (He/Him) of The Outnumbered and Pansy Division to talk about his song "Tell Me What's Wrong" from their 1987 album "Work... Buy... Die," the CU music scene back in the 80's, following your ambition, and other memories from back in the day.SONG: Tell Me What’s WrongALBUM: Work… Buy… DieBANDS: The Outnumbered, Pansy Division
Photo credit: selfie
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Friday Mar 24, 2023
Sven chats with James Karavites (He/Him) BKA Apollo K about his song "When September Comes"
SONG: When September ComesALBUM: SingleBANDS: Vinylsides, Blues Lawyer JuniorFavorite treat: Orange CrushPhoto credit: Gregory Karavites
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Friday Mar 10, 2023
Sven chats with Genaro Jr. (He/Him) (EP96), JRjoos (He/Him) and Matthew (He/They) from HIDEOUT (FKA: Hip-Hop Collective) as they talk about the creation of HIDEOUT, their recording and album creation, and future plans for HIDEOUT.
If you're interested in joining HIDEOUT check them out on Insta and send them a DM: https://www.instagram.com/hideout.hhc/
Check out their most recent release "FOUND FOOTAGE" on Spotify
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Friday Feb 24, 2023
Sven chats with Mousepad (Josh, He/Him) and WhipTRip6 (Dave, He/Him) about the creation of Half House Studios and it's goals going into the future. HHS Linktree: https://linktr.ee/Halfhousestudios
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Friday Feb 10, 2023
Sven sits down with Max Szymczak (He/Him) and Erik Paulius (He/Him) of Stańczyk to talk about their song "Aeroplane," great DIY venues, and their favorite non-musical thing(s).
SONG: Aeroplane
ALBUM: Single
BANDS: Blues Lawyer Junior, Stańczyk
Favorite treat: Pita Chips and Hummus, Mtn Dew, Genmaicha Tea
Photo: Jess Miyata
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 album "automythology", the future she'd like to see in the CU music scene, and of course her favorite non-musical thing. (updated links: 3/15/2023)
SONG: Swamp ThingALBUM: automythologyFavorite 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