Ron Knox is a journalist with bylines at the Washington Post, Noisey, NPR, the Kansas City Star, The Pitch, and is currently working as a senior researcher and writer at the Institute for Local Self-Reliance. On this episode of the podcast we talked about growing up into punk and hip-hop, his first writing gigs, his times living in D.C. and London, and the ongoing corporatization of the music industry. He has an article on the subject coming out in Wired in the next month or two, so follow him on Twitter and be on the lookout. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on social media and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt, button, or photo zine from the Shuttlecock web store to support the show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

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Ron Knox - Episode 088

Jass is a singer/multi-instrumentalist from Kansas City, Missouri who put our one of the best local albums of 2020 and one of the best local R&B albums in recent memory. We talked about that album (At The Close Of A Decade), Jass' live performances and online streams/sessions, her appreciation of Nina Simone and Stevie Wonder, and her upcoming poetry/song collection, Butterflies Can Walk. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on social media and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt, button, or photo zine from the Shuttlecock web store to support the show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Jass - Episode 087

P. Morris is a producer, DJ, and one of the founders of Team Bear Club (purveyors of the Goombawave sound), originally from and currently based again in Topeka, Kansas. On this episode of the podcast, we spoke about his family's involvement in music, his impressive resumé of celebrity collabs and encounters, his return home from Los Angeles, working at Super Deluxe before its closing, the use of ad-libs and drops in hip-hop, switching up his social media and music release habits, enjoying the outdoors, the Maal & Morris album sequel, his Pop.Morris mix series, and getting into the designer candle game. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on social media and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt, button, or photo zine from the Shuttlecock web store to support the show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

P. Morris - Episode 086

Mark Serrano is the owner and creator of Mixtape Monkey. Online since 2011, the website is home to hundreds of hip-hop and R&B mixtapes released between 2002 and 2021. On this episode of the podcast, we discussed Serrano's lifelong interest in music, how his taste has evolved, what inspired the creation of Mixtape Monkey, his new mobile app Tape Eater, the state of digital music streaming, the mainstream's move away from MP3s, and a lot more. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on social media and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt, button, or photo zine from the Shuttlecock web store to support the show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Mark Serrano - Episode 085

Cameron Capers runs the music blog Beyond The Sound and hosts its new podcast Beyond The Booth. Cameron and his older brother Danzell moved to the Kansas City area from Ohio as kids and both began exploring the music scene here as teenagers. In addition to his work on Beyond The Sound, Cameron has played in a few different rock bands, managed Danzell's projects, and worked on staff at The Truman and the Midland. We discussed all of these endeavors, some of Cameron's favorite local releases this year, and some artists he thinks we should look out for next year. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on social media and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt, button, or photo zine from the Shuttlecock web store to support the show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Cameron Capers - Episode 084

Blackstarkids are having quite the year. The Raytown trio played their first two shows (just before the pandemic hit), released two albums, Surf and Whatever, Man, and signed a record deal with British indie label Dirty Hit (home of The 1975, Rina Sawayama, Beabadoobee, and others). TheBabeGabe, Deiondre, and TyFaizon called in for this week's podcast to talk about their whirlwind 2020. Besides the items listed above, we talked about their process for naming their albums and songs, some of their behind the scenes collaborators, the band's visual imagery and different "eras," and what lies ahead for the group. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on social media and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt, button, or photo zine from the Shuttlecock web store to support the show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Blackstarkids - Episode 083

Cole Crawford started releasing music as Cole3k at the beginning of 2020, but he's been releasing music in one form or another for almost a decade now. Before becoming one of Kansas City's foremost purveyors of hyperpop, Crawford was releasing electronic music under his own name, ambient tracks as Alliance, playing in his father's worship band, and making more traditional pop tunes in Cousin Nancy with his friend Daniel Gum. We talked about his new EP, Lovesick, as well as the state of SoundCloud, his production for local rappers, and more on this week's podcast. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on social media and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt, button, or photo zine from the Shuttlecock web store to support the show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Cole3k - Episode 082

This is Sippin' On Some Soda, a podcast hosted by Aaron Rhodes and Kirby Stickler. On each episode we'll be sampling a small handful of sodas we haven't tried before, offering our opinions on them, and among other things, discussing the joy that carbonated beverages bring to the world. On this episode we tasted OKC Soda Co. blueberry acai, Northern Soda Company vulcanus rex, and Jarritos mxcn cola. We also discussed Thanksgiving hangs, what exactly cotton candy tastes like, our feelings about cinnamon-flavored beverages, and the Jarritos brand. Intro music: It Doesn't Matter by Champ (available on Bandcamp). The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on all social media, visit the site at www.ShuttlecockMusic.com and the store at www.ShuttlecockMag.bigcartel.com. Listen to Kirby's music project, Shallow Pulse, on SoundCloud.

Sippin' On Some Soda: Ep. 12 - Station Wagons Over Bandwagons

Skylar Rochelle is Kansas City music head that wears several hats. She's been hosting The Z Show every week on 90.9 The Bridge since her senior year of high school and also currently works behind the scenes on events and blog content for Manor Records, as well as contributing writing to Melted Magazine. On this episode, we talked about all of these different gigs, early music memories, her time at Bard, and where she see herself within the world of independent music. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on social media and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt, button, or photo zine from the Shuttlecock web store to support the show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Skylar Rochelle - Episode 081

  This is Sippin' On Some Soda, a podcast hosted by Aaron Rhodes and Kirby Stickler. On each episode we'll be sampling a small handful of sodas we haven't tried before, offering our opinions on them, and among other things, discussing the joy that carbonated beverages bring to the world. On this episode we tasted Squirt ruby red, Ski original citrus, and Lucky Club cola. Also on this episode, Kirby and Aaron discuss Joe Biden's big win, KFC's new Mountain Dew variant, Mello Yello's Realtree collab, drinking Vault and Rockstar at the mall on field trips, plus Aaron's brother Josh and friends Matthew, Petur, and Weston stop in to share soda memories. Intro music: It Doesn't Matter by Champ (available on Bandcamp). The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on all social media, visit the site at www.ShuttlecockMusic.com and the store at www.ShuttlecockMag.bigcartel.com. Listen to Kirby's music project, Shallow Pulse, on SoundCloud.  

Sippin' On Some Soda: Ep. 11 - Soda Siblings

Alexander Preston has been producing hip-hop music for about five years now, and was making electronic music even before that. He's produced songs for national-level talents like Killy and Daxz and local favorites like Zarin Micheal, Aaron Alexander, and Southside Dame. On this week's podcast we discussed his recent placements, his penchant for maximalist sounds, his new project, Ultragrade, and more. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on social media and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt, button, or photo zine from the Shuttlecock web store to support the show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Alexander Preston - Episode 080

This is Sippin' On Some Soda, a podcast hosted by Aaron Rhodes and Kirby Stickler. On each episode we'll be sampling a small handful of sodas we haven't tried before, offering our opinions on them, and among other things, discussing the joy that carbonated beverages bring to the world. On this episode we tasted Mountain Dew Voodew (2020 mystery flavor), Reading Draft grapefruit citrus, and Hank's pumpkin spice. Also on this episode, Kirby and Aaron discuss election dread, Aaron's Culver's cousins, a great Gunna post, and some historical Mountain Dew variants. Intro music: It Doesn't Matter by Champ (available on Bandcamp). The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on all social media, visit the site at www.ShuttlecockMusic.com and the store at www.ShuttlecockMag.bigcartel.com. Listen to Kirby's music project, Shallow Pulse, on SoundCloud.

Sippin' On Some Soda: Ep. 10 - It's A Panoramic

Ignatius Audley has been playing drums since childhood, performing with bands ranging from classic rock to metalcore to indie. But for the past five years, they've been a pillar of Kansas City's DIY hardcore punk scene, playing in The Drippies, Killakee Cat, Kolumbine Kids, Narc Parade, Nitecrawlers, and currently Loss Prevention. We discussed many of these bands, how the scene's politics have shifted in recent years, and their current work in the world of leftist and philosophical web videos and writing. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on social media and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt, button, or photo zine from the Shuttlecock web store to support the show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Ignatius Audley - Episode 079

  This is Sippin' On Some Soda, a podcast hosted by Aaron Rhodes and Kirby Stickler. On each episode we'll be sampling a small handful of sodas we haven't tried before, offering our opinions on them, and among other things, discussing the joy that carbonated beverages bring to the world. On this episode we tasted Labrador chocolate, Northern Soda Company caramel cream root beer, and Sprecher orange dream. Also on this episode, Kirby and Aaron give a roommate update, discuss how to pronounce caramel, Kirby's plan to save America from itself, and a childhood road trip story. Intro music: It Doesn't Matter by Champ (available on Bandcamp). The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on all social media, visit the site at www.ShuttlecockMusic.com and the store at www.ShuttlecockMag.bigcartel.com. Listen to Kirby's music project, Shallow Pulse, on SoundCloud.  

Sippin' On Some Soda: Ep. 9 - The Stickler Plan

Kansas City area indie rockers Oxford Remedy released their debut EP, For Those Who Know, Tell Me What I'm Supposed To Do, back in May following a delay at the beginning of the area's COVID lockdowns. Their songs exist at a unique intersection of nineties grunge attitude and aughts radio alt rock polish. We spent this week's episode discussing their School Of Rock program beginnings, their loyal and sometimes chaotic YouTube following, their music thus far, and more. The Shuttlecock Podcast is sponsored by The Vinyl Underground at 7th Heaven, located at 76th & Troost in Kansas City. Visit www.7thHeavenKC.com for more info. Follow @ShuttlecockMag on social media and visit www.ShuttlecockMusic.com. Grab a t-shirt, button, or photo zine from the Shuttlecock web store to support the show. Subscribe to our YouTube channel and our feed on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.

Oxford Remedy - Episode 078

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