Vinyl Emergency
Jim Hanke
Recent Episodes
This week, singer/guitarist Jim Adkins of Jimmy Eat World chats about the heavy metal (and instructional breakdance) records of his youth, collaborating on a new track by Jay Som, and how he's attempting to take his critical ear out of the equation when enjoying music at home. The band's new EP, titled Something(s) Loud — a collection of post-pandemic material that's only existed digitally until now — is limited to 1,500 copies on vinyl worldwide and available only at jimmyeatworld.com.
Having spent the last thirty years fronting The Get Up Kids, Matt Pryor has earned an honorary doctorate in sharing intimate, vulnerable moments on record and making them sound catchy as hell. Through albums like Four Minute Mile, Something to Write Home About, On A Wire and Guilt Show, he's galvanized thousands of songwriters to similarly lean into the raucous joys of independent touring while pining for the stability and comforts of home. But on his latest solo effort released last week, The Salton Sea, we get inarguably the deepest and most honest look into Pryor's life yet, from the passenger's seat on the road to sobriety. Today, Matt discusses that journey, how writing daily before dawn has opened him up creatively, and why he's inspired by the way country stars like Tyler Childers and Sturgill Simpson are blurring the lines between punk rock and honky-tonk. Get The Salton Sea on vinyl, as well as 2026 tour dates and more at mattpryorandthesaltonsea.com.
Hot on the heels of his involvement with a new, one-step vinyl pressing of Wildflowers -- celebrating its 30th anniversary -- Ryan Ulyate talks today about working with Tom on late-career albums like Highway Companion, Mojo and Hypnotic Eye, as well as selecting tracks for The Live Anthology from literally thousands of performances over a three-decade span. Purchase the limited edition one-step pressing of Wildflowers from store.tompetty.com or becausesoundmatters.net.
He may have only turned 40 this year, but Joshua Hedley figures he's already been gigging for 75% of his life. Infatuated with the fiddle and western swing from an early age, he began performing steadily at 12 and had released his first album by 15, before moving from Florida to Nashville, playing almost 60 hours a week up and down Lower Broadway. Ahead of the late-October release of All Hat -- his third LP, courtesy of New West Records -- Joshua chats today about failing in public, the similarities between pro wrestling and Music City's cutthroat country-western food chain, and why he's finally not nervous to put an album out. Pre-order All Hat from JoshuaHedley.com, and keep up with his weekly gigs in and around Nashville via @joshuahedley on Instagram.