Welcome to My Teeth Need Attention. I'm Joe Tunis. This podcast is essentially an extension of my radio show Numbers on WAYOLP Rochester NY 104.3fm and wayofm.org. This platform gives me a little more flexibility on things I'd like to cover, as well as encouraging people to check out music covered, directly supporting artists and labels, and also talk about Carbon Records, the label I've been running since 1994.
In this podcast, I feature new and old music, underground and weirdo, as well as theme-based episodes, label features, and interviews.
Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast or Mixcloud, rate and review it, share it, etc. You can also follow us at @myteethneedattention on Instagram.
But aside from being a podcast, MTNA is also a print zine! Below is the list of all issues.
Latest Issue:
Issue #6
This issue includes a Label Feature on Another Sunday (run by Antony Milton), New Zealand scene report (by "Bob Secateur"), Antwerp Scene Report (from Freek Vreys) with drawings, photos, reviews, and interview with Bart De Paepe, “The Huggy Shelf” feature by Ethan Swan of Jabs, Photos by Liam Grant, and more.
NEW SIZE! 10 inches x 8 inches, 40 pages, full color, saddle stitched/stapled.
In this episode, I sit down with Darin Gray. We discuss his early years, his time in bands such as Dazzling Killmen and Grand Ulena, his immersion into various Chicago scenes, involvement with people such as Jim O'Rourke and Thymme Jones in the groups Brise Glace, Yona Kit, and You Fantastic!, as well as his extensive solo and collaborative catalog, with people such as Loren Connors and Eiko Ishibashi, with various percussionist such as Chris Corsano and Tyler Damon, and more. [updated the intro, removing some pre-show junk]
In this episode, I sit down with David Grubbs. We discuss his early years, his time in seminal bands such as Squirrel Bait, Bastro, and Gastr del Sol, as well as his extensive solo and collaborative catalog. We also discuss his work as an author and professor.
In this episode, I sit down with Bruce Russell. We discuss his early years, how he started the labels Xpressway and Corpus Hermiticum, his years in The Dead C and A Handful of Dust, and other stories about bands, records, and more.
In this episode, I sit down with Tom Lax of the Siltbreeze label to discuss his early years, how he started the label, stories about some bands and records, and other random info.
This episode features material from Chris Brokaw, New Zealand, Australia, and some recent releases.
In this episode, I sit down with Chris Brokaw to discuss his college years, his time in bands including Codeine, Come, and The New Year, and his solo projects, including his soundtrack work.
In this episode, I sit down with Bill Nace to discuss his early days getting into playing music, his various projects, including Body/Head with Kim Gordon, and collaborations with Samara Lubelski, Chik White, Graham Lambkin, and more. We also discuss his label Open Mouth. The accompanying music (before and after the interview) includes a sampling of solo and collaborative projects, as well as an EXCLUSIVE excerpt of a track from the forthcoming LP Body/Dilloway/Head on Three Lobed!!!
In this episode, I sit down with Mary Lattimore to discuss her early days of learning harp, her time in Rochester NY, Vienna, Philly, and her eventual move to LA. We also talk about her eventual transition into the non-classical world, and her various collaborations and solo projects. Photo of Mary by Rachael Cassells.
This episode features material from the new Nurse With Wound List 2LP (Germany), 90's underground group Flohr Otis, as well as tracks from various NZ groups, inspired by reading the Erewhon Calling book.
In this episode, I sit down with Bill MacKay to discuss his early days of learning guitar, his various moves around the US, his ascent into the realm of solo and collaborative guitar mastery. We touch on his collaborations with Ryley Walker, Katinka Kleijn, Nathan Bowles, and more. Photo of Bill by Ricardo Adame.
This episode features some tracks featuring Graham Lambkin, Loren Connors, Swedish jams, VU, The Fall, and more...
In this episode, I sit down with Mark Anderson and Mark Sadgrove of Greymouth to discuss how they found themselves moving to Japan and meeting, past and future plans for the band, Mark S's label A Binary Datum, their four-piece group Mysteries of Love, Mark A's involvement in Suishou No Fune, the difference between "batches" and "cribs", and more.
In this episode, I sit down with percussionist and multi-instrumentalist Otto Hauser. We discuss his childhood and college years, his early introduction to percussion, his years back in Rochester working at a record store and playing in various bands, and his journey into the world of the "New Weird America" / "freak folk" music scene(s).
This episode features some tracks featuring Jim Shepard, new C/Site Recordings releases, Greymouth, The Dead C, 90's loud-rock, etc.
In this episode, the second of a two part interview, I sit down with guitarist and label owner Eric Hardiman. We discuss his newer projects Sky Furrows, Spiral Wave Nomads, and the monumental collage project Parallel Systems, which he's been working on during the pandemic, scheduled to be released in the summer of 2021.
In this episode, the first of a two part interview, I sit down with guitarist and label owner Eric Hardiman. We discuss his highschool and college years in the DC area, early musical influences, his hiatus from playing live music, and his eventual resurgence into the underground music scene after moving to Albany. In this part, we also cover his time in the improv collective Burnt Hills, his solo project Rambutan, his duo Century Plants with Ray Hare, and his label Tape Drift.
In this episode, I sit down with designer/illustrator Darryl Norsen. We discuss his childhood and college years, and his journey into the realm of underground music, poster design, and to his now full-time gig of creating amazing album cover art for labels such as Light in the Attic, Black Editions / VDSQ, and Three Lobed, among many others. We get into the weeds on design and typography, and his inspiration from older poster and cover art and artists. We also get into some forthcoming releases he is involved in, including some special Record Store Day 2021 releases.
This episode includes a bunch of NZ and Australian acts, as well as US based jam/psych groupings.
Welcome to My Teeth Need Attention. I'm Joe Tunis. This podcast is essentially an extension of my radio show Numbers on WAYOLP Rochester NY 104.3fm and wayofm.org. This platform gives me a little more flexibility on things I'd like to cover, as well as encouraging people to check out music covered, directly supporting artists and labels, and also talk about Carbon, the label I've been running since 1994.
In this podcast, I'm going to be featuring new and old music, underground and weirdo, as well as theme-based episodes, label features, and interviews.
A Patreon might be coming down the road, as well as a printed zine and more.
Don't forget to subscribe to the podcast, rate and review it, share it, etc. You can also follow us at @myteethneedattention on Instagram and at www.myteethneedattention.com