The Counterforce with Aug Stone

I had a great conversation with Ali Smith about music, writing, photography, punk ideals, rock n roll adventures, and her excellent memoir The Ballad Of Speedball Baby

 

https://www.alismith.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@mommaloveAli

https://www.instagram.com/mommaloveali/

https://www.instagram.com/speedballbaby/

FB: Ali Smith Photo

 

https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforce-no-56-ali-smith

 

 

Psyched to chat with one of my favorite pop stars, TheBabeGabe (BLACKSTARKIDS), about her new solo career and first single and video, PSA. Honored that this is her first solo interview

https://www.instagram.com/ughthatsgabe

https://x.com/_TheBabeGabe

https://bsky.app/profile/thebabegabe.bsky.social

https://thebabegabe.bandcamp.com/album/psa-single

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w_vjpYHxQxM

 

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Hopefully one of your new favourite bands, Chemtrails are great rock n roll, with good lyrics and an infectious glammy stomp to boot. A fun conversation with Mia and Laura from the band

https://adoseofchemtrails.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/chemtrails_band/

https://pnkslm.com/pages/chemtrails

 

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Talking John Frusciante, Kurt Vonnegut, music, writing, and of course his new book Horse Girl Fever with Kevin Maloney

https://kevinmaloney.net/

https://x.com/kevinrmaloney

https://www.instagram.com/kevinrmaloney

https://www.clashbooks.com/new-products-2/kevin-maloney-horse-girl-fever-preorder

https://twodollarradio.com/products/maloney-kevin

 

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Always a blast to chat with Lily & Alex from Fightmilk. No Souvenirs is one of the best albums of 2024

 

https://fightmilkisaband.bandcamp.com/album/no-souvenirs

https://x.com/fightmilkband

https://www.instagram.com/fightmilkisaband

https://bsky.app/profile/fightmilkband.bsky.social

 

Excellent read from their label boss Giles Richards https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/nov/27/i-set-up-my-own-indie-label-from-brexits-brutality-to-the-joy-of-diy-music-heres-what-i-learned

 

Aug Stone chats to Kimaya Diggs about her lovely songs and the challenges of making music these days

 

https://www.kimayadiggs.com/

https://kimayadiggs.substack.com/

https://kimayadiggs.bandcamp.com/

https://www.instagram.com/kimayadiggs/

https://augstone.substack.com/

 

Aug Stone chats to one of his favourite authors, Steve Aylett, about his dazzling and hilarious new book, The Book Lovers

https://www.steveaylett.com/

https://augstone.substack.com/p/the-counterforce-no-51-bauhaus

 

 

Aug Stone talks to the man behind Glass Records, David Barker, who has brought much excellent music into the world by the likes of David J, The Jacobites, The Pastels, The Jazz Butcher, Spacemen 3, The Perfect Disaster, and even a mini-LP by The Replacements

https://glassmodern.bandcamp.com/album/glass-remade-remodelled

https://glassmodern.bandcamp.com/

https://glassredux.bandcamp.com/

https://glassminiature.bandcamp.com/

 

 

Aug Stone chats to one of his favourite songwriters, Mikey Georgeon, about Mikey's recent The Middle People album, his adventures in Athens & Georgia (the OG ones), the art of making moments, and much more

https://mikeygeorgeson.com/

https://themiddlepeople.bandcamp.com/album/revenge-of-the-killjoys

https://www.alldonebykindness.com/

https://www.instagram.com/mikeygeorgeson/

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Aug Stone chats with author John Patrick Higgins about David Coverdale, P.G. Wodehouse, The Smiths, and of course his new novel, Fine 

 

https://johnpatrickhiggins.blogspot.com/

https://www.saggingmeniscus.com/catalog/fine/

IG: https://www.instagram.com/johnpatrickhiggins/

Twitter: https://x.com/JohnnyMuggins

 

Aug's Substack: https://augstone.substack.com/