YK World – Details, episodes & analysis

Four quick bites and a bit of an entree here; maybe something fast casual but not quite a proper sit down dinner. The metaphor is really reaching there but this one has some rapid fire updates about Infinite Limb, Bleary, General Trust, The Features and a few more morsels. There’s music, there’s background insight, there’s announcements.. all under 30 minutes.

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Meet Infinite Limb
http://instagram.com/infintelimb

Cloudmouth videos
https://cloudmouthmusic.com/

Ambient Sundays
https://www.instagram.com/ambient_sundays/

Nashville Record Store Day 2026
https://www.instagram.com/p/DW4hdLOiUtv/

Bleary Little Brain pre-order LP + digital
https://ykrecords.com/releases/little-brain

Bleary on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/bblearyy

General Trust – GT1 second run cassettes
https://ykrecords.com/releases/gt1

General Trust on Instagram
http://instagram.com/general_trust

General Trust on Bluesky (JLP)
https://bsky.app/profile/jlp.systems

The Features – The Mahaffey Sessions 1999
https://ykrecords.com/releases/the-mahaffey-sessions-1999

The Features – Some Kind of Salvation (2023)
https://thefeatures.bandcamp.com/album/some-kind-of-salvation-2023-remaster

The Features – Exhibit A (Original Sweet Tea Mix)
https://thefeatures.bandcamp.com/album/exhibit-a-original-sweet-tea-mix

The Features “God Save Rock n Roll” video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS4AEpmv6lk

Major Label Debut with Bill Baird
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-team-movie-monster-with-bill-baird/id1774552470?i=1000759513909

Sound Team
https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_m8YUuXu8KWyeYiwVWjXU6m3G0AZPWgqvU

Bill Baird
https://billbaird.bandcamp.com/

TV Torso
https://tvtorso.bandcamp.com/album/clear-lake-strangler

Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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After quitting Spotify, I found myself struggling with some of the missing bells and whistles of my new streaming platform, YouTube Music. Instead of endlessly griping about it, I did something about it! Join me deep in the goop of art, music and technology as I talk about why I built YewTube; a tool to make YouTube Music Embeds look nice.

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Spotify Bundle drops Royalty Rate
https://www.musicinafrica.net/magazine/spotify-end-access-basic-music-only-plan-subscribers-who-cancel

YK Artist Playlists
https://ykrecords.com/playlists

YewTube: Better Youtube Music Embeds
https://yt.ykworld.show/

Bleary “foyer” + Little Brain pre-order
https://ykrecords.com/releases/little-brain

General Trust
https://generaltrust.website/

YK Records Mailing List
https://ykrecords.com/list

The Prudish Few – The Eagle Has Left the Building
https://ykrecords.com/releases/the-eagle-has-left-the-building

Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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I don’t wanna be that guy that says “hey, listen to my new podcast!” and then two months pass between episodes. Nobody wants that! The reality is, it’s been two months since our last episode with Alex Mojaverian and I’m embodying that guy!

All we can do is move forward. Here’s my proof of life. I’m here! I love this show and have so many ideas to get out there. Thanks for staying tuned in. Check out these show notes.

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Bleary
https://www.instagram.com/bblearyy

“Bug” / “sugar splint”
https://ykrecords.com/releases/bug

Fetching Pails
https://www.instagram.com/fetchingpails

“A Duchenne Smile”
https://ykrecords.com/releases/a-duchenne-smile

About the track
https://news.ykrecords.com/2026/02/fetching-pails-unveils-a-duchenne-smile/

Peachy
https://peachyfanclub.bandcamp.com/

Good Signal – endeavor with Caroline Bowman-Schneider
http://goodsignal.online/

Good Signal IG
https://instagram.com/goodsignal.online

Major Label Debut Podcast
https://linktr.ee/majorlabeldebutpodcast

Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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In October of 2024, yk Records released Moment of Bleakness, the debut EP from Trash Man. A year later, we released the second EP Cool Until It’s Not. Both are quick bursts of rock music seeped in existential ponderings. They somehow manage to be extremely fun and also introspectively weighty about our time on this big rock.

To dig further into this, Alex Mojaverian (Trash Man himself) sat down to talk about his musical history, how Trash Man came to be, how motivating the thought of Death can be and many other lighthearted topics like aliens, ghosts, witches and the crushing forces of capitalism!

Seriously tho, the conversation reflects Trash Man’s music – it is a good time that doesn’t shy away from hard topics but somehow, miraculously, doesn’t feel like a bummer.

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Trash Man Official Site
https://trashman.online

Jenni Mojaverian on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/jennimojwrites/

Hard Launch by Jenni Mojaverian
https://www.novelettebooksellers.com/product-page/hard-launch-may-3

Trash Man – Moment of Bleakness
https://ykrecords.com/releases/moment-of-bleakness

Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Not
https://ykrecords.com/releases/cool-until-its-not

Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Not Demos
https://trashman.online/cool-until-its-not-demos

Sad Baxter
https://sadbaxter.bandcamp.com/

Bill Eberle
https://billeberle.bandcamp.com/

Bleary
http://bleary.bandcamp.com/

Ranch Ghost
https://boombox.nashvillepubliclibrary.org/artists/ranch-ghost

Steve Albini ‘Fluffy’ Coffee
https://www.mashed.com/1580426/fluffy-coffee-steve-albini-drank-studio/

Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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It’s a dose of Quick Bites, aka QUIBI’S. A term that I am hellbent on taking back for our common lexicon. Truthfully tho, is it really Quick Bites if the episode is over 30 minutes? I say yes but some may say nay. You’ll have to weigh in via DM to let me know what you think.

We take a look at some recent YK news and the 3 latest YK releases. Chomp away!

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The Features & Glossary tickets – Jan 30th, 2026
https://thefeatures.com/jan-30-2026

Mixtape Memories
https://mixtape-memories.com/podcast

Zook – Evaporating
https://ykrecords.com/releases/evaporating

Jessica Breanne – Electric Heart
https://ykrecords.com/releases/electric-heart

Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Not
https://ykrecords.com/releases/cool-until-its-not

Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Not Demos
https://trashman.online/cool-until-its-not-demos

YK Holiday Compilation
https://ykrecords.com/holiday/2024/

Birdcloud 7”
https://ykrecords.com/releases/cool-christmas-silent-night

Tower Defense “Fit for Purpose”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ME2DLET9w

Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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YK Records has the fortunate pleasure of releasing music with the electronic artists Coupler – aka Ryan Norris – and sugar sk*-*lls – aka Ben Marcantel. These two have a deep catalog of works to explore but, most recently, they released a collaborative EP called The Great Oxidation Event. This piece is inspired in part by a cataclysmic geological event of the same name and created by following the methodology of Miles Davis & Teo Macero’s Bitches Brew. By that, an improvisational piece was recorded by Marcantel and delivered to Norris with the instructions to add no overdubs, only edit the piece with transformation and mutation. The results are fantastic.

Talking to these two is an absolute pleasure as they are both unbelievably thoughtful, extremely insightful and casual about the way they talk about music. Both tackle big heady concepts during our conversation but it’s never presented as some dull or dense topic, it’s exciting and inspiring to hear them talk.

I am beyond pleased to get to work with them both when it comes to releasing music and absolutely gleeful that we got to chat about their latest release.

Oh, and “The Three C’s” refers to “Community, Comradery and Creativity” – you’ll understand soon enough.

Preamble Quick Bites Links:
Trash Man – Cool Until It’s Not
https://ykrecords.com/releases/cool-until-its-not

Jessica Breanne – Electric Heart
https://ykrecords.com/releases/electric-heart

Zook – Evaporating
https://ykrecords.com/releases/evaporating

Primary Episode Links:
sugar sk*-*lls + Coupler – The Great Oxidation Event
https://ykrecords.com/releases/the-great-oxidation-event

Coupler (Ryan Norris)
https://www.instagram.com/couplermusic

sugar sk*-*lls (Ben Marcantel)
https://www.instagram.com/sugar__skulls

Miles Davis – Bitches Brew
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitches_Brew
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CE_crkd4fe4&themeRefresh=1

Coupler Making Of GoE
1: https://www.instagram.com/p/DN5o5szDuqu/
2: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOJ063YjtS0/
3: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOtYv_MDkQc/

Hands Off Cuba – From Arrival to Survival
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_nMPf2BERx-VBrAjS2VK5t1OkL0Z_rhzCI

Forrest Bride (early collaboration with Ben and Ryan)
https://forestbride.bandcamp.com/album/cats-with-wings

Rollum Haas
https://therobemusic.com/

William Tyler
https://williamtyler.bandcamp.com/

Luke Schneider
http://lukeschneider.bandcamp.com/

Dufflebag (Great Escape)
https://thegreatescapeonline.com/

Character
https://archive.org/details/character-a-flashing-of-knives-and-green-water

Hands Off Cuba + Lambchop – CoLab
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_n_LNSzMEONsko4YiXM4F9Yw3q5UQQNr2Y

Intersubjective Realities
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intersubjectivity

Glen Gould vs Leonard Bernstein
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nx09pigZRI

Brian Eno + David Byrne – My Life in the Bush of Ghosts
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Life_in_the_Bush_of_Ghosts_(album)
https://davidbyrne.bandcamp.com/album/my-life-in-the-bush-of-ghosts

CAN
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_(band)

Adoration of the Magi (DaVinci painting)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adoration_of_the_Magi_%28Leonardo%29

Chris Marker’s Sans Soleil
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans_Soleil

Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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Back with another QUIBI dose! That’s right, Quick Bites of news and music for you to enjoy at your leisure. No big topic here, just a nice pleasant time to spend together.

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Panic World
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/panic-world/id1740187810

Garbage Day Newsletter
https://www.garbageday.email/

Venus Theory: It’s Not Just You: Music Streaming Is Broken Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plleJ0Zv0Ww

Ampwall adds Video support
https://docs.ampwall.com/Video-embeds-26cf9feec6a8806d9e31c980bcf4971f

Trash Man – “Eventually”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZ8H9n-kQ2g

Sad Baxter
https://sadbaxter.bandcamp.com/

Bleary
https://www.instagram.com/bblearyy/?hl=en

Trash Man “Ruin It”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAMo0MYZs-o

Jessica Breanne “Winning Hand”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtS3-gTLnFY

Jessica Breanne – Electric Heart Pre-Order
https://shop.ykrecords.com/collections/jessica-breanne

sugar sk–lls + Coupler – The Great Oxidation Event
https://ykrecords.com/releases/the-great-oxidation-event

sugar sk–lls + Coupler – “The Great Oxidation Event, Part 1”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zILa0FLtRd4

Ryan Norris, Behind the Scenes of GOE
1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RQDOL9KS-M
2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd3cuFcu06U
3: https://www.instagram.com/p/DOtYv_MDkQc/

Cody Uhler “Coco Trails” from Gluggle Jug
https://ykrecords.com/releases/gluggle-jug

Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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This podcast is about the goop between technology, music, and creativity – told through the lens of yk Records. This episode exemplifies that quest. Today we talk with Alex Caress and Beth Cameron about their experiences being discovered by the Lost Wave community – a group of sleuths that take on the task of finding music that is otherwise uncredited.

Both Alex and Beth had music uploaded to the Internet without any credit – fans simply having the music files and wanting to find out who made the songs. Lost Wave tracked them both down. This conversation isn’t as much about how they were found (tho we do cover that) but more about how it feels to have music you created decades ago reach someone in a meaningful way, music you yourself considered lost.

If you want more on both of these stories – please dive into this WPLN article about Alex’s experience and this But Her Lyrics podcast episode for Beths.

Huge thanks to both of these two for sharing the experience and even bigger thanks to the Lost Wave community for tracking them down!

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Additional Links:
Alex Caress on Instagram:
https://instagram.com/alexcaress
https://www.instagram.com/littlebanditmusic

Alex as Little Bandit:
https://littlebanditmusic.com/

Beth Cameron on Instagram
https://www.instagram.com/blackbramusic/

Beth’s band Fair Verona:
https://fairverona.bandcamp.com/

Beth’s band forget cassettes:
https://forgetcassettes.com/

Beth’s band Black Bra:
https://blackbra.bandcamp.com/album/black-bra

Beth & Alex’s band (and Jordan!)
Ponychase – Parade of Youth
https://ponychase.bandcamp.com/album/parade-of-youth

WPLN: “Worldwide hunt for long lost song ends in Nashville”
https://wpln.org/post/lostwave-song-dont-get-over-me-alex-caress-found/

Alex – “We Tie Ourselves To Lies” aka “Don’t Get Over Me”
https://lostwaves-finest.fandom.com/wiki/Don%27t_Get_Over_Me

Beth – “The Downfall of a Well-Known Actress”
https://lostwaves-finest.fandom.com/wiki/The_Downfall_of_a_Well_Known_Actress

But Her Lyrics episode: Fair Verona Mystery Solved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5jw9ClYf6A

Alex and OP Michaela Alden discuss “Don’t Get Over Me”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhMhI4ITOUo

Reddit Thread on how “The Downfall of a Well Known Actress” was found
https://www.reddit.com/r/DownfallOfLostWave/comments/1b3fyte/it_is_solved_the_downfall_of_a_well_known_actress/

“The Most Mysterious Song on the Internet”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPGf4liO-KQ

Nuendo Software
https://www.steinberg.net/nuendo/

“Legendary Record Producer” Eddie Kramer
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Kramer

Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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Whenever YK Records puts out a new release, we write up a little bio about the artist and the release. This process is talking about in more detail on The Guide to Releasing Records but, in short, it’s a handful of questions that are written up asynchronously. I pose some questions, the artist supplies some answers. It’s not a proper conversation but it is a conduit to understanding the inspirations and processes for any given release.

On Friday, July 18th, YK released a new EP entitled The Coin from Talking with Hands. These four songs are politically inspired and the most urgent and charged tracks to date. Matthew Smith, aka Talking with Hands himself, answered many questions about the release in our pre-release interview – all incredibly insightful to the release. Many of the quotes made it into the bio but not all. That’s a shame.

So, this episode we recreate that interview – asynchronously. It’s an experiment and I think it works pretty well.

You’ll benefit from hearing the EP ahead of time but you’ll also be inspired to hear it afterwards. So, no wrong choices. Enjoy!

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Talking with Hands – The Coin
https://ykrecords.com/releases/the-coin

Talking with Hands on Instagram
https://instagram.com/talking_with_hands

Matt & The Watt Gives – Til You video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnz5-NdZsNY

Matt & The Watt Gives – New Revolutions interview
https://news.ykrecords.com/2025/07/matt-the-watt-gives-on-new-revolutions/

Chris Crofton – “Side Effects” video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5F0I8d2OOU

Chris Crofton – I’m Your Man
https://ykrecords.com/releases/im-your-man

Dave Paulson – Sandusky, Ohio vinyl
https://shop.ykrecords.com/products/dave-paulson-sandusky-ohio-12-vinyl

Dave Paulson – Sandusky, Ohio album
https://ykrecords.com/releases/sandusky-ohio

Tommy Boy Fest
https://www.tommyboyfest.com/

The Prudish Few – The Eagle Has Left the Building LP
https://shop.ykrecords.com/products/the-prudish-few-the-eagle-has-left-the-building

ElasticStage Vinyl Pressing On Demand
https://elasticstage.com/

Cody Uhler – Gluggle Jug
https://ykrecords.com/releases/gluggle-jug

Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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This episode we talk with Chris Grigg, founder of Ampwall. What is Ampwall? It’s a direct to consumer music platform that enables artists to post their creations and sell them directly to their fans. If that sounds a lot like Bandcamp, you’re not wrong! The idea for Ampwall was born out of the tumultuous time when Bancamp was sold to Epic Games. 

We talk with Grigg about the history of the company, the differences between Ampwall and Bandcamp and what he foresees in the future. Spoiler alert: Ampwall intends to be much more than just a place to sell music, it aims to become a better place for creatives of all kinds to find community.

Two very important items to remember as you listen to this episode:

1. Music distribution is not a single path choice! Being a fan of Ampwall does not mean you have to dislike Bandcamp. Just like being a fan of Bandcamp does not mean you have to hate YouTube. Artists should be everywhere to maximize their potential discovery.
2. Ampwall is, currently, a subscription based service. Please do not let this dissuade you from digging in deeper. They have a generous free trial and it only costs less than $1 per month at this time. If that still sounds like too much (I get it, I have subscription fatigue), be sure to reach out to them and explain your situation. They are very kind. Tell them I sent ya! 

Immense thanks to Chris Grigg for talking. I hope it is not the last time.

Photo: Grzesiek Czapla/Woe by Caroline Harrison

Additional Links:
Ampwall!
https://www.ampwall.com/

YK on Ampwall
https://ykrecords.ampwall.com/

Woe on Ampwall
https://woeunholy.ampwall.com/

Glorious Depravity on Ampwall
https://gloriousdepravity.ampwall.com/

Ampwall on Bluesky
https://bsky.app/profile/ampwall.com

Ampwall on Instagram
https://instagram.com/ampwall

Dave Paulson plays Tommy Boy Fest
http://www.tommyboyfest.com

Tristen + Cortney Tidwell at Soft Junk, Nashville, TN – Aug 2nd
https://dice.fm/event/l86gel-tristen-phiz-cortney-tidwell-2nd-aug-soft-junk-nashville-tickets

Chris Crofton new music!
http://chriscrofton.bandcamp.com/

Talking with Hands new music!
https://ampwall.com/a/talkingwithhands/album/the-coin

Garth Brooks Ghost Tunes
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GhostTunes

Theme song and episode music by Mac Burrus.

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