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Tour Stories

Tour Stories

By: Ruinous Media
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Joe Plummer and friends share their stories from life on the road. We hear funny, sad and sometimes scary tales from musicians, comedians and writers. He's also "Checks-In" with artists to hear new music, find out what they've been up to and whats next on the creative docket. Have a tour story? Want to get in touch with Joe? Send a message to hello@ruinousmedia.com. Tour Stories is produced by Ruinous Media. http://www.ruinousmedia.com/tourstories/© 2023 Tour Stories Music Politics & Government
Episodes
  • The Check-In with Peter Negroponte-Guerilla Toss
    May 23 2025
    Peter Negroponte is the drummer and a founding member of Guerilla Toss. Guerilla Toss’s newest single, Psychosis Is Just A Number, produced by Stephen Malkmus, is out now via Sub Pop Records. Peter shares his early experiences with music growing up in Manhattan, eventually attending a music conservatory and how that all led to forming Guerilla Toss. Peter and Joe dig into some drum talk, discuss the bands writing and recording process’s and the two compare their views on “overproduction” We have a look into how band translates their records into live performance, and we learn why Stephen Malkmus came to produce the new single. Guerilla Toss Sub Pop Records
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    41 mins
  • The Check-In with Rebecca Shiffman
    May 16 2025
    Rebecca Shiffman is a singer-songwriter based in Los Angeles via NYC. Her newest record, Before The Future, is set to release on July 25th and includes studio contributions from Chris Cohen, Tim Carr (Perfume Genius, Hand Habits), SASAMI and Luke Temple (Here We Go Magic). Rebecca shares her experience growing up in Manhattan with culture forward parents and how a high school classmate with a four-track recorder opened the door to the power of DIY creativity. Joe the Rebecca discuss the forthcoming single Little Mr. Civility (out May 20th), what the inspirations are behind the song and how it conjures up memories of early parenting. Rebecca tells us why Before The Future is stacked with heavy hitters, how her lyrics dictate the direction of each song and why she decided to take more of a producer role with the new record. Rebecca Shiffman Rebecca Shiffman Tour Stories is now supported by @tandemdrums, maker of Drops drum mutes. Joe’s absolute favorite drummute for live, rehearsal and the studio. visit ⁠Tandem Drums⁠ Please visit and support ⁠⁠Izotope⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Distrokid⁠⁠ for continued exclusive listener discounts. ⁠⁠Izotope⁠⁠ is the leader in audio repair, mixing and mastering. Ruinous uses ⁠⁠Izotope⁠⁠ and you should too. Trust us. The best way to get your music into the worlds ears is ⁠⁠Distrokid⁠⁠. Artist keep 100% of their royalties and their mobile app is smartly designed, easy to use and perfectly intuitive. Ep supported by ⁠@betterhelp⁠. Your well-being is worth it. Visit ⁠betterhelp.com/tourstories⁠ today to get 10% off your first month.
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    31 mins
  • The Check-In with Natalie Lew-Sea Lemon
    May 9 2025
    Natalie Lew is a Seattle based songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and founding member of Sea Lemon. Sea Lemon’s dream fuzz pop debut LP, Diving For A Prize, is out May 30th via Luminelle Recordings. Natalie shares her performance adjacent music experience growing up in the Seattle music scene and how a move to New York led her to the picking up a guitar and singing. Joe and Natalie discuss the observational approach to her lyrics, and she explains the refrain on the song Stay, a current single. Natalie tells us how Crystals (feat. Ben Gibbard) was transformed from a big rock song to a darker shoe gazer and why the drums (Sean T. Lane) remain the center piece. We learn why the direction and sound of Diving For A Prize exposed a new musicality within herself and we hear a couple new tunes Sea Lemon Luminelle Records Tour Stories is now supported by @tandemdrums, maker of Drops drum mutes. Joe’s absolute favorite drummute for live, rehearsal and the studio. visit ⁠Tandem Drums⁠ Please visit and support ⁠⁠Izotope⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠Distrokid⁠⁠ for continued exclusive listener discounts. ⁠⁠Izotope⁠⁠ is the leader in audio repair, mixing and mastering. Ruinous uses ⁠⁠Izotope⁠⁠ and you should too. Trust us. The best way to get your music into the worlds ears is ⁠⁠Distrokid⁠⁠. Artist keep 100% of their royalties and their mobile app is smartly designed, easy to use and perfectly intuitive.
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    30 mins

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