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Champaign Is Also A Band Podcast
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Podcast about stories & songs of Champaign-Urbana music. In each episode Sven sits down with a person from the C-U music scene to hear the story & the background of a favorite song they've written https://champaignisalsoaband.podbean.com
EP154 with Bryce Hays of Withershins drops at Noon on Friday. We chat about his song “Eternal Return,” how long staircases played a big part in his favorite CU venue, and what is in a Mai Thai… it ain’t cherries.
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October 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Coming this Friday EPISODE 153 with Caspian June

Sven chats with Caspian about her song “Spirit,” grizzly bears, the Peoria music scene, and what she loves about photography.
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September 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
This Friday at noon: Episode 151 with Jon Hoekstra! We chat about his song “My Dog Says,” resources to become a better songwriter, and why he loves native plants.
Part of the @champaignshowers.com podcast network!
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July 23, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Dropping on Friday: EP150 with Micah of White Lucy. Micah chats with Sven about the first single “Melee” off of the upcoming album “The Paradise” (releasing 8/15/25), favorite venues, & what makes a good music scene.
Proud to be a part of the @champaignshowers.com podcast network!
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July 9, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Episode 149 with Patrick Lyke is dropping this Friday at noon! We chat about his unreleased song “Army Surplus,” why you should always sell your CDs in sandwich cases, and maybe visit a national park or two.
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June 25, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Episode 148 is dropping Friday at noon with Roseli. We chat about her song “Split Ends,” why a guitar with the Beatles’ faces is important, and what makes the CU music scene so special.
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June 11, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Episode 147 is coming the Friday with @rfhirschfeld.bsky.social of Common Loon!
Sven chats with Robert about his song “Automatic Skin,” his songwriting process, and hear him drone on and on about his favorite non-musical thing.
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May 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Dropping tomorrow Episode 146 with Sierra Sikora. We talk about her newest song “Jade” off of the upcoming EP “Confessions,” her favorite house venues in CU, and a long list of favorite non-musical things.

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May 15, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Ep145 is dropping this Friday at noon with Andrew Simek talking about his song “Pocket Song,” why music should be funny, being the Piano Man at The Canopy Club, and his favorite non-musical things!
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April 30, 2025 at 6:03 PM
EP144 is dropping this Friday at noon! Sven chats with Patrick and Noah of Castle Finn about their song “Velvet Fangs,” a new era of writing music techniques, and their favorite non-musical things
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April 16, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Friday Episode 143: James Mauck of Forebeat chats with sven about his piece “Current” off of the album “Stages of Growth,” the house scene, mentors, and favorite non-musical things. #MusicWhereYouLive
April 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Coming this Friday!
Bonus Episode with Juli of Pretzle Records. We chat about why CU is the perfect place to start a record label, all the planning, and finally dropping that first record.
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March 19, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Episode 142 with Tim Reynolds of Horrible things drops this Friday at noon! We talk about his song “A Million Times” from the album “Everybody Else,” reminisce about old venues long gone, and think about what makes a good music scene. #MusicWhereYouLive #MusicPodcast
February 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM