Gregory Pepper first came to my attention in 2010 when he released “The Great Depression”, an album with Factor Chandelier under the name Common Grackle released on Fake Four Music. The album was on constant rotation in my house for over a year and is still an album I return to on a regular basis.

Based in one of the hottest musical cities in the world, Guelph, Canada, he is known as a genre crossing multi-instrumentalist, composing short songs which often don’t have solos and he’s even released an EP through an old boss of mines’ record label!

Today we’re talking about his latest album “No More Skulls” which he self-released on August 22nd.

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Mappe Of is Tom Meikkle, a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, and avant-folk artist based in Ontario, Canada. Signed to Paper Bag Records, a great indie label I’ve followed for several years. His third album “Afterglades” is due for release on September 19th.

After hearing just the first single I was intrigued and wanted to chat with Tom about his music, the upcoming album which I’ve been listening to a lot, and more…

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Formed in the 1990’s, VIBRAVOID are a German psychedelic and acid rock band from Dusseldorf. Influential in the neo-psychedelic and neo-krautrock scenes, the band have released upwards of 20 studio albums, a handful of EP’s and many, many live albums.

September 26th sees the release of more new material, with the latest album, 8 track “Remove The Ties”, due for release. After hearing a promo of the album I quickly decided I had to delve deeper into the band and so I’m chatting with founding member Christian “Doktor” Koch, guitarist, vocalist and sometimes DJ…

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Come and follow the ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠10000 Hours of Indie⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ podcast. I'm speaking to some amazing independent artists over the coming weeks and months, so don't miss out!