Pearl Jam’s Stone Gossard catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about working with Andrew Watt, finding inspiration in The Cure, and (of course) the band’s new album, Dark Matter. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The guitarist explains the joy of reconnecting with producer Andrew Watt, as well as how recording like they did in the earliest days of the group helped Dark Matter come together much quicker than 2022's Gigaton. Gossard also reveals that The Cure and U2...

Beth Ditto joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Gossip’s reunion album, Real Power. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Ditto gets into how the group decided to work with legendary producer Rick Rubin upon their reunion, as well as all of the hijinks that ensued while making the record at Rubin's Hawaiian studio. The singer also chats about how affirming it is to see the movements for queer and trans people they championed early in their career continue to grow. Ditto...

Skeet Ulrich joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his role in AMC's Parish, the Giancarlo Esposito-starring series. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Parish follows a family man in New Orleans (Esposito) in the aftermath of his son's violent killing and the collapse of his business. After reconnecting with an old friend from his days as a wheelman (Ulrich), he's finds himself on a high-stakes collision course with a crime syndicate. Ulrich explores the psyche of his...

Maggie Lindemann joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new EP, HEADSPLIT. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The alt-metal singer-songwriter chats about paring down the scale of HEADSPLIT in order to build up to her next big project. Doing so, however, had a sort of freeing effect, allowing her to experiment with both her sound and lyrics. As part of the new process, Lindemann looked to artists both established and up-and-coming. She mentions working with Siiickbrain,...

Elbow’s Guy Garvey joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Audio Vertigo, the newest album from the English rock band. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Garvey gets into how the band developed a beat-driven mindset for the record, which eventually led them to reinvent how they approached recording. Once in the studio, bands like Talk Talk, R.E.M., and The Beatles served as sources of inspiration. Listen to Elbow’s Guy Garvey talk about Audio Vertigo. The band is also set to...

Martin Amini joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his new special I’m Transcending, as well as the behind-the-scenes special Back in the Gym. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Amini chats about how the age of TikTok has required comedians to come up with new material at breakneck speed. The pace can be exhausting, but it's also brought him a new kind of success. He's explains how he honed his crowdwork techniques, adjusting his stylings, and ultimately adapted to the new...

George McKay and Nathan Stewart-Jarrett join Kyle Meredith to discuss Femme, a revenge thriller about Jules, who as Aphrodite Banks has a place among London’s celebrated drag artists. One night after a show, he steps out to get some cigarettes and is brutally attacked by a man out with a gang of his friends. Although Jules can recover physically, he withdraws from the outside world, traumatized. Months later, he recognizes his attacker by chance in a gay sauna. Without make-up and wrapped...

Rudy Mancuso joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Música, the mostly true film based on his own life. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Música tells a coming-of-age love story about an aspiring creator with synesthesia who must come to terms with an uncertain future. All the while, he's navigating the pressures of love, family, and his Brazilian culture in Newark, New Jersey. Mancuso discusses writing, directing, and acting in the project, as well as how his lack of...

Hamish Linklater joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Manhunt, a conspiracy thriller about one of the best-known but least understood crimes in history, the astonishing story of the hunt for John Wilkes Booth in the aftermath of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. The actor, who portrays the late president, tells us about wanting to show the family side of the often-portrayed figure, finding the right voice to use, and why we continue to be so interested in the events that took place with Booth and...

Gary Clark Jr. joins Kyle Meredith to talk about JPEG RAW, his first new album in five years. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The singer-guitarist recaps the eventful five years since his last project, 2019's This Land, an album that left him feeling burnt out. And yet, he found new energy after winning big at that year's Grammy Awards, making the executive decision to craft a party record. Throw in a tumultuous few years and the birth of his second child, and the...

Danielle MacDonald joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Season 2 of The Tourist, out now on Netflix. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Originally cutting her teeth in the indie movie scene, MacDonald's career has been on an upward trajectory for years. Recently, she even had a cameo in a music video for Jelly Roll. "I don't even know how that happened, it was really quite bizarre," she remarks. "I think my agent and was like, 'I just feel like this would be something...

Sheryl Crow joins Kyle Meredith to dig into the details of her album, Evolution, a record that comes after Crow announced on Meredith’s show in 2018 that she wouldn’t be making any more LPs (a sentiment she recently echoed). Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee discusses teaming up with producer Mike Elizondo in an attempt to break away from her usual bag of tricks. She also touches on hitting the road with pop legend P!NK (get...

Join Kyle Meredith as he looks back on the 100 most recent interviews of Kyle Meredith With… to celebrate the show's 900th episode! Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Hear clips from Brandon Flowers, the lead singer of The Killers, who discusses how the trajectory of his songwriting changed after finding Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty; Gracie Abrams, who reflects on her Best New Artist Grammy nomination and touring with Taylor Swift; and the ever iconic Dolly Parton,...

The Daily Show’s Desi Lydic joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the comedy news program’s coverage of Indecision 2024. The comedian (who happens to be from the same hometown of Louisville, KY as Kyle) discusses her journey of being inspired and obsessed with late 90s SNL to finding her comedy path after moving to Los Angeles where she would land roles in Not Another Teen Movie, Legally Blonde 2, and MTV’s Awkward. Lydic goes on to talk about auditioning three times before getting the nod from...

The Jesus and Mary Chain’s William Reid joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the band’s new LP, Glasgow Eyes. The guitarist/songwriter tells us how the brothers had to restart recording the album from scratch after their engineer lost the entire original album, how this record lines up with their 40th anniversary and how it speaks to their career, and their eclectic list of influences, which includes prog rock and the Eagles. Reid goes on to discuss how his technical limitations have always...

The Veronicas join Kyle Meredith to talk about Gothic Summer, the latest release from the Australian twin sisters. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. Lisa and Jessica Origliasso talk about being heavily influenced by their rock upbringing and how the bands from their youth have manifested in their sound. "Our song 'Jungle' is a throwback to something like The B-52's or The Cramps," they say. "[It's] more of the music that we grew up listening to, rather than what you...

Game of Thrones actor John Bradley joins Kyle Meredith to talk about starring in Netflix’s 3 Body Problem. Listen to the new wherever you get your podcasts. Bradley discusses reconnecting with Game of Thrones heads David Benioff and D.B. Weiss for the new series, as well as how the process for 3 Body Problem differed from that of the hugely popular HBO show. In particular, he talks about how his role was created with him in mind, which he saw as an opportunity to try and break away from his...

Big Thief 's Adrianne Lenker joins Kyle Meredith to talk about her new solo album, Bright Future. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The songwriter discusses recording much of the album in the morning in her bedroom, as well as how such a setting ultimately manifested within the songs (she even left noises from the room in the final mix). Beyond the comfortable recording environment, she also chats about how her recent songwriting class affected her approach, explaining...

Anna Camp joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Neo-Dome. Listen to the new episode wherever you get your podcasts. The actress talks about the specifics of her unique character, as well as the sources of inspiration she pulled from for her performance. "They really wanted it to feel a little Coen Brothers-esque," she recalls. To achieve the Coen Brothers vibe, Camp dipped into a southern accent and leaned into the subtle comedy of the script. Camp goes on to talk about the darkness inherent in...

The Black Crowes’ Chris Robinson joins Kyle Meredith to talk about the band's new album, Happiness Bastards, which marks their first collection of new material since 2009. Inspired by his experience of touring Shake Your Money Maker for its 30th anniversary and the writing of Bob Dylan, Robinson explains how he attempted to take his lyrics to a new level for Happiness Bastards. Looking towards some of the all time greats, Robinson sought to harness the dark romance of rock 'n' roll through...

Director Johan Renck joins Kyle Meredith to talk about Spaceman, the new film starring Adam Sandler and Carey Mulligan that follows an astronaut on a solitary research mission who encounters a mysterious, benevolent spider creature (just don't tell Consequence Senior Entertainment Editor Liz Shannon Miller). Listen to the new episode now, and make sure to follow KMW and write a review to show your love! Renck talks about how directing Sandler in a non-comedic role allowed the two to get to a...

5 Seconds of Summer's Luke Hemmings joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his new single, “Shakes." The popstar tells us why it was time to do another solo set, how his writing changes when not with the band, continuing to work with producer Sammy White, and how being in his late 20s with a sense of loneliness drives many of the new songs he’s writing. In fact, Hemmings says that he’s tapped into the melancholy sounds of Damon Albarn, LCD Soundsystem, and Cocteau Twins for inspiration. The...

Nick Robinson and Juan Carlos Fresnadillo join Kyle Meredith to talk about the new Millie Bobby Brown-fronted Netflix film, Damsel. Listen to the new episode above, or wherever you get your podcasts. The film tells the story of a dutiful damsel (Brown) who agrees to marry a handsome prince (Robinson), only to find that the royal family has actually recruited her as a sacrifice to repay an ancient debt. Fresnadillo, the film's director, talks of flipping traditional fairytale storytelling...

Tom Payne joins Kyle Meredith to talk about his roles in Imaginary, Horizon: An American Saga, The Walking Dead, and more. Listen to the new episode above, or wherever you get your podcasts. Speaking to the myriad of horror and horror-adjacent roles the actor has tackled, Payne dives into how the process of approaching scary or thrilling material differs from that of other genres. From the upcoming Blumhouse production Imaginary to his tenure on The Walking Dead, the actor has had to dial...