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Don’t Bother Wearing Seatbelts is the podcast that dives headfirst into the swirling, kaleidoscopic universe of the Elephant 6 Recording Company, the loose collective of musicians whose experimental pop and psychedelic sounds reshaped indie music in the 1990s and beyond.
Unknown Host hosts Don't Bother Wearing Seatbelts (An Elephant 6 Recording Company Podcast), a music show with 24 episodes published.
PLEASE READ BEFORE LISTENING • This episode contains frank discussions of autism. You will actually hear us talking about cutting the entire section before it airs. However, we, along with Mike, decided that the conversa
DBWS 2-24 Elf Power Vainly Clurching with Andrew Reiger Here's another season one episode freed from behind the paywall. This episode marked the official start of Patrick Tape Fleming' as a co-host. We kinda forgot to te
DBWS 2-23: The Sunshine Fix — Age of the Sun As the 1990s came to a close, the Elephant 6 universe entered one of its most fascinating and creative chapters. The Olivia Tremor Control — the Athens, Georgia kaleidoscopic
DBWS 2-22 Azalia Snail We are honored to be joined by the one and only Azalia Snail — the legendary “Queen of Lo-Fi.” A true pioneer of the 1990s underground, Azalia helped shape the sound of home recording, neo-psychede
DBWS 2-21: Honey Puppy b/w Witch Cat Records This episode is a special two-fer. The first half is a discussion with Athens, GA upstart Honeypuppy about their "Dirty TV" release. Their previous work and "Dirty TV release
DBWS Episode 20: Of Montreal with Andy Gonzales In this episode of Don’t Bother Wearing Seatbelts, we sit down with former Of Montreal member Andy Gonzales to dive deep into Of Montreal’s beloved Elephant 6 classic, Coqu
DBWS 2-19: Don’t Bother Wearing Seatbelts Dressy Bessy Mathew and Rudy are back in this episode from our first season... now free from behind a paywall.. speaking with Dressy Bessy core members Tammy Ealon and John Hill
DBWS 2 episode 18- Black Swan Network with Ron Kwasman In this one, we’re talking to longtime friend and archivist of all things E6 Ron Kwasman about the “Early Music Volume 1” release from Black Swan Network on May 8, 2
DBWS 2-17 Devine and Devine and Rishis In this one, we’re diving into two mini classic episodes from our first season that still feel as alive and necessary now as they did then. First up is Chris McKay’s Devine and Devi
DBWS 2-16 “Flowers Telegraphed to all Parts of the World” with Jennifer Baron of The Garment District In this one, we’re talking to Jennifer Baron of The Garment District and many other great groups. Per usual, we try to
DBWS 2-15 “The Rose Explodes” with Dream Boat We’re back with another episode from our first season, freed from behind a paywall. In this one, we’re talking to the dreamy and ethereal Dream Boat. And the episode is much
DBWS 2-14 “Middle-Aged Love EP” with The Sloan Brothers In this episode, we talk with R. Sloan Simpson about his pandemic-born music project The Sloan Brothers as well as his history as an audio documentarian of the Athe
DBWS 2-13 “Songs About The Ocean” with The High Water Marks In this episode, we talk to Hilarie and Per Olé of High Water Marks about their great debut album “Songs About The Ocean” and everything in between from KISS to
DBWS 2-12 “OK Shine OK” with The Tammy Shine In this episode, we talk to Tammy of Dressy Bessy about her new solo album “OK Shine OK” and, of course, a whole lot of other things, too. You can pre-order or order the new T
DBWS 2-11 “The Albemarle Sound” with The Ladybug Transistor Those who have heard The Ladybug Transistor’s “The Albemarle Sound” know it’s an absolute masterpiece and standout among late 1990s Elephant 6 releases. Joining
DBWS 2-10 “Leap Through Poisoned Air” with Andrew Reiger In the summer of 2025, the world was treated to new music by not only Andrew Reiger of Elf Power, but also Will Cullen Hart of Olivia Tremor Control and Circulator
DBWS 2.9 “Are You Sleepy?” with The Gerbils While not as prominent as some other bands, the Elephant 6 Movement owes a great deal of its foundation in Rustin, Louisiana to an astoundingly great band called The Gerbils. T
DBWS 2.8 “The Apples in Stereo” with author Josh Bloom In this episode, Mathew and Patrick are speaking with author Josh Bloom about his long time friendship and working relationship with Robert Schneider and other membe
DBWS 2.7 “Don’t Swim Too Close” with Benjamin Crum of Great Lakes This episode marks the second appearance of Benjamin Crum on the show and we’re discussing the new Great Lakes album “Don’t Swim Too Close” on Happy Happy
DBWS 2.6 “Explanation II” with Will Cullen Hart This episode is a re-packaging of a season one episode that originally appeared behind the Discograffiti paywall on Patreon. One year ago, on November 23rd, hosts Rudy Fisc
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