The Lydian Spin

A series of lively, deep and often hilarious interviews conducted by Lydia Lunch, one of the most vocal spoken word artists of this or any century and Tim Dahl, musician and general know it all.

The Lydian Spin is a society podcast hosted by Lydia Lunch, with 100 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Lydia Lunch hosts The Lydian Spin, a society show with 100 episodes published.

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  Episode #357

  Episode 357 Jeffrey Henson Scales

  Aug 15, 20261h 5mS2

  Photo: Sabrina Santiago Early in his career, photographer and former New York Times photo editor Jeffrey Henson Scales documented the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s. These photographs were compiled in his 2022 monograph In a Time of Panthers: Early Photographs . During the 1970s, he worked in the music industry as a tour manager, production director, and equipment manager for acts including Cher and Frank Zappa . He also shot album covers, film posters, and promotional photography for groups such as Michael Jackson , The Bangles , and Arrested Development . Jeffrey's photo work was featured in the National Gallery of Art's 2025 exhibition Photography and the Black Arts Movement, 1955–1985 . His photographs are held in the permanent collections of both the Museum of Modern Art and the National Gallery of Art.

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  Episode 356:In the Red Records Head Larry Hardy

  Aug 8, 20261h 12m

  In 1991, Larry Hardy founded the enduring Los Angeles-based label In the Red Records. Guided by Larry's personal taste for raw, "atonal garage music" and sonic extremes, the small operation has cultivated a catalog of over 300 titles, championing underground acts like Ty Segall , the Black Lips , and Jay Reatard . On August 21st, In the Red Records—in partnership with the newly revived Vengeance Records —will release Gravest Gravy by The Cramps. This previously unreleased 12-track album is sourced from the band's October 1977 sessions at Ardent Studios in Memphis, produced by Big Star's Alex Chilton . While those sessions produced early classics like Surfin' Bird and Human Fly , an entire album's worth of material had been shelved and lost to time. Larry recently discovered the original quarter-inch reels in the vault of Cramps guitarist Poison Ivy. Now, with preservation and restoration help from Henry Rollins and Ian MacKaye, these legendary tracks are finally getting their first official release.

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  Episode #355

  Episode 355: Lydia & Tim Summer Break / Tour Update

  Jul 11, 202626 minS2

  It's been a busy summer for Lydia and Tim. Stay tuned for more guests joining in the coming weeks, but for now, we're catching you up on everything in this brand-new "minisode"—recorded all the way from Lydia's bed in Brooklyn and from Tim's tour in Japan.

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  Episode #354

  Episode 354 Black Cab's Andrew Coates

  Jun 27, 202642 minS2

  During their June 2026 tour across New Zealand and Australia , Lydia turns the mic on her touring partner, Andrew Coates of Melbourne's Black Cab . Together, the duo brought a , live reimagining of Suicide and Alan Vega to stops in Wellington , Melbourne, Brisbane, Sydney, Adelaide, and Perth. The run commemorated the tenth anniversary of Vega's passing, channeling the energy of the 1970s NYC underground where Lydia's bond with Vega and Martin Rev began.

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  Episode #353

  Guitarist Reg Bloor

  Jun 7, 20261h 1mS2

  <p ></p> <p >Reg Bloor is a guitarist, instrument builder, and founder of the Systems Neutralizers record label. For 18-years she collaborated with composer Glenn Branca, serving as a guitarist, concertmaster, and manager on international tours and multiple albums. On June 12, 2026, she will conduct Branca's Symphony No. 13 at Lincoln Center, and she is currently preparing the release of his Symphony No. 4.</p> <p >Independently, Reg has released four solo guitar albums, co-founded the bands The Paranoid Critical Revolution  and Twitcher, and contributed to several film soundtracks.</p>

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