Episode 13: The One With Meredith

It's lucky episode 13, so why not hand the reigns over to something fittingly shimmeringly dark. Give it up for Meredith Meyer.

Meredith’s life in music really started after leaving home as a teen. A native of

Oklahoma City, she got her feet wet attending whatever touring shows came to

town, and throwing raves out in remote warehouses with friends. Her hunger for

music led her to Los Angeles at 22, where she played with bands that started

and ended as quickly as CDs came and went. There she met Brian Kehew, who

produced her first solo album after she sold him a MOOG. Since then she’s been

in a handful of other bands, quit waitressing (twice), dabbled in the world of

Hollywood filmscoring, climbed to the top of the Half Dome in Yosemite, recorded

another album with Bill Racine, and moved to New York where she started the

indie band Young Unknowns.

Meredith currently teaches young adults and teens at Daniel’s Music Foundation

in East Harlem, a non-profit music center that gives free music classes to people

with disabilities and special needs. In her spare time she enjoys tinkering around

with electronics and watching Japanese tiny cooking videos. Her next recorded

EP “Magic Castle” will be available 9-16-16.

Playlist

  1. Collect Call by Metric on Fantasies (Last Gang Records)
  2. Water by Sugarcubes on Here Today, Tomorrow, Next Week (One Little Indian)
  3. She Hangs Brightley by Mazzy Star on She Hangs Brightley (Plain Recordings)
  4. Taste by Ride on Nowhere (Sire)
  5. Stay Where You Are by Ambulance LTD on Ambulance, LTD (TVT)
  6. Getting Away With It by Electronic on Electronic (Warner Brothers)
  7. Les Ciels De Traîne by Autour De Lucie on L'Échappée Belle (Nettwerk)
  8. Inhaler/2 Wicky by Hooverphonic on A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular (Epic)
  9. Everything You Do is a Balloon by Boards of Canada on Hi Scores (Skam)
  10. Millimillenary [Live] by Cocteau Twins on The Pink Opaque (4AD)
  11. Blood From A Stone by Hanne Hukkelberg on Blood From A Stone (Nettwerk)
  12. Sailor by Brooks Poston & Jane Boltinhouse on Duck Song- Sailor 45' (Gold Dust Records)
  13. Brand New Life by Young Marble Giants on Colossal Youth (Rough Trade)