Cracked Machine

About Cracked Machine

DJ Ben hails from the Midwest originally, and brings his salt-of-the-earth snark to your ears along with a mixed bag of punk, power-pop, emo, noise, and rock music.

Visit the Cracked Machine blog and show archive for past interviews with Protomartyr, PUP, Their/They're/There, Sonny & the Sunsets, Hot Lunch, Nightmare Air, The Singles, and more!

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  • I'm very proud to present the first of two possible "Best of 2014" shows. Starting the day after Thanksgiving, it took me over two months to…

  • On the occasion of the 1st birthday of the Cracked Machine radio show, I've gone back to the beginning and put together an ALL-Ohio set of…

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  • I'm just gonna play my favorite songs, talk about Margaret Cho's good deeds , and make a plea to CB Tarver and Matt Sweeney of Chavez…

  • We took the first half of the show to explore my 6 Degrees of Women Rockin' project, in which I attempt to map out the relationships…

  • All new music from Merge Records, Sub Pop, Goner, Burger, Carpark, and a bevy of other indie labels! I also praise Perfume Genius for a very…