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Author: carconcarne Published Date: September 15, 2019
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Live at Riot Fest 2019: Teenage Bottlerocket (Episode 255)

Ray from Teenage Bottlerocket joined me bright and early on Day 3 of Riot Fest! Car Con Carne is presented by the Autobarn Mazda of Evanston

Author: carconcarne Published Date: July 18, 2019
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‘You could tell our career was doomed from that day forward’: Showoff celebrates 20th anniversary of major label debut (Episode 241)

Showoff released their self-titled major label debut 20 years ago. With only an hour to go before taking the stage to celebrate the album’s anniversary at Beat Kitchen, Chris, Dan and Dave jumped into my car. Discussed in this episode:…

Author: carconcarne Published Date: September 2, 2018
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‘Waiting for that career-ending F-bomb’: Catching up with Tony from MEST at 350 Fest (Episode 179)

In this episode, I sit down with Tony Lovato of Mest in the parking lot of this year’s 350 Fest in Tinley Park.

Author: carconcarne Published Date: August 26, 2018
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Tom Higgenson of Plain White Ts: From Villa Park to the Grammys and Tonys (Episode 177)

Tom Higgenson of Plain White Ts joined me for a long overdue catchup. And for this episode, we went for burritos at Los Burritos #2 in his old stomping grounds of Villa Park.