Better To... Podcast with D. M. Needom

Pendulum - Triptides Glenn Brigman

Send us a text This week on the podcast, Glenn stops by to discuss the Triptides latest release, Shapeshifter, their cover of Spooky and so much more. **** Releasing on the heels of Triptides’ June 2025 album Shapeshifter, the six-song EP Night Shift arrives as the band lands in Europe for a two-week tour. Comprised of four songs recorded during the Shapeshifter sessions and two newly recorded covers, the EP is classic Triptides. From the dreamy fuzz ‘n’ faze of the opener “Pendul...

Living Between the Lines - Frank Meyer

Send us a text Frank stops by the show to discuss his solo record, his childhood adventures with his brother and so much more. ***** Living Between the Lines is the debut solo LP from Frank Meyer. A long time coming, Meyer’s been hinting at it for a while now with Bandcamp exclusive tracks, covers on tribute albums, acoustic solo shows, and his acclaimed collaboration album with Eddie Spaghetti of the Supersuckers. Like the Eddie collab, LBTL is out on Kitten Robot Records. The 11-song album...

The Sage & Story Dream - Amanda Brown

Send us a text Amanda stops by the show to discuss her dream of building a bookstore, Blind Date With a Book Boyfriend, and more. ****Side note - in my wrap up I mention that no harm that also included animals.**** ******* My love for reading began at a young age—curled up with a book, a fluffy blanket, a warm candle flickering nearby, and a cup of London Fog tea from Harney & Sons in hand. There’s nothing quite like escaping into another world, especially a good dystopian novel (bonus po...

Synesthesia the Escape From a Tumultuous World - Azam Ali

Send us a text This week on the podcast Azam stops by the discuss her new music, Synesthesia, immigrating tot he US, living through war, menopause, and more. ***** It is a song of destruction, of fire consuming everything in its path, yet within that annihilation lies the threshold of renewal, and the promise of something new,” explains internationally beloved singer/songwriter/producer AZAM ALI about her new single “To Pieces,” which is released today, September 4, 2025 via COP Interna...

Your Best Shot and Film School - Eddie Schwartz

Send us a text Eddie stops by the show to discuss the hit song he wrote, \'Hit Me With Your Best Shot\', his last CD, \'Film School\', and so much more. ****** The first time I heard Pat Benatar’s version of ‘Hit Me With Your Best Shot,’ I was almost arrested for loitering,” laughs internationally lauded Canadian songwriter, producer, performer, and rights advocate Eddie Schwartz about the song he penned that became Benatar’s first Top Ten single in 1980. “I was walking down Yonge Street in...