Chillin' with Lovespirals

Ryan and Anji return with a new episode jam packed with news, from their new single "Nothing Even Matters Anymore," to a new Love Spirals Downwards remix of Blue Ringed Baby + Kami, to a special eco-vinyl release of 'Flux,' to a brand new track they started writing this weekend, the duo cover it all -- and more! 

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Official Website -- lovespiralsdownwards.com
Our Bandcamp -- lovespiralsdownwards.bandcamp.com
Goddezz Records' Bandcamp -- goddezz.bandcamp.com
Lost in Ohio's Bandcamp -- lostinohio.bandcamp.com

Ryan & Anji return to discuss their latest single, "Glittering," sharing listener comments and behind the scenes stories about its creation, release, and promotions. They also talk about some improvements Ryan made to his custom telecaster, and get into the guitar sounds he used on "Glittering" including using Anji's Big Muff Pi pedal. Additional news was shared, as well, so check it out for all the latest from Lovespirals! 

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Download "Glittering" from Bandcamp -- leave a review to get a shoutout Follow Lovespirals on Instagram -- leave a comment to get a shoutoutWatch the "Glittering" ly...

Ryan & Anji return to discuss their latest single, "Okay," including their songwriting and recording process, listener feedback, album art, video making, etc. They also address the concerns of fans regarding Anji's "Boss Mode" lyrics, share upcoming plans and more in this casual conversation. You can also subscribe to the video version of Chillin' with Lovespirals on YouTube.

Pick up a digital copy of "Okay" on Bandcamp to help support the band.

Ryan & Anji sit down in Chillcuts studio to share all the news about their latest single, "Boss Mode," including behind the scenes stories about the songwriting, their creative process, album art, promotions, and listener feedback.

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Visit Lovespirals Official WebsiteBuy Boss Mode on BandcampLovespiral Official WebsiteYour First Listen on Mixcloud 

Ryan & Anji are back in the studio to discuss the brand new VIP Mix of "Will It Ever Be The Same" out now on all streaming platforms, plus Bandcamp, and a lyric visualizer on YouTube. They talk about the artwork, read comments from fans, share online radio stations that are supporting the band, and more in this casual half hour talk show.




Download "Will It Ever Be The Same (VIP Mix) from BandcampWatch Anji's interview with DJ Nocturna on YouTube

Ryan & Anji return to Chillcuts Studio for their first podcast of 2025! The big news is their VIP Mix of "The Call," which they discuss in detail including why they revisted the 2022 track and how it transformed, why they've been releasing new music under the orignal full band name, other mixes and new songs they have in the works (including a sneak peek), thoughts on releasing another full-length album, who their Spotify demographic is, which band they're currently inspired by (including song reccomendations), answer a listener comment about "Noumenon," and more. It's a fun listen with more than one reference to...

Ryan and Anji return to Chillcuts Studio to discuss their new single, "Used To Be," holiday activities, issues with Apple Music and their new distributor, and more, plus they bring back their classic segment of reading user feedback in this 20 minute video podcast.

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Used To Be on BandcampUsed To Be VideoLong Way From Home Feature PodcastLSD Deep Dive Podcast 

Ryan and Anji sit down in the band's studio to share all the latest news, including several archival projects from both band members, getting the podcast back onto audio podcast services, and the upcoming release of a brand new song! The duo even share a clip of "Used to Be" to close out this fun and informative chat. Preorder "Used to Be" on Bandcamp now: https://lovespirals.bandcamp.com/album/used-to-be

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Lovespirals on BandcampLovespirals on Mixcloud -- archive of band interviews & podcastsTribal Books -- Cut and Paste: The American Hardcore Fanzine BookShining Life Press...

Ryan and Anji discuss their new single, "Not Myself," including the creation, inspiration, cover art, and music video. The duo also share stories about their prior single, "Noumenon," the 'Flux' vinyl and popularity of it's first track, releasing singles over albums, updates to the band's websites, how Anji's former bandmate has been helping out with old tech, and more in this fun half hour long conversation.

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Lovespirals on Bandcamp
Love Spirals Downwards on Bandcamp

Ryan and Anji are back with their first real podcast in 5 years! The musical duo share the latest news including their brand new single "Noumenon" and various release plans, the vinyl reissue of 'Flux' and related LSD merch, a recent remix with Projekt Records, and various music videos dropped recently. Plus they give some spoilers for upcoming releases! Find out all the latest in this fun and informative video podcast.

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Lovespirals on Bandcamp
Love Spirals Downwards on Bandcamp

Ryan sat down in the Lovespirals studio to tell you all about the brand new Love Spirals Downwards 25th anniversary 'Flux Deluxe Edition' release out now on all digital platforms including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, Beatport, and Juno Downwload. The Bandcamp version includes one extra bonus track! SHOP 

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The Chillcast with Anji Bee podcast is back! The talk-music format of this special episode hearkens back to my early days on PodShow. Special guest and bandmate, Ryan Lum, joined me to chat about our brand new Lovespirals ‘Smile – Single’ both sharing our own songs plus music by other artists that inspired us. This was fun to do and I truly hope you enjoy it. Please let me know if you’d like Ryan and I to do more episodes like this!

Heare a one-hour episode with the full songs at mixcloud.com/anjibee

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Hey hey -- Chillin' with Lovespirals is back! We have so much news to share this episode, including our new album charting pretty heavily, which is super fun. We get into some detail and background on our song, "Are You Lonely," which has been picking up a little steam online, Ryan gets into the inspiration for the overall sound of 'Life Goes On,' the duo talk about their old bros Pandora, plus more news and conversation.

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Ryan and Anji revived the band podcast to discuss the recent Fleetwood Mac concert at The Forum. Before the duo launch into their review, they give a bit of background on their original audio podcast and their past history with both The Forum and Fleetwood Mac. Then they give a track by track breakdown of the set, sharing memories, epiphanies, and general opinions. This is a fun discussion for both fans of Lovespirals and Fleetwood Mac!

Lovespirals music is available in digital & CD at lovespirals.bandcamp.com as well as Spotify, Apple Music, iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, and...

Gmail borked today so we thought we'd get off our butts and record a podcast during the downtime! Ryan and Anji discuss last minute plans to attend PME 2008 in Vegas next weekend, helping their friend Azita to "fix" her Internet, failing a vanity search of "Anji Bee" on the new Cuil search engine, as well as respond to a clip from Tea With Hungry Lucy #120 about copying their song "Storm," announce exciting "This Truth" remix release news, get excited about the Loverush Digital and Damien S. remix package, chat about the CABACA release and ccMixter remixes, and play the full...

Ryan and Anji have been distracted by the new iPod 3G, checking out the music apps -- like Pandora, Shazam, and Last.FM, making ringtones, and installing the podcasters iKit to make the podcast easily streamable from your iPod (or iPod Touch). Still, they've continued working on music and share a clip and behind the music story of their latest song in progress. The band also chat about Geoff Smith's ringtone service, getting recognized by Brad of The National Pool in WOW, and Hungry Lucy's song "Storm." BTW, in case you missed it, here is our Lovespiralsgasms set from Auralgasms...

More Lovespirals madness including our camping recap, writing and recording new songs, our concert-filled weekend with the Outernational Tour and Melodyguild at Violaine, our Lovespiralsgasms radio show and live chat, the Lovely Ladies of Ryan Lum podcast, Lovespirals on Coverville #474 podcast, playing World of Warcraft, running into Jamie of Closedown, Anji collaborating with The Grooveblaster, and more!

The band return after a month's hiatus to catch you up with all the latest news! Ryan uses the MAudio Virtual String Machine on Lovespirals' latest songs, Anji contributes to the CC Asia Band project headed up by MoShang, Soul Whirling Somewhere completes a gorgeous remix of "This Truth," emails from Kambronn and Pomatic (check out his new Paul Van Dyk remix), free Lovespirals song streams on Muxtape and LastFM, planning a camping getaway, and more. The show closes with a clip of "Crossing the Pond" by Snoblind and Anji Bee plus other CABACA guest musicians.

At long last the band have settled on the winner and runner-up of the PLP Remix Contest for This Truth! We know that 60 some producers have been anxiously awaiting our decision since April 1st, and we're sorry to have kept them on pins and needles, but we needed time to sort through and really listen to all of the entries. There were quite a few really good mixes -- more than we even dreamed we'd get! We decided the best, most fun way to announce our faves would be with a podcast, sharing the music and our thoughts on the...

The band get a lil bit political and serious for a change of pace on our 50th episode. Topics include taxes and the need for a good accountant, Anji being interviewed by Wired, using the Apgoee Duet for podcasting, a new interview in iProng Magazine, supporting TibetAid, the PLP Lovespirals remix contest ending, our new Neumann mic, building thechillcast.com in WordPress 2.5, and Hungry Lucy on Chillcast Video. We close with a clip of a new unreleased song, "Shine."

Ryan and Anji return with stories about their new Logic Studio setup vs their old Pro Tools 24 setup, writing and recording new music, entries to Lovespirals PLP Remix Contest, watching Dig! on DVD, Ariel PR takes on our Motherless Child EP, joining thesixtyone.com, Anji competing in the Pod 5 Idol competition, Lovespirals on Pod 5, seeing Robert Rich live at the Goethe Institute, and two recent Chillcast specials. The show ends with "This Truth (donOesterby Mix)" -- the full song, not just a clip. Enjoy!

Ryan and Anji are back with news and updates including switching from ProTools to Logic and other changes to their recording studio, "This Truth" Remix Contest, launch of a new Lovespirals/The Chillcast Beach Cottage created by Kirsty Hawkshaw in SecondLife, Lovespirals Feature on SolipsisticNATION, and 2 touching listener emails; one from fellow indie musician Tony Pucci, and the other from a NIU Grad Student. Please feel free to send your own listener email or audio comments into the band at info[at]lovespirals.com or just leave a comment on our blog at lovespirals.com!

Ryan and Anji are back with lots of personal and band news including the extended celebration of Anji's birthday, the band's harrowing winter storm incident, new recording gear, broken mixer update, a Lovespirals feature on Solipsistic Nation podcast, Long Way From Home on Pandora, Lovespirals guest DJing Yourgasms radio show, audio feedback from War-n of Hungry Lucy, and a clip of a new Chandeen song featuring Anji's vocals and lyrics called "Tomorrow."

The band usher in the new year with news of their expanded studio, Lovespirals' most popular episode, the official release of the Motherless Child EP, recent webtool and shareware discoveries, online and terrestrial radio airplay of the new Long Way From Home album, Anji's big Chillcast Video announcement, and more -- including a recent collaboration with Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff musical podcast with a soundtrack available on eMusic.Please write a review of Long Way From Home on Amazon, iTunes, CDBaby, or Bandcamp -- and we may read it on the podcast!

In this extended episode, Anji and Ryan play each song from the new Lovespirals album Long Way From Home as they discuss how they created the album. In this special behind-the-scenes podcast, the duo talk about the album’s influences, their song writing process, production secrets, and personal anecdotes. This features gives you great peek into the album!

Buy a jewel case CD or digital download of Lovespirals Long Way From Home on Bandcamp

Ryan and Anji talk about recent Long Way From Home news items including last week's live performance podcast, Lovespirals' Re:Gen Magazine feature, Lovespirals' Shameless Plugcast feature, airplay on terrestrial radio, recent reviews from the All Music Guide and Cadence Revolution, fan reviews on Amazon, iTunes, plus announce next week's special feature and close the show out with Brian Noe's awesome Long Way From Home promo.

Buy the jewel case CD or digital download of Lovespirals 'Long Way From Home' on Bandcamp -- get two Pink Floyd cover recordings as a Bandcamp only bonus!

Ryan and Anji chat about seeing Neil Young perform and discuss how he's inspired the band, talk about the official release of Long Way From Home - including being on the newly launched iTunes+, share a few fan emails and listener reviews from Amazon, iTunes, and LastFM, announce other sites selling or promoting the new album -- including CDBaby, iLike, Virb, and iMeem, talk about their first performance in Second Life on PodShow Island, announce the Love Spirals Downwards reissues, and more. The show closes with "This Truth" live and acoustic!

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Ryan & Anji are back in town and preparing for the official release of Long Way From Home TOMORROW! The band reflect on their travels through Humboldt County, sharing photos on Anji's Flickr album. Updates on the new CD on Amazon MP3 Store, Amazon Advantage, Last FM, iLike, and Garageband. Plus they announce the two big Second Life events going on THIS WEEK on PodShow Island including a CD listening party and a live performance in SecondLife. They also read some listener email and close out the show with the Fave Nitemare remix of "This Truth."

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Lovespirals back from the 3 day podcast expo with plenty of tales to share about fellow podcasters such as Dawn and Drew, the Extreme Pods crew, Adam Curry, CC Chapman, Julien Smith, Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff, the RumorGirls, Britney Mason, and Geoff Smith. Also, Lovespirals news including our site relaunch, the first batch of Long Way From Home CDs going out, and a sweet fan email from Julie. Plus personal stories including Lovespirals' environmental tips, listening to Tea with Hungry Lucy, attending an Air concert, and seeing Jimmy Bratcher live. We close out the show with a clip of The Black Channel...

After a trip to Starbucks, the band are super amped to share the latest news and stories including Anji’s iMac pooping out amidst the flurry of promotion for Long Way From Home, the necomancer who made the first order of our CD, the first public Anji Bee sighting, updating our various websites, getting our first CD review from CC Chapman, Anji being the 6th most recognizable voice in podcasting, plus the entire Lovespirals remix of “Motherless Child” from the brand new Motherless Child EP. 

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Our podcast has hit the big 4-0! Update on the new Lovespirals album progress, our New Media Expo 2007 plans - including a ShowGirls meet 'n' greet and Lovespirals unplugged performance, review of the B.B. King show at Hollywood Bowl, John Mayer boosted our stats, Chillcast #80 RSS problem and stat anomaly, band email, Love Spirals Downwards reissue update, "Motherless Child" Remix EP news -- including a clip from the brand new Chris Caulder (of Beauty's Confusion) remix! 

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www.lovespirals.comwww.lovespiralsdownwards.comwww.anjibee.comwww.lovespirals.bandcamp.comwww.lovespiralsdownwards.bandcamp.comwww.instagram.com/lovespiralsofficialwww.facebook.c...

We've got more Lovespirals news than you can shake a stick at including our new mobile recording setup including a MacBook Pro, M-Audio Fast Track Pro, MCA SP1 mic and Sennheiser HD 280 Headphones, Ryan loving Facebook but hating MySpace, designing the Long Way From Home digipac artwork, ShowGirls wins PodcastAwards, our New Media Expo 2007 plans, several new compilations, email from Pat Ogle, AND an extra special contest for your chance to win a copy of the Projekt 200 limited edition 3 CD boxed set with an brand new Lovespirals track! Plus the show closes an exclusive live recording of an unreleased song.

Lots of Lovespirals news including mastering Long Way From Home with Robert Rich, photo sessions results, voting for The Chillcast with Anji Bee on PodcastAwards July 28th - Aug 11th, launch of the Anji Bee Music Store, New Media Expo 2007, Ryan's birthday on July 31st, an LA Times story about the SoundExchange controversy, fan emails, social media sites Pownce, Ziki, Ning, Facebook, MySpace, and more - plus we share the a clip of the Karmacoda Mix of "Motherless Child". Happy Birthday to Sean Bowley!

Sorry for the month long lapse, but Lovespirals have been crazy busy preparing to release the new album! Ryan and Anji talk about that album progress, as well as our upcoming mastering session with Robert Rich, photo sessions, and cover art design, plus the Lovespirals CoverCast on Student Loan Radio, Anji's recent work with Moosefrog, Pownce VS Twitter, the SoundExchange controversy, Creative Commons, The Chillcast with Anji Bee on PodcastAwards, starting up a band email list, and more -- plus we share the Hungry Lucy Mix of "Motherless Child" in it's entirety!

Big update on the upcoming 3rd Lovespirals album, Long Way From Home, including a clip of the now-completed 10th track, "Motherless Child" on Podsafe Music Network, Daily Source Code, and Accident Hash, plus lots about the John Mayer concert at the Hollywood Bowl, Lovespirals on Facebook and other web 2.0 sites, Anji's upcoming Levinhurst feature and more!

Ryan and Anji return with plenty of band news including a plug for the Unwind Lovespirals/Love Spirals Downwards Spotlight, remixes of "Motherless Child" from our upcoming new album, a newly podsafe remix of "Walk Away", and potential live shows, plus an explanation of our studio band VS performing band predicament, and news of our future recording studio. PLUS we share a clip from the brand new MoShang "No Place Like Home" Mix of "Motherless Child." Don't miss it!

Ryan and Anji jump back into the band podcast with breaking news of the digg.com HD-DVD controversy, which has further evolved since recording this, plus the band give you an update on the new Lovespirals CD, ask listeners for advice on the new album title, announce potential future gigs, share gnome news, read an awesome fan email from Juan, debate album posters VS postcards, and share a clip from the infamous new song #9, "Treading the Water." Don't miss this jam packed episode!

Ryan and Anji rant about taxes, tip their hat to Amazon Advantage, rant more about Wikipedia, put in their 2 cents on the iTunes EMI announcement, explain Twitter, Tweetbar, TwitterVision, Twitteritas and the connection between Twitter and Second Life, share some recent music placements, give you an update on the upcoming Lovespirals album, and share the theme song for Anji's new podcast, Unwind, written by Lovespirals.

Ryan and Anji talk about recent recordings, chat about their local movie revival house, discuss the updated Love Spirals Downwards website and upcoming reissues, rant about Wikipedia, announce the winners of last episode's Blisscent 1 CD giveaway contest, share a fan email asking for the best method of buying music to support bands -- as well as Lovespirals' view of Pandora, iLike, and Last.FM, and share the theme song for Anji's new podcast, Lovely Ladies, which is a collaboration with Lovespirals and Beauty's Confusion.

Ryan and Anji return with tales of woe and delight including fire alarms and idiot neighbors, Kevin Rose's GoDaddySuperbowl commerical, Anji's birthday celebration, Ryan getting hit on in SecondLife, listener comments from episode 30 -- including a response from War-N of Hungry Lucy -- plus a Lovespirals contest announcement, and another new song from their upcoming album. You might find this review of Blisscent 1 handy after listening to the show..