Kim Shattuck recorded live on May 31, 2012 in McG’s Backroom.

In this hour-long conversation*, Kim Shattuck (The Muffs, Pandoras, The Coolies) talks about photography, her dog Riley, creativity, songwriting with The Muffs, and her relationship with Pixies**.

Kim’s personality shines throughout this conversation. At the very end she remarks that it was a fun discussion. Going back and listening to this seven years after the fact, I felt the same way.

I’m guessing few people heard it at the time, so this is being put back into circulation. – McG, October 6, 2019

(*) Imagine you’re listening to this through a single speaker or a transistor radio; it’s a mono recording and lo-fi, but is audible. 

(**) This interview references a 2009 gig when Kim S. filled in on bass with Pixies at the Winston Calling benefit show.

That show was several years before she joined Pixies in 2013 for a European tour, then subsequently dismissed from the band.

Conversation tracklist:

• Photography and creativity (0:00 – 10:29)
• Listening to music in mono (12:55 – 15:58)
• Kim’s dog Riley (15:59 – 19:45)
• The Beatles (19:45 – 24:13)
• Melodies and Kim’s songwriting (24:14 – 29:08)
• Kim on playing a benefit show with Pixies before she joined the band (29:09 – 37:46)
• The Muffs new record (circa 2012) and song demos (37:47 – 51:12)
• On the Pixies live (51:13 – 54:07)
• On Redd Kross (54:08 – 56:01)
• Her dog Riley’s injuries (56:02 – 59:36)

Song tracklist:

• The Kinks – I Need You 10:29
• The Beatles – I Want to Hold Your Hand – 20:58
• Pixies – Bam Thwok – 30:15
• Pixies – Manta Ray (BBC Session) – 49:00

Media:

• Kim Shattuck Photography (Flickr)
• Kim From the Muffs (Tumblr)
• The Muffs (Omnivore Records)