Episode
Independent Label Life with Michael Eades of YK Records
- Podcast
- Major Label Debut
- Published
- Feb 19, 2026
- Duration seconds
- 5553
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Summary
Graham is joined by YK Records founder, fellow podcast host, and pioneer of the intersection of music and the early internet, Michael Eades. Michael shares his passion for building and fostering creative communities outside of the mainstream music industry silo. They discuss how the dial-up modem days compare with the current internet landscape, the need for conscious engagement in discovering new music and about starting probably the first internet beard growing contest. Also, cheap cigarettes, hamburgers, and tofu banh mi. 📻🎚️ Bleary "Sugar Splint" (2:35) Detachment Kit “Ted The Electric” (17:05) sElf “Cannon” (17:30) Call Florence Pow “Periodic Table” (47:38) Kindercastle “New Way of Life” (61:16) Uncle Skeleton “The Ballad of Uncle Skeleton” (64:04) The Prudish Few “Aliver than Ever” (68:04) Wanna watch MLD on YouTube ? Need an MLD t-shirt or mug ? And everything else from Major Label Debut !