167. Ratboys' Julia Steiner on 'The Window,' How to Sequence an Album, and the Always-Shifting Music Landscape

The funny thing about genres like alt, punk, indie is that there
was a point when these things were directly in opposition to
something mainstream and corporate, but then somewhere along the
way they became styles and aesthetics that could also be
mainstream. It's not always clear what it means to be alt-rock or
alt-country these days or even how to listen to an album in the
streaming age where our music habits are changing so rapidly all
the time. On today's show, Tom Knoblauch is in conversation with
Julia Steiner, whose band Ratboys just released a new album
called The Window, about the always-shifting music landscape, the
construction of an album, and how she developed her unique style
over the past decade.


Ratboys will be playing at the Reverb Lounge on October 19th.
Tickets can be found here.