Grouse is San Francisco based musician/ producer Ronan Carroll. It is an outlet for his electronic, dub and ambient influenced productions. His self-entitled album has also been described as, "multi-layered", with, "funky beats and soothing melodies", a "stunnning debut", and with "each listen someting new is dicovered."

Interview with Ronan Carroll of Grouse.

We discuss why they opened today's show with the song "Suicide Kills Me"; vocilaist Aoife Hand and trumpet player Brian Switzer; the flow of musc that appears on his CD; albums we recently purchased that flow together well from start to finish; why he moved to San Francisco from Ireland; the San Francisco music scene; OM Records; bands and musicians from San Francsico that he enjoys; my interview with Ronan on the Solipsistic Nation podcast; how he came into electronic music; why he thinks "Lies On Me" is the catchiest song on his album; the with Ronan on the photo on the cover his CD; what his criteria is for a great song; how he approached electronic music as a guitar player; when he plans to release his next album; how he spends Thanksgivings in the U.S.

Featured songs are:

1. "Suicide Kills Me"
2. "Lies On Me"
3. "We All Want To Be Loved"