One of our contributors, Ben Slowey, is more than on top of the local music scene. In addition to his work for Breaking And Entering, he also hosts the Mr. Nice Guy podcast, an interview-based show that reaches out to Milwaukeeans for conversations about what motivates them. Many of these shows fittingly involve the local music scene, and we’ll be sharing some of them here as well.

For this episode, Ben talks with surf-math rock duo Beach Burial, Tom Olwig and Eliot Hess. Their debut album “Dog Years” came out this past summer and is available streaming everywhere. We discussed the boys’ early days of punk shows, how Eliot got the nickname “Blot”, the new album, being a beach boy, and what Beach Burial is working on now. You can check out more episodes of Mr. Nice Guy on YouTube, and check out this interview below: