Bothering the Band

Bothering the Band is back with Luke & Mitch of Born Ruffians, whose new album BEAUTY'S PRIDE drops June 6 on Yep Roc Records! 

In this very special and very funny bucket list episode, we sit down with the elusive, brilliant, and downright hilarious Zach Condon of Beirut, who opens up about comedy, skateboarding, doo-whop, porridge, and more!

G’day, lemons and legends, we have an epic special episode with Dope Lemon aka Angus Stone, who's new album 'Golden Wolf' drops on May 2nd!

We withdrew some philosophy and punk rock on our last episode of 2024 and Season 4 with Nikki and Ben of the badass Brooklyn band BODEGA.

We finally got to bother comedian Brooks Wheelan! He is a huge music fan and has a hilarious new special out called Alive in Alaska. Watch that. Listen to this. Believe in your dreams.

Skanking back into the mind of our friend Aaron Carnes to talk about gods, video games, the new edition of his incredible book "In Defense of Ska"...and so much more!

Ellory Smith is a comedian and an Emmy nominated writer that went from being a friend-of-a-friend to just a solid friend. Listen to real friends talking about music and so much more, because everyone should have an Ellory Smith in their life! 

Sometimes a band comes along at the right time and just takes over your airwaves (and your heart)...that is what Ok Cowgirl did to us, so of course we had to get frontwoman (and driving force) Leah Lavigne on the pod! 

Hilarious hijinks with our new best friend Utkarsh Ambudkar, the rapper/actor/daydream believer, who saved us from the dark sea!

Our episode with Little Hag bites down hard on your brain and doesn't let go, with infectious energy, unabashed audacity and a penchant for the uncomfortable and taboo.

Our favorite guys, Jake and Jeff, of our favorite band, Illiterate Light, are back with our favorite episode! Jump on the sugar train, baby, because of course this one is a banger...just like their new album, ARCHES!

Fresh off the release of their new album Magpie, we bother Neil and Chris of Peach Pit—who's been on our get-list forever—about book fairs, Brad Pitt, magnets and pie, of course.

Guys and ghouls, we have a spooktacular Halloween episode with our friend, the TV Guidance Counselor himself, Mr. Ken Reid! The Comedian, Podcaster, and Adult Survivor of Childhood loves horror movies, bronze age comic books, TV, punk rock, pie and pre-Millenium Popular Culture. You'll like him!

To kick off the NBA season, we have a very special basketball episode with our pal Matthew Consolazio, who makes it rain on his podcast Indie Basketball. Swish!

Creed Bratton's story has always been a music story, but a relentless drive for success and a stroke of luck led him down an entirely different path to Scranton, PA. Now, as he's just released his 10th studio album, Tao Pop, Bratton cements his place in music history as he blissfully lets us bother him about a bunch of dumb stuff. 

From the celebrated venue (Hotel Cafe) to guests Dolo Tonight (musician and internet sensation), Billy Wayne Davis (comedian), and Leighton Gray (writer, illustrator, podcaster, gamer), Joe Wong (Night Creatures) and Joe Plummer (Cold War Kids) to our pal Ellory Smith who helped jumpstart the fun, our live show in LA turned out fucking great! Thanks to everyone involved!

When she is not playing guitar on SNL, Maddie Rice is making hauntingly beautiful solo music, as well as boppable pop punk with YO!KOMODO, and on this badass bonus episode she is answering our silly questions which have nothing to do with any of her cool projects. 

Put on your cashmere jumper, rock up with a pair of Yeezies and settle into this cozy episode with Tracyanne Campbell of the Scottish indie pop band Camera Obscura.

Despite some tiny technical difficulties, this episode with Nik Ewing was a slam dunk. We talked about everything from basketball to fatherhood, Local Natives to his new solo album SONGS FOR LINNÉA. You're not gonna wanna miss this!

We got philosophical, comparing hammers in a flight path for this all too vaporwave episode with Kareem Rahma and Tyler McCauley of the band Tiny Gun.

True or False? Matthew Koma, the creative force behind Winnetka Bowling League, brings his sharp wit, musical genius, and stories from the road to Bothering the Band. False! We just talk about food poisoning, poetry, and he claps back at his pal, last week's guest  Christopher Mintz-Plasse. 

For this badass bonus episode, we got feral with our friend Adam Davis who is boppin east bay ska punk with his band Omnigone like nobody's business!

We got a little reckless and toilet papered a house with Nicholas Chamian, Ryan Dean, and Christopher Mintze-Plasse of the band Colorvison, whose music is really freaking good!

We ate 100 pancakes and then got 311 tattoos with the oh so nice Jakob Nowell of Jakobs Castle and another band you may have heard of called Sublime.

Went on a wonderful hike with granola gentleman, Nick Thorburn, a musician, cartoonist, and actor, known for fronting numerous bands, such as The Unicorns, and Islands (whose recent album is so damn good), as well as composing the soundtrack for the podcast Serial.