Bothering the Band

The Strumbellas are back with a brand new album (Part Time Believer arrives February 9), and we are so honored to have Jon & Jimmy on Bothering the Band to talk about a shared snow shovel, the 'afters' of Taco Bell, their favorite size of batteries, and so much more! 

Ritzy from the celebrated Welsh alt-rock band The Joy Formidable is Bat Woman! For real, when she is not rocking out with her band, she is rehabilitating freaking bats! We loved this interview and you will, too!

Step into the joyful Jennyverse with singular indie folk singer-songwriter, author, and podcast host (Buffering The Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars Investigations, and The eX-Files ) , the prolific Jenny Owen Youngs, whose most recent magnificent album  Avalanche  dropped last September.

Adam Green is an artist, a musician, a filmmaker, and a moldy peach. He is so prolific that a bunch of his talented friends (including Devendra Banhart, Regina Spektor, Father John Misty, and more) put out a tribute album for him called Moping in Style. Check that out. Also check out his film Aladdin, and listen to this episode which is the opposite of boring!

On the first episode of Season 4—the first episode of 2024—we have our new best friend, Eric Junior, the Miami hip hop artist taking charge of his own freedom with his message of Real Personal Growth (RPG). Don't miss this banger of an episode!

On this episode, we officiate a wedding and then go to Waffle House looking for some coke with Miranda Zipse of the badass band Miranda and the Beat, who came our way via our good pal King Khan. This episode was a longtime coming, and a perfect way to wrap up Season 3 and 2023!

French Cassettes makes us medium horny so it is pretty cool to have a Sunday soda with Scott Huerta, the driving force of the band, on the podcast to talk Lite Brite, potatoes, ghosts and Scott Stapp. 

Had fun with our new friend and fellow former Floridian, Lydia Luce, whose new album 'Florida Girl' is all about making peace with the past and accepting all the different facets of yourself for the future. An accomplished violinist and violist, as well, Lydia has worked with everyone from Dolly to Eminem. Listen up!

Kate Micucci is a freaking renaissance woman. An actress, a musician, an artist, a puppeteer, a new mom, and so much more. We have been fans of hers for like 20 years, and when we started BTB she was at the top of our bucket list, so this episode is truly special and unique...just like her!

Just like their most recent album, this episode with Fast Romantics will provide nothing but happiness and euphoria. The Toronto indie band is helmed by partners in music and life (but we don't really care about that), Matthew Angus and Kirty, who joined us for an intimate laugh session (laughter is all we really care about). 

We got to talk about cartoons, Montreal, Nina Simone and more with JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter Dominique Fils-Aimé who is creating the future of jazz. She has a voice like a choir of angels, a weird sense of humor that perfectly matches ours, and her latest album, Our Roots Run Deep, is a beautiful banger!

We have been rooting for Adam Pally for like 20 years—from UCB to Happy Endings, Making History to Band Aid to Champaign ILL—so this episode with said hilarious gentleman is bucket list territory for sure. His new music endeavor(s) only further his legend in the hearts of his fans like us!

We slurped some tea and mostly talked about books with Will Butler + Sister Squares, but much like the music on their recent self-titled album it is the little things that have the biggest impact.

We got to keep our eye on the bat with El Kemper aka Palehound, and discuss the plural of 'Mongoose' and other silly shit with our new pal, whose new album is an absolute banger which led to rave reviews from Pitchfork and touring with boygenius. 

This is the funniest episode of the podcast ever with the cast of Flula Makes Five, a new scripted sitcom podcast starring Flula Borg (who you should know from Suicide Squad, Pitch Perfect 2, and all sorts of hilarity with Conan O'Brien) and our musician friends Julie Edwards of the band Deap Vally, and Henri Cash of the band Starcrawler. #DiapLife #R2Dpoo #PukeSkywalker #BobaFart

We love Billie Marten! Not only does her "ethereal grunge" music make all our pain subside, we also want to put a pasta podcast on the hob with her, and make lists of Simpsons episodes. Listen to this wonderful and (American accent) WILD episode and then listen to her marvelous new album Drop Cherries. 

Featuring charismatic showmanship and signature voice of vocalist, lyricist, musician and actor Michael C. Hall (Dexter, Six Feet Under) alongside keyboardist Matt Katz-Bohen (Blondie, Cyndie Lauper) and drummer Peter Yanowitz (The Wallflowers, Morningwood), Princess Goes (formerly Princess Goes to the Butterfly Museum) has returned with their new Ray Bradbury-meets-the-Jetsons album— Come Of Age....

Sometimes we hear a song and immediately declare that we need to get the artist on the podcast. That is exactly what happened with Tess Parks. Our producer, Abby, sent our host, Ryan, a link and the result is this inspiring yet accessible conversation with the psych-pop singer/songwriter who is making musical masterpieces that connect.

We have been fans of The Rural Alberta Advantage forever and it is so amazing to have Nils and Paul (we missed you, Amy!) on the pod to talk about airport songs, poetry, and their incredible new album THE RISE & THE FALL which drops Friday, October 6th!

Y'all gotta listen to this incredible episode with “The Country Music Superstar” himself, yours truly, Dale Hollow, whose forthcoming debut LP, Hack of The Year, drops on September 29th, with a special release show in New York City (said like the Pace Picante commercial from the 90s). 

Calling all fans of the TV show LOST! This episode with podcast producer turned documentary film producer Ralph D. Apel (aka Casino Skunk) is epic and truly special, because we got to geek the F out with Ralph about his upcoming documentary "Getting LOST" (2024) about arguably the greatest television show ever. 

On this episode of Bothering the Band, we got to befriend the husband and wife duo known as Corvair. Brian and Heather make arty power pop, love Bowie as much as we do, and blew our minds by putting peanut butter cups on S'mores!

Listen to the voice of your soul that says listen to this episode as we get silly with the enchanted songstress Jillian Raye, whose music with bands Giants in the Trees and 3rd Secret (alongside Nirvana alum Krist Novoselic) provide the healing we all need in this hauntingly beautiful world.

On the 5th and final mini-episode before Bumblefest, we are joined by Brian Borcherdt aka Dusted to dig into his literal junk drawer. Best known as founding member of the Polaris Prize-shortlisted electro-experimental band Holy Fuck, he has a lot of good junk, and at Bumblefest he will be bringing to the headliner stage. 

Trip-hop tapestried with synthesized krautrock? Say no more. We are in! Al Lover connects past and future in his music, and in this mini-episode he connects the dots for us on life that led him to headlining Bumblefest 2023.