Bothering the Band

From his jungle home in LA to his wild Gene Wilder tales, this forever sometimes episode with Ben Grey of Dear Boy is a storybook tapestry filled with references to Jennifer Love Hewitt, Randy Newman, the band Sponge, and so much more!

Like a letter in a suitcase, we lathered up some loose fun with Danny and Slade of the awesome Phoenix-based alternative rock outfit, Anarbor, discussing the newfound musical direction of their latest album entitled "Love & Drugs" which is so good so listen up.

Our spellbound convo with Adam Turla, the lead singer and driving force behind the band Murder by Death, is a little glitchy since he's on a phone in a car, as he is literally driving to a show with his bride and bandmate. It ends as they pull up at the venue, which is kind of fun. A good example of what we are trying to do here—get to the heart and realness of our favorite musicians—the whol...

Max Garcia Conover is an elusive singer-songwriter from Maine that we were on a mission to get, all thanks to an inspiring email from our host's friend's mom (Hey, Rhonda!) who sent us down a rabbit hole of great music which led to great mystery which led to great conversation which led to this great bonus episode.

This episode begins with dog diabetes and a deaf cat, but we had a good time bar mitzvahing S.G. Goodman, an incredible songwriter on the rise. We talk philosophy, Kentucky punk rock, peeing in overalls in airports and more. Check out her amazing new album, Teeth Marks, and when she wins a Grammy we will be here to say we told you so.

If you don't know who Fred Armisen is, you should be hit in the head with a tack hammer. He is literally in everything! But not only is he a diversely talented renaissance man of comedy and music, television and film, he is also a music geek at heart, just like us. We could not be happier with our plan (we are playing chess, folks) to get him as the guest for our 100th episode!

We vibed so hard, on so many levels, in this episode with Brett Newski. Brett is not only an amazingly prolific musician and song-maker, he is an artist, a writer (check out his book It's Hard To Be A Person), but also a 90s kid like us, and he hosts the killer podcast Dirt From The Road. Something tells us this isn't the last time we will be hearing from Mr. Newski.

Hey, it's Bothering the Band from before. On this episode we have Dave Hill. Dave, that we just mentioned in the sentence before this one, is one of those people that can't not be funny. Everything he says is clever and silly. A long time coming, we finally got to talk to Dave about dogs, shirts, guitars, our mutual friend Eric, and so much more than before.

on this no-cap bonus episode, we are shucking and jiving with multi-instrumentalist pure xtc, with whom we connected on so many things, from tokyo police club to cheatin snakes. her name is not capitalized so we are keeping it lower case, but she is top shelf in our book.

On a wet yet wonderful Wednesday, we rocked the stage of Will’s Pub for an epic hometown show loaded with laughter and made with magical memories. A giant heart-filled thanks to all the incomparably amazing guests—Bao Le-Huu, The Smoothbear, Jeff Richey, Juno Di Genna, Monica and Jono of Subliminal Doubt—and everyone who came out to support our silly dreams coming true.

Life is all about timing, and for this kismet of the clock we are joined by ambitious young rapper Juno Di Genna, who also happens to be on the panel of our live show in Orlando, Florida on September 14th. It's like a funky Publix sub appetizer, filled with delicious questions about health, aliens, music, and Thots.

Continuing our Canadian crusade, we are in the lab with the shadow kid himself, producer and songwriter, Luke Roes talking about his transition from writing and recording with his band, Ivory Hours, to his solo project and music production business. We had loads of fun talking about hammer theory, goat roommates, what it's like being a good-looking musician, and more mayday.

We went down the pop culture rabbit hole with renaissance man Ken Reid. The former punk rocker, current comedian, popular podcaster, and adult survivor of childhood joined us to chat about horror movies, bronze age comic books, TV, punk rock, pie and pre-Millenium Popular Culture. You'll like him. He has some stand up comedy records out, and has a weekly podcast called TV Guidance Counse...

We can't freaking believe we got Don Pyle, the drummer for Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, the band that did the iconic theme song for The Kids in the Hall! He is also a Toronto punk historian, a barber, a composer and so much more...and now a friend.

With a voice like a Canadian choir of angels, Luke Bentham of the badass rock-n-roll band The Dirty Nil is a doom boy with a heart of pure gold, and we were thrilled to cut loose with him about the weird way he ties his shoes, dogs, and especially The Replacements.

From hell, by way of Southern California, on this badass bonus episode we have hard rockers Them Evils, who drink beer, talk shit, and have tons of fun despite a bad connection. The audio may be spotty on this interview, but the good times are hundo p clear as day.

In this bubbly episode of Bothering the Band, we tied a knot of fun with Jeremie Albino, a blue-collar singer/songwriter from Canada whose music fuses together elements of folk, blues, Americana, and soul. Listen as we talk records, farming, and more in this fun and fateful interview.

For about a decade, Ashley Leer has led the experimental post-punk group Def Rain. For about three years, she's also led the indie-pop group Abbreviations. For about an hour, she sat down with us to chat about music, Fred Armisen, vandalism, her neighbors and more. We had a great time with her, and we are grateful for her time. Time is relative. We wish Ashley Leer was one of our relatives. Listen...

Holy shit! The only way to describe our live show in NYC is PERFECT FUN. A giant heart-filled thanks to Littlefield for having us, all the incomparably amazing guests (Keanan Duffty, Lily Mao, Sean Barna, Power Violets, almost sex, and David Cross) and everyone who came out to support. This episode is further proof that you can turn even silly dreams into wild and wonderful reality.

On a dark and stormy night...we got to talk to one of our favorite musicians. Matthew Logan Vasquez of Delta Spirit (who we just saw live in LA), Middle Brother, solo projects, and countless other creations, joins us to laugh at literally everything from his Twainian youth to twat-ass geese, dreaming of Lauryn Hill and fighting a horse-sized duck with two-buck chuck.

He's like Bill Nye-meets-Cartoon Network-meets-a rapper, all in one, the enigmatic Dolo Tonight just signed with Epitaph Records and he pulled over on a Cali roadtrip to be on this week's badass bonus episode, which is sponsored by Stouffer's mac and cheese.

We'd been trying to get indie-folk artist Alicia Blue on the pod since the beginning, and we are so thrilled it finally happened. She just relocated from LA to Nashville, we talked Dolly Parton, Tom Cruise, sleep, flowers, poetry, and so much more. Her new EP 'Inner Child Work' is out July 15.

Fresh off the release of his brand new album "I'll Sleep When I'm Famous," we had a heartfelt convo with the super talented Bhi Bhiman, discussing everything from the practical aspects of making music to baseball. At one point, we just quote the Seinfeld character Puddy. It's a great episode and long-time in the wishing.

Steamy and colorful, we were thrilled to have friend and fellow Florida casualty Laney Jones on the podcast, along with her bandmate Brian Dowd. Listen as we talk about music, memories, what it's like having a song go viral, and Laney's parents having a freaking zoo. Check out the new album, Stories Up High, as they are currently on tour somewhere in Abby's neck of the woods.

We feel like winners because we got to bother Cass Braido of Denver punk rockers The Losers Club for a badass BONUS EPISODE that definitely does not suck. We talk about stepdads, Bruce Vilanch, punk rock and more. Check out their single “She’s From Chicago” and join the club.