Going Off Track

The Lawrence Arms’ Chris McCaughan, Brendan Kelly and Neil Hennessy discuss their new album “Metropole”, making sausage and how to keep your band together after 15 years.

Brothers, Lou and Pete Koller of legendary NYC hardcore band, Sick Of It All, talk about their own history and that of the NYC scene, as well as how they've stayed both productive and relevant after all these years.

Superjail! creator and rock star animator, Christy Karacas, discusses his start in animation, his old band Cheeseburger, and having a series on Adult Swim.

Chris Farren (Fake Problems) and Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb the Music Industry!) talk about Antarctigo Vespucci, their new band with (The Gaslight Anthem’s) Benny Horowitz. Don't worry, they also talk about their podcast devoted solely to the TV show, Lost.

The bassist for La Dispute discusses wrestling, art, album covers, numerology, Australia, and not growing up.

Singer/songwriter Jake Bellows formerly of Neva Dinova, discusses the insincerity of social media, the beginning of the universe and reading Don Quixote as discipline training against a cellphone-obsessed world.

Jeremy deVine, owner of the Temporary Residence recored label, and his fellow member of United Nations, Geoff Rickly, talk about their band, discovering new music, and running your own record label.

4AM Friday, acoustic, Artifacts, Avail, Chuck Ragan, Civil War, Folk Music, Frank Turner, Jade Tree, Lookout Records, Over The James, Poor Ugly Happy, punk, Revival Tour, Richmond, Riot At Monroe, Rivanna Junction, Satiate, Third Per Capita, Tie Dye, Tim Barry, Trainhopping, Young Pioneers

Jack Antonoff of the Grammy Award-winning act Fun. and his new endeavor Bleachers discusses his ongoing love story with punk rock, what it's like to go from the DIY world to writing with Taylor Swift and how Bleachers was inspired by a serious of catastrophic events he experienced as a teenager.

This week's guests are Obits' guitarist, Sohrab Habibion (formerly of Edsel) and Alexis Fleisig (formerly of Girls Against Boys).

Brian Diaz was the vocalist for Edna's Goldfish and bassist in The Reunion Show. He's now a superstar roadie and guitar tech to such luminaries as Guns 'N Roses as well as the author of "1800 Miles To Nowhere", his autobiography of road stories. We talk about all of it on this week's awesome podcast.

Yoga celebrity, Eddie Stern talks about tapping into creativity, meditation, the bad old East Village and the importance of yoga in schools.

The Saturday Night Live star and standup comic discusses his love for classic rock, Willie Nelson, bodega drug dealers, Atlanta and Keanu Reeves along with the difficulties of doing comedy.

Mikey Weiss of Dance Hall Crashers and owner of the awesome electronics store in Brooklyn, Mikey's Hook Up, discusses his old band, small business, ska and becoming a ping pong master!

We recorded our momentous 100th episode in front of a live audience at Union Hall, Brooklyn with Janeane Garofalo, Vanessa Bayer, Laura Stevenson, Chris Farren and Benny Horowitz. Then Laura and Chris performed a song each!

This American Life contributor and FOUND magazine founder discusses his memoir, My Heart Is An Idiot; as well as zine culture, punk rock and his writing process.

Hellogoodbye's mastermind Forrest Kline takes a breather from opening for Paramore and Metric, to discuss songwriting, how to stay sane during a tour and why renting a box truck sounds like a better idea than it is.

Blue and Red, of punk band, Masked Intruder, talk about how they met in prison. Their inspiration for song writing and how they love to steal.

Less Than Jakes Vinnie, Buddy and JR talk about their records, the unconventional video for "My Money is on the Long Shot", and why it's still just damn fun to be in Less Than Jake.

Saturday Night Live star Taran Killam discusses his comic book "The Illegitimates", MADtv, SNL, Callifornia punk rock and what it's like to be married to one of The Avengers.

Guitarist/vocalist Chris McCaughan of The Lawrence Arms discusses the dark nature of his writing, relocating from Chicago to Portland and some handy tips on how to treat your mixologist.

JD Samson talks about being in Le Tigre and Bikini Kill, Sara Lawrence, Ohio and the difficulties of apartment life in NYC.

Mike Wiebe, frontman for Riverboat Gamblers and Hight Tension Wires discusses the parallels between his music and comedy careers and watching Ben Weasel punch women at SxSW.

John "Bloodclot" Joseph of the Cro-Mags talks about NYC hardcore, CBGB matinees, and all the world's conspiracies.

Alternative comic book writer/artist, Paul Pope does some serious geeking out with Steven on comics, music, zombies and the Vincent Price cookbook.