Invite The Neighbors DIY Podcast

Feast For the Crows is a gnarly fucking dual-lots-of-strings-guitars metal band, who recently released “Elevator Games”, a concept EP about the death of Elisa Lam at the Cecil Hotel. I hung out with my pals at Ferndale’s IO Studios to record this bad boy in person, and man did it feel good! Be sure to check out FFTC’s record wherever you stream music, and give their socials...

Bryan chatted with Eric Hauser, one of the singers/guitarists of skatepunk band Counterpunch! We had some Discord issues that led to this conversation needing to happen twice, so sorry for the clunkiness of this episode, but I think we got a lot of good talk in about things like retirement guitars, brunch DJs, and touring. Enjoy and please share! Air date: 3/23/2021. Follow the podcast on social m...

Bryan chatted with Five Iron Frenzy’s saxophonist, Leanor Ortega-Till! It was a great chat and Leanor talked about the history of Five Iron Frenzy, who has been a band since 1995 (with a 9 year hiatus in between), as well as about where the band is at now with their new record, “Until This Shakes Apart” which is available wherever you stream music. Check it out and enjoy! Air dat...

Bryan and Benny got together and chatted in the same room on hot mics for the first time since the Boyfrienders episode! We had just got done writing a new In a Daydream song, and we even had a spontaneous call-in from Kris Hermann, who does photography for Tigers Jaw and plays drums in Shortly and Seaholm. Hope you all enjoy! Air date: 3/8/2021 (Happy Birthday Mom). Follow the podcast on social m...

Gilt is a haunted band! You will just have to stick around to the end of the podcast to hear them tell some of the best tour stories this podcast has heard thus far. We also talked about their musical process and all that (cap’n) jazz. Please share and please enjoy RESPONSIBLY! Air date: 3/4/2021. Follow the podcast on social media! Twitter Instagram Facebook Join our Discord! Support the po...

Bryan chatted with Devin from City Sun from the South Bend/Mishawaka, IN area. We talked about being in different bands where your roles are different for each, different recording techniques, our own unique processes for lyric writing, and a lot more. Check out City Sun’s music wherever you stream and thanks for listening! Air date: 3/1/2021. Follow the podcast on social media! Twitter Inst...

Bryan chatted with Hunter from The SS-SR from Nashville via Ohio! We talked about the role of emotional honesty in relationships and how that informs the band’s music, especially their most recent release, The Anatomy of Falling Out of Love. We ended up having a lot to talk about from common ground and I think that will be obvious when you hear this episode! Had a lot of fun doing it. Enjoy...

Kulick reluctantly describes his music as alt-pop, but does not like to feel pigeonholed. Take a listen to his music on Spotify, and you will likely hear why. From creating a Harry Potter closet studio when he was 12, to signing with RCA and then leaving them for a smaller label, Kulick has seen a lot of sides of the music industry already at 28, and is worth a listen for anyone interested in tryi...

The Blowies are a punk band from Austin, TX. We talked about the different kinds of coexisting music scenes happening in Austin right now, what it’s like being in a punk band in a Southern place, and lots of stuff about having a defined stage persona and what inspires that. I enjoyed the conversation and I hope you enjoy listening! Air date: 2/1/2021. Follow the podcast on social media! Twit...

On this episode, Bryan chatted with Metro-Detroit music friend and future In a Daydream bandmate, Charlie Giraud! Charlie also has an emotionally-driven solo project called Glasspiece, and is one of the more positive and good-vibey type person that I have met in this scene. Our conversations are always a pleasure and I hope you guys enjoy the feels in this episode! Air date: 1/25/2020. Follow the...

On this episode, Benny and Bryan had a silly goose time over Discord with Pittsburgh’s Wasted Space! We weaved in and out of nonsense more than usual on this episode, having a lovely time laughing our asses off at movie posters, some real and some imagined. But check out Wasted Space on their Spotify and give this episode a nice little enjoy. Thanks for tuning in! Air date: 1/11/2021. Follow...

100 episodes! We made it! And with style I might add- we got one of my favorite musicians! Chatting with Ben Liebsch for episode 100 is something that would have made me so stoked had someone told me this would be happening around the time I started this podcast, and 2009 me would be even more stoked lol. But Ben could not have been cooler and gosh, dude, this episode was so much fun to do. I hope...

Benny and Bry chatted with Micah Cotner who has just under one million things going on, including anything from noise rock-influenced IG live sessions to a podcast in-the-works called Grains of Sandler where they break down every single film Adam Sandler has ever made. This is Micah’s second appearance on the podcast, and it took us two tries to get a viable episode due to technical issues,...

Bryan Discord chatted with Taylor Grimes about the highlights and lowlights, musically and otherwise, of the crazy bittersweet shitshow of a year that was 2020. Taylor runs an awesome, uniquely voiced music blog called Swim Into the Sound and is always open to guest writing submissions, so check out the site at swimintothesound.com and see for yourself! Always a pleasure chatting with Taylor and I...

Getting closer to 100! Blank Tape Tax are a jazz-influenced punk rock band from Detroit, MI. Their EP “Live at Cow Haus” is on Spotify and definitely worth a listen! They also just put out a wild, jazz-heavy cover of Minor Threat’s “Filler,” which is unlike any punk cover I have ever heard. This was an educational and enjoyable episode to record, and I hope you guys e...

Patrick Shuefelt was one of the very first people to recognize this podcast when his promotion crew Scheme 13 hit me up to cover a musical block party they were putting on when I only had 4 or 5 episodes out. They’ve helped me make a lot of connections in the scene, and Pat is an awesome dude with some fuckin VIGOR and some damn CONVICTIONS! Check out his new solo project’s record &#82...

Lincoln is an indie rock band FFO Pedro the Lion, The Format, Kevin Devine, etc. who got millions of streams on their song “St. Bernard” through the magic of TikTok! Their EP “A Constant State of Ohio” absolutely rips and it’s streaming on the streaming places so check them out and enjoy the episode! Air date: 12/3/2020. Support the podcast and help keep it online by...

Support the podcast and help keep it online by becoming a member of our Patreon! This episode was with Elephant Jake from Orange County, NY! Be sure to follow the band on Spotify and stream the shit out of their discography, and support all bands named after wall cartoons of African wildlife with human names while you’re at it. Enjoy the episode and thanks for listening! Air date: 11/24/2020...

Support the podcast and help keep it online by becoming a member of our Patreon! Every little donation helps and I really appreciate anything you can pledge! Loren Israel is a Los Angeles-based music producer and record executive who specializes in developing independent artists. A manager and former A&R executive at Capitol Records, Israel is best known for working with bands such as Jimmy E...

Support the podcast and help keep it online by becoming a member of our Patreon! Every little donation helps and I really appreciate anything you can pledge! This episode features some podcast-on-podcast merriment involving Benny and Bryan chatting with Shane and Glory who host the Good Noise Podcast! They release new episodes all the time, and they have VIDEO woah so check out their YouTube chann...

Support the podcast and help keep it online by becoming a member of our Patreon! Every little donation helps and I really appreciate anything you can pledge! This episode was recorded on site at my house! Don’t worry, we all wore masks. We talked about BDP’s new record which is AWESOME and you ALL need to go listen to that on Spotify or Bandcamp, like, for real. Anyway, I hope you guys...

Support the podcast and help keep it online by becoming a member of our Patreon! Every little donation helps and I really appreciate anything you can pledge! On this episode, Bryan chatted with the lead singer of Sundressed about their new record, the origins of their band, their touring history, van security hacks, mental health, and much more! Their new record “Home Remedy” is stream...

Support the podcast and help keep it online by becoming a member of our Patreon! Every little donation helps and I really appreciate anything you can pledge! This week on ITN we chatted with Brenton, the singer of Australian punk band Catholic Guilt! Their new record “This is What Honesty Sounds Like” is out now via Wiretap records. We talked about a lot of shit, all the way from music...

Support the podcast and help keep it online by becoming a member of our Patreon! Every little donation helps and I really appreciate anything you can pledge! This episode features Bryan having a one-on-one conversation with Dan from Macatier, a punk band from Bristol, the one in fuckin’ ENGLAND!!! ITN is going international baby! I love this episode because it highlights how the DIY music co...

Support the podcast and help keep it online by becoming a member of our Patreon! Every little donation helps and I really appreciate anything you can pledge! On this episode, we chatted with my buddy CJ who goes by his artist name Cza. He’s a SUPER dope hip hop lyricist and has kinda mastered the lo-fi nerd rap thing in my opinion. He also does visual arts and is just a great follow on socia...