Invite The Neighbors DIY Podcast

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! Chatted with two members of Charmer from Marquette, MI, whose new record “Ivy” is out 4/3/20 on No Sleep Records. We talked about their experience making this album vs. previous albums, what it’s like being in a band located...

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 Corona Discord special was set up by Matt at Madness to Creation and Becky at Big Picture Media. We talked about everything from vans breaking down to choosing a label to sign with, and of course we talked about how the quarantine is aff...

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 is a mix of a few different shorter interviews I did at various times in the past year. My plan was to build a solid couple hours of shorter interviews with different touring bands, but I figured given everything going on right n...

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! Had another great time this episode hanging out with YRYJL and talking about a ton of music-related stuff (good job Bry, way to stay on topic!) For realsies, this is one of the more complete episodes in terms of me remembering to ask the band...

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 is like Arcadia Grey’s live show: short, energetic, all over the place, and noisy (in the best way possible). We recorded this in Pat Ray’s basement before both of our bands played there that night, and we talked abou...

If you’re a fan of the podcast and would like to help me keep it on the air, consider becoming a member of my PATREON which would be greatly appreciated! This episode features two members of instrumental math-rock band Sincerely. We talked about how the band got their start, favorite places to play, playing venues vs. playing house shows and the advantages of each, along with what Sincerely...

Please support the podcast by going to MY PATREON and becoming a patron! Even if you pledge 50 cents a month, every little bit counts and all goes toward paying to host more podcast episodes. On this episode, I had a nice time meeting the two halves of Fit The Bill. We talked about growing up homeschooled and having to beg your parents to listen to Good Charlotte, using Simple Plan to get through...

Hung out with Benny from metro Detroit’s Boyfrienders! Their style is a cool singer-songwriter (but add synths) sorta thing with some catchy vocal hooks and straight-to-the-point lyrics. Benny and I had a lot in common from a standpoint of having a case of lead singer syndrome, and we also talk about how some people actually ENJOY the administrative side of being in a band. Hopefully you guy...

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! Yo! This is another Discord episode I recorded with Kory Gregory from Prince Daddy & The Hyena! Thanks to the homies on Twitter who mentioned this podcast when Kory tweeted about wanting to be on a podcast- you made this happen. Had a gr...

Met and hung out with 3-piece indie band Our Attic. The band performed some beautiful music in my living room and then we had a lovely conversation about a variety of topics both music and otherwise. They also braved a nasty snow storm to be on the show, so big thanks to them for not canceling! Do yourselves a favor and check out their music and enjoy the episode! Also don’t forget, if you&#...

Episode 51 features Mark Bosch and myself chatting comfortably proximal on my couch about his two musical projects, Stop Watch and Social Meteor. You’ll have to listen to the episode to hear the differences and what they’re all about, hehehe. Stick around til the end to hear a new song from Stop Watch and make sure to go follow both on social mediaz. Thanks for listening everybody. Air...

Holy cow! 50 episodes! Thank you all SO MUCH for making this little passion project of mine relevant. I recorded this episode on-site at the Summit Shack during Equipment’s EP release show, which also featured Origami Angel, Cheem, Parkway & Columbia, and my band In A Daydream. I played the first set with my band and then set up a podcast corner in the Shack’s living room, where I...

Had a really awesome 1 on 1 conversation with Jake Rees about so many things that it feels inappropriately reductionist to try and sum it up in a couple sentences. Just listen and trust me that this is one of the best episodes yet. At least I think so anyway. I just feel like this was the type of conversation that represents what I want this podcast to be about as I move forward. Jake killed a per...

I recorded a podcast with someone over Discord for the first time! And that person was Nick Brink from Salem, Oregon, who is in the band Sadgasm and also makes DIY band merch to-order. Nick first heard about the podcast from when I co-released an episode with r/Emo’s “The ‘E’ Word” Podcast, and has listened to EVERY EPISODE WHAT!?!?! That is so cool to me, and I am so...

Well, Spencer and I were hanging out on my porch after our first rehearsal together for In A Daydream, and we were talking about music and the local scene quite a bit so I figured hey, why not fire up the mics since this is the type of shit I talk about on the podcast anyway. Spencer has no shortage of tour stories and I really enjoy hearing his insight overall. Hope you all enjoy out in Listenerv...

Hung out with one of my absolute favorite local bands, Andrea Doria. We have a kind of unique relationship characterized by almost constant bits and taking satirical jabs at each other, all balanced out by a genuine mutual respect for one another as musicians and as people. These guys go way back, and this episode is one of the more authentic feeling snapshots of a band made up of friends who aren...

For this episode, I was joined by the Grand Rapids trio Parking Lots and their attorney (in the most Hunter S. Thompson sense of the word). Their album “Say Hello to the Elevator People” came out last year and has been getting a lot of plays on Spotify, and for good reason. I would describe their music as artsy surf rock, like Beach Boys with a Talking Heads aesthetic. Their lyrics sho...

Colin came over with the intention to talk about the Conor Oberst cover compilation he organized, played on, and had me play on, along with several other local bands. The compilation can be found on Ship & Sail’s bandcamp page and a link in Ship & Sail’s Instagram bio. We talked about a lot of other random life stuff too, and Colin played a new song at the end so stick around...

2019 has been a hectic year for me and I’m sure a lot of you guys as well. As the year comes to a close, I wanted to do an episode to reflect on how this podcast has grown into something way cooler than I could have imagined, as well as talk about some of the highlights for me as a host of this show the past year. I also wanted to thank all of you who listen and make the work it takes to kee...

Hung out with Tanner Ellis and talked about his project Young Adult Fiction’s new record, “Much Too Big to Be a Lapdog” which is AWESOME. He explained how the hell one uses a tape deck to achieve the gloriously warbly sounds you can find all throughout his new record. Colin from Ship and Sail came along for the ride as well. I’m fortunate enough to be playing a show with YA...

Chilled with 3/5 of Hexing from Grand Rapids! Their new record “In Tandem,” recorded with Nick Diener at Oneder Studios, is streaming everywhere now! If you like bands like The Wonder Years or The Starting Line, then you will love Hexing. Check out their record release show this Saturday 12/21 at the Pyramid Scheme Grand Rapids with Greet Death, Okay Cool, and Antighost. Thanks for lis...

Jeremy and I live together now, and one night after I was at one of his Painted Friends shows, we got back and were just sitting around unwinding and talking about music in the living room. So I thought, hey, let’s fire up the microphones for shits and gigs! This is a real chill episode recorded around midnight and at no point do we discuss Painted Friends’ drummer, He Who Mitch Not Be...

Hung out with the two solo artists known as Glasspiece and Brevity! I recorded this episode like 3 weeks ago, but I’ve been lazy and dealing with a lot of shit! But anyway, they both performed a song each in the beginning of the episode, which I thoroughly enjoyed and I hope you will too. We also had a great conversation about keeping a positive attitude when you aren’t where you want...

Hung out with Man & Moon who just released a concept EP called Perthes. We talked about that in depth, and also discussed the merits of wearing star wars emperor robes to class, cults, and even had a power outage right after I said “Charles Manson” out loud so my house is haunted obviously. But yeah check out their EP and enjoy the episode! Air date: 11/26/2019.

Hey! For this episode, I hung out with Jacob, the fourth leg of Triple Crown Records’ new favorite dog. The Dogleg/ITN mega transformer is now complete. Jacob and I had never met (as is often the case for me on this podcast), but we hit it off and talked about everything from the way different families view drugs and music to UFOs and Joe Rogan to Tyler Floyd’s impressive Fender amp co...