Left of the Dial

We're back with part two of our look back at 2022. This time, Kitzy's sharing some of their favorite albums that were released this year. In Awe of Insignificance  – Talker Bandcamp  |  Twitter  |  Instagram Finally, New - They Hate Change Bandcamp  |  Twitter  |  Instagram Running With the Hurricane  – Camp Cope Bandcamp  |  Instagram IM...

Coming in under the wire, in this two-parter, Andrea and Kitzy are sharing their favorite music of 2022. Andrea's up first, but keep your eye out for Kitzy's episode to hear the rest! Find links to everyone's everything below. Why not spend some of that holiday cash on some new-to-you music? See You in Chemistry - Carly Cosgrove Bandcamp  |  Twitter  |  Instagram The Great Amer...

Once again, we find ourselves fully inundated with so much great music, so Andrea and Jenn are sharing some recent favorites with you. There's a little something for everyone in this episode. The City View – “The Ghost of the Living” Bandcamp  |  Twitter  |  Instagram Andorra – “Leather Jacket” Bandcamp  |  Twitter  |  Instagram Album release show Jan. 6th @...

Today's Left of the Dial guest is Dylan Gallimore,  who Philly folks may be familiar with from his fantastic band Honeyjar (we’re big fans), but today he’s on the podcast to talk with us about his equally fantastic new project The Lower Aetna whose debut album Waiting For God to Turn on the Lights was released on November 4th. It's a really smart and thoughtful concept album about a family de...

This week's guest, Josh Weichmann, is the artist and founder of Jawnaroo, an arts and music festival in South Jersey that debuted earlier this year. He joined Andrea to talk about the process of getting Jawnaroo up and running, making art of his own as RoseBear Arts, and to share a few songs from the bands who played Jawnaroo. There's so much cool stuff in this episode! Keep up with Jawnaroo Websi...

Franz Nicolay has maybe the longest and most varied resume of any Left of the Dial guest. You likely know him best from his work with The Hold Steady and World/Inferno Friendship Society, and of course, his own solo work. He’s also a novelist, travel writer, journalist, professor, and just an all around brilliant and thoughtful person. This week, he joins Andrea and our on-call substitute co-host...

The high holy days are upon us, so you know what the means! We've made our way south to Gainesville for Fest (the 20th one!) . Before we left, we put together a little list of bands you should absolutely be checking out if you're also at Fest this weekend. And if you aren't at Fest this weekend, you should still check them out because they're all great. Whether you're going or not, now is a great...

Once again, we find ourselves positively overwhelmed with a ton of new music, and Jenn and Andrea are here to share some of it with you. From Today's Episode: Hit Like a Girl - "Dismay" Bandcamp  |  Twitter  |  Instagram  |  No More Dysphoria Superdestroyer - "FKA Still Chill" Bandcamp  |  Twitter  |  Instagram The Lower Aetna - "Qanon Mom" Bandcam...

We were so lucky to get to sit down with No Earbuds founder, Jamie Coletta. If you're unfamiliar with Jamie/No Earbuds, (impossible if you listen to our show), they're a wholly unique marketing/publicity/management/A&R/PR company and probably responsible, in one way or another, for introducing you to half of your favorite bands. They're one of those people who you can tell just absolutely love...

Chico Romano is the new-ish project from Rob Romano , a Jersey-based musician who you might also know as the frontperson for Professor Caveman . You should already be familiar with Chico Romano, whose most recent single, the upbeat and effervescent “UR My Best Friend” we covered earlier this month . His upcoming EP Vol.5 is due out October 7th, and it’s as eclectic and inventive as anything you’ve...

It's been a minute since Andrea and Kitzy sat down to share some new music, so that's what we're doing this week. Andrea picked eight songs that were released this summer and told Kitzy next to nothing before hitting record, so you're getting Kitzy's first impressions of a bunch of songs. Will they all be hits? You'll have to listen to find out!* *No you won't. They're all hits. These are all grea...

Andrea's guest co-host is a dear member of the Left of the Dial cinematic universe: Doug Keller . Doug is the titular Doug Keller of Doug Keller and the Dubbed Subs . You also know Doug from his band Duke Maroon , which we’ve covered here on the podcast and over on the blog. Doug’s band Riverby played our first ever Left of the Dial live session , and his band The Tisburys played one shortly after...

It's a South Jersey extravaganza over here as Andrea and our Left of the Dial Editor-in-Chief/sometimes co-host Jenn Coulter welcome Jersey Pop-punk royalty Zac Ross to the show. He's here to share some of his favorite songs and talk about his new project Zachary Ross & The Divine. Their debut EP, Rebuilding Heaven, is due out September 9th via Smartpunk Records , but you can check out " Push...

Kitzy's back from wherever they were, just in time to join us for a really fun episode with the very cool and very talented Boy Jr. Boy Jr. is the solo songwriting and production project of Erica Allen-Lubman, who folks might already know from their absolutely delightful musical contributions to the Internet in general , but they’re here today in particular to talk about their debut album, Pay Att...

Katie Hackett is a ridiculously talented and wholly original artist from right here in Philadelphia. Fans of our live sessions will know Katie from one of our favorites, where she debuted an entire set of new music from her incredible band The Lunar Year . She’s also been working behind the scenes with us on some of our live sessions. AND you can hear her singing with the Tisburys in our theme son...

Kitzy sits down with Norelle and Matt Green from one of our new favorite bands, Stud Count, to talk about their debut self-titled album, out today on Smart Punk Records . They cover everything from the inspiration for the band's tongue-in-cheek name to dealing with the depressively gray winters of West Philly and, of course, a ton about their absolutely killer new album in between. Stud Count is o...

Back in May, Kitzy and Andrea sat down with Ash and Tyler from GILT , one of our favorite bands over here at Left of the Dial. And then a bunch of stuff happened, and things got shuffled around, and you know how it goes. BUT we are very happy to finally be bringing you this conversation. We talk about vulnerability in songwriting, grief vultures, and the band's really brilliant EP Conceit, which w...

Andrea and her guest host Chris Gethard (The Chris Gethard Show, Half My Life , New Jersey Is the World ) talk with the incredibly smart, thoughtful, and funny Caryn Rose about her new book Why Patti Smith Matters ( University of Texas Press). Head over to carynrose.com to join Caryn Rose's mailing list and find a list of upcoming in-person events. Read Rose's new piece on Smith, Bruce Springsteen...

SO much good music out this month. Kitzy and Andrea are bringing you six new songs they can't get enough of. Check 'em out. Pick up their albums. You know the drill. And as Andrea mentions in this episode, our killer new theme song is a cover of The Replacements' "Left of the Dial" by the incredibly talented and lovely band, The Tisburys. You can hear the whole thing and check out the rest of thei...

Forever Came Calling is a band from Twentynine Palms, California. Their iconic pop-punk album, Contender , turns 10 this year, and to mark that anniversary, they’re heading out on a headlining tour this summer, hitting just about every region in the US. We were so thrilled to talk with Joe Candelaria, the band's lead vocalist and songwriter, about getting back on the road after a two-year break, r...

This week, The Warhawks –a killer band playing killer music outta Gloucester City, New Jersey–join Andrea and Kitzy on the podcast, which means Kitzy has to hang out while a bunch of Jersey folks talk about Jersey for an hour. They also talk a lot about The Warhawks' most recent release, This Ain't Art, which you can and should pick up now because it rules. Catch The Warhawks at Anchor Rock Club i...

New Jersey’s Long Neck has a new album, Soft Animal , due out the 21st of June. They announced the album today along with the release of its first single, the earthy and ethereal (yes, it somehow manages to be both, simultaneously) “ Gardener .” The single features lush violins arranged and performed by Marlene Bellissimo with warm vocal harmonies from RN Taylor of Los Campesinos! Long Neck’s Lily...

It's only taken us two and a half years, but we're finally doing our Replacements episode, and we've brought it one of our favorite people here at Left of the Dial–Tyler Asay of The Tisburys and Riverby–to help us out. We're especially excited about this episode because a few weeks back, we had Tyler and the rest of the Tisburys in the studio to record a cover of The Replacements' "Left of the Dia...

This week marks the official beginning of Andrea's most ambitious undertaking to date: book the little known indie darlings Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem for a Left of the Dial studio session . And she's called in Muppet superfan Patrick Cotnoir ( The George Lucas Talk Show , RAAAATSCRAPS , a million other cool things) to help. Follow Patrick on Twitter where he is currently on a mission to ge...

Andrea and Kitzy are bringing you a few new songs to usher you into the weekend. Featured in today's episode: Mikey Erg - " Almost Like Judee Sill " off his upcoming album Love at Leeds , out June 24th on Don Giovanni Records and which you can pre-order now . In the meantime, check out our studio session with Mikey! Teens in Trouble - " I'm Not Worried " is Teens in Trouble's first single since jo...