David created Dirty Projectors in the early 2000s in Brooklyn, NY. The project has released 10 studio albums, several EPs including the 5EPs series, and 1 live album. They most recently released their latest album Song of the Earth on April 6th, 2025 and David's first film score for The Legend Of Ochi on April 25th, 2025. The band has been featured in countless press, has performed major music festivals, and has toured across the world. David is truly an incredible person and I'm very grateful to have interviewed him. Learn more about Dirty Projectors in the links below.
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https://www.instagram.com/dirtyprojectors/
https://www.dirtyprojectors.net/
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Mark Briscoe is a professional wrestler in AEW and Ring Of Honor. Mark is a former ROH world champion, former ROH tag team champion holding the tag titles for a record of 13x with his brother Jay Briscoe, and is in the ROH Hall Of Fame. Mark has also held tag team titles in other promotions including Total Nonstop Action (TNA)’s Impact Wrestling, CZW, GCW, New Japan Pro-Wrestling, and much more. Learn more about Mark Briscoe in the links below.
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https://www.instagram.com/m.briscoesr
https://x.com/sussexcochicken
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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of Issei Mochie Gummies
Citizens! are an indie pop band founded in 2010, based in London. The band has released 2 full length albums Here We Are and European Soul. They have been featured in several major publications, have toured across the world, played major festivals including Glastonbury with their previous band Official Secrets Act, and worked with Alex Kapranos of Franz Ferdinand on their debut record. Learn more about Citizens! in the links below.
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https://www.facebook.com/gocitizens/
https://www.instagram.com/gocitizens/
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Orange Cassidy has been with AEW since the beginning, debuting at their 2019 event Double or Nothing and has played a huge role with the company as a wrestler and a producer. OC has had notable success from being a two time AEW International Champion, as well as holding many other championships from other wrestling companies. He was ranked as the Most Popular Wrestler of the year in 2020 by Pro Wrestling Illustrated and ESPN named him wrestling's male breakout star of 2020 as well. Learn more about Orange Cassidy in the links below.
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https://www.instagram.com/orangecassidy/
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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of EBoost.
Cults are an indie pop band founded in 2010, based in New York. The band has released 6 full length albums including their latest album “To The Ghost” (counting Motels). The band has been featured in countless press, has played major festivals, and are currently on tour with Vampire Weekend which is so amazing and awesome. Learn more about the band in the links below.
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https://www.instagram.com/cultscultscults/
https://www.cultscultscults.com/
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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of Clean Cause.
Dogjoy are a two piece band based in Truth or Consequence, New Mexico that started in 2020. Their music has been described as electronica, synthwave, and avant-garde pop. They have two full length albums, two EPs, a handful of singles including their latest single release titled “Video Tapes”. Notable features the band has had include having their songs featured on Netflix series Cobra Kai, a 711 commercial, a Monster Energy Motocross Reel, and an independent short film titled Reed Between The Lines. They’ve performed Sidepony music festival in Bisbee, Arizona in 2023 and recently performed Santa Fe Portalsfest in New Mexico 2024. Jasmine starts at 1:45 into the show and KK starts 25:50 into the show. Learn more about the band in the links below.
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https://www.instagram.com/dogjoy4life/
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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of Fraser Tea and hype for Gala After Dark hosted by The Greenway Foundation on September 13th, get $10 off this event by using promo code EXPERIENCE.
Tycho (Scott Hansen) is an electronic, ambient, chillwave artists based in San Francisco that started in 2002. He has 7 full length albums and most recently released his latest album "Infinite Health" on Mom + Pop Records. Tycho has been nominated for two Grammy's and annually performs Burning Man since 2012. Learn more about Tycho and listen to his new album in the links below.
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Works Drugs are a dream pop, new wave, synth band from Philly that started in 2010. They have 20 full length albums and countless singles and a handful of EPs. The band has had lots of notable success from being featured in major publications including The Guardian, Daytrotter studios by Paste Magazine, WXPN, and so much more. They’ve performed festivals including SXSW, CMJ, and have opened for bands including Peter, Bjorn, and John, Two Door Cinema Club, Maps and Atlases, The B52’s, and even shared the same lineup as The Flaming Lips, Kings Of Convenience, and Band Of Horses. Check out the band in their links below.
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https://www.instagram.com/workdrugs/
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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of Brew Dr Kombucha
Vicky is an indie, pop musician based in LA. She released her debut single Are We Ok? In 2022 and has since released a handful of other singles and two full length albums including one that was just released May 10th, 2024.
Vicky has had notable success touring with Mac Demarco, playing with Anderson .Paak, performing on Tim Heidecker’s Office Hours show, and being featured in NPR, Spin, Clash Magazine, NME, and even has her albums sold at Urban Outfitters. Check her out in the links below.
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https://www.instagram.com/vickyfarewell/
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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of Drink Weird and hype for Let's Go Music Fest
Nouvelle Vague is a new wave, Bossa nova, lounge band from Paris, France that formed in 2003. They are primarily known as a cover band releasing cover songs with a unique twist. They have released 8 studio albums, 2 live albums, 5 compilation albums, and 3 dj mixes including one comp album with Late Night Tales
The group are signed to Pias records which have released music with other artists including Arcade Fire, Pixies, Crystal Castles, My Morning Jacket, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, the list goes on and on
Nouvelle Vague has had lots of notable success and has been reviewed in major publications including Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, NME, The Guardian, and much more. They have toured across the world, played major festivals. Check them out in the link below.
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https://nouvellevaguemusic.com/
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William Goldsmith is a drummer and may be most recognized as of one of the founding members of the legendary band, Sunny Day Real Estate. The band is an emo rock band originally from Seattle Washington, forming in 1992 and just reformed in 2022 for their fourth reunion. They have released 4 full length albums, 1 live album, and are known as the pioneers of emo music. They have been featured in countless press, toured across the world, performed at major festivals and Late Night television including The Daily Show w/ John Stewart and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Jeremy Enigk, Dan Hoerner, Greg Suran (The B52's), and Chris Jordan are in the band (SDRE) too.
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https://www.instagram.com/sunnydayrealestate/
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2lZkXWxkZsZzBocxMjN1or
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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of Heavy Seas.
Jake is a comedian, content creator, YouTuber, writer, and awesome guy. He may be most recognized for his contributions with MrBeast as the previous head writer, occasional on screen talent, and director of a few of the MrBeast videos as well. Obviously, no big deal or anything, just the most subscribed individual Youtube cannel of all time which Jake has definitely made incredible contributions towards. Jake has also been performing standup comedy for over 10 years and has performed notable comedy festivals across the country as well. Connect with Jake in the links below!
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https://www.instagram.com/jake_weddle/
https://twitter.com/ThisIsJake21
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Donzii are a post punk, funk infused, new wave band based in Miami, FL, that started in 2016. The band has released one full length album and two EPs. And as of November 10th they released their third EP “Penetrate”. Donzii has had notable success from having two of theirs songs featured in HBO series Pretty Little Liars and one of their songs featured in a Supreme skateboarding video. They’ve opened for bands including New Order, Twin Sister, and Psychic Mirrors. They were an official artist at SXSW 2022, and they most recently performed 111 Points festival sharing the same lineup as Iggy Pop, Grimes, Skrillex, Caribou, Caroline Polacheck and many others.
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https://www.facebook.com/underunderground
https://www.instagram.com/_donzii/
https://donzii.bandcamp.com/music
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Kip Berman (The Natvral) is an indie musician based in Princeton, NJ. He may be most notable for his band The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart which started in 2007 and have released 4 full length albums, a Tom Petty cover album, a handful of EPs, and several of singles. He most recently has been occupying his time with his solo project where he goes under the moniker The Natural which very recently released a new album called Summer Of No Light in September 2023. Kip has played many major music festivals, he’s toured across the world, performed on Late Night Television, has been featured in countless publications, and generally is just a very amazing guy.
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https://www.facebook.com/thenatvral
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Rafe is the cofounder and Executive Chairman of Solar Sounds. Solar Sounds is a business that hosts secret concerts in unique spaces that feature a very diverse and talented group of all types of musicians from different styles and genres. The company was started in London in 2009 and has since hosted events in over 400 cities and 78 countries. Sofar continues to grow and has hosted over 22,000 performances and continues counting. Artists that have performed Sofar Sounds include Billie Eillish, The Maria’s, James Bay, Wolf Alice, Bastille, Hozier, Leon Bridges, Karen O of the Yeah Yeah Yeah’s, and even the Twilight series actor himself, Robert Pattinson. Learn more about Sofar Sounds in the links below.
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https://www.instagram.com/sofarsounds
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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of Teakoe and Puffin Drinkware and my festival review of Pitchfork Music Festival.
Alan is a pop musician originally from Baltimore, but now lives in LA. He currently plays bass in Le Pain which have recently released their latest single “Rachel Vault Dancer” in March of 2023. Music releases that Alan has been a part of have been featured on Vice, Billboard, Exclaim!, NME, Stereogum, Brooklyn Vegan, Under The Radar, Gorilla Vs Bear, Kanine Records, Slumberland Records, and much more. He’s performed notable sets at NY Pop Fest, Indietracks, SXSW, opening for Of Montreal, the Buzzcocks, as well as touring across the country on a few different occasions. Learn more about Alan and Le Pain in the links below.
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https://www.instagram.com/alaneverhart/
https://www.instagram.com/lepain____/
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Listen to the entire episode to hear my shouts out and hype for Pitchfork Music Festival. I'll be covering the festival as press July 21st - 23rd.
Steve Bays is a musician and recording engineer from British Columbia, Canada. He may be best known as the frontman / songwriter for Hot Hot Heat, which have released music with Sub Pop and Warner Brothers. The band has 5 full length albums, a handful of EPs, and several of hit singles. He’s notably toured across country with Foo Fighters, Weezer, The Killers, and Snow Patrol. He’s performed major festivals including Coachella and Glastonbury. His band were previously on the front cover of NME and have been featured in countless other publications. Steve owns and operates his own recording studio - Tugboat Pl. Studio where he has worked with artists including Diplo, Steve Aoki, Fitz and the Tantrums, and many many others. And he has other side projects Fur Trade, Mounties and Left Field Messiah. Learn more about Steve and his projects by following him in the link below:
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https://www.instagram.com/stevebays/
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Listen to the entire episode to hear my product review of Rowdy Mermaid and my festival review of Let's Go Music Festival!
Simone is an inventor, engineer, product designer, and YouTube star! She may be most recognized for her YouTube channel where she creates, designs, modifies products, and entertains us. The channel has over 2 million subscribers and has been around for many years. Most recently, she’s opened up an online store spelled Yetch.store and released a YouTube video update on Truckla a Tesla car she converted into a truck. Simone has had lots of notable successful from being a guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Being featured on WGN, Wired magazine, The Guardian, Google Talks, Ted Talks, and most recently a guest on the Lex Friedman podcast. Within this interview, Simone talks about her upcoming projects, thoughts on Elon Musk since acquiring Twitter, her original hesitation of being a guest on The Lex Friedman podcast recently, life after YouTube, her thoughts on potentially starting a podcast, her experience being on The Late Night show, and much more. Listen to my product review of SkinTe and concert review of Sofar Sounds which is at the very end of this episode.
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https://www.youtube.com/@simonegiertz/videos
https://www.simonegiertz.com/
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Within this interview Alisa talks about touring with Lcd Sound System and Arcade Fire during Big Day Out. Performing a song live on stage with Deftones. Going through the midst of a break up with her bandmate while playing Late Night with Craig Ferguson, The differences she sees between writing a solo song and a The Naked and Famous song. Meeting Aaron Paul of Breaking Bad right before they went on stage to perform a major music festival. Singing a song with The Lumineers and a member of Group Love during a live performance. The story of writing their hit single “Young Blood” and so much more. Alisa is an awesome person. check out her link below.
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https://twitter.com/alisaxayalith
https://www.instagram.com/alisaxayalith/
https://www.thenakedandfamous.com/
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Ducktails is the indie rock solo project of Matt Mondanile. The project first started in 2006, originally from New Jersey. However, Matt has since relocated to Athens, Greece. Ducktails has released 8 studio albums, a handful of compilations, a few EPs, and several of singles. His most recent release is Jack O Lantern which came out in October 2022. Matt has had lots of notable success from playing major music festivals, touring across the world, featured in countless press, and performing on Late Night with David Letterman with his previous band Real Estate (Domino Records). Learn more about Matt by checking him out in the links below.
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https://www.facebook.com/ducktailsband/
https://www.instagram.com/mattmondanile/
https://ducktails.bandcamp.com/
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