Bothering the Band
383 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 days ago - ★★★★★ - 5 ratingsWant to know your favorite musician’s favorite sandwich? How about what they wanted to be when they grow up? Welcome to Bothering the Band, which is now your new favorite music podcast. It’s sometimes wacky and sometimes real-world questions that dive into the minds of your favorite musicians, all with the goal to elicit fun tales and hilarious anecdotes from the most talented bands and musicians from all over the wide world. Bothering the Band is the perfect podcast when you're waiting for an airplane, tuning out your coworkers, or sitting on the toilet. And now, queue the music!
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Episodes
Episode #204 - LIVE in NYC
July 17, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBFrom the celebrated venue (Mercury Lounge) to the guests (country music superstar Dale Hollow, renowned rapper/writer Dessa, filmmaker/podcaster/pop-punker Chuck Staton, and surprise guest/BFF Brian Wecht) to our friends (Eric Schmidt and Greg Burmeister) who helped jumpstart the fun, our live show in NYC turned out fucking great! Thanks to everyone involved!
Episode #203 - Lyrics Born
July 10, 2024 09:00 - 56 minutes - 103 MBThe first time Lyrics Born was on our podcast way back in the beginning was the moment we really felt like we had something special so it is pretty cool to cook with the Bay Area hip hop legend again!
Episode #202 - Strand of Oaks
July 03, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBStrand of Oaks has stories! From blowing the doors off a Bennigan's to reading books in the shower, this party at monster lake was worth its weight in avocados.
Episode #201 - Tokyo Police Club
June 26, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 137 MBWe got to notch another bucket list honour by bothering our host's favourite band, Tokyo Police Club, as they tessellate on their farewell tour and the band calls it quits.
Episode #200 - Frank Turner
June 19, 2024 09:00 - 32 minutes - 59.7 MBOur 200th episode is perfect because it is with the one and only Frank Turner.
Episode #199 - Nisa
June 12, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBOur new BFF Nisa joins us to talk about music, Korean sweet potatoes, creeping on dogs, and her recent record Shapeshifting, which in our opinion requires no skips! We love that for her!
Episode #198 - Bad Bad Hats
June 05, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 116 MBThis is the second time Kerry Alexander of the Minneapolis-based indie rock band Bad Bad Hats has been on Bothering the Band, and we just freaking love her! She is promoting their recent self-titled album, and she is so funny and nice, and we will gladly have her back anytime she wants.
Episode #197 - Dustin Kensrue
May 29, 2024 09:00 - 52 minutes - 95.3 MBOverthinking it all with Dustin Kensrue, the frontman for the band Thrice, who is also an accomplished singer/songwriter, and whose recent solo record, Desert Dreaming, is a sweet love letter to the American Southwest.
Episode #196 - Cold War Kids
May 22, 2024 09:00 - 46 minutes - 84.3 MBHoly shit! Can't believe we got to bother Nathan Willett, frontman of one of our favorite bands in the world Cold War Kids, whose recent self-titled album is pretty freaking perfect!
Episode #195 - Seranation
May 15, 2024 09:00 - 44 minutes - 82.1 MBOn this episode, we get funky in a Waffle House with fellow Floridians Seranation! From saving a kitten to removing splinters, this one is worthy of three-hundred and eleven tattoos.
Episode #194 - Sam Evian
May 08, 2024 03:00 - 1 hour - 110 MBYou're invited to eave's drop on our wonderful conversation with musician, songwriter, and in-demand producer Sam Evian. We chat about his new album Plunge, poetry, Brazilian pop music from the 60s/70s, tuna melts, and so much more.
Epidsode #193 - The Problem With Kids Today
May 01, 2024 09:00 - 57 minutes - 105 MBWe rocked and fucking rolled in the attic with delinquents from New Haven, The Problem With Kids Today. They are an awesome new band with an old sound and their debut album Born to Rock is super rad!
Episode #192 - Local Natives
April 24, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 122 MBWe are so freaking honored to bother Taylor and Ryan of one of our all time favorite bands Local Natives, fresh off the release of their incredible new album, But I’ll Wait For You, the companion LP to last year's Time Will Wait For No One.
Episode #191 - The Greeting Committee
April 17, 2024 09:00 - 57 minutes - 106 MBJust a couple of Johnson County Kids, Addie and Pierce of The Greeting Committee are like an alt-rock choir of angels. They blessed us by answering our dumb questions about books, Taylor Swift, and favorite sizes of batteries!
Episode #190 - Tsunami Bomb
April 10, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 123 MBFrom Warped Tour to Walt Disney World, bathroom bibs to Jeep ducks, we went on a wonderfully wistful journey with Oob, Kate and Andy of the well-preserved punk rock band Tsunami Bomb!
Episode #189 - Loryn Taggart
April 03, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 124 MBLoryn Taggart is our new BFF and officially agreed that Bothering the Band is the Best Canadian Music Podcast in America!
Episode #188 - Caitlin Cook
March 27, 2024 09:00 - 47 minutes - 87.9 MBCaitlin Cook could not be more perfect for Bothering the Band! The singer-songwriter, comedian, artist, writer, director, designer, producer, is so freaking hilarious and talented, and she just crushed off-broadway with The Writing on the Stall, an entire musical based on quotes she found scrawled in bathroom stalls.
Episode #187 - Kenny Hotz
March 20, 2024 09:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBYou may think you know who Kenny Hotz is, but you have no idea. Sure, he is one half of the iconic Canadian comedy show Kenny vs Spenny, and wrote for South Park. But did you know Mr. Hotz began his career as a war correspondent and photojournalist during the Gulf War? Did you know he is the "godson" of folk singer Joni Mitchell? He also did the musical score for Kenny vs. Spenny! Get to know Sir Kenny Hotz even more on this wild and wonderful episode of Bothering the Band!
Episode #186 - Sincere Engineer
March 13, 2024 09:00 - 53 minutes - 98.4 MBWe went rollerblading and then magnet fishing with Deanna Belos, the heartburn behind the fiery Chicago punk band, Sincere Engineer. In the best regards, we talked about Norm Macdonald, the tv show M.A.S.H. and so much more. Listen up!
Episode #185 - Ninja Sex Party
March 06, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 153 MBLadies and gentlemen! All genders and non-binary brethren! Uncle Davids and Aunt Lindas! The moment you've all been waiting for! The dynamic duo of Ninja Sex Party return to Bothering the Band to drop knowledge, spread their dream seeds, and announce to all humans that their new album THESE NUTS is coming!
Episode #184 - Deap Vally
February 28, 2024 10:00 - 44 minutes - 80.6 MBThis interview with Lindsey and Julie of Deap Vally was tough to schedule but it is soooo worth it! It is also bittersweet because they are calling it quits as a band after this tour, so listen up cuz it could be like their last one, but we'd bet it's maybe their best one.
Episode #183 - Danielle Durack
February 21, 2024 10:00 - 41 minutes - 76.2 MBWe are soooooo thrilled/honored to have the first ever 3-time guest, singer-songwriter Danielle Durack, back on the podcast to talk shit and promote her new album, Escape Artist, which came out on Feb 16th and is soooooo damn good!
Episode #182 - Middle Kids
February 14, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 125 MBStarting a razor scooter gang with our favorite Australian alt-rockers, Middle Kids, whose new album, Faith Crisis Pt 1, drops February 16th. Biggest belly flop thanks to Hannah, Tim and Harry for letting us bother them about a bunch of dumb shit.
Episode #181 - The Strumbellas
February 07, 2024 10:00 - 49 minutes - 90.3 MBThe Strumbellas are back with a brand new album (Part Time Believer arrives February 9), and we are so honored to have Jon & Jimmy on Bothering the Band to talk about a shared snow shovel, the 'afters' of Taco Bell, their favorite size of batteries, and so much more!
Episode #180 - The Joy Formidable
January 31, 2024 10:00 - 48 minutes - 88.4 MBRitzy from the celebrated Welsh alt-rock band The Joy Formidable is Bat Woman! For real, when she is not rocking out with her band, she is rehabilitating freaking bats! We loved this interview and you will, too!
Episode #179 - Jenny Owen Youngs
January 24, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 117 MBStep into the joyful Jennyverse with singular indie folk singer-songwriter, author, and podcast host (Buffering The Vampire Slayer, Veronica Mars Investigations, and The eX-Files), the prolific Jenny Owen Youngs, whose most recent magnificent album Avalanche dropped last September.
Episode #178 - Adam Green
January 17, 2024 10:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBAdam Green is an artist, a musician, a filmmaker, and a moldy peach. He is so prolific that a bunch of his talented friends (including Devendra Banhart, Regina Spektor, Father John Misty, and more) put out a tribute album for him called Moping in Style. Check that out. Also check out his film Aladdin, and listen to this episode which is the opposite of boring!
Episode #177 - Eric Junior
January 10, 2024 10:00 - 53 minutes - 98.1 MBOn the first episode of Season 4—the first episode of 2024—we have our new best friend, Eric Junior, the Miami hip hop artist taking charge of his own freedom with his message of Real Personal Growth (RPG). Don't miss this banger of an episode!
Episdoe #176 - Miranda and the Beat
December 27, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 74.8 MBOn this episode, we officiate a wedding and then go to Waffle House looking for some coke with Miranda Zipse of the badass band Miranda and the Beat, who came our way via our good pal King Khan. This episode was a longtime coming, and a perfect way to wrap up Season 3 and 2023!
Bothering the Band - Miranda and the Beat
December 27, 2023 10:00 - 40 minutes - 74.8 MBOn this episode, we officiate a wedding and then go to Waffle House looking for some coke with Miranda Zipse of the badass band Miranda and the Beat, who came our way via our good pal King Khan. This episode was a longtime coming, and a perfect way to wrap up Season 3 and 2023!
Bothering the Band - French Cassettes
December 20, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 99 MBFrench Cassettes makes us medium horny so it is pretty cool to have a Sunday soda with Scott Huerta, the driving force of the band, on the podcast to talk Lite Brite, potatoes, ghosts and Scott Stapp.
Episode #175 - French Cassettes
December 20, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes - 99 MBFrench Cassettes makes us medium horny so it is pretty cool to have a Sunday soda with Scott Huerta, the driving force of the band, on the podcast to talk Lite Brite, potatoes, ghosts and Scott Stapp.
Episode #174 - Lydia Luce
December 13, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes - 103 MBHad fun with our new friend and fellow former Floridian, Lydia Luce, whose new album 'Florida Girl' is all about making peace with the past and accepting all the different facets of yourself for the future. An accomplished violinist and violist, as well, Lydia has worked with everyone from Dolly to Eminem. Listen up!
Bothering the Band - Lydia Luce
December 13, 2023 10:00 - 56 minutes - 103 MBHad fun with our new friend and fellow former Floridian, Lydia Luce, whose new album 'Florida Girl' is all about making peace with the past and accepting all the different facets of yourself for the future. An accomplished violinist and violist, as well, Lydia has worked with everyone from Dolly to Eminem. Listen up!
Bothering the Band - Kate Micucci
December 06, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBKate Micucci is a freaking renaissance woman. An actress, a musician, an artist, a puppeteer, a new mom, and so much more. We have been fans of hers for like 20 years, and when we started BTB she was at the top of our bucket list, so this episode is truly special and unique...just like her!
Episode #173 - Kate Micucci
December 06, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 129 MBKate Micucci is a freaking renaissance woman. An actress, a musician, an artist, a puppeteer, a new mom, and so much more. We have been fans of hers for like 20 years, and when we started BTB she was at the top of our bucket list, so this episode is truly special and unique...just like her!
Bothering the Band - Fast Romantics
November 29, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes - 102 MBJust like their most recent album, this episode with Fast Romantics will provide nothing but happiness and euphoria. The Toronto indie band is helmed by partners in music and life (but we don't really care about that), Matthew Angus and Kirty, who joined us for an intimate laugh session (laughter is all we really care about).
Episode #172 - Fast Romantics
November 29, 2023 10:00 - 55 minutes - 102 MBJust like their most recent album, this episode with Fast Romantics will provide nothing but happiness and euphoria. The Toronto indie band is helmed by partners in music and life (but we don't really care about that), Matthew Angus and Kirty, who joined us for an intimate laugh session (laughter is all we really care about).
Bothering the Band - Dominique Fils-Aimé
November 22, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MBWe got to talk about cartoons, Montreal, Nina Simone and more with JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter Dominique Fils-Aimé who is creating the future of jazz. She has a voice like a choir of angels, a weird sense of humor that perfectly matches ours, and her latest album, Our Roots Run Deep, is a beautiful banger!
Bothering the Band - Dominique Fils-Aime
November 22, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MBWe got to talk about cartoons, Montreal, Nina Simone and more with JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter Dominique Fils-Aimé who is creating the future of jazz. She has a voice like a choir of angels, a weird sense of humor that perfectly matches ours, and her latest album, Our Roots Run Deep, is a beautiful banger!
Episode #171 - Dominique Fils-Aimé
November 22, 2023 10:00 - 59 minutes - 109 MBWe got to talk about cartoons, Montreal, Nina Simone and more with JUNO Award winning singer-songwriter Dominique Fils-Aimé who is creating the future of jazz. She has a voice like a choir of angels, a weird sense of humor that perfectly matches ours, and her latest album, Our Roots Run Deep, is a beautiful banger!
Episode #170 - Adam Pally
November 15, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBWe have been rooting for Adam Pally for like 20 years—from UCB to Happy Endings, Making History to Band Aid to Champaign ILL—so this episode with said hilarious gentleman is bucket list territory for sure. His new music endeavor(s) only further his legend in the hearts of his fans like us!
Bothering the Band - Adam Pally
November 15, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 118 MBWe have been rooting for Adam Pally for like 20 years—from UCB to Happy Endings, Making History to Band Aid to Champaign ILL—so this episode with said hilarious gentleman is bucket list territory for sure. His new music endeavor(s) only further his legend in the hearts of his fans like us!
Bothering the Band - Will Butler + Sister Squares
November 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBWe slurped some tea and mostly talked about books with Will Butler + Sister Squares, but much like the music on their recent self-titled album it is the little things that have the biggest impact.
Episode #169 - Will Butler + Sister Squares
November 08, 2023 10:00 - 1 hour - 126 MBWe slurped some tea and mostly talked about books with Will Butler + Sister Squares, but much like the music on their recent self-titled album it is the little things that have the biggest impact.
Bothering the Band - Palehound
November 01, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes - 95.9 MBWe got to keep our eye on the bat with El Kemper aka Palehound, and discuss the plural of 'Mongoose' and other silly shit with our new pal, whose new album is an absolute banger which led to rave reviews from Pitchfork and touring with boygenius.
Episode #168 - Palehound
November 01, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes - 95.9 MBWe got to keep our eye on the bat with El Kemper aka Palehound, and discuss the plural of 'Mongoose' and other silly shit with our new pal, whose new album is an absolute banger which led to rave reviews from Pitchfork and touring with boygenius.
Bothering the Band - Flula Makes Five
October 25, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 110 MBThis is the funniest episode of the podcast ever with the cast of Flula Makes Five, a new scripted sitcom podcast starring Flula Borg (who you should know from Suicide Squad, Pitch Perfect 2, and all sorts of hilarity with Conan O'Brien) and our musician friends Julie Edwards of the band Deap Vally, and Henri Cash of the band Starcrawler. #DiapLife #R2Dpoo #PukeSkywalker #BobaFart
Episode #167 - Flula Makes Five
October 25, 2023 09:00 - 59 minutes - 110 MBThis is the funniest episode of the podcast ever with the cast of Flula Makes Five, a new scripted sitcom podcast starring Flula Borg (who you should know from Suicide Squad, Pitch Perfect 2, and all sorts of hilarity with Conan O'Brien) and our musician friends Julie Edwards of the band Deap Vally, and Henri Cash of the band Starcrawler. #DiapLife #R2Dpoo #PukeSkywalker #BobaFart
Episode #166 - Billie Marten
October 18, 2023 09:00 - 57 minutes - 104 MBWe love Billie Marten! Not only does her "ethereal grunge" music make all our pain subside, we also want to put a pasta podcast on the hob with her, and make lists of Simpsons episodes. Listen to this wonderful and (American accent) WILD episode and then listen to her marvelous new album Drop Cherries.