06: 'Don't Start The Night Before', with guest Michele Stephens

Our good friend Michele Stephens swings through to chat about tour PR, the lifeblood of her career in music. As a tour publicity pro at Epitaph Records, she lends her expertise and drops some hints about what not to do when trying to cover the alternative music scene's biggest roaming festival, Warped Tour. Naturally there is some talk about Troye Sivan, My Chemical Romance, and Cute Is What We Aim For to be had, for Michele is a pop lover through and through.

Our good friend Michele Stephens swings through to chat about tour PR, the lifeblood of her career in music. As a tour publicity pro at Epitaph Records, she lends her expertise and drops some hints about what not to do when trying to cover the alternative music scene's biggest roaming festival, Warped Tour. Naturally there is some talk about Troye Sivan, My Chemical Romance, and Cute Is What We Aim For to be had, for Michele is a pop lover through and through.

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Show Notes:

Getting to know Michele Stephens
Moo, the adorable
Fearless Records
MSO PR
Archive.org

Music Digs
Cute is What We Aim For's 10 year anniversary tour
Troye Sivan performs "Wild" on Jimmy Fallon
Troye's mom petitions schoolyard bullies.
My Chemical Romance is teasing something

Recommendations
Dua Lipa - "Hotter Than Hell"
Fractures - "Reactor"
Bastille - "Good Grief"
Bastille covers Miley Cyrus in the Live Lounge
Bastille covers TLC's "No Scrubs" at SiriusXM

Alan Walker - "Faded"
Across The Garden Wall (2014)
Great Minds With Dan Harmon
HarmonQuest
HarmonTown
You, Me, & Everyone We Know
Some Things Don't Wash Out
The last 3 EPs

Epitaph Records
Epitaph on Twitter.
Epitaph's Website.

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