Latest Leeshaner Podcast Episodes
Ari Lennox | Episode 43 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - February 26, 2020 19:28 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsAri Lennox leads with her heart, and developed her steady confidence over time. Growing up in Maryland, Lennox felt out of place, but everything changed when she moved to Washington D.C. “Life started getting fun after that,” says Lennox. Attending a primarily black school, Lennox no longer felt...
Speak | Episode 42 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - February 17, 2020 18:59 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsSpeak talks life in Mexico, his heel-face turn, and the art of a memorable radio freestyle Speak is a journeyman rapper from California’s Moreno Valley who’s been living in Mexico for nearly five years now. We spoke the day after his sold out Los Angeles show in support of his latest release S...
Horse Head and Yawns | Episode 41 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - January 28, 2020 13:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsHorse Head and Yawns talk GothBoiClique history, coping with the passing of group member Lil Peep, and their new record “We Had Our Fun” Horse Head and Yawns’ recently released We Had Our Fun is a stylistic leap forward, and a step away from previous projects that leaned heavily on emo vocal s...
100 Gecs | Episode 40 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - January 13, 2020 13:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsHailing from the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, the electronic pop duo consists of Dylan Brady and Laura Les. Laura attributes the band’s eclectic style to the two having grown up on the Internet. In our Skullcandy interview, she references discovering secret Pokemon videos soundtracked by Nigh...
Chris Joslin | Episode 39 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - December 24, 2019 13:30 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsChris Joslin is one of the most exciting professional skateboarders to watch. He’s known to go huge but still remain technical. He’s also the newest member of the Skullcandy team. Listen in to learn about all about the BATB 10 champ — we go pretty deep pretty quick — and his thoughts on possibly...
Valee | Episode 38 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - December 09, 2019 17:03 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsValee’s unpredictable surroundings have created his zen-like personality, a trait that makes him unusually intriguing. He approaches life calmly and strategically, seeing it as an opportunity to cleverly disrupt tradition. His desire to advance the mundane has now carried into rap music, somethi...
Banes World | Episode 37 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - November 25, 2019 15:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsLong Beach native Shane Blanchard, better known as Bane’s World, makes music that lovingly captures the sunny vibe of his California hometown. Laid-back and dreamy, his sound is at the forefront of a lo-fi movement known as “bedroom pop”. In our ‘You Feel Me?’ podcast interview, he mentions an a...
Jeremy Jones | Episode 36 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - November 11, 2019 13:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsJeremy Jones is a legendary snowboarder known for going deeper, further, and higher. Going pro as a 16 year old in the early days of the snowboard industry, as time went on he noticed climate change affecting winter wonderlands he’d frequented. In 2007 he decided to do something about and starte...
Smrtdeath | Episode 35 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - October 28, 2019 22:10 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsSmrtdeath is part of a booming indie scene that’s been frequently mislabeled ‘emo rap,’ but is showing itself to be an amalgamation of a litany of styles beyond emo and rap. The scene has exploded since we first covered it in 2017 and smrtdeath, with his booming voice harmonized and distorted wi...
Denzel Curry | Episode 34 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - October 07, 2019 12:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsDenzel Curry is Fearless. As a pioneer in the Soundcloud rap scene, Denzel’s had eyes on him since his teenage years. Now he’s a household name and his music has evolved in a way that’s gracefully taken him from underground hero, to mainstream accessibility while maintaining edge and depth of co...
Pink Siifu | Episode 33 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - September 23, 2019 20:18 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsPink Siifu talks growing up in Cincinnati, getting his start as a poet, and bleeding on the track Pink Siifu is part of a growing movement in rap music. There’s a sub-sect of artists making deeply personal, poetic, and abstract music over stripped down loops that aren’t necessarily adhering to...
Cautious Clay | Episode 32 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - September 10, 2019 12:30 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsCautious Clay is Deep. He's an amazingly well rounded musician known for his poetic lyrics. A multi-instrumentalist, producer, and lyricist, he got his start taking flute lessons from YouTube phenomenon known for playing the flute while beatboxing. His deeply intuitive understanding of music led...
Hook | Episode 31 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - August 19, 2019 12:30 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsHook is a rapper phenom exploding out of Riverside, CA. Her recently released critically acclaimed debut tape “Bully” — entirely produced by underground pot-stirrer Nedarb Nagrom—is taking the underground by storm. Her ferocious style combined with his upbeat, sample-free 808 kits combine for th...
Soccer Mommy | Episode 30 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - August 06, 2019 12:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsSoccer Mommy is rad. With a sound rooted in 90s rock and an aesthetic rooted in 90s kitsch, Soccer Mommy embodies throwback radness. Her humble beginnings as a bedroom musician in Nashville were interrupted by the time she got to NYU for college and realized she had some big decisions to make. M...
Tommy Genesis | Episode 29 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - July 22, 2019 12:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsTommy Genesis is independent. She emerged from the underground rap scene, stayed true to her vision, and grew a devoted fanbase by doing things differently. She experimented with a multitude of music genres, including emo, noise, and punk, before creating her own: fetish rap. The term isn’t mean...
Lee Fields | Episode 28 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - July 08, 2019 12:30 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsLee Fields’ career as a soul singer has spanned over 6 decades. It started with a talent show in Wilson, NC when he was 14, and has continued to this day. He’s been everything from a cover artist, to a one man band, a real estate manager, to a Billboard charting phenom, and now a living legend a...
Leikeli47 | Episode 27 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - June 17, 2019 12:30 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsLeikeli47 is empowered. She’s taken control of her narrative by hiding her true identity. Now critics, fans, and observers are forced to judge her on the merit of music instead of physical appearance. Admittedly a shy person most of her life, concealing her identity has empowered her to be herse...
Maxo | Episode 26 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - June 03, 2019 16:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsMaxo talks Lil Big Man, Def Jam giving him full creative control, and the power of timelessness People always ask me how I find new music, and I can never really explain it. Finding Maxo was pure luck. A mere whisper in a Twitter thread amongst music journalists where someone said something ...
Omar Apollo | Episode 25 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - May 20, 2019 12:30 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsOmar Apollo is fresh. Beyond being a fresh face in the pop scene — and a heartthrob to boot — he’s taken a fresh approach at creating music. Perhaps it’s humility or self-deprecation when he claims he didn’t have any natural aptitude for music, but his passion to learn created an absolute phenom...
Travis Thompson | Episode 24 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - May 06, 2019 12:30 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsTravis Thompson has had a busy couple years. The emerging rapper was on tour with with another Seattle rapper, Macklemore, when I met him in 2017. It was his first time on the road and he’d recently quit his job. The tour led to a collaboration, the collaboration led him to appearing on The Toni...
Nick Waterhouse | Episode 23 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - April 22, 2019 16:06 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsNick Waterhouse’s warm recordings take me back to hearing my dad’s records in the basement as a child, where his vintage Sansui stereo made everything sound like the soundtrack to a Scorsese film. He blends influences from days past to make records that deal with modern problems in a classic ...
EARTHGANG| Episode 22 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - April 15, 2019 12:30 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsMusic makes us feel elevated, and we chose West Atlanta natives EarthGang to represent that feeling. Johnny Venus and Doctur Dot have been elevating their craft together since their high school days. Having self-released a bevy of records and acquiring a cult following, EarthGang signed with Dre...
Rico Nasty | Episode 21 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - March 26, 2019 12:30 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsRico Nasty was our first and only choice when looking for an artist that embodied the word “bold.” Not only is she the perfect artist to set off our 12 Moods project, but every decision she makes — from her visual aesthetic, to her ear for beats, her lyrics which are often scathing anti-hater in...
Saba | Episode 20 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - December 18, 2018 14:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsA leader in the expansive Chicago art rap scene, Saba is an open diary. Tune in as he talks recording raps as a 9 year old, the legendary Chicago library open mics, and the stolen bikes of his youth. Stay tuned after the show for discount code offers. Highlights: 14:00 Working a four...
Kweku Collins | Episode 19 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - December 04, 2018 14:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsGifted rapper and producer Kweku Collins has sprung from the Chicago art scene. Here he talks synergy between music and skating, growing up with a rhythmically gifted father, and how his skill for self-promo emails boosted his success. Highlights: 05:50 Childhood musical influences ...
Duckwrth | Episode 18 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - November 20, 2018 14:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsDuckwrth fuses his design and music skills to create in-your-face, genre-defying music and even more electrifying live performances. Here he talks with Lee about his childhood and how his visual art helps with his music. Highlights: 09:00 Sheltered home life in South Central LA ...
Yuno | Episode 17 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - November 07, 2018 15:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsYuno is one of Sub Pop’s newest signees and a growing pop powerhouse. Hear us talk about his debut EP Moodie, finding out about punk rock by searching for a Bob Seger song, and how nerdcore rap influenced him. Highlights: 03:45 Childhood creativity 08:00 Discovering music throu...
Mark McMorris | Episode 16 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - November 01, 2018 13:00 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsIn Mark McMorris’ words, “Get it while I’m young, I’ll chill when I’m older.” Check out episode 15 as host Lee Shaner and pro snowboarder Mark McMorris talk how to properly pronounce his hometown Regina (hint: it sounds inappropriate), how good hip-hop is right now, and how people handle fame di...
Princess Nokia | Episode 15 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - October 16, 2018 13:30 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsInternational rap phenomenon Princess Nokia talks about her activism, artistic progression, and some of her earliest conscientious objections in Catholic school. Highlights: 01:00 Hood 2 La Gente 08:00 My brother the violinist 12:00 Dignified rebellion 25:00 Wavy Spice & A$AP Yams ...
Lil Zubin | Episode 14 | Skullcandy
You Feel Me? - October 04, 2018 13:30 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 68 ratingsPhilly singer-rapper Lil Zubin a.k.a. "the SoundCloud Weeknd" discusses Post Emo, accidentally becoming a singer, and his underground breakout Misery EP. Highlights: 05:00 Emo days 09:20 Discovered by Working On Dying 13:00 Who is Ned? 19:00 Post Emo 28:...
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