This week Emily and Andrew chat scotch, new jobs/bands, new pedals (including additions to the trade up game), and Blooming Onions. Then, they dig into the topic of the episode — are you entitled to a performer’s time after a show? Are performers jerks if they don’t stick around? Are local band members jerks if […]
Last weekend, Emily’s favorite band made their return to Seattle after five years. The band is The Hold Steady, and she and Andrew got to grab lunch with their guitarists Tad Kubler and Steve Selvidge the day after one of their shows. They talk about black cats, the evolution of their pedal boards, amps, evolution […]
This week Emily AND Andrew chat with Sadie Dupuis from Speedy Ortiz! The group talk pets, allergies, therapy, cats, guitars, and studio experiences. Twerp Verse, Speedy’s third album and first with Philadelphian Andy Molholt (Laser Background) on second guitar, is urgent and taut, adding surprising textures like Linn drums and whirled guitar processing to their […]
This week we talk about a super serious current event: Gibson DESTROYING GUITARS!!! We chat with Sam Miller from Deering Banjos, a man who has some experience with quality control and absolute instrument destruction, about what this really means. Is instrument destruction reasonable? Should those guitars have been donated? How many guitars are really too […]
This week, Emily is joined by SPECIAL GUEST Michelle Sullivan of Michelle Sullivan and the All Night Boys! The two talk about growing up in Ohio, which gear, performers, and cities have “fangs,” Jesse Malin, being on tour with Paul Collins, illnesses, bad band names, and so so so much more. But mostly, they talk […]
What can bring Emily back to Nashville for the first time in four years (after living there for eight)? Summer NAMM! She met with some great folks, including: DeDe Heid from SWIM (Smart Women in Music) about their new initiative. Adam Roher from Let ‘Em Hear about weather, changing Nashville Kevin Equitz from Equitz Guitars […]
This week’s podcast is back to normal, with Emily and Andrew chatting about cats, hardcore shows, guitars, and whether or not it’s cool when people say things like “keep your politics/religion out of music!” Emily also talks a bit about Summer NAMM, where her TunaTone guitar will be on display at the boutique guitar showcase. […]
This week we have a very special episode with Emily LIVE from the International Vancouver Guitar Festival. In it she speaks with Michael Spence and his mandolin-inspired guitar, and an extremely unique bass guitar with a harp section he’s building Leila Sidi of TunaTone about Emily’s new guitar Jason from Fretboard Journal about amps, pedals, their electric annual, the issues with standard guitar magazines […]
This week, Emily and Andrew talk primarily about the different kinds of gigs — from being well-rehearsed ahead of time to reading straight charts to 100% improvised sets. Sponsored by Jennings Guitars. Sponsored by WristGrips. Listen on iTunes Listen on Google Play Listen on Spotify
This is part two in a two-parter that took us weeks to put together. We HIGHLY recommend listening to part one first. We asked some of our favorite folks who work in every realm of the gear industry about their experience with trolls, how they reacted to those trolls, how trolling affects them, and more. […]