Ep. 5.19 - Josh Ostrander (Mondo Cozmo)

Back with an all new episode, Nate gives a quick recap of WXPN's XPoNential Music Festival before sitting for a long awaited chat with Josh Ostrander of Mondo Cozmo! They talk about the Mondo Cozmo show at the Ardmore Music Hall the night before COVID Lockdown, the return AMH show, growing up in Bucks County, Southampton, eating shit & powering through, music he heard around the house, Nirvana, Hendrix and the early days of learning guitar, admiring and then joining Trip 66/Ty Cobb/The Cobbs, how piano playing has affected his writing, working with Mark Rankin on It's PRINCLIPLE!, cutting 70 demos down to the 10 songs that appear on the album, how the song "It's PRINCIPLE!" almost didn't make the album before becoming the title track, playing the new songs live, the upcoming Philly Music Fest performance at Underground Arts, "Bitter Sweet Symphony," "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)," releasing his sophmore album New Medicine during the pandemic, Springsteen's New York Times shout out, using Brett Kavanaugh's name in a lyric, music videos and contemporary attention spans, social media, blogs, 2OLD / 2NEW, finding new music and Grammy cut off week. Then, Josh tries on The Jawntlet!Mondo Cozmo WebsiteDevon Gilfillian/Mondo Cozmo/The Tisburys/Emily Drinker @ UA - Philly Music FestMondo Cozmo InstagramMondo Cozmo Twitter/XMondo Cozmo FacebookMondo Cozmo YouTube Subscribe to the Y!TMJ Newsletter!