ALT 104.5 Interviews

Jammin' Jessie sat down with Jack from AJR ahead of their show in Camden, NJ.  They chatted about everything going down on tour, all about Adam's climate change activism, the making of their stop-motion music video for "Betty," and even spilled some tea about their song "The Big Goodbye" being released on the New EP (out August 29).

Dylan, aka DJ Downtown, spoke with Philly native and frontwoman of the band Japanese Breakfast Michelle Zauner right before her sold-out show at The Met in Philly! They chatted about intentionality as an artist, the collaboration process, production influences, and more.  Michelle is also the author of #1 New York Times Bestseller "Crying in H Mart" and the duo talked about her upcoming book. 

Jessie sat down with Patrick and Dan from The Black Keys to talk about everything with their new album, the Record Hangs, working with new songwriters, what's inspired them over the years, and of course, their cameos on "The Righteous Gemstones."  Jessie also quizzes Patrick and Dan to see how well they know their own songs!

Jaxon catches up with Brent Smith of Shinedown ahead of our ALT 104.5 Showdown with Shinedown at The Shore!

Dan Campbell, frontman of local legends The Wonder Years chats with Jessie about the upcoming 'Loneliest Place On Earth' Fest 9/9 at Franklin Music Halls outdoors. The show is now completely sold out (just 6 days after announce), and Dan said it's their biggest headlining show as a band. If you're trying to get tickets, the band is working with Franklin Music Hall to cancel all scalper/bot purchases, and hoping to re-release those tickets in the next week or so. Keep your eyes on The Wonder Years' social pages for more tickets to be released!

WHAT A GUY! Brandon Graham is up for The Walter Payton Man Of The Year Award! We cover it all- that, Game of Thrones, staying consistent & way more! GO EAGLES!

Jessie catches up w/ Adam from The War On Drugs Talks All About 'A Drugcember To Remember'. The newly announced charity shows taking place on Johnny Brenda's December 19th-21st, 2022!

The Black Keys are back with a brand new song called "Wild Child"! The new album "Dropout Boogie" is coming May 13th. Jessie caught up with Patrick Carney to discuss the new song, the multiple colloborations on the upcoming album, and the inspriation behind the new song!

EOB releases his debut album 'Earth' on Friday April 17th.

October 12th & 13th in Philly it's the first Comic Con For Kids @ The Greater Philadelphia Expo Center in Oaks. Amber Miller sits down with event producers Gabe Young & Joe Boerner for an in depth preview!

Bastille Dan shares with Amber Miller that 'Doom Days' is the end of a trilogy, which could also mean an end to Bastille's alliterative album titles. But the mixtapes, collabs & medleys aren't going anywhere. Dan also shares insight on running his first marathon, catches up on how festival season is going and let's us know his favorite 'thing' about summer.

Silversun Pickups returneth!

On celebrating the #1 song in the country, the new album, plans for even MORE new music, fatherhood & the beauty of the internet

A new collaboration with Kacey Musgraves, a new album due out May 3rd, taking the time to appreciate the little things in life AND when to expect the band back in Philly, all part of Amber Miller's catch up with Judah Akers.

Talking to Alex Gaskarth about their new project Simple Creatures, PLUS digging in with Mark on his love for Gritty & The Eagles.

Mumford & Sons stopped by for a performance and interview with Jessie ahead of their sold out show at the Wells Fargo Center. 12/7/18

The festival's executive director Andrew Greenblatt artistic director Michael Lerman stopped by to chat with Jessie and to give us an overview of this amazing event!

SUPER BOWL CHAMP Rodney McLeod sits down with Jessie to chat about his upcoming annual AACR event 'Bowl-O-Ween Bash' to help raise money for cancer research! They also talked about his injury and what music gets him pumped up and ready to play!

Mumford & Sons are currently in NYC obsessing over the final steps in completing the new album (when they're not obsessing over football/soccer), they love Philly and have all but confirmed that YES they'll be coming back on the soon TBA tour. They have amazing things to say about The Roots, and I learned that Winston was a HUGE Tom Morello/RATM fan (he even painted a Tom Morello portrait for an art exam)

Jessie caught up with P-Nut from 311 ahead of their show NEXT Friday at Festival Pier! New music being worked on, a possible 30th anniversary release and how Grassroots Uplifter makes everything easier and more wonderful :)

Brendon Urie is God. Dig into this interview and you'll walk away with a smile on your face. Panic! At The Disco's new album "Pray For The Wicked" is out now!

Fun fact, Jared Leto lived in Philly for 2 years! He knows more about the city than you think! Jared, Shannon and I sat down for a rousing game of "Philly Landmark OR Soundcloud Band?" Enjoy the hilarity!

INTERVIEW: Jessie chats w/ Director Lee Whannell about new film 'Upgrade'!

Philly is a special place for Jukebox The Ghost - they lived here for 4 years! - and they kicked off their tour here this week too.

311 and The Offspring are touring together this summer - it was super fun to chat about memories of past visits to Philly, and BOTH bands will have new albums out later this year.

NEW ALBUM "Sister Cities" is out, and we had a phenomenal time having The Wonder Years stop by on their album release day! Listen here!

Mike Shinoda tells us how the album Post Traumatic the album came to be, how social media has been such an asset in recent months, and details all the cool stuff in store for the special edition of the new album.

The debut album is out! We talked ahead of their Boot & Saddle show about the music, the putting together of the band, trippy effects, Rajneeshpuram & Orno's millennial malaise!

Caroline Rose is spending some quality time in Philly this week, including a show Thursday night (04.05) at Johnny Brenda's. We spent some time chatting about the possibility of her moving to Philly, that infamous picture of her with zillions of cigarettes in her mouth, and she had a great answer for the notorious "posters on your teenage bedroom wall" question.

I The Mighty spent their day off in Philly - we talked about the polarizing video for "Chaos In Motion," pre-show rituals, their social media skills (or lack thereof) and I posed the infamous "What posters were on your bedroom wall as a teenager" question.

Brendon Urie is God and drops all this new Panic! news on us, Lollapalooza 2018, 30STM updates & more!

Husband-wife duo Flora Cash makes their first visit to Philly and we learned how Soundcloud brought them together professionally and romantically, Swedish culinary delicacies and their musical influences.

30STM headline Day 1 of the Radio1045 11th Birthday Show! They've got a new album coming out, TWO special guests and an INSANE tour production! LISTEN HERE!

Catching up with Aaron Bruno & AWOLNATION in Philadelphia before taking the stage at The Fillmore.

Celebrating a sold out show, a #1 song and a return visit to Philly with Walk The Moon!

We got our #Vannucci2020 campaign hats on, and dug into the new album "Wonderful Wonderful"! Listen here!

The Wombats are prepping to release their 4th studio album next month, and came by to talk music, inspiration & reminisce a bit with us during their Studio Session.

Getting to know Alice Merton on her very first trip to Philly. Find out why she'll never do cover songs or sing in German (even though she speaks it), we talked about tthe concept of "selling out" & the learned about her VERY sophisticated music taste as a teenager.

St. Vincent talks all things Philly (jawn, Wawa, Walnut Street), her bold choice to tour without a band, the grunge-tastic posters she had hanging on her bedroom wall as a teenager and more...

GRAMMY 2018 Nominations, SNL musical guest awesomeness for the month of December, Parahoy! Cruise & more!

Getting to know the lovely ladies of The Aces during their very first visit to Philly!

Jack Antonoff talks working with Taylor Swift & St. Vincent, MTV Unplugged, his new hobby, and fesses up to listening to "Gangnam Style" :)

Talking DIY recording methods, Dave Grohl poster staring down at him from his bedroom wall as a teenager, TV game shows and wait...what?! He's never had a cheese steak?

Jessie talks w/ Daniel Armbruster of Joywave!