The Rawkwardness Podcast

In this finale episode, Rose, Terence, and Tony reminisce about their three-season journey by calling former guests Aaron Marsh of Copeland, Lili Joy, Moorea Masa, Jack Gray, Jillian Shea, and our very first guest: Teesa Houston aka Kolaj.   Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Copeland on Spotify and Instagram Aaron Marsh’s studio OMNIPOP Aaron’s episode Danny Reich Francisco Franco Mallorca Our episode with The Dandy Warhols Lili Joy on Spotify and Instagram Our episode with Lili Joy Mookie The Gromble - new video for No Mistakes with creative direction by Alicia Our episode with John Velasquez Florian Guoello Marta Tiesenga - saxophone Eat Pray Love - by Elizabeth Gilbert Ibiza Landslide by Fleetwood Mac Rotary telephone The Singularity Brittani Leoni - Mrs. Tony and the artist behind our episode graphics! Jack Gray on Spotify and Instagram Jillian Shea on Spotify and Instagram Jack’s episode Jill’s episode Fiji Australia’s Sunshine Coast Moorea Masa on Spotify and Instagram Moorea’s episode When The Summer Calls Distraction music video Swatty Allen Stone Durand Jones Aaron Frazer Netflix show placement - All American: Homecoming Landslide Lyrics Karlie Blair - Terence’s wife :) Stevie Nicks Glass Animals Kolaj on Spotify and Instagram Teesa’s episode McDonald’s Play Place Kidz Bop Dia de los Muertos Dua Lipa Trey’s Parade Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus Travis Miguel’s (Atreyu) episode

In our second to last episode of the season, Rose, Terence, and Tony chat with Australian DJ/Producer Claire Knight about B12 shots, music trauma, riding in a private jet with Rihanna, sacred rage, and reality TV. Stick around for an EXCLUSIVE look at her new single! Claire Knight on Spotify and Instagram Fingertips  Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Courtney Taylor-Taylor of The Dandy Warhols Our interview with the Dandys The Odditorium/The Old Portland Wine Bar The Breeders Trusted Housesitters - pet sitting Adelaide, AUS - City of churches, Napa of Australia Grace Tame - victim advocate in South Australia - gag order Shane Shepard - Bad Shapes  On tour with Rihanna Filter Magazine Rolling Stone and Spin Magazine - wanting to know everything about the artists I love The Shins, Broken Bells Oh Inverted World - making of  Chuck D from Public Enemy is one of her favorite interviews Robert Pattison was a great interview Kristen Stewart Twilight - final film - Breaking Dawn part II Tim Tams Suki Waterhouse - She and Rob just had a baby Union Line Miike Snow Yeah Yeah Yeahs Howling Bells/Waikiki The OC Soundtrack Dickie (Union Line) - Richard Theisen Wolf & Cub - Adelaide band Crystal Castles Daft Punk White Stripes Royksopp Purple Sneakers EMI/Capital Records DJ competition - She Can DJ Alison Wonderland The Death Set - Aussie band in New York Dan Walker from Death Set - who she’s working with in New York Ninjasonik  The Flat in Brooklyn Chocolate Sundays night - encouraged her to try and succeed Her laptop stickers User Friendly Cat Marnell - author - How to Murder Your Life Vice - Amphetamine Logic The Iggy Azalea problem Gwen Stefani Blondie “I’m the Rick Rubin” Below Decks: Down Under Sacred Rage  Fox Violet - Good Girl The evolution of “Just a Girl” One-Party Consent Holy Wars

This week Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to superchill bedroom pop artist tomemitsu about screamo, post-modern geography, and the LA indie scene circa 2011. Stick around to hear what happens when you swear in a middle school talent show. Tomemitsu on BandCamp, Spotify, Instagram Dream 2 on Vinyl Tomemitsu with Steady Holiday on Spotify Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Atriata on YouTube Free Camp on BandCamp - indie rock/motown, like Fitz and the Tantrums, but lofi Basement Babies on BandCamp - Fleetwood Mac meets Sonic Youth - opened for Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel, Puro Instinct (song with Ariel Pink) - backing band for James Ferraro, opening for Real Estate Steady Holiday on Spotify Mountain Bay/Los Altos, CA   Ibanez bass  Sublime, Dire Straits song You Don’t Know How it Feels - Tom Petty Les Claypool - Primus, NOFX, Rancid - bass role models Screamo  Epiphone Les Paul Special Atreyu - the band and the character Gibson SG Burgundy (cherry) Saved up and got a Marshall half stack Peavey Butcher  It goes to 11 Playing acoustic - Nick Drake, Daniel Johnston, Pedro the Lion, Joan of Arc, American Football  Skeeter (like the character from Doug) - pop punk - high school girlfriend and drummer from Ground ZeroH The Bluest Eye - music video with different scenes from the book - Bob Dylan one where he rips off the paper - in 7/4 time - I wish we had that video Elliot Smith trying weird chords Went to USC for college Post-Modern Geography - how place and urban planning effects the population - tapped into empathy Pat Taylor bass genius - Magic cards,  Cap’n Jazz Cossack - band on Strike Through Records  Local H - Bound for the Floor Math Rock Tool - Aenima Got a sync for an ad for Dickies, but fizzled after Pat graduated - touring bassist for Noah Cyrus! House band for American Idol The Echo  Pehrspace The Smell Echo Curio “The FYF block” Bob Odenkirk Taix Echo Country Outpost Non Plus Ultra Silverlake Lounge Bootleg Spaceland The Monday night residencies - Echo, Satellite, Bootleg  Jaws of Love residency First CD Nirvana Nevermind - something in the way Butch Vig - how they recorded that song Edendale Grill Bellwether The Weezer song with the female harmonies

Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to singer/songwriter/producer Omotola about Limewire, her transformative period of working at Urban Outfitters, her emo era, and the “neural synapse moment” of realizing she could harmonize with herself on her parent’s tape recorder, all guided by sifting through a box of old mix CDs and concert tickets. Stay tuned for which CD has been stuck in her car since 2013, and Tony’s favorite Spice Girl.   Omotola on BandCamp, Spotify, Instagram Omotola with Ryan Hahn and Jaws of Love Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Limewire The Beastie Boys Bon Iver Limp Bizkit “Chocolate Starfish” - Rollin’ Break Stuff Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone Taking Back Sunday Linkin Park - Reanimation Mandy Moore - So Real - Candy Royal Canoe CD that got stuck in the car Better Than Ezra (Good) Urban Outfitters An incredible Wikipedia article about the evolution of FYF/Fuck Yeah Fest - includes venues and line-ups Groupon Postal Service @ Madonna Inn Fresno/Clovis, CA Britney Spears - performing on a swing K Fed TRL Warped Tour Save Mart Center  Smash Mouth - All Star - our episode with Ryan Hahn Jon Batiste Basquiat exhibit LA Myspace the sad graveyard that shows you all the songs you can’t play anymore Cuppa Joe’s coffee shop/venue - all ages Always wanted to be in a band since Spice Girls Spice World is a great movie - hot take Taylor Swift is that now (for girls) Ying Yang Twins “Wait (The Whisper Song)” Celine Dion Cursive AIM - AOL Instant Messenger ICQ IRC - had to have all three instant messaging programs Cold War Kids  Local Natives Friend Bar, Tenants of the Trees, The Satellite Our episode with Okey Dokey - Aaron Martin - “LA is Gasoline City” Cosmic Love - Florence & the Machine GarageBand - the ultimate Toshiba

On today’s episode, Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to Texas-born, genre-blending multi-instrumentalist Lucas/Heaven about public libraries, the cultural significance of DJ Screw and his screw tapes, and information theory as it relates to music. We got some good stories about the Houston music scene in the 2000s, and a 3 week psychedelic life journey that opened him up to writing.    Lucas/Heaven on BandCamp, Spotify, and Instagram Drank - TPain Cover KCRW Today’s Top Tune - Every City Has a Rhythm Grandfather Child on Spotify - Ride That Train Heaven the Dude on SoundCloud and Spotify Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Fat Tony on SoundCloud and Spotify Satin Hooks on Spotify The Turkeys - they had rules: wouldn’t play unless there was a keg, all the songs had to do with turkey - Party Fowl, Get Basted in the Face - Butt Rock LA Public Library Resources LA Central Library Peavey Bass Tejano/Conjunto music in the garage Santana, War, Hall & Oates on the roadtrip - favorite bands Bird and the Bee Hall & Oates tribute album Stan Getz  Sade, Anita Baker 1991 was an incredible year for music:  Pearl Jam - Ten,  Nirvana - Nevermind, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic Weezer - Blue Album Geto Boys Master P and Cash Money Millionaires DJ Screw - important to Houston music - slowing down/diabolical Got big selling tapes out of his house - made people custom mixtapes, “Screw Tapes” - folk music, in a way The Screw Shop - in Houston - a ton of CDs of his University of Houston has an archive of DJ Screw! - the librarian who organized that inspired him to become a librarian! Sippin ‘Lean  Alvin & the Chipmunks speeding up tape Relic guitar that got past around the Houston scene - BC Rich Warlock he played that only in this band Joe/Yppah Double Wish - Fever Dream (favorite alt rock band in OC) - Yppah remix Saw The Boredoms at the La Brea Tarpits - 88 drummers on 8/8/08 Sacred Steel (movie) - steel guitar in gospel music - House of God Pentecostal Church Harmonium - Terence’s music Robert Ellis Geoffrey Muller Chet Faker, Com Truise Love AC/DC and the slash Information theory - data transforms into information and that transforms into knowledge Every Breath You Take by The Police Forgotify - an index of tunes on Spotify that have zero plays Echo Park Rising Scribble in Highland Park

This week we sit down at the very fancy W Hotel in Hollywood for a very fancy chat with Blond in Car, about late-in-life career changes, first tattoos, loving your daughter, and running out of fucks to give. Stick around for some tea about casting for film, ageism in music, why we have to thank her for one of the most beloved cult intellectual properties in popular culture.   Blond in Car on Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Robin’s famous syncs - Look at Me with Kali J - Step into Darkness by Dubkiller Robin Schorr Film Producer - Script interview Ella Vos on Spotify and Instagram Analog at The Hutton Hotel in Nashville Sage and Serpent Tattoo - Nashville Shure Sm7b microphone Bluebird Cafe BNA Carpet Casey Kasem’s Top 40 UCLA UC Berkeley Paramount Theater Oakland The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho McCabes  Hollywood Bowl Karen Carpenter Beach House CMAT - on tour with Quarters of Change - collective age of 30 Jared Leto level soulful eyes are a dime a dozen The Omnichord Runyon Canyon Asheville NC KCRW  KEXP Marc Muller - Played pedal steel with Bruce Springsteen Dan Wilson - write the music you wish existed and let that be your guide Casablanca was passed on many times  Helped get Buffy the Vampire Slayer greenlit - Joss Whedon Buffy Trailer Paul Reubens’ death scene from Buffy Gail Berman - WBTV Charli XCX rap style - “Brat” Nine Inch Nails creepy - fuck you like an animal (American Horror Story) “High Gummy Girl” - Stoner daughter 21

In this super-fun episode, Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to Local Native Ryan Hahn about memorizing the weekly top 40, sleeping on cardboard boxes on tour, and the influence of obscure Italian film scores of the 70s on his solo record. Ryan Hahn on Spotify and Instagram Local Natives on Spotify, Instagram, & YouTube Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching video - See if you can spot Terence! Crash into Me - DMB - the panty dropper Members of Dave Matthews Band Dave Matthews dance meme Z100 NY Weezer Blue Album O.A.R. Phish Our episode with Jaws of Love/Kelcey Ayer Voxhaul Broadcast The Union Line Michael Jackson’s “Will You Be There” - from Free Willy Garth Brooks - Entertainer of the Year - Stage antics Friends in Low Places Rick Dees and the Weekly Top 40 Joan Osborne - One of Us Seal Alanis Morrisette Calling in a dedication on the radio KROQ Furious 5 at 9 KROQ changes their format Requesting the song they just played - Smash Mouth - All Star At the Drive-In Everything in its Right Place - Radiohead Foo Fighters Green Day The Offspring Jack FM Indie 103.1 - how Phil found them! Whiplash - JK Simmons Beach Boys, The Zombies, Crosby Stills & Nash - learning harmony by trial and error Led Zeppelin - Black Dog - all guitar teacher wanted to teach Linkin Park - what he wanted to learn Adrianne Lenker relearning her own song through YouTube tutorials Hummingbird anniversary show at The Ford Amphitheater Thursday, Juliana Theory, Further Seems Forever, Thrice Metal Zone guitar pedal  Warlock guitar Glassjaw Die Radio Die from San Diego Noise Ratchet Ben Gibbard, Elliott Smith “Carry On” Crosby, Stills, and Nash “Horse with No Name” The Doors, Pet Sounds Kings of Leon Love Juice in Inland Empire Sing Sing (the Hollister) - dueling piano bar Chain Reaction Hoagie Barmichaels - no hoagies KROQ compilation CD - Flower of Roads (maybe on YouTube? Find it!) The OC Soundtrack - they got something on an OC adjacent comp DL-4 delay pedal - looked like The Riddler - basis of a lot of songs - everyone had one Talking Heads John Mayer kinda rips Minus the Bear - On Spotify Lifetime journey of finding the perfect clean tone: Fender Twin amps Roland JC 120 Playing through a Helix U2 plays through a Helix - they have their own preset pack! John Lennon - “I'm an artist, man. Give me a tuba and I'll get you something out of it.” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Piero Umiliani - Mah Nà Mah Nà - 70s film composer The Lodge Room ETA - getting the ETA people to play live shows Zebulon Landslide - Fleetwood Mac Jackie Brown - glimpses of the movie and soundtrack Issac Hayes - on Spotify

This week Rose, Terence, and Tony have a chat with angsty indie rock goddess Talker, about making an album for a fictional band at 7, how Avril Lavigne and Linkin Park informed the expression of certain predispositions, and how she definitely did not bring Mac De Marco a box of drugs at the Miami airport. Plus hear an as-yet-unreleased stripped down version of her song “Everything is Something I Never Saw Coming.”    Talker on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Cherryland - Creative Agency with Fiona Grey Friendship on Spotify Dolly Dagger The Other Side June Gloom Fest WYO the band Our episode with WYO Avril Lavigne songbook Folsom, CA - outside Sacramento - hardly a “prison town” “Folsom Prison Blues” - Johnny Cash Johnny Cash trail American River Taylor Swift - Tortured Poets Department Our episode with Pete Molinari Our episode with Daniel Brummel 1st 2 albums - “Let Go” by Avril Lavigne, “Meteora” by Linkin Park Parents - Nirvana, Soundgarden, U2 - “Joshua Tree” (desert island top 5) 1st Concert - Hilary Duff Mormon commercials - here’s another Edie Brickell Celeste Louise Crimson Sky - a band of Christians Slims in San Francisco - big solo show Canadian guitar brand - Art and Lutherie Two Door Cinema Club The Satellite (video by Modern Time Machines) - Beck should buy it!!! Silversun Pickups Planet Hollywood - the Silverlake version Permanent Records, Zebulon The Echo, The Regent, The Love Song Lucas/Heaven Spaceland - Mitchell Frank Elliot Smith birthday tribute show/New Monkey Fundraiser Gold Diggers - THEY HAVE A PARKING LOT The Californians The Bellwether Play Like a Girl  Sofar Sounds Jeff Buckley - Gods and Monsters - 2 geniuses in a pod University of Miami Frost School of Music - contemporary songwriting program  Mac De Marco - definitely did not give him a box of drugs Ariel Rechtshaid - Haim, Vampire Weekend Dan Sadin Mike Biggane  Everything is Something I Never Saw Coming - STRIPPED DOWN VERSION NOT OUT YET

Rose, Terence, and Tony interview Jessica Carter Altman about writing musicals with her brother, performing at the Kennedy Center with her mom (Wonder Woman Lynda Carter), and the way life continues after a profound change. Stick around to hear how grief can be both a noun and an adjective, in the same song! Jessica Carter Altman on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube The Troubadour Wonder Woman - Jessica’s Mom Lynda Carter Performing Everly Brothers with Lynda Carter Performing with Mom at Jazz at Lincoln Center Andre 3000’s flute record 99 Luft Balloons The Artist’s Way - creator vs editor Jason Lehning Lennon Stella - Golf on TV Hunter S Thompson - “Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!” Bonnie Raitt - I Can’t Make You Love Me BBMAK Tyler Hilton Back Here - BBMAK Tennessee Whiskey The Band - Mat Dauzat - guitar - Dauzat St. Marie - plays for Seal Hotel Cafe Michael “Fish” Herring - plays with Christina Aguilera Brandon Brown - Pastor Funk Gold Diggers Alex Burke - just wrote a musical Mortified Flex the bass player

Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to Nik Ewing all about format, and how it shifts, as well as cassettes and liner notes. Plus we get to hear about how Nik joined Local Natives. Chewing on Spotify and Instagram Chewing Inc - chewinginc.com Buy “Songs for Linnea” on Vinyl Local Natives on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube W Hollywood Hotel Griffith Observatory !!! (Chk Chk Chk) Album Covers Radiohead - Amnesiac Yeasayer Chillwave The Entertainer  Matchbox 20 Every Rose Has it’s Thorn The future is tiny Tool The Mars Volta AFI Bright Eyes Indie 103.1 When the President Talks to God Pop Etc Rooney Evan Voytas Tapedeck Mountain Brandon Schwartzel  

Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to Julio Tavares and Joe Zizzo of WORK about Long Island, the mental health challenges of tour life, and their musical meet-cute. Stick around for a sneak preview of their new track "Islands," which comes out this Friday, October 4th. Work on Spotify and Instagram LLIIKKEEAAGGHHOOSSTT on Spotify and Instagram The Sleeping on Spotify and Instagram As Tall As Lions on Spotify and Instagram Skycamefalling on Spotify and Instagram Bob Moses on Spotify and Instagram Odesza on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube W Hotel Hollywood Long Island, NY Levittown - first suburb in America  The Mars Volta - Guitarist Omar Rodriguez Lopez  Viv Albertine - Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys memoir The Slits Chance the Rapper PGA Tour Jacket Aaron Copeland School of Music Brand New Taking Back Sunday Long Island Hardcore Scene Envy on the Coast Soundwave Festival Australia  Rock and Roll Movers Dillinger Escape Plan The Buzzcocks Madison Square Garden Folsom Field The Gorge Sunny Day Real Estate Santigold Bo Burnham mental health Post Malone Everything In It’s Right Place - Radiohead I Will Always Love You - Whitney Houston Ethiopian Jazz Hyper-pop Rage Against the Machine Kramer vs Kramer Twisters Lime Light New York Tunnel Dance Hall Show Me Love Sand Storm The Prodigy - Fat of the Land Hip Hop Hurray

This week Rose, Terence, and Tony get somehow both silly and deep with Aaron Martin and Johnny Fisher of Okey Dokey about trying to impress girls with the wrong genre of music, smoking weed with your parents… or someone else’s parents, and good naturedly trolling famous people at South by Southwest.   Okey Dokey on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Sol Cat on Spotify  Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Waymore Guest House and Casual Club Make a Wish Foundation  Bonnaroo Breatharian  Quiznos - the weird commercials with the spongmonkeys Furby Hutton Hotel Dave Matthews Band  Jack Johnson Oasis Campfire scene from Barbie Caddo Indian mounds Rivers of Babylon by Sublime McLovin Belmont University The Flying Burrito Brothers CMJ Zella Day Jive Talk the band Our episode with Jive Talk Bootleg Theater Pianos in New York Animal Collective concept  Lindsey Jameson - Ben Folds Five  The Love and Terror Cult - Charles Manson’s record that drove him crazy The Love and Terror Cult - Aaron’s old band Johny’s step dad on Spotify MK Ultra Teletubbies Pharrell & Usher - at SXSW  Jim James  Forecastle Festival Kings of Leon - legendary Bonnaroo cocaine performances The fedora moment The Orwells Burger Records Ira Glass quote Justin Beiber’s Yummy  Father John Misty Jam in the Van Eric Andre Leon Bridges St Paul and the Broken Bones Tiny Tim Larry David Donna Summer cancellation Jonathan Rado - made an album with him The Killers Weyes Blood The Lemon Twigs Groundwork Coffee An American Tail: Fievel Goes West Jeepers Creepers 2 Monk with Tony Shaloub Harry Terrell - Still Woozy - played on their record Magic City Hippies - on the same tour Kim Possible  Foxygen  Haim

In this episode, Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to girlhouse, a.k.a. Lauren Luiz, about early teen trama and why hormones are hard, her first band Tears of Mirth, her life-changing role in the revival of Spring Awakening, and why she will not rush the completion of her first full-length album.   Girlhouse on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube WILD on Spotify  Revival of Spring Awakening on Broadway  Deaf West does Spring Awakening Ali Stroker from Glee Duncan Sheik - wrote the music for Spring Awakening Actor’s Access Wallis Annenberg Theater Cody Lassen The Color Purple with Cynthia Erivo Performing at the Tonys The Who’s Tommy (The Musical) Christopher Walken - Does your mother sew? Fender Newporter guitar - Fender California series Joni Mitchell Blue - record store day exclusive demos from Blue Toured with Copeland - Aaron Marsh Baby Beluga Future Music - guitar repair Avril Lavigne Huckleberry Festival in Oregon Dictaphone Jeff Buckley - drowned in a river Hannah Connolly’s episode - we all cried Tate McRae Rick Rubin - The Creative Act - writing songs as a journal entry Sabrina Carpenter Yokelore

This week Rose, Terence, and Tony are back at the Waymore in Nashville with folk singer-poet Alicia Blue, talking about secret emo poems, the lost art of the mix tape, sensitivity as a strength, and wanting to be the next Jack Kerouac.    Alicia Blue on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Malcolm Clark Hayes, Jr - Put Your Love to the Test - Liberty Records Northern Soul Wall of Sound - Phil Spector v Grateful Dead Long Strange Trip - Grateful Dead documentary Pomona Valley, CA The Wild Reeds - also from Pomona The LA County Fair Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks - The Hurricane - “This is like journalism” Dead Poets Society English teacher On the Road - Jack Kerouac LA Weekly Harvard & Stone “Your body is not a coffin” quote Mario’s mix tape highlights - Sweet Thing by Van Morrison, Mimi and Richard Farina, Long as I can See the Light by Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Needle and the Damage Done by Neil Young Johnny Guitar Watson 1966 school teacher edition Rhodes - rescued from Los Angeles Community College Eduardo Rivera - folk EP CD Baby Jason Goldstein, Jordan Ruiz - produced Bravebird in 2020 Lincoln Parish (Cage the Elephant) - produced new record Hollywood Thai - Nong: the Thai singer who took her to buy her first guitar and taught her guitar Queen of Echo Park Lauren Ruth Ward - the Queen of Echo Park herself Brian Ross - Elliptic Management -  Alicia’s manager Joni Mitchell - open D tuning Suzie Chism - on Spotify - Suzie’s episode of Rawkwardness! Lucinda Williams 

This week Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to Jillian Shea about being a Disney kid, playing with her dad, writing with her boyfriend, producing her own short film, and singing with Sabrina Carpenter.    Jillian Shea on Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube “The Noise” Short Film “I Don’t Know” - 2020 - produced by dad Walk the Prank Godmothered Les Miserables - Young Eponine Crazy Fast theme song - Runaway Tuning Fork Crave Cafe on Ventura in Studio City Meg Donnelly Joshua Bassett  Jack Gray on Spotify Tia and Jack on SoundCloud Katelyn Tarver on Spotify Berklee College of Music Sabrina Carpenter Waitress the Musical Legally Blonde the musical Ava King’s episode Zeke and Luther Kirby Buckets High School Musical Maddie Poppe Andra Day Hozier

This week, we’re back in Music City with Suzie Chism, talking about leading youth worship, trading CDs with boys at the skate park, learning guitar from an Elvis impersonator, and all the Nashville tea.    Suzie Chism on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Til’ The Wheels Fall off - New single Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Suzie’s Hotel Indigo ad Daddo Video - Pobrecita No Dancing - Duke’s Nashville Moseley SUP Waymore Guest House and Casual Club Ace Hotel and Swim Club Palm Springs Nikki Lane’s High Class Hillbilly Hutton Hotel - Analog Ella Vos The Monthlies in Tucson The Picture and the Frame - Rickett Baker Santa’s Nashville Yarrington, Nevada Modest Mouse Bouncing Souls 30 Seconds to Mars Tsunami Bomb from San Francisco Ali Wong - Skateboarders bit -Baby Cobra Bay Area Hip Hop Hyphy Scene Andre 3000’s flute record Shannon and the Clams - Suzie’s drummer on the new record Nate Mahan  Kat Hamilton - Guyville -  Should Have Never Dated Paul Cossette produced Suzie’s new record Aimie Lovett Sommer

Rose, Terence, and Tony chat with Collin Desha of Low Hum about his pedal board, Hawaiian culture, how a song can become bigger than the artist, and going to the unknown places. We also have a very exclusive deep cut from Collin’s high school band, Geronimo, and a beautifully stripped down version of “Hints,” from the new album “Terra Incognita.”   Buy Low Hum’s new album on vinyl Low Hum on Spotify, Instagram, and YouTube Only if You Say So video Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Vanaprasta on Spotify  Sun Drug on Spotify   The pedal board:  Echo Master by Death by Audio vocal pedal “The Low Hum Sound” - Vaderin pedal - Germanium fuzz Deco by Stryman - clean tone RE202 - Space Echo Boss Digitech Whammy - Harmony with octaves 79 JMP The Edge’s effects set-up Eventide vocal processor - Julian Casablancas Uniform Music Mudhoney T-rex distortion   Last Gang Records Jules de Gasparis - Edgar Everyone Keveen Baudouin - Carré  Taylor Brown - Slip Helen Desha Beamer - relative  Beamers slack-key guitar players - Keola Beamer - on YouTube Anti-Flag NoFX - Fat Mike, El Hefe The Vandals Raw Irons - Andy Irons surf video Beastie Boys Bad Religion Taylor Steele - making a lot of the surf videos Fenix TX Squier Starter Pack Total Request Live (TRL)  - Carson Daly - Blink 182, Greenday, Nirvana The Jackass era The Bloodhound Gang - One Fierce Beer Coaster Huntington Beach - Surf City, USA Duke’s Huntington Beach Duke Kahanamoku Digi 002, Protools Vincent Herbert Stephen Wilkin on TikTok Andres Villalobos of James Supercave Cameron Dmytryk Chad Carlisle Joaquin Pastor - singer of James Supercave Full Sail University in AZ Wild Belle Moonrise Campout - Betawave Studios Matt Shores - Street Light Events Warpaint Jon Joseph - producer - Spotify playlist  The Bluestones Stella Mozgawa - drummer of Warpaint

This week, Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to artist and composer Andy Sorge of landscape-rock band WYO about his home state of Wyoming, being mentored by Anthony Gonzalez of M83, finding his voice, and seeking inspiration in nature…and sometimes video games.   WYO on Spotify, Instagram, and YouTube Down by the River video June Gloom Fest - June 23, 2024 Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Ballpark Pizza Call of Duty Russian Landscape All Quiet on the Western Front Anthony Gonzalez from M83 Brain Farm Andy Irons: Kissed by God documentary Lindsey Vonn: The Final Season documentary Reason Brad Wood - Producer Ryan Bingham Aphex Twin Freak on a Leash - Jonathan Davis of Korn Mom’s Spaghetti - Eminem Pelle Hillström - session guitarist - Pelle’s Jazzmaster School Night - Chris Douridas Chris Douridas interviewing Jeff Buckley on KCRW Avi Buffalo Belly Up in San Diego Mountain Resort in Jackson Hole Samick bass Gibson J45

On this week’s episode of Rawkwardness, Rose, Terence, and Tony are back in Nashville at the Waymore Guest House with Oliver Pierce and Andres Ahogado of Jive Talk. We talk about musical theater, teenage Pink Floyd cover bands, the band’s wildly different taste in movies, and always, “The Business.”   Jive Talk on Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Waymore Guest House and Casual Club - Nashville, TN Muhlenberg County, KC - “Paradise” by John Prine  Okey Dokey on Spotify - Look out for their episode later this season! Harper and the Bears - Andres’ college band Hair the Musical - Woof’s song Million Dollar Quartet - Oliver played Elvis 4115 Studio Korg MS 2000 True Grit agency Red Light Management - Neil Mason The Cadillac Three - Neil’s band Zakk Davis - video guy Polychrome Ranch - Jared Corder Zella Day Anthony Bourdain Why? the band - Yoni Wolf Favorite movies: Enter the Void - Gaspar Noe, Stop Making Sense, Heavyweights, Synecdoche New York, There Will Be Blood Slow Dive Phish - playing a vacuum cleaner Little Person from Synecdoche, New York - Jon Brion Books and Pens by White Stripes - Napoleon Dynamite

Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to Daniel Brummel of Ozma and Sanglorians (and many other projects) about the history of Pasadena, the earliest social media, and touring with your childhood heroes. Spoiler alert: we talked about Weezer a bit.   Daniel Brummel on Spotify and Instagram Ozma on Spotify and Instagram Sanglorians on Spotify and Instagram Eulogy for a Rock Band - Everything Will Be Alright in the End - with Weezer Monstro with Ezra Buchla, Corey Fogel and Laura Steinberge Spain the band Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Weezer on Spotify Weezerpedia Weezma Weezer Cruise “Buddy Holly” video included with Windows 95 Van Halen in Pasadena Marcel DuChamp in Pasadena Battling for Baby - Debbie Reynolds Mos Def dissing Drake Chuck Klosterman - The Nineties Harry Smith Folk Anthology - Smithsonian Folkways Frank Stanford   No Future Cafe - Pasadena 4 Square church rec room - all the free iced mocha you could drink The Smell Unknown Theater - playing on the set of the play Machine Project in Echo Park - Mark Allen, Emily Lacy Chain Reaction in Anaheim Fuck Yeah Fest/FYF Echo Park Rising   Beatles Anthology - 2nd one  Smashing Pumpkins Nirvana L7 Pearl Jam Greenday  Breeders REM - Stand Tracy Chapman - Fast Car REM - Flood They Might Be Giants - Birdhouse in Your Soul Fine Young Cannibals - She Drives me Crazy B52s Psoma  Shufflepuck Nada Surf  Rilo Kiley Clancy Brothers The Pogues Luke Kelly The Dubliners Shane McGowan

This week, Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to spooky LA baby Devon Thompson about her tween YouTube channel, throwing the coolest all-ages DIY shows in the Valley, Gibson Guitars, and her dream collaborator: Tim Burton.   Devon Thompson on Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Devon’s tour dates with Dead on a Sunday Devon & Gibson Guitars - with the black and white J45 - the Gothabilly guitar Pop Studios in Northridge Devon’s Top 5i(sh): Blondie Siouxsie and the Banshees Pretenders Johnny Cash Alabama Shakes Fiona Apple Kat Hamilton’s spreadsheet of ethical LA  promoters Rebecca Black - Friday  System of a Down Last Dinner Party Hiatus Kaiyote Tim Burton - retrospective at LACMA, more from the retrospective

Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to globetrotting, multi-lingual powerhouse singer, songwriter, producer, and badass: Ava King. She reads us her diary from when she was growing up in France, tells us how she came to write for the New York Times, and explains how the hell she ended up on Chinese television. You’ve never heard a story like this.   Ava King on Spotify,  Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Ava’s new album SEX MONEY GOD Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube American Beauty plastic bag Never seen Rocky Horror Picture Show Singing in the Rain “Uninvited” by Alanis Morrissette Carmen Moi Lolita - French song by pop star Alizée Machistador - Tony’s new jam Brice de Nice - Casse - Jean DuJardin from The Artist - the French surfer skater dude Peony Pavilion Huayi Brothers - working as PR manager Stars in Danger: the High Dive - needed a white girl in a bathing suit Berklee College of Music Bumble BFF  Rob Cavallo - Greenday, Paramore, GooGoo Dolls, etc 

It’s the premiere of Season 3! Rose, Terence, and Tony visit Nashville, and interview smooth-voiced and smooth-faced crooner Kevin Garrett about the artistic value of writing on paper, singers that yell, getting his very first placement on Beyonce’s Lemonade album, being a quality over quantity guy, and always sending the email.   Kevin Garrett on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Pray You Catch Me from Beyoncé’s Lemonade Telescopes on Spotify Noble Hunter on Spotify - Kevin’s college band Kevin on Roc Nation D’Angelico guitars The Waymore Guest House and Casual Club in Nashville NYU Tisch Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music Lenny Pickett Bashiri Johnson Maggie Rogers on Spotify Erasure Poetry Roseanne Cash The Fray James Vincent McMorrow Sam Cooke Oscar Peterson Chet Baker Our episode with Aaron Marsh of Copeland Maps & Atlases Colter Wall Luke Combs playing with vocal issues Our episode with Pete Molinari The Bluebird Nashville Rockwood Music Hall

In our Season 2 Finale extravaganza, Rose, Terence, and Tony reflect on the year gone by, and are visited by three guests of episodes past. We celebrate the day after Christmas with music, laughter, and friendship…and an exclusive sneak peek of the upcoming single from Work!   Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube LLIIKKEEAAGGHHOOSSTT on Spotify and Instagram Work on Spotify - new single coming in 2024 - “Please” from Opener Records Double Wish on Spotify and Instagram. Buy their vinyl and merch here! Jaws of Love on Spotify and Instagram Local Natives on Spotify and Instagram Bing Crosby Christmas Special with David Bowie As Tall As Lions on Spotify Cliff Sarcona on Instagram  Bob Moses on Spotify Bob Moses on tour with Odesza Hit the North Records Neon Bloodbath Phillipe on Instagram Danny Reisch - Kelcey’s producer Bayonne on Spotify and Instagram Chartreuse on Spotify and Instagram Zella Day on Spotify and Instagram Katelyn Tarver on Spotify and Instagram Copeland on Spotify and Instagram Ella Vos on Spotify and Instagram Miserable Faith on Spotify, Instagram, and Weibo Outside Lands Festival Electric Forest Festival Austin City Limits Festival Amtrak (the artist) King Krule on Spotify Meg Myers on Spotify

Rose takes a solo trip to Portland to chat with Harlee from New Constellations about teenage hometown gigs, winning “Most Sought After” at a talent search, and succeeding at the right time. Hear how an unplanned pause ended up laying the groundwork for that success, and enjoy exclusive access to the original demo of their hit “Hot Blooded.”   New Constellations on Spotify, Insta, TikTok, and YouTube Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Ladies of Paradise - Harlee’s creative agency Lady Jays  Baby Harlee on YouTube Cannons - Fire For You - from Netflix series “Never Have I Ever” Drama the band Tristan Prettyman Jem The OC Soundtrack Jem - Maybe I’m Amazed - Live on The OC IMTA - International Modeling & Talent Association  Thank You for Saying No Podcast

In this week’s episode, Rose, Terence and Tony talk to singer-songwriter-film composer Emily Greene about historical dramas, hating authority, playing with Passion Pit, and how a night on her tour with Dar Williams changed her life forever…but not in the way you might think. Hint: STRFKR was there. Emily Greene on Spotify, Instagram, and YouTube and more YouTube Riothorse Royale on Spotify, Instagram, and YouTube Liz Phair tweeted about their first show - “My very favorite thing right now, esp. Live: RIOTHORSE. Joy Division meets The Raincoats.” Kissy Girls on Spotify Emily’s upcoming scoring project, “Good Girls,” starring Mary Beth Barone Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube “We Are Beautiful” jam video “Is This What You Had in Mind” - 2010 album “Let Me Be The One” - Original song for “All the World is Sleeping,” starring Melissa Barerra - Carmen, In the Heights, Scream A Cuban Girls Guide to Tea and Tomorrow - YA holiday movie Passion Pit on Spotify Matthew Good Dar Williams STRFKR Adam Tressler - guitarist  Ben Doyle - backline tech Dan Romer - composer Danny Reisch - producer/drummer (also for Jaws of Love!) Joanne Brackine - odd meter stuff - piano teacher at Berklee Mr. Mister - “Broken Wings” Berklee College of Music  Aspire: Berklee’s 5 week intensive summer workshop Debussy - Clair de Lune Paula Abdul - Cold Hearted Snake Live in LA 1992 Paula Abdul choreographing for Janet Jackson 1986 Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run Fame - performing arts school - show-off scene  Chet Baker Björk - Hyperballad - Homogenic  Viking as a verb “Vikings” the show T.T. the Bear’s Revolution Rock Bar in Boston - first show - the tea! Paradise Lounge Higher Ground in VT - the fateful canceled Dar Williams show Protools - “That’s my DAW”

On today’s episode, Rose, Terence and Tony chat with Aussie Indie Pop darling Jack Gray about his dad’s pub band, various regional American accents, growing as an artist, and the excessive specificity of Gen Z lyrics, and Jack and Tony challenge each other to ping pong and pool showdowns. Exclusive sneak peak of one of Jack’s new songs!   Jack Gray on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Tia and Jack on SoundCloud - “Leave My Heart” Jack’s “first song” - “Fools”  BBG 808L Maiden - Australian acoustic guitar - on Reverb Jillian Shea Spaeder - Jill “Bring it on Home” - Jack’s first ever vocal performance on stage Chet Faker  Sticky Fingers  Ballpark Music  San Cisco  The 1975 - Jack’s biggest inspiration (according to him) Frank Ocean  Bon Iver - one of his faves Pete Yorn Maisie Peters - toured with her in 2019 Ed Sheeran voice memo Why Prince changed his name to a symbol Grimes on SongExploder - talking about why she likes writing for other people Ozark on Netflix Major 3rd on Wikipedia - How Nirvana used it via Reddit  Sam Claflin in “Daisy Jones and the Six” - going between his British accent and his character’s American accent

In this post-Thanksgiving mulligan episode, Rose, Terence and Tony interview Moorea Masa about leaning into joy, trash TV as self-care, possessive bandmates, and never calling your partner by their nickname. With a special sneak preview of her new single “Distraction,” 3 days ahead of its official release! Moorea Masa and the Mood on Spotify and Instagram, YouTube, & tour dates Ruby Pines on Spotify and with a choir of friends Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Swatkins on Spotify - Mr. Moorea aka “Steve” Noah Woodburn - New North Sound - no longer in existence Blue Dream Studios  India Arie - I’m Ready for Love “Zandy” - Alexandria Saleem - florist/set designer for photoshoots - did all the flowers for wedding The Good Foot Portland - where Moorea and Steve met, and where they played their wedding show Charities -  Backline - helps musicians find therapists Black Mental Health Alliance - help pair BIPOC folk with BIPOC therapists  Radical Rest - Portland based - healing justice collective of practitioners and educators centering the holistic wellness needs of the BIPOC community

Rose, Terence, and Tony get gabby with singer-songwriter/curator/cutie Kat Hamilton. We chat about songs Prince wrote for other people, emotional attachment to our cell phone numbers, getting sober, and the revelations of Titanic: tape 2.   Kat Hamilton on Spotify and Instagram I Wish it Was a Love Story EP on Spotify Recovery Songs on Spotify Guyville on Spotify and Instagram Manic Pixi on Spotify and Instagram Kat’s playlist Winter Break 2007 Kat’s guide to ethical LA venues Writer’s Round LA on Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Social Drag on Spotify and Instagram - the other half of Guyville The Indestructible Shure SM58 microphone - Durability test Songs Prince wrote for other people Allan - Ken’s best friend Bratz dolls - Bratz movie Teenager as a marketing term Marin County Marin County music history - mixtape Total Request Live - video - host Carson Daly Men in Black Soundtrack Big Willy Style Almost Famous Soundtrack Titanic: the movie House of the Rising Sun on Spotify The Yeah Yeah Yeah’s Nick Zinner Myspace Michelle Branch on Spotify Sara Bareilles on Spotify Liz Phair on Spotify Sheryl Crow on Spotify The Moldy Peaches on Spotify Juno Soundtrack The Hotel Cafe - legendary LA venue for singer-songwriters Harvard and Stone

Today’s episode finds Rose, Terence and Tony in the living room of singer-songwriter/actress and Radio Disney darling of the mid-2000s, Katelyn Tarver. (She’s also Jo on “Big Time Rush!”) We sit amongst the detritus of a recently completed tour, discussing chaos, seeing behind the curtain too early, coming back to 8th grade famous, and of course, The Jonas Brothers.   Katelyn Tarver on Spotify, Instagram, and YouTube Quitter Video - See if you can spot Tony ;) Shit Happens video Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube American Juniors - Katelyn sings “Tell Him” Katelyn on Big Time Rush Radio Disney Jonas Bros, Ally and AJ, Honor Society Are You Kidding Me? - Live in 2008 Hayley Williams  Connecticut Strawberry Festival 2011 record producer Matt Grabe Unlocking Us Podcast with Brene Brown, Tim Ferris, Dax Sheppard - what’s a bumper sticker saying that's overused but powerful?

Today’s guest is soulful Canadian songstress Samantha Schultz. She tells Rose, Terence and Tony all about the robust and supportive folk scene in her hometown of Edmonton, the highs and lows of a US artist VISA, and ambivalently auditioning for Berklee College of Music. And defends her countrymen, Nickelback.   Samantha Schultz on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Phantom of the Opera - Music of the Night Prince of Egypt - When You Believe Hero - by Chad Kroeger - from Spiderman Edmonton Folk Festival Mike Lendt Emily Schultz on Spotify Johnny Lang - Lie to Me The Citadel Edmonton Myspace - an update Berklee College of Music Gary Slaight Westside 6 Pitch Slapped Cover Girl Pitch Perfect Campaign Chris Thigpen

In a triumphant return from a mid-season hiatus, Rose, Terence and Tony sit down with the legendary Dandy Warhols, backstage at The Bellwether in Los Angeles. Nothing is off limits: from the darker side of the Summer of Love, to a “heroine threesome,” to trading drum lessons for Tae Kwon Do, all the way to why AI is like a teenager. Audio cameo by The Black Angels.   Dandy Warhols on Spotify, Instagram, and YouTube Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Summer of Hate on  YouTube Just Try on Spotify Last Junkie on Earth on Spotify and YouTube Lou on Spotify - with flute by Chris Consentino DiG! on IMDB Brian Jonestown Massacre on Spotify The Odditorium - the Dandy’s version of Andy Warhol’s The Factory Morphine on Spotify Karl Kanga on Spotify Satyricon  X-Ray Club Dilemma Sect - Portland’s first goth band - Pete’s first band Bauhaus on Spotify Cry Baby pedal Charlatans, Stone Roses Those Darn Accordions Stephen Sprouse  - fashion designer, part of The Factory Paige Powell - photographer, curator, friend of Andy Warhol Chris Constantinou - flute on “Lou” (played bass with Adam and the Ants) Teddy Dean - Holy Modal Rounders - lived with Velvet Underground The Black Angels - El Jardín The Three O’Clock - San Diego Mod Scene - I think her head’s revolving Paisley Underground in LA - The Bangles Miracle Workers on Spotify Rain Parade on Spotify Summer of Love in San Francisco Summer 2020 in Portland The Dream of the 90s is Alive in Portland J Lowe - editor of “Summer of Hate” video

In today’s episode Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to Dave Tosti, singer of popular Christian rock band of the 2000s, Pax217. We talk relentless touring, crappy record deals, and roadie-ing for his dad’s wedding band, plus a story that will really make you appreciate smartphones.   Pax217 on Spotify, Instagram, and YouTube Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Big Dog Small Fence - where they got Bobby the DJ - on Amazon Sarducci’s/Trevor’s on the track in San Juan Capistrano Knotts Berry Farm caroling group - The Calico Carolers - not Dave’s actual mom in this video  Tooth and Nail Records Early influences: Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magik Beastie Boys - Check Your Head Warrant - Cherry Pie 2 Live Crew - Me So Horny The Specials Incubus  311   Other Christian acts mentioned: Michael W Smith Bobby Carlyle - Butterfly Kisses Stryper  Petra OC Supertones Jars of Clay P.O.D. Project 86 Pigeon John

On today’s episode, Rose, Terence and Tony talk to Afro-Indigenous multi-disciplinary artist, singer and rapper Kianah LongChase aka TwoLips about places where the past seems less far away, the positive influence of TikTok, the power of teen angst and the constantly shifting concept of home.   TwoLips on Spotify and Instagram Kianah’s visual art, modeling, and dance page  Emergency Ahead “When In Rome” by Emergency Ahead  Stuff we reference: Almost Famous - “I didn’t wanna be her, I wanted to be them” Bayo Akomalafe Braiding Sweetgrass - by Robin Wall Kimmerer Gogol Bordello Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes Spice Girls Destiny’s Child The Internet Santigold Kianah’s recommendations for Indigenous TikTok: Notorious Cree Quannah Chasinghorse Asina Abe

Rose, Terence and Tony chat with singer-songwriter Jazzie Young about releasing music in a pandemic, the value of making a full-length album, and touring with your dad. Jazzie Young on Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Trouble with Jesse Colin Young on Spotify Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube The Youngbloods on Spotify Jesse Colin Young on Spotify Get Together - Dad’s “easy song” with G and Am Jazzie and her dad play “Reason to Believe” live John Velasquez - Episode 5 of Rawkwardness - On Instagram and “reel” on Spotify  Our playlists, as promised: DJ Jazzy J - songs i'm diggin Terence aka TL;DJ - Electric Forest 2023 Tony - Don T. Murder Just Rose - Inspo - Oldie but goodie. Listen on shuffle! Albums/Artists we talked about: Dido - No Angel Poe - Haunted Cat Stevens Avril Lavigne - Let Go Lana del Rey - Ultraviolence Lorde - Pure Heroine Other Nonsense: Voice memos - even Taylor Swift uses them Ducks in a row  Spitting image

From growing up in small-town Texas, acting in LA and teaching English in rural Japan, to living in New York and then baaack to LA, art pop artist and actress Lindsey Rose Black takes Rose, Terence and Tony along on her literal and musical journey. We talk Future Farmers of America, The Disney Channel, her supportive granny and making an EP with her partner Matt Frazier (and perennial Rawkwardness favorite: John Velasquez)   Lindsey Rose Black on Spotify, Instagram, and YouTube Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Poetry.com As the Bell Rings JET program - Teach English in Japan Kelcey Ayer (Jaws of Love, Local Natives) - Episode 12.5 of Rawkwardness John Velasquez - Episode 5 of Rawkwardness - On Instagram and “reel” on Spotify  Just What I Kneaded - vegan bakery Kulak's Woodshed - open mic Dimples - legendary Burbank karaoke bar Pete Molinari - Episode 13 of Rawkwardness

Rose, Terence, and Tony talk with swoony singer-songwriter Jameson Burt about playing in bars as a teenager, finding the courage to sing, and touring Italy with Italian superstar Vasco Rossi. Jameson Burt on Spotify and Instagram - check insta for tour highlight Jameson & Co. on Spotify Whistler on Spotify Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube G&L guitars - https://glguitars.com/ Joe Satriani on Spotify Coldplay - Parachutes Travis the band Duncan Sheik on Spotify Sing Sing at Irvine Spectrum The Gypsy Lounge https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-gypsy-lounge-lake-forest Vasco Rossi - Bruce Springsteen of Italy - on Spotify Jim Henson Studios Rupert Hine Billy Bragg on Spotify Jeff Buckley on Spotify Rival Sons on Spotify “Driveway”

Today Rose, Terence and Tony talk to Denver-based DJ/Producer and resident cool guy DommyTumont about playing Carnegie Hall in high school, a parental veto of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones, appreciating a well-made suit and living in Belgium.   Dommy Tumont on Instagram  Salt Hands on BandCamp Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Mt Ossa on Spotify Double Wish (Phillipe and Adam) on Spotify and Instagram Double Wish Episode on Apple Podcasts Glorious Wonder on BandCamp Always You on Spotify  Polaris at Noon on CD and YouTube Iron Butterfly “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” Simpsons clip of “In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida” on YouTube Mighty Mighty Bosstones “Let’s Face It” Third Eye Blind “Semi-Charmed Life” Justin Bieber “Christmas Eve” Janet Jackson “Someone to Call my Lover” Smurf museum in Brussels  Cleveland DJ set Lawrence Le Doux on BandCamp Thank You for Saying No Podcast links

Rose, Terence, and Tony chat with Gal Musette about speaking French, finding the right collaborators, and one-upping The Magnetic Fields with 70 love songs.    Gal Musette on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Je vois le ciel video 70 Love Songs Sweetheart and the Rodeo on Instagram Jon O’Brien on Instagram Ghost featuring Coma Culture (with Eric Cannata from Episode 1) Moon Police on Spotify The Magnetic Fields - 69 Love Songs Coffee Break French on Spotify Irving Berlin Bal Musette Samuel Beckett - Waiting for Godot

On this single release edition of Rawkwardness; Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to singer-songwriter Lili Joy about "Titanic," watching her own progress, Pompeii as a source of inspiration, and that TV show she was on that time (The Voice).   Lili Joy on Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, TikTok Brand new single “She” coming out Wednesday, 5/31! John Velasquez on Instagram Lili on The Voice Pompeii lovers The Titanic montage “From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler”

Today Rose, Terence, and Tony interview LLIIKKEEAAGGHHOOSST’s Julio Tavarez about confidence, learning bass to play the Warped Tour, famous people from Massapequa, and the best guitar teacher ever.   LLIIKKEEAAGGHHOOSSTT on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube As Tall As Lions on Spotify The Black and the White on Spotify Work on Spotify Cliff Sarcona on Instagram for the cover videos we mentioned Bob Moses on Spotify Bob Moses on tour with Odesza Dan of As Tall as Lions aka Daniel Nigro’s Olivia Rodrigo album - Sour Warped Tour Definition of Emo Greenday Radiohead - Kid A Coldplay - Parachutes  Massive Attack Portishead A Tribe Called Quest Fruity Loops music program 

In this week’s episode Rose, Terence and Tony talk with electronic pop singer-songwriter Trace about anxiety, quitting your job, being more of a Joni Mitchell than a Tina Turner and her badass list of career goals.   Trace on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube National Alliance for Mental Health First song with Bryan Bangerter - Away  Newer collab with Bryan Bangerter aka Bryan B. Stray - Good Times  Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me Check out Episode 4 with Alice Gray for some interesting parallels  Tiny Desk Concerts on NPR Barack Obama’s Playlist

In this week’s episode, Rose, Terence and Tony catch up with Aaron Marsh of Copeland on the 20th anniversary tour of their album “Beneath Medicine Tree.” We talk Soundgarden, youth orchestra, emotional investment in your gear, and the value of boredom.   Copeland on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Soundgarden cover on YouTube mp3.com Kevin Garrett on Spotify D’Angelo Gibson Studio Standard Full Sail Drive Thru Records

Season 2 premiere! Rose, Terence, and Tony yuk it up with drummer/singer-songwriter/producer Frank Lenz about being a late bloomer, discovering The Verve, white guy reggae, and working with the late Richard Swift. Frank also shares an unorthodox studio trick.   Frank Lenz on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Charity Empressa Voxhaul Broadcast - Holy Ghost - we think this is the ass slap clap track song Jessie Baylin  Jonathan Rado Strictly Background - documentary about movie extras - scored by Frank Holy Rollers - documentary about Christian card counters - also scored by Frank Starflyer 59 on Spotify Dave Bazan Pedro the Lion on Spotify Prayer Chain  Bionic Jody The verve My Bloody Valentine - “Isn’t Anything” on Spotify The Yarl Swervedriver Redhouse Painters - “Oldness comes to rile The youth who dream suicide” - “24”  on Spotify Jackie and Roy Concorde Blue Devils Yes (the band)

In the Season 1 Finale, Terence, Tony and Rose interview…each other! They talk about their own musical origins: inspirations, first instruments, and past projects, as well as the very origin of Rawkwardness itself.  “Deez Notes” are huge… Rick Veda on Spotify  Terence Leclere Sings Girl Songs Terence’s ‘97 original demo Sans Soustitres Nadine et Terence Mt Ossa on Spotify and Instagram Future Author on Instagram Good Witch on Spotify and Instagram The Picture and the Frame on Spotify and Instagram The video with the pink bass https://youtu.be/2BUYouKdgPM Tony in the Ella Vos video Ric Veda Savasana Video Terence on The Mortified Podcast - check it out starting at 9:20 :) Jonathan Richmond Bermuda Monologue Terence in the American Idol Ad THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR LISTENING!!  https://linktr.ee/rawkwardness  

It’s our kinda holiday episode! Rose, Tony and Terence talk Christian-famous parents, finding Haley Williams, falling asleep at a U2 concert and Christmas miracles with vocal gem Izzi Ray.   Izzi Ray on Spotify and Instagram Izzi Ray on YouTube Izzi Ray “Blue Christmas” on SoundCloud Izzi Ray and Crystal Lewis Live on Day Star “Left Behind” trailer   Please follow/like/subscribe to Rawkwardness!  https://linktr.ee/rawkwardness  Rate and review if you love it!

Terence, Tony and Rose get the “T” on multicultural adoption, learning to play guitar in secret, and going viral on MySpace from Kolaj singer Teesa Houston.   Kolaj on Spotify and Instagram Trey’s Parade “Heart Strums” on  YouTube   Please follow/like/subscribe to Rawkwardness!  https://linktr.ee/rawkwardness  Rate and review if you love it!

Tony, Rose and Terence chat with singer-songwriter Kris Angelis about Rodgers and Hammerstein, the lost art of the album, live-streaming before it was cool, and getting the drunks on your side.   Kris Angelis on Spotify and Instagram Kris Angelis “Damn Shame Waste” “That Siren Hope” Official Video “Meet You in Our Dreams” Official Video Please follow/like/subscribe to Rawkwardness!  https://linktr.ee/rawkwardness  Rate and review if you love it!

Rose, Tony and Terence get serious with Hannah Connolly in a very special episode of Rawkwardness where we talk grief, rebuilding, the Soul Nest  and “The Power of Now.”    Hannah Connolly on Spotify and Instagram “The Power of Now” on Good Reads Inspired Women of LA - Housing Facebook Group Please follow/like/subscribe to Rawkwardness!  https://linktr.ee/rawkwardness  Rate and review if you love it!

Terence, Tony and Rose talk with Sam Lopez of Tapioca and the Flea about unusually-shaped guitars, working with Crystal Castles, and Red Bull truly giving him wings.   Coqui on Spotify and Instagram Tapioca and the Flea on Spotify Red Bull Sound Selects on Tapioca and the Flea Tapioca and the Flea - Take it Slow Official Video dir by Daniel Iglesias Jr.    Please follow/like/subscribe to Rawkwardness!  https://linktr.ee/rawkwardness  Rate and review if you love it!