Niia tells me about growing up as a jazz nerd, being discovered by Wyclef, and the path to her debut album, I.   web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Niia tells me about growing up as a jazz nerd, being discovered by Wyclef, and the path to her debut album, I. web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

107 - Niia

I spoke to Dave Macklovitch in his studio in LA back in December. We talk about what it is like to be the band Chromeo in 2017, more than fifteen years and 5 albums into their career. He is a keenly self-aware and entertaining person, and I try my best to keep up with him. email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com

I spoke to Dave Macklovitch in his studio in LA back in December. We talk about what it is like to be the band Chromeo in 2017, more than fifteen years and 5 albums into their career. He is a keenly self-aware and entertaining person, and I try my best to keep up with him. email: <a href="mailto:noeffectsshow@gmail.com">noeffectsshow@gmail.com</a> web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a>

106 - Chromeo

Patrick Stickles

Titus Andronicus

Patrick Stickles shares his journey from New Jersey punk to Brooklyn-based cat owner, and everything in between. We also talk about the band Everclear, which was unexpected. Titus Andronicus will be on tour in the UK in the fall of 2018. web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Patrick Stickles shares his journey from New Jersey punk to Brooklyn-based cat owner, and everything in between. We also talk about the band Everclear, which was unexpected. Titus Andronicus will be on tour in the UK in the fall of 2018. web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

105 - Patrick Stickles (Titus Andronicus)

Nilufer Yanya

Nilufer Yanya tells me about growing up in London, recording with her cool uncle in Cornwall, coming up in the Youtube-era of music, and much more. Go listen to her song 'Baby Luv' when you can.   web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Nilufer Yanya tells me about growing up in London, recording with her cool uncle in Cornwall, coming up in the Youtube-era of music, and much more. Go listen to her song 'Baby Luv' when you can. web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

104 - Nilufer Yanya

Mike Milosh of Rhye spills all of his business on the pod this week. There is a lot of inside baseball here about signing record deals, promoting records, touring, and everything in between.  Take a peek (or listen) behind the curtain... web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Mike Milosh of Rhye spills all of his business on the pod this week. There is a lot of inside baseball here about signing record deals, promoting records, touring, and everything in between.  Take a peek (or listen) behind the curtain... web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

103 - Rhye

Danielle Johnson aka Computer Magic joins me for a conversation about growing up in the shadow of the Borsht Belt, the "messy mp3" era of music, and much more.   web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Danielle Johnson aka Computer Magic joins me for a conversation about growing up in the shadow of the Borsht Belt, the "messy mp3" era of music, and much more. web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

102 - Computer Magic

Ty Segall

Ty Segall tells me about how he became a prolific DIY rock solo musician. And we go over his high school theater career with a fine-toothed comb. email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com

Ty Segall tells me about how he became a prolific DIY rock solo musician. And we go over his high school theater career with a fine-toothed comb. email: <a href="mailto:noeffectsshow@gmail.com">noeffectsshow@gmail.com</a> web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a>

101 - Ty Segall

Phoebe Bridgers

EPISODE 100!!!! Now that we've gotten that out of the way, please listen to my great conversation with Phoebe Bridgers. We talk about arts high school, Ben Harper's mom's folk night, European tour observations and much much more. She's on tour right NOW. Recorded in Los Angeles in December, 2017. email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com

EPISODE 100!!!! Now that we've gotten that out of the way, please listen to my great conversation with Phoebe Bridgers. We talk about arts high school, Ben Harper's mom's folk night, European tour observations and much much more. She's on tour right NOW. Recorded in Los Angeles in December, 2017. email: <a href="mailto:noeffectsshow@gmail.com">noeffectsshow@gmail.com</a> web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a>

100 - Phoebe Bridgers

Will Wiesenfeld aka Baths joins me to talk about growing up in The Valley, being into metal, and the one song that unlocked his burgeoning musical identity. I'm a big fan.   web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Will Wiesenfeld aka Baths joins me to talk about growing up in The Valley, being into metal, and the one song that unlocked his burgeoning musical identity. I'm a big fan. web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

99 - Baths

Welcome to the Spring 2018 season of No Effects!!! My guests this week are Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, aka Tune-Yards. We talk about Merrill's life as an employed puppeteer, meeting Nate at performing arts summer camp, creating Tune-Yards together and eventually getting married. NOEFFECTSSHOW.COM EMAIL: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Welcome to the Spring 2018 season of No Effects!!! My guests this week are Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner, aka Tune-Yards. We talk about Merrill's life as an employed puppeteer, meeting Nate at performing arts summer camp, creating Tune-Yards together and eventually getting married. <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">NOEFFECTSSHOW.COM</a> EMAIL: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

98 - Tune Yards

Conversations with musicians and people who do music. I will never ask about the name of your band.

One of my favorite shows!!! Please keep it up! This podcast brings so much joy to my week ⚡️

All star

Love this show. Smart and funny conversation from working musicians’ perspectives. Lovely.

Excellent

No Effects with Jesse Cohen

Robin Pecknold

Robin Pecknold tells me about his open mic days, early Fleet Foxes stories, his decision to go to college two albums into his career, and his family's unlikely Shaggy connection. Fleet Foxes' new album Crack-Up is out June 16, 2017 on Nonesuch Records. Big thanks to the Ace Hotel in New York for hosting us. Email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com Web: www.noeffectsshow.com

Robin Pecknold tells me about his open mic days, early Fleet Foxes stories, his decision to go to college two albums into his career, and his family's unlikely Shaggy connection. Fleet Foxes' new album Crack-Up is out June 16, 2017 on Nonesuch Records. Big thanks to the Ace Hotel in New York for hosting us. Email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com Web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.noeffectsshow.com</a>

80 - Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes)

Recorded backstage at Terminal 5 back in the "good old days" of October 2016, Animal Collective (@anmlcollective) are my guests this week. Specifically, Panda Bear and Geologist, so, half of Animal Collective. We talk about their enduring friendship, which began high school, and has extended all the way through parenthood, touring, and making 10 albums together. web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Recorded backstage at Terminal 5 back in the "good old days" of October 2016, Animal Collective (@anmlcollective) are my guests this week. Specifically, Panda Bear and Geologist, so, half of Animal Collective. We talk about their enduring friendship, which began high school, and has extended all the way through parenthood, touring, and making 10 albums together. web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

72 - Animal Collective

A new season of No Effects begins! Look for a new episode every Tuesday through December. On this episode, Rostam Batmanglij joins me for a conversation about Dr. Dre, why he left Vampire Weekend and made Half Light, his feelings about music streaming services, and much much more.   This completes the entire Vampire Weekend / No Effects set!    http://www.noeffectsshow.com

A new season of No Effects begins! Look for a new episode every Tuesday through December. On this episode, Rostam Batmanglij joins me for a conversation about Dr. Dre, why he left Vampire Weekend and made Half Light, his feelings about music streaming services, and much much more. This completes the entire Vampire Weekend / No Effects set! <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a>

85 - Rostam

Martin Courtney

Martin joined me in my kitchen to talk about his new album "Many Moons," his life in upstate New York, yawning on stage, and much more. PLUS a couple of very exciting bonus announcements

51 - Martin Courtney (Real Estate)

I dropped in on Taylor and Ryan of the LA band @Local-Natives backstage before a show at Rough Trade in Brooklyn. Taylor and Ryan tell me about growing up together, playing music, changing their band name, and how their relationship and band have evolved over the years. Local Natives' most recent album, "Sunlit Youth" is out now on @lomovistarecordings.

69 - Local Natives

Future Islands join me to talk about the very long drive that is their career in music.   ...and they are on tour RIGHT NOW.   web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Future Islands join me to talk about the very long drive that is their career in music. ...and they are on tour RIGHT NOW. web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

86 - Future Islands

This conversation with @sylvanesso was going great until Amelia mentioned that her father is a professional Santa Claus. Then we just spent the rest of our time talking about that. Sylvan Esso's new album "What Now" is out... now. Thanks to Thomas for the production help on this one. Thanks to Teddy Blanks for the artwork. http://www.noeffectsshow.com

This conversation with @sylvanesso was going great until Amelia mentioned that her father is a professional Santa Claus. Then we just spent the rest of our time talking about that. Sylvan Esso's new album "What Now" is out... now. Thanks to Thomas for the production help on this one. Thanks to Teddy Blanks for the artwork. <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a>

74 - Sylvan Esso

Michael Hadreas, the artist working as Perfume Genius, tells me about how he started writing and performing in his late 20's, where he thinks he would be without myspace, why he thinks people cry at his shows, and how his approach to music has changed (and how it hasn't) for his amazing fourth album, "No Shape."

78 - Perfume Genius

I talked to Nathan and Stephen from Wavves back in May 2017 and now you can finally listen to it!! We talked about terrible interviews, firing people, the vultures that swirl around 21 year-old buzz bands, MYSPACE (again), and much much more.   web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

I talked to Nathan and Stephen from Wavves back in May 2017 and now you can finally listen to it!! We talked about terrible interviews, firing people, the vultures that swirl around 21 year-old buzz bands, MYSPACE (again), and much much more. web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

93 - Wavves

Zola Jesus

Zola Jesus tells me about childhood voice competitions, social anxiety, creating Zola Jesus, her writing/production process, her experience as a woman working in music, and what her life is like in the house she built in rural Wisconsin. Go Badgers :) web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Zola Jesus tells me about childhood voice competitions, social anxiety, creating Zola Jesus, her writing/production process, her experience as a woman working in music, and what her life is like in the house she built in rural Wisconsin. Go Badgers :) web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> email: <a href="mailto:noeffectsshow@gmail.com">noeffectsshow@gmail.com</a>

89 - Zola Jesus

Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. of The Killers join me for the season finale of No Effects. If you want to know what it felt like to play a Killers show on the floor of a Las Vegas sports bar to 13 people (and then solicit sign-ups for the email list)... this is the show for you! FYI: this conversation was recorded back in June, 2017. See you next year!! email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: noeffectsshow.com

Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. of The Killers join me for the season finale of No Effects. If you want to know what it felt like to play a Killers show on the floor of a Las Vegas sports bar to 13 people (and then solicit sign-ups for the email list)... this is the show for you! FYI: this conversation was recorded back in June, 2017. See you next year!! email: <a href="mailto:noeffectsshow@gmail.com">noeffectsshow@gmail.com</a> web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">noeffectsshow.com</a>

97 - The Killers

Brothers Laurent Brancowitz and Chris Mazzalai have been playing together in the band Phoenix since 1995. We talk about the secrets of their longevity, what failure means to them, the origin of the band's snare sound, fatherhood, how their band is like a "shitty circus" and much more. Their fantastic sixth album "Ti Amo" is out now. email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com Footnote: the album that they discuss at one point is Serge Gainsbourg's "Histoire de Melody Nelson."

Brothers Laurent Brancowitz and Chris Mazzalai have been playing together in the band Phoenix since 1995. We talk about the secrets of their longevity, what failure means to them, the origin of the band's snare sound, fatherhood, how their band is like a "shitty circus" and much more. Their fantastic sixth album "Ti Amo" is out now. email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> Footnote: the album that they discuss at one point is Serge Gainsbourg's "Histoire de Melody Nelson."

81 - Phoenix

Katja Blichfeld

Ben Sinclair

Live from Vimeo Headquarters in Manhattan, this week I am joined by the wonderful and remarkable Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair. K + B are the creators of the great TV show / web series High Maintenance. I am a huge fan and was really excited to talk to them about creating the show, creating things in general, working together, working in general, and much much more. High Maintenance can be found on Vimeo, with brand new episodes going up February 5th 2015. Enjoy them all! UPDATE: High Maintenance is now on HBO. Watch it!

28 - High Maintenance (Katja Blichfeld and Ben Sinclair)

Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood) joins me to talk about being a teenage record store clerk, foraging in Kentucky, and all of the other tribes of her life. We also delve into that Berenstain Bears conspiracy theory. web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood) joins me to talk about being a teenage record store clerk, foraging in Kentucky, and all of the other tribes of her life. We also delve into that Berenstain Bears conspiracy theory. web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.noeffectsshow.com</a> email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

79 - Weyes Blood

I try not to dwell too much on the young age of my guest this week, Garrett Borns. He records as BØRNS (@bornsmusic) and his new album "Dopamine" is out right now on Interscope. He tells me about how he went from a kid in Michigan doing online jingle contests to an international recording artist in record time.

50 - BORNS

Julia Holter

Recorded LIVE @Moogfest 2016 in May 2016 in Durham, North Carolina! This is part one of two. @JuliaHolter joins me to talk about growing up in Los Angeles, having two planners, studying composition at the University of Michigan, performing at bookstores, at much more. Plus, the crowd is mic'd so you can hear when they laugh and compare it to your own reactions! Julia Holter's most recent album, "Have You in My Wilderness" is out now on @dominorecordco. Thanks to the great organizers of Moogfest for setting this up and recording it.

65 - Julia Holter

In celebration of the 10th anniversary of not releasing an album, Queens rapper @Despot sits and talks to me about that and many, many, other interesting things... Enjoy!

3 - Despot

Mura Masa tells me about growing up in Guernsey and making club music without clubs.   email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: www.noeffectsshow.com

Mura Masa tells me about growing up in Guernsey and making club music without clubs. email: <a href="mailto:noeffectsshow@gmail.com">noeffectsshow@gmail.com</a> web: <a href="http://www.noeffectsshow.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.noeffectsshow.com</a>

94 - Mura Masa

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