No Effects with Jesse Cohen

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

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

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

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

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      

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sharon Van Etten tells me about her open mic days, "trying to make people cry," her first tours, and how motherhood has changed her. And much much more. Big thanks to the Ace Hotel in New York for hosting us!   Email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com Web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com

Jesse and Sebastian from Death From Above tell me how to stop jamming (and why). And much much more. email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: noeffectsshow.com

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

Alicia Bognanno joins me and I have about a million questions about the years she spent working as a sound engineer at a 150 cap room in Nashville. Don't worry, we also talk about her band, Bully. Bully are on tour RIGHT NOW.   Web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com Email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Atlanta's Curtis Harding shares his journey from playing drums in church to touring with Cee-Lo to touring the DIY circuit to where he has landed on his new album Face Your Fear. He's on tour RIGHT NOW.   email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com twitter: @noeffectsshow

Recorded live for Pitchfork Radio, I spoke to Nick Hakim about growing up in Washington DC and the story behind his great debut album "Green Twins." Thanks to Nick and thanks to Pitchfork Radio for setting this up! 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: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com  

All four members of Chicano Batman sit down for 60 minutes to tell me about where they come from. We talk about not talking about the name of their band, discovering music and activism, Los Angeles, and much more.   Special thanks to Kirsten Woodward for setting up this episode.

Mackenzie Scott shares her journey from musical theater to Torres. Her new album Three Futures is out now on 4AD. web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com twitter: @noeffectsshow

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

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

Katie Crutchfield joins me on the season finale of this season of No Effects for a great conversation about growing up in Birmingham, DIY touring, working with her identical twin sister, and her new album Out in the Storm. And much more! No Effects will be back this fall. Don't go anywhere! email me: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web me: www.noeffectsshow.com

What better way to celebrate American Independence Day than to listen to my conversation with Canadian DJ and producer Jacques Greene. This episode features the Jacques Greene origin story and some great details about making his debut album Feel Infinite. And if you are listening on Soundcloud, go check out @jacquesgreene on @luckyme when you're done with this 'sode :) email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: www.noeffectsshow.com

Composer Lydia Ainsworth joins me for a very Canadian No Effects, in which we touch upon Lydia's deep and personal connections to Tim Horton's, Fraggle Rock, Air Canada, and government grants for the arts. And much much more! Her great new album Darling of the Afterglow is out NOW on Arbutus Records. email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: www.noeffectsshow.com

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."

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

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

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."

Episode 77. Oddisee and I talk about growing up in the DC area, his Sudanese and American families, horse racing, discovering hip-hop, the DC/NY relationship, making his new album "The Iceberg" in late 2016, and much much more. A great conversation. He's probably on tour right now, so go see him! Also check out @oddiseemusic and @mellomusicgroup on Soundcloud.

My guest this week is Valerie Teicher, the artist known as @tei-shi. She tells me about growing up in Colombia and Canada, waiting until her twenties to go on stage, dealing with soundguys, and how she made her new album Crawl Space, out NOW on @downtownrecords. Special thanks to the Ace Hotel in New York, where we recorded this episode. http://www.noeffectsshow.com

I joined Chris in his home in Brooklyn to talk about his life playing drums for Vampire Weekend and playing everything for his new project Dams of the West. We talk trombone, mostly. We also talk about being a waterpark lifeguard in New Jersey, the original email that started Vampire Weekend, how the band's success led to his "extended adolescence", and go over a few great drummer solo projects. Over La Croix, of course ;( 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. http://www.noeffectsshow.com

"I don't like to be rude to people who are interviewing me, like Bob Dylan was, but I wish I could be" My guest this week is English musician and podcaster Laura Marling (@lauramarlingoffical) . Laura shares with me what she has learned from doing her own show Reversal of the Muse, and then regales me with stories from her early days: dropping out of high school, sleeping in a double bass case, playing the Sidewalk Cafe in the mid 2000's, and much more. Plus we talk about psychoanalysis, the challenges of doing music today, and how people misperceive her.

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

Drew Lustman (@faltyDL) joins me for an hour to tell me almost all of the FaltyDL story, from flute lessons in New Haven to his new album, "Heaven is for Quitters." http://www.noeffectsshow.com noeffectsshow @ gmail.com

*ALARM EMOJI* Miami Bass episode of No Effects *ALARM EMOJI* Not exactly, but kinda, as my guest this week is Miami-adjace DJ/Producer @JubileeDJ. We cover the South Florida rave scene, the Central Florida rave scene, and everything in between. And much much more. Jubilee's new album, After Hours, is out October 21st on @Mixpak

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.

Mangy Love, out now, is Cass McComb's "somethingth" album. He doesn't know exactly. In our wide-ranging conversation, he tells me about growing up and living in the Bay Area, living out of his car in New York City, anti-folk music, anti-anti-folk music, rap music, choir music, how his band is like a halfway house, and much much more. Cass McCombs is a one-of-a-kind musician who is incredibly talented, prolific, and I am a huge fan of him. Please listen and then go listen to his music. "Mangy Love" is out now on @dominorecordco.

My guests this week are Michael 'Fitz' Fitzpatrick and Noelle Scaggs of Fitz and the Tantrums. Fitz and Noelle share with me stories from their many years they individually spent struggling to find a career in music before breaking out with Fitz and the Tantrums. This episode is brought to you by Away. Head to awaytravel.com and use promo code "noeffects" to save $20 on one of their fantastic pieces of luggage.

My guest this week is Lorely Rodriguez, the artist known as @EmpressOf. Lorely shares with me about growing up in Los Angeles with a musical/not-musical family, going to Berklee School of Music, how getting a laptop changed her life, and much much more. Plus another great Canadian border crossing story! Empress Of's most recent album, "Me" is out now on @xl-recordings. This is part 2 of my live show recorded at Moogfest, in Durham in May 2016. Part 1, with Julia Holter, is also available right now.

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.

Patrick is best known as one half of the band @Chairlift. He's also well known as a music producer in his own right. He's less known for being lead snare of a WORLD CHAMPION drumline team. He's a very gifted and very humble man. We talk about all of those things and more on this week's No Effects.

@TeganandSara Quin are identical twin sisters from Canada who have been playing music as Tegan and Sara since the late 90's. They are gay women in their mid-30's who are now huge pop stars and there's no one quite like them in music. Our conversation spans their entire career, but a lot of it is about their early years, their ups and downs, their times apart from each other, and how they eventually built a huge community around themselves and their music.

Andrew Savage from the band @Parquet-Courts joins me this week. Listen as he sails a Bob Seger reference way over my head, talks music school, what it’s like as a DIY band playing festivals and large venues, and much much more. Parquet Courts' most recent album "Human Performance" is out now on @roughtraderecords.

@Julianna-Barwick new album "Will" is out on May 6, 2016 on @DeadOceans. Listen to Julianna tell me about growing up in the church in Tulsa, Oklahoma, moving to New York, her early experiences doing music in Brooklyn and around the world, and how she made her new album "Will". Plus, her time as an intern for a very famous children's musician, and much much more. Julianna is a true one-of-a-kinder and I loved talking to her for an hour. I think you will too.

Recorded at an AirBnb down in Austin, Texas during SXSW 2016, this is my great conversation with Chris Baio (@cbaio). Chris plays bass in Vampire Weekend and plays everything in his own project Baio. Chris is a super nice guy who is super talented and this is a super conversation. As always, we delve into early bands and how he started playing in Vampire Weekend. Also, he tells me about mixing his album in Malibu, living in London, and much much more. Plus, I go negative on the Chi-peps. Chris's album "The Names" is out now on @glassnotemusic

Kristin tells me about her life before, during, and after being Dee Dee from the Dum Dum Girls, and her new project, Kristin Kontol (@kristinkontrol). Kristin Kontrol's album "X-Communicate" is out now on @subpop.

A fantastic double xl episode of No Effects this week with god in chief of @GODMODEinternet, Nick Sylvester. Before helming his own record label / management / production company GODMODE and producing albums for Shamir, Deerhoof and more, Nick was a teenage trumpet player performing at weddings and bar mitzvahs in Philadelphia. After that, he was a Harvard kid writing snarky album reviews for Pitchfork. After that, he was a writer for the Colbert Report for 4 years. After that, he started a muscular brooklyn rock band called Mr. Dream. And now, he is putting it all together in a really unique way at GODMODE. He's a true one-of-a-kinder and I was very happy to talk to him about all that and more.

The Range (@therangemusic) is James Hinton and "Potential" is his new album, out March 25, 2016 on @DominoRecordco. I spoke with James on an unseasonably warm February day in his apartment in Brooklyn. We talked about his open mic days, the movie Sliver, "reverse catfishing" in order to make his album, and much much more. Fun fact: there was a gas leak in James' apartment while we recorded this episode. I helped discover it right after we finished and saved his massive apartment building from burning down. ENJOY!!