A podcast brought to you by Tom and Sam of Stoop Kids. Talking life on the road, making music, listening to music, talking with peers and influences and more!
Friends of the program Emily Chambers and Griffin Dean join Sam to discuss our newest single "Cicadas" (streaming everywhere January 26) in this special Fireside Chat edition of the Stoop Life Podcast
Sam and Tom reunite after a hiatus to discuss the most recent Stoop kids album, Let's Call It. From original demos, to recording stories and much more! Plus as always, what we've been listening to and mouth sounds.
Sam and Tom answer a wide varitey of fan submitted questions ranging from songwriting, to tour life, to who we would eat first on a desert island, plus songs we're listening to and mouth sounds!
Dive in to the second half of our 2017 summer tour with Tom and Sam! Content Warning, we do some legitmately stupid and illegal things and talk about it in this episode but you can't prove anything mom!
Tom and Sam dive in on our Summer 2017 tour which unexpectedly became a 2-part episode. Plus what we've been listening to and mouth sounds!
Tom and Sam are joined by drummer, colleague, and friend Nate Felty to discuss some of our favorite, albeit lesser known, songs from the best decade in music: the 70s! Check the Stoop Kids' Spotify profile for a full playlist of all the songs we played this episode!
In this daring crossover of Stoop Life and their newly formed Billy Joel podcast "Joel Patrol", Tom and Sam discuss their motivations, lead up, and aftermath of moving from New Orleans to Nashville. Plus things we're listening to (Billy Joel) and mouth sounds (1:12:18)
Sam and Tom are joined by Joe, our resident tour story expert, to recount the fall 2016 tour, colloquially known as 18 shows in 18 days! Plus, as always, things we've been listening to and mouth sounds we've never made (1:47:12)
Tom and Sam discuss some of their favorite and not-so-favorite Christmas songs, plus best Christmas movies, what they've been listening to and of course, mouth sounds they've never made!
After intros and "Things We Fucked Up" (2:56) Tom and Sam continue their retelling of the April 2016 tour through the southeast, this time focusing on 4 days on the beach in Hilton Head, SC and all the crazy and wonderful people we met. (10:00) Plus What We're Listening To, and Mouth Sounds! (1:33:50)
After introductions and Things We Fucked Up (5:10) Tom and Sam recount our2016 spring tour in which we were gifted a Where's Waldo book, we exploded a sound system, and narrowly avoided a cult ritual? (8:42) Plus songs we've been listening to and, of course, mouth sounds (52:17)
Here's part two of Tom and Sam's discussion of our 2017 album, Queue: The Mixtape, finishing off the album strong. (0:44) And of course, they finish up with "What we're listening to" and" Mouth Sounds" (1:00:20)
in this first of two episode, Tom and Sam discuss the finer detail of the making of Stoop Kids' 2017 release Queue: The Mixtape including analysis, stories, and excerpts from each song.
After intros and "things we fucked up" (0:50) Tom and Sam are joined by friend and colleague Emily Chambers with whom we're putting out a new single this Friday! (5:24) Listen through for a sneak peak of the new song. And finally they wrap up with "What We're Listening To" and "Mouth Sounds" (1:01:54)
Tom and Sam recorded an introduction podcast over a year before they actually started the podcast, and thought it would be fun to release this episode. Enjoy Sam and Tom rattling on about movies, sports, music, and shop teachers as they try to figure out what this podcast might sound like.
Tom and Sam are joined by Joe once again to finish the remainder of their 2015 fall tour, known to the boys as the "two-month tour". Plus our friend RJ calls in to discuss our wild week in Kinston. NC. (4:37) Finally they finish of with what they're listening to and mouth sounds they've never made. (1:19:33)
Tom and Sam are joined by Joe once again to discuss the "2-Month Tour", their first extended tour after college and the first major tour after Sam had joined the band. As this episode will be split into 2 parts, the "what we're listening to" and "mouth sounds" sections will only be on next weeks episode.
Tom and Sam discuss all of the various rehearsal spaces we've had over the years as well as the places we've set up for guerrilla recording sessions (4:18). And of course, a round of what we're listening to plus mouth sounds we've never made before (1:18:56)
Tom and Sam discuss Stoop Kids' second full length album, Already Out of Time, including album concepts, recording processes and stories about the album. And of course a round of "What We're Listening To" and "Mouth Sounds We've Never Made" (1:48:37)
Tom and Sam are back with a more current episode in which they discuss the new Stoop Kids singles Same (7:47), Scout Ya (23:49), and Talk To Me (35:20) plus an exclusive sneak peak of their upcoming single Whim (57:12) to be released August 21! And finally a round of what we're listening to and mouth sounds we've never made (1:14:00)
Tom and Sam share two records from the 60s to begin their "underappreciated artists of the decade" series in this newest Show and Share episode. "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators" (13th Floor Elevators) and "Mellow Yellow" (Donovan) (6:51). And of course, they wrap up with what they're listening to and mouth sounds they've never made before (1:21:27)
Tom and Sam reminisce on their fleet of tour vehicles, how they were acquired and how they all inevitably died. And of course a round of what we're listening to and mouth sounds we've never made before (1:36:28)
After some brief house-keeping items (0:18), we finish our discussion of our first album, What a World (1:47) and finally a short segment of What We're Listening To and Mouth Sounds We've Never Made (43:55)
Sam and Tom are joined by the man himself, Griffin Dean, to discuss our first full length album, What a World (6:16) the second half of this episode will air next week
After a quick introduction (0:00) and a "things we screwed up" segment (8:21), Sam and Tom are joined by our long-time photographer and friend, Katie Sikora (9:51), to relive how we met, our first few shows working together, tales from the road as both a photographer and a tour manager, and much more! Then we chat about some of her activist work and her future plans (1:45:48), and finally a round of mouth sounds we've never made before (2:08:53)
After a brief introduction (0:00) and a 'things we fucked up' segment (7:00), Tom and Sam discuss the album For the Whole World to See by little-known proto-Punk band Death (11:44) plus blkjptr and blkswn from the indie hip-hop/R&B artist Smino (52:25) Finally they wrap up with another exciting edition of mouth sounds they've never made before (1:40:35)
After a few brief words from Tom regarding the recent protests against police brutality and the Black Lives Matter movement (0:00), Sam and Tom invite drummer Joe on the show to recall stories from our first ever shows on the road circa summer and fall of 2013 (4:05)
Tom and Sam discuss the Nashville tornado, their lives since quarantine, future plans, and much more! (Forgive the audio quality, Tom is a straight clown and managed to only record with his laptop mic...)
Tom and Sam turn back the clock to examine the history of Stoop Kids, how they all met, and more!
Tom and Sam do a quick introduction and rundown of the different things they'll be discussing throughout the subsequent episodes