The Living Room

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! Welcome to the party!!!! This week, some of our beloved guests join us again to play music and answer audience questions in an overall darling display of friendship!! We hope you'll excuse the tardiness of our final episodes. Life's moving along fast for us, but we wanted to give these edits the attention they deserved. Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for joining us on this 3 year journey. Needless to say, none of us would be the same without The Living Room, and we couldn't be more proud of what we've done here. Our guests today can be found online in the following places: Hannah Moroz - www.hannahmoroz.bandcamp.com Deathless Gods with Human Bods - www.deathlessgods.bandcamp.com Chase Petra - Spotify! https://open.spotify.com/artist/1MTlhWSyxv11aeqREGEeb3 Slime Girls - www.slimegirls.bandcamp.com

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! Before we get to next week's big party episode, the tables have TURNED. Carina becomes the guest, and Hannah crawls out from whatever cave she hides in to conduct an interview. They talk about processing when a project has come to its end, the time and resources it takes to record The Living Room, and what may come next for the both of them. Carina Taylor can be found online at: https://twitter.com/shecallsmecdawg Hannah Moroz can be found online at: https://twitter.com/morozhannah

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we caught up with Struckout and their acoustic set up. They talk about their recent east coast tour, maintaining simplicity while dealing in excess, and ABM: Always Be Moshing. Struckout can be found online at: https://struckoutmusic.bandcamp.com

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we welcome another wonderful poet to our show! Vanessa Tahay talks about losing language, written poetry vs. performed poetry, and writing about her super good mom. Vanessa Tahay can be found online at: instagram.com/vanessa_tahay

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week we talked to Deathless Gods with Human Bods. They discussed coming together from producing and lyrical backgrounds, pop music vs. EDM music, and writing from the enneagram personality test! Deathless Gods with Human Bods can be found online at: https://deathlessgods.bandcamp.com/

The Living Room Podcast Proudly Presents: OUR 100TH EPISODE PODCAST CELEBRATION/LIVE SHOW + GOODBYE PARTY Location: The Palisades (message us for the address) September 29 Doors 5pm Bands 6pm Ya'll this is it. The End. Celebrate with us! Slime Girls (divine saviors & weirdo pop gods) https://slimegirls.bandcamp.com/ Chase Petra (pinch-hitting pop punk angels) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zv99JXnCs0c Deathless Gods with Human Bods (as described but with synths) https://deathlessgods.bandcamp.com/ Hannah Moroz (Carina's best friend and the sweetest voice) https://hannahmoroz.bandcamp.com/ ALL AGES (duh!) FREE We will be recording the evening for our 100th episode, and doing some audience lightning round questions. It's your last chance to see me cry about this podcast! So come relax, and join us on the couch. See you there!

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, after a longstanding back-and-forth, we finally found time to talk with Media Jeweler! They talk about creating cohesive albums without an initial plan, their reception around the world versus their reception in LA, and bringing a banana across the border. Media Jeweler can be found online at: https://mediajeweler.bandcamp.com/bord

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Carina talks to The Manx! They tell us about the transition from acoustic punk to electric, worshipping the god that is your art, and playing heavy banjo. The Manx can be found online at: https://themanx.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we talked with HeyDeon! A delightful conversation! They talk about how songs always sound different in your head vs. the recorded version, writing about real experiences instead of pursuing trends, and The Gap's comfortable, affordable fashion. (#nonspon) HeyDeon can be found online at: https://soundcloud.com/HeyDeon

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we had the privilege of chatting with Molly Lewis! They talk about treating songs as character studies, what to do with a career the internet thrust upon you, and propositioning Stephen Fry. In song. To his face. Molly Lewis can be found online at: www.mollylewis.wtf

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Carina chats with Littlest Sister. They talk about playing solo after having a band, being comfortable without vocals, and playing instrumental music for house parties. Littlest Sister can be found online at: https://littlestsister.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! We gathered up some of our friends to fondly remember VLHS, a venue like no other. This episode is dedicated to the good times, though we know a whole slice of life happened in the five years VLHS was open. We couldn't possibly cover it as extensively as it deserves in just an hour. Carina chats with Tim Burkert and Nick Ball about their involved histories with the venue, but we want to thank everyone who submitted their memories to us. The picture is complete with you. Stay tuned for a song. We love VLHS. We love you. Take care, everyone.

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we talk to Sour Widows as they pass through SoCal on tour. They talk about how important lyrics are as the core of a song, bringing folk sensibilities to electric guitar, and a secret silent disco. Sour Widows can be found online at: https://sourwidows.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Carina chats with Best Death! They talk about their friendship through the VLHS scene, defending covers, and getting Aaron Ohio out of music retirement. Best Death can be found online at : https://soundcloud.com/best-death

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week Carina chats with Nick from the band Love Nothing! They talk about writing songs about the places your in, coming into artistically rewarding friendships, and sad grooves. (Content warning: bonkers story about a pigs head coming up on that Weird Shows question) Love Nothing can be found online at: lovenothingmusic.bandcamp.com

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week we were visited by the folks of LOOLOWNINGEN, all the way from Tokyo, Japan! They compare touring experiences in Japan and the US, they talk about letting the music speak for itself, and they recount the hard rock ways of their current US tour. LOOLOWNINGEN & THE FAR EAST IDIOTS can be found online at: https://loolowningen.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home. Nahneen Kula is back! With the whole band! They talk about long-standing artistic partnerships, recording the live arrangement of their album, and sneaking nerd shit into performances. Nahneen Kula can be found online at: http://www.nahneenkula.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Carina chats with Smiling Beth! They talk about switching up a song for live performances, using ambient sound in music, and experimenting with the theremin. Smiling Beth can be found online at: https://open.spotify.com/artist/09LanZE5cx9uld8afb8dFR?si=b-S25BrSTNm6esw6Wp0DLA

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we sit down with the lovely folks of MACHINEkit. They talk about merging electronic music with a band experience, taking responsibility for your choices, and finding enough hands to play a song. MACHINEkit can be found online at: https://machinekit.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Carina chats through the minimall EP song by song. They talk about writing pop jams with sad lyrics, changing songs over time, and pretending not to be emo. Minimall can be found online at: https://minimall.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! Thanks for sticking with us while Hannah was too sick to function last week. This week, we talk to Blushh! They discuss having more fun playing music than promoting music, songwriting as practice for better songwriting, and breaking the rules of music when you don't even know the rules yet. Blushh can be found online at: https://blushhmusic.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we talked with Emma Lee Toyoda about justifying music as your full time job, finding good support in the Seattle music scene, and judging a battle of the bands. Emma Lee Toyoda can be found online at: https://emmaleetoyoda.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Hardly Boys stopped by the house on their most recent tour from Seattle. They talk about all ages venues in Seattle like The Vera Project (shouts out), staying in-the-moment while writing songs as well as performing, and writing funny songs! Hardly Boys can be found online at: https://hardlyboys.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week we talk to old friends about their new band: Heartworms. Nina and Matt join us for a walkthrough of their songs, talking about moving to another country, and the plight of the drummer. Heartworms can be found online at: https://heartworms.bandcamp.com/releases

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we interviewed the photographer you see at every show you go to: Joey Tobin!! Here's your chance to get to know Joey a bit better as they share the songs they like with us, discuss their changing aesthetic preferences, and reveal their bonkers tour routine. Joey Tobin can be found online at: http://www.joeytobin.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we caught up with Kids' Table while they were in LA for Women Fuck Shit Up Fest. They talk about being a music family, working toward safer and more inclusive music spaces, and everything Queer Rock Camp! Kids' Table can be found online at: kidstableband.bandcamp.com

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we sat down with Chase Petra. This interview is a re-record, so the formatting of the show is a tiny bit different with straight cuts to the music. Stick with us, because this episode is an absolute delight! We talk about playing rock'n'roll with your friends to not feel sad, valuing professionalism in a band, and a whole lot about Billy Joel. Chase Petra can be found online at: soundcloud.com/chasepetramusic

Happy Valentines from all of us at the Living Room Podcast! We love our guests, each other, and -> YOU

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Carina chats with RAT FANCY about how great their parents are for like a good section of this ep. Good vibes. They also talk about how much it is to insure your gear (not much, everyone), and not saying yes to every show. RAT FANCY can be found online at: https://ratfancy.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Carina talks to Adrian Chi Tenney of Badlands to discuss (trying to) write happy songs, changing the way you engage with music over time, and gardening! Badlands can be found online at: https://outinthedesert.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! Thanks for hangin' on folks. We're back with a good WASI conversation! They talk about being partners in music for 11+ years, managing artistic business within a romantic relationship, and being too pop for punk, but to punk for pop. WASI can be found online at: http://www.isawwasi.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! It's exactly what you think it is. Here are all of our 2017 mentions! -Songs- The Dust Factory by The Love-Inns: https://thelove-inns.bandcamp.com/track/dust-factory Call Me Up by HOMESHAKE: https://homeshake.bandcamp.com/track/call-me-up Last Night in Last Night Town by Whisper Sands: http://whispersands.com/track/last-night-in-last-night-town-2 My Dog's Eyes by Zammuto: https://zammuto.bandcamp.com/track/my-dogs-eyes -Albums- Young Jesus by Young Jesus: https://youngjesus.bandcamp.com/ GN by Ratboys: https://ratboys.bandcamp.com/album/gn Furniture Pedagogue by Tomber Lever: https://tomberlever.bandcamp.com/album/furniture-pedagogue Painted Ruins by Grizzly Bear: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/painted-ruins/id1235159880?app=itunes Gone Now by Bleachers: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/gone-now/id1225759934?app=itunes Crack Up by Fleet Foxes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/crack-up/1209098746?app=music&ign-itsct=1209098746-1209098746&ign-itscg=0177&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 No One Ever Really Dies by N.E.R.D: https://open.spotify.com/album/54OXaFd0PtGtAgauTmARkD Swim Inside the Moon by Angelo De Augustine: https://angelodeaugustine.bandcamp.com/album/swim-inside-the-moon Ctrl by SZA: https://open.spotify.com/album/76290XdXVF9rPzGdNRWdCh All of this year's latest from NoMBe: https://soundcloud.com/nombe Matt Martians by The Internet: https://soundcloud.com/internet-band Significant Weather by Real Life Buildings: https://reallifebuildings.bandcamp.com/album/significant-weather Brick Body Kids Still Daydream by Open Mike Eagle: https://openmikeeagle360.bandcamp.com/album/brick-body-kids-still-daydream A Crow Looked at Me by Mount Eerie: https://pwelverumandsun.bandcamp.com/album/a-crow-looked-at-me Funeral Pyre by Julien Baker: https://julienbaker.bandcamp.com/track/funeral-pyre blueberry ep by blueberry: https://blueberryav.bandcamp.com/releases

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! Quick CW: There's a super brief rape mention at the beginning of the ep. The context is light, but just wanted to look out anyway. This week, we travelled all the way over to Rhiannon Mcgavin's living room to talk about poetry! It's a new, surprisingly relatable territory for our podcast. They talk about writing what you know, researching what you don't, and galavanting about the French countryside. As well as so much more I could barely summarize here. Rhiannon Mcgavin's poetry collection can be found online at: http://penmanshipbooks.com/shop/branches/ Rhiannon can be found online at: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheGeekyBlonde

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we sit down with XINXIN to discuss music school, struggling between playful creation and serious biz, and taking a ski lift to the gig. XINXIN can be found online at: https://soundcloud.com/xinxinplanet

Carina and Hannah comin' in hot with an ANNOUNCEMENT: We're going to PodCon (as patrons of course) to hang out and have good times. While we're there we're throwing a little show in Seattle! Featuring our friends: Jeff Liu, Emma Lee Toyoda, Anime Creek, and Just. Sunday | December 10 | Cafe Solstice Capitol Hill | 7-10pm | https://www.facebook.com/events/930072647146504/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! We're back! With Peach Kelli Pop! This week Carina chats with Allie of Peach Kelli Pop to talk moving to another country, funding for the arts, and being unapologetically feminine. Peach Kelli Pop can be found online at: https://peachkellipop.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! Once more, we apologize for the noise. This week was a long awaited conversation with Chris of Roman Candles! A project we've been listening to for years. We talked about the kinds of shows you play as an acoustic act, living abroad and then coming home, and being a punk teacher! You can find Roman Candles online at: http://romancandlesmusic.bigcartel.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! Through buzz and through fuzz, Carina speaks with Omniboi! (Really. Sorry for the sound quality problems) They talk about the good old Soundcloud days, concept albums, and wanting to write scores for stuff. Omniboi can be found online at: https://omniboi.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we talked to Kali Kazoo! Here presents another opportunity for Carina to see how people operate in both music and visual art spaces (Kali's a great artist you should check her out). They also talk about going from solo work to full band writing, and how their weirdest show included the bestest pizza. Kali Kazoo can be found online at: www.kalikazoo.com

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Carina spoke to Teachers. I mean Tudors. (clapclaps + joke laughs) Hi everyone. This week, Carina talks to Tudors about coming to love lo-fi music production, bringing in inspiration from outside of punk, and not telling your students about your band. Hannah is also fired from all copywriting and podcasting and we're not sorry. Tudors can be found online at: https://tudors1.bandcamp.com/ Don't forget the 1.

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This episode, Carina speaks to a band y'all should have started listening to a long, long time ago (hi. Hannah here. that's just my lil editorial). The Love-Inns talk about finding their voice in punk music, fighting to express genuine emotions in a jaded music scene, and Tinder band promotion. Hey, whatever works, folks. Facebook sucks. The Love-Inns can be found online at: https://thelove-inns.bandcamp.com

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Carina sits down with the good boys of The Playgrounders. They talk about transitioning from "YouTube musician" to "real musician," writing songs before and after processing life events, and their history with LARPing. The Playgrounders can be found online at: https://theplaygrounders.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week's a cozy episode between Carina and Kim Tillman. They talk about developing your arrangements, what a good manager can do for you, and Starkid. Kim Tillman can be found online at: https://kimtillman.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! In the time since we've recorded this episode, we've been deeply saddened to learn that Andrew (the drummer you will hear in this recording) has passed away. Our thoughts are with his friends and loved ones. Carina had the chance to talk with Hemingway during their most recent tour. They talked about getting your friends to tour with you, what merit is there in the idea of "one true love," and Bandsintown Beef. Hemingway can be found online at: https://hemingwaypdx.bandcamp.com/ Take care of each other, everyone.

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, we caught up with the lovely folks from Great Hart while they were on their recent tour. They talk about allocating your energy as an artist, finding space to play in DIY, and sleepovers. Great Hart can be found online at: https://greathart.bandcamp.com/

**Producer's Note!! There is some minor buzzing in this ep. Major apologies. Just want you to know that it's not your perfectly-functioning speakers & headphones

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! This week, Carina and Garrett La Bonte (who you may remember from our Fugue episode. Check it out) have a good catch-up! They talk about his new project, Just. They talk about finding your place in a new city, and the pursuit of lasting personal relationships. Just can be found online at: https://thejustbandis.bandcamp.com/ (PLEASE NOTE: WE ALL SAID IT WRONG IN THE RECORDING. "The Just Band Is" NOT "The Band Just Is." Sorry for any confusion! Enjoy!

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! We're back with a mild case of cat-meows and a whole lotta fun with the guys from Pinned in Place. Carina and the band talk about creating impatiently, making up the lyrics on stage, and handsome, handsome skydiving instructors. Pinned in Place can be found online at: https://pinnedinplace.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! Apologies for that minor hiatus. That Podcast life, am I right? This week we're back at it with Real Life Buildings! They talk about being creators in the year 2017, coping with that guilt, and finding the time for development and friendships. Real Life Buildings can be found online at: https://reallifebuildings.bandcamp.com/

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! Carina chats with Rhys Langston about how form does not dictate content, race and being mixed, and finding the sound that is really truly you. It's good. We need more hip hop on this show. Leer can be found online at: soundcloud.com/rhyslangston

Welcome to The Living Room; please make yourself at home! Another episode for you fans of San Jose, California. Carina talks with Leer about the influence of classical music education on their not so classical band, the power of the house show, and embracing your music's inner silliness. Leer can be found online at: https://laurenrecords.bandcamp.com/ and https://leer.bandcamp.com/