Episode 370: Et Tu Bruce'

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well out there in the world. i want to encourage all of you to head to to record store day tomorrow, saturday, april 18th 2015. we all should do our part in making this business of music work and record store day is a fun way to get involved. i'm going shopping with friends. if you don't know your local record stores, here's a great resource  to finding one in your town, recordstoreday.com if you buy some good stuff, post a photo to our facebook page also, if you live in austin, tonight, friday, april 17th 2015, my all-girl band, johnny in the ladies room will be playing at threadgills along with jess & the echoes and kendall beard and whiskey rebellion. come out for a great night of music!my guests for episode 370 are london's great americana band, et tu bruce'! these guys were in town for sxsw and we had a chance to sit down and chat. described as "west london meets the west coast", these guys have taken england's bbc-6 radio by storm, left their sweat on the stage in all of london's best clubs, toured the states with the zombies, kept their sanity during the social apocalypse that is sxsw twice and much, much more. i had a great time getting to know these guys. i'm sure you will too. let's get down!ciao! -jg

Episode 369: Paper Aeroplanes with Elen Roberts from Music Wales

hello friends! we have a lot of new listeners coming to the podcast this week. welcome. i hope you enjoy these candid conversations between folks in the biz. i have all kinds of musicians on the show. scroll through the archives here on the podbean page. or subscribe on itunes, stitcher or via the podcast app for iphones. we have new shows coming out every tuesday and friday. so, twice a week you get a peek into the lives of musicians and other people in the entertainment biz through candid conversations hosted by your truly. if you like what you hear, "like" our facebook page and you'll get photos of guests, updates from former guests, pictures of me with the guests and much more. my guests for episode 369 are welsh dream/pop band, paper aeroplanes and sitting in with them is elen roberts from music wales who was hosting a show for paper aeroplanes during sxsw at the brittish music embassy. i caught up with them during sxsw and we got to chat about the state of music in wales, what music wales does for welsh artists all over the world, paper aeroplanes new album, "joy" and much, much more. i hope you enjoy getting to know these fine folks. i sure did. let's get down!ciao! -jg

Episode 366: The Miseries

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well out there in this world gone mad. things are good here. i have a lot of things going on right now. i have a gig with my band, johnny in the ladies room on april, 17th 2015 at threadgill's in austin, tx. we'll be playing with love and chaos featuring my friends, kendall beard and aj vallejo. speaking of aj. we shot the second episode of our youtube cooking show, "cooking/drinking with johnny & aj"check out episode 1. here's the link. episode 2 will be up soon. my guests for episode 366 are dutch pop/punk rockers, the miseries! these guys were in town during sxsw and got a chance to come by the apartment and chat about their origin, growing up in the netherlands, touring holland, what it's like to actually live in amsterdam and much, much more. their self-titled album is out now! you get it on itunes, spotify and from their website, themiseries.nl i hope you enjoy getting to know the miseries. i did. let's get down! ciao! -jg

Episode 364: Lazyeyes / Bad Cop

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well. i am. life is getting back to normal in my post-sxsw world. i'm heading out to play shows with skyrocket this weekend, getting back to practicing with my band, johnny in the ladies room, putting these podcasts together, exercising and eating. normal stuff. anyway, i've been working on some new songs too. that's been fun and totally frustrating. we'll see what happens with these songs.episode 364 is a double-header with brooklyn dream pop/shoegazers, lazyeyes and nashville indie rockers, bad cop. first up, lazyeyes comes in and we have a great conversation about everything... nu-metal, frosted tips, tacos, making music in the big apple and much, much more. then, nashville's bad cop stops by and we have a great conversation about the nashville rock scene, how the new line-up got together, their many e.p.'s, jeffery drag records and much more. both bands are amazing. i highly suggest buying them or checking them out on spotify. i hoe you enjoy getting to know lazyeyes and bad cop. i sure did. let's get down! ciao! -jg

Episode 361: Beats Delicious Festival 2015 Wild Adriatic / Angela Perley & The Howlin' Moons / Topher Mohr / Skinny Lister

congratulations to our sponsor, strange brew loungeside for taking "best venue to play", "best club sound" and "best live music venue" in the 2014/2015 austin music poll!hello friends! welcome to the first sxsw show of the season. on sunday, march 15th i got to go to the beats delicious festival at the stonehouse villa in driftwood, texas! i got to watch and talk to wild adriatic, angela perley & the howlin' moons, topher mohr and skinny lister. my friend amy and her crew at beats delicious pulled together a great festival showcasing all these great bands from all over, with local vendors promoting all their wares from make-overs to photo booths, a gin and juice bar, local brewries, food and more. the stonehouse villa was a gorgeous location and we got to do our interviews in the bridal suite. i was joined by kristi olberding who shot some gorgeous photos which i will post on our facebook page. if you'd like to see kristi's work, check out her website www.kristiolberding.com i hope you enjoy my conversations with these great bands as much as i did. i had a blast at the festival and i'm looking forward to next year. thanks beats delicious! let's get down!ciao! -jgwildadriatic.comangelaperley.comtophermohr.comskinnylister.com

Episode 359: The Zoltars

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well. i am. i ant to tell you guys about an event that we get to be a part of THIS weekend, beats delicious festival sunday march 15th at stonehouse villa in driftwood, tx. doors are at 1:30 pm and bands include, wild adriatic, angela perley, topher mohr and more. there will be local food and beverege vendors set up out there including real ale brewing, genius gin, cornucopia popcorn, simply delicious custom cakes and more. i'll be there interviewing bands for the podcast, so if you come out, say hi. here's the online invite rsvp and we'll see you there!my guest for episode 359 is jared leibowich from one of my favorite new bands here in austin, the zoltars! i came across the zoltars when i was looking for bands to have on during sxsw, when i found out they were from austin, i hit them up and had jared on. they have just released a new self-titled album available on happenin' records. they've done a good amount of touring and are about to hit the road again soon. if you're in austin for sxsw go to thezoltars.com and find out where they'll be playing during the festival. i absolutely love their music and i thoroughly enjoyed getting to know jared. i'm sure you will too. let's get down!ciao! -jg

Episode 358: Shivery Shakes / Foster 5

hello friends! i hope you're gearing up for the weekend. america is blanketed in freezing weather. i hope it's not too terrible where you are, just terrible enough to get to stay home for at least a day. austin hasn't seen the sun in 7 days! that sucks. i know there are worse places with less sun and war and famine and things like that, but the missing the sun for 7 days also sucks. okay, just stay warm and remember to listen to "how did i get here?" there are hundreds of episodes to listen to. do it! have a good weekend. i'd like to thank christopher durst and lisa dahl from foster5.org and they talk about this incredible new non-profit helping low-income/at-risk kids with artistic proclivity. check it out!my guests for episode 358 are pop band, shivery shakes! i came across this band while looking for bands to talk to during sxsw. i heard their music, fell in love and invited them on the show. it turns out, i know william from another band he was in years ago called, zipper. anyway, i invited the guys over to talk about their journey, their dreams, their fears and much, much more. they brought me a vinyl copy of their brilliant new album, three waves and a shake, it's awesome. you should get it. they'll be performing 3 times during sxsw 2015, if you haven't seen or heard them, do yourself a favor. here's a link to their site http://www.shiveryshakes.com/ go. get involved. i hope you enloy getting to know shivery shakes. i sure did. let's get down!ciao! -jg

Episode 355: Wild Adriatic Returns! / Pick With Austin

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well. this year is just flying by isn't it. i hope you're finding the time to stop and smell the roses. how did you like the oscars? i always think i'm going to like those things, but i really have more fun just making fun of everything than actually watching the show. especially on twitter. i loved "boyhood" & "birdman". i would've taken either as best picture. i am sad that the drummer guy in "birdman" didn't "qualify" for an academy award. that was one of my favorite things in a movie EVER! i've been doing podcasts every day this week. i have a lot of great shows coming in the next few weeks. plus, SXSW is coming! run for your life!!!!my guests for episode 355 are new york rockers, wild adriatic! this amazing rock and roll band just moved to austin to write songs, taking on a saturday night residency at empire control room and garage. they're releasing a new e.p., never enough on tuesday, march 17th 2015. this is the guys' second appearance on the show. they were on last year while they were here on tour. anyway, we had a great conversation about their recent european tour, how they make songs, life in the van, how spotify helps them spread the word, mateo's love of merchandise, we talk gear and just what the hell they're doing in texas for 6 weeks. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i sure did. plus, laurie hebert from pick with austin stops by and talks about their current instrument drive. let's get down!ciao! -jg

Episode 353: Quiet Company Returns... Again!

hello friends! i hope you al had a wonderful valentine's weekend. i had a good weekend, but as you'll hear in the intro, a sad valentine's day. skyrocket played some fun shows this weekend and we had some good laughs backstage. speaking of shows, i have a show coming up in a couple of weeks with my all-girl band, johnny in the ladies room. it's a great garage rock band featuring me, kathy valentine, dominique davalos and christina comly. we're playing on friday, march 6th, 2015 at lambert's in austin, tx. here's a link to the event page, johnny in the ladies roommy guest for episode 353 is the amazingly talented and insightful, taylor muse from quiet company! this is taylor's 3rd time on the show and i think the conversations keep getting better. quiet company has a new album, transgressor, coming out NEXT tuesday 2/24/15 on modern outsider records. the album is gorgeous. once again, taylor is working out his life in song and once again, it is a beautiful and transformative experience. i hope you enjoy our conversation that ranges from everything to current music, seeing bands, making transgressor, making peace with your demons and much, much more. i hope you enjoy our conversation. i sure did. let's get down!ciao! -jg

Episode 350: Joanna Barbera Returns!

hello friends! i hope you're all doing well. i have the weekend off from skyrocket and i am looking for some shows and whatnot to get into. i might go see podcast faves, the rocketboys tonight. i've been booking guests for sxsw 2015. it seems early, but it's just around the corner. i mean, can you believe it's already a week into february. shit! time flies.my guest for episode is singer/songwriter and recent nashville resident, joanna barbera! this is joanna's second time on the show. i caught up with her when she was in austin a few weeks ago, playing some shows and recording with mike mccarthy. we have a great conversation about moving and getting her groove on nashville, dating, writing songs and much, much more. i love hanging with joanna and i'm sure you will too. let's get down!ciao! -jg