In a special episode, Jason sits down with Don Barco, former proprietor of King Corona Cigars in Ybor City. They talk about music from the 60s through the 80s, Little Richard, and various changes in rock and roll through the years.
Joined by Ray Roa (music editor, Creative Loafing), we sit down with Chicago's Post Animal, who give us the deep dish on all things Chicago, touring with Wavves and Twin Peaks, Chance the Rapper's email, and Stranger Things. They also tell us about their new single "Special Moment", upcoming album When I Think of You in a Castle, recording at a haunted lake house, opening for The Fantastic Plastics, favorite Chicago restaurants, CTA woes, and leathery hands.
On a monster episode of Cigar City Radio, we go live from VANS Warped Tour at Vinoy Park in St. Petersburg, FL. We chat with The Fantastic Plastics (4:12), CKY (12:39), Silverstein (17:33), Bad Cop Bad Cop (27:34), Candiria (30:57), Anti-Flag (40:52), War on Women (43:31), and GWAR (54:17). We also ask every band to pronounce “Ybor City”, to amusing results.
This Week’s Fadeout: “Clockwork” by The Fantastic Plastics
We’re over the hill! On our 40th Episode, we celebrate the 40th Anniversary of Bananas Music - the world’s largest collection of vinyl records. We sit down with owners Doug and Michelle Allen to talk about the history of Bananas Music in St. Petersburg, staying in the record business for 40 years, buying unique music collections, the next generation of Bananas Music, and much more.
We head to the former 1-800-Ask-Gary Amphitheatre to meet Riley Breckenridge from Thrice (and baseball podcast, Productive Outs). He tells us about the early days of the band, playing music with his brother, touring with a family back home, his baseball grindcore project Puig Destroyer, and his friendship with Baltimore Orioles Outfielder Mark Trumbo. We also ask him a series of hard hitting fan submitted questions and find out what he’s been listening to on his iPhone.
On a special CROSSOVER episode, we talk to Jason Sowell, founder of The Engage Current Laundry Project and Boldly Going, an excellent Tampa Podcast. We talk about what it means to boldly go, hanging out in dugouts, persnickety Starbucks customers, and more.
After you listen to this episode, check out our episode on Boldly Going, where we talk about the history of Cigar City Management and some behind the scenes details on Cigar City Radio. CROSSOVER.
Live from New York…it’s a special Northside Festival Edition of Cigar City Radio! On this episode, we sit down with Gonzalo and Kiki from Parrot Dream in their Queens apartment. We talk about how they became our first client, moving from Chile to New York City, their upcoming debut full length album, Gonzalo’s experiences as an immigrant, meeting each other in Chile, and their Latin audience.
Plus, they perform “Queen of Hearts”, a track from their EP Set Sail Someday…which is also our podcast theme song!
We talk to Tampa based singer/songwriter/ukulele player Ari Chi about getting her start, ukulele hip hop covers, and learning production. She also tells us about her new album Colorfool, new single "Sea Foam", Ari Chi Fridays, and more.
Plus, she performs her track "Apple Pie" for us live in studio!
We meet Lynn Thomas and Shelly Simon from Homoground - a network of queer music and media creators. We talk about the creation of Homoground, queer music in New York City, reaching people in small towns, DIY venues closing, Death By Audio, SXSW, and real life vs. the internet.
We talk to Brooklyn’s Fruit & Flowers about their Home Alone-like journey to SXSW, the band’s formation, making the Oh My Rockness Hardest-Working Bands of 2016 list, Sylvia the bus, their new Drug Tax EP on Little Dickman Records, playing in front of Lyzi’s hometown crowd, Jose’s Colombian friends, and giving back to the community.
This Week's Fadeout: "Out of Touch" by Fruit & Flowers
We talk to 17 year old songwriter, Natalie Claro, about her debut album, Disconnect, producing her own music, supportive parents, her big voice, singles “Baby Bug” and “Mountains”, and building with her own team. Plus, stay through to the end as we tackle the age old argument: is a hot dog a sandwich?
We talk to Tampa songwriter Shane Schuch about his new project, Pajamas. He tells us about performing at Gasparilla Music Festival, his new album Smile Lines, working with fellow producer Fr33dback, his old band Mouse Fire, the Tampa electronic music scene, Beard & Beauty soap, leaving SaGoh 24/7 (later known as Anberlin) to raise his daughter, and the Origin of Chef Pyjamas.
We talk to UK band Muncie Girls about traveling from England for SXSW, going through U.S. Customs, their debut album From Caplan to Belsize, the punk scene in the United Kingdom, “all-dayers”, playing Big Pre-Fest in Little Ybor at New World Brewery, touring Europe, and the ferry.
We talk to Matt Fiedler, co-founder and CEO of Vinyl Me, Please. He tells us about founding the company in Chicago, their first record of the month, record-cocktail pairings, moving to Colorado, SXSW, genre-based subscriptions, Swaps, and Ello!
We talk to Buddy Nielsen from Senses Fail about the Quince Años Tour, their acoustic EP “In Your Absence”, politics and spreading awareness, twitter fights, ignoring trolls, and not playing "One Eight Seven" live.
We talk to Miles Zuniga and Tony Scalzo from Fastball about Austin, TX in the 90s, their platinum selling album All the Pain Money Can Buy, Top 5 hit “The Way”, their new album Step Into Light, and their Nigel Dick-directed music video for “I Will Never Let You Down.” We also talk about Machine Gun Kelly’s “Bad Things”, Pen Pineapple Apple Pen, playing Raymond James Stadium in Tampa, the Columbia Restaurant, and the “Fun-Lucrative Scale.”
We talk to The Regrettes about being “good for their age”, their new album Feel Your Feelings Fool, writing songs, signing to Warner Bros. Records, the “Hey Now” music video, touring, being away from home, and more.
SPECIAL EDITION EPISODE.
We celebrate Goose Island Migration Week in Tampa, FL.
We talk with Nalani Rothrock and Josh Lamkin from Tampa based funk band Mama’s Batch about their upcoming album, the origins of the band, performing around the Tampa Bay area, and being featured at the “Music. Art. And Goose Island Beer” event at Blind Tiger Cafe.
Then we’re joined by Chris McCleary and Jesse Valenciana from Goose Island Beer Company. They give us a taste of some Goose Island beers, some insight into the Goose Island Beer Co., and tell us what Goose Island Migration Week is all about.
We talk to Ariana and the Rose about her first SXSW, London vs New York, songwriting, collaborating with RKCB on “Love You Lately”, her new EP Retrograde, and the Mets, sort of.
We talk to Brian Bell (Weezer/The Relationship) about the new The Relationship album Clara Obscura, singles “Break Me Open” and “Without Me”, being in two bands, Weezer’s “Feels Like Summer”, reading actual books, and aural experiences.
On a special episode of Cigar City Radio, we recap our experience at the 6th Annual Gasparilla Music Festival in Downtown Tampa. We talk to artists Ari Chi, Twin Peaks, and Lady Wray about their performances, then catch up with Ray Roa (Creative Loafing), Jay Cridlin (Tampa Bay Times), Roxanne Gallo (The Bolt), and various concert attendees to get their thoughts on GMF 2017.
We meet Amy Ray (Indigo Girls) before her sold out New World Brewery show. She tells us about the early days of Indigo Girls, the 80s DIY scene, dealing with life on the road, songwriting, her friendship with Justin Vernon (Bon Iver), and being a part of Lilith Fair.
We sit down with Glen Phillips (Toad the Wet Sprocket) for a conversation about the Toad the Wet Sprocket name, the 90s Santa Barbara music scene, signing to Columbia Records, “The Rob Thomas Maneuver”, the changing music industry, Neutral Milk Hotel, his new album Swallowed by the New, and more.
We meet harpist Mary Lattimore before her sold out show with Parquet Courts. She talks about traveling with her harp, collaborating with Kurt Vile and Steve Gunn, performing with Arcade Fire, moving from Philadelphia to LA, her upcoming tour with Waxahatchee & Kevin Morby, and her album At the Dam. We also gush about our mutual love of Wawa and Mary tells us about Wawa By the Ocean.
We meet singer/songwriter and fiddler Sara Watkins before her show at State Theatre Saint Petersburg. She tells us about forming Nickel Creek at 8 years old with her brother, meeting Led Zeppelin's John Paul Jones, progressive bluegrass, and her new album Young in All the Wrong Ways. We also talk about touring with the Decemberists and what she’s learned from artists like Greg Leisz and Jackson Browne.