And Introducing, back again, and featuring an interview with an artist that we think you just might love...A Beacon School!A Beacon School is Patrick J. Smith, a musician in New York City whose pleasing indie pop compositions are gaining big-

#120 95 BULLS!

Mar 18th, 2024 52m 59s

And Introducing is back and we're talking to another musician we like today. Actually two musicians! Emily Ash and Kayla Asbell play in the truly excellent NYC rock and roll band 95 Bulls—Emily on vocals, Kayla on keys—and we caught them in the

#119 DAN BOECKNER!

Nov 9th, 2023 1h 11m

We're joined by musician Dan Boeckner (Wolf Parade, Divine Fits, Handsome Furs, Operators, Arcade Fire) to chat about his life and career in music. We touch on everything from terrible tour stews, leveling up to arena shows, burning CD-Rs in ho

#118 STEELY DAN! (ft. Alex Pappademas & Joan LeMay)

Jul 25th, 2023 1h 1m

We're going back, Jack, and we're doing it again with another angle on the Steely Dan story. Last time we were listening to Donald Fagen complain about hotel pools with Matthew Perpetua; this time we're talking about the freaky characters of St

#117 BONO! pt. 2

May 26th, 2023 1h 25m

Bono part deux — for a relaxing time, make it governance time. We hit the second half or so of Bono's book Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story and get into his advocacy, his lobbying, his product-launch mindset, his south of France hedonism, his rel

#116 BONO! pt. 1

May 2nd, 2023 1h 31m

Yeah I'm thinking we're back. Back with a big one. Back with Bono. He wrote a memoir called Surrender: 40 Songs, One Story and we're podcasting all about it. Well, not all about it, but about half of it, because Bono's book is so meaty that it

#115 GORDON RAPHAEL!

Feb 6th, 2023 1h 12m

Wow, a new episode of And Introducing - this one featuring legendary music producer and musician Gordon Raphael, whose musical ear, intuition, tech savvy and patience all played a huge role in helping craft the indelible sound of The Strokes' f

#114 FRANK SINATRA (...Has a Cold)!

Jan 3rd, 2023 1h 9m

And introducing…King of the hill…A#1……KING OF THE HILL: it’s Frank Sinatra! Yes we’re ring-a-ding-dinging in the New Year with one of the greatest recording artists of all time AND one of the greatest pieces of Words About Music of all time in

#113 RYAN DUSICK (MAROON 5)!

Nov 23rd, 2022 1h 14m

A fresh new episode of And Introducing! On it, we talk to Ryan Dusick, Maroon 5's founding drummer, about his new book Harder To Breathe: A Memoir of Making Maroon 5, Losing It All, and Finding Recovery. Ryan's story is extremely wild: an impos

#112 FLEA!

Sep 9th, 2022 1h 30m

This week (month...summer...) we are talking about none other than FLEA. One of the world's funkiest living bassists, Flea has kept it thick on the low end for the Red Hot Chili Peppers for almost forty years. His 2019 memoir Acid For The Child

#111 ELVIS! (ft. David Sims)

Jun 29th, 2022 1h 19m

And introducing…the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley! We welcome Atlantic movie critic and co-host of the Blank Check podcast David Sims back to the pod to discuss Baz Lurhmann’s new biopic ELVIS. We talk about the King’s legacy, Baz’s film

#110 PETER STEELE! (ft. AntiArt)

May 25th, 2022 1h 28m

On this episode of And Introducing, we meet a new type of guy: human vampire, Polish legend, gentle giant, Parks Department tree-hugger, Slim-Fast guzzler, melodramatic romantic, Brooklyn baby, cat dad, and overall agent provocateur Peter Steel

#109 FLUXBLOG! (ft. Matthew Perpetua)

May 2nd, 2022 1h 19m

On a very special episode of And Introducing, we bring back Matthew Perpetua for his third pod appearance to talk about something a little more personal than Donald Fagen or Taboo from the Black Eyed Peas: Fluxblog, Matthew's mp3 blog that has

#108 JIMMY BUFFETT!

Mar 21st, 2022 1h 31m

And Introducing…we are taking a brief but fertile trip to Key West to visit a friend of quite a few folks: that's right, it's Jimmy Buffett. A son of a son of a sailor, a blender-drink connoisseur, a schooner crooner, a Conch Train stowaway, a

#107 BOB DYLAN! (feat. Jokermen)

Feb 11th, 2022 1h 30m

And introducing, a guy who nobody knows at all, someone who has released music that literally not a soul cares about...it's Bob Dylan! Just kidding, we are aware he's very popular. And he had a very popular...memoir? autobiography? autofiction?

#106 GAYLE!

Jan 14th, 2022 1h 9m

And introducing, from TikTok to chart top, it's GAYLE! We discuss the recent abecedarian pop hit "abcdefu" by up-and-coming singer-songwriter GAYLE. A Twitter thread by music TikTok trendspotter Alice Ophelia detailed the song's precipitous ris

#105 T-PAIN! (ft. Maxwell Britten)

Dec 3rd, 2021 1h 18m

Can we pod you a cast? Today's episode focuses on T-Pain, a talented musician and a notable bon vivant with a taste for the good life. Said taste is displayed in a new book of cocktail recipes and general drinking wisdom called Can I Mix You a

#104 30 SECONDS TO MARS! (ft. Indieheads Pod)

Nov 11th, 2021 1h 34m

And introducing….OPPRESSED by the music industry! Silenced for their ART! It’s Jared Leto and Thirty Seconds To Mars!! Yes this week is a mmmmmmovie episode. We’re joined by Matty Monroe and Gavin Wilks of the Indieheads Podcast to dive into t

#103 BROTHER BANDS (ft. Parquet Courts)

Nov 5th, 2021 55m 35s

And introducing, bands of brothers! We’re joined by brothers Max and Andrew Savage of Parquet Courts to discuss the phenomenon of bands with brothers, including a special look at two of rock n’ roll’s most contentious brothers, Noel and Liam Ga

#102 MARIAH CAREY! (ft. Jasmine Danielle)

Oct 29th, 2021 2h 10m

And introducing, on the mic, it’s Mariah Carey! We’re joined by Jasmine Danielle (@ItsAJasmine) to talk about THE Diva of Divas, the superstar who’s unstoppable voice dominated the charts of the 90’s and 2000’s, making her one of the best selli

#101 BOY BANDS! (ft. Maria Sherman)

Sep 24th, 2021 1h 51m

We welcomed Maria Sherman back to the pod, this time not to talk about Calvin Johnson and his merry band of yogurt-drum twee dreamers, but to talk about THE HISTORY OF BOY BANDS — as detailed in Maria's book Larger Than Life: A History of Boy B

BONUS: Molly Interviews Psychic Dairy

Sep 2nd, 2021 34m 2s

And Introducing...Psychic Dairy! On this bonus episode of And Introducing, Molly chatted with Sebastian Keim and Ben Green, two of the five poets who joined forces to create a book of poems inspired by everyone's favorite genre-freak troubadour

#100 METALLICA!

Aug 13th, 2021 1h 33m

And introducing, in therapy, it’s Metallica: Some Kind of Monster! For our 100th EPISODE we’ve decided to return to our roots in HARD ROCK, but instead of looking at it’s decadent heights, examining it at it’s most grinding, tedious, bureaucrat

BONUS: Molly Interviews Andrew Low of The Jazz June

Jul 9th, 2021 1h 1m

And Introducing...Andrew Low! The lead singer and guitarist for the fundamental Pennsylvania emo band The Jazz June, Andrew joined Molly for a very special solo episode, aka one where no books were read but music was certainly discussed. Topics

#99 WE POD ECONO - EPILOGUE (ft. Michael Azerrad)

Jun 11th, 2021 1h 14m

AND introducing WE POD ECONO: an Our Band Could Be Your Life miniseries! We’re joined by the Michael Azerrad, the author of Our Band Could Be Your Life to discuss the book’s legacy, DIY in the 21st century, and #RockCriticLaw. Then, Chris and M