Ari Lennox leads with her heart, and developed her steady confidence over time. Growing up in Maryland, Lennox felt out of place, but everything changed when she moved to Washington D.C. “Life started getting fun after that,” says Lennox. Atten

Speak

Feb 17th, 2020 1h 15m

Speak talks life in Mexico, his heel-face turn, and the art of a memorable radio freestyle Speak is a journeyman rapper from California’s Moreno Valley who’s been living in Mexico for nearly five years now. We spoke the day after his sold out L

Horse Head and Yawns

Jan 28th, 2020 51m 33s

Horse Head and Yawns talk GothBoiClique history, coping with the passing of group member Lil Peep, and their new record “We Had Our Fun” Horse Head and Yawns’ recently released We Had Our Fun is a stylistic leap forward, and a step away from pr

100 Gecs

Jan 13th, 2020 31m 44s

Hailing from the suburbs of St. Louis, Missouri, the electronic pop duo consists of Dylan Brady and Laura Les. Laura attributes the band’s eclectic style to the two having grown up on the Internet. In our Skullcandy interview, she references di

Chris Joslin

Dec 24th, 2019 56m 57s

Chris Joslin is one of the most exciting professional skateboarders to watch. He’s known to go huge but still remain technical. He’s also the newest member of the Skullcandy team. Listen in to learn about all about the BATB 10 champ — we go pre

Valee

Dec 9th, 2019 55m 21s

Valee’s unpredictable surroundings have created his zen-like personality, a trait that makes him unusually intriguing. He approaches life calmly and strategically, seeing it as an opportunity to cleverly disrupt tradition. His desire to advance

Banes World

Nov 25th, 2019 46m

Long Beach native Shane Blanchard, better known as Bane’s World, makes music that lovingly captures the sunny vibe of his California hometown. Laid-back and dreamy, his sound is at the forefront of a lo-fi movement known as “bedroom pop”. In ou

Jeremy Jones

Nov 11th, 2019 1h 23m

Jeremy Jones is a legendary snowboarder known for going deeper, further, and higher. Going pro as a 16 year old in the early days of the snowboard industry, as time went on he noticed climate change affecting winter wonderlands he’d frequented.

SmrtDeath

Oct 28th, 2019 56m 30s

Smrtdeath is part of a booming indie scene that’s been frequently mislabeled ‘emo rap,’ but is showing itself to be an amalgamation of a litany of styles beyond emo and rap. The scene has exploded since we first covered it in 2017 and smrtdeath

Denzel Curry

Oct 7th, 2019 51m 24s

Denzel Curry is Fearless. As a pioneer in the Soundcloud rap scene, Denzel’s had eyes on him since his teenage years. Now he’s a household name and his music has evolved in a way that’s gracefully taken him from underground hero, to mainstream

Pink Siifu

Sep 23rd, 2019 48m 22s

Pink Siifu talks growing up in Cincinnati, getting his start as a poet, and bleeding on the track Pink Siifu is part of a growing movement in rap music. There’s a sub-sect of artists making deeply personal, poetic, and abstract music over strip

Cautious Clay

Sep 10th, 2019 42m 21s

Cautious Clay is Deep. He's an amazingly well rounded musician known for his poetic lyrics. A multi-instrumentalist, producer, and lyricist, he got his start taking flute lessons from YouTube phenomenon known for playing the flute while beatbox

Hook

Aug 19th, 2019 47m 51s

Hook is a rapper phenom exploding out of Riverside, CA. Her recently released critically acclaimed debut tape “Bully” — entirely produced by underground pot-stirrer Nedarb Nagrom—is taking the underground by storm. Her ferocious style combined

Soccer Mommy

Aug 6th, 2019 48m 8s

Soccer Mommy is rad. With a sound rooted in 90s rock and an aesthetic rooted in 90s kitsch, Soccer Mommy embodies throwback radness. Her humble beginnings as a bedroom musician in Nashville were interrupted by the time she got to NYU for colleg

Tommy Genesis

Jul 22nd, 2019 31m 59s

Tommy Genesis is independent. She emerged from the underground rap scene, stayed true to her vision, and grew a devoted fanbase by doing things differently. She experimented with a multitude of music genres, including emo, noise, and punk, befo

Lee Fields | Episode 28 | Skullcandy

Jul 8th, 2019 1h 4m

Lee Fields’ career as a soul singer has spanned over 6 decades. It started with a talent show in Wilson, NC when he was 14, and has continued to this day. He’s been everything from a cover artist, to a one man band, a real estate manager, to a

Lee Fields

Jul 8th, 2019 1h 4m

Leikeli47

Jun 17th, 2019 48m 9s

Leikeli47 is empowered. She’s taken control of her narrative by hiding her true identity. Now critics, fans, and observers are forced to judge her on the merit of music instead of physical appearance. Admittedly a shy person most of her life, c

Maxo

Jun 3rd, 2019 54m 43s

Maxo talks Lil Big Man, Def Jam giving him full creative control, and the power of timelessness  People always ask me how I find new music, and I can never really explain it. Finding Maxo was pure luck. A mere whisper in a Twitter thread among

Omar Apollo

May 20th, 2019 51m 15s

Omar Apollo is fresh. Beyond being a fresh face in the pop scene — and a heartthrob to boot — he’s taken a fresh approach at creating music. Perhaps it’s humility or self-deprecation when he claims he didn’t have any natural aptitude for music,

Travis Thompson

May 6th, 2019 52m 54s

Travis Thompson has had a busy couple years. The emerging rapper was on tour with with another Seattle rapper, Macklemore, when I met him in 2017. It was his first time on the road and he’d recently quit his job. The tour led to a collaboration

Nick Waterhouse

Apr 22nd, 2019 1h 2m

Nick Waterhouse’s warm recordings take me back to hearing my dad’s records in the basement as a child, where his vintage Sansui stereo made everything sound like the soundtrack to a Scorsese film. He blends influences from days past to make r

EARTHGANG

Apr 15th, 2019 50m 10s

Music makes us feel elevated, and we chose West Atlanta natives EarthGang to represent that feeling. Johnny Venus and Doctur Dot have been elevating their craft together since their high school days. Having self-released a bevy of records and a

Rico Nasty

Mar 26th, 2019 55m 38s

Rico Nasty was our first and only choice when looking for an artist that embodied the word “bold.” Not only is she the perfect artist to set off our 12 Moods project, but every decision she makes — from her visual aesthetic, to her ear for beat

Saba

Dec 18th, 2018 51m 49s

A leader in the expansive Chicago art rap scene, Saba is an open diary. Tune in as he talks recording raps as a 9 year old, the legendary Chicago library open mics, and the stolen bikes of his youth. Stay tuned after the show for discount code