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The podcast to listen to the stories and hear the music of your next favorite band. Brought to you by stereophilia.studio
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Become a Paid Subscriber: https://anchor.fm/yfbspod/subscribe Let’s review: there’s no good art and it’s a red flag for adults to have a favorite band. Naturally, most of you will disagree. That's fine. Just pretend it's a drinking game. An algorithm randomly assigns the band Mark & Tyler destroy in every episode. Start on one everybody knows is trash, like The Beatles. But soon you'll realize culture is a pyramid scheme and your favorite band is just the soundtrack to a fake vintage t-shirt ...
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"Your Favorite Band" is a bi-weekly podcast consisting of long-form interviews with your favorite bands about how your favorite band became your favorite band. Think of this as a biography podcast that you actually care about.
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You know that guy you know who’s seen Bruce Springsteen 47 times? This is a podcast that will try to explain why he’s done that. My Favorite Band aims to capture the passion that fans feel for their favorite artists and give them a chance to explain where that feeling comes from. Why do these people spend so much money, travel across state lines, and sometimes quit their jobs to see their favorite bands? Tune in and find out!
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Join Phillip & David as they play catch-up - they'll recap everything that has happened since Musikfest, while trying not to reference the festival by name. They'll touch on shows they've seen, concerts and festivals coming up in Oct, Nov and Dec, and some new music they're in to. They'll share some live recordings they got of Patty PerShayla & the…
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Approaching the release of their third album, we sit down with all 5 members of We're From Antarctica: Paco Brown, Jessie Rae, Jon Blanco, Mac Kressley, and Chris Rauch - who are all...in the band. We discuss their Antarctican origin story as a band, and also how each of them found music and their journey to join forces. We also explore their catal…
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Even when you hear the description "genre-defying electro-acoustic duo" that does not even begin to describe the brilliance that is ARKAI. Jonathan Miron and Philip Sheegog are Julliard trained, but not limited by the constraints that classical training can sometimes put up - and perhaps even hold dear. The soundscapes that they are dreaming up and…
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Highlights, NextFavBands & Best-of-the-Fest Moments from Musikfest 2024 - Your Next Favorite Band
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What an incredible 10 days! We can't wait to share all of the special moments we captured during Musikfest 2024. Some really amazing performances. We also found several nextfavbands that we'll share who we're coordinating with to bring on the show for an interview in the coming weeks. And we want to hear from you! What were your #bestofthefest mome…
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The Amish Outlaws origin story and tales from their permanent rumspringa - Part 3 of Highlights from Musikfest 2024 Daily Livestreams
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Musikfest 2024! Our fav 10 days of the year are back and we return to providing daily guidance on what bands to see each day along with bringing on a guest or two. In this episode, we share the entire conversation with members of The Amish Outlaws as they share their bold lust for life and passion for music and performance have lead them on a perma…
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Ramona LaBarre, Kyle Edwards & Kate Hughes, and Craig Larimer - Part 2 of Highlights from Musikfest 2024 Daily Livestreams
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Musikfest 2024! Our fav 10 days of the year are back and we return to providing daily guidance on what bands to see each day along with bringing on a guest or two. Thank you so much to Godfrey Daniels for letting us set-up for these special 10 days to use as homebase for these livestreams. In this episode, we'll hear highlights from Days 5, 9 and 1…
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Blair Crimmins & the Hookers talk about their instruments - Part 1 of Highlights from Musikfest 2024 Daily Livestreams
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Musikfest 2024! Our fav 10 days of the year are back and we return to providing daily guidance on what bands to see each day along with bringing on a guest or two. Thank you so much to Godfrey Daniels for letting us set-up for these special 10 days to use as homebase for these livestreams. In this episode, a bunch of Hoookers stop by! Blair Crimmin…
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As mentioned on the Musikfest Exordium last night, we had the privilege of scheduling time with frontman of Dustbowl Revival - Z Lupetin, in advance of their performance at the Fest on Sat 8/10. Before they hit the road with their booty-shakin americana folk soul, Z sat down with us virtually from SoCal to share this tremendous band's story and mus…
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We know what you're thinking. How could this possibly be the last episode in the podcast's series on Eminem? There's still so much left to talk about regarding the past 20 years of his career, right? Yeeeaaaahhhh, no, not really. You haven't seen or heard anyone outside of a message board bring up Eminem for the past two decades for several reasons…
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Musikfest Exordium 2024 Part 2: weather forecast, delicious poutine, a look back and a peek forward
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Exordium Tyyyme!!! Here for your Musikfest prep! We'll be broadcasting live from The Flying V Poutinerie, one of the premiere food vendors during the fest. We'll check in with owner Christie Vymazal to see how their prep is going, confirm there's no potato shortage, and if they have any special menu items for this year. In this Part of the Exordium…
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Exordium Tyyyme!!! Here for your Musikfest prep! We'll be broadcasting live from The Flying V Poutinerie, one of the premiere food vendors during the fest. Cass Noelle is an incredible songwriter with powerful lyrics, beautiful melodies and performed with excellence and stunning vocals. She's also a strong advocate for addiction awareness and promo…
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Musikfest Exordium 2024 Part 1: "Must See" Bands with Patrick Brogan from ArtsQuest - Your Next Favorite Band
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Exordium Tyyyme!!! Here for your Musikfest prep! We'll be broadcasting live from The Flying V Poutinerie, one of the premiere food vendors during the fest. We'll check in with owner Christie Vymazal to see how their prep is going, confirm there's no potato shortage, and if they have any special menu items for this year. In this Part 1 of the Exordi…
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By now you already know what the deal is. Here's the third installment in our podcast's series on the most over-rated rapper in history, Eminem. After taking you through the early days when he accused other rappers of faking freestyles while doing it himself, then accused everyone else of "just imitating" when he was the one biting everyone else, i…
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Back in 2008, veteran Michael Focareto was assigned a project as part of a self-help course he was taking, that asked him to develop something that would help the community and enlist others to help him bring it to life. He looked around the sporting event he was at and saw many empty seats. Knowing how much events like this would mean to the thous…
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Oh boy, it's time for Part 2 of What Would Happen If the T-Shirt Rack at Spencer's Gifts Started Rapping and a Bunch of Morons Decided It Was a Top 5 MC of All Time! Just in case there are any, like, extra dumb people reading this, obviously you should make sure to listen to Part 1 of this series before listening to Part 2. But once that's taken ca…
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Get yourself ready for some shreddin! We bring on incredible bluesman Greg Sover to talk about his journeys to Philly, from Brooklyn and finding his talent for the guitar, which is truly special. He also has found his voice, which is sharing stories that are relatable and seek to create unity and work through issues together, not just overcome them…
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Yo, yo, yo, yo! What it is, homeys?! Y'all heard of this phenomenal rap star who rhymes all these insanely shocking things nobody else would dare to say and used to be a total killer on the freestyle battle rap scene? Yeah, bruh! The Emliest of Ems, Slim Shady! Alright, just kidding. It's us. We're back. Just in time for Eminem to also be back with…
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Prepare yourself to be immersed in warm, harmony-rich, disco rock anthems by the purveyors of pure energy - Smokey Brights. Based in the Pacific Northwest, the Smokeys are fronted by husband/wife duo Ryan Devlin and Kim West. Rounding out their harmonies and exceptional musicality is Luke Ragnar on bass and Nick Krivchenia on drums. We've been obse…
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Check out all of the exclusive live performances from our livestream episodes from October 2023 to March 2024. Includes: 00:06:25 - "You Have Changed" by @BanditsOnTheRun 00:13:00 - "Spooky" by @cloveronthemic 00:18:11 - "I Hate Love Songs" by @SethWitcher 00:23:59 - Ripped Solos and National Anthems by @DaveHillOfficial 00:30:21 - "Spells" by @eas…
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Ready for some gypsy-soul rock-n-roll?? Well you're going to love the music and the convo with Gina Zo of Velvet Rouge. They have brand new music coming out to continue their exceptional offerings and performances that made them Philly's hottest rock band. Gina's been singing and dancing pretty much since she could start to talk and walk. And took …
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Today we displace the guilt and embrace the pleasure as we welcome Nate Runkel as a guest and a co-host, so I guess its a guest co-host! We've done super collabos with Nate previously but today the focus will be on just us and some knucklehead banter. First, we'll promo the upcoming songwriter's round we helped co-curate the line-up of: Sounds of t…
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BONUS: Sounds of the Underground - promo guest appearance on iHeartRadio WXLV hosted by Kate Hughes
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Recently, we made a guest appearane on the Lunch Express hosted by Kate Hughes on iHeart Radio WXLV the X. We promoted the upcoming Levitt SteelStacks show on Friday, June 21st: Sounds of the Underground (co-curated by Gerard Longo at Underground Music Collective and Phillip Reese at Your Next Favorite Band) will feature eight eastern Pennsylvania-…
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One of our favorite finds of 2023, we saw The Hooten Hallers in concerts and could not believe what we were experiencing. They bring a unique and even peculiar vision of Americana: a fiery, bluesy, rock & roll fever dream. You're going to love it! Joining us is John Randall - player of both electric and lap steel guitars, and fronts many of the ban…
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BONUS: Exceprt 3 of 3 from Summertime Festival Banter - guest appearance by Shayna Super, Executive Director of Levitt SteelStacks
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In this triple collabo, I'm joined by co-hosts Dan Drago of 25 O'Clock Pod and Nate Runkel of Yo! That's My Jawn to share our thoughts on which concerts and festivals are not to be missed this summer. In this segment, we're joined by special guest Shayna Super, who as Executive Director of the Levitt SteelStacks, leads the effort to curate the line…
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In this triple collabo, I'm joined by co-hosts Dan Drago of 25 O'Clock Pod and Nate Runkel of Yo! That's My Jawn to share our thoughts on which concerts and festivals are not to be missed this summer. In this segment, we're joined by "light of the world" and hot, up-and-coming artist Sug Daniels out of Philadelphia. She was on our show last summer …
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BONUS: Excerpt 1 of 3 from Summertime Festival Banter - guest appearance by Jesse Lundy of Rising Sun Presents
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In this triple collabo, I'm joined by co-hosts Dan Drago of 25 O'Clock Pod and Nate Runkel of Yo! That's My Jawn to share our thoughts on which concerts and festivals are not to be missed this summer. In this segment, we're joined by special guest Jesse Lundy of Rising Sun Presents and Point Entertainment. He was a guest on our show back in January…
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No secrets here! We are thrilled to bring you the story and the music of Mike Roi and his band Roi & the Secret People. He started his journey in Jupiter, FL, spent time in Philly and NY as things picked up, and then the woman he loved and the town of Easton in the Lehigh Valley inspired him to lay down roots, all while releasing incredible music. …
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BONUS: NextFavBand presents... - guest appearance on the Lunch Express show hosted by Kate Hughes on WXLV The X
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Recently, we made a guest appearane on the Lunch Express hosted by Kate Hughes on iHeart Radio WXLV the X. We promoted the upcoming Your Next Favorite Band presents... show at Godfrey Daniels in Bethlehem, PA featuring Sug Daniels and Roi & the Secret People: Acoustic, sharing the inspiration around curating a line-up of bands for the stage, detail…
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We were super in to The American Hotel System heading in to Musikfest 2023 as one of our "Must See" bands, and we loved them even more after seeing them perform. So we are thrilled to be able to bring them on the show. From Grand Rapids, MI, this alt-rock band that transcends the ordinary and expected. Founded in 2017 by Jacob Betts (Lead Vocals an…
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Time for us to check back in with Rench, Dolio the Sleuth, R-Son the Voice of Reason, and the rest of the genre-busting phenomenon that is Gangstagrass. They'll take time while on tour to share with us the latest music they've got cookin' up for their upcoming release - The Blackest Thing On The Menu. We'll take a listen to "Only Way Out Is Through…
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This week we are joined by Nashville-based singer/songwriter Wila Frank - a hot, up-and-coming artist with a knack for taking the styles from her youth playing folk/americana music to a more alt-pop sound, all while making impossible sounds possible. With music often referred to as "cinematic", "introspective" and many other superlatives, I just li…
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Listen to the Dissonance highlights: powerful songs & brave conversations about mental health - Your Next Favorite Band
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In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we're releasing highlights from our Listen to the Dissonance event from back in February, where we brought together 4 incredible musicians to share songs and conversations about mental health. This special day featured: - Mike & Shannon Mains - Kuf Knotz & Christine Elise - Seán Barna - Carly Comando of Sl…
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Tune in this week as we spend time with Judah Kim - a Philly-based "underdog" DIY alt-rocker who's songs have soaring vocals, and structure that put your ears at ease. David puts forth a "Beatles/Radiohead" vibe, and that sounds just about perfect. Judah was born in Philly, the 7th of 8 from parents to immigrated from South Korea. A proud Asian Ame…
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This week's conversation will have it all - incredible music, inspiring story, deep conversation about overcoming grief, international relations, trips to the arctic circle, synesthesia, quilting with brilliance, and even the Philadelphia Eagles. Yep...all of that! So you will not want to miss our conversation with Eliza Hardy Jones. Of course, pri…
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During this episode we also talk about the Earth. We only have one! So we need to take good care of it, like it does for us. Awareness is everything, so we will be sharing data and info, we'll shine a light on people and organizations doing great things, and of course some music along the way that's inspired by the need to take action. We'll also p…
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Get ready for the psychedelic soul of Moustapha Noumbissi - Philly-based multi-instrumentalist who music is emerging and on the rise right now. Born in Belgium to Cameroonian parents, Moustapha grew up a participant of many musical traditions, including West African drumming, American pop, and choral music. We get in to all of that and then some...…
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Brian Walker is on a mission to spread good vibes. He achieves this through many, many ways. Of course our focus today will be to feel those vibes through his music and his band A Day Without Love. Take a moment to spend some time as we hear about his early inspirations, how his poetry got turned in to the first songs, and how one of them, inspired…
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Episode 100! Featuring Blair Crimmins & the Hookers, Carver Commodore, and George Wacker of Lehigh Valley with Love
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98...99...100!! We've been livestreaming and publishing podcasts for almost 2 years now, releasing content weekly for the majority of that time, and we are now at our 100th episode. Can't believe it! Thank you all so much for tuning in, downloading, and trusting us to introduce you to "your next favorite band". To help us honor the century mark, we…
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Do you think you can play like Django? How about Radus? Well think again, and tune in for our in-person convo with incredible finger-pickin singer-songwriter Alex Radus and prepare for "genre whiplash"! We sit down with him and learn about how people recognized his talent at a young age, earning him the opportunity to attend the Augusta Heritage Ce…
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We were introduced to Social Creatures back during Musikfest, and we stuck around to listen to them which made us late to our broadcast of the daily livestream because they were so good. A true "Best of the Fest" for 2023 for sure. Based in Brooklyn, NY, Social Creatures is producing music that is both nostalgic and new, both fun danceable and emot…
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This week we are joined by the ever-clever, award-winning, queer Americana artist from Philadelphia - Brittany Ann Tranbaugh. We have so much fun in this convo diving back to the early years and talking through all of the ups and downs that have lead her to the full-time musician life she is currently leading. Songwriting and performing has always …
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Are you ready for some hip, cool, under-the-radar blues?? Be prepared to be blown away by the smooth guitar and killer vocals of Shane Guerrette. Surrounded by music his whole life, he picked up the guitar at a young age, and enjoyed early success posting covers of popular songs in his style to YouTube. However it never felt quite fulfilling and st…
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