S7 Ep7: Chan Kinchla (Blues Traveler) - Clementine
Our guest today is Chan Kinchla, a musician and the guitarist in the band Blues Traveler. Blues Traveler are a long-running band combining blues, rock, and soul. In addition to performing with them, Chan leads his own band, W4rhors3. Chan chose “Clementine” from Elliott Smith’s self-titled album — a track we had never previously discussed on the podcast. He talks about only fairly recently be...
29m Feb 18
29m
S7 Ep8: Aaron Lee Tasjan - Independence Day
Our guest today is Aaron Lee Tasjan. Aaron is a musician, songwriter and producer from Tennessee. We first connected with Aaron when he played at the All My Rowdy Friends Elliott Smith tribute show in Los Angeles hosted by New Monkey Studio in 2024, and we've been keen to get him on ever since. At that event, he played Independence Day - the song he's discussing here. Hope you enjoy it! Extra...
31m Mar 04
31m
S7 Ep9: Sofia Jensen (Free Range) - The Biggest Lie
Our guest today is musician Sofia Jensen of Free Range. Despite still being only 22 years old, Sofia already has two acclaimed albums to their name: Practice, which came out in 2022, and Lost and Found, which was released last year.  They are now writing new material for the next Free Range record. Sofia is also a huge Elliott Smith fan. In this episode, we discuss their favourite song select...
31m Mar 18
31m
S7 Ep10: Sara Lov and mehro
We have a special episode for you today. We're bringing you two interviews recorded at New Monkey Studio's All My Rowdy Friends tribute show, which was held in Los Angeles in 2024. First up is Sara Lov, a musician who met Elliott and played in a band with his Figure 8 drummer, Scott McPherson. Then, returning to the show, is our season 4 guest, mehro. Both interviews were recorded before our g...
29m Apr 01
29m
S7 Ep11: Kevin Devine
Today, we're bringing you the second part of our special recorded at New Monkey Studio's All My Rowdy Friends tribute show (held in August 2024). Last time round, we had Sara Lov and Mehro on the show. For this one, we're joined by musician Kevin Devine. Kevin was our guest way back in episode 8 of season one, where he selected the Biggest Lie as his favourite song pick. In this interview, he...
19m Apr 15
19m
S7 Ep12: Naima Bock - Miss Misery
Joining us for the final episode of the season is Naima Bock. Naima is a London-based musician who started her career in the band Goat Girl. Since leaving them, she has pursued a successful solo career, releasing two studio albums - Giant Palm, which came out in 2022 and Below a Massive Dark Land, which came out in 2024. Naima describes Elliott Smith's Either/Or album as foundational for her,...
24m Apr 29
24m