25 O'Clock

It takes Dan and Avi most of the way through the conversation to figure out where they've met before, but they get there. Avi is an amazingly talented pianist/singer-songwriter, and he and Dan talk about choir teachers, 'Peter and the Wolf', using social media for good rather than evil, and how asking for what you want is always the way to go. 

Bruno fronts his band Former Belle when he isn't playing guitar in the indie rock powerhouse Cruisr. With such a busy touring life, it was well worth it for Dan to sit down with Bruno and talk touring, loneliness, settling, and getting to work with the guys you looked up to growing up. At the end, Bruno plays a song off his new EP, "Foreign Bed", out on Randm Records. 

Dan and Marcus met back in 2010, shared a stage one awesome night, and then never really saw each other again. Flash forward to now, and Marcus is in the chair for a long-awaited conversation. Dan and Marcus talk hip-hop, New York City, Philly, sampling, live bands, and the everlasting drive to make your art fun, fresh, and challenging.

WXPN and The Key are mainstays of Philadelphia music. It's only fitting that Dan sits down with The Key helmsman John Vettese for a chat about curating content on the internet, musical roots, and keeping an open mind amidst the onslaught of so much music. Also, Dan features a track from the forthcoming Dear Forbidden album, 'Glitter and Dissonance', so stay to the end!

Dan and Nik get right to it, talking famous frontmen, meeting your heroes, growing up amidst a ton of musical influence, and also a certain jam band. (It's Phish. They talk about Phish. It's gonna be okay.) Nik shares his journey from Jersey to NYC back to Philly, fronting two of the cities most entertaining bands.

Dan always knew Noelle as "the zombie piano girl", but that is only the surface. Noelle talks about her new production that combines theater, musical performance, and audience interaction. She talks about being an abuse survivor and how she's going to wave that flag for anyone afraid to put it out in the open. Mostly, they talk about how none of us really have it "together". Also, Dan rants about having his identity stolen, and congratulates the Philly music community for coming together to defeat a very restrictive piece of city legislation.

Dan finally gets Stephen Lorek from Shark Tape to sit still and chat, and it was worth the wait. They delve into the deep, dark recesses of what goes through your head as you're making a follow-up to a successful record, and how, in the end, it's all about playing music with your friends. Plus, Dan gives his farewell to David Bowie.

Happy New Year to all! Dan sits down with two Washington DC musicians, Ben Tufts and Jackie Francis, and the three of them have themselves a ball. The talk goes from the TV show "Psych" to how each of us has weird ways of thinking about music theory to cooking and everywhere else. And Jackie plays a track from her new album, "The Sea", available everywhere the Internet exists. So much fun is had.

A band may put on the performance of the night, but there's usually a person or two behind the night. Dan talks with one of those people, Jeremy Hebbel from Gable Music Ventures, a music event promoter out of Wilmington. They talk about what makes a great show, what all sides of the table can do to make it great, and how to keep things going even when life hands you little "challenges". Also, Dan plays a new track from Venice Sunlight's upcoming 2016 album, "Vs. The Swingers And The Saints". Happy Holidays and Happy New Year from 25 O'Clock! 2015 was great, 2016 will be even better.

Dan talks with Josh Kinney, editor and re-founder of the Philadelphia Evening post, dormant for 200 years. They talk about growing up bookish, a love of history, and how to meet your business partner on Tinder. Also, Dan plays a new track from Ben Hughes (Episode 12), off his newest and last album-a-month of 2015.