Badass Bands

By Jolynn Braswell

We bullshit with local LA indie music badasses, whether it be artists or rad folks from different aspects of the music industry. There are two shows on this channel: Sifting Through the Noise (radio s... more

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How many episodes does Badass Bands have?

The podcast currently has 158 episodes available.

Badass Bands episodes:

October 25, 2018 Sifting Through the Noise 10.23.2018

Tonight Jo and Jordan welcome in Vanessa Silberman. We talk non-stop touring, her new music and why you should get out and do it your fucking self.
If you like what we are doing please like, share, subscribe or go create a ritual to resurrect Beethoven just so you can kill him with rock-n-roll. Then post the video on IGTV. We would think that was super rad of you.

Music featured in this week’s episode:
Spare Parts for Broken Hearts “Pleasure Delay” Satellite Rez band in Oct!
Deap Vally “Get Gone”
LA River Bend “High off of You”

Lauren Ruth Ward “Staff Only”
Vanessa Silberman “Outswimming Sharks”
Vanessa Silberman “Shine”
Vanessa’s Picks:
Spare Parts for Broken Hearts “Mush”
Carissa Johnson “Shatter”
The Paranoyds “Ratboy”
Patrick Droney “Stand and Deliver”
The Moth & The Flame “The New Great Depression”

https://open.spotify.com/user/1239668321/playlist/7kJv6PLIyNRGsvhAPjyvnc?si=VgHQoK3WQ6WDsuuiBtuzTQ

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October 17, 2018 Bsing with Badasses: Episode 61: Honus Honus
This week Jo and Jordan have a very special artist in for Jo's birthday episode!

Honus Honus, aka Not Not Man Man, aka Ryan Kattner to talk about his music, the inspiration he draws from films and why you never go solo.

Check him out on Instagram at Honus Honus or at honushonus.com

If you like what we are doing please like, subscribe and share. Whether you are a man-man or a woman-woman we would appreciate it.

Music featured in this week's episode:

Honus Honus "Heavy Jesus"

Honus Honus "Oh No!"

Honus Honus "The Stripper Has No Navel"
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51min
October 11, 2018 Sifting Through the Noise 10.10.2018

Tonight Jo and Jordan welcome Jordan Skipper and Chris Lee from Shapeshifter Circus to discuss their spooky rock-and-roll nightmare circus, The Carnival Underneath. We talk about the creation of the project, a bed of nails and what you can expect from this show!

Put it down on your calendar: October 19th, 20th, 26th and 27th as well as November 2nd and 3rd at the The Concord.

More information can be found at: www.shapeshiftercircus.com
If you like what we are doing please like, share, subscribe or create a circus of your own using our playlists as the backing tracks. We appreciate it.

Music featured in this week’s episode:
Spare Parts for Broken Hearts “Mush” Satellite Rez band in Oct!
Holy Wars “Born Dark”
The Buttertones “Midnight in a Moonless Dream”

Twin Temple “I’m Wicked”
YNMD:
YNMD “A Giant Lumbering Wanderer”
YNMD “The Witches on the Roam”
YNMD Picks:
The Soft White Sixties “City Lights”
PrettyDeep “Let It Go”
The Two Tens “Nerve Damage!”
Melted Bodies “AD pEOPLe”

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September 29, 2018 Bsing with Badasses: Episdoe 60: Edith Crash
This week Jo and Jordan welcome in Edith Crash.
We talk about the limitations and joys of working as a solo performer, her experiences as a roadie and world traveller and the new music she has coming down the pipe.
If you like what we are doing please like, subscribe, share and tell your friends. We do this just for you and it would mean a lot to us.

Music featured in this week's episode:
Edith Crash "Octobre"
Edith Crash "Perdu la foi"
Edith Crash / Alex Auge "Colonne"
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38min
September 28, 2018 Sifting Through the Noise 09.26.2018
Tonight Jo and Jordan welcome Facial. We talk about all kinds of things but you can't hear a lot of it because one of the mics went down. Womp womp.
If you like what we are doing please like, share, subscribe, we appreciate it.
Music featured in this week’s episode:
Spare Parts for Broken Hearts “Ever” Satellite Rez band in Oct!
Moon Honey “Life Has No Meaning”
SLUGS “Curveball”

The Herbert Bail Orchestra “Gavrilo”
SHOW BLAST
Facial:
Facial “Cali Preacher”
Facial “Go Away”
Facial Picks:
Goon “Cammie at Night”
Wolf Woodcock “Pet”
Psychic Love “Be Good”
Mike Watt “Against the 70’s”
Check out our play list here: https://open.spotify.com/user/1239668321/playlist/47JVubbkhefxtJW6Qu6BOj?si=ydSusUEvT9-fKJC80KowTQ
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56min
September 13, 2018 Sifting Through the Noise 09.12.18

Tonight Jo and Jordan welcome in Hawaiian T-Shirt. We talk about their new album, This Shit Does Not Concern You, udon noodles and why Mike needs a libra.
Make sure to catch them at The Church of Fun on the 21st!
If you like what we are doing please like, share, subscribe or get a full body tattoo depicting Jo and Jordan as the Ghostbusters at the end of number II. We would really appreciate it and shout you out in an episode!
Music featured in this week’s episode:
Traps PS “Can’t Look Away” Echo resident band this month!
The Active Set “I Will Listen”
Outside Animals “6 Weeks”

Gold Star “Beneath The Wheels”
ZK:
Hawaiian T-Shirt “Emancipation”
Hawaiian T-Shirt “This Shit Does Not Concern You”
HTS Picks:
Pussy Tuesday “Cervezas”
Duderella “Teen Wolf”
Honus Honus “Heavy Jesus”
Meg Myers “The Death of Me”
The Years “Out of Body”
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58min
September 06, 2018 Sifting Through the Noise 09.05.18
Tonight Jo and I welcome in Zachary Kibbee and we talk about his new EP. We play some music, we talk some shit, you know how we do.
If you like what we are doing please like, share, subscribe or randomly grab samples off the internet and throw them together until you have a hit single and thank us in your Grammy Acceptance speech. That would be sweet and we would be thankful.
Music featured in this week’s episode:
Young Creatures “Something I Don’t Know” (New single)
Lucy and La Mer “Got That Thing” (New single)
Goon “Enter Bethel Admissions”

Edith Crash “Perdu la foi” (Next podcast plug)
Zachary Kibbee “Explode”
Zachary Kibbee “Pretty Lights”
ZK Picks:
PrettyDeep “Sugar Cane”
Desi Valentine “The Highlights”
Yip Yops “False Advertising” (Citystock plug)
Enola Fall “Vestigial Tail” (Citystock plug)
The Coals “I Wanted a Lover, I Needed a Friend” (Citystock plug)
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55min
September 04, 2018 Bsing with Badasses : Episode 59 : Greg Katz of New Professor Music
This week Jo and Jordan welcome in Greg Katz from New Professor Music.
We talk to Greg Katz owner of New Professor Music about taking the leap and trusting that the net will appear, why this may be the best time for an artist and what makes the New Professor Music is THE world's greatest record company.
If you like what we are doing please like, subscribe, share and tell everyone you know about us. We can't do this without you.
Music featured in this week's episode:
YOYA - "The Half Turn"
Ramonda Hammer - "Bender"
Mini Bear - "Cyberlove"
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57min
August 23, 2018 Sifting Through the Noise 08.22.18
This week Jo and Jordan welcome in Ugly Sweaters to talk new music, old music and the joy of screaming "lets go!"
If you like what we are doing please like, share, subscribe or burn our URL into your exes lawn as a sign of your undying affection. We really appreciate it.
Music featured in this week’s episode:
Hawaiian T-Shirt “This Shit Does Not Concern You”
Young Jesus “Oranges”
Draag “Sorry (Dispense)”

Palm Springsteen “She’s Got Claws” https://soundcloud.com/palmspringsteen/shes-got-claws-1
Ugly Sweaters “Titus”
Ugly Sweaters “Back in School”
US Picks:
Yoya “We Used to Shine”
Tambourines “Sunny Side”
SLUGS “Bad Twin”
Facial “Cali Preacher”
Check out our spotify playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/user/1239668321/playlist/0uMymRVdu8V71P6EWovZUo?si=qEE29m_-T0eP9QCOg9J_3Q
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1h 1min
August 16, 2018 Sifting Through the Noise 08.15.18
This week Jo and Jordan welcome in Jeff Miller to talk Echo Park Rising, Citystock and his tenure with the Black Crystal Wolf Kids.
If you like what we are doing please like, share, subscribe or approach Jo carefully at Echo Park Rising and give her a hug. We appreciate it.
Music featured in this week’s episode:
Twolips “Peeping Tom”
Liv Slingerland “Come Back to Me”
Bones Muhroni “Habits”

EasyFriend “Alone in Here”
SHOW BLAST
Jeff’s Picks:
The Henry Clay People “Working Part Time”
Forrest Day “Assholes”
Audible Mainframe “Ready to Fly”
Young Creatures “To Be Alive”
Shannon Shaw “Broke My Own”
James Supercave “Get Over Yourself”
Check out our spotify playlist here:
https://open.spotify.com/user/1239668321/playlist/4dFWAhMMX6RmAwwypauXIc?si=Vd3ChL0yQMK57AWtGvuurA
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FAQs about Badass Bands:

How many episodes does Badass Bands have?

The podcast currently has 158 episodes available.