Concert Pipeline

Episode 451 of Concert Pipeline podcast featuring coverage of Third Eye Blind, Yellowcard, and A R I Z O N A at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View. 

Episode 450 of Concert Pipeline featuring Angelo Bundini (Scrote, Baby Snufkin, Celebrating David Bowie) in which we talk about my favorite concert of all time that Angelo created, reuniting Baby Snufkin after 25 years, touring in Europe with No Doubt, hanging out with Gwen Stefani, making new Baby Snufkin music, the band’s upcoming shows on July 27 at Kilowatt in San Francisco, the BEAT tour he is producing with Miles Copeland which will be at Meritage in Napa on September 13, and his take on nostalgia with music. 

Episode 449 of Concert Pipeline featuring Carmine Appice of Cactus, in which we talk about live shows he’s playing, the podcast he did during the pandemic with his brother Vinny Appice “Hangin & Bangin” which I was on, Jeff Beck, Ozzy Osborne, covering “Running Up That Hill,” his book “Stick It! My Life of Sex, Drums, and Rock N Roll,” and his new album “Temple of Blues - Influences & Friends,” featuring Dee Snyder, Ted Nugent, and many others.

Episode 448 of Concert Pipeline featuring Frank Turner from Regency Ballroom in San Franciso, in which we chat about producing younger bands during the pandemic, his 2019 album “No Man’s Land,” finding his ability to support himself, his team, and other bands touring amidst the pressure of rising ticket prices, playing shows in the Bay Area, breaking records (most shows in different cities in 24 hours and 50 states in 50 days), writing his books “The Road Beneath My Feet” and “Try This At Home - Adventures in Songwriting,” the lasting impact and his friendship with NOFX, and his new album “Undefeated.”

Episode 447 of Concert Pipeline featuring Urban Heat, in which we speak to Jonathan Horstmann about learning piano at age 5, being part of a barbershop quartet in school and this taking him to Austria, going to Haiti for a reforestation project for 3 months to ditch heroin, becoming sober for his daughters, his previous band BLXPLTN, playing Darker Wave festival, his live persona, the band’s upcoming European tour with Molchat Doma, and their new album “The Tower,” out August 16.

A review of Taking Back Sunday's show with Citizen at Hard Rock Live in Wheatland, CA on 6/2/24.

Episode 445 of Concert Pipeline featuring PANGÆA, in which we chat with Corey Schneck about his start in music at age 17, creating his band’s first album in 1991, recording multiple albums with Robert Berry, recording “Time”, a Pink Floyd cover, his lost album “The Reckoning” and if it will see the light of day, and his new album “Beowulf.” We also feature a review and songs from Chevy Metal’s show with The Alive at Jam Cellars in Napa.

Episode 444 of Concert Pipeline featuring a review of X Ambassador’s show at August Hall in San Francisco, with support from New West and Rowan Drake as well as a recap of my Hat Creek camping/fishing trip and music news. 

Episode 443 of Concert Pipeline podcast featuring E.D.A., in which we talk to Jarle Wallevic about his grandfather playing accordion on farms, his band’s new single “Velkommen til Klubben” featuring Conan O’Brien, being on Conan’s podcast a year ago, Conan’s surprise visit in Norway for “Conan O’Brien Must Go,” playing live shows in Norway, Conan playing a show with his group, and an exploding block of cheese.

Episode 442 of Concert Pipeline featuring The Vindys, in which we chat with frontwoman Jackie Popovic about the support of her parents I. Pershing music, starting The Vindys as a cover band and introducing new songs, meeting John Anthony and building a 9-piece band, finding her voice between their debut EP “Keep Going” to their 2021 album “Bugs”, playing shows on the west coast, playing with Youngstown Symphony Orchestra on stage, and their upcoming tour with Pat Benatar and Neil Gerald this summer.