We're back babyyyyy! Season 2 kicks off with none other than Kelcey Ayer from one of the greatest indie bands of my lifetime, Local Natives. Kelcey is a sweet man with a killer voice. He's a kind plant-loving boy who just wants to make goofs and tunes. Kelcey is the host of a brand new comedy podcast that you should check out right now (link right below). Enjoy! 

Local Natives / Jaws of Love. / The Kelcey Ayer TV Show on Radio

Song Featured: "You & I" 

Song Performed: "Direct Support"

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What a year it's been! We wanted to do a proper send-off here at Direct Support, so I solicited the help of former guest and Hate Drugs frontman, Dave Caploe to help me host the Holiday Spectacular. We use the opportunity to showcase Christmas songs from all of our guests who've released anything even mildly wintery and we goof off a whole bunch. I also end the show with an unreleased Holiday cover of my own. For real though - I can't thank y'all enough. Hosting this show has been a super special experience for me and I can't thank you enough for your support. Happy Holidays and all that jazz. Enjoy!

Featured Artists: Field Medic, Mini Trees, Jordie Saenz, Hate Drugs, The Jacks, Derek Ted, Hippo Campus, The Mowgli's, The Spill Canvas, From Indian Lakes, Beauty Queen, Typhoon and Peter Schrupp. 

Direct Support Christmas Playlist

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So here's a lovely human who was nice enough to join me on election day (whoops) to chat about his music. Charlie Hickey is an incredible, super young songwriter who's been collaborating with Phoebe Bridgers and her drummer Marshall Vore for a few years now. He just released his first single, "No Good At Lying" and it's a ripper! We spend a while predicting Spotify trends and having Charlie explain to me why tiktok is excellent. Enjoy!

Charlie Hickey

Song Performed: "No Good at Lying" 

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weeoo weeoo! Bromance alert! My guest this week is the sweet soul, Evan "E.T." Mathews a.k.a. Tomahawk Baby. I love this guy so much. We met working together a while back and instantly fell in love, bonding over music, comedy, art and hating our job. We talk about interning for Syd, making music with his two younger twin brothers, being a transplant from the South to LA, working with his long-time collaborator, MALIA and more. Thanks for the support with last week's episode. I'm feeling the love. Enjoy the show!

Tomahawk Baby / MALIA 

Songs Featured: "Got No Answers" by Tomahawk Baby / "Superstar" by MALIA

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Celebrating episode 30 with a member of one of my favorite bands of all time. Hippo Campus legend, Nathan Stocker is also a songwriter for his project Brotherkenzie, as well as a member of the group, Baby Boys. We talk about all the different ways music can pour out into different projects. We talk about how we both did our first tour with The Mowgli's and discussed the fluidity of genre with very little success. Enjoy! 

Hippo Campus / Brotherkenzie / Baby Boys 

Songs Featured: "OVERGIVER" / "No Poms - Demo" 

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Chris Rasmussen of Laureline joins this week! Laureline is a killer indie pop outfit with a dreamy LP called "Wash". We start by diving into songwriting but inevitably end up talking comedy the whole episode and I spill coffee everywhere. Enjoy!

Laureline

Song Performed: "Everything Ends Up Ending"

Direct Support Playlist

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Dude....what an episode. I really felt a kindness and a kinship with our guest this week. Kyle Morton is the frontman of orchestral-indie rock band, Typhoon. Kyle is a pensive and fun guy. We dip between grandiose pontification, comedy fandom and eventually songwriting and touring. Enjoy!

Typhoon / Kyle Morton

Song Featured: "Welcome to the Endgame" 

Song Performed: "CPR"

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No show this week, but hey thanks so much for checking in!

Hey there! You should listen to Breakup Shoes :) Their singer Nick is my guest this week and they rip. We talk tour, religious upheaval, and being addicted to TV and Spotify numbers. Enjoy!

Breakup Shoes

Song Performed: "Monswoon"

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