Post-rock pickle-monging band Dead Register of Atlanta joins Cait for an episode of judging butt-rock music and punk rock trivia.

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Welcome to Drunk and Vocal's Sober Stories where we have short and SOBER chats with music industry leaders. Less of the crazy, more of the information. In this episode, we talk with music journalist Ashley Oken of MTV, The New York Times, Alternative Press, and Cosmopolitan about how she got started!

Intro + outro song: "Breathe" by Julia Kahn

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https://www.instagram.com/themillionthashleyyouknow/

Cait chats with a music journalist from across the pond over in Bristol. Naomi Sanders writes for outlets such as Metal Hammer, Kerrang! and Turn It up Louder and hosts a radio show Rhino Radio. If you've ever had ANY sort of interest in rock or metal, she's your girl. She knows rock and metal music from top to bottom, so get ready to get LEARN'T. Throughout the episode, Naomi throws TONS of sick recommendations so those links are below, along with where you can find her!

Naomi's recommendations:

Bloodywood

Lowlives 

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Cait chats with Atlanta musician and photographer Matt Alexander about his mustache lore, preferred drinks, a toilet fan pyramid scheme and much more. Listen all the way through or you'll be cursed for 7 years. 

Matt Alexander

https://www.instagram.com/mattagarr/

https://www.mattagarr.com/about

There Is Art In Everything

https://www.facebook.com/thereisartineverything

https://thereisartineverything.bandcamp.com/

https://twitter.com/tiaie_txt

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Viana Valentine and Greg Almeida (Secret Gardens) join Cait and introduce her to "kitty time", discuss their upcoming music and talk about Smash Mouth.

Intro song is the new single from Viana "Stone Cold"

Break song is "Tough Conversations" from Secret Gardens

Follow Viana (new single "Stone Cold" out January 11th):

https://www.instagram.com/vianavalentine/

https://twitter.com/VianaValentine

https://www.facebook.com/vianasingsthesongs/

https://open.spotify.com/artist/19xv6oF4eMY5RsJrxCNcVF?si=bSJVl6RTROmS7xSur_9iPA

Follow Secret Gardens (new record Tundra out January 22nd):

http://instagram.com/secretgrdns

http://twitter.com/secretgrdns

http://facebook.com/secretgrdns

https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ZJoU0Z8MIukDaRiFwMZcp?si=n0p95NGwSzy-qAGnuaeLWw

Our host Cait returns to podcasting with Evan Price, CEO of one of Chicago's top artist resources Artist Collective. Featuring a classic Cait Myspace story and Evan failing miserably at music trivia.

www.artistcollect.com/

Intro song is "Silver" by 7candystars

Cait sits down with Charlotte heavy rock band Reason Define while they chat and get goofy over Unknown Brewing's Elevator Lady!

Cait explores the realm of "emo-core" with North Carolina band Never I and a special guest!

Drunk and Vocal podcast host Cait sits down with Greensboro, North Carolina's favorite emo/pop band Lowborn while slurpin' some Southern Tier beer! Strap in for a wild ride of laughs, outbursts and music trivia for episode two.