Show booking can be a tiring and thankless job. Thankfully we have folks like Conrad Loebl behind the scenes. Working as the booker for IHEARTCOMIX for the last 2 years, he's been responsible for curating some of the most forward thinking and “up on shit” lineups that LA has to offer at venues like the Echoplex, Los Globos, and the El Rey.

Love these episodes where folks aren't necessarily full time musicians, but are still heavily involved in music. This is one of those episodes.  Hear about how Conrad started throwing shows as a teenager, being straight edge for 10 years, and why it pays to just be a good guy.

–Lee

We sat down with Canadian ex-pat and Los Angeles transplant Nova Rockafeller. I've been paying attention to her music for quite some time. We asked her to be a guest after finding out she's working with friend of the show Dj Nobody.

Hear Nova talk about her chaotic youth, her rebellious nature, and perpetually running away.

–Lee

Brad Petering (the man behind TV Girl) put out an album by surprise last week. French Exit entered our world via a solitary tweet. When the music's that good, sometimes that's all it takes.

We talk to Brad about how the group has changed since we last spoke in '11. Trung has amicably parted ways with the group. We also discuss his experiment with skipping the PR bullshit, and his stint as a stand up comedian.

–Lee

Nocando just released Jimmy The Burnout. He returned to the show to talk about juggling family, music, and business. He's been trying to figure out alternate means of rap success. We also continue our argument about whether or not metrics matter.

–Lee

This week we sat down with Ne$$ of Weekend Money. Paired with producer Baghdaddy, the two put out an LP in February called Freddie Merkury. We talk about Ne$$' beginnings in Philadelphia and growing up in a boarding school. We also discuss being a part of the scene that spawned Dead Prez, and finding Knowledge of Self.

–Lee

Grieves was out touring his latest record Winter and the Wolves. We only had a small window of time available to chat. Come to find out the studio mistakenly got booked the morning we'd scheduled. Thankfully our guy travels with extra recording gear. Therefore we were able to make our first mobile recording from the green room of the Roxy.

Hear us talk about the making of the record, a huge gamble that ended up helping break his career, and narrowly avoiding becoming a drug kingpin.

–Lee

Equalibrum and I just released our self-titled album “Intuition & Equalibrum.” We got together to reminisce about how we met and reflect on where we're going.  We also talk about how skating influenced him and dropping out of high school. Mark also tells a great story about the acid trip that changed his life. Thank you for following along on our journey to get this record out.

Go check out the album now, available on ALL DIGITAL MUSIC platforms.  We appreciate you waiting patiently for it and we're so elated with all the support you've shown.

–Lee

Herbal T might look familiar to you. He is the identical twin brother and long time (life long?) collaborator of Wax. He released a solo rap project called Lo-Fi Blow Dry. It's jam packed with old school funk and air tight rhymes.

Hear us talk about juggling family, work, and music. He talks about finding the right girl, and burner band backlash against dumpster baby lyrics.

–Lee

This week we sat down with Christian Clancy. Clancy is an industry Legend. He's responsible for marketing classic records like MMLP and Get Rich or Die Trying. He currently manages Odd Future. His team played a big hand in developing their brand, and helped create a massive international following.

Clancy talks about turning his life around after being a rebellious youngster and his time spent as a marketing director for Interscope. Hear his story of meeting some skate kids that would end up reinvigorating his passion for the music business.

–Lee

We're back with our dude Anderson Paak. It's interesting that sometimes we know next to nothing about our friends and acquaintances. This was one of those instances.

We learn about Anderson's turbulent family history. His is mother, father and step father all ended up doing stints in jail. We also learn about him having to navigate his way with no parental guidance while he was still in school. At one point, quitting music to change diapers in an old folks home.

This was a great conversation with an extremely talented artist that develops and impresses me more each time I see him.

Editor's Note: When we first made this post Anderson .Paak premiered a song called “Suede.” It was unknowingly a bit too early to release the song. It ended up coming out 2 years later on the NxWorries project. This video for “Miss That Whip” was recorded a little less than a year after the conversation.

–Lee