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Scarlet Estelle is an artist manager and developer. She’s the membership director of REC Philly, and she’s a member of the Philadelphia Recording Academy. She’s also the creator and host of Andrea's favorite new(ish) podcast, Sugar, We’re Going In, which explores Fall Out Boy’s relationship with hip-hop. She’s here today to talk about five of her favorite hip-hop moments in Fall Out Boy’s career. She and Andrea also dive into their shared love for the band, Patrick’s solo career, how Scarlet has continued to find inspiration in the way the members of FOB approach their music, the power of fangirls, how she strives to support and encourage new artists in her own career, and so much more. It’s a fun and special episode. 

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Lots of bands we love on tour. Lots of those bands are bringing other bands we love with them. We don't want you to miss out on those bands. Here are some shows we really think you should plan to get there for doors.

Gully Boys - “Optimist”

On tour with Motion City Soundtrack until 01.15.

Philly - January 10th at Brooklyn Bowl

Honey Revenge - "Fight or Flight”

On tour with Meet Me At the Altar from 01.19 - 02.21

Phllly - January 23rd at the TLA (Elliot Lee and John Harvie)

Pool Kids - “Swallow”

On tour with Militarie Gun January 31 - March 9

Philly - 02.14 at the church

Pollyanna - "Smile"

On tour with Plain White T’s January 23 - February 18

Philly - 02.06 Union Transfer 

Equipment - "Minnow" 

On tour with Origami Angel March 22-30

On tour with Sweet Pill April 14 - May 10

Philly - 05.10 Union Transfer

To close out 2023, Left of the Dial is here with our contractually-obligated-to-release-as-podcasters End of the Year list. Jenn, Andrea, and Kitzy got together to share 12 albums (and one bonus single) they loved this year. There were, of course, many more, but there are only so many hours in the day, ya know? 

Crossed Keys - Believes in You

Devon Again - Deep (single)

Devon Gilfillian - Love You Anyway

Explosions In The Sky - End

The HIRS Collective - We’re Still Here

kinda alright - The Esoteric Arts

MSPAINT - Post-American

Nourished By Time - Erotic Probiotic 2

Origami Angel - The Brightest Days

Parannoul - After the Magic

Screaming Females - Desire Pathway

John-Allison Weiss - The Long Way

Worriers - Trust Your Gut

A Day Without Love is the solo project of multi-genre musician and artist Brian Walker. He joins us today to talk about his new album, A Stranger That You Met Before, which also happens to have been produced by our own Kitzy, so this episode is full of stories from the studio. Brian also talks to us about community and collaboration, writing multi-faceted music with layers of meaning, paying homage to early influences, and so much more.

You can (and should!) pick up A Stranger That You Met Before now.

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This week, Andrea and Jenn are joined by a Left of the Dial favorite. If you pay attention to leftofthedial.fm, you’ll be familiar with Soft and Dumb from Jenn’s review of their self-titled album a little over a year ago, as well as their interview for our Home Studio Stories shortly after that. And today, the Illinois-based duo are here to talk about their dreamy new EP Heaven, out November 17th (that’s today). Stream it where you stream, or–even better–pick up your own copy over on Bandcamp.

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Today’s guest is a repeat offender! Our listeners will know Zac Ross from one of the greatest pop-punk bands to come out of South Jersey, Man Overboard. He joined us last July to talk about his project Zachary Ross and the Divine, and he’s joining us today to talk about his brand new hardcore project, Slighted. Their album This Means War came out Friday September 29th. In addition, Zachary Ross and the Divine also released a new EP, King Dopamine, on October 5th via SmartPunk Records. Zac joined Andrea and Jenn to talk about both of those releases, writing music like a horror movie, the difference between making hardcore and pop-punk, being honest with yourself, and why it’s okay for women to lie. Most importantly, Andrea and Jenn would like to formally announce their position as co-managers for Zac’s “Slighted Should Play the Gathering of the Juggalos” campaign. More to follow.

Listen to Slighted’s This Means War

Listen to Zachary Ross and the Divine’s King Dopamine

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- Zac @ _zachararyross_

- Slighted @slighted_

- Zachary Ross and the Divine - @divine_music_club

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Superdestroyer is the solo project of the anonymous Ohio-based musician who is also the co-founder of Lonely Ghost Records. Superdestoryer’s most recent album, SoakedInSynth.Zip was released in June. He joined Andrea and Jenn this week to talk about SoakedInSynth.Zip, making music that sounds like being stuck in your basement, making music that sounds like being outside, writing about your demons, running one of the coolest, most unique labels around, and living on the Island of Misfits Toys. We’re such fans of Superdestroyer and everything happening over at Lonely Ghost Records, and we’re so happy to share this conversation with you all.

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This week on Left of the Dial, Andrea is joined by Gabby and Josh, from South Jersey’s own Afloat. Gabby joined us way back in February to talk about booking bands as Head Above Water collective. But if you need another reminder, Afloat is, according to NJ.com’s Bobby Olivier, “The best thing to hit Cherry Hill since Bahama Breeze opened at the mall.” That’s high praise, if you ask us. Today, Afloat stops by to share some songs from their upcoming EP, Where I Stand, including a Left of the Dial exclusive premier of their new single, “Through My Veins.” You can stream it everywhere tomorrow, September 1st, but you’ll get to hear first in this episode! Where I Stand is out September 15th on Sinking Ship Records. You can (and should) pre-order it now. 

• Get tickets to Afloat’s Where I Stand release show at Tunes in Voorhees, NJ 09/29
• Pre-order Where I Stand on vinyl now
• Follow Afloat on Instagram @Afloatband

Also featured in this episode:

• Flowermouth, “l.i.l.t.”
• Oldsoul, “Lavender Cane”

This week's guest is one of our favorites over here at Left of the Dial. M.A.G.S. is the solo project of Buffalo-born, LA-based artist Elliott Douglas, and listeners of our podcast should be plenty familiar with M.A.G.S. We’ve been singing his praises for as long as Andrea has been hosting Left of the Dial, and definitely since 2021’s Say Things That Matter, an album that we absolutely love. M.A.G.S.' third album, Destroyer, is out August 4th on Smartpunk Records, and he’s with us today to talk about a few songs off of that album and a couple other songs he’s brought along to share, too. We talk about finding beauty in total ruin, seeing your music in colors, connecting with others through art, and so much more. You know, we keep it light. This is a great conversation with a really thoughtful, unique artist, and we can't wait for our listeners to hear it.

Pre-order Destroyer now!

Keep up with M.A.G.S. in all the usual places.

M.A.G.S. is going on tour. Philly listeners, you can see M.A.G.S. on August 16th at PhilaMoca. Find the rest of his dates at elliottmags.com/tour.

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This week, Andrea sits down with Chris Payne to talk about his new book Where Are Your Boys Tonight? The Oral History of Emo's Mainstream Explosion 1999-2008. He’s got a list of credits a mile long, covering music for publications like Alternative Press, Vulture, and Billboard where he spent seven years as a staff writer and podcast host covering alternative and independent music. Andrea and Chris talk about the various scenes that birthed the bands who ushered in the emo movement of the early 2000s and the songs that best represent that moment in time. Payne has curated such a vast collection of voices from every corner of the scene(s) at the time, from members of bands like Lifetime, Thursday, Fall Out Boy, and Taking Back Sunday, to the people who watched those bands skyrocket to emo royalty (Hanif Abdurraqib, Jamie Coletta, Chris Gethard). Where Are Your Boys Tonight? is full of candid conversations, recollections, and memories that tell a remarkable story of a truly unique moment in music.

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