No Effects with Jesse Cohen

It's a trip down memory lane... as well as present boulevard AND future street with this week's great guest Mike Pace. Mike recounts his early days of being in a band on Long Island, finding success with the Oxford Collapse, doing standup, hosting the great (and defunct) Worst Gig Ever Podcast, and finally, writing and producing his new solo album. Mike Pace and the Child Actors' "Best Boy" is out NOW... go check it out. Enjoy!

Another XXL episode of No Effects. This week, I spoke with Rami Haykal and Jake Rosenthal, the co-owners of Glasslands, a very special music venue here in Brooklyn. Glasslands will sadly be closing at the end of this year, so I thought I would try to capture some of what made it special and say goodbye in this episode. Along the way, you will hear some truly depressing stories of terrible shows my bands have played (and one great one), as well as learning about where Rami and Jake come from, what they care about, and why they are the good kind of club owner. Thanks dudes! Good luck in whatever comes next. Also, everyone else: happy new year!

A double XL episode of No Effects this week as I'm joined by T Magazine Critic-at-Large Jody Rosen. Jody and I cover a lot on this one, including his long career as a music critic, hanging out with Graduation-era Kanye, the 2006 Mets, and how happy Jody is not to have to weigh in on the new Kendrick Lamar song. Also, for the kids, a helpful step-by-step guide to how you can become a successful music critic some day ;(

All three members of Ex Hex join me on this week's No Effects. For those of you keeping score, that's Mary Timony, Laura Harris, and Betsy Wright. Join me by listening this week and you will learn about how Mary, Laura, and Betsy met each other, wrote and recorded their excellent album "Rips", went on tour together, and so much much more. I also talk a lot about Washington DC... hopefully in a cool way!

Another great episode of No Effects! Live from Los Angeles this week, my guest is Mr. George Lewis, Jr. aka the man/band @Twin-Shadow. George shares with me all about how his life got flipped turned upside down and he'd like to take about 60 minutes, just sit right there, he'll tell you how he became the prince of a town called downtown LA.

For the first time ever, I am joined on No Effects by an entire band full of guys. The band is Museum of Love and the guys are just two guys: Pat Mahoney and Dennis McNany. Our great conversation ranges from Irish stuff, getting older and funkier (*sorry), playing in hardcore bands and LCD Soundsystem, becoming a singer, and much much more. As always: no effects. Museum of Love's new album, also called Museum of Love, is out NOW on @DFA-Records

A very family-friendly episode of No Effects this week, as I'm joined by Aaron Coyes, who along with his wife Indra Dunis, is one half of the musical duo @PeakingLights. Aaron, Indra, and their two children make up a very unique touring party for a very unique band. Aaron tells me about building synths, moving to New Zealand, moving to Wisconsin, meeting Indra, and making Peaking Lights together. Their new album, "Cosmic Logic", is out right now.

Live and direct from both Los Angeles, where I am right now, and also New York, where I recorded this conversation... it's another great episode of No Effects! On this episode, my guest is the very talented and very cool Mapei. We talk about Mapei's childhood in Sweden and the US, her new album Hey Hey, I name drop The High and Mighty about four or five times, and much much more. ENJOY.

The big fall podcasting season is FINALLY upon us, and I'm here to meet it with my longest episode ever... which also happens to be one of the best. My guest this week is @SashaFrereJones and we spent a solid 1.5 hours discussing his career both as a music writer for the New Yorker and as a musician with his band Ui. Many many topics are covered and many many opinions are expressed, and you'll just have to listen to hear all of them. Sasha is a true music lover, from every angle possible, and I really enjoyed talking to him.

Ahmed Gallab, the artist better known as @Sinkane, is my guest on a great episode of No Effects this week. I surprised Ahmed by showing up at his apartment at the time that we had agreed upon, which he had forgotten about, and then I believe I surprised him with what turned out to be a great conversation. We talked about about his life from Sudan to Ohio and his attitude and approach to being a solo artist, with an emphasis on collaboration. Lots of good stuff here. Enjoy! Listen to Sinkane on @dfa-records