Performance Anxiety

This show is about Easy Love. It’s not what you think. Easy Love is a project by Justine Brown. We talk about how she got into music and her first band, Summer Twins. After ten years in a band with her sister, she decided to branch out and write her own music, using some difficult personal experiences for inspiration. She talks about struggling to stay organized, having demo-itis, and something called DeerGoo. Easy Love’s second album is out and it’s a great summer listen. Check it out on Bandcamp, Spotify, and all the other platforms. Follow Justine @easylovemusic. Follow us @Performanceanx. Subscribe, rate, review, spread the word, and relax with a little Easy Love.

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This show features the band Dearly Beloved. The band’s mainstays are Rob Higgins and Niva Chow. Rob grew up in the presence of great music. He started going to Rush concerts while he was still in single digits and hanging out with his uncle, Geddy Lee. After the death of his father, Rob really wanted to just make music with people he loved. That was 14 years ago and the beginning of Dearly Beloved. But there’s a lot more in this show; like the time Rob toured with Our Lady Peace and had four days to learn all the keyboard parts on paper towels. There’s the time his arm blew up. And how about the time Dearly Beloved recorded an entire album and forgot about it? Well, they’ve recently released a new album called Times Square Discount that they haven’t forgotten about. It’s a really wild album. Check it out on bandcamp or wherever you get your music nowadays. Follow the @thebeloveds on social media. Follow their bird, Bruce Lee @bruceleebeverlyhillsbird on IG. He’s relentless. But this show is pretty chill. Check out Rob Higgins & Niva Chow here on Performance Anxiety.

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This show features bassist & lap steel guitarist, Dana Schechter. When we recorded this, she was staying in Berlin after cutting a tour short for her band Insect Ark. She talks about how wild it was for the band and the crew. Someone may have had to sneak back into their home country, but that’s all I’m saying about that right now. Dana talks about growing up in the early 80’s Bay Area metal scene, driving around and hanging out with Cliff Burton; and how his death really made her focus on bass. She also talks about some incredible bands she’s been a part of, like Gifthorse, Angels Of Light, and Swans and the difficulties of being an independent artist. She’s recently released a new album by Insect Ark but it wasn’t easy. If you like heavy, instrumental music, buy it! Follow Dana @insectark. Follow us @performanceanx. Subscribe, rate, review, share. Without further adieu, here’s Dana Schechter

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This episode I’m joined by Jared Artaud & Brian MacFadyen, AKA The Vacant Lots. They are definitely the coolest band from Burlington, VT. After realizing they had this great connection, they started writing and playing, and working with some incredible people. They formed a tight bond with Alan Vega of Suicide, Dean Wareham of Galaxie 500, Sonic Boom, Anton Newcombe of The Brian Jonestown Massacre, and Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. They tell me how they manage to play they music live as a duo and still keep the depth. And they have a new album out called Interzone. Pick it up from Fuzz Club records or wherever you buy music nowadays. Follow the band @thevacantlots. Follow us @PerformanceAnx. Subscribe, rate, review, & share. And I’d like to thank Leah Shapiro for bringing Jared & Brian into the Performance Anxiety family.

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This week’s guest is Fabio Brienza of Varaha. He moved from Rome as a teenager and found his musical community in Chicago. He compares and contrasts the metal scene in Rome to the scene in Chicago. He also has a background in film and we discuss how writing Varaha’s music...

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KatieJane Garside’s journey into music is a lot different than most. Unless, of course, you know another artist who spent their formative years sailing the world, spending literally years at sea. Then it turns out that she was discovered by legenday producer Glyn Johns. Her first productive band, Daisy Chainsaw, resulted in Courtney Love calling her one of the original Riots Grrrls. From Daisy Chainsaw through Queen Adreena, her music was unmistakable. And even when she met her longtimetime partner Chris Whittingham and changed gears to a quieter sound with Ruby Throat, it was just as intense. Now KatieJane and Chris have plugged back in with Liar, Flower and combined those sounds into something really unique. Check out the new Liar, Flower album, Geiger Counter on One Little Indian. Follow her social media @garsidekatiejane. Follow us @PerformanceAnx. Subscribe, rate, review, share. I really want to make a terrible sailing pun right now, but I’ll stop myself while you check out the show with KatieJane Garside of Liar, Flower.

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This show features John Agnello. You might not recognize the name, but you sure know the work. He’s had a hand in albums by Mark Lanegan, Dinosaur Jr, Cyndi Lauper, Kurt Vile, The Hold Steady, Sonic Youth, Waxahatchee, Drive-By Truckers, & that just scratches the surface. He tells me how his older brother Tony got him into music, the difference between recording, mixing, & mastering engineers, and how to work with an Olympic snow boarder.

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This show features filmmaker Marco Porsia. He has recently completed a documentary about the band Swans. It’s not easy to do a documentary that focuses on a man who does not look back at his past. Ever. Marco followed Swans and documented tours, practices, arguments, group hugs, and more. He filmed so much that there’s enough bonus material for another feature length film. He interviewed many former band members and friends like Jarboe, Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Bill Reiflin, Norman Westberg, & more. Marco tells me about a mythical box of vintage Swans live footage that was discovered by Michael, and there’s so much more. Go to wheredoesabodyend.com to see the trailer and find release information. Check out Marco’s band Let There Be Light. & follow us @PerformanceAnx. Subscribe, rate, review, & prepare yourself to be immersed in Swans.

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This week we welcome guitarist Jonny Campos to the show. He’s been playing guitar for Grammy award winning artists, The Lost Bayou Ramblers and Poguetry In Motion for several years. He talks about his early bands and how he got the gig with The Ramblers. But he’s recently released something a little different. He calls it Weeks Island and it’s an ambient EP done on the pedal steel. It’s such a great listen and a perfect change of pace. If you’re looking for something a little different and soothing, give this a shot. Check out @weeksisland & @somefarawaybeach. Now let’s get this show going with Jonny Campos & his cat, Checkbook.

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Buzz Osborne joins us this week. I loved speaking with him. He’s straight forward, no BS. You never have to guess what he’s thinking. That is liberating but it can be a little intimidating, as an interviewer. He’s got a new King Buzzo album out, featuring Trevor Dunn. But before we get to that, Buzz gives me a Melvins history lesson. He’s always been an artist who forges his own path, regardless of trends or popular opinions, to create the music he wants to make. We touch on how he met Dale Crover through an Iron Maiden/Loverboy cover band, how amazing technology can be, and the wonderful things he’s gotten through music, the most important of which has been his wife of 27 years.

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