Jordan Mayland is a solo musician and the front man of Volcano Boys – he also plays a variety of musical roles in Tires, Keepers of the Carpet, Electronidoll, The Wheelers, and more. Mayland works for the Des Moines Music Coalition and helped bring back the GDP Music Festival.

Songs featured in this episode:
"Move On" by Volcano Boys
"A Better Time" by Volcano Boys

We sit down with Jeff (vocals, guitar) and Trevor (keys, synths) of Iowa City indie alternative group Halfloves! We talk everything from their early days as a band to the aftermath of being featured on one of the biggest YouTube music review channels on the internet.

Their new songs "Small Hours" and "A Little Lie" are available to download or stream anywhere.

Parker and Chase are joined in Spare Bedroom Studios by producer/musician Brandon Darner. Brandon has produced music for international acts like Imagine Dragons and Iowa groups like Holy White Hounds and Halfloves. He also produces and plays guitar in Ames indie outfit The Envy Corps.

Parker and Chase sit down with Brenton Dean of Holy White Hounds. The boys ask Brenton about growing up with music, recording Sparkle Sparkle, getting signed to a major record label, and coming back from a hiatus with one of the best rock records of the year.

We also do a number of bits and discuss the abhorrent Des Moines neighborhood, Beaverdale.

We sit down with local Des Moines singer/songwriter/harmonica-player Lily Detaeye to talk about life as an up-and-coming musician in the Midwest.

Song featured: "Houses" by Lily DeTaeye