Pour me another! Last week's chat with rising rock singer-songwriter Chloe Lilac was so epic that we needed a whole bonus episode to do it justice. Tune in as we dissect the pop punk resurgence, the essence of authenticity, and the strange ownership of rock music on TikTok. Stick around as we tackle yet another #Mood courtesy of another special guest -- Anthony's mom. This truly is the DLC you've been waiting for. Cheers! **Please enjoy responsibly*** Chloe Lilac on TikTok Chloe Lilac on Instagr...
Mar 08, 2022•31 min
It's Parch March (patent pending), which means it's time to lock up the liquor cabinet and get this straight-edge party going. Although we've put the spirits away, our spirits are still high as we welcome ascendant singer-songwriter Chloe Lilac to the show for one of our deepest dives to date. We explore the vicarious grief of her latest acoustic single "last week," discuss the absurdity of gatekeeping rock music, and finally solve the riddle of what male manipulator music sounds like. This is o...
Mar 02, 2022•56 min•Season 4Ep. 7
It's time to get drunk on ourselves. One of the gems of the indie rap game, the one and only Anees, drops by the Tunes & Tumblers studio to dish out some good vibes in the form of his hit single "Slip." From leaving law school to an Instagram Live endorsement by Justin Bieber, his ride into the stratosphere has just begun. Put some pep in your step and drink in his masterful flow with a refreshing Slip cocktail (recipe below). Cheers, lovelies! **Please enjoy responsibly*** Slip 2oz Gin 1/2o...
Feb 22, 2022•57 min•Season 4Ep. 6
Pour me another! Sub-Radio fans left so many moods in our inbox that we had to go in for round two. This week band join us in playlisting another message that may be even wilder than the first. Enjoy this little bonus sip, while Pedro mixes the next round of drinks. Cheers! **Please enjoy responsibly*** Sub-Radio on TikTok Sub-Radio on Instagram Sub-Radio on Twitter Episode Playlist: Theme Music by New New Girlfriend #Mood Jingle by Jacob Jeffries & Jesse McGinty Tunes & Tumblers on Inst...
Feb 15, 2022•11 min
What were you up to in quarantine. If you're the guys in Sub-Radio, it was becoming a global sensation with their viral livestream shows. We sit down with these rising indie pop stars to discuss what it was like to watch their lives change after the black shroud of COVID dropped, how to maintain connection across a digital divide, and to talk about LA over their latest single "Talk About LA." Make your own LA River cocktail (recipe below) and come on this journey with us. Don't worry, we swear i...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 4
Century Club is your weekly shot of what's new in music. Every week, the Tunes & Tumblers team bring you a mini pairing of a recent release and a craft shooter to keep your quarantine interesting. Make all the shots to enter the esteemed club yourself. Buzzy New Orleans band Tank and the Bangas are back. After catching the world's attention with their 2019 album Green Balloon and garnering a Grammy nomination for Best New Artist, they've decided to raise a Red Balloon with their forthcoming ...
Feb 01, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Movie Night is a cinematic journey into our favorite music films and concert documentaries. Download the pod, stream the movie, and sync up to our winning commentary. It's like we're all hanging out again. With Omicron giving us early COVID vibes, we decided to lock down with another Movie Night episode. This week we take another look at the tragic loss of one of the most promising young rappers of the decade. HBO Max's Music Box: Juice Wrld: Into the Abyss takes an unflinching look at the meteo...
Jan 25, 2022•2 hr 13 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Did you miss us? Season 4 of your favorite podcast kicks off today with an incredible full-circle moment. Before Tunes & Tumblers took to the airwaves, Pedro and Anthony teamed up on one of their first cocktail pairing's for Arizona emo group The Maine's 2017 album Lovely Little Lonely. Flash forward 3 years, and lead singer of that very band John O'Callaghan joins us in the hot seat! Tune in to hear all about their very own music festival 8123 Fest, which hits Phoenix, AZ this weekend, and ...
Jan 18, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Stay up all night and sleep 'til noon as we revisit our fan favorite chat with Dent May to commemorate his first entry onto the Billboard Rock Chart -- "Something About You" with Eyedress. Cheers! Hit the snooze button and schedule a Late Checkout. This week on Tunes & Tumblers, we're welcoming psychedelic pop sensation and self-proclaimed hotel lounge singer Dent May to the show! Join us on a tour of the best hotel bars in America while sipping the booziest mimosa you've ever had. It's almo...
Jan 11, 2022•58 min•Season 3Ep. 2
It's all come down to this. Season 3 of your favorite podcast ends with a bang, featuring one of the most raucous and exuberant bands we've had the pleasure of interviewing to date. San Diego's almost monday take the mic to talk authenticity, blowing up during a global pandemic, and their latest single "cool enough" (and its flashy after hours remix by The Knocks). We couldn't have asked for a better send-off to 2021. See you all next year, fam! LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE and as always, cheers! **Pl...
Dec 28, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 39
Get ready to take the "Road to Avalon" by way of UK fog. Blues rock duo and husband and wife Chris Turpin and Stephanie Jean -- better known to the world as Ida Mae -- join us in the TnT studio for the penultimate episode of Season 3. Dive deep as we discuss their smashing sophomore record Click Click Domino, what it was like touring with Willie Nelson, and what made them fall in love with the blues. As always, Pedro prepares libations for the journey with a sweet, smoky cocktail to sip down by ...
Dec 21, 2021•1 hr 8 min•Season 3Ep. 38
We're in the home stretch now, fam. Emily Armstrong of LA hard rock band Dead Sara are knocking the "lights out" with us on this week's episode. The firebrand singer joins us in the Zoom studio to talk all about their latest album Ain't It Tragic, share hypnotic cocktail (made with Hpnotiq of course), and discuss what is and isn't punk. LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE and as always, cheers! **Please enjoy responsibly*** Listen to Ain't It Tragic by Dead Sara A Lights Out 3 oz Hpnotiq 2 oz gin 1/2 oz Lemo...
Dec 14, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 3Ep. 37
Century Club is your weekly shot of what's new in music. Every week, the Tunes & Tumblers team bring you a mini pairing of a recent release and a craft shooter to keep your quarantine interesting. Make all the shots to enter the esteemed club yourself. Adele has finally blessed us with her long awaited album 30, so obviously we have hot takes. This week's Century Club takes a look at her latest stomp-clap power anthem "Oh My God." Pedro also cranks the sexy to eleven with a rich and creamy s...
Dec 07, 2021•59 min•Season 3Ep. 36
Century Club is your weekly shot of what's new in music. Every week, the Tunes & Tumblers team bring you a mini pairing of a recent release and a craft shooter to keep your quarantine interesting. Make all the shots to enter the esteemed club yourself. It's a very good life we're living while listening to the latest by Omar Apollo: "Bad Life" featuring the unstoppable Kali Uchis. On this week's Century Club, we soak in the sweet licks of the guitar virtuoso while taking a world-class shot gu...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 35
Century Club is your weekly shot of what's new in music. Every week, the Tunes & Tumblers team bring you a mini pairing of a recent release and a craft shooter to keep your quarantine interesting. Make all the shots to enter the esteemed club yourself. We're back, fam! All the way back to the mid-80's to celebrate the latest nostalgic club bop from chameleonic pop prodigy Charli XCX. Her latest single "New Shapes" features the one-two punch of powerhouse singers Christine and the Queens and ...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Today is a big one. Through some cosmic accident, drummer, singer, and songwriter Brann Dailor of the massive Grammy-winning metal band Mastodon finds himself in the Tunes & Tumblers hot seat. Over a chilled beer-tail made with the band's very own Teardrinker IPA by Three Taverns Brewery, the gang discuss grief, clowns, and their epic new double album Hushed and Grim. This is one for the TnT history book, fam. LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE and as always, cheers! **Please enjoy responsibly*** Listen...
Nov 09, 2021•41 min•Season 3Ep. 33
The wait is finally over! Live from their tour bus in a Chicago strip mall, Rob, Michael, Karah, and Alex of JUNO-nominated band Valley join us to talk all about their celebratory new album Last Birthday. Tune in as your hosts get absolutely schooled by their knowledge of the pop music canon, learn about what happens after dark in Fabricland, and take the only dram better than a COVID vaccine, a delicious, healing Cure cocktail. This has been a long one coming and it's absolutely worth the wait....
Nov 03, 2021•1 hr 13 min•Season 3Ep. 32
What does it take to break through in the chaotic age of TikTok? If you were to ask self-proclaimed indie boy next door Kevin Walkman, being an extreme extrovert has something to do with it. Join us as we chat with him about his latest single "it's alright :)" (only his 4th released song ever), the Philadelphia art scene, and the dark side of Joann Fabrics. You might want to make yours a double for this one, fam. LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE and as always, cheers! **Please enjoy responsibly*** Listen ...
Oct 26, 2021•57 min•Season 3Ep. 31
It's that time of year again. The jack-o'-lanterns are lit, the 12 foot tall Home Depot skeletons are on the lawn, and the Squid Game costumes are sold out on Amazon. It's Halloween on Tunes & Tumblers. This year, the gang invites Bobby Parker of LA metal trio Salem's Bend onto the show to discuss their favorite songs that invoke a sense of dread. And it wouldn't be TnT without a haunting drink to pair. LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE and as always, cheers! Ryan's Pick: Daniel Johnston Pedro's Picks:...
Oct 20, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 31
Movie Night is a cinematic journey into our favorite music films and concert documentaries. Download the pod, stream the movie, and sync up to our winning commentary. It's like we're all hanging out again. It's been called one of the greatest disasters in live music history, and not just because Kid Rock was on the bill. This week, we revive our Movie Night format (previously known as QuaranTunes & Tumblers) to return to July 1999 and the infamous disaster that was Woodstock 99. The HBO docu...
Oct 12, 2021•2 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 30
Summer is gone, but we're still fitting in one last hurrah. Zooming in all the way from poolside in Palm Springs, Brothers Ryan and Taylor Lawhon of LA indie pop duo Mating Ritual toast us to their latest album Songs for the Morning and the Evening Times. While the rest of the Northern Hemisphere is busy fishing their cardigan sweaters out of the back of their closets and rushing down to 7-Eleven to pour pumpkin spice Slurpees directly into their mouths, we're knocking back refreshing (and smold...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 29
Century Club is your weekly shot of what's new in music. Every week, the Tunes & Tumblers team bring you a mini pairing of a recent release and a craft shooter to keep your quarantine interesting. Make all the shots to enter the esteemed club yourself. Today we come full circle. It's been 2 years since Tunes & Tumblers went down to the "Old Town Road," and now we welcome Lil Nas X's beautiful baby MONTERO into the world. Tune in to hear our reactions to this expansive debut album while k...
Sep 21, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 28
While Anthony is away, the boys will play. While our intrepid host takes a much-needed personal day, Ryan takes the helm to welcome Max Rainer of Tulsa indie rock trio Wilderado into the hot seat. Their debut self-titled album hits streaming shelves on October 15th, but we have all the sneak preview deets here. Join us for a riveting chat and a lesson in how to keep podcasting through a flooded house. LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE and as always, cheers! Listen to "Head Right," "Help Me Down," and "Take...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr•Season 3Ep. 27
Let's get heavy! We're back from our journey through time to bring you yet another delicious interview to knock back with a cold one. Robin Wattie of Montreal experimental metal band Big Brave joins us to talk all about their album Vital and to share a drink as silky as its name. Stick around to hear all about the intricacies of personal identity, how we can explore ourselves through art, and some tips on how to lure pigeons. LIKE, SUBSCRIBE, SHARE and as always, cheers! Listen to Vital by Big B...
Sep 07, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 26
For the month of August, we're going crate digging. To celebrate our partnership with Pantheon Podcasts, we'll be revisiting a few of our favorite episodes to showcase our incredible journey. Please time travel responsibly. -- You voted and we listened! Our final Time Capsule episode takes us back to Women's History Month to tick off yet another dream guest. Provo pop rock quartet The Aces join us in the studio to gab all about their acclaimed sophomore record Under My Influence, share a refresh...
Aug 31, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Season 3Ep. 25
For the month of August, we're going crate digging. To celebrate our partnership with Pantheon Podcasts, we'll be revisiting a few of our favorite episodes to showcase our incredible journey. Please time travel responsibly. -- Close your eyes and take a mind trip to Summerland with us. Tunes & Tumblers welcomes blue-collar rock songwriter Joshua Speers to the pod today to talk everything from his twin EPs released in quarantine to the myriad lives he's lived, to the books that made us, to ca...
Aug 24, 2021•1 hr 19 min•Season 3Ep. 24
For the month of August, we're going crate digging. To celebrate our partnership with Pantheon Podcasts, we'll be revisiting a few of our favorite episodes to showcase our incredible journey. Please time travel responsibly. -- Atwood Magazine’s premiere podcasting trio leave the world of mainstream music in the dust to chat with John Moses -- co-founder of Youngbloods -- about his label’s latest release. Bradford Reed’s What’s Good for the Goose Is Good isn’t what you’re used to. But it’s as ill...
Aug 17, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Season 3Ep. 23
For the month of August, we're going crate digging. To celebrate our partnership with Pantheon Podcasts, we'll be revisiting a few of our favorite episodes to showcase our incredible journey. Please time travel responsibly. -- The Tunes & Tumblers team battle heartbreak in this week's episode, but instead of wallowing in the same old love ballads, they bust out the disco ball and dance through the pain with Mark Ronson's latest album "Late Night Feelings." Featuring a murderer's row of femal...
Aug 10, 2021•57 min•Season 3Ep. 22
For the month of August, we're going crate digging. To celebrate our partnership with Pantheon Podcasts, we'll be revisiting a few of our favorite episodes to showcase our incredible journey. Please time travel responsibly. -- We're back, lovelies! After a long winter hibernation, Tunes & Tumblers returns to the airwaves to bring you a whole new season of killer music, delicious pairings, and unhinged insanity. If you listened to our year-end bonus episode, you'd know that Anthony wished for...
Aug 03, 2021•53 min•Season 3Ep. 21
What do you do when your world falls apart? If you're Open Mike Eagle, a healthy dose of self-care includes a whole lot of "haircuts, tattoos, gold chains, and anime." Join us as we sit down with the renowned rapper, comedian, and host of the podcast What Had Happened Was to discuss how he healed through his fantastic new album Anime, Trauma and Divorce. Heighten the experience with your own Broken Zipper cocktail, a fruit-laced tribute to JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, one of Mike's favorite animes....
Jul 27, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 3Ep. 20
