No Effects With Jesse Cohen

Mackenzie Scott shares her journey from musical theater to Torres. Her new album Three Futures is out now on 4AD. web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com twitter: @noeffectsshow

Future Islands join me to talk about the very long drive that is their career in music.   ...and they are on tour RIGHT NOW.   web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

A new season of No Effects begins! Look for a new episode every Tuesday through December. On this episode, Rostam Batmanglij joins me for a conversation about Dr. Dre, why he left Vampire Weekend and made Half Light, his feelings about music streaming services, and much much more.   This completes the entire Vampire Weekend / No Effects set!   http://www.noeffectsshow.com

Katie Crutchfield joins me on the season finale of this season of No Effects for a great conversation about growing up in Birmingham, DIY touring, working with her identical twin sister, and her new album Out in the Storm. And much more! No Effects will be back this fall. Don't go anywhere! email me: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web me: www.noeffectsshow.com

What better way to celebrate American Independence Day than to listen to my conversation with Canadian DJ and producer Jacques Greene. This episode features the Jacques Greene origin story and some great details about making his debut album Feel Infinite. And if you are listening on Soundcloud, go check out @jacquesgreene on @luckyme when you're done with this 'sode :) email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: www.noeffectsshow.com

Composer Lydia Ainsworth joins me for a very Canadian No Effects, in which we touch upon Lydia's deep and personal connections to Tim Horton's, Fraggle Rock, Air Canada, and government grants for the arts. And much much more! Her great new album Darling of the Afterglow is out NOW on Arbutus Records. email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: www.noeffectsshow.com

Brothers Laurent Brancowitz and Chris Mazzalai have been playing together in the band Phoenix since 1995. We talk about the secrets of their longevity, what failure means to them, the origin of the band's snare sound, fatherhood, how their band is like a "shitty circus" and much more. Their fantastic sixth album "Ti Amo" is out now. email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com Footnote: the album that they discuss at one point is Serge Gainsbourg's "Histoire de Melody Nelson."

Robin Pecknold tells me about his open mic days, early Fleet Foxes stories, his decision to go to college two albums into his career, and his family's unlikely Shaggy connection. Fleet Foxes' new album Crack-Up is out June 16, 2017 on Nonesuch Records. Big thanks to the Ace Hotel in New York for hosting us. Email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com Web: www.noeffectsshow.com

Natalie Mering (Weyes Blood) joins me to talk about being a teenage record store clerk, foraging in Kentucky, and all of the other tribes of her life. We also delve into that Berenstain Bears conspiracy theory. web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Michael Hadreas, the artist working as Perfume Genius, tells me about how he started writing and performing in his late 20's, where he thinks he would be without myspace, why he thinks people cry at his shows, and how his approach to music has changed (and how it hasn't) for his amazing fourth album, "No Shape."

Episode 77. Oddisee and I talk about growing up in the DC area, his Sudanese and American families, horse racing, discovering hip-hop, the DC/NY relationship, making his new album "The Iceberg" in late 2016, and much much more. A great conversation. He's probably on tour right now, so go see him! Also check out @oddiseemusic and @mellomusicgroup on Soundcloud.

My guest this week is Valerie Teicher, the artist known as @tei-shi. She tells me about growing up in Colombia and Canada, waiting until her twenties to go on stage, dealing with soundguys, and how she made her new album Crawl Space, out NOW on @downtownrecords. Special thanks to the Ace Hotel in New York, where we recorded this episode. http://www.noeffectsshow.com

I joined Chris in his home in Brooklyn to talk about his life playing drums for Vampire Weekend and playing everything for his new project Dams of the West. We talk trombone, mostly. We also talk about being a waterpark lifeguard in New Jersey, the original email that started Vampire Weekend, how the band's success led to his "extended adolescence", and go over a few great drummer solo projects. Over La Croix, of course ;( http://www.noeffectsshow.com

This conversation with @sylvanesso was going great until Amelia mentioned that her father is a professional Santa Claus. Then we just spent the rest of our time talking about that. Sylvan Esso's new album "What Now" is out... now. Thanks to Thomas for the production help on this one. Thanks to Teddy Blanks for the artwork. http://www.noeffectsshow.com

"I don't like to be rude to people who are interviewing me, like Bob Dylan was, but I wish I could be" My guest this week is English musician and podcaster Laura Marling (@lauramarlingoffical) . Laura shares with me what she has learned from doing her own show Reversal of the Muse, and then regales me with stories from her early days: dropping out of high school, sleeping in a double bass case, playing the Sidewalk Cafe in the mid 2000's, and much more. Plus we talk about psychoanalysis, the challenges of doing music today, and how people misperceive her.

Recorded backstage at Terminal 5 back in the "good old days" of October 2016, Animal Collective (@anmlcollective) are my guests this week. Specifically, Panda Bear and Geologist, so, half of Animal Collective. We talk about their enduring friendship, which began high school, and has extended all the way through parenthood, touring, and making 10 albums together. web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com email: noeffectsshow@gmail.com

Drew Lustman (@faltyDL) joins me for an hour to tell me almost all of the FaltyDL story, from flute lessons in New Haven to his new album, "Heaven is for Quitters." http://www.noeffectsshow.com noeffectsshow @ gmail.com

*ALARM EMOJI* Miami Bass episode of No Effects *ALARM EMOJI* Not exactly, but kinda, as my guest this week is Miami-adjace DJ/Producer @JubileeDJ. We cover the South Florida rave scene, the Central Florida rave scene, and everything in between. And much much more. Jubilee's new album, After Hours, is out October 21st on @Mixpak

I dropped in on Taylor and Ryan of the LA band @Local-Natives backstage before a show at Rough Trade in Brooklyn. Taylor and Ryan tell me about growing up together, playing music, changing their band name, and how their relationship and band have evolved over the years. Local Natives' most recent album, "Sunlit Youth" is out now on @lomovistarecordings.

Mangy Love, out now, is Cass McComb's "somethingth" album. He doesn't know exactly. In our wide-ranging conversation, he tells me about growing up and living in the Bay Area, living out of his car in New York City, anti-folk music, anti-anti-folk music, rap music, choir music, how his band is like a halfway house, and much much more. Cass McCombs is a one-of-a-kind musician who is incredibly talented, prolific, and I am a huge fan of him. Please listen and then go listen to his music. "Mangy Love" is out now on @dominorecordco.