No Effects with Jesse Cohen

Conversations with musicians and people who do music. I will never ask about the name of your band.

107 - Niia 06/05/2018

107 - Niia Niia tells me about growing up as a jazz nerd, being discovered by Wyclef, and the path to her debut album, I. /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6669385

106 - Chromeo 05/29/2018

106 - Chromeo I spoke to Dave Macklovitch in his studio in LA back in December. We talk about what it is like to be the band Chromeo in 2017, more than fifteen years and 5 albums into their career. He is a keenly self-aware and entertaining person, and I try my best to keep up with him. /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6643660

105 - Patrick Stickles (Titus Andronicus) 05/22/2018

105 - Patrick Stickles (Titus Andronicus) Patrick Stickles shares his journey from New Jersey punk to Brooklyn-based cat owner, and everything in between. We also talk about the band Everclear, which was unexpected. /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6620384

104 - Nilufer Yanya 05/15/2018

104 - Nilufer Yanya Nilufer Yanya tells me about growing up in London, recording with her cool uncle in Cornwall, coming up in the Youtube-era of music, and much more. /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6581121

103 - Rhye 05/08/2018

103 - Rhye Mike Milosh of Rhye spills all of his business on the pod this week. There is a lot of inside baseball here about signing record deals, promoting records, touring, and everything in between. /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6562009

102 - Computer Magic 05/01/2018

102 - Computer Magic Danielle Johnson aka Computer Magic joins me for a conversation about growing up in the shadow of the Borsht Belt, the "messy mp3" era of music, and much more. /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6539471

101 - Ty Segall 04/24/2018

101 - Ty Segall Ty Segall tells me about how he became a prolific DIY rock solo musician. And we go over his high school theater career with a fine-toothed comb. /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6512751

100 - Phoebe Bridgers 04/17/2018

100 - Phoebe Bridgers EPISODE 100!!!! /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6482998

99 - Baths 04/10/2018

99 - Baths Will Wiesenfeld aka Baths joins me to talk about growing up in The Valley, being into metal, and the one song that unlocked his burgeoning musical identity. /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6463523

98 - Tune Yards 04/03/2018

98 - Tune Yards Welcome to the Spring 2018 season of No Effects!!! /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6435267

97 - The Killers 12/19/2017

97 - The Killers Brandon Flowers and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. of The Killers join me for the season finale of No Effects. If you want to know what it felt like to play a Killers show on the floor of a Las Vegas sports bar to 13 people (and then solicit sign-ups for the email list)... this is the show for you! FYI: this conversation was recorded back in June, 2017. See you next year!! email: web: /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6060108

96 - Sharon Van Etten 12/13/2017

96 - Sharon Van Etten Sharon Van Etten tells me about her open mic days, "trying to make people cry," her first tours, and how motherhood has changed her. And much much more. Big thanks to the for hosting us! Email: Web: /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6040125

95 - Death From Above 12/05/2017

95 - Death From Above Jesse and Sebastian from Death From Above tell me how to stop jamming (and why). And much much more. email: web: /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/6011539

94 - Mura Masa 11/28/2017

94 - Mura Masa Mura Masa tells me about growing up in Guernsey and making club music without clubs. email: web: /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5984131

93 - Wavves 11/21/2017

93 - Wavves I talked to Nathan and Stephen from Wavves back in May 2017 and now you can finally listen to it!! We talked about terrible interviews, firing people, the vultures that swirl around 21 year-old buzz bands, MYSPACE (again), and much much more. web: email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5965448

92 - Bully 11/14/2017

92 - Bully Alicia Bognanno joins me and I have about a million questions about the years she spent working as a sound engineer at a 150 cap room in Nashville. Don't worry, we also talk about her band, Bully. Bully are on tour . Web: Email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5940484

91 - Curtis Harding 11/07/2017

91 - Curtis Harding Atlanta's Curtis Harding shares his journey from playing drums in church to touring with Cee-Lo to touring the DIY circuit to where he has landed on his new album Face Your Fear. He's on tour . email: web: twitter: /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5918497

90 - Nick Hakim 10/31/2017

90 - Nick Hakim Recorded live for Pitchfork Radio, I spoke to Nick Hakim about growing up in Washington DC and the story behind his great debut album "Green Twins." Thanks to Nick and thanks to Pitchfork Radio for setting this up! web: email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5892024

89 - Zola Jesus 10/24/2017

89 - Zola Jesus Zola Jesus tells me about childhood voice competitions, social anxiety, creating Zola Jesus, her writing/production process, her experience as a woman working in music, and what her life is like in the house she built in rural Wisconsin. Go Badgers :) web: email: /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5870801

88 - Chicano Batman 10/17/2017

88 - Chicano Batman All four members of Chicano Batman sit down for 60 minutes to tell me about where they come from. We talk about not talking about the name of their band, discovering music and activism, Los Angeles, and much more. Special thanks to Kirsten Woodward for setting up this episode. /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5847892

87 - Torres 10/10/2017

87 - Torres Mackenzie Scott shares her journey from musical theater to Torres. /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5824503

86 - Future Islands 10/03/2017

86 - Future Islands 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: email: [email protected] /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5801845

85 - Rostam 09/26/2017

85 - Rostam A new season of No Effects begins! Look for a new episode every Tuesday through December. /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5774781

84 - Waxahatchee 07/11/2017

84 - Waxahatchee 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: [email protected] web me: www.noeffectsshow.com /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5699134

83 - Jacques Greene 07/04/2017

83 - Jacques Greene 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: [email protected] web: www.noeffectsshow.com /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5699135

82 - Lydia Ainsworth 06/27/2017

82 - Lydia Ainsworth 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: [email protected] web: www.noeffectsshow.com /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5699136

81 - Phoenix 06/20/2017

81 - Phoenix 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: [email protected] web: http://www.noeffectsshow.com Footnote: the album that they discuss at one point is Serge Gainsbourg's "Histoire de Melody Nelson." /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5699137

80 - Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes) 06/13/2017

80 - Robin Pecknold (Fleet Foxes) 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: [email protected] Web: www.noeffectsshow.com /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5699138

79 - Weyes Blood 06/06/2017

79 - Weyes Blood 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: [email protected] /episode/index/show/noeffects/id/5699139

78 - Perfume Genius 05/30/2017

78 - Perfume Genius 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/index/show/noeffects/id/5699140

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