The Shaky Experience

James Richard Lane

The Shaky Experience educates and inspires listeners through unique and exciting conversations about the past, present and future of artists from around the world. Episodes are available on most streaming platforms. All shows originally premiere on 97.3FM WRIR. Check for who will be the next featured guest and schedule times by visiting IG: @TheShakyExperience and IG: @JamesRichardLane

  1. Nitemoves: From Com Truise Touring to Tycho Band Life, Grammy Nomination Stories, New Upcoming Music, Burning Man Memories

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    Nitemoves: From Com Truise Touring to Tycho Band Life, Grammy Nomination Stories, New Upcoming Music, Burning Man Memories

    Show Notes / Timestamps Below Nitemoves (Rory O'Connor) is the electronic project based in New York, first starting to release music in 2012 with 4 full-length albums (including the iconic Themes) and standout remixes. As the longtime drummer for Grammy-nominated band Tycho, he tours worldwide, crafting incredible live sounds alongside Scott Hansen. His music has earned praise in major outlets, and he's shared stages globally from Com Truise tours to Tycho in modern times. In this chat: career reflections, new music on the way, Grammy stories, and epic tour memories like Burning Man. . . . https://nitemoves.bandcamp.com https://www.instagram.com/nitemoves . . . Do you have any questions, comments, or feedback? Let James know! IG @JamesRichardLane IG @TheShakyExperience . . . TIME STAMPS 1:33 What Nitemoves has been up lately including DJ sets? Reflecting on playing with Com Truise and touring with Neon Indian / his thoughts on DJing in modern times. 4:38 How and when did he decide to become a musician full time and the story behind it 7:11 His story of unfortunately, getting struck by a car 8:28 Working a regular job before his big break and how he got his start drumming for Com Truise with the help of Ghostly International  12:05 His favorite Com Truise songs and what is was like playing for CT live 14:30 His relationship with Com Truise now and playing together with him again within the past couple of years 15:16 Reflecting on his highly praised album “Themes” a decade + later 18:19 How he met Tycho and his original audition to be in the band  20:47 “He (Tycho) bought me a road trip plane ticket” ******* (20:29) 21:40 His first show playing for Tycho  23:31 What life is like hanging out with Scott (Tycho) and getting to know him over the years 27:03 New Nitemoves music on the way!! 29:09 Will the new songs sound similar or different to previous Nitemoves releases? 38:35 Reflecting on remixing Tycho’s songs “Dye” and “Weather” and what the process was like 42:15 A band or musician that he shared the same lineup with that blew him away? Purity Ring story 45:10 Squarepusher / Camp Bisco story 47:05 His story of going to the Grammy’s with Tycho twice and which celebrities he saw while there 48:03 “Everyone that’s won, already knows that they won (Grammy’s)” 48:29 Funny Megadeath story  48:50 Michael Keaton story “He’s live 4ft 8, he’s short” 50:41 “Awake went Gold (Record) a few years ago” 51:08 What it means to interact with the fans? 53:12 Most underrated album and most underrated artist 54:22 Praise for Boards Of Canada album Tomorrow’s Harvest  58:07 His story going to Burning Man with Tycho

    1h 6m
  2. 09/06/2025

    We Are Scientists: On New Album Qualifying Miles, Covering Radiohead, Memories Touring w Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon, and Muse, Signing w Virgin Records, & Much More

    We Are Scientists are a New York based indie rock band founded in 2000. The group has had lots of notable success from being featured in countless press, touring across the world, playing several of major music festivals, and performing on late night television. The band comes on the podcast while driving to their first tour destination in support of their new album "Qualifying Miles". Below are timestamps to a variety of topics that were discussed throughout the interview. Thanks for listening! https://www.wearescientists.com https://www.instagram.com/wearescientists/ https://www.facebook.com/wearescientists/ 3:29 Covering Stone Temple Pilots and Radiohead songs  5:15 Audio of WAS covering “Creep” by Radiohead  7:06 Thoughts, feelings, emotions writing their new album “Qualifying Miles” 9:28 Experimenting with different genres  10:28 How many songs were written for each individual album? 11:33 “There are were definitely at least 80 songs cut from Qualifying Miles” 13:23 Coming back to Baltimore for the first time in 15 years 15:57 What was it like signing with Virgin Records for their debut album? 17:02 The story behind their success in the UK  19:25 Memories of touring w Arctic Monkeys, Kings Of Leon, and Muse  23:33 Playing The Gap retail store in Time Square 25:43 Reflecting on the moment being able to leave their full time jobs for music  28:27 “The person that took the cover art photo for With Love & Squalor was a coworker of Chris’” 29:15 Did they have a guide or mentor for their band in their early days? 33:19 Working with The Lonely Island and how they met them and Producer  34:27 “Ariel Rechtshaid was our manager’s roommate and he was like my roommate will record some demos for you and those demos are how we got signed essentially” 35:50 Reflecting on Brain Thrust Mastery reissue tour 38:35 What drives them during the challenging times to keep them going 25 years later? 39:40 Something they still hope to do in their music career that they haven’t done already 42:16 The best and or most strangest gifts they’ve ever received by fans 45:05 Does mortality play a role in the band’s life? If so, how? 47:51 Comparing Polar, Trader Joe’s, and La Croix seltzers

    50 min

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The Shaky Experience educates and inspires listeners through unique and exciting conversations about the past, present and future of artists from around the world. Episodes are available on most streaming platforms. All shows originally premiere on 97.3FM WRIR. Check for who will be the next featured guest and schedule times by visiting IG: @TheShakyExperience and IG: @JamesRichardLane