The Rawkwardness Podcast

Rawkwardness
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We interview awesome musicians about why and how they first started playing music, they play us one of the first songs they ever wrote and we chat about their journey from awkward adolescent to enterprising adult. Along the way we talk pop culture, teen angst, nostalgia, personal growth and other tangential topics. We laugh, we cry, we get rawkward. Because Everyone Starts Somewhere.

  1. Ep.63 - SERIES FINALE “I Was Your Virginity”

    12/17/2024

    Ep.63 - SERIES FINALE “I Was Your Virginity”

    In this finale episode, Rose, Terence, and Tony reminisce about their three-season journey by calling former guests Aaron Marsh of Copeland, Lili Joy, Moorea Masa, Jack Gray, Jillian Shea, and our very first guest: Teesa Houston aka Kolaj.   Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Copeland on Spotify and Instagram Aaron Marsh’s studio OMNIPOP Aaron’s episode Danny Reich Francisco Franco Mallorca Our episode with The Dandy Warhols Lili Joy on Spotify and Instagram Our episode with Lili Joy Mookie The Gromble - new video for No Mistakes with creative direction by Alicia Our episode with John Velasquez Florian Guoello Marta Tiesenga - saxophone Eat Pray Love - by Elizabeth Gilbert Ibiza Landslide by Fleetwood Mac Rotary telephone The Singularity Brittani Leoni - Mrs. Tony and the artist behind our episode graphics! Jack Gray on Spotify and Instagram Jillian Shea on Spotify and Instagram Jack’s episode Jill’s episode Fiji Australia’s Sunshine Coast Moorea Masa on Spotify and Instagram Moorea’s episode When The Summer Calls Distraction music video Swatty Allen Stone Durand Jones Aaron Frazer Netflix show placement - All American: Homecoming Landslide Lyrics Karlie Blair - Terence’s wife :) Stevie Nicks Glass Animals Kolaj on Spotify and Instagram Teesa’s episode McDonald’s Play Place Kidz Bop Dia de los Muertos Dua Lipa Trey’s Parade Flight of the Conchords - Hiphopopotamus Travis Miguel’s (Atreyu) episode

    46 min
  2. Ep.62 - Claire Knight “Sacred Rage”

    12/10/2024

    Ep.62 - Claire Knight “Sacred Rage”

    In our second to last episode of the season, Rose, Terence, and Tony chat with Australian DJ/Producer Claire Knight about B12 shots, music trauma, riding in a private jet with Rihanna, sacred rage, and reality TV. Stick around for an EXCLUSIVE look at her new single! Claire Knight on Spotify and Instagram Fingertips  Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Courtney Taylor-Taylor of The Dandy Warhols Our interview with the Dandys The Odditorium/The Old Portland Wine Bar The Breeders Trusted Housesitters - pet sitting Adelaide, AUS - City of churches, Napa of Australia Grace Tame - victim advocate in South Australia - gag order Shane Shepard - Bad Shapes  On tour with Rihanna Filter Magazine Rolling Stone and Spin Magazine - wanting to know everything about the artists I love The Shins, Broken Bells Oh Inverted World - making of  Chuck D from Public Enemy is one of her favorite interviews Robert Pattison was a great interview Kristen Stewart Twilight - final film - Breaking Dawn part II Tim Tams Suki Waterhouse - She and Rob just had a baby Union Line Miike Snow Yeah Yeah Yeahs Howling Bells/Waikiki The OC Soundtrack Dickie (Union Line) - Richard Theisen Wolf & Cub - Adelaide band Crystal Castles Daft Punk White Stripes Royksopp Purple Sneakers EMI/Capital Records DJ competition - She Can DJ Alison Wonderland The Death Set - Aussie band in New York Dan Walker from Death Set - who she’s working with in New York Ninjasonik  The Flat in Brooklyn Chocolate Sundays night - encouraged her to try and succeed Her laptop stickers User Friendly Cat Marnell - author - How to Murder Your Life Vice - Amphetamine Logic The Iggy Azalea problem Gwen Stefani Blondie “I’m the Rick Rubin” Below Decks: Down Under Sacred Rage  Fox Violet - Good Girl The evolution of “Just a Girl” One-Party Consent Holy Wars

    1h 1m
  3. Ep.61 - tomemitsu “Toe-May-Meet-Sue”

    12/03/2024

    Ep.61 - tomemitsu “Toe-May-Meet-Sue”

    This week Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to superchill bedroom pop artist tomemitsu about screamo, post-modern geography, and the LA indie scene circa 2011. Stick around to hear what happens when you swear in a middle school talent show. Tomemitsu on BandCamp, Spotify, Instagram Dream 2 on Vinyl Tomemitsu with Steady Holiday on Spotify Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Atriata on YouTube Free Camp on BandCamp - indie rock/motown, like Fitz and the Tantrums, but lofi Basement Babies on BandCamp - Fleetwood Mac meets Sonic Youth - opened for Ramona Gonzalez of Nite Jewel, Puro Instinct (song with Ariel Pink) - backing band for James Ferraro, opening for Real Estate Steady Holiday on Spotify Mountain Bay/Los Altos, CA   Ibanez bass  Sublime, Dire Straits song You Don’t Know How it Feels - Tom Petty Les Claypool - Primus, NOFX, Rancid - bass role models Screamo  Epiphone Les Paul Special Atreyu - the band and the character Gibson SG Burgundy (cherry) Saved up and got a Marshall half stack Peavey Butcher  It goes to 11 Playing acoustic - Nick Drake, Daniel Johnston, Pedro the Lion, Joan of Arc, American Football  Skeeter (like the character from Doug) - pop punk - high school girlfriend and drummer from Ground ZeroH The Bluest Eye - music video with different scenes from the book - Bob Dylan one where he rips off the paper - in 7/4 time - I wish we had that video Elliot Smith trying weird chords Went to USC for college Post-Modern Geography - how place and urban planning effects the population - tapped into empathy Pat Taylor bass genius - Magic cards,  Cap’n Jazz Cossack - band on Strike Through Records  Local H - Bound for the Floor Math Rock Tool - Aenima Got a sync for an ad for Dickies, but fizzled after Pat graduated - touring bassist for Noah Cyrus! House band for American Idol The Echo  Pehrspace The Smell Echo Curio “The FYF block” Bob Odenkirk Taix Echo Country Outpost Non Plus Ultra Silverlake Lounge Bootleg Spaceland The Monday night residencies - Echo, Satellite, Bootleg  Jaws of Love residency First CD Nirvana Nevermind - something in the way Butch Vig - how they recorded that song Edendale Grill Bellwether The Weezer song with the female harmonies

    55 min

  4. 11/26/2024

    Ep.60 - Omotola “The Tangible Has Value”

    Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to singer/songwriter/producer Omotola about Limewire, her transformative period of working at Urban Outfitters, her emo era, and the “neural synapse moment” of realizing she could harmonize with herself on her parent’s tape recorder, all guided by sifting through a box of old mix CDs and concert tickets. Stay tuned for which CD has been stuck in her car since 2013, and Tony’s favorite Spice Girl.   Omotola on BandCamp, Spotify, Instagram Omotola with Ryan Hahn and Jaws of Love Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Limewire The Beastie Boys Bon Iver Limp Bizkit “Chocolate Starfish” - Rollin’ Break Stuff Paula Cole - Where Have All the Cowboys Gone Taking Back Sunday Linkin Park - Reanimation Mandy Moore - So Real - Candy Royal Canoe CD that got stuck in the car Better Than Ezra (Good) Urban Outfitters An incredible Wikipedia article about the evolution of FYF/F**k Yeah Fest - includes venues and line-ups Groupon Postal Service @ Madonna Inn Fresno/Clovis, CA Britney Spears - performing on a swing K Fed TRL Warped Tour Save Mart Center  Smash Mouth - All Star - our episode with Ryan Hahn Jon Batiste Basquiat exhibit LA Myspace the sad graveyard that shows you all the songs you can’t play anymore Cuppa Joe’s coffee shop/venue - all ages Always wanted to be in a band since Spice Girls Spice World is a great movie - hot take Taylor Swift is that now (for girls) Ying Yang Twins “Wait (The Whisper Song)” Celine Dion Cursive AIM - AOL Instant Messenger ICQ IRC - had to have all three instant messaging programs Cold War Kids  Local Natives Friend Bar, Tenants of the Trees, The Satellite Our episode with Okey Dokey - Aaron Martin - “LA is Gasoline City” Cosmic Love - Florence & the Machine GarageBand - the ultimate Toshiba

    58 min

  5. 11/19/2024

    Ep.59 - Lucas/Heaven “These Guys Were Real Freaks”

    On today’s episode, Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to Texas-born, genre-blending multi-instrumentalist Lucas/Heaven about public libraries, the cultural significance of DJ Screw and his screw tapes, and information theory as it relates to music. We got some good stories about the Houston music scene in the 2000s, and a 3 week psychedelic life journey that opened him up to writing.    Lucas/Heaven on BandCamp, Spotify, and Instagram Drank - TPain Cover KCRW Today’s Top Tune - Every City Has a Rhythm Grandfather Child on Spotify - Ride That Train Heaven the Dude on SoundCloud and Spotify Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Fat Tony on SoundCloud and Spotify Satin Hooks on Spotify The Turkeys - they had rules: wouldn’t play unless there was a keg, all the songs had to do with turkey - Party Fowl, Get Basted in the Face - Butt Rock LA Public Library Resources LA Central Library Peavey Bass Tejano/Conjunto music in the garage Santana, War, Hall & Oates on the roadtrip - favorite bands Bird and the Bee Hall & Oates tribute album Stan Getz  Sade, Anita Baker 1991 was an incredible year for music:  Pearl Jam - Ten,  Nirvana - Nevermind, Red Hot Chili Peppers - Blood Sugar Sex Magic Weezer - Blue Album Geto Boys Master P and Cash Money Millionaires DJ Screw - important to Houston music - slowing down/diabolical Got big selling tapes out of his house - made people custom mixtapes, “Screw Tapes” - folk music, in a way The Screw Shop - in Houston - a ton of CDs of his University of Houston has an archive of DJ Screw! - the librarian who organized that inspired him to become a librarian! Sippin ‘Lean  Alvin & the Chipmunks speeding up tape Relic guitar that got past around the Houston scene - BC Rich Warlock he played that only in this band Joe/Yppah Double Wish - Fever Dream (favorite alt rock band in OC) - Yppah remix Saw The Boredoms at the La Brea Tarpits - 88 drummers on 8/8/08 Sacred Steel (movie) - steel guitar in gospel music - House of God Pentecostal Church Harmonium - Terence’s music Robert Ellis Geoffrey Muller Chet Faker, Com Truise Love AC/DC and the slash Information theory - data transforms into information and that transforms into knowledge Every Breath You Take by The Police Forgotify - an index of tunes on Spotify that have zero plays Echo Park Rising Scribble in Highland Park

    58 min

  6. 11/12/2024

    Ep.58 - Blond in Car “Crisis of Mojo”

    This week we sit down at the very fancy W Hotel in Hollywood for a very fancy chat with Blond in Car, about late-in-life career changes, first tattoos, loving your daughter, and running out of f***s to give. Stick around for some tea about casting for film, ageism in music, why we have to thank her for one of the most beloved cult intellectual properties in popular culture.   Blond in Car on Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Robin’s famous syncs - Look at Me with Kali J - Step into Darkness by Dubkiller Robin Schorr Film Producer - Script interview Ella Vos on Spotify and Instagram Analog at The Hutton Hotel in Nashville Sage and Serpent Tattoo - Nashville Shure Sm7b microphone Bluebird Cafe BNA Carpet Casey Kasem’s Top 40 UCLA UC Berkeley Paramount Theater Oakland The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho McCabes  Hollywood Bowl Karen Carpenter Beach House CMAT - on tour with Quarters of Change - collective age of 30 Jared Leto level soulful eyes are a dime a dozen The Omnichord Runyon Canyon Asheville NC KCRW  KEXP Marc Muller - Played pedal steel with Bruce Springsteen Dan Wilson - write the music you wish existed and let that be your guide Casablanca was passed on many times  Helped get Buffy the Vampire Slayer greenlit - Joss Whedon Buffy Trailer Paul Reubens’ death scene from Buffy Gail Berman - WBTV Charli XCX rap style - “Brat” Nine Inch Nails creepy - f**k you like an animal (American Horror Story) “High Gummy Girl” - Stoner daughter 21

    1h 8m

  7. 10/29/2024

    Ep.57 - Ryan Hahn (Local Natives) “He Loved Wearing the Speedo”

    In this super-fun episode, Rose, Terence, and Tony talk to Local Native Ryan Hahn about memorizing the weekly top 40, sleeping on cardboard boxes on tour, and the influence of obscure Italian film scores of the 70s on his solo record. Ryan Hahn on Spotify and Instagram Local Natives on Spotify, Instagram, & YouTube Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Dave Matthews Band - Ants Marching video - See if you can spot Terence! Crash into Me - DMB - the panty dropper Members of Dave Matthews Band Dave Matthews dance meme Z100 NY Weezer Blue Album O.A.R. Phish Our episode with Jaws of Love/Kelcey Ayer Voxhaul Broadcast The Union Line Michael Jackson’s “Will You Be There” - from Free Willy Garth Brooks - Entertainer of the Year - Stage antics Friends in Low Places Rick Dees and the Weekly Top 40 Joan Osborne - One of Us Seal Alanis Morrisette Calling in a dedication on the radio KROQ Furious 5 at 9 KROQ changes their format Requesting the song they just played - Smash Mouth - All Star At the Drive-In Everything in its Right Place - Radiohead Foo Fighters Green Day The Offspring Jack FM Indie 103.1 - how Phil found them! Whiplash - JK Simmons Beach Boys, The Zombies, Crosby Stills & Nash - learning harmony by trial and error Led Zeppelin - Black Dog - all guitar teacher wanted to teach Linkin Park - what he wanted to learn Adrianne Lenker relearning her own song through YouTube tutorials Hummingbird anniversary show at The Ford Amphitheater Thursday, Juliana Theory, Further Seems Forever, Thrice Metal Zone guitar pedal  Warlock guitar Glassjaw Die Radio Die from San Diego Noise Ratchet Ben Gibbard, Elliott Smith “Carry On” Crosby, Stills, and Nash “Horse with No Name” The Doors, Pet Sounds Kings of Leon Love Juice in Inland Empire Sing Sing (the Hollister) - dueling piano bar Chain Reaction Hoagie Barmichaels - no hoagies KROQ compilation CD - Flower of Roads (maybe on YouTube? Find it!) The OC Soundtrack - they got something on an OC adjacent comp DL-4 delay pedal - looked like The Riddler - basis of a lot of songs - everyone had one Talking Heads John Mayer kinda rips Minus the Bear - On Spotify Lifetime journey of finding the perfect clean tone: Fender Twin amps Roland JC 120 Playing through a Helix U2 plays through a Helix - they have their own preset pack! John Lennon - “I'm an artist, man. Give me a tuba and I'll get you something out of it.” Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds Piero Umiliani - Mah Nà Mah Nà - 70s film composer The Lodge Room ETA - getting the ETA people to play live shows Zebulon Landslide - Fleetwood Mac Jackie Brown - glimpses of the movie and soundtrack Issac Hayes - on Spotify

    1h 1m

  8. 10/22/2024

    Ep.56 - Talker “Lyrically it’s Kooky”

    This week Rose, Terence, and Tony have a chat with angsty indie rock goddess Talker, about making an album for a fictional band at 7, how Avril Lavigne and Linkin Park informed the expression of certain predispositions, and how she definitely did not bring Mac De Marco a box of drugs at the Miami airport. Plus hear an as-yet-unreleased stripped down version of her song “Everything is Something I Never Saw Coming.”    Talker on Spotify and Instagram Rawkwardness on Spotify, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, and YouTube Cherryland - Creative Agency with Fiona Grey Friendship on Spotify Dolly Dagger The Other Side June Gloom Fest WYO the band Our episode with WYO Avril Lavigne songbook Folsom, CA - outside Sacramento - hardly a “prison town” “Folsom Prison Blues” - Johnny Cash Johnny Cash trail American River Taylor Swift - Tortured Poets Department Our episode with Pete Molinari Our episode with Daniel Brummel 1st 2 albums - “Let Go” by Avril Lavigne, “Meteora” by Linkin Park Parents - Nirvana, Soundgarden, U2 - “Joshua Tree” (desert island top 5) 1st Concert - Hilary Duff Mormon commercials - here’s another Edie Brickell Celeste Louise Crimson Sky - a band of Christians Slims in San Francisco - big solo show Canadian guitar brand - Art and Lutherie Two Door Cinema Club The Satellite (video by Modern Time Machines) - Beck should buy it!!! Silversun Pickups Planet Hollywood - the Silverlake version Permanent Records, Zebulon The Echo, The Regent, The Love Song Lucas/Heaven Spaceland - Mitchell Frank Elliot Smith birthday tribute show/New Monkey Fundraiser Gold Diggers - THEY HAVE A PARKING LOT The Californians The Bellwether Play Like a Girl  Sofar Sounds Jeff Buckley - Gods and Monsters - 2 geniuses in a pod University of Miami Frost School of Music - contemporary songwriting program  Mac De Marco - definitely did not give him a box of drugs Ariel Rechtshaid - Haim, Vampire Weekend Dan Sadin Mike Biggane  Everything is Something I Never Saw Coming - STRIPPED DOWN VERSION NOT OUT YET

    58 min
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We interview awesome musicians about why and how they first started playing music, they play us one of the first songs they ever wrote and we chat about their journey from awkward adolescent to enterprising adult. Along the way we talk pop culture, teen angst, nostalgia, personal growth and other tangential topics. We laugh, we cry, we get rawkward. Because Everyone Starts Somewhere.

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  • Creator
    Rawkwardness
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2024
  • Episodes
    64
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    Explicit
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