Episode 454 of Concert Pipeline, in which I travel to Seattle to chat with Andrew McMahon and Josh Partington of Something Corporate at Marymoor Park. We talk about their new singles “Death Grip” and “Happy,” which are collabs with Andrew’s current band, Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness, the effect of therapy on Andrew’s music, the creative marketing approach with the Out of Office tour, meditation before surfing, touring with Mae 20 years after their original tour with the band, similarities between the titles of Andrew’s song “Fire Escape” and Josh’s former band Firescape, us all working at In-N-Out Burger, the joy of living in this moment as a band, their song “Babies of the 80’s” (which you can hear me talk in detail about on this week’s episode of the Something in the Wilderness podcast), and fun they had making music videos.

Episode 453 of Concert Pipeline featuring Susan O’Neill, with an interview in B&W!, in which we discuss being part of Ennis Brass Band, the Really Truly Joyful Gospel Choir, her debut “found myself lost”, finding her voice as an artist, working with Mick Flannery as well as her collaboration with him on their 2021 album “In the Game,” her intimate project “The Space Between,” paragliding in Switzerland, and her forthcoming album “Now in a Minute,” out September 13!

Episode 452 of Concert Pipeline, in which we chat with Chris Slade, of The Chris Slade Timeline, playing drums for Tom Jones and The Squires, seeing “It’s Not Unusual” on TV for the first time, playing with Manfred Mann’s Earth Band and the impact of their cover of Springsteen’s “Blinded by the Light,” playing in The Firm with Jimmy Page, being in and touring with AC/DC, working with Axl Rose, and his band’s new album “Timescale,” out Friday, July 19!

Episode 451 of Concert Pipeline podcast featuring coverage of Third Eye Blind, Yellowcard, and A R I Z O N A at Shoreline Amphitheatre in Mountain View.

Episode 450 of Concert Pipeline featuring Angelo Bundini (Scrote, Baby Snufkin, Celebrating David Bowie) in which we talk about my favorite concert of all time that Angelo created, reuniting Baby Snufkin after 25 years, touring in Europe with No Doubt, hanging out with Gwen Stefani, making new Baby Snufkin music, the band’s upcoming shows on July 27 at Kilowatt in San Francisco, the BEAT tour he is producing with Miles Copeland which will be at Meritage in Napa on September 13, and his take on nostalgia with music.

Episode 449 of Concert Pipeline featuring Carmine Appice of Cactus, in which we talk about live shows he’s playing, the podcast he did during the pandemic with his brother Vinny Appice “Hangin & Bangin” which I was on, Jeff Beck, Ozzy Osborne, covering “Running Up That Hill,” his book “Stick It! My Life of Sex, Drums, and Rock N Roll,” and his new album “Temple of Blues - Influences & Friends,” featuring Dee Snyder, Ted Nugent, and many others.

Episode 448 of Concert Pipeline featuring Frank Turner from Regency Ballroom in San Franciso, in which we chat about producing younger bands during the pandemic, his 2019 album “No Man’s Land,” finding his ability to support himself, his team, and other bands touring amidst the pressure of rising ticket prices, playing shows in the Bay Area, breaking records (most shows in different cities in 24 hours and 50 states in 50 days), writing his books “The Road Beneath My Feet” and “Try This At Home - Adventures in Songwriting,” the lasting impact and his friendship with NOFX, and his new album “Undefeated.”

Episode 447 of Concert Pipeline featuring Urban Heat, in which we speak to Jonathan Horstmann about learning piano at age 5, being part of a barbershop quartet in school and this taking him to Austria, going to Haiti for a reforestation project for 3 months to ditch heroin, becoming sober for his daughters, his previous band BLXPLTN, playing Darker Wave festival, his live persona, the band’s upcoming European tour with Molchat Doma, and their new album “The Tower,” out August 16.