Your Next Favorite Band

Could you ever imagine collaborating on a large scale with someone you've never met in-person?  And now make that collaborating on music together?  Well that is exactly what this week's guests are pulling off, and quite well I must say.

Caitlin Sigler and Robert Goldbach have forged a unique musical connection that transcends borders and defies geographical limitations. It all started when Robert, based in Berlin...

Join us as we get everyone ready for the 3rd Annual No Planet B Jamboree!  We'll share music from all 3 performers on the line-up and some additional "sunny" tracks in hopes to root on some lovely weather for the event.

We will also have some great guests, including:

• Paige Roth from Reverb.org
• Lisa Pammer from Green Pond Packaging
• Aims Koh from The Running Kind

Learn more about the Pre-Jamboree Fun Run ...

We've got some unapologetic lady-power Americana!  We saw The Flying Vees open for a band down in Philly and we were hooked within half a song.  Tight harmonies, filthy guitar, and killer keys made for a set that left us wanting more.

The Flying Vees are a bonafide supergroup composed of four seasoned musicians of varied backgrounds. Brechyn Chace (vocals), Shannon Vasile (vocals), Caitlin Ramsey (keys) and Hannah Tay...

We had the honor of being able to sit and "talk at the Diner" with Philly music legend - John Kim Faye!  In addition to being an incredible songwriter and musician, John's wildly funny and an amazing storyteller.

With a career that spans 3-4 decades - including successful runs with The Caulfields, IKE, John Faye Power Trip, John & Brittany and now his solo efforts, most recently the album The Long Game, ...

We were excited to learn about Damn Tall Buildings heading in to last year's Musikfest, and they more than exceeded expectations - becoming our "Best of the Fest" and fav find from the line-up.  We were then thrilled when they also agreed to come on the show.

The fiddle player Avery Ballotta joined us in-person on their home turf of Brooklyn, NY.  Known as "Montana" as he's originally from Boz...

Brett (William) Kull is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, producer, and engineer from the United States. He is best known for being a founding member of the band Echolyn, and long standing member of Grey Eye Glances. Brett is also an adjunct college instructor sharing his love for audio engineering and sound design.

We'll spend time exploring all 3 of those projects - the solo stuff, GEG and the amazing prog...

Time to get ready for the Listen to the Dissonance shows happening on Fri 2/28 and Sat 3/1!  In this episode we will share music from each artist, provide info about each of the incredible organizations who'll be at the events, and we will dive in to interviews with amazing human beings.

We'll also spend some time admiring the incredible poster design by Marissa Paternoster.

The interviews are highlights...

Ever want to know what it sounds like to go vintage shopping with a friend who spills all the details about their shitty ex in a distinctive mid-range vibrato?  Well this is the episode for you!

Come join as we spend time with Portland, OR based, singer/songwriter Kendall Lujan.  Her music grabbed my ears from the first time I heard it, and I've had it on heavy rotation ever since.  Extremely fresh and new take on thi...

This week we are in for a special treat as we "hop across the pond" and land in Dundee, Scotland to connect with innovative songwriter, composer and producer Theo Bleak, whose music resonates with a profound sense of place and reflection, somehow achieving a sound that is equally familiar and unfamiliar, nostalgic and yet completely new.

With each note, she weaves a sonic tapestry that captures the beauty and com...

The exciting supergroup Fantastic Cat is so great, we're featuring an episode on each one of it's members.  So with this endeavor, you get 5 nextfavbands!  You're welcome!  They are all that good - trust us.

Our second Cat is Brian Dunne, who is not your grandma’s antiseptic, pseudo baby boomer singer songwriter. Known for his laugh-to-keep-from-crying, darkly humorous lyrics, Dunne’s work reconfigures the l...

This week we jump back to the 1990s to hear the story of The JudyBats with frontman Jeff Heiskell.  This band has an incredible catalog and they reached the charts so you will probably recall a track or two of theirs if you were in your teens or 20s at that time.  Or you might be a raving fan and can't wait to hear more about them.  And if you don't know their music at all, well...I'm kinda jealous, because you'...

I love when you discover music that just scratches that part of brain that wants to listen.  Cutting edge and fresh, but yet also calling back to that familiar sound of shoe-gazey grunge - Meg Elsier has just released some crazy great music on her album Spittake.

She's has stunningly gorgeous vocals that are laid on top of a bed of industrial fuzz.  This effort to juxapose counterintuitive aesthetics is brilliantly ex...

Happy New Year!  We kick off the year with The Hot Mamas - an all-female collective (coagulation?) full of depth and loaded with surprising instruments.  

One member describes them as ... if you went to a junkyard and you had a bathtub and you filled the bathtub with everything you could find in the junkyard and then you put it on some skateboards and rolled it down the street, and then the bathtub tipped over and a bunch ...

Phillip and David tie a bow on 2024 and also look towards some exciting plans for 2025.

First, they announce the line-up for Listen to the Dissonance 2025, which is happening Friday, Feb 28th in Bethlehem at The IceHouse and Sat, Mar 1st in Wayne at 118 North.

Then Phillip shares the podcast download stats for 2024 - where the show saw in increase of +31%!

Phillip also shares video from 2 shows he saw rec...

Philadelphia-based radio station WXPN often asks listeners to submit top 10 lists for various types of music to be compiled, calculated, and ranked to produce a list of the 885 best, according to those that were submitted. This year, they dedicated that to songs of that have been release from the year 2000 to today.

Of course we'll be joined by Dan Drago of 25 O’Clock Pod, and Nate Runkel of Yo! That’s My Jawn and we&...

Tune in for our annual year-end extravaganza where we reflect back on all of the great interviews and experiences we've had during the year.

In Part 1, Hear holiday music, performances, and messages from:
- Judah Kim - "Weltanschauung"
- Jacob Betts of The American Hotel System
- Roberta Faceplant - "Merry Grittmass"
- Raina Douris of WXPN / World Cafe
- Anthony D'Amato of ...

Tune in for our annual year-end extravaganza where we reflect back on all of the great interviews and experiences we've had during the year.

In Part 2, we start with a very special premiere of music from The Christmas Sweaters: Alex Radus & George Hrab

We get the opportunity to share "John, the Christmas Hero" and it is incredible.

Their album release show is on Thur 12/19 at The IceHou...

One of the most lovely part of the holidays is traditions - and the Thanksgiving week episode is becoming one of our favs.  We will once again gather 'round the fire for some gratitude banter, this year with Cass Noelle.

Cass Noelle is a Lehigh Valley native with an angelic voice whose strength as a songwriter comes from her ability to set to music her perseverance through hardship and finding hope where it feels hope...

The exciting supergroup Fantastic Cat is so great, we're featuring an episode on each one of it's members.  So with this endeavor, you get 5 nextfavbands!  You're welcome!  They are all that good - trust us.

First up is the folk & roll with NJ grit of Anthony D'Amato.  His musical journey is full of moments of perseverance and ingenuity where he has often blazed his own trail while also following in...