In this episode, the ever versitile Mat Kearney joins Bran and Dave to talk about his career.

Andrew Belle joined YFB this week to talk about his start in music, his style change, and his writing process.

SHOW NOTES:

03:30 - Starting out in music

06:20 - The Ladder / singer-song writer style

12:25 - The Ladder remix album

14:15 - Style change & Black Bear

19:00 - Song writing process

23:10 - Being an independent artist

26:00 - Dive Deep 

28:45 - any itch to change style again?

30:15 - "Black Clouds" song

Brandon caught up with the boys from Colony House in Asheville before their show

Josh "Dies" Porter joins us to talk all things Showbread! 

Show Notes:

04:00 - A punk-rok kid

07:40 - The early years of Showbread

17:30 - No Sir…the cult classic

25:30 - Being a “Christian Band”

31:17 - Conflict with the church

37:13 - Above and beyond an album

42:40 - The evolution of Showbread

47:13 - Giving away their music for free

56:20 - Showbread of Showed

1:05:00 - The Belljar

In this episode, Dave meets up with Joey of Kindo after a show in Brooklyn to chat about the band! 

Show Notes

3:37 How did Joey he get started into music?

7:45 This Day and Age into The Reign of Kindo

9:57 Candy Rat Youtube videos

13:02 First record 

14:08 Software album is a mental thing

17:27 Writing Process

18:38 Band retreats

19:25 The 8 bit Albums

20:20 New Patrion Project

24:48 Reflecting over the years

27:06 Keeping up with Kindo

28:40 New Song

On the of the great up-and-comers, Pianos Become The Teeth, join us for the podcast today. 

For more of them, or to catch them on tour, go to: pianosbecometheteeth.com

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// Sherwood - Some Things Never Leave You (mp3) // 

Dan from Sherwood joins YFB to chat about the rise & fall of Sherwood & Myspace, and how they got back together in 2015. 

For more of Sherwood, check out sherwoodmusic.net

For more of Dan, check out dankoch.net

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Emery - Revival (mp3) //Matt & Toby - I Quit Church (mp3) 

Toby Morrell joins YFB to chat about Emery, Bad Christian, and the latest Matt & Toby record.

Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro and happy birthday Dave

03:58 - Toby's childhood

05:25 - Early inspiration

07:11 - Life before Emery

09:23 - The success of Emery

12:45 - Tooth & Nail

14:50 - Evolution of sound

17:45 - Screaming/Singing

20:35 - The rise of Hardcore

22:10 - How Emery writes songs

26:18 - The longevity of Emery

28:45 - Touring in 2001 vs. 2018

31:53 - Bad Christian

35:10 - What's Right & Wrong with the Christian Music Industry /  "What Would Jesus Sell" Kickstarter

38:07 - Matt & Toby

40:10 - All Creatures

To follow Emery and catch them on the road, check out: emerymusic.com

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John Mark McMillan - Mercury & Lighting (mp3) ///

John Mark McMillan joins YFB to talk about his journey thus far in music! 

Show Notes:

00:00 - Intro and enjoyable banter

04:05 - John Mark’s early inspiration

07:22 - Writing style

10:30 - How this music thing happened

14:30 - How He Loves

19:35 - His thoughts on being on a label

23:40 - Making money being independent 

27:00 - Experimenting with his sound

30:20 - Recording with his wife

32:30 - Mercury & Lighting

36:58 - Confronting his faith

43:35 - Figuring out his genre

46:08 - Can you fix the CCM/worship market? 

49:12 - What’s next for John Mark McMillan?

50:00 - Wilderlove ///

To follow John Mark and catch him on the road, check out: johnmarkmcmillan.com

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The premier episode of What's Good?! with Bran & Dave. What's Good?! is our monthly podcast where we share what you should be listening to! 

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Dave's Picks: 

Pinback - Some Offcell Voices(CD) or (Vinyl)

Porches - The House (mp3) or (Vinyl)

Ewan Dobson - More Paganini and Friends (mp3)

Gogol Bordello - Seekers and Finders (mp3) or (Vinyl)

Tommy Emmanuel - Accomplice One (mp3) or (Vinyl)

Bran's Picks:

Borns - Blue Madona (mp3) or (Vinyl)

The Oh Hellos - Notos (mp3)

School of Rock - The Musical (mp3) or (vinyl)

The Great Showman - Soundtrack (mp3) or (vinyl)

Julien Baker - Turn Out the lights (mp3) or (vinyl) 

Theme Music:

Makeup And Vanity Set - Blood Oath (mp3)

Also mentioned:

Atlanta Monster (podcast)

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Darren King joins us to kick off Season 2 of YFB!

Show notes:

00:00 - Intro

03:30 - Darren talks about the Super Nintendo

04:45 - Early musical inspiration

08:50 - First drum set

09:47 - Crafting his sound

13:10 - The beginning of Mutemath

23:23 - Live Mutemath shows/first album

31:56 - How Mutemath created music

38:21 - Leaving Mutemath

46:17 - Drumming DJ live shows

51:00 - Sucré

55:39 - Premier of "Inside" by Sucré'

To follow Darren and check out his live shows, go to: https://www.dkdrummer.com/

To follow Sucré, check out https://www.sucreband.com/

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