The Shaky Experience

Blucifer’s First Rodeo is a new artist-run local music festival taking over South Broadway and a little bit beyond happening July 23rd through 26th. The festival is built around Denver’s DIY culture and aims to spotlight live local music, celebrate South Broadway’s venues, porches, backyards, and weird spaces, and invite the larger Denver community into the magic of the city’s music scene. The festival will feature more than 250 local bands and several of venues. They have already drawn coverage from outlets including Denverite, Westword, CPR, the Denver Business Journal, Channel 7 News, and more. ...https://bluciferfest.comhttps://www.instagram.com/bluciferfest/...Do you have any questions, comments, or feedback? Let James know! IG @JamesRichardLane IG @TheShakyExperience

Keith is a drummer based in Brooklyn, NY. He plays with Sean Mcvery, Bestamo, and most notably We Are Scientists. He released his debut solo album “Magenta Light” on April 20th, 2026, and had a release show on his 40th birthday at Union Pool in BK to celebrate it. Keith has been featured in notable press, toured across the world, and has even played on Late Night with David Letterman and Late Night with Stephen Colbert. This year Keith will be sharing lineups with with Two Door Cinema Club, The Cribs, Kaiser Chiefs….. at Truck Festival. Nile Rodgers & Chic, Primal Scream, James Morrison…. At Camper Calling. Gorillaz, Twenty One Pilots, Mumford & Songs, The Strokes, The XX, James Blake…. At Festival Corona Capital. Keith is truly an amazing musician and friend. Enjoy the interview....⁠https://www.instagram.com/kcarneage⁠⁠https://www.keithcarne.com⁠...Do you have any questions, comments, or feedback? Let James know! IG @JamesRichardLane IG @TheShakyExperience

Show Notes / Timestamps Below The Teenagers are an indie sleaze band from Paris, France starting in 2005. They have released their debut album “Reality Check” back in 2008 and a few singles to accompany it. They recently reformed as a band last year and released a new single titled “Do You Remember”. The band has had lots of notable success from being featured in major press like NME, Pitchfork, and The Guardian, performing at music festivals like Glastonbury and Coachella, and have toured across the world....https://www.instagram.com/theteenagers/https://x.com/theteenagers...Do you have any questions, comments, or feedback? Let James know! IG @JamesRichardLane IG @TheShakyExperience ...TIME STAMPS1:58 - when we wrote Homecoming? I asked my bandmate's American girlfriend what is the worst swear word in English? and I was like cool, let’s use it in a song3:01 - what inspired The Teenagers comeback?4:00 - “I started to micro dose psilocybin”4:35 - “I started to harass Dorian (my old bandmate) to redo the band”5:24 - “I think in 5 months, we wrote 15 songs”6:43 - A new full length The Teenagers album confirmation?7:14 - transitioning from fame like performing Coachella to back to a regular job8:41 - "We did hang out with Florence & The Machine"8:56 - 200 million + listens to their older songs from a TikTok revival9:19 - "There is a Gen Z crowd that is also discovering us through TikTok"10:01 - Reflecting on releasing music on XL Recording sharing the same label with Radiohead, The White Stripes, M.I.A, Kitsune’ mention11:23 - "And I think they signed Adele one month after of us"12:52 - NME gave "Reality Check" higher praise. The album surpassed Muse, Panic! At The Disco, and REM. Quinten calling it very provocative of the magazine to do17:27 - Memories of remixing Vampire Weekend, Brittney Spears, and Chromeo and opening for Vampire Weekend19:13 - New The Teenagers remix coming out for Junior Varsity (band)20:04 - Opening for Vampire Weekend on a US tour. “I have a story about them I don't know if I can tell”21:53 - Performing Coachella, crazy story of bandmate playing the wrong song. He calls it “peak Coachella”, “I feel it’s transitioned into an influencer festival, it’s not really accessible anymore, it’s expensive”23:12 - “I fell off stage at Reading Festival before the song even started. I walked on the monitor and fell off stage”23:29 - "We have a photo of meeting David Hassellhoff from Baywatch after our set at Coachella"23:25 - "We hung out with Sky Fierra, I don't know why she was there because she was only 12"24:52 - Reflecting on playing right before MGMT at Coachella25:58 - What the experience was like playing Glastonbury and Reading Festival?26:47 - I took MDMA before our set at one of those festivals right before our performance. Yeah, I think it was when we played Glastonbury. It was an out of body experience. I looked at my bandmate and asked “What are the words to the song?” I forgot the lyrics to the song.29:42 - Insights on bringing random on stage to sing along to their hit song “Homecoming”. The origins of how that started and favorite memories from doing it35:02 - Being labeled as “indie sleaze” and what that means to him?37:50 - Is Homecoming based on a true story?38:57 - Biggest highs and lowest lows from fame?41:55 - 1/3 of the original band members is no longer in the band42:14 Dorian knows Justice (band)42:28 - Phoenix (band) recognized The Teenagers outside of a club in Paris. A member of Phoenix’s girlfriend made their music video for their biggest single “Homecoming”43:13 - The Teenagers bonded as a band over their love for M83, especially both music projects being from France44:20 - His experience living in London and how he met Metronomy (band)46:19 - DJing Paris Fashion Week 2026 and how that opportunity came together

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.comhttps://www.instagram.com/nitemoves...Do you have any questions, comments, or feedback? Let James know! IG @JamesRichardLane IG @TheShakyExperience ...TIME STAMPS1:33 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 it7:11 His story of unfortunately, getting struck by a car8:28 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 live14:30 His relationship with Com Truise now and playing together with him again within the past couple of years15:16 Reflecting on his highly praised album “Themes” a decade + later18:19 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 years27:03 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 like42:15 A band or musician that he shared the same lineup with that blew him away? Purity Ring story45:10 Squarepusher / Camp Bisco story47:05 His story of going to the Grammy’s with Tycho twice and which celebrities he saw while there48:03 “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 artist54:22 Praise for Boards Of Canada album Tomorrow’s Harvest 58:07 His story going to Burning Man with Tycho 

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.comhttps://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 years15:57 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 Square25:43 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 tour38:35 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 already42:16 The best and or most strangest gifts they’ve ever received by fans45:05 Does mortality play a role in the band’s life? If so, how?47:51 Comparing Polar, Trader Joe’s, and La Croix seltzers