Yo! That’s My Jawn: The Podcast - Ep. 3.10 - Matt Lowell (Lo Moon)

Ep. 3.10 - Matt Lowell (Lo Moon)

02/14/22 • 71 min

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Happy Valentine’s Day! Join Nate as he recaps his favorite ride from his trip to Disney (2:36) before performing a cover of “Valentine’s Day Is Over” by Billy Bragg (4:22). Nate is then joined by Matt Lowell of the band, Lo Moon (9:08). The two start off by bonding over an admiration of 88.5 WXPN before delving into Matt’s early exposure to music, playing drums before switching to guitar, writing his first song about Sept. 11th and performing it at school, going to Berklee, MySpace and the Internet, meeting Crisanta and forming Lo Moon, the new album A Modern Life, how the pandemic has affected creativity and not playing a live show in almost 3 years. Then, Matt enters the Jawntlet (51:19).

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Ep. 3.9 - Spymob (Eric Fawcett, Brent Paschke, Christian Twigg)

Get ready for an epic episode! Nate kick things off by giving a bit of the history behind the birth of the Yo! That’s My Jawn project as a whole and how this episode is the full culmination of that vision (3:21). Then he sits down with Eric Fawcett, Brent Paschke, and Christian Twigg of the band Spymob (6:00). They discuss the early days of Spymob, getting signed and dropped by Epic/Sony, Christian joining the band, the evolution of the songs that would become Sitting Around Keeping Score, meeting Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo and signing to Star Trak, recording the live backing tracks of “In Search Of...”, Mark Ronson’s FADER podcast, forming the N*E*R*D live show, touring and opening for N*E*R*D, the genius of Pharrell, being ahead of the curve, L.A. Reid’s decision to drop them from Arista, releasing the album through Ruthless Records, and the more recent rerelease, all before entering The Jawntlet!!

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Ep. 3.11 - Don McCloskey

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In this episode, Nate starts things off with another missive expressing his gratitude (2:41) before having an incredibly enjoyable conversation with singer/songwriter, Don McCloskey (4:23). They kick off the conversation talking about Don’s 2009 Philadelphia Phillies anthem, “Unstoppable,” before getting into Don’s early years growing up surrounded by music, Philly radio in the 90s, getting started writing music, playing house parties before graduating to solo acoustic shows in New York, his first album, Bombs Over Bristol, playing with Chuck Treece, getting connected with G. Love, working as a PA and contributing music to the movie Bowling For Columbine, working on his album Corporal Spirits and finding his voice, the genesis of It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia live performances of the Nightman Cometh, Don’s friendship with Rob McElhenney, the placement of his song “First in Flight” in the season two finale of Mythic Quest, recording The Chaos and the Beauty, working through the pandemic and his residency at Fergie’s Pub. All before sitting down to enter The Jawntlet(59:23).