Episodes

Episode 74 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Hosts BeckiJo Neill and Zac Brooks get down with The Soap Boxers at Austin Eastciders Collaboratory in Austin, TX. They answer some stan mail (stalker fans), discuss dream artist mash-ups, Taco Bell recipes, favorite boy bands, Anthony Kedis’ mustache, one thing to do before a ...

Episode 73 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Hosts BeckiJo Neill and Zac Brooks get weird with Arielle LaGuette at The Velveeta Room in downtown Austin, TX. The crew share a shot of Nine Banded Whiskey and delve into the finer details of messy breakups, mix tapes, Pat Dean, songwriting, Kanye West, The Beth James Band, ta...

Episode 72 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Hosts BeckiJo Neill and Zac Brooks get down with Anna Larson at Austin Eastciders Collaboratory in East Austin. They share stan mail, going solo, growling music teachers, Loaded Gun Theory, Anna’s new album and video, great hair, episode 15 with The Wheelwrights, Mom’s Demand A...

Episode 71 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Hosts BeckiJo Neill and Zac Brooks share the stage with Sam Pace at Austin Eastciders Collaboratory in East Austin. They talk spooning, tour hacks, MC Hammer pants, BMs in the AM, the 2018 new album and tour, singing Tom Waits songs with Sam’s daughter, Ice Cream Samurai, disgu...

Episode 70 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Hosts BeckiJo Neil and Zac Brooks meet up with Jo James at Waterloo Sparkling Water Headquarters in East Austin. They talk sex playlists, Netflix binging, dog musicians, pooping in public, ASMR, Gay Next church band, California vs. Austin music scenes, play a game of ‘Would You...

Episode 69 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Hosts BeckiJo Neil and Zac Brooks enjoy a trio of Gasoline Boots. The crew discuss meeting on eHarmony and starting a band, baby daddys, big hair problems, “touring” New Mexico, boots with gasoline, Zac Needs a Drink, foot jobs, new album, Winnie the Pooh, biters, festival hack...

Episode 67 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Hosts BeckiJo Neill Performer and Zac Brooks catch up with Ruby Dice and discuss… sticky stuff on musicians, guitar playing squirrels, drunk posting, throwing up on stage, the band’s new album in the works, #playlikeagirl, Never Have I Ever, what animals they would be, plus muc...

Episode 66 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Hosts BeckiJo Neill and Zac Brooks welcome White Label Analog live from Austin Eastciders Collaboratory. It was a delightfully awkward time discussing… how to get featured on Teen Mom 2, Indie Slam Disco, clickbait, their new song/video ‘Everybody Knows’, drunk droning, their u...

Episode 65 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Hosts BeckiJo Neill and Zac Brooks host live from a packed house at the The Velveeta Room with musical guest Adrian Conner! They cover all the important topics with Adrian and the band… working with drag queens, their love for CupCake, Pat Dean’s head, Stranger Danger names, to...

Episode 64 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Zac Brooks and BeckiJo Neill hang with Craig Marshall in episode 63 where they reminisced of being 13 and talk fohawks, bad band names, The Lucky Strikes, Craig’s new album ‘Turnaround’, songwriting, loquats, the taco yuke, saging yourself, being robbed on 6th St. and they intr...

Episode 63 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Comedians BeckiJo Neill and Zac Brooks spend quality time with musical guest Mike Melinoe discussing the finer things of Snapchat elitists, creating beats, playing the violin, Gold Ain’t Cheap, Grandma selfies, creating art, DJ Fritz, the Greek Goddess of Nightmares, modeling, ...

Episode 62 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Hosts BeckiJo Neill and Zac Brooks go on a drive with Rosie Flores live from The Velveeta Room. So much to cover in this episode… Pat Dean’s giant head, 1st vibrators, the minnie winnie, Screaming Sirens, getting castle wasted, Rosie’s new single, teaching ukelele, Pleasant Isn...

Episode 61 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Hosts BeckiJo Neill and Zac Brooks get cozy with Curtis Lee live from Austin Eastciders Collaboratory. The crew discuss dream merch, guilty pleasure foods, childhood musicals, Curtis Lee’s hat wardrobe, silly national holidays, Craigslist bands, family jam sessions, favorite ve...

Episode 60 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Musical guest Flechaus joins BeckiJo Neill and Zac Brooks at Hops & Grain Brewery. They share their early band names such as Flechaus and Hey You Kids Get Out of My Yard, Austin Uncharted, take questions online, The Gilmore Girls, naming their instruments, Texas vs. NY, being f...

Episode 59 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. BeckiJo Neill and Zac Brooks cover the important topics with Buenos Diaz… Sweat shaming, tiny notebooks, songwriting, joke stealing, Nine Banded Whiskey, New Orleans weird, pirates, Tex Mex, Instrumenthead by Michael Weintrob Photography Studio and Gallery, adult bouncey houses...

Episode 58 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Comedian Zac Brooks kicked off the start of Season 5 live from The Velveeta Room with host BeckiJo Neill featuring Ray Prim! We covered it all in this episode… Billy Dee Williams meets a super model, Black Fret, cassettes, LeBron James, Eric Tessmer, The Boondocks, Ray’s beard,...

Episode 57 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. Claude Ramey’s final episode co-hosting and it was a crazy one with all 8 members of Superfónicos packed on the Austin Eastciders stage! Claude and BeckiJo Neill discuss Stan videos, gilded toilets, piano fetus, playing the Austin City Limits Music Festival (ACL), Columbian Fun...

Episode 56 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. We streamed poolside from the Tequila 512 Casita to a full house with hosts BeckiJo Neill Performer and Claude Ramey. The crew talked London breakfast tacos, the awesomeness of the Austin music community, Tips Concerts, Kerrville Folk Festival, the magic of house concerts, Shan...

Episode 55 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. BeckiJo Neill and Claude Ramey live from Austin Eastciders Collaboratory with Fair City Fire! Back from their US tour for HAAM Day the band shares their love for Van Cake, Austin Music Foundation, collaborating with Austin musicians, and of course Hoosier the dog. They share th...

Episode 54 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. BeckiJo Neill and Claude Ramey live from The Velveeta Room with Tara Williamson! Fresh off their tour of the Living Room Sessions the band shares their thoughts on great house concerts when the cops show up, Guitar Arm Syndrome, 90’s trends, Taco Bell, stealing ham, instruments...

Episode 53 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. BeckiJo Neill and Claude Ramey drop into North Austin to visit the tap room at 4th Tap Brewing Co-op! They discuss the finer points of looping, scary middle school choir kids, bad-ass merch from Cat Berrara, tour van names, drunk dancing, San Antonio Spurs, creepy social media,...

Episode 52 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. BeckiJo Neill and Claude Ramey serve up the interview from the stage at The Austin Music Foundation! BeckiJo experiences her first time getting boo’d on the show, they talk getting naked on balconies, guilty pleasure songs, Selfless Lover Friction, and our favorite segment Clau...

Episode 51 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. BeckiJo Neill and Claude Ramey are all over the place, again… Cali living, Seductive Folk Pop, Burritos vs. tacos, International Skeptics Day, the Austin music scene, heterosexual love at Lilith Fair, Segways, Truck Stop Murders, and how to introduce your parents on the first d...

Episode 50 – Interviews and performances with the best of Austin’s hard-working musicians being interviewed by local comedians. Sometimes strange, sometimes serious, but always sincere. Brought to you by Music Firsthand. BeckiJo Neill Performer and Claude Ramey cover it all with The Texas KGB… Swamp ass, cartoon soundtracks, guilty pleasure music, Baby Got Back, the art of mustache grooming, taping cat paws, resting bitch face, Georgia fan interactions, PLUS a kick-ass performance, and more! En...