Jun 11, 2020

Welcome to Why Not Both Wednesdays. Every week, in partnership with the Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives.

This week we welcomed Jehnny Beth to the show. The Savages’ frontwoman, who also expresses herself as an actor and writer, told us about the different way love and creativity expresses itself in her life—both forces that inspired her solo album To Live is to Love.

For updates, be sure to follow Why Not Both on Instagram and Twitter. For previous episodes, including Alison Mosshart, Juana Molina, and Alice Bag, strut over to our streaming options.

For more on Jehnny Beth’s work, stop by her Instagram and official site. To Live is to Love is out June 12. Ahead of that, preview album tracks “Flower,” “Innocence,” and “Heroine.”

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May 29, 2020

Welcome to Why Not Both Wednesdays. Every week, in partnership with the Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives.

Sondre Lerche is quite possibly the world’s most affable songwriter and burger aficionado. Between writing a collection of essays on music and crafting his upcoming album Patience (out June 5th), Sondre found time to become an avid runner and create his own live showcase with local Los Angeles musicians at Largo. It was a delight chatting with him about his transformation as an artist over his career and why persistence is the key to creativity.

For updates, be sure to follow Why Not Both on Instagram and Twitter. For previous episodes, including Local Natives, Best Coast, and Marissa Nadler, tuck into our buffet of streaming options.

To get to know Lerche better, swing by his Twitter and Instagram. You can also preview Patience through videos for album singles “That’s All There Is,” “You Are Not Who I Thought I Was,” and “Why Would I Let You Go.”

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May 26, 2020

Welcome to Why Not Both weekends. Every week, in partnership with the Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives.

This weekend, Morgan Kibby, who performs as White Sea, told us how collaboration has been the key to her career. We also delved into the idea that creative careers don’t always follow linear trajectories. From life as M83’s “Keyboard Girl,” to composing for Netflix and Lady Gaga, Kibby has covered a lot of artistic ground.

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To keep up with the world of White Sea, follow Kibby on Instagram and Twitter. You can also revisit her score to Netflix’s Soundtrack, and her contributions to Gaga’s epic “Stupid Love.”

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May 22, 2020

Welcome to Why Not Both Wednesdays. Every week, in partnership with the Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives.

Like everyone else, Mark Foster has a lot on his mind. However, as we discussed on this week’s episode, that means the nature of creativity is much like a 4-year-old child or a skittish cat…you have to make it feel safe and welcome and be just the right amount of excited when it comes to visit. The Foster the People frontman also considered how pressure and uncertainty can be hazardous and wild but also can turn into amazing creative work—and how when we all focus on one goal, like solving how Coronavirus is affecting us, you may get amazing and unintended results.

For updates, be sure to follow Why Not Both on Instagram and Twitter. For previous episodes, including Alison Mosshart, Phantogram, and Kate Nash, click over to view our abundance of listening options.

To keep up with Foster the People, hit the follow button on Instagram and Twitter. Their new single “It’s Okay to Be Human” is out now, and—bonus—they’ve got a new single “Lamb’s Wool,” out this Friday, May 22, so may we suggest a presave?

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May 15, 2020

Welcome to Why Not Both Wednesdays. Every week, in partnership with the Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives.

What happens when you stay up until 5am learning how to edit your own music video? Alison Mosshart (The Kills, The Dead Weather) showed us, the results of her experiments with her new solo singles, “It Aint Water” and “Rise.” She also answered our pressing questions about what to do when you’re on lockdown in the middle of a million projects, including sharing the details about how to properly paint a canvas jacket and why taking a bath is more complicated than it seems.

For updates, be sure to follow Why Not Both on Instagram and Twitter. For previous episodes, including Local Natives, Phantogram, and Best Coast, we’ve got you covered with a number of listening options.

To keep up with Alison’s art and music, swing by her website, and be sure to follow her on Instagram and Twitter.

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May 08, 2020

Welcome to Why Not Both Wednesdays. Every week, in partnership with the Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives.

Alice Bag is a living LA legend, and we were thrilled to chat with her about her new album Sister Dynamite as well as her book Violence Girl. She exemplifies what it means to be truly punk rock, balancing her time in The Bags while teaching elementary school and later writing a book while raising her daughter. We love that Alice amplifies the voices of other women in the punk music scene through her archive on her website and keeps us moving throughout California lockdown with her Instagram workout videos. A true hero for our times.

For updates, be sure to follow Why Not Both on Instagram and Twitter. For previous episodes, including Juana Molina, Simon Raymonde, and Best Coast, shimmy over to our link buffet.

Alice Bag’s new album Sister Dynamite is out May 8 on In the Red Records. Until then, keep up with her on Twitter and Instagram. You can also peep her outstanding video for album single “Spark.”

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May 01, 2020

Welcome to Why Not Both Wednesdays. Every week, in partnership with the Why Not Both podcast, we’ll be presenting new podcast episodes that explore how multiple passions inform the inspiring lives of musicians, writers, actors, and creatives.

Before California lockdown began, we got to spend an afternoon at Echo Park lake with Matt Frazier and Nik Ewing of Local Natives. We explored the unusual creative processes that led to their new album Violet Street and what it means to have artistic interests outside of music. The guys opened up about the value of experimentation and focusing on the process of making art instead of on the end product itself.

For updates, be sure to follow Why Not Both on Instagram and Twitter. For previous episodes, including Phantogram, Best Coast, and Kate Nash, dive into our abundant streaming options.

To keep up with Local Natives news (including future tour dates), follow them on Instagram and Twitter. For more on Nik’s art and music, you can follow him on Instagram and Twitter. To keep up with Matt’s music and pedaling, you can also find him on (you guessed it) Instagram and Twitter.

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