The Road Trip Playlists Podcast

Welcome back to the Road Trip Playlists Podcast and our first episode of 2023. On this episode, host Thomas Darro is joined by Swedish singer-songwriter Freja the Dragon. Freja is fresh off the release of her new EP Midnight Feelings. The four-track EP features previously released singles We're Changing and Closer where she collaborated with Peter, Bjorn, and John. In our conversation, Freja talks about how she accidentally started touring with Peter, Bjorn, and John and how that led from her to want to create her own project and helped lead to Freja the Dragon. Now, Freja is out with her second EP and a collection of four excellent songs. It was a pleasure to speak with her about what led to this EP, what it has meant to her, and about her inspiring path into music. 

This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast we are joined by Alt-Pops rising stars DWLLRS. The California based duo have been lifelong acquaintances that became best friends after rooming together in college. Through a mutual bond of overthinking, music, and gaming fueled by Raising Canes, Joey Spurgeon and Bren Eisman found creative outlets through their music project DWLLRS. The two joined us in studio for an interview and photo shoot where we talked about how they came to start the band, playing their first tour, and the exciting things to come. Check out the full interview on our website.  Follow more from DWLLRS on their Spotify, Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, and TIkTok.

We have our first bonus episode of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast with our second interview of the week being with Blake Rose. Blake, I believe is going to be one of the biggest names in music. Today he released his newest single 'In Your Arms' which is from his forthcoming EP ‘You'll Get It When You're Older,’ which is slated for a February 24 release date. You can pre-save the EP here. It was a pleasure to talk with Blake about 'In Your Arms' as well as his path to music. He has an incredible story from going from busking in the streets of Australia to some major stages. Fresh of a string of successful releases Rose is set to emerge as one of musics rising stars.  Listen to 'In Your Arms' here. Pre-Save his upcoming EP here.  Read the full interview on roadtripplaylist.com

This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast, Thomas is joined by one of musics rising stars Stacey Ryan! You may know Stacey from her ultra-viral TikTok, where she issued an open verse challenge for her unreleased song 'Don't Text Me When You're Drunk.' The video was one of the biggest TikTok trends of the year. Even Jimmy Fallon participated with a verse of his own to the challenge. From there, Stacey signed a record deal and released the full version of 'Don't Text Me When You're Drunk,' and new singles, including 'Deep End,' and 'Fall In Love Alone.' Ryan continues to make beautiful jazz-infused pop records. Stay tuned for more incredible music from Stacey Ryan coming soon.  Follow Stacey Ryan on Instagram, TikTok, Twitter, and YouTube.   Read more of our work on roadtripplaylists.com Follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and Twitter. 

Super excited to share this week's episode with the rising star in the alt-pop world Kings Elliot. Kings is currently on tour opening for Macklemore and Imagine Dragons on their US stadium tour. We had the chance recently to see her live at Brooklyn's Baby's All Right venue and she was a wonderful artist to see live. Kings Elliot just released her newest single Cry, Baby, Cry, which she calls a letter to her 14-year-old self encouraging her to embrace her emotions. Through her songwriting I would say that Elliot has mastered that advice of embracing as well as sharing her emotions as she does quite regularly through her vulnerable and personal songwriting style. Kings sings a lot about mental health and we talk about that part of her life and her music and how sharing that in songs has helped not only her but other people alike. Please listen to and enjoy my conversation with Kings Elliot, and make sure to stream her music wherever you listen to music.  Thanks for listening to The Road Trip Playlists podcast. Make sure to check out our written work at roadtripplaylists.com.

Welcome back to The Road Trip Playlists Podcast. This week we are joined by one of alt-rock's rising stars joe p. Joe started his music career with his high school friends in the popular band Deal Casino. Around the start of the pandemic the band broke up and in isolation joe p found himself writing music in his basement. Joe shared the writing process to his TikTok page and quickly amassed millions of views and over 300 thousand followers in a matter of months. Fans anxiously awaited the release of his songs like 'Off My Mind' and 'Fighting in the Car.' joe p just released his highly-anticipated new single 'All Day I Dream About' and is set to support Spacey Jane on tour this fall. Enjoy our interview with joe p. Don't forget to subscribe, rate, and review to The Road Trip Playlists Podcast.  See more music news, reviews, and more on roadtripplaylists.com.

This week on The Road Trip Playlists Podcast, I am excited to introduce Cole and Dawson from the pop trio almost monday. The group started together in San Diego as high schoolers in a garage band, and they tell the story of a cold email to Mark Needham, who has produced for The Killers and Fleetwood Mac, found them introduced to frequent collaborator Simon Oscroft (The Naked and Famous, DREAMERS) and the groups 2020 debut EP don’t say you’re ordinary was born. The band has quickly amassed over 100 million total streams and played giant stages like Lollapalooza, Governors Ball, and Bonnaroo. The group recently released two summer anthems, ‘sun keeps on shining and ‘sunburn,’ which the band noted as an excellent song for any road trip playlists. Listen to the full interview or check it out on roadtripplaylists.com. Thanks again, don’t forget to subscribe and review to the show for more interviews. See almost monday on tour with The Driver Era, get your tickets here!

Welcome back! We are super excited to introduce this week's episode with BabyJake. BabyJake quickly jumped into the music scene with his gold-selling 2019 release of “Cigarettes on Patios,” the track has garnered over 100 million streams to date. Now, BabyJake has promised that he is “bringing back rock ‘n’ roll”. We got to see Jake perform at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta in a special performance that he brought his dad on stage and sang next to him. We talk about that performance, his upcoming new record, his path to music, and more. Listen to the full interview on The Road Trip Playlists podcast.  Thank you again. 

Welcome back! We are super excited to share this episode with the exciting young band Flipturn.  Flipturn started together in a Florida garage as high schoolers and have quickly found themselves on some of the biggest stages including sets at Shaky Knees Festival in Atlanta, Bonnaroo, and Lollapalooza. Now the band is preparing for the release of their debut album and it was really funny to talk to them about that, their impressive live set, meeting in high school and naming an EP 'Citrona' after a street from there home town, listen to this and more on the new episode of The Road Trip Playlists Podcast. Check out more from us on our website at roadtripplaylists.com.

This week on the Road Trip Playlists Podcast we talk with indie royalty and the Australian band Boy & Bear. Host Thomas Darro is joined by Tim Hart (Drums) and Dave Symes (Bass) on this episode of the podcast. Thomas shares with Tim that he was the first concert that he saw when he moved to New York City and he opened as a solo act for friend of the show Stu Larsen and the special night it was. Boy & Bear have topped the ARIA charts, their debut album 'Moonfire' went double platinum, and it all happened very fast, they talk about if the band was prepared for the success it had. We also talk about health issues with lead vocalist Dave Hoskings preventing the band from playing together and what that period of uncertainty was like as friends and bandmates. They talk a bit about their newest single 'State of Flight' and an upcoming album that will be released. It is a really fun interview and we hope you enjoy it.  Thank you for listening as always. Don't forget to Follow, rate, and review. Also, check out our full website at www.roadtripplaylists.com.