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Jason Kramer’s Pick of the Week: Frightened Rabbit, Savoir Adore, The Band of Skulls and Everything, Everything
Jason Kramer chooses his Pick of the Week! He talks about the band Frightened Rabbit’s brand new release album coming out on Atlantic Records entitled “State Hospital.” He also mentions Scottish band Everything, Everything, whose new album “Arc” is due out on January 2013 and the talented band Savoir Adore from Brooklyn, New York whose…
Read MoreInterview with “Dexter” Composer Daniel Licht
Co-hosts Tamara Conniff and Jonathan McHugh welcome “Dexter” composer Daniel Licht to The Comet Couch. The seventh season of Showtime’s Emmy-winning series “Dexter” premiered to over 2.9 million viewers, making it the network’s number one telecast for the year. And award-winning compoer Daniel Licht provides the thrilling score to our favorite killer, using such odd…
Read MoreDas Tapes, John Anderson, Far East Movement
Co-hosts Tamara Conniff and Jonathan McHugh welcome The Weekly Comet’s first Dance Party, complete with a live studio audience boogying to electro-pop duo Das Tapes. In the news: Goyte’s “Somebody That I Used To Know” holds at No 1 on the Ultimate Chart, No Doubt is back this fall with their first new album in…
Read MoreThe Weekly Comet on Hiatus
The Weekly Comet is on a hiatus. We will be back on April 5, 2012. Join us!
Read MoreThe Golden Ghosts – “Heart of Coal” (LIVE + Interview)
The Golden Ghosts’ take The Weekly Comet stage with songs off their recently released debut album “Gleam.” The band is the brainchild of engineer, producer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and frontman Riley Bray, who sits on The Comet Couch to discuss his musical influences and the group’s bright future.
Read MoreEmmy-Nominated Composer Miriam Cutler and The 88
The Weekly Comet hosts Tamara Conniff & Jonathan McHugh welcome Emmy-nominated compose Miriam Cutler and indie rockers The 88. Composer Miriam Cutler is a renaissance woman. She started her career as a singer/horn player in a number of bands including Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo alongside Danny Elfman. Plus, she has co-produced a number…
Read MoreRebecca Loebe – “Swallowed by the Sea” (LIVE)
Watch the full episode here: http://bit.ly/ML8C4E Rebecca Loebe performs “Swallowed by the Sea” live on The Weekly Comet. Horrible Bosses Composer Chris Lennertz stops by The Weekly Comet to discuss his band arrangement for the film and his love of video game scores with Jonathan and Tamara. Also, Rebecca Loebe talks about her life as…
Read MoreTroup – “Mickey Mouse Teeth” (LIVE)
As far as we are concerned Troup is the next big thing! Formed by Wales-born songwriter Alex Troup, his L.A.-bred quintet Troup, is a mix of classic rock and indie pop. Troup moved to L.A. in 2006, eventually meeting producer/keyboardist Evan Beigel while browsing the vinyl bins at Amoeba. Now, with guitarist Claudio Tristano, bassist…
Read MoreBehind “Sunset Strip: The Movie” and Performance by Laura Warshauer
The Weekly Comet host Tamara Conniff welcomes filmmaker Hans Fjellestad, who, in his new movie, takes us behind the scenes into the most iconic street in rock n roll history, “The Sunset Strip.” Plus, singer & songwriter Laura Warshauer takes the stage and KCRQ DJ Jason Kramer presents his Pick of the Week. Hans Fjellestad…
Read MoreMind the Gap and Jonathan Zalben
Mind the Gap (mindthegapsound.com) drops by the Weekly Comet to perform and special guest Jonathan Zalben (composer for “Son of Morning” and the new HBO documentary “There’s Something Wrong with Aunt Diane”) talks about his work in multimedia and joins Mind the Gap on stage! Jonathan and Tamara talk about Weezer’s new music cruise, secrets…
Read MoreBarry Adamson – “The Sun and the Sea” (LIVE)
Barry Adamson Performance
Read MorePerformance & Interview with Alec Benjamin
Singer & songwriter Alec Benjamin is already starting to get YouTube buzz. A freshman at USC studying music, Alec wows The Comet audience with his original song, “Beautiful Pain.” He talks to The Comet co-hosts Tamara Conniff and Jonathan McHugh about his songwriter process and future ambitions.
Read MoreInterview with Frank Fitzpatrick
The Weekly Comet hosts Tamara Conniff & Jonathan McHugh welcome an award-winning film music producer, filmmaker, social entrepreneur, composer, record producer and songwriter Frank Fitzpatrick. Frank Fitzpatrick is the founder and director of non profit arts organization EarthTones. Fitzpatrick has created the soundtracks for over two-dozen films including “Queen of the Damned,” “Scary Movie 3,”…
Read MoreComposing Duo Fall on Your Sword and Alt-Rockers Canto
The Weekly Comet hosts Tamara Conniff & Jonathan McHugh welcome composing duo Fall on Your Sword, alt-rockers Canto, and music business association NARM president Jim Donio. Brooklyn-based composing duo Fall On Your Sword, featuring Will Bates and Philip Mossman, sit on the Comet couch to talk about recent film projects including “Nobody Walks” and “28…
Read MoreThe Weekly Comet: Tupac, Mark Isham and Leftover Cuties
On this week’s show, co-hosts Tamara Conniff and Jonathan McHugh talk about how they would like to be turned into holograms like Tupac. Jonathan recounts his adventures in Coachella and Tamara reports the latest news, including music and TV personality Dick Clark’s passing at the age of 82, Green Day’s forthcoming three new albums, Axl…
Read More“Pitch Perfect” Music Supervisors and Singer & Songwriter Cathy Heller
The Weekly Comet hosts Tamara Conniff & Jonathan McHugh welcome music supervisors Julia Michels and Julianne Jordan to talk about the new film “Pitch Perfect,” which centers around an all-girl singing group in college and opens October 5. Plus singer and songwriter Cathy Heller takes the stage. Julia Michels is an independent music supervisor who…
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