Flobots are an alternative hip-hop band from Denver dedicated to creating, performing, and finding anthems for a better world. Since forming in 2005, they have released 3 full length albums, toured the US and Europe, and appeared on late night programs including The Tonight Show with Jay Leno and Late Night with Conan O'Brien. They are internationally known for their 2008 platinum single “Handlebars” and widely recognized for using their music and career as vessels for social change.
We’ve been hard at work writing and recording some new songs. Due to the covid pandemic we had to approach making music in some different ways and it’s actually been pretty fun to experiment with different sounds and work with different producers.
We wrote a song called “We Win The Day”, and although it is still not in it’s completed form we thought we would put it up on a couple of our platforms to celebrate this small win in the ongoing fight for change in the world.
Sometimes making it to the end of the day can be a win.
Produced and written by: Joe Shull and Flobots
23 Oct 2017
Episode 0.5 - Form Like Voltron (w. the Peace Poets)
In this long-awaited crossover w Bronx-based movement superheroes the Peace Poets, like minds nerd out about the true depths of the still-untapped power of collective song.
Follow the Peace Poets here!
http://thepeacepoets.com
For examples of how a song can take life that transcends authorship follow the #icantbreathechallenge
I Can’t Breathe (Peace Poets)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QganWg3WSQ&list=RD7QganWg3WSQ&t=2
I Can’t Breathe(Samuel L. Jackson)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZUO4ZW_TvY&t=1s
I Can’t breathe (Krs One, Sticky Fingaz, Mad Lion, Talib Kweli & Brother J)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2SwBoEpizU
17 Oct 2017
Extra - Theme Song (w. Flobots)
When the van rides get long, Flobots invent a game. And you can play along at home.
Visit flobots.com for upcoming tour dates, podcast extras & more.
11 Oct 2017
Episode 0.4 - Get A Job (w. Josh Winkler, Jose Torres, and Sarah Metsch from Colorado ADAPT)
When activists in wheelchairs do direct action to protect our healthcare, should you yell “Get a job!!” at them? Jonny 5 catches up with members of ADAPT to find out.
ADAPT statement on Sit-in and arrests at Cory Gardner’s office.
adapt.org/denver-adapt-members…ng-a-59-hour-sit-in/
Contact your elected officials
adapt.org/your-elected-officials/
Visit flobots.com/podcast for show notes, bonus materials & more.
6 Oct 2017
Extra - Where's New England (w. Sean, Sarah, Tad, Serafin, and Kenny O)
On the way to Paonia, CO, the band is horrified to discover the depths of it's own ignorance.
Music: American Dreams - Flobots
Visit flobots.com/podcast for show notes, bonus materials & more.
4 Oct 2017
Episode 0.3 The Art of Failing (w. Adam Stone and Jen Wood-Brackett)
Stephen has to go early, Jamie can’t spell Mangoes, Jen’s voice is shot, and Adam is overwhelmed by microphones. During this impromptu conversation recorded in the wake of the horrendous mass killing in Las Vegas, we talk art, grace, failure, and forgiveness.
Listen / Watch Rattled Pt.1 (Rattle The Cage Remix) here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXUI1pXaxmE
Check out Flobots Tourdates here - www.flobots.com
Adam Stone is Luci - http://www.screwtooth.com
Music
Failure Games - Flobots
Rattled Pt 1 (Rattle the Cage Remix)
seven Signal seven Sons- Luci
Thief Weaver - Luci
Portal (sorta)- Luci
29 Sept 2017
Extra - Seatbacks (w. Lady Larea, Mackenzie, Chrissy, Sarah, and PegaSean)
Backstage at the Vail Dance Festival, the women behind the rich layers of vocal and orchestral tapestries found on NOENEMIES train their voices on current controversies.
Visit flobots.com for new tour dates, podcast extras & more!
27 Sept 2017
Episode 0.2 - Potty Mouth (w. Kalyn Heffernan and Gregg Ziemba of Wheelchair Sports Camp)
Flobots’ 2013 tourmates’ Kalyn & Gregg join Jonny & Brer to talk shop, shit and healthcare. Gregg tells stories about Kalyn she doesn’t remember while Kalyn explains why she peed in a US Senators office.
Wheelchair Sports Camp
https://wheelchairsportscamp.co
Rubedo
https://www.rubedomusic.com
Download Wheelchair Sports Camp’s dis track to Cory Gardner.
https://soundcloud.com/wheelchairsportscamp/speakinmymind
ADAPT statement on Sit-in and arrests at Cory Gardner’s office.
http://adapt.org/denver-adapt-members-in-police-custody-more-than-24-hours-following-a-59-hour-sit-in/
Contact your elected officials
http://adapt.org/your-elected-officials/
Music-
Mary Had A Little Band (Wheelchair Sports Camp)
Speakin My Mind (Wheelchair Sports Camp)
25 Sept 2017
Extra - What's More American? (w. Johan Miranda)
Jonny 5 calls comedian and DACA recipient Johan Miranda for reaction to the Trump administration’s decision to rescind the program. They spoke on Sept 11th, just a week after the September 5th announcement.
Follow @JohanComedy on twitter and instagram.
To find out more about how you can help Defend DACA, go to weareheretostay.org
Visit flobots.com/podcast for show notes, bonus material & more.
22 Sept 2017
Teaser - Not That Serious (w. Lady Larea)
Jonny and Brer reflect on Charlottesville, the power of music, and just how real to keep it.
Meanwhile, Lady Larea (Spirit of Grace vocalist extraordinaire and NOENEMIES album co-conspirator) recounts the time she tried to join the Ku Klux Klan.
@LadyLarea
Music: Run (Run run run) - Flobots
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Visit www.flobots.com/podcast for show notes, bonus materials & more.
21 Sept 2017
Episode 0.1 - Gals Before Pals (w. Jenny Yang, Zahra Noorbakhsh, and Johan Miranda)
Jonny & Brer aren’t ready to leave their new comedian friends. And so the conversation marches on, clumsily tiptoeing deeper into the minefields of PC culture and further down memory lane. Through relentless probing of Jonny and Brer’s distant past, Johan, Jenny and Zahra uncover the customs and rituals of a previously unknown band of nerds who once roamed Denver in the late 1900s.
@Zahracomedy co-host of #GoodMuslimBadMuslim
www.zahracomedy.com
@Johancomedy
www.johanmiranda.com
@jennyyangtv comedian, writer, actor, host
http://jennyyang.tv
http://disorientedcomedy.com
http://comedycomedyfest.com
Music: Defend Atlantis (Flobots)
Visit www.flobots.com/podcast for show notes, bonus materials & more.
At The Opportunity Agenda’s “Creative Change” retreat at Sundance, Jonny & Brer turn to three stand-up comedians for podcast advice. Things take a scandalous turn right away, as the hosts become the guests and the comedians begin probing into the Flobots’ teenage years.
@Zahracomedy co-host of #GoodMuslimBadMuslim
www.zahracomedy.com
@Johancomedy
www.johanmiranda.com
@jennyyangtv comedian, writer, actor, host
jennyyang.tv
disorientedcomedy.com
comedycomedyfest.com
Music: Quarantine - Flobots
Visit flobots.com/podcast for show notes, bonus material & more!
8 Sept 2017
Teaser - What's Your Podcast About?
Flobots’ emcees Brer Rabbit and Jonny 5 have decided they are doing a podcast, but that’s pretty much all they’ve figured out. Join them as they embark upon an auditory adventure.
Music: Sleeping Giant (Flobots)
Visit flobots.com/podcast for show notes, bonus material & more!
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