What's In My Bag? [The Podcast]
An audio version of Amoeba Music's award-winning weekly video series "What's In My Bag?" which features artists and tastemakers sharing what they found at our record stores in Hollywood, San Francisco & Berkeley, CA.
Episodes
55 episodes
Elvis Costello
Elvis Costello goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. The legendary English singer/songwriter shares his depth and breadth of musical knowledge, from favorite Motown group The Four Tops and jazz saxophonis...
Kiefer
Kiefer goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. The pianist and producer talks about one of the most important jazz drummers of all time, a beloved album by Brazilian musician Airto Moreira, and Immanuel Wil...
beabadoobee
beabadoobee goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. The British singer-songwriter talks about the beauty of lyrical simplicity in her favorite Bloc Party song, a beloved director's box set featuring iconic ...
Scott Ian of Anthrax
Scott Ian of Anthrax goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. The guitarist, lyricist, and co-founder of the legendary thrash metal band talks about Converge's heavy new album, the sheer brutality of h...
James Blake
James Blake goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. The English producer, songwriter & musician talks about Arthur Russell's honest lyrics and complex music-making, how Arca continues to surprise him wi...
Mastodon
GRAMMY-winning heavy metal band Mastodon goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. Bill Kelliher, Troy Sanders & Brann Dailor share stories about playing Black Sabbath's final show, listening to Metric in...
Xiu Xiu
Xiu Xiu goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. Jamie Stewart, Angela Seo, and David Kendrick talk about the Cocteau Twins' goth bass lines, psychedelic music from around the world, avant-garde and classica...
Black Marble
Black Marble (aka Chris Stewart) goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. The electronic musician digs into the book section, picking up How Music Works by David Byrne and Lol Tolhurst's Goth: A...
The Church
Steve Kilbey of The Church goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. The bassist, vocalist & founder of the legendary Australian band shares how Ian Hunter's memoir fueled his dreams of touring America, d...
Daniel Lanois
Legendary producer, songwriter, and GRAMMY-winning musician Daniel Lanois goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. He recalls working with The Neville Brothers in his fabled New Orleans studio, shares the gr...
Sunn O)))
Greg Anderson and Stephen O’Malley of Sunn O))) go record shopping at Amoeba San Francisco in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. Their eclectic selections span jazz, heavy metal, Japanese and Indian classical music, experimental and electr...
Ladytron
Electropop band Ladytron goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. Helen Marnie, Daniel Hunt & Mia Arroyo dig through the bins and share some of their favorite music, from Brazilian composer Rogério...
Converge
Jacob Bannon and Nate Newton of Converge go record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. They dig into some of their favorite music, from the punk rock of Nomeansno and the crossover metallic hardcore of Cro-Mags to ...
Josh Groban
Josh Groban goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. The singer, songwriter & actor talks about some of the music that shaped him, from the Labyrinth soundtrack and "The Young Person's Guide to ...
Eric André
Eric André goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. The comedian and actor goes digging for '90s hip hop, library music, comedy albums, TV themes and film soundtracks, and recalls meeting filmmaker Alejandro...
Jack Antonoff
Jack Antonoff goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. The GRAMMY-winning producer, singer, songwriter, musician & Bleachers frontman talks about Saves the Day, Propagandhi, Nick Cave, getting in the van...
CORTIS
CORTIS goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. MARTIN, JAMES, JUHOON, SEONGHYEON & KEONHO share some of their favorite albums by Alice in Chains, Dominic Fike, Stevie Wonder, Oasis, Tyler, the Creator &...
Death Cab For Cutie
Ben Gibbard and Nick Harmer from Death Cab For Cutie go record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. They talk about early influences from Bedhead and Built to Spill, Bill Callahan's earnest songwriting, two ic...
Rostam
Producer, singer, and songwriter Rostam goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. The multi-instrumentalist and founding member of Vampire Weekend takes us back to 1997 -- an exceptional year for music by The...
Linda Perry
Linda Perry, the acclaimed producer, Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee, and 4 Non Blondes singer, goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. She shares some of the music that shaped her artistry -- from Mahali...
Digable Planets
Legendary hip hop group Digable Planets goes record shopping at Amoeba Hollywood in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler, Mariana "Ladybug Mecca" Vieira, and Craig "Doodlebug" Irving talk about Fela Kuti, Cocteau Twins, ...
Machine Girl
Machine Girl goes record shopping at Amoeba San Francisco in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. Given their genre-blending sound, it's no surprise that the electronic band has eclectic taste, spanning everything from '80s pop and Judas Pri...
Tortoise
Douglas McCombs and John Herndon from post-rock band Tortoise go record shopping at Amoeba San Francisco in this "What's In My Bag?" episode. From Tom Verlaine, Silent Serpent, David Thomas of Pere Ubu, and Broadcast, it may seem like they only...