It's All Nice On Ice: Recent Episodes
Jake Dmochowski
It’s All Nice On Ice is a show by two longtime friends and music lovers, Jake Dmochowski and Chris Calabrese. Every week we get together to talk comically/casually about happenings in music, NYC, pop culture and more. We include plenty of music on our show, playing our favorite new tracks or whoever comes up in conversation. We also cover previews and recaps of local shows.
The fellas got back together to review the 2021 Albums of the Year. Charlie, Chris, and Jake run through their picks, dive deep into ground-breaking trends of the year, and Chris finally gets critical. Arctic Monkeys were not even mentioned during this It's All Nice on Ice/I Bet You Look Good on the Podcast epic cross-over event. Check it outttttttttttttt
Your guys take on another round of bests for 2020 - diving into Spotify Wrapped, IANOI Awards, Iceboxes of the Year, and a one-sided discussion about whether or not the New York bit from IANOI AAAA p. 1 was good. Can Jake still not hear the music? Is Chris the only one prepared for this episode? Can the Ice Guys make it through a whole podcast without accidentally pausing the recording? Can't miss this one, folks.
Your guys break down their favorite music and music moments from 2020. Jake can't hear the music; Chris can. And, oh boy, is New York not what it used to be! Scooby Doo. Scrappy Doo. You already know the rest.
Your guys are back in town. And you know they gotta run through their favorite albums of 2019 cmonnnnn man. In the words of Stormzy, "How the fuck did man get here?" Also, sorry to bother you, but, is my going to be room comped?
Your guys close out their run on It's All Nice on Ice with the banger of all banger episodes.
Uncle Artie and Aunt Louise return to the show to field questions from callers and answer the big questions: What do you cook during a dinner for schmucks? How do you get over a fear of ghosts? Are you coming to the BBQ this weekend?
Ali Darling of Mixtape Radio Hour takes over control of the show this week as Chris explores the land where John Grant lives. (John Grant was in a band called 'The Czars.') Jake - freshly off the release of his new solo album 'Bleecker Street' under the moniker Couch Queen - makes a triumphant return to the show for a once-in-a-lifetime crossover event. Don't miss! Big icebox and microwave moments, too. Lookin' at you Costa Constantinides.
MSG CEO James Dolan joins the show to plug his band JD & The Straight Shot, while disgruntled MSG popcorn vendor Dom Aioli confronts him about his fortune and past ventures.
In the final episode of the Chris Solo Series, Chris covers new tunes from Anderson .Paak, The Raconteurs and Spencer Radcliffe, talks about his Record Store Day 2019 finds and gets some phone calls from his dad.
It's another solo run featuring new music from Courtney Barnett, Big Thief, Anderson .Paak, Steve Lacy, Chon and more! It's a fun little episode.
Chris tries to Uber while doing the show to make some money and pay off his debt to Radio Free Brooklyn. It's a very strange episode, I'm sorry.
Chris goes solo for the first time ever, taking questions and fielding phone calls from listeners while playing some new tunes.
Chris and Quinn sit down to recap SXSW when the lights go out in the studio. A chatty repairman named Peter takes the mic to tell his story and freak everyone out.
Radio legend Meggy P joins the show to talk about new music from Mac DeMarco, Tierra Whack, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard and more!
Big week, oh boy, big week. Bob Bonzi joins Chris & Jake to celebrate Global Radio Day and they explore opportunities to keep growing the show. Jake showcases a billion impressions. The squad listens to some LCD Soundsystem, Khalid/Disclosure, old Lethal Bizzle, and a whole lot more. Stick around for the icebox too!
The ice guys welcome back two of the most controversial guests in IANOI history, Jason Borm (formerly of Shock Top, Spotify, Gimlet Media) and Josh Rat (senior editor, Business Insider) to talk the hottest scoops in the biz. The crew also listens to some new tunes from Girlpool and Theophilus London & Tame Impala, along with more! And the icebox, too! Bruv! It's cold out here, ya get me!
Cold week out here in Brooklyn. You know what that means... life in the fridge, baby! The ice guys welcome back fan favorite segment IANOICS[WGALTMTM] - BOTMC! This time - ICP Edition. Lotsa grime talk today and new tunes by Better Oblivion Community Center, J. Cole, & so much more. We also throw some personal favorites into the icebox for the first time.
Full crew with Chris & Jake both in the house. English teacher Mr. Charlie Greenwald joins us live for some in-depth discussions on music, plumbing, and men (of both the homo neanderthalensis and homo sapiens varieties). New music from Halogens, The Killers, Gary Clark Jr., & more! And the icebox! It's cold out here, yeah!
What's up. We're back (and we back and we back and we back and we back). Most interesting guest of 2018 joins Jake for a discussion about what went right last year, and a quick run-through of new personas for Jake in 2019 (because whatever he was doing last year clearly didn't work). The ice guys also check out the new MIke Posner song, celebrate Bowie's birthday, and chat with Chris about the new icebox song.
To round out a wonderful 2018, Jake and Chris reveal their top five albums of the year, all of which are 'Scorpion' by Drake.
Jake and Chris make art into a competition as they roll through the first half of their top 10 records of the year.
You've been hearing about it all year long, now listen to us almost forget to do it. Behold, the 2019 IANOI Awards Show! The "Got Loyalty; Got Royalty Inside My BNA (Best New Artist)" award is crowned as well as tons of icebox awards, guest awards, host awards, and an almost unbelievable amount of other real tight stuff. Enjoy and thanks for coming along for this ride with us! Come back in the next two weeks as we run through our top 10 albums of the year!
Friend of the show Kevin Yetman joins the program to talk about his new book publishing venture, Gravy Train Press. He brings in several authors to talk about his unique line of wonderful Thanksgiving cookbooks.
Eclectic singer/songwriter/veteran Brian Perrino joins us in the IANOI studio to play some new tracks from his latest album, "Check Out All The Types Of Music I Can Play (That’s A Lot Of Types Of Music For Someone To Play)"
On the night of the midterm elections, the boys dive deeply into intense political humor and listen to some new tracks from Vince Staples, The C.I.A. and more.
It's Halloween time and the studio is more like a - you guessed it - spookedio. Elmo (from Times Square) joins Jake & Chris to chat about what the world is really like for a working furry. The crew cranks out monster jams to Boygenius and Pedro the Lion. This one goes into the books and Chris has some fun in the icebox and Jake just watches, as usual.
iHeartMedia intern/representative Wanda Quarium joins your guys Jake & Chris to discuss how they will win big at the first annual Podcast Awards. Enjoy scorching new tunes from Cloud Nothings, Open Mike Eagle, and The Front Bottoms, as well as a truly hypothermic icebox session! Break out the milk - you'll need it for this one!
Your guys Chris & Jake finally break it down - John Grant is a fifty-year-old musician living in Iceland and used to be in a band called the Czars before releasing four solo albums. Let's listen to some Stove, Yowler, Kurt Vile, St. Vincent and so much more together in this awesome episode. Featuring a lot of live show recap! And the best icebox segment of the year! Shouts out to the #MooCrew
Music? Check. Crazy antics? Check. New terms for the icebox? Check. Ali Darling? Check. Listen with Chris & Jake to some new tunes from Fucked Up, St. Vincent, Girlpool, & Anderson .Paak & Kendrick Lamar! That's it? Nah - there's a whole lot more & tune tf in to find out!
Week 2 with no guests, only sweet, sweet tunes and the echoes of the cracks starting to show in the structure of IANOI. Listen along to hear some Titus Andronicus, Broken Social Scene, Pinegrove, Steve Harvey (look out singers, rappers, and politicians!) & a whole lot more. Ali Darling once again joins us to swiftly placed Kanye "East" West in the icebox!
Back together again. No guests this week - just cold hard cash spoken like fire in the studio! Listen to some Say Anything, Young Thug, Jeff Tweedy, and Jake's now-famous impressions. Chris wants to be now-famous too, so he tries his hand again at overloading the icebox. The guy can't get enough!
Jake is back and healthy after overcoming side-boobonic plague, but Chris suffered a terrible bite from the travel bug and is out of the country suffering symptoms of wanderlust and overall feelings of adventurousness. Mr. Greenwald is back to co-host while up and coming YouTube comedian Pete B. Hafway does some bits and tries to get his catchphrase to stick. Rough music week with Jake behind the dials - the guys suffer through mewithoutYou, Mike Posner, and the same Dizzee Rascal song as last week. Icebox featuring Ali Darling, too.
Is Papa John racist? He's back so listen to find out. Kevin gets a bunch of multiple-choice questions wrong while Jake is still away fighting side-boobonic plague. Chris plays some Dizzee Rascal, Waxahatchee and, attention guys, a whole lot more! Icebox, too.
Chris's Aunt Louise and Uncle Artie fill in for the Ice Boys to field phone calls and give advice to distressed listeners.
The ice guys gladly invite their high school English teacher Mr. Charlie Greenwald and marketing associate Taylor McMahon to cover Bowie and Third Eye Blind a lot and some other stuff too. What else? John Grant, Blood Orange, and Hovvdy! Epic icebox segments this week too!
Ice guys cover the first few minutes of Mixtape Radio Hour on RFB Tuesdays at 11 while Ali Darling is stuck in a cab.
Full house this week as we're joined by Ryan Burgers and his campaign staff, including Felix, Alison, Oliver, Gertrude, and Carharl! A lot to cover this week in a jam-packed and pack-jammed episode. Big Icebox week and music from Say Anything, Kurt Vile, Lethal Bizzle, Bugzy Malone, & more! Grade-A can't miss episode.
Corker this week! Guest submission Carl Grambit of the Indigo Boy Squad joins Jake & Chris to chat PVC, Manhattan geography, bald caps, and music. Listen for new Kanye West, Nicki Minaj, Foxing, and mewithoutYou. And let's get to the bottom of the Indigo Boy Squad, Icebox, new Mac Miller game, and Jake's new #JustFingVote campaign!
Jake is unusually late for this week's episode, but Kevin joins the show suspiciously in his place. Chris and Kevin talk through new music by Foxing, Death Cab for Cutie and more as the mystery of Jake's whereabouts unravels.
Songs, songs, songs! Minutes, minutes, minutes! The ice guys decide to plow through and review 20 songs in the span of the show, rating each from 1 to 20 ice cubes. So much, so much good tunage. Join us for the trek and stop along at the ice box!
Big episode 3-0...holy smokes, folks. The guys are alone in the studio with Sly Stallone for a little bit but mostly alone with the music. What music? This week we got Anderson .Paak, Big Red Machine, Samia, Lemats, & more! Ice box, too!
Welcome to the studio - legendary music producer Buster Brownstein and legendary dumbass Kevin Yetman. The guys break down what makes music so damn great. Buster delights us with stories of the industry and Yetman somehow falls flat as a guest once again. And icebox and music and all the stuff you really listen for. Listen to the whole thing - you won't believe what happens at the last second!
The good guys/ice guys count down their top albums of the year so damn far. Don't hate on the choices! It's all in good fun. And new music and icebox stuff, too. C'mon folks you know the drill!
Real clean episode as our call-in listeners shower us with praise. Surprise return of the It's All Nice on Ice Canadian Shaman (Who Gave a Little Too Much to Me) Book of the Month Club - Meet Me in the Bathroom Edition with a shocking twist. Kevin Yetman helps us listen to new Nas, Foxing, The Carters (thanks for finding, Chris!), Culture Abuse, and unfortunately for Jake, The Sloppy Boys. Huge Icebox this week! Get litty in the city!
Another big conversation week on Kanye. Whose side is Chris on this week? Whose side is Jake cowardly deciding hide behind this week? Chris makes us listen to another Gorillaz song this week, but we also hear from I Got Royalty, Got Loyalty Inside My BNA nominee Octavian, as well as LVL UP's final single, Interpol's new one, and something from Ovlov. Icebox is a chiller this week! WELCOME TO TUESDAY!
Epic week for the booger heads. Your main men Jake & Chris weed through some of the biggest beefs this week in music, with the release of the climactic ends of the Sunday vs. Tuesday battle and the entire Father Johnye saga. Also new music. Also moving to Tuesday. Have fun and stay outta beef or end up in the hot guys' line of fire.
Great things coming from Chris this week - pretty boring content from Jakey boy. Nevertheless, your guys cruise through tons of new music (Courtney Barnett, Skepta, Drenge, Backstreet Boys, and I'll be honest with ya - a hell of a lot more). Plus another Icebox visit from Billy. Absolute can't-miss episode, ya dorks.
Fellow Monk-heads Scott Davis and Charlie Greenwald join the fellas in the studio to dissect the brand new release by Arctic Monkeys, Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino. Great listen for Monk-heads, Ice-heads, Davis-heads, and Greenwald-heads alike! Deep, deep stuff, my dude.
Your guy Jake runs through some live shows he saw and hits hard on the IANOICSWGALTMTMBOTMC - MMITB E (It's All Nice on Ice Canadian Shaman [Who Gave a Little Too Much to Me] Book of the Month Club - Meet Me in the Bathroom Edition). Chris forgets the keys again so sorry for the short show, guys! Double debut here - Childish Gambino & Billy to the Icebox.
New Intern Mike Kitrick & Papa John Schnatter joins the boys in stude to talk about the NFL draft real quick. Intern Mike also does some solid analysis on new The Internet, Snail Mail, and Jack White. The crew also tackles a Tuna Melt for some brand new K-Pop. And it's confirmed: there is love in this club.
Tons of segments this week, all your faves. Lots of Kanye talk and awards season is back! Concerts and new music run amok. Introducing the It's All Nice Canadian Shaman (Who Gave a Little Too Much to Me) Book of the Month Club! Read Lizzy Goodman's "Meet in the Bathroom" along with the guys.
Jake & Chris back in the studio for a good old-fashioned story- and music-filled episode. The boys hit on Nicki Minaj, Patrick Paige II, Ty Segall, & a whole lot more, folks! Tech issues galore, baby!
Friend of the show Kevin Yetman brings his mother Mrs. Yetman onto the show to talk about new music from Cardi B, Hop Along and Kississippi. The group also celebrates National Poetry Month with a round of haikus.
Jakey boy sneaks into the studio early to set up for an Easter egg hunt for your guy Chris. Stories of half-stolen TVs and half-executed MRIs follow. Chris introduces two new segments, Billy (Cosmic Debris) and Orie (Queer State of Mind) join briefly, Chris introduces two new segments, and your boys jam out to Tyler, The Creator, The Weeknd, and Frankie Cosmos. So fun!
Jake and Chris welcome marketing expert Taylor Hawkins to help out with promotion, and acupuncturist/friend of the show Dr. Sherman Williams joins to try to get out of his slump. They cover Jack White's new LP, potential IANOI 'Best New Artist' Kississippi and more.
Jakey Boy and Chris are back solo in the studio this week for some prime music-listenin'. Your guys talk about SXSW, NXNE, Kanye, & Robin Hilton's alma mater. Tunes this week courtesy of Wajatta, Courtney Barnett, Albert Hammond, Jr., and Titus Andronicus. Trust me, you don't want to see what's going on in Jake's brain this week. Like, really.
Jakey boy calls out sick this week, so Chris auditions your guys Quinn and Kevin and frequent caller Matt Pisarcik to take his spot. Chris plays some Parquet Courts and the auditioners try their hand at playing tracks IANOI-style and answer some questions. See ya'll next week!
Jason Borm (PR Director, Spotify) and Josh Rat (Senior Editor, Business Insider) join Jake and Chris in studio to discuss the Spotify IPO. Hear fresh tracks from Jack White and Josh's old bands from his days in Rock-Chester and a real classic icebox segment. Congratulations, Kobe!
Jake takes a trip out to LA to investigate Chris's blockchain/Bono connections, while Chris forgets the keys to the studio. The studio boys try to salvage a broken episode with an explanation of the forgotten keys, an great Uber driver, calls from Jake, and a trip to the icebox. Apologies for the short show, folks!
The boys catch up with Mike Joseph from the Jheri Curl Chronicles also on RFB about his huge win on Golf Free Nation, check in with Jake's beautiful girlfriend, and jam out to The Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs, Car Seat Headrest, and The Frights. Plus Chris and Mike try to guess an album based on bad reviews and a trip to the icebox!
A frenzy launches after citizen journalist Matt Pisarcik calls in to report that Chris went to L.A. to start a Crypto Currency radio show with Bono. After several call in accounts (even from Bono himself) Jake decides to head to L.A. to investigate.
Jake explores Netflix, watching various music documentaries including "Backstreet Boys: Show 'Em What You're Made Of," "Springsteen & I," "Sound City," and of course "It Might Get Loud."
Jake attempts to host an entertaining radio show by himself in Chris's tragic absence. With tracks from Baha Men, Dave Matthews Band and Jonas Brothers, it is truly horrible.
Friend and music fanatic Joe Defazio stops by It's All Nice On Ice to show us new music, talk tech and even put the boys in the Ice Box...
The boys cover their most anticipated albums of 2018, including MGMT, Car Seat Headrest, Courtney Barnett and more. Also, new music from Jeff Rosenstock, Hudson Mohawke, Octavian and more. Also, call from Arthur E. Johnston and Jake's Trump/Titus Andronicus conspiracy.
Inspired by Death Cab For Cutie's recorded release of their first show ever, Jake & Chris cover other demos and rarities from some of their favorite bands. Also, new music from King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, Talib Kweli / Anderson .Paak, Father John Misty & more.
Welcome to It's All Nice On Ice! For our first episode, we cover new music from Mavis Staples, Jaden Smith and some of our favorite b-sides from Tame Impala, Alex G and more!