Nikki Stout writesThe CHIRP Radio Interview: Billy Joel Jr.

Matty G of CHIRP Radio recently spoke with Ari Levin and Nate Dorian of Chicago-based indie rock group Billy Joel Jr. Their most recent EP, Rubberhose, was released in April 2024. You can catch them opening for Modern Dairy at Schuba's on December 19th. You can listen to their full interview HERE.

Matty G: You guys are still relatively fresh in the Chicago music scene. Do you want to take a second and tell us a little bit about your band and its members? 
Ari Levin: I'm the singer-songwriter for the band.
Nate Dorian: I also play the electric guitar in the band and I sing in the background sometimes.
AL: We've got two other members. We've got Charlie Dykstal, who plays bass, and then Karl El Sokhn, who plays the drums. We're all normally recording together, so we'll record live and then do any kind of overdubs or tracking with all of us together. We have a couple of other folks that kind of come in and out. As you probably know, there's a huge community in Chicago of artists and musicians that are making music and we try to collaborate wherever we can. So a lot of other folks like Blake Sokoloff, who is a good friend of ours and who runs a studio that we work out of, will sometimes do some overdubs on keyboards with us. Other friends like Cima Kale will do bass and different string instruments, and then vocalists and friends of ours like Syd Kamuda from Big Kid, will add additional vocals here and there. 

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