We're back celebrating Pop's memory by pulling random records and listening to songs/bands we've never heard of. One thing's for sure after the second round....Pop REALLY was a man who liked his music smooth! Jeff got served up some random awesome bands by the Spotify algorithm (I know, we were shocked too), so he made JD blind listen to The Odious, Thank You Scientist, and Rishloo, plus we tease next week's guest John Brookhouse (Worshipper, Gimme Metal Radio) and listen to a killer Worshipper ...
Nov 16, 2021•1 hr 34 min•Ep. 59
WE GOT A DO-OVER FOR LAST WEEK'S GOOF. Marc Brandi is a gentleman, scholar, and wicked funny musician who was nice enough to re-join us only a week after we forgot to push record on his first episode. We're forever in your debt Marc. Lowcaster is Marc's bay area heavy prog home, and he's also a permanent member of MG&R (formed by Michael Gallagher from Isis). We listened to lots of music and laughed a lot, and made fun of Jeff a lot. Lowcaster https://lowcaster.bandcamp.com/album/flames-aris...
Nov 08, 2021•2 hr 3 min•Ep. 58
Well...57 episodes in and it finally happened...Jeff didn't press all the record buttons and our wonderful 2 hour chat with Marc Brandi from Lowcaster and Mustard Gas and Roses is gone...at least Marc's part is gone. We may be able to salvage the recording at a later date for comedy purposes...and a new episode with Marc will be up next Monday. This week, we reassembled the full Trevor Church interview from Episode 11-12. They never should have been 2 episodes, and far fewer people listened to P...
Nov 01, 2021•2 hr 38 min•Ep. 57
We've got a bit of a fun departure this week...Jeff inherited a record collection, so we decided to celebrate Pop's memory by pulling random records and listening to songs/bands we've never heard of. One thing's for sure after the first round....Pop was a man who liked his music smooth! Bands! Submit one song (preferably from Bandcamp) to [email protected] and we'll try to cover it on another episode. Find us on social media @blyndsubmyshynz. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCi_8QVmx1g...
Oct 26, 2021•59 min•Ep. 56
Doug Walker (Monolith, The Spice Pistols) comes back shortly after his first episode to talk about the devastating fire that took his (and his bandmates' from The Spice Pistols) house, and most of their belongings, including pretty much all of their music and recording gear. Doug gets real talking about the fire and it's aftermath, gets full of gratitude talking about the music community that's helping to support them, and talks about getting through a full tour supporting Agent Orange in the "A...
Oct 18, 2021•1 hr 45 min•Ep. 55
This one requires very little preamble. Sacha Dunable of Dunable Guitars and Intronaut sat down with Jay and Thomas from JML guitars to talk about building guitars, and their collaboration building 8 one-of-a-kind guitars featuring Dunable's shapes, electronics, and finishes on top of JML's hand carved neck-through construction. Jeff got his grubby hands on of the guitars, but a couple are still out in the wild...check the links below. Also listened to a couple songs and went on random tangents,...
Oct 11, 2021•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 54
Buckle up buckaroos! This week we bring you the final member of Spotlights, Chris Enriquez! In addition to holding down drums for Spotlights, Chris plays a bunch of instruments in a bunch of other bands, manages bands (including past guests Somnuri), and is the brand partnership director for Project M, the parent company for Revolver, The Hard Times, Brooklyn Vegan, Inked Magazine, and Goldmine Magazine. Chris has a billion stories from a lifetime of being in bands in New York City, and he tells...
Oct 04, 2021•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 53
To celebrate the one year anniversary of the podcast, it only seemed fitting to catch up with some of our favorite people: Pete Holland from Elephant Tree and Trippy Wicked, Susie McMullen from Brume, and for the first time ever, Jamie McCathie (also from Brume). There was some guitar playing, some sharing of must-listen-to bands, a bit of banter, some righteous feminism, and as always, some submissions. Jeff also played a special selection from his high school band Purple Circus, Jamie and Pete...
Sep 27, 2021•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 52
Believe it or not, the podcast is (still) a year old, and as we get ready to host our 50th guest, we wanted to take a look back at the first year's worth of episodes. This week, it's the best of episodes 26-49 featuring highlights from Santos Montano, Spotlights, Howling Giant, Brett Morris, Marky Felchtone, Henry Wilson, Susie McMullen, Daron Beck, Max Malmer, the Martins from Domkraft, and more! Bands! Submit one song (preferably from Bandcamp) to [email protected] and we'll try to cover it o...
Sep 20, 2021•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 51
Believe it or not, the podcast is a year old, and as we get ready to host our 50th guest, we wanted to take a look back at the first year's worth of episodes. This week, it's the best of episodes 1-25 featuring highlights from Susie McMullen, John Carbone, JJ Koczan, Billy Anderson, Alyssa Maucere, and many more! Swing by next week for the Best Of 26-49, and thanks for all the editing JD! Bands! Submit one song (preferably from Bandcamp) to [email protected] and we'll try to cover it on another...
Sep 13, 2021•1 hr 31 min•Ep. 50
This week we spend some more time with past guest and creator of our theme song Francis Roberts! Francis has a brand new Old Man Wizard record called Kill Your Servants Quietly coming out, so we got all the gory details of making and releasing a rock record...so listen up people in bands out there...tons of great wisdom about making music, promoting music, and taking advantage of the various platforms (like YouTube, Bandcamp, and Twitch). We listened to a bunch of music, including some real bang...
Sep 06, 2021•2 hr 36 min•Ep. 49
Do not skip this one. Today's guest is Brett Morris, guitar player for Sub Pop Records weirdos Man Man and Mister Heavenly (w/members of Islands, Man Man, Modest Mouse, and The Shins). The Man Man Record Dream Hunting in the Valley of the In-Between was one of Jeff's favorite records in 2020, and he also shares a deep love of Mr. Bungle. Oh, and music would probably be considered his side-hustle; he's also a podcast engineer/producer and on-air personality for Earwolf podcasts Who Charted?, Off ...
Aug 30, 2021•1 hr 51 min•Ep. 48
This week we bring you a lovely chat with Henry Wilson of House of Lightning, Floor, and Dove. As usual, our talk covered ground...growing up feral in Florida, riding BMX, playing drums for Flor, recovering from mystery medical issues, bomb tuning, touring with previous guest Jem from DEAD, his writing process, and more. Henry is charming, thoughtful, and funny...and even gets out his only guitar (an 80s BC Rich Mockingbird) to noodle for a minute. House of Lightning https://houseoflightning.ban...
Aug 16, 2021•2 hr 30 min•Ep. 47
Coming in hot this week with the one and only DJ Nate Carson...drummer for Witch Mountain, owner and operator of Nanotear booking, DJ, author, and retired goat farmer! We cover a lot of ground...growing up on a goat farm in rural Oregon, the founding of Witch Mountain, being a writer, upcoming projects, life as a tour booker/manager (before and during a pandemic), and Nate's early career as a 2D/3D modeler animator. We also listen to and talk about a lot of music...and maybe a little about Star ...
Aug 09, 2021•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 46
It's "meet Jeff's favorite luthier" week as we welcome James and Thomas from JML Guitars. Lots of discussion about woodworking and guitar building, JML's collaboration with Dunable Guitars, and of course music (James and Thomas play in bands together, and have pretty eclectic taste come to find out). We wrap up by going down the fascinating rabbit hole that is the incredible bands and album art of Eastbreath Records! The audio quality for JML is a little rough, but improves about 30 minutes in! ...
Aug 04, 2021•2 hr 21 min•Ep. 45
In our month of experiments, we're trying something new again! This week we sit down with Jarom Bischoff, the promoter behind Salt Lake City's CrucialFest...a heavy music festival that's having it's 10th anniversary in 2021. Instead of listening to our typical blind submissions. we talked to Jarom about the origins of the festival, and then went through the 2021 lineup band by band...so get ready to hear some music! Oh, Jarom is also trying something new...this year CrucialFest is free. 5 venues...
Jul 27, 2021•2 hr 29 min•Ep. 44
What goes together better than beer and metal? Not much really. This week our guests are Sam and Michelle Riggins, owners of Cosmic Eye brewing in Lincoln Nebraska. Sam is a reformed musician, brewer, and passionate support of all things music...he's collaborated with metal podcasts, bands (like past guest Spotlights), and is even one of the partner breweries for the upcoming Decibel Metal and Beer fest. We talked to Sam and Michelle about founding a brewery, integrating metal into the branding ...
Jul 17, 2021•3 hr 10 min•Ep. 43
This week's episode is something different! Due to a scheduling snafu, JD and Jeff are solo, and running down Heavy Blog is Heavy's top 25 records of the first half of 2021. There is some familiar stuff on the list...and some brand new goodness (and weirdness). Strap in...one hour, 25 songs, no stopping. No guests, no merch table, no Bandcamp picks, no submissions, no fucks given. Heavy Blog is Heavy: https://www.heavyblogisheavy.com/2021/07/12/heavy-blogs-top-25-albums-of-2021-so-far/ Bands! Su...
Jul 13, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 42
This week we sat down with Sarah and Mario from Spotlights, a band that is absolutely blowing up. From catching the ear of Aaron Harris and Chino Moreno with their demo, to getting signed by Ipecac and opening for one of the legendary Mr. Bungle shows at the beginning of 2020, they really are living Jeff's best life, and his envy was out for all to see! We talked about moving to Eugene, the Bay Area, San Diego, Brooklyn, and now Pittsburg...touring with Deftones and Melvins, their love for their...
Jul 06, 2021•2 hr 37 min•Ep. 41
Legend time. Call him Blind Marky Felchtone, Richard Yalowitz, or in our case, just Mark...the legendary frontman of Seattle's Zeke. Mark joins us to talk about all things Zeke past and future, coming up in Arkansas, moving to Seattle, recording with Tad Doyle and Jack Endino, riding motorcycles, playing way too fast, recording solos for the Thin Lizzy Tribute record, and raising a kid in a rock-and-roll family. We also listened to music...including an old live video of Jeff's guitar player's ba...
Jun 28, 2021•2 hr 5 min•Ep. 40
New ep, who dis? We'll keep this short and sweet this week. Doug Walker from MONOLITH (not Monarch), Call of the Wild, and Alexandria Ocasia Nugent rules. We listened to and talked about a ton of music...to the point that we thought maybe JD fell asleep while we talked about fractions and pedals. But he didn't, Jeff had an aneurism (maybe) right up top though. This is a fun one. Monolith https://gloryordeathrecords.bandcamp.com/album/monolith-s-t Call of the Wild https://gloryordeathrecords.band...
Jun 21, 2021•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 39
What a treat this week...coming at you from the outskirts of London, it's the one and only Pete Holland from Elephant Tree and Trippy Wicked. Elephant Tree put out one of Jeff and JDs favorite records of 2020...HABITS, which includes the song...SAILS. It's a beautiful and brilliant record, so we talked about it, their collaboration with producer Riley MacIntire art Church Studio, Elephant Tree's double-set Psycho Las Vegas adventure, the formation of the band, what Pete's been up to during the p...
Jun 14, 2021•2 hr 38 min•Ep. 38
We're back! Did you miss us? We missed you...so today it's one episode, 2 guests. After a bit of technical difficulties and a jog/bike ride down the street to their apartment, the boys from Brooklyn prog/sludge (?) outfit Somnuri hopped on to regale us with many tales. We dive deep into what it sounds like when 2 drummers write metal, and what kind of animals start band practice at 11:00pm!!! Their new album Nefarious Wave is out now on Blues Funeral recordings, and it rules hard. If you've been...
Jun 07, 2021•1 hr 49 min•Ep. 37
This week we got caught up with our good buddy Marc from Santa Cruz's own Doors To Know Where. They released a new record on 5/31 called Darkness Falls, and it's killer. We talk about recording the new record, working with Bob Balch from Fu Manchu, drinking beer, growing up in a musical surfing family that almost sounds like a Hollywood movie version of a Santa Cruz childhood, the Santa Cruz punk scene, and Marc's side gig as a teacher during a pandemic. Doors To No Where https://doorstonowhere....
May 24, 2021•2 hr 20 min•Ep. 36
Feast your eyes and ears on a couple hours with Aaron Gray, the one man wrecking machine that is part Boston metal musician, part booking agent, part Boston promoter and talent buyer for legendary Boston venues like The Middle East. We go everywhere....even admitting to liking 311. Yup. It went there. Bands...this is a really important one to listen to, because Aaron has great wisdom if you want to get from opening for bands at your local spot to actually getting booked with a real tour booker a...
May 17, 2021•2 hr 19 min•Ep. 35
On this week's episode we travel down under to Australia for a super-sized music-filled episode with Jem from the band DEAD. Jem is only our second submission-turned-guest, and it was awesome to talk about what the last year has been like in Australia, the Australian scene in general, geography (maps were pulled out), Australian Rednecks, their record label (We Empty Rooms), handcrafting merch, and Jem's history touring in the states. DEAD is a killer quirky noise-ish band with a lot of shared D...
May 10, 2021•3 hr 14 min•Ep. 34
Oh man. This episode. We start off by giving you 2 hours of access to the mind of Jadd Shickler...one of the original folks bringing heavy stoner/doom rock and metal to the world with the founding of All That's Heavy and MetorCity Records in the Late 90s/2000s. Fast forward to 2021 and he's working at MagneticEye Records and Ripple Music handling various label operations, AR, and marketing, and owner of the fantastic subscription-based specialty label Blues Funeral Recordings. Jadd is a busy man...
May 03, 2021•2 hr 40 min•Ep. 33
This week it was our great pleasure to go (virtually) back to Sweden to talk to Martin and Martin from Domkraft. We talked about all kinds of stuff...Psycho Las Vegas, the Swedish music scene, kids and social media, their upcoming Magnetic Eye records release Seeds, and MER's streaming show coming up in May with past guests Howling Giant. Seeds is a brilliant record, and it's out in full on April 30th, and available to order from the Bandcamp link below! Also, future guest Pete Holland from Elep...
Apr 26, 2021•2 hr 17 min•Ep. 32
This week we sit down with Josh Espinoza from the band Worship and PinUp Artist Management. Josh discussed the concept of a "semi-professional" band, what jobs are good for touring musicians, securing endorsements for himself and his bands (Josh has a very coveted endorsement from Electrical Guitar Company, and has managed to secure much coveted free Taco Bell cash cards for his bands!), which artists he managing are doing good stuff (Wolf King just performed at Roadburn Redux, and Summoning the...
Apr 19, 2021•2 hr 28 min•Ep. 31
Whoooooo boy...triple-banger coming at you with Zach, Tom, and Seabass from Howling Giant! We spent 2 hours talking about all kinds of stuff, including their upcoming release Alteration, streaming on Twitch, keeping the band a family affair, and why they keep Seabass locked up in a room upstairs! Also, TOXIC DOSE NATION COMING FOR YOU!!! Howling Giant Bandcamp https://howlinggiant.bandcamp.com/ Twitch https://www.twitch.tv/howlinggiantofficial This week's submissions: Vanero https://vaneno.bandc...
Apr 12, 2021•2 hr 23 min•Ep. 30
