It's funny how some bands just develop a buzz about them fairly quick, while others seem to disappear into mediocrity. Both can be said about both of these groups. Guji is a very new band that, at the time of this recording, have only played a handful of shows and release their first recording. And here they are getting publicity and having their album released by a label. Whereas, The Monks had only finally received any kind of notoriety decades after they broke up. Either way, they are both gr...
Oct 02, 2023•1 hr 34 min
Happy release day to my guest, Ben Krause and his band NECKBOLT hailing from Psychedelic rock ground zero, Austin, TX! On the day of this release, NECKBOLT is releasing their second album, dream dump, on Born Yesterday Records. It is available now wherever you stream your music, but please don't forget to purchase a copy of it on vinyl here: https://neckbolt.bandcamp.com/album/dream-dump This was a difficult talk to prepare for but it went very smoothly thanks to Ben. Not only do I encourage you...
Sep 22, 2023•1 hr 40 min
Each episode has it's challenges in researching the chosen album by the guest. Some are not so hard. Maybe even easy. Others make you wish you were dead. That's not saying that this is a horrible album. It's not. It's a great album by a great band. A mythical group that I think is fairly obscure. Obviously there are a great number of people that know and love Goblin, but even with that being said, how many of those people truly know much about this band? Well, my guest today does. Steve Moore, b...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 18 min
This is one episode I found it hard to prepare for. It seems I have a string of them coming, but this is the first I tried to tackle. Slint's Spiderland. Christ man, it's a difficult record, but me and my guest today, Sean Prior, had a great time trying! He's in a terrific band called Intercourse. They have a new album. Not necessarily like Slint, but there are some elements there. You should make up your own mind and get it here: https://intercourse.bandcamp.com/album/halo-castration-institute ...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 28 min
Ladies and gentlemen, I bring to you today, Ev Gold! The singer songwriter and guitarist for Cinema Cinema from Brooklyn, NY. Ev was a great guest to have on for this show because, not only is enthusiastic admiration for this band and album, but he has first hand knowledge of being in Inner Ear Studios, where this album was recorded. And with revered engineer/producer Don Zientara for multiple recordings of CC. Don, also being the engineer for In On The Killtaker. Amazing frame of reference to h...
Aug 18, 2023•1 hr 44 min
Today, Daniel Gene, of Pittsburg band, Mirakler, joined me live in the studio to discuss what kind of impact Metallica's Black Album had on his adolescent brain. To my surprise, this album of his choice was chosen because of more of a negative impact than the typical gushingly positive reason. Still intriguing. Possibly more just for that reason. At the time of this recording, Daniel was on tour, but by they time you hear this it'll be just ending with dates with Cherubs and T-Tops in PA. https:...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr 26 min
We're back! After a short break, we're very happy to bring you David Schellenberg of the band Tunic from Winnipeg, Canada. In this episode, I share all that I could gather about Weezer's Pinkerton, jumble it up and put it up against David and Tunic's catalog and try to determine what similarities they have if any. If you'd like to try to reach the same delineation, I encourage you to listen to and/or buy all of Tunic's records here: https://tunicband.bandcamp.com/album/wrong-dream or here: https...
Jul 07, 2023•1 hr 32 min
On this, our 100th episode, I couldn't be more excited to bring to you Justin Pearson! Founder of ThreeOneG Records. Member of bands such as Struggle, Swing Kids, Retox, Deaf Club, Dead Cross and many others. Justin has been on my short list for some time now, but I could never have imagined how this was going to turn out. Being that these interviews and the questions therein, are formulated through the context of the chosen album. And knowing that there were so many possible choices, it blows m...
May 25, 2023•1 hr 43 min
Very excited to bring to you Curran Reynolds! Curran is an exceptional musician who has been at it for more than half his life. From humble beginnings in rural Maine, to performing world wide with Today is the Day. This is a great talk that really goes in depth of Curran's history, life experiences and opinions, all revolving around the topic of discussion, Jane's Addiction's debut album, Nothing's Shocking. Curran's latest project, Body Stuff is releasing it's first full length album(4) after t...
May 12, 2023•1 hr 49 min
MIIRRORS started out between my guests, Brian McSweeney and Shawn Rios. The duo had been working together for many years before finally piecing together a cohesive 5 piece. Now fully formed and established they'll be hitting the road in support of their latest full length from Pravda Records, Motion and Picture. It's a great album full of moody balladry and sparkling hooks through a nuanced sonic landscape. At times smooth and sleek and others bombastic and jagged. But don't take my word for it....
Apr 24, 2023•1 hr 35 min
Hope you had your coffee, because my guest today, Scott Crow, is coming in hot! This is one of those high octane episodes that was so much fun to have. Scott really dug into the idea of trying to narrow down the idea of picking ONE album that could be considered integral to his understanding of music, and I think he made an excellent choice. Though we both agree to not care for the band U2 in the slightest, it does prove to be true that at the time Scott was introduced to this band and that albu...
Mar 28, 2023•1 hr 45 min
Here's another monumental one! We're very honored to bring you Ivan Julian, the legendary guitarist for bands such as Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Matthew Sweet, Outsets, Shriekback and more! This helps connect a few of the threads in musical history that this whole show has been about. This was a great conversation focused moon an album important to Ivan, The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers, which is a bad mutherfucker of an album! Ivan has a new album out on Pravda Records and I encourage y...
Mar 14, 2023•1 hr 19 min
Today's episode I have a great talk with John Leon. He is the guitarist and founding member of The Royal Arctic Institute, a great instrumental band from NY! And the album topic of discussion is Game Theory's Lolita Nation. I've never heard this band until now. So, this is one of those weird pairing's where the guest, influenced by this album of choice, isn't currently making music that sounds anything like the topic album. For a music lover, it's really not that weird, but if you like Game Theo...
Mar 13, 2023•1 hr 51 min
Things are evolving again. We're not completely changing format, but for the right guest and/or circumstance, I'll gladly bend the rules. Today's episode features my talk with Daryl Black Eagle Jamieson. Leader of the Eastern Medicine Singers which makes up more than half of the Joyful Noise/Stone Tapes recording artists, Medicine Singers. After I caught them, completely by accident, I was compelled to try to reach out and get them for the show. So, here we are. I'll admit, I was a little nervou...
Feb 20, 2023•1 hr 14 min
First episode of the New Year, and we're coming in hot! Bobby Matador of Oneida joins us today to provide some insight on what The Fall's Domesday Pay-Off Triad Plus! meant to his young musical development as well as what it means to him now. For those of you who might not be familiar with this weird, limited U.S. edition, it is essentially a version of Bend Sinister. That's only what I came to find out as this discussion unfolded. Little tricky, but we made due and got a great conversation out ...
Jan 17, 2023•1 hr 40 min
Here we are having a little break from our typical format. This episode we speak with Chris X. Founder of Reptilian Records. A former record store turned record label which has been slugging away for about 26 years now. No small feat considering they started in the 90's during the largely anti-vinyl period of music to the now booming vinyl sales but sluggish, at best, production times. Chris has got a lot working against him, but he's still managed, not only, to keep his head afloat the ever evo...
Dec 28, 2022•1 hr 13 min
Daniel Kelley is the front person for Moral Panic from NYC. The weird part about getting to talk to artists about an album that was influential to them, is that sometimes they just don't line up perfectly. This pairing is fairly close, but the unique thing about Moral Panic is that they dance a line between traditional punk and rock. Almost verging on a noise rock element. Very cool stuff. We encourage you to take a listen for yourself and if you enjoy it, consider purchasing any of their albums...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 25 min
Here we are with #10. The final installment of our Noise Rock Series for No Coast Fest 2022 with Fest organizer and founder, Jeff Helland. For this episode I forwent the topic of an important album so that we could focus on the details of the fest and Jeff's personal opinion on what the hell noise rock even is. This is what I consider to be a very touching and heartfelt show because, if nothing else, doing this series has lead me to realize the importance and impact music has on all our lives. Y...
Oct 24, 2022•51 min
#8 in our noise rock series for No Coast Fest 2022. Today's special guest is Shawn Knight of the band Child Bite from Detriot, MI. We were supposed to talk about Disco Volante, but we kinda veered off the road into wild and weird destinations. Mostly about the connections between art and music, which pertains to the album of choice, but I gave Shawn the reigns to discuss his art and music because it's so damn good. I encourage anyone to take a look at Child Bite's discography and all the art fro...
Oct 17, 2022•1 hr 15 min
Here we are with #6 in our noise rock series for No Coast Fest 2022 with Bend, Oregon's The Kronk Men. Much like their name, they have a unique sound that is not only instrumental but powerful, aggressive, and at times even a little unsettling. This was a great talk getting into their minds a little while figuring out where that name came from, what they consider noise rock, and of course, their experiences with Scratch Acid's Berserker EP. A pillar of the noise rock movement. Great talk. If you...
Oct 03, 2022•1 hr 5 min
#5 in the noise rock series featuring bands performing at No Coast Fest 2022, I bring to you Providence locals, The Hammer Party. Coming to you from their personal headquarters during a practice session, the guys made a little time to discuss their new EP, what it took to get there, getting to No Coast and one other small surprise we've been waiting to announce. Find out more and check for last minute updates and details at their social media here: https://www.instagram.com/thehammerpartyofficia...
Sep 26, 2022•34 min
#4 in our noise rock series for No Coast Fest 2022. Today we bring you lead vocalist and guitarist of Canada's KEN Mode. With these episodes being a little shorter than our usual, I feel like we glossed over the album of discussion, Today is the Day's second album, Willpower. It is also obscure enough to be very difficult to research. But Jesse is a seasoned veteran of the noise rock scene so I focused more on that, and I think we covered some informative ground for his fans of old and new. We d...
Sep 19, 2022•1 hr 20 min
#3 in our noise rock series featuring bands performing at No Coast Fest 2022. Next up is Dave Kuzy, guitarist and singer of Pittsburgh's ((microwaves)). Here's a great example an unlikely influence an album may have had over an artist. Great short conversation covering that influence, as well as microwaves' upcoming tour, new album and new single, which are out right now! As a matter of fact, you can get them both right here: https://microwaves.bandcamp.com/album/discomfiture-atlas And, of cours...
Sep 12, 2022•1 hr 3 min
Here we are with the first installment of our Noise Rock series featuring bands performing at No Coast Fest 2022 in Denton, TX at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios. Very excited to bring you T-Tops from Pittsburgh, PA. This talk starts the greater conversation of what noise rock is and what it means to the bands who make it. Pretty profound especially starting with this album, Nirvana's In Utero. We encourage you to support T-Tops by buying their latest album here: https://t-tops.bandcamp.com/albu...
Aug 30, 2022•1 hr 12 min
In relation to music industry standards, 6 years between records could be a kiss of death. But for a band like Sleepyhead, it's just what they needed to incubate a collection of songs carefully crafted at legendary Q Division Studios. Life and all of it's roadblocks didn't help the timeframe, but did inform the content. The result? A deeply profound, mature album rolling through the ups and downs of life in perfect sonic harmony. And I have been looking forward to this conversation for quite som...
Aug 23, 2022•1 hr 57 min
Jesse Adelson is a talented multi instrumentalist that plays with the band Slashers and Prostitution, both of which herald from NYC. I've been able to see Slashers a couple times now, and they do not disappoint! At the moment this is being released, they are on tour. So if they're coming near your town, go check them out! Slashers may be a skate punk, thrash style of band, but I'll tell you, if you like this Guns album, there's a very good chance you'll like Slashers just as much. See them: Aug ...
Aug 05, 2022•1 hr 50 min
There are certain aspects about this show that I really love. One. Being able to get to know artists and speak with them intimately. Two. Getting to check out albums that I may have otherwise missed or passed on. Three? Getting to premier new material that no one's ever heard! Today's show touches all those bases, and I couldn't be more psyched! All five members of Providence's own, Bochek, join me today to discuss Ata Kak's Obaa Sima! A crazy, lo-fi, self produced, electronic dance obscurity! A...
May 30, 2022•1 hr 17 min
This version is our first attempt at embedding the video version. My guest today is Felix Bechtolsheimer. Formerly of Hey Negrita, and currently of Curse of Lono. Felix is a English musician joining me from London to discuss his new album, People in Cars. This was a very candid conversation that spanned many topics ranging from early musical experiences, deep drug addiction and the road to recovery, and of course, The Rolling Stones' Exile on Main Street. Some of the parallels are uncanny. Stay ...
May 04, 2022•1 hr 32 min
With Record Store Day just around the corner, it's our pleasure to bring to you Ben Vaughn! He has a new limited edition album, The World of Ben Vaughn, exclusively available on RSD 2022. A widely acclaimed and accomplished musician and producer who has worked with the likes of Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ween, Los Straitjackets, Pink Slip Daddy, The Friggs and many more. Ben also worked in television and film as a composer for Third Rock From the Sun, That 70's Show, Grounded For Life as well as m...
Apr 11, 2022•1 hr 59 min
Very honored to bring you today's show with J. Niimi. He is a talented songwriter, musician and journalist who wrote the book about REM's Murmur for the prestigious 33 1/3 music series. It goes without saying that this album has had a profound impact on his personal and musical development. So much so, that in his words, there was no question as to what album he would want to write about. So we take this opportunity to dive deep into why that was and attempt analyzing this monumental and complex...
Mar 28, 2022•1 hr 59 min
