Bardown Breakdown

Music and hockey interview with SUCKERPUNCH! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music where our local bands were As Tall As Lions, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, Bayside, The Sleeping, Envy on the Coast, you get the point. We...

Well, you can’t have a Bardown BreakFest without having a Bardown Break Tour! We figured there’s no time like the present, so we figured we’d drop the exclusive news! We’ve got four of the best bands around hitting the road en route to the Fest! We couldn’t be more excited to have Outatime!, Sleave, Frontside, and The Crease Rule flying the Bardown flag all the way down the east coast! If you can’...

Today’s episode of Bardown features our new friends all the way up in still-snowy-in-May North Dakota, Brooklane! We were joined by Chance and Alex, and we discussed their relationship with We Are Triumphant, how their full-length came together, working with Mayday Parade’s vocalist for a killer feature, and how growing up in North Dakota drew them to their love of alternative music. We also talk...

Patrick and Jacob join us to chat about their latest single "Bad Times" and how the IIHF helped this come into existence ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music where our local bands were As Tall As Lions, Brand...

RB Roe from Save Face joins us to chat about their latest album "Another Kill For The Highlight Reel", their tour with The Wonder Years, Origami Angel, and Spanish Love Longs, the Columbus Blue Jackets ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the g...

Aim High joins us to chat about their tour with Frontside, playing Bardown BreakFest, and their latest release "Local Band Forever" ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music where our local bands were As Tall As L...

We here at Bardown Breakdown have had the pleasure of sharing over 150 episodes with you, spanning nearly 3 years and talking hockey and music across the world. We’re indebted to our listeners and the artists who have taken the time to share their stories with us. We’ve never been satisfied with the status quo, and wanted to showcase the best that Bardown has to offer! We’re excited to announce th...

Glimmers joins us to chat about the formation of the band, writing and producing their new music, the Atlanta Thrashers (& Gwinnett Gladiators) ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music where our local bands w...

Chuck Bernard from Keep Flying joins us to chat about their upcoming tours, live record, and EP, the Flyers, shares a wild PHLEX story ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music where our local bands were As Tall A...

George Powell from The Limelight Podcast and Poeta joins us to chat about starting his podcast, TikTok, and all things Poeta ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music where our local bands were As Tall As Lions, B...

Sometimes, we at Bardown like a band so much that we just have to have them on again. Chief State, Vancouver’s favorite fellows, are getting ready to share some new jams, so we figured we’d have our friend Nik Pang on again and talk about it. Nik gives us some insight about their new album, shares some specifics about their writing process, and the bummers about some of the big tours skipping Vanc...

Kevin Ragusa joins us to chat about how he became the VP of A&R for Revival Recordings, the process of discovering new bands, and what it takes for a band to get an offer ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative mu...

Gold Steps joins us to chat about the Milwaukee pop punk scene, working with Nick Thompson from Hit The Lights, and how they would love to play a Milwaukee Admirals game ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music w...

Dan Valery from Suck Brick Kid joins us to chat Chicago Blackhawks, working with Andrew Wade, and the writing process for the band ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music where our local bands were As Tall As Li...

Jeremy McLeod from Nicolas Rage joins us to chat about how landing on a Spotify playlist helped get them a deal with Revival Recordings, how he picked up collecting hockey cards because of being home on quarantine, why he is a Montreal Canadiens fan, ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong...

Today’s episode of Bardown might be a bit of a paradigm shift (hi, Mox!) for us, but sometimes, you just gotta go for it. We went for it, folks. We had the two time Impact World Champion and Impact Grand Slam Champion Eric Young on with us to talk a bit about his career in the ring, but he also gave us some of his favorites in his massive 1300 LP record collection, the influence he had on his incr...

When We Were Young Festival was announced last week and Tom & Mikey share their thoughts ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music where our local bands were As Tall As Lions, Brand New, Taking Back Sunday, Ba...

Dustin Wallace from With The Punches joins us to chat about what they've been up to since the band "ended", their early days and being on Doghouse Records, joining Keep Flying, being a Pens fan in the Hudson Valley ++ way more! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island...

Mikey and Tom keep it in-house this week as we each share our Top 5 releases of 2021, reflect on the year, and look forward to 2022! Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music where our local bands were As Tall As Lions, Brand...

Mike Perez joins the boys this week to chat about how why he is a LA Kings fan and not an Anaheim Ducks fan, what it was like being the first band Pure Noise Records signed, and all things No Bragging Rights. Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory d...

Justin Jones joins the boys this week to chat about how he became hooked on the Preds, the Stadium Series game in Smashville (and their terrible jerseys), and all things Idle Threat. Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music w...

Travis joins Mikey this week to chat about growing up in a CBJ household when your dad is Russ Mollohan, the future of the team, and all things No Dice. Power chords and crashing boards. Mikey and Tom talk music, hockey, and anything else that gets in their way. Tom and Mikey are lifelong friends that grew up on Long Island during the glory days of alternative music where our local bands were As T...

Today’s episode is brought to you by the letters ECHL! We finally got to have our good buddy Jennings Compton on, a wearer of many hats, including managing merchandising for Four Year Strong, Tour Manager for Movements, and a host of other artists, a fantastic stand up comedian, and an off-ice official for the ECHL! A scholar of all things ECHL (including the short-lived Grrrrrrenville Grrrrrrrowl...

We here at Bardown Breakdown are quite the vinyl enthusiasts. Well, once of us nowadays. So, naturally, we dove at the opportunity to have Ian from Pure Noise on the pod. Among Ian’s contributions to the one of the best labels in the land is concocting the vinyl variants of Pure Noise’s catalog, and if you tune in, you’ll hear all about exactly how he conceptualizes some of the coolest vinyl varia...

Episode #144 dives deep into the age old question, is a George Parros tattoo a good idea? Our guest, the acclaimed Gustavo Jaimes of Torch Tattoo in Anaheim seems to think so! Join us as we talk about Gus’ breakout moment in the industry, how being straight-edge led to opening brand new doors in music, his memories of the Ducks’ cup victory in 2007, his tenure at the infamous Chain Reaction, and a...