Behind the Vinyl

On the eve of the Bouncing Soul's release of Ten Stories High , Steve sits down with Greg Attonito to discuss the upcoming record. With Greg living in Idaho, and Zoom becoming the norm during the pandemic and the current landscape of the world, The Bouncing Souls took a different approach to this album. They threw away the pre-made lyric book and came in with a fresh outlook for the new music. The...

We are visited by Deedee of one of the biggest bands to hit the airwaves this year, MSPAINT. The hardcore group is unique because they made an honest decision of not wanting a guitar when they formed over the pandemic. It was a risk since the public is naturally familiar with loud guitars and breakdowns, but MSPAINT has found a way to not only make it work, but also take the hardcore scene by stor...

This week's guest is the one-and-only Jeremy Bolm! We kick off the podcast talking about his own personal show,  The First Ever Podcast, a fan favorite interview based podcast in the music industry. We talk about pre-interview nerves, which Jeremy believes is a positive because it shows that you care - the same goes for the live experience. Jeremy has had countless impressive guests appear on his...

Ron Gallo takes little for granted, and time is certainly no exception. FOREGROUND MUSIC is not only yet another original take on what's really going on, but also a survey of Ron's primary ruminations on the world from past, present, and future. Still, the substance of these songs--some in-your-face, some buried deep within--is hyper-current, timeless, and relevant as ever. The fourth studio album...

Josh Jurk of Garden State's own hardcore punk band, School Drugs, joins for interview No. 146. When Jared Hart was on last summer he mentioned some of the best shows from when he was growing up in the punk scene. He mentioned how Josh threw some of the best shows in New Jersey. Josh reminisces about his upbringings in this one. It all started at a local VFW in Manchester with his original band, Th...

We have a full band interview with Squint. The St. Louis group dropped two EPs last year, including the November release labeled "Wash Away." Squint often gets comparisons to groups like Drug Church and Title Fight, I. Which they don't mind wearing their influences on their sleeve. They have since played with Modern Color - who is also making their rounds in hardcore and currently headlining tours...

This interview does not need an introduction - especially if you are from New Jersey. I was super excited to chat with Benny Horowitz because some of my favorite stories to hear from the NJ music scene are about The Gaslight Anthem's New Brunswick days. We covered a lot of ground inside of this hour window. Benny has been in a ton of projects, even when Gaslight was fully rolling. He talked about...

Mike and Steve join forces for an epic conversation with multi-dimensional creative Patrick Kindlon. We dive into the current buzzing success of Drug Church, the immortality of Self Defense Family, and the past and present of hardcore. Whether it's new music from Earth Crisis, the growing momentum of younger bands in the scene like Anxious or GEL, or even a lesson on touring time management in rel...

Happy New Year! Mike from Twin Shrieks Radio hops back on the pod to interview Chris Teti of the prolific TWIABP. They discuss Chris's work as an audio engineer, how he joined TWIABP over a decade ago, the MySpace era of tour booking into today's world of streaming, an emo documentary that never came out but led to their epic SDRE cover, The Fest FL, setlists, and tales of Horse the Band... listen...

We've got Justice Tripp on the pod to talk all things Angel Du$t, Trapped Under Ice, and recent solo endeavors. After being mesmerized by footage of their Sound and Fury set, I know I need to pick Justice's brain on all things rock n' roll. With deep roots in the Baltimore scene, Justice continues to thrive off the community feel of the hardcore scene while continuously creating in an array of mus...

Everyone knows a Soul Blind cover art at this point. It has a unique blend of colors and leaves the background story open to the viewer's imagination. Cen is a huge fan of art and has worked on the first few EPs, but when the band had the opportunity to collaborate with Frank Maddocks (Linkin Park's Hybrid Theory) it was a true full circle moment. That wasn't the only big name that stepped in to h...

We have Chance and Elle from Kerosense Heights for episode No. 137. I remember my first interaction with Kerosense Heights - it was an Instagram message with a SoundCloud link that had 2 or 3 of their earliest songs. The band has been on a fast track towards emo revival since then. They have hints of Midwest emo with the twinkly guitar riffs and screeching vocals, but they also branch out to their...

We've got Chris Sutter of Chicago;s Meat Wave fresh off their banger of an album, Malign Hex. We talk tour, song dissection, Fiona Apple, The Fest, the EP Volcano Park, and pizza hot takes.  Bandcamp: https://meatwavechicago.bandcamp.com/album/malign-hex Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1BFVh82YuUOyM8XKZIRaBL?si=sNsUf_RnQd-tEuBitROc1g Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/meat-wave/6376...

Traveling across the pond to chat with The Losing Score (UK), fresh off the release of their debut album, "Learn to Let This Go." The album has a catologue of songs that were pieced together over the course of three years. Each song has a special story behind it that the band members remember vividly. Tune in to hear the fun stories from the making of this hit Counter Intuitive record! Website: ht...

Zach Blair of Rise Against joined us for this one. We went over so much during this interview! Blair is someone who is always focusing on music in some capacity. Whether it's his podcast, seeing his brother Doni's band (Toadies) on the road, or playing in his band - he's always moving. His podcast, Anti-Hereos, started this year. In some ways, his father served as a hidden inspiration for his curr...

A candid conversation with Carl Shane of Kal Marks, who are wrapping up an extensive tour in support of their new record,  My Name is Hell (Exploding in Sound Records). We go into the bands new lineup, staying busy during the shutdown (including a conversation about Great Scott closing), how cool it is to simply just play guitar, and the overall mindset of a creative with many years of DIY music e...

We've got Dan Campbell of the wonder years! Awesome episode highlighting their new album (name) where Dan confidently asserts this is the best material the band has put out. We also tackle parenting while being a musician, Dan's earliest involvement in music, his love for still playing acoustic, and more. The Wonder Years Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0nq64XZMWV1s7XHXIkdH7K?si=fSHOls_AQ...

Mike of @twinshrieks Radio taps back in and converses with Sarah and Susan of Charlotte NC's fuzzed out @fayeisaband. They go over Faye's new album You're Better (@selfawarerecords), including some unexpected shredding and genre battles of shoegaze versus fuzz-gaze. Other topics include seltzer shopping, touching Kim Gordon's bass, sharing the stage with Solange, their upcoming Fall tour, and Fran...

Nearly four years passed between the release of Pool Kids' first album and their most recent self-titled—but four years without an album doesn't mean four years of inactivity. While "Safe Sex" stands on its own as a DIY release, the difference in processes between their two full-lengths is impressive. With a new goal to write with a wider range of listeners in mind, Christine challenged herself to...

Kat Moss of Bay Area hardcore punkers Scowl join the pod for a triple threat, as BTV host Steve and Mike of Twin Shrieks Radio tackle cohosting and go over the continuous buzz around the world of Scowl . From last summer's R.B.S. gig that'll forever live in Bay Area hardcore lore, touring w/ Limp Bizkit, playing  Outbreak Fest overseas to the massive return of Sound and Fury Fest in Los Angeles......

Mike from @twinpeakssessions is back hosting his third consecutive BTV episode, this time joined by Austin Stemper of Praise (@llinadream). The guys find common ground in feeling too old for TikTok, dissecting fests such as @soundandfuryfest (where Mike got to see Praise for the first time), @thefestfl of course, and Austin provides an informative look at the past and present of Virginia's beloved...

Mike D of Twin Peaks Sessions taps in again as host and banters with Matthew Berry to hype up the new Berries record "High Flying Man" out this Friday via Run for Cover ! The boys also crack the code on the algorithms and the myths of "presaving",  the worst coffee shop in Los Angeles, voice memos turned jams, and what's next in the forever rocking world of the Berries. LA folks check out their re...

Mike from Twin Peaks Sessions and host of Twin Shrieks Radio took over the mic in this one, chatting with Matteo of Superbloom. They discuss the camaraderie and like minded approach of the band which has kept their consistent OG lineup since the start, their 2021 breakthrough album Pollen, touring for the first time, and of course playing and also soon returning to the Mecca of punk rock, Gainesvi...