Diamond Inn

We’re back at the Inn. It’s the pivotal episode 25, & it’s all about the hang. This is the story of our band, man. So stay up late, dive into the pool, & try to follow along to the tall tale that is the Kentucky Derby Con Man. Love Y’all!  Support the show

YOLO, it’s the year of the dragon, and The Diamond Inn has once again opened its doors for 2024. We’re ecstatic to welcome our first guests in this new year, The Dreaded Laramie. They’re a Nashville power pop-indie band that has been forging their way forward through the vast tundra of DIY poppy, punky rock & roll. They graciously spent some time sharing their story about how they met and deci...

Matt had to call out sick so Eric was flying Solo in episode 23. Although missing his jolly banter, It was still an awesome conversation with the exciting electro-pop/ indie NYC artist, frau. We had a nice talk about her early roots that sprouted through singing in choirs, & how those experiences lead to a more creative spark. We covered many things from her early opportunities being featured...

Make some noise! Episode 22 is all about Drew of Sundots, the Pennsylvania experimental indie folk bedroom project that is easy to gauge the time, passion, & energy he has spent on it. Matt & Eric were fascinated to learn the history of Drew’s creative nature. He is an inspired soul that champion’s the projects he finds interesting, as he gives plenty of praise to music & artists he ha...

It’s all ambience in episode 21 with a very calm & collected influential buddy of Matt’s, Brian Judkins of the now retired post rock instrumental Nashville band, Trabant. Who in their heyday in the 00’s got to play some local gigs with early ensembles of Explosions in the Sky, Her Space Holiday, & Emery Reel. Brian took some time on a Friday night to talk to us about the ups & downs of...

It’s episode 20 & this week we caught up with Nik & Luke of the dreamy indie power-pop band, Midnight High. We were so stoked to hang with these sweet southwestern transplants as they retold their journey with the wind that carried them from the dusty, golden desert all the way to the magical pacific northwestern city of Seattle, WA. Our conversation was gifted with plenty of laughs as we...

Gas up your Toyota Camry’s & get ready for a smooth ride with David Howard, the radical drummer of Nashville’s OG Indie rap rock group, Stone Deep. We caught up with David as he was hangin’ out on a Friday night, & he graciously spent some time sharing his experience with the band which originally formed in Nashville back in the 80’s! Ride along on this road trip as David recollects some o...

Yo Yo YOLO!  Check into the Diamond Inn once again for another hang sesh, this time with another one of Eric’s long lost New Mexico friends from the days of dirty skateboards & heart broken punk rock emo songs. This one’s all over the place, but what isn’t these days? This episode spotlight’s Pat Casem, a true blue desert dwellin’ rad artist on a skateboard. Follow along as we talk to Pat abou...

Stop on by & hang out at the Diamond Inn Studios with Wesley Suttle & Greg Dowling of the Alternative Shoegaze Nashville 4 piece Maiden Mother Crone. It’s Matt & Eric’s first live interview, & it was a wild & wonderful time! Listen in to hear what years of explosive drumming, washed out dreamy riffs, poetic lyrics, pizza, & cold beers have done to the minds of 4 men on a qu...

ZOOM ZOOM, VROOM VROOM! It's season 2, y'all! Join us in welcoming this grand year of 2023 with our new buds RACECARS, Murfreesboro power pop punk indie dudes that are as chill as they are rowdy rockers! Tanner (Vox/Guitar) and Jake (Drums) kindly took an hour out of their Friday night to sit and chat with the Diamond Inn. Listen in as they share some medicinally induced vivid dream desc...

It’s been a hell of year, friends. So, check in to the Diamond Inn to wind down 2022 with another one of Eric’s New Mexican homies. We had a blast talking to Andrew Martinez, who happens to be 1 of 10 talented artists that just won this years PBR art can contest! Join us and hear all about Andrew’s approach to music, graphic design, working on new projects, special projects of the past, his BFF’s,...

Catch a weekend wave at the Diamond Inn as we beam down & chat with Thomas Sweat of the East Nashville party pop punkers, Have a Rad Day. Luckily, we caught up with Thomas before he headed out to a Halloween rager dressed up as Argyle from Stranger Things. Chill out as he gives a brief history into his band born out of the Mississippi mud & then sludged it up north to land smack-dab in Rif...

Happy YOLOWEEN y’all! Although Eric starts out confused, this is indeed episode lucky #13. Just in time for the spookiest of seasons! The KDCM boys facetime drop right in the middle of an early evening chill sesh between Liam & Husam of the experimental indie garage rockers, Brantwood. One-half of Brant is hungry, buzzed, & willing to tell it all! The dudes start off by bravely revisiting...

It was a symphony of nocturnal bugs chirping along to the calm and kind vibes of Coleman from Wulven in episode #12. He illustrates to us his unique music starting back from his days of a low-fi sad boy to the more fully formed shoegaze project it is these days. Matt talks about what his album covers remind him of. Hear the insight on one of the hottest house shows that happened in Nashville, TN i...

Join us as we hop online & locate Logan of Melaina Kol cruising the unpredictable streets of GTA. Just a man on a mission. He kindly invites us into his Ocelot Pariah & we commence on a wonderful conversation of mind boggling nightmares, the dark web, humble beginnings, early inspiring indie bands, & more positively influential piano teachers. Logan describes the ins & outs of what...

We’re back into it in episode 10 with murfreesboro’s slickest, sweetest indie goth punk, Jake Kroll! Come along on this sound trip as Jake describes his impressively rad guitar collection/ border line obsession. He shares details on some of the guitar experiments he has conducted, you may even learn something worth noting if that’s what you fancy. We get to talk about where & how he started, &...

Grab your gear, hop in the van outta Sorrytown, & join our conversation with the ever creative captain of the road, Simeon Beardsley. We cover much that has happened over the years. Hear about his experiences from the quiet *probably cursed* playgrounds of Illinois, hellacious fastball practices in the backyard, the beginnings of playing music, to life amongst the massive high-rises of Manhatt...

It’s the infinite episode 8 & we’re catching up with cool KT Neely of the band Girlgoyle on a sunny afternoon beaming in from Portland, OR. We begin our discussion by figuring out all about Frankie Munez’s Nascar amnesia as he stated on Steve-O’s wild podcast. She explains her early days on piano with a hardcore instructor that used quarters as punishment, and how the 5th grade snare drum was...

Crack a beer & Rock & Roll with us! TN meets TX. Ride along on our conversation with the brilliant structural/sick-sounds engineer, Eric Reed of the magnificent Alabama Deathwalk as he tunes in from his Central Texas back porch. A very open air episode, sound-scapy, outside reverberations soaking in from the tree’s & up through the grass, highlighted in a way only tape can boys. We tal...

Get your rubbers hot & come on down to Music World!!! This was a really fun conversation with the shreddin’, slammin’ always pleasant & positive vegan guitarist of the brutal death metal band Abated Mass of Flesh, Zach Plunkett. Matt is also the vocalist in this, which is his very first project! The 3 of us share stories of growing up with our ever-evolving love of creating music. Hear viv...

In this episode, the diamond dudes are chilling out with Chad James of the Murfreesboro pop punk gaze solo project, Karate Chad.  Beaming into us from his DIY clubhouse/studio “THE SHACK” out in the quiet country of Mid TN amongst a torrential downpour.   We talk about beginnings, gears, beers, live stuff, process of recording (mixing secrets,) friendships that connect DIY musicians, touring, &amp...

We’re nothing but a bunch of millennials reminiscing on the golden age of music videos. DJ’s, VJ’s, MTV & Nickelodeon. Growing up. Consuming MTV to an extreme degree. Reppin’ our childhood hometowns. Long lost best best friends. Staying Inspired. Follow along as Kelley Williams (Back of a Car) masterfully & considerately recalls and answers questions that we asked him, and then almost imme...

In this sonic side quest, Matt & Eric take a smooth dive into Matt’s ambient-noise solo project, NGC 4414. Listen in as Matt describes how his music sounds, and explains a little of the process and inspiration behind the way his sounds are shaped. Eric talks about his favorite things about NGC 4414.  All kinds of bologna in between!  Eric’s side note: Listen to NGC 4414 at night or in the rain...

Back again from the quiet depths of the living room! In this episode, Eric talks about his personal project, Sad Speller. Ride along as he tries his best to explain the way it all began. You’ll hear stories about how old friends & places helped shape the sounds he still makes to this day. You may even hear about some rowdy shows that have happened along the way! Also, how the music of Sad spel...

Come along for the grand saga of Matt & Eric’s very 1st project together, Weathertalk. Through laughs, stories, slurps, & a few burps, we reminisce on how it all started, the awesome people involved, & some of our favorite things that happened around this band. We even live up to the power of the name with a tangent on tornadoes! This was a lot of fun to record, hope whoever listens ha...