Everything Went Black Podcast

This is round 3 of our unofficial "Unholy Portland" miniseries. This week, we welcome Davey Ferchow of Dry Wedding, another great Portland band mining the post-punk shadows of one of the Northwest's most fertile music cities. Intro: "All the Dark Things" - Mike Hill Outro: "Frayed Rope" - Dry Wedding

This week, Casey Logan of Portland's Murderbait joins us. If you missed last week's episode, go back and listen to it; Ralph and I hold Murderbait in the highest regard. Casey and I go way back to the inspiration for the band, philosophies on creativity and also talk about Shadowlands, another fine participant in Portland's underground music scene. Intro: "All the Dark Things" - Mike Hill Outro: "...

It seems like a lifetime has passed since Ralph and I did an episode together.  It was great to catch up and talk about a great band that needs more hype. A while back, Ralph turned me on to Murderbait from Portland. At the time, their EP “When the Sun Goes Down, It Goes Down Forever” was out.  You have to love that title.  Immediately, I was drawn into their web or darkness and intensity, bringin...

Trevor Shelley-DeBrauw of Pelican / Rlyr returns to the podcast.  For serious, old school listeners you may remember the episode we recorded way back when we were on tour in Europe together.  I always look forward to these meetings; some of my favorite tour memories involve Trevor and the men of Pelican and Isis. Intro: "Everything Went Black" - Mike Hill Outro: "Specks of Light" - Pelican

As some of you know, Tombs wrapped up a short run of dates with Cloak and Restless Spirit. It was great to be out on the road again; also shout out to those of you that I met in person!   This week, Paul Aloisio, the guitarist  and vocalist from Restless Spirit joins us to talk about the formation of the band, their current album “Blood of the Old Gods” as well as his time writing about horror mov...

I’m back from being on the road for a few days.  I actually got to meet some of you, which was really cool.  It’s been a while since we put one of these out, so here we go.   Intro:     “All the Dark Things” – Composed and recorded by Mike Hill Outro:   “The Last Thing” – Lebanon Hanover

It’s another Heavy Metal Massacre coming at you this week. Me and J Bennet, long time friend / musician / rock scribe, joins us to talk about the New Wave of British Heavy Metal and some of our favorite bands that we tagged with this moniker. Intro:     “Everything Went Black” – Composed and recorded by Mike Hill Outro:   “Alley Cat Blues” – Star Fighters

John Lamacchia joins us this week to talk about “Thunderheads” his brand new record set to release on May 20 on Aqualamb Records.  For decades, John led Brooklyn-based progressive metallic hardcore band Candiria, been active with other projects such as Spylacopa as well as DJ’ing at various NYC night spots. Thunderheads is a deeply personal record, produced during the pandemic that dealt with, as...

Ralph and I are back to talk about X, the seminal LA punk band. Intro:     "River of Night" - composed and recorded by Mike Hill Outro:    "White Girl" - X

To commemorate the 25th anniversary of “The Lost Highway” Ralph and I take a look back at the illustrious career or a True American Treasure, the genius filmmaker / artist / musician David Lynch. Intro:     “Everything Went Black” – Composed and recorded by Mike Hill Outro:   “This Magic Moment” – Composed by Doc Pomus and Mort Shuman, originally perfomed by The Drifters and covered by Lou Reed

J Bennet returns for round 2 of Heavy Metal Massacre.  J and I talk about our favorite singers, and run down our playlist. Intro:     “Everything Went Black” – composed and recorded by Mike Hill Outro:   “Iron Maiden” – Iron Maiden

This week is a solo episode. I’m sure everyone is sick of hearing about Joe Rogan and his issues with censorship and Spotify; as a matter of fact, I thought about forgoing any commentary on this subject at all, but enough people asked me about it, so I decided to do a short episode on it.  For those of you who are sick of this, I apologize and for those of you who still want to hear my thoughts on...

Eugene S. Robinson returns! I always look forward to conversations with Eugene; razor sharp wit, funny and verbally engaging, it’s always a good time.   I first was introduced to his work back in the late 90’s, when I discovered Oxbow, a hard-to-classify band that combined razor sharp musical execution, unique vocals, controlled aggression, subtlety and a very cool narrative lyric style. Additiona...

This is a cool episode idea that came directly from a Patreon suggestion (Thanks Alex!). Ralph and I discuss what got us interested in playing guitar and the long list of influences and inspirations from over the years.  Enjoy   Intro:     “River of Night” – composed and recorded by Mike Hill Outro:   “You Can’t Put Your Arms Around a Memory” – Johnny Thunders

The late Rowland S Howard left a rich musical legacy when he departed this mortal coil over a decade ago.  Most notably, Howard was the creative force behind The Birthday Party, the legendary “Post-Punk” band that also gave us Nick Cave.  Ralph and I give a retrospective on Howard’s legacy, complete with all of the anecdotes and tangents that you can expect from a typical EWB episode. Intro:      ...

Jamie Getz and I go way back.  We met when his old band Lickgoldensky had just formed I was slugging it out in Anodyne. Our would go on to play numerous shows together across the US and eventually, we would form the short-lived band Versoma. We’ve been friends for a long time, but the rigors or life sometimes allow you to fall out of touch.  Frankly, I can’t remember the last time Jamie and I actu...

Ralph and I get together to talk about the sensational Archive 81. I know we said that Long Shadows will be dedicated to literature but Archive 81 hits all of the weird fiction notes so we decided to release an episode on the regular stream for you guys to check out.   Intro:     “Long Shadows” – composed and recorded by Mike Hill Outro:   “All in my Mind” – Love and Rockets

Peter Farris, author / musician, returns to Everything Went Black.  A few years ago, Pete came on to promote his first novel, Last Call for the Living, a dark, crime story.  His second novel, The Devil Himself is ready to go and Pete returns to tell us of the hardships of the publishing industry and gives us a viewport into his creative process. The Devil Himself is currently available in France,...

Primarily due to my friendship with Jackie Smit and his excellent podcast, Into the Necrosphere, I have learned about a whole host of excellent bands that somehow exist below the radar of most people.  This week’s guest, Evan Hopper is one such musician and his band Quell is excellent. Totally independent and dedicated, Quell is the essence of modern black metal. Evan and I went deep on this episo...

This is a pilot episode that Ralph and I are going to cohost on the patreon. I realize this may not be everybody’s cup of tea, so check it out and if you are interested, you can find more episodes in the coming months on patreon. What is weird fiction? Firstly, I will tell you what it isn’t. you won’t find vampires, werewolves, zombies, serial killers or any of the typical horror tropes. Instead,...

My old friend J Bennet join us again this week.  J has been on both Metal Matters and EWB numerous times over the years; most likely you know J from his music journalism and his band Ides of Gemini. We go back a long way.   One of the things we’ve bonded over is our love of old school heavy metal and hard rock, so I used this as an excuse to talk on the phone and put together a playlist of jams th...

Happy New Year everyone.  We hope you all had a safe and enjoyable holiday.  2022 looms ahead of us and I think we are all approaching it with a bit of trepidation.  Ralph and I got together to lay out our plan for the coming year and, of course, go off on tangents into other subjects. I’d like to personally thank everyone that signed up for the Patreon.  We’re dedicated to making it interesting a...

As the year 2021 draws to an end, Ralph and I reflected on a very challenging year. Luckily, there were quite a few excellent records, movies and streaming shows to help us get through the hard times and shine a little light into our dark worlds.    This week, we give you guys a rundown of some of our favorites from the past year. We hope you enjoy our lists and we'd like to wish everyone a happy...

This week’s episode could have been called “Plague Diaries Revisited” but instead I went with the more descriptive, direct approach.  Since we’re still dealing with the Covid-19 Pandemic, I figured I would share my recent experiences with getting infected, recovery and not being able to taste my food on Thanksgiving.   Intro:                    “Unholy Passion Theme” – composed and recorded by Mik...

My old friend Keith Bennett joins us week for a deep episode.  Keith is a Boston metal / hardcore LEGEND, first coming into prominence as the bassist in Wrecking Crew. Over the years, he has played in a host of bands, one of my favorites being Panzerbastard.  Keith takes us on a journey thru the “old days” of Boston, Kenmore Square, The Rat, problems with drugs and alcohol ultimately landing on a...