March Forth with Mike Bauman

On this episode of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Ryan Wayton of Tropic Bombs! Hailing from Mike's hometown of Toledo, Ohio, Ryan (vocals, drums, producer) and Tropic Bombs stormed onto the Toledo music scene back in 2011. They quickly built a dedicated fan base with their high-energy live shows and fusion of rock, reggae, hip-hop, and elements of metalcore vocals. Tropic Bombs rele...

On episode 189 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Gavin Bowles! Hailing from Australia, Gavin is a singer-songwriter, guitarist, vocalist, and frontman of Sydney indie rock outfit Gavin Bowles & The Distractions. Comprised of Bowles (vocals, guitar), Gavin's brother Simon Bowles (drums), Cameron Hill (bass), and Michael Crudgington (guitar), Gavin Bowles & The Distractions bl...

On episode 188 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Dylan Baumgartner of Slingshot! Formed in 2018, Slingshot is an emo/post-hardcore band from Southern California. Comprised of Baumgartner (guitar & vocals), She-Ra (vocals), Armand Morillo (bass & vocals), and Annaleece Arellano (drums), this lineup of Slingshot has built a following through energetic live shows and an impleme...

On episode 187 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Nard Grice of Ruckus VA! Based in Virginia Beach, Grice is a digital creator, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and singer-songwriter whose latest project is Virginia hardcore outfit Ruckus VA. Handling both the brutal vocals and musicianship on Ruckus VA, Grice has taken his heavy music chops and creative vision to a new level.  On Ju...

On episode 186 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Zhaklina Spencer! Originally from New York, Zhaklina is an independent, alternative pop artist based in Nashville. With a strong faith as her driving force, she uses her music to encourage others to live from a place of knowing they are loved and inspire messages of mental well-being. Suicide prevention and mental health awareness are...

On episode 185 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Colt Crevar and Kelly Flusk! Musicians Crevar (guitarist, Forever May Fall) and Flusk (guitarist, Killakoi) both used to perform together in the heavy rock band Something Clever out of Charlotte, North Carolina. After forming in 2013, Something Clever went on to release multiple EPs, their album Season of Light (2017), saw their song...

On episode 184 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with The Spaceman! Not just a traveler of the Cosmos, The Spaceman is a harbinger of what's to come. After being launched into the void by a secretive, black budget space program, he vanished beyond a black hole. His identity, reality, and time were all fractured. When he crash-landed back to Earth, The Spaceman was no longer human. He had...

On episode 183 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Johnny Zirkel! Originally from New Jersey, Johnny is a California-based musician, producer, songwriter, and content creator, among numerous other hats he wears. Over the years, he's performed in the nu-punk band The Wildfires Projekt, and also developed and hosted of the show Sounds of the Underground. An alternative rock TV series wh...

On episode 182 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Ali Slater! Based in LA via NYC, Ali is a singer-songwriter in the pop-punk/emo vein who has been into music since she was a child. Following the deaths of a coworker and her high school music teacher Joe Carbone during the pandemic, Ali kickstarted her music dreams in a big way. On 4/8/22, Ali released her debut EP entitled LUS!D. Fu...

On episode 181 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Resider! Resider is a 4-piece Southern California nu-metalcore band who just dropped their new EP entitled SHADE on July 25th. Fusing elements of nu-metal and metalcore from both past and present, Resider's aggressive and emotive sound is one that's already capturing the attention of heavy music fans. Since releasing their first singl...

On episode 180 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Free Friends! Comprised of Ben DeHan (vocals/guitar), Lauren "Lo" DeHan (vocals/cello), and Gil Perez (drums), Free Friends is a pop punk/emo trio from Baltimore, Maryland that formed in 2023. Since their inception, Free Friends has captured the attention of pop punk and emo fans with their own unique blend of emotion, energy, Lo's ce...

On this episode of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Jesse Weber of The Failsafe! The Failsafe is a modern rock band that melds soaring riffs, powerful choruses, electronic elements, and pop-inspired vocals for a sound that's both catchy and filled with conviction. Since dropping their LP Erasing Color in 2019, The Failsafe has a musical catalog that's topped 1 million streams. Over th...

On episode 178 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with guitarist Wes Anderson! Based in Baltimore, Maryland, Wes is a guitarist who has been playing music for over 25 years. Since 2018, Wes has focused on his solo work, collaborating with artists from the hip hop, rock, alternative, and numetal genres. By 2024, Wes' musical collaborations had amassed over 500,000 streams. Among those coll...

On episode 177 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Firmament! Hailing from Canton, Ohio, Firmament is a melodic, metalcore/progressive rock duo comprised of brothers Eric and Brandon Carbenia. Formed in 2014, Firmament released their debut LP entitled Spirit of Place in 2018. The album received critical acclaim and drew the band comparisons to the likes of Tool, Porcupine Tree, and Th...

On episode 176 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Tai of Bury the Masses! With influences like Dropout Kings, Limp Bizkit, and System Of A Down, Bury the Masses has a blend of trap metal, nu-metal, and rap that's already capturing the attention of music fans in a short period of time. Fronted by rapper Berran Lee, Bury the Masses dropped their debut single "Hitta Lick" on April 18th....

On episode 175 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Julia Who! Originally from Louisville, Kentucky, Julia Who is a Nashville-based singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. In a vibrant, local Nashville music scene, Julia plays bass live for the Music City-based Sleep Nation, in addition to making her own music. On May 7th, Julia released her solo EP entitled Shadow Self-Portrait....

On this episode of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Steven Aripez! Aripez is an independent filmmaker from Temecula, California whose love for movies dates back to his childhood. He started taking film seriously at the age of 16, initially as a writer. Aripez wrote, produced, directed and edited his first feature film entitled The Director's Cut. Inspired in part by the style of movie...

On episode 173 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Jay Williz of BLVKOUT! Hailing from Santa Rosa, California, BLVKOUT is a genre-defying band that draws influence from the likes of Memphis May Fire, Bring Me The Horizon, Bad Omens, and Spiritbox, while also mixing in pop influences. In a short period of time, BLVKOUT has already made noise in the punk and metal communities. After rac...

On episode 172 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Marc Coronado of The Crowned!   Formed in 2013, The Crowned is a Texas metal band that's toured internationally and created a fan base around the globe. With a dynamic, cinematic sound reminiscent of Slipknot and Born of Osiris, The Crowned has shared the stage with the likes of ill Nino, Flaw, Hellyeah, Wednesday 13, and the aforemen...

On episode 171 of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Sean Fitz! Based in Arizona, Sean is a musician and singer with Midwest roots who has been active in the rock and metal genres for roughly a decade. He currently plays bass on tour in hard rock mainstays Otherwise, in addition to releasing his own solo music under Sean Fitz. On March 7th, Sean released his new single entitled "Fake Re...

On this episode of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Adam Port! A New York-based photorealist artist, Adam is an athlete who's love for Michael Jordan and art goes back to his childhood growing up on Long Island. His artistic abilities eventually landed him at Syracuse University, where he studied Illustration at the College of Visual and Performing Arts. After being discovered by a Ne...

On this episode of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Sergio Vega of A Moments Notice! A Moments Notice is a metalcore band from Sacramento, California. Originally started as a solo project for vocalist Greg Molina back in 2021, A Moments Notice eventually became a full band and is now comprised of Vega (bass), Molina (vocals), Thomas Ventura (guitar), and Jesse Yen (drums). Since the b...

On this episode of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Arc of Set The Sun! Comprised of friends Arc and Eris, Set The Sun is a modern metal outfit whose sound blends elements of electronic, metalcore, progressive rock, numetal, and industrial for a cinematic and emotive listening experience. The duo collaborates with other talented musicians they reference as "The Collective," which incl...

On this episode of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Destined for Doom! Destined for Doom is a new deathcore band from Salem, Massachusetts. With influences ranging from Chelsea Grin, to Bring Me The Horizon, Whitechapel, Thy Art Is Murder, Suicide Silence, Signs of the Swarm, and Devitalized, among others, Destined for Doom is excited to unleash their brand of deathcore and heavy musi...

On this episode of March Forth with Mike Bauman, Mike chats with Barry Donegan! Hailing from Nashville, Tennessee, Barry is a personal trainer and vocalist of Look What I Did. Established in 2001, Look What I Did is a genre-clashing, high energy band from the Music City that's toured with everybody from the likes of Drop Dead, Gorgeous, to Folly, to The Human Abstract, among others. Nearly two-and...