Part-Time Rockstar Podcast

Episode 200! features my longtime friends the LJR (Luke Roberts), the DJR (Daniel Roberts), The Slang (John & Felix), and my brother Dylan. All former guests of the show. We had a fun round table discussion/celebration of 200 episodes and talked about all the things we’ve been up to collectively. We spent a fair amount of time roasting each other as well as talking about some of our general philos...

Episode 199 features Tom and Rob from the podcast 1001 Album Complaints. The guys break down The Greatest 1001 Albums of all time while also adding their often spicy hot takes. The idea spawned after reading a book called The Greatest 1001 Albums of All Time. If you’re into musicology or just a music nerd like myself you’ll definitely appreciate their show. Rob and Tom also play in bands and I fea...

Episode 198 features Kevin Frank of The Campbell Apartment who are from San Francisco. Kevin is the bassist of the band. Their sound could be described as garage rock with punk and pop influences. Frank and I had a fun conversation about all things music and tech. Frank grew up in the Boston area and moved to California about 20 years ago. So we talked a little bit about the east coast as well as...

Episode 197 features Brandi L M & The Bottomshelf from Austin, TX. She is a pop/alt/rock singer songwriter originally from York, PA. Her songs generally focus on mental health and the stresses of working while being an aspiring musician. In our conversation we talked a lot about her recent move to Austin as well as a lot of candid stories regarding her struggles, successes, and goals. Brandi is cu...

Episode 196 features CabbaGe, who is the host of the In The Patch With Cabbage, a local skate podcast here in Maryland. He is longtime staple of the local skateboarding scene. Even going as far as pro in the 90’s when he moved to San Diego for a time. CabbaGe is also a big time fan of music and has played drums in many bands around the area including Lumber, Witherod, The Stone Dust Riders, & Spor...

Episode 195 features Matt and Levie from E.R.I.E out of Albany, NY. I would describe their sound as nostalgic punk rock or maybe "Americana" punk rock if such a thing exists. They have a similar sound to one of my all-time favorite bands, The Menzingers. The guys have a brand new full length album dropping this Friday called “Suburban Mayhem” and I featured the track “Bad Man’s World” on this epis...

Episode 194 is final episode from our mini-SXSW series, featuring our buds Souls Extolled of Austin, TX. They are a psychedelic rock trio who describe their sound as “Ozzy having a love child with Rancid on acid.” Singer/songwriter Zach Black was kind enough to let us stay at his place while we were in town. This is technically Souls Extolled third time on the show but it was our first time doing...

Episode 193 continues with the mini-SXSW series that I’m doing and features my guests Makeshift Tapedeck out of Monroe, LA. I ran into them quite randomly in Austin at a venue/bar called Hole In The Wall. They were sitting at a picnic table unsuspectingly when I sprung an impromptu interview on them. I spoke with Cole, Joel, and Asa in the conversation. We discussed the origin story of their band,...

Episode 192 features my guest Mike Hertz of the band Part-Time Custodian. They are an indie rock band with what I would describe as slightly country and almost southern sound. Mike has been playing the singer songwriter circuit around the east coast for years and his story telling is certainly a large influence on the band’s sound. I wanted to get him on the show because we are playing a show toge...

Episode 191 features my guests The Brown Goose from Tallahassee Florida. They are a 5 piece rock outfit whose latest album is called “This Is The Way." I featured their hit song “Courthouse” which we talked about in the conversation. I also slapped on another new song of their's called “Runnin’ The Streets.” This is the first of 3 episodes that I was able to do while playing South By Southwest in...

Episode 190 features Sam from Anything Is Everything who are Chicago’s self-proclaimed “Worst Punk Band.” They just dropped a brand new album called, “A Tragic Optimism” which features the single “Remedy.” I featured the song on this episode and if you like it you can find Anything Is Everything on any and all streaming platforms. Sam is the first guest I’ve had on the show from Chi-town thus far...

Episode 189 features indie rock artist Frank Palangi of Albany, NY. We got in touch through a mutual friend and ended up having a lot in common to talk about. Besides doing music, Frank is also making low budget horror movies. Frank also has a new song coming out March 31st called “Fall From Grace.” On this episode I featured a track of his called “Fire Of Love.” If you like it you can find it whe...

Episode 188 features TJ and Bryce from Daze Ago. They are a “psychedelic reggae funk punk rock” band from Buffalo, NY. I came across their stuff because of our mutual friends FUBAR. They guys have a brand new EP called, “Is This Soup?” which just dropped in February. I featured their songs “Escape My Ways” and “Let Down” on the episode. In the interview we talked about some of our favorite bands,...

Episode 187 features Atlanta based EDM artist JD Lion. He has a new track out 2/24/23 called Lighting The Queen which I featured on this episode. JD was a former touring drummer who turned to electronic music in 2019. In our conversation talked about his family’s original move to Canada/US, our mutual interest in hockey, gigging/touring, and also how JD broke his back recently. If you are friends...

Episode 186 features my guest Roberto Montoya of the Austin based group Icons of Industry. They are a in essence a collective of musicians lead by Roberto, who’s passion for theology and thought-provoking lyrics direct the band’s message and sound. The band is influenced by a multitude of genres but is primarily rock. I featured two songs, one is called “Flames of Change” by Icons of Industry and...

Episode 185 features local rap artist Xavier James out of Baltimore, MD. We played a show together a little while back with Old Eastern so I wanted to catch up and have a proper conversation. I featured Xavier’s tracks “Hunned Proof” and “Up All Night.” If you like the songs you can find them on any music streaming platform. In the interview we talked about Xavier’s creative process, the current s...

Episode 184 features Joe and Matt from the New Jersey based pop punk band All Systems Go. They’ve been playing together since 2016. Their latest album Non-Fiction was just released in 2022 and I featured their songs “Rotten Tomatoes “and “Don’t Let Me Go" on this episode. In our conversation we talked about the origins the bands name, lyrics, upcoming tour, and a bunch of other random stuff. So if...

Episode 183 features local pop artist Pat Renny from Baltimore, MD. This is Pat’s second spin on the show and I wanted to get him back on because he has a new song and music video called “Is This Goodbye?”, as well as a big show coming up April 14th at Zen West in Towson. So if you are friends of fans of his you can definitely check out the links to all that stuff in the episode notes. In the inte...

Episode 182 features the Austin area rock band Castle Club. They have a “constantly expanding musical cosmology” from psych-pop and shoe gaze on their first two albums, to prog, punk, and heavy metal on their latest album called All Hail The Lava. I featured two of their songs “Death by Fire” & “Sleep Reaper” respectively on this episode which you can find wherever you listen to music. They guys a...

Episode 181 features Dominic Delaney who is a singer songwriter from Lake Worth, FL and is presently signed to Interstate Records Artists. He released his first full length album in 2021, which was called "The Marrow In My Bones", and also just released a new album this year called "For Life." Dominic say’s he models his sound after punk rock artists such as Frank Turner, The Menzingers, Flogging...

Episode 180 features Marc, Jamaal, & Andrew of the Baltimore area band Brunswick. We are playing a show together on Wednesday Jan 25th at Zissimos in Hamden so I wanted to get them on the pod this week. The band fashions their sound from an interesting mix of folk, pop, rock and lots of hints of country, jazz, and soul. I featured their song “Stumbling” on this episode. If you like it you can defi...

Episode 179 features Mike "Rook" Richards who is a singer-songwriter based in Alexandria, VA. He is currently performing throughout the D.C., Maryland, and Virginia areas while also writing his next record. His influences range from John Mayer, Rob Thomas, Morgan Wade, Jason Isbell, Chris Stapleton, Stevie Wonder and others. I wanted to sit down one day and talk to him in person because we have a...

Episode 178 features americana singer/songwriter Scott Collins of Austin, TX. He’s been writing and releasing music for well over a decade and even had his own day declared by the Mayor of Austin (Jan 31, 2019). For Collin's latest album, he teamed up with Grammy-nominated producer Chris "Frenchie" Smith (Built To Spill, Dandy Warhols, Jet) to create the well received In The Burgundy EP.  I featur...

Episode 177 features Chris Wren of Bridge Nine Records out of Beverly, Massachusetts. Chris has been putting out records in the DIY scene for over 25 years. In 1995 he started his Record label and has had a dozen releases on Billboard’s Independent, Heatseekers, and Top 200 charts-all the while remaining firmly true to the original spirit from which the label started. Having grown up in Connecticu...

Episode 176 features the Washington D.C. based dark wave goth band Neuro Farm. They draw their influences from Radiohead, Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails, and Chelsea Wolf among others. In the interview I spoke with Brian & Rebecca who are both vocalists and songwriters in the band. They play guitar and violin respectively. They also happen to both be neuroscientists so we talked fairly extensively...