Pilot Waves

While posting this episode, we were reminded that for a time, StageCraft referred to our unedited offerings as "With No Net."    Johnny Temple is the bassist of Soulside, the publisher of Akashic Books. He is charming, intelligent, and a great bassist. Let's listen to him wax with Don and Alex. We offer this episode to you unedited and unfiltered, "With No Net," if you will.    https://www.akashic...

You might have heard of some of the bands these cats were in. Scream, Girls Against Boys, The Prodigy, Foo Fighters and Soulside. They are super bright and incredibly talented, yet they still tolerate Alex's questions.    While the conversation in this episode (un-edited by the way) is essential, the most crucial thing for you to do is to get in your car, plane, boat, or helicopter and get your as...

Massie is a power pop trio (comprised of Emily Yaremchuk, Samantha Collings, and William Salzmann) from the vibrant punk scene of Washington D.C. With their roots firmly planted in the city's iconic punk heritage, Massie brings a girlish twist to the genre, infusing intricate three-part harmonies and melodies with a pop sensibility, over their bubble-punk infused instrumentals reminiscent of late...

Born at the bottom of a bourbon bottle, KINDA EVIL officially formed in the spring of 2022 when heavy artillery drummer Christopher Peli joined the DC band formerly known as Dad Legs – Amanda Dove (vocals & guitar), and brothers Nolan (guitar) and Mason Henry (bass). Weaving a darkly potent blend of blues, garage, punk, and rock & roll, this four-piece gets the blood pumping with their electrifyin...

This episode is hot out of the oven because YOU need to get yer ass down to Union Stage and see these cats perform live...TONIGHT!   Opening music provided by Fat Kneel and the rest of the music is off of the Attic Sessions' release Realize the Tide/Lost that is available on Bandcamp, so now here is the order in which you proceed.    Listen to this episode, purchase/download the album, and then ge...

Doug has 32 years International touring experience in over 35 countries worldwide for both major and independent labels and artists. So get out your pens, pencils and some paper or your digital note-taking device if you prefer and listen to this thoughtful artist and dare we say professional, school us on how shit is from his view of the metaphorical room. Lucky for all of us, Requiem has shows co...

JC is the producer and host of The Vinyl Vault radio show. She is a vinyl enthusiast and has been obsessed with music throughout the course of her lifetime. Though she specializes in the indie, alternative, punk, and new wave music genres, her tastes are expansive. She considers herself a lifelong student of music but never an expert.   https://www.mixcloud.com/JC_TheVinylVault/   Music bed provid...

We sat down on two seperate days last fall with two phenomonal artists. We present to you a split episode with two passionate and highly talented artists of our local community.  You know how it goes, we make with the chatter, they make with the chatter, we play some music, queue the sick Fat Kneel beats in the background....it's not that simple, (maybe it is) it takes a lot of work to do (it does...

An experimental pop collective fronted by Andrew Grossman, The North Country has earned a reputation for pairing contemplative lyrics with vibrant music and colorful, raucous shows. Based in Washington DC, their 2022 release under Misra Records "Born at the Right Time (Exquisite Corpse)" marks a new stage of creativity. Written and recorded entirely remotely during the height of Covid lockdowns, t...

Tunnel—the project of singer/songwriter Natasha Janfaza—released Vanilla; a debut EP with Washington, DC Rock/Electronic record label House of Joy in 2022. Combining nostalgic alternative concepts with experimental production, Natasha's voice delivers earnest yet urgent anxiety, pulling you into her world with catchy hooks and subversive instrumentation with drummer Brendan Canty (Fugazi, Rites of...

Fake Bodies is a non-perpendicular geometric rock band from NOVA. They came on StageCraft and they performed a couple of bad-ass songs and were badasses in general. You should go see them peform live but you should also check them out in the following digital locations:   https://fakebodies.bandcamp.com/album/stop-shaking   https://www.instagram.com/fakebodiesband/   https://twitter.com/fakebodies...

Lindsay Collette has matured within her musical projects, and we've seen that culmination pay off with the soft release of "DISS.MISS" last spring.   Her solo debut combines the tongue-in-cheek energy that we've come to expect, with technical prowess that we haven't heard from the songwriter before.   The fusion shows definitive writing chops -- a milestone for Lindsay who had previously written o...

D.C. Doom from the depths and also two of the nicest people ever AND loads of cursing that had to be censored for those buzzkills at the FCC. Music beds provided by Fat Kneel https://fatkneel.bandcamp.com/album/illmation Opening ditty is Wilfredo Nelson Morales https://www.doublesharpaudio.com/ Brutal beats and riffs are from Et Mors https://etmors.bandcamp.com/ This episode is dedicated to all of...

Swingamajig consists of John Previti on bass, Kent Stax on drums, and Wilfredo Morales on guitar. Their careers span a wide variety of genres and artists.   Wilfredo Morales At age 16, Will began hopping on the Metro to learn at the Jazz Arts Institute led by Davie Yarborough. This led to performing across the DC area for over 15 years, playing rock, bluegrass, live music for rappers, video game m...

Jennifer Hiemstra is the producer and host of The Vinyl Vault radio show. She is a vinyl enthusiast and has been obsessed with music throughout the course of her lifetime. Though she specializes in the indie, alternative, punk, and new wave music genres, her tastes are expansive. She considers herself a lifelong student of music but never an expert. Music provided by Wilfredo Nelson Morales. https...

Reunited after a court ordered hiatus, Kurt Huge and Alex Rockwell formerly of Strong Style Radio & Stuck in the Waiting Room, present a brand new aural effort for your earholes; Sins of Wrestling. A podcast about the tropes, traditions and traits of professional wrestling. Each episode, Alex and Kurt do a deep-dive on a particular topic from the wild word of wrestling to try and answer the big qu...

Today's episode is brought to you by Thanks for the Bumps and their brand new "Gorgeous" mini-skirt and also their summer seasonal zine. thanksforthebumps.com/zine Mini-skirt: https://tinyurl.com/7rz3yvbe Paper copies can be picked up at select DC locations, email us for details at werastagecraft@gmail.com This episode features a clip from our interview with Amanda MacKaye the full interview is av...

Today's episode is brought to you by Thanks for the Bumps and their brand new Heart Puncher shirt and also their summer seasonal zine. Paper copies can be picked up at select DC locations, email us for details at werastagecraft@gmail.com thanksforthebumps.com/zine https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/120531489?asc=u This episode features a clip from an upcoming interview with Jennifer Hiemstra of The...

Today's episode is brought to you by Thanks for the Bumps and their brand new shirt released to celebrate the Moon being in Taurus and also their brand new zine. Paper copies can be picked up at select DC locations, email us for details at werastagecraft@gmail.com https://thanksforthebumps.com/zine https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/120519396?asc=u This episode features a clip from an upcoming inte...

Today's episode is brought to you by Settle for it Records. www.sfirecords.bandcamp.com Your best bet in the fight against the disimagination machine. This episode features an extra bit, that didn't make it into the final interview with Amanda MacKaye. Her full interview is available here: https://soundcloud.com/pilotwavespodcasts/the-stagecraft-interviews-with-amanda-mackaye Our show pick for TON...

Surprise! We are so excited to release this interview with Amanda MacKaye ahead of it's radio debut on WERA-LP this upcoming August 3rd. Amanda heads up the Fort Reno Concert series and she has some opinions on things, like we all do, but she has legitimate credibility. Come to hear her thoughts on how to book a show, stay for Alex's tale of being told off while trying to be friendly. No Daily Dig...

Do you think your show can deliver a performance worthy of a pick of the night? Do you want to be a sponsor? Drop us a line, we are ready to believe you. werastagecraft@gmail.com This episode features a clip from a classic episode featuring Joey Jenkins, Wilfredo Nelson Morales, Don Zientara and Catherine Riccio discussing the House of Musical Traditions that dovetails beautifully into Joey's smok...

Today's episode is brought to you by a Go Fund Me campaign for Erwin Jackson a.k.a. Bernardicus Maximus. A gifted writer, poet, vocalist and voice over artist. https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-after-being-hospitalized This episode features a new clip from our soon to be released interview with Amanda MacKaye who heads up the Fort Reno Concert Series. Our show pick for TONIGHT - July 29, 2022 - The...

Jim Saah is a native of Washington D.C. and he first fell in love with documentary photography during the burgeoning D.C. music scene in the early eighties. Photographing the bands and community around the music got him hooked. In My Eyes, Photographs 1982-1997 features hundreds of impressive (and never-before-seen) photos of punk and hardcore legends such as: Fugazi, Minor Threat, Void, Black Fla...

Do you think your show can deliver a performance worthy of a pick of the night? Do you want to be a sponsor? Drop us a line, we are ready to believe you. werastagecraft@gmail.com This episode features a clip from a classic episode featuring Wilfredo Nelson Morales, Amanda Dove, Don Zientara and John Stevens. We also give our show pick for TONIGHT - July 27, 2022 - Spoiler alert It's The Linda Lind...