Sticky Jazz

A "Power Punk" band that has been on the scene since 1991, they have put together a new album called "Lovely Stuff", it is full of great old school punk vibes, and right after that, a great single based on "Allegiance" to the ideals of REAL America. We covered their catalog, these great stories behind the songs, some history of dating, and a few ideas of love songs in...

If you have never heard "Urban Heat" well, times' up. Austin Texas multi ethnic synth-based Goth Rock band are soon going to be handed the torch from The Cure, Or Fields of the Nephilim, The Sisters of Mercy, but maybe NOT Love & Rockets. I got to do a deep dive into their music with principle songwriter and vocalist Jonathan Horstman, covering their "Spinal Tap" moment...

In the goth music genre, usually being listened to in some dank basement without much light, just AWESOME music, it's nice when a band cracks the window open, and lets some fresh air in from the usual doom and gloom. For that, we have "The Ritualists". Frontman, bassist, songwriter, drummer, producer, etc Christian Dryden and I covered so much of their influence, who they worked with to end up wit...

Starting off as a band taking so many risks, 2 musicians from North Dakota, and a Geordie (A bloke from Newcastle England) on vocals, they embarked on an adventure by just starting a band. Raynes have just released an EP called "49" using the California Gold Rush of 1849 as the backdrop of the stories being told. They use this for metaphors that could be about the actual gold rush, and taking thos...

In the fashion world, there are philosophers, there are musicians there too, one who is a fashion designer, philosopher, and an incredible musician is Keanan Duffty, the mastermind of "Slinky Vagabond". I had interviewed him on his previous album "King Boy Vandals" and now after harassing him endlessly for several months, he has released his newest album "Eternal Return", and it is every bit as gr...

From my discovery of his music on the Trashcan Sinatras album "Cake" all the way through now, I have enjoyed the guitar and voice of (Sir?) John Douglas. He released a self titled album last year where he did some reworking of old Sinatras hits, and some of his own material. It was full of rich guitar work, and focused in on vocals, and the lyrics. We talked about the meaning behind some of his so...

After a successful round of crowdfunding, Shriekback are back in the studio as this very moment this episode airs, recording this new masterpiece. In my preview of the basic working tracks, I realized that all of the Shriekback music was leading to this very moment, and building up to this album. The concepts that were covered in previous work are evident in the new songs, however they seem like t...

Someone who has done it all, Lenny Zenith understood he was transgender at a young age, and was able to transition in the 70s. Since then Lenny has made some great music into the great Americana songbook, and performed with U2, Iggy Pop, The Replacements, and X. Nuff said there. We talked about his music, transitioning, fears that have resurfaced, and his love for people. We also talked about gett...

In the world of screaming Scandinavian death metal, and so much uncertainty in the world right now, we have this amazing ethereal, post punk, post metal, Norwegian folk band "Kalandra". There is no easy way to describe their music, or the content, or even the musicians themselves, they are just that quiet, soft, contemplative group, with the intensity of a hurricane crashing onto the shores of a v...

IF you like "The Cure" from 1985 on, or "The Mission" from Children, then the ethereal dream goth dance band "Magic Wands" have something special for you. I would describe them as "If The Chameleons, and The Cocteau Twins made music together". I got to speak with Dexy, and Chris, about their lyrics, songwriting, ad hoc videos, and the chaos in recording their music. Magic Wands are a fun rabbit ho...

Andrew Choi of St Lenox has given us a new great oups, "Ten Modern American Work Songs". From his previous interview on his album "Superkamiocandi" which was a total winner. This new album takes on different themes, of work, cooking, and climbing out of poverty to get through law school. He has so much to talk about, and make everything interesting. Enjoy website Facebook youtube #stlenox #andrewc...

Hailing from London England, Wild Things are a band who have had a steady rise to where they are now. Having toured with The WHO, and KISS, Pete Townsend himself produced their most recent work, cause he liked them that much. The new album "Afterglow" is a musical chose your own adventure, with easter eggs, playlists on spotify, etc, all of which will take you into a different story. The...

CrowJane is a "goth-wave" band from Los Angeles, playing a music that is all around what the lead singer Heather Galipo does in her day job, production on horror films. Their music ranges from apocalyptic epics, to what would be a sea shanty by name, but has a dark subject matter, with some stunning visuals, (and a few easter eggs to laugh at). They have just tied up a west coast tour of...

Crashing into the dream pop world Morgan Saint just released her single "Blazing", it is the kind of music you would hear in the "Chill Room" at the club.   I got to banter with her, and her wife Carley Ridersleeve about this collaboration, and the new single of Carley's called "Bad Things". I have been a fan of Carley for years, and this is my 3rd interview with her.  Enjoy the music, and the ban...

Bill Leeb is a pioneer in the Industrial Music space. He began in Skinny Puppy, and founded his own band "Front Line Assembly" and other side projects that spawned off, most notably "Delerium" as the great dreamy trance music, that he did mostly from his bedroom. Bill will release on September 13 2024 his solo albim "Model Kollapse", which covers some very personal ideas, and was meant to be diffe...

So many "What if's" in music, Noel Burke was already successful in his band St Vitus Dance when he was asked to be the vocalist for Echo  & The Bunnymen in 1989.  Looking back, the album has stood the test of time, and now can be considered a great piece of musical literature.  I spoke to Noel about the new St Vitus Dance music, and his time in The Bunnymen,  plenty of Liverpool, and Belfast cultu...

A band that you will ask yourself why you have never heard of til now. (That is often the point of this show) New Jersey misfit outfit of overthinking musicians, we get Kanak.  Fronted by Tom Kanak, these guys are best described as The Kinks, meets The Damned,  The Ramones and the Might Lemon Drops, and some great Michael Penn and John Lennon in the vocals.  Tom has released some great work over t...

Logan Lynn is a queer multi media artist, a film maker, visual artist and musician. All of these seem to bleed into each other, so it is hard to distinguish how he is telling the story. Which makes his work so interesting.  Having just released an album last week called "SOFTCORE"  along with some short film segments as the videos, there is a lot to watch, and enjoy, just don't expect the point of...

A woman who has done it all, worked with the Scissor Sisters, toured with Lady Gaga, worked with Baz Lurhmann, taught "Music Connections" at Carnegie Hall, well, you would be hard pressed to find someone as talented and giving as Bridget Barkan.  She has been involved in so many musical and artistic projects, having just released a song about the extremes in life "Good Things", she is also a very...

Every kid who ever doubted themself needs to hear this, every gay person trying to hide it, needs to hear this, every fat kid ashamed of their body, needs to hear this.  Kate Yeager is all of that and more, with no shame, or filter. So, if she is going live without a filter, I guess, I should put this live without any editing. I had the most delightful conversation with this wonderful spitfire. We...

In my travels, my friend Eli Quintero (Eliquint) another music journalist, lined up an interview with an amazing queer female vocalist in Germany. I got a text saying "We are interviewing her tomorrow, give  her a listen". I did once over, and had fallen in love with this woman's music overnight.  This whole experience went really fast, and the next day I was blown away with this incredible musici...

"I'm gazing at faces staring blankly at me"  or "A Becher's Brook is love, a hurdle at which greater men have fallen", or so many other opening lines to hit you right in the skull and take you on a musical ride through historical literature, and the thoughts of Mark Burgess, the frontman for the Manchester band "The Chameleons".  If you like Interpol, The Killers, The Cure, Echo & The Bunnymen, th...

If you have listened to any Rock & Roll over the last 35 years, then you have heard the work of Danny Saber. Having played and produced for everyone from The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, U2, and then his own work in the bands "Black Grape" and so many others.  This episode is for hardcore music fans.  During Michael Hutchence's "Wilderness Years" from INXS, Danny worked with him on some tracks, on...

Welcome Back everyone. Picking up from being away for a while, I got to interview "Walt Disco" a band that I saw supporting OMD in Germany.  They are a flamboyant incredibly talented act from Glasgow, that I describe as "If David Bowie sang for Sparks, in the Great Gatsby, with a little Tindersticks in the mix".  I LOVED their performance, since became quite a fan of theirs.  I got to talk to them...

A Finish / Swedish ethereal popstar Lxandra has been described as having an Amy Winehouse spirit in her music, I got into her because of some of the music, and then the visuals in her videos.  A rather deep themed EP recently released called "Might Not Want To Wake Up" caught my ear, and the accompanying film with it caught my eye.  There was so much to unpack in the music and visuals, I had to go...