The Heavy Desert Podcast

On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues with our guest Tom Corino, bassist of the band Kind who will be performing at this year’s festival. He talks about his influences, the bands evolution, his previous experiences at Ripplefest and much more. So make sure to tune in and subscribe!

On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome back Todd Severin of Ripple Music and John Gist of Vegas Rock Revolution. We had a great talk about where is the money in this scene. How can labels, festival organizers and bands make a living in this scene, and not just do it as a lobor of love. It was a great conversation and very insightful! Tune in and subscribe!

On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Mo Truijens, Martijn Mansvelders, and Jos Roosen of the band Komatsu. They released a new album in April titled A Breakfast For Champions that will no doubt be on a lot of year end lists. We talk about that and a lot more on today’s episode!

On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Rob Leishman, owner of Bully’s Studios, a studio/venue in New West British Columbia. He talks about the storied history of his venue, the state of the underground scene and tips for bands for getting gigs, not just at his venue, but any venue. It was a great conversation, so please tune in and subscribe!

On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Dante Lindström and Oskar Bergman of the young and up and coming band Caboose out of Sweden. They released their debut album Left For Dust in March, and we talk about that and more on today’s episode.

On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast, returning guest and concert correspondent Chris McGowan joins the show for another Concerts With Chris segment! He talks about all the latest heavy underground shows he’s been to, and what the crowds are like and some of the merch he’s buying. Make sure to tune in and subscribe!

On today’s episode, The Heavy Desert Podcast welcomes back Ryan Garney to talk about his latest endeavor Gigging With Garney. And today’s Artist Spotlight belongs to a band that I found when I first started searching for new music years ago, The Brought Low. Tune in and subscribe!

In today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast, I rattle off a few releases coming up for May that you’ll wanna keep an eye out for. I’m also joined by Adam Carl, bassist of the band Black Sunrise,   a heavy blues/psych rock band out of Indiana. He talks about a new album coming out soon with his band and some shows they’ll be playing, and his involvement with the Midwest Doom Coaliton. It was a g...

The Road to Ripplefest Texas runs through The Heavy Desert Podcast and on today’s episode, I welcome Ripplefest alum and one of this year’s performers, Stephen Bishop of the band Thunder Horse. He’s talks about Thunder Horse’s upcoming tour in Japan, getting back in the studio, and everything Ripplefest!

On today’s episode, Zach Amster of the band Abrams joins The Heavy Desert Podcast, and talks about their latest album Blue City that has been out for almost a year now, upcoming tour dates, and getting back in the studio later this year!

In today’s episode, the band Fuzz Evil joins The Heavy Desert Podcast to talk about their influences, their new album Smear Merchants that came out on March 21 via Desert Records, and their upcoming west coast tour, among other things! Make sure to tune in, you won’t wanna miss when each member sits on The Heavy Desert Hot Seat!

The heavy, stoner-blues band TIER joins me on today’s episode to talk about their upcoming new album, Backwood Blues, coming out on May 16th. Plus, you’ll hear and EXCLUSIVE track coming off of the that album!

On this special episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast, I talk with Todd Severin, CEO of Ripple Music, and John Gist, creator of Vegas Rock Revolution. Todd & John get deep into the underground as we discuss the state of the stoner rock scene.

On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast, Benjamin Berdous, lead singer and guitarist of Slomosa, joins me for a chat about his influences, their recent U.S. tour with Helmet, and possibly working on some new material while they take a little break from the road.

Mark and I give our Top 10 lists of what was a DEEP first quarter in the heavy rock genre. Tune in to hear what got our attention from January to March of 2025!!

In today’s episode I share a few albums that released in February 2025 that I enjoyed and have a conversation with the band 10 Slip from Nova Scotia and talk about their debut self titled album that dropped in February.

In this episode, The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues with an interview with one of the bands performing. From Youngstown, Ohio, the band Lake Lake joins me to talk about their sound, recording process and playing live.

The Heavy Desert Podcast goes on location for Year of the Cobra’s album release show for their recently released self titled album.

In this episode I talk with the lead singer of High Desert Queen and the promoter of Lick Of My Spoon Productions that puts on Ripplefest Texas, Ryan Garney.

In this episode I feature Shadow of Jupiter on my Artist Spotlight, and also talk with avid concert goer Chris McGowan about some recent shows he’s been to.

In this episode, I introduce myself and let you know a little bit about what I set out to accomplish with this podcast. I also give out a few artist recommendations, album recommendations, and other people to follow in the scene.