The Powered By Rock Podcast

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with Julien Robert of the Richmond, Virginia alternative/punk/hardcore band Sleave today. They have a brand new EP called All These Songs Are About You that just came out at the end of October via Engineer Records in the UK and Sell The Heart Records in the U.S., and it is a 4-song roller coaster ride and marks their...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with Sal Ellington from the Boston-based pop-punk band Rebuilder today.  Rebuilder has a brand new album called Local Support that came out in  The new album is high on my list for best albums of 2023 as it has a great mix of pop-punk mixed with a bit heavier stuff due to the fact that the band has two singers and can...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with Cody Leavitt from Asteroid M Records out of Las Vegas  today.  Asteroid M is a multi-purpose label that not only helps distribute awesome music in various formats both digitally and physically, but Cody also helps record, mix and master tracks and albums in his home studio AND even hosts Live band performances th...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with Corey Glockner from the Orange County pop-punk band Taken Days today.  They have a brand new album called Any Minute coming out in January of 2024 that is the follow up to their 2021 debut album Every Second which was an absolute melodic pop punk gem. The new album is going to take your earholes to new heights as...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with Steve and Bryan of the Washington D.C.-based punk band American Television today.  The band has been releasing music since 2013, and their 2016 debut EP “Reaction” was a bombastic introduction onto the scene. The band has put out another EP called “Adolescence” back in 2021 as well as a full-length in 2020 called...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with Tane Graves of the Minneapolis punk band Tightwire today.  Tightwire released their second album called Head Full of Snakes in June of this year, and it is an absolute Ramones-core meets The Descendents banger with 12 songs coming in at 18 minutes. It’s short, but chock-full of every emotion balanced with catchy...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with the weirdest fucking band in the world today Hans Gruber and The Die Hards! For those who have yet to hear of this band, well, I am not sure I can accurately describe what you can expect from these guys, but imagine if you mixed At The Drive In with The Aquabats and then piped it through Jack Black’s energy core…...

Season 5 of the Powered By Rock Podcast is coming to you very soon. If you like hearing about new music from rising bands or hearing great stories from artists who have played around the world, then you are going to love this podcast full of in-depth and fun interviews with some of your favorite artists. Join me, Isaac Kuhlman, as I host awesome conversations with rad bands, iconic artists, and ev...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with a man who has had a great impact on my musical life today in Scott Klopfenstein of The Littlest Man Band and who was also a former member of the legendary ska band Reel Big Fish as well as a player in various other influential bands in the 90’s California ska scene like The Scholars. I still remember watching “Se...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock Podcast! Today I wanted to continue our DIY Rock Career conversations and speak directly to the musicians that listen to the podcast, and use my background in business to help give some good advice on what TO DO and what NOT TO DO in the music industry. I think even non-musicians are going to enjoy the episode because I like to talk about how to achieve goa...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock Podcast. I’m your host Isaac Kuhlman, and I wanted to actually talk about a topic that I got inspired by from listening to my buddies Brad Nunnery over at Signal Chords and John Montross at Punk Rock Radar when both of them suggested that acoustic songs - as well as intros and interludes - should NOT be released with an album on streaming sites as it might...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock Podcast. I’m your host Isaac Kuhlman, and I wanted to actually spend a bit of time today to catch up on the year of 2023 so far, because there have been some phenomenal rock albums put out this year, and if you haven’t been paying attention, you may have missed them. So, that’s what this whole episode is going to be about - The Top Ten Rock Albums from the...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock Podcast! Today I wanted to continue our DIY Rock Career conversations and speak directly to the musicians that listen to the podcast, and use my background in business to help give some good advice on what TO DO and what NOT TO DO in the music industry. I think even non-musicians are going to enjoy the episode because I like to talk about how to achieve goa...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with Tony Conner of the Pennsylvania punk band 22. (twentytwo.) today. The band has previously released an EP called “505 Palomar Pl.” in 2020 which came out just days into the pandemic which was definitely a big deterrent to growing any band’s visibility and fanbase during that time. The band has a brand new EP comin...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with Dave Lake (a.k.a. Diesel Dave) from the legendary punk rock band Diesel Boy today. If you don’t know Diesel Boy from the name of the band, you almost certainly know the song “Twitty Twister” which appeared on the Survival of the Fattest compilation album that Fat Wreck Chords put out in 1996. I won’t disrespect t...

Hey everybody, welcome to the Powered By Rock Podcast. It’s my pleasure to be speaking with Brian of the L.A. rock band Record Year today. Record Year has been sporadically playing shows and making music since its creation about 6 years ago, but what’s really exciting about these guys is that they have a batch of new songs that take their music into brand new territory…and I don’t just mean for th...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with Pedro Aida of the supergroup punk band Fire Sale. Fire Sale may be a pretty new band, but the members of the band are anything but punk rock newbs.  The band consists of Matt Riddle of Face to Face, Pulley and No Use For A Name fame, Chris Swinney formerly of The Ataris, Matt Morris and Pedro Aida from Ann Berett...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock Podcast! Today I wanted to block off some time to speak directly to the musicians that listen to the podcast, and use my background in business to help give some good advice on what TO DO and what NOT TO DO in the music industry. This is going to be part of an ongoing series of topics inspired by my desire to help musicians make money from their music witho...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with Ray Carlisle of the sickest punk band around Teenage Bottlerocket.  Teenage Bottlerocket is one of the most well known post-90’s punk bands with 9 full-length albums released since 2003 along with a few EP’s, a live album, a handful of splits and many appearances on compilations over the years all while touring e...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with the New York punk band Fat Heaven today.  Fat Heaven has just released their third full-length album called Trash Life, and it has some absolute bangers on the album including their first single from the album “Quarter Life Crisis,” and my personal favorite track from the album, “Miracle.” The music, much like th...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock Podcast! I am excited because today, we have TWO incredible guests on our show as part of our Indie Spotlight series which will be a recurring feature at The Powered By Rock Podcast. First up, I will be speaking to the Las Vegas based rock band Elephante King about their music, their live performances and some other interesting questions. You will also get...

Welcome to the Powered By Rock Podcast! I am excited because today, we have TWO incredible guests on our show as part of our Indie Spotlight series which will be a recurring feature at The Powered By Rock Podcast. First up, I will be speaking to the San Diego based rock band Nights Like Thieves about their music, their new lineup, and so how much longer it will take before Mario is phased out of t...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock podcast where I am going to be speaking with one of the coolest guys in the punk rock scene in Sam King of Get Dead and the newly created genre-blending punk/hip-hop project Codefendants today.  Get Dead has evolved from an acoustic punk rock band to a more uptempo sound over the last couple of albums sort of like layering some Rancid on top of Social Disto...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock Podcast! I am excited because today, we have TWO incredible guests on our show as part of our Indie Spotlight series which will be a recurring feature at The Powered By Rock Podcast. First up, I will be speaking to the Las Vegas based rock band SECOS about their music, their live performances and some other interesting questions. You will also get to hear a...

Hello and welcome to the Powered By Rock Podcast! Today’s episode is featuring two of the raddest bands that you may have not heard of right now, and I am excited to bring them both on the show. First up, I will be speaking to the New York rock band Warn The Duke about their fantastic new album All That’s Solid and what else is in store for the band this year. After that, I will be speaking with t...