The Redscroll Podcast

This month we talk to Snowpiler! Nick, Adam and Sean!  We talk about music we're listening to of course. We talk about the journey that led to this incarnation of the band and all the other bands that each member is in (it's more than 3 that's for sure). We veer off in different musical directions and have a good time in conversation. Check it out!  https://snowpiler.bandcamp.com/ Music on this ep...

It's episode 100! We thought we should do something special! It's also coincidentally April 1st (April Fools Day) and while we're not big on lying and calling that a joke we thought this would be a fun twist! So, here's this! We've had a lot of guests on the show (over 100! Some episodes have multiple guests.)! However, we've never been guests ourselves! So, here we are!    Anthony leads a fun int...

Zach Fontanez and his family run a coffee shop and sober bar in Meriden that holds events ranging from a silent book club to hardcore shows. He's also been in and continues to be in a bunch of bands. We thought all that was a great reason to get him on the podcast to talk primarily about Grace's Place which fills a void in the lack of all-ages venues in the area. We told Matt from Killer Kin that...

Austin helms the project All the Pretty Horses and plays in a variety of bands (with a few folks who'd previously been on the podcast in fact!).   This conversation went off in all kinds of directions. We talk about Hit Clips, Danzig, winter weather, audio scrobbling and music too!  Links: https://alltheprettyhorses666.bandcamp.com/music https://www.instagram.com/alltheprettyhorses666/ Music on th...

Redscroll & Friends Favorites of 2025 We have our favorites of the year as usual. And we have once again asked some friends to contribute lists (a couple bonus voices on the podcast even!). Give the lists a view, check out the podcast with clips of all the bands/songs and check out the playlist with all the favorites below.   Happy New Year! Let's get into the lists!  Redscroll Records Label Relea...

This month we talked to Logan Butler. If you've been upstairs at any of our recent record fairs at Counter Weight Brewing Co. then there's a good chance you've at least seen him and possibly even conversed! [Get Awesome Records / Logan Butler] Logan's been in various bands/musical projects (Wolverine Carcass, Wicked King Wicker, Kudzu...) and has had numerous music industry jobs (The End, The Omeg...

City of Iron is a band based out of (practices in) Meriden, CT. We were joined by 5 out of 6 of the members (Tyler got stuck at work). We talk about music. We talk about video games. There's a decent amount of laughing. Check it out! Honestly, this one is just a fun romp with a fun crew.  Anything I say about it would just ruin it while you listen in. Just give it a listen. Oh, and there's a snipp...

This month on the podcast we talk to our friend, Migz (Michael Miglietta), who is an artist of varying disciplines. We talk about what we're listening to. We talk about live painting demonstrations. We talk about Parlay Droner, Migz's musical project. And we veer out in many directions including a show he's got booked at Counter Weight Brewing coming up quick: Ticket Link: https://www.ticketleap.e...

On this episode we talk to Meriden's own Toby Driver! Maudlin of the Well, Tartar Lamb, Alora Crucible and many other bands/projects are on his resume.  His band, Kayo Dot, has a new record and we talk about that quite a bit and delve into some AI discussion and generally talk about music and his journey within it! Check out Toby online: https://kayodot.bandcamp.com/ Music on this episode: Opening...

Anthony and Donovan from recently reformed Myspace era screamo-grind band Newandyke join us on this episode.  We talk about the different eras of Newandyke that came with each small line-up change. We talk about what they've each been doing musically in the interim before reforming. NEWANDYKE LINKS We talk about how they hooked up with the labels they're releasing the archival release and new EP (...

Gun to God's Head is a fairly new local metalcore band. Members who joined us on the podcast this month are Del (frontwoman/vocalist), Kane (also notably a member of current very active band Vomit Forth), and Brandon (who plays in so many bands he can't name them off the top of his head, ha! We might've put him on the spot in this episode). Kane, Del & Brandon This episode could very much serve as...

Shari & Eric joined us on the podcast this month. They are 2/3 of the owners (Pete had to run the bar at the time of recording) of The Cellar on Treadwell - a venue in Hamden, CT that has a bit of history (with a few different names in the past). We open, as usual, with what we're listening to and move on to how The Cellar on Treadwell became a thing and the struggles of opening just before a pand...

Jake & Drew from PulsR stopped by! We talk about music! We talk about PulsR. We talk about other bands they're in. We talk about various venues in CT including their adopted home base, the Shop in Hamden.  We stay pretty on topic with music and the band (and their other projects/bands). What a treat!  Links: PulsR Snowpiler Sundots We All Speak in Poems (label) Big Iron Music on this episode: Open...

Jay Holmes and Kyle Holmes are brothers and 2 out of 3 of the owner/operators of Ritual Pizza Co. in Cheshire, CT (operating out of the Counter Weight Brewing space).  Ken (the other owner/operator) couldn't make it for fatherly reasons. We talk about what we're listening to. We talk about how deeply ingrained the music they listen to is to their business and how it informs what they do from the v...

Tyler and Jen of the Neu Body collective who put on the frequent Heatsync parties and have now released a 12" EP including 4 tracks from as many members of the crew. Tyler has been shopping at the store since he was a pre-teen! We talk about his brief brush with hype beast fame and general musical trajectory.   Jen's musical trajectory is discussed and her painful dismissal from a college indie/pu...

This month we talk to Videodome (Rebecca, Tobey, Keenan, & Killian)!  We talk about what we're listening to. We talk about the formation of the band and the direction that band has taken and where it may go. Some reminiscing on less recent CT bands occurs. Conversation veers off here and there. It's a good time. Check it out! Videodome Bandcamp Link Music on this episode: Intro Music: Videodome "P...

Redscroll & Friends Favorites of 2024 We have our (Rick & Josh's) favorites of the year as usual. We have the Redscroll employee favorites also as usual. We've expanded beyond that even! Favorites from some folks in bands on our record label and folks we closely associate and collaborate on the regular! Friends! Most of those folks have recorded their own list and introduced themselves plus there'...

Ben Levesque joins us at the shop to talk shop about shows, concerts, gigs and such! Ben has been with Manic Presents for about as long as we've had the store now (over 17 years!), but recently made a huge jump from working essentially 2 full time jobs to dedicating all his time to Manic Presents in a yet to be named position. When it comes to running and booking shows he's a jack of all trades. W...

Nick & Tim helm a relatively new project called Disfigure. So far, they have just one tape release though they are working on more. Nick worked on many of the songs in relative isolation while living in New Hampshire and then recorded them with Tim once back in CT.  We start as usual talking about what we're listening to.  We recorded in October which lent itself to some opening talk about horror...

We are joined by a man, Byron Coley, who has more stories than we could fit into every past episode of our podcast and we surely packed as much as we could into a single sit down. We start off with some talk about what we're listening to as usual and we move on to record fair talk (don't forget about our Record Fair at Counter Weight Brewing Co. on October 13th featuring Byron selling upstairs!)....

This month Paul and Will joined us on the podcast. Paul sings and Will plays guitar in Dissolve. We just released their latest record, Burnt and absolutely were honored and stoked to do so. Dissolve has been around since 1991 and released records with wide time gaps between them.  They endure and we talk about how that works with their band and how those releases have progressed to the most recent...

New London's Michael Slyne joins us on the podcast this month.  We talk about his hometown a bunch and the changes that have happened to the landscape of downtown and the town in general recently and over the years.  We talk about Michael's many projects / bands including most prominently Slyne & The Family Stoned.     We talk about Michael's show on WCNI (check it out!) and self-releasing records...

This month we talked on the podcast to Kane from Northern Void Records. We talk about what we're listening to and quickly dive into how Kane developed his own music and metal fandom into a distribution operation and record label.  Kane of Northern Void Records holding a Nihil Invocation record Kane dives into how he solicited releases and what he'd like to put out in the future - archival and new...

On this episode we talk to the purveyors of Little Lost Records in Stafford Springs, CT.  Musical folks looking to spread their love of music in the North East corner of CT opened their store just about a year ago. Conor and Abbie discuss meeting through their connection to Paul Winter ! Through that connection they opened this new store. Randy ( previously on our podcast in 2017 as a member of th...

This month we talk to 4 out of 5 members of Dirt Devil - Allie, Dan, Lemmy and Nikki! (Laura lives in Providence and coordinating all 5 would've been tricky!)  We talk about what we're all listening to. We talk about the new album Desert Moon coming out on April 8th (the day of the 100% total eclipse!) and what went into that - including all the visual aspects (costumes, props, videos... links bel...