The Redscroll Podcast

As you may know Redscroll also releases music from time to time by bands / projects we enjoy from the surrounding area. (If you're not familiar here's our Discogs page for the label and its releases.) We wanted to keep that up this year and in the current climate of long wait times for vinyl pressing we had the idea to do a cassette project. SURPRISE! We've got 9 (NINE!) cassette tape releases, 8...

It's the beginning of a new year so first off HAPPY NEW YEAR! Hoping the best for everyone in the coming year! Rick and Josh host the podcast with no guests and plenty of music clips. We assembled a list for each of our full time staff here. Rick and Josh rip through their respective lists and then those submitted by Caren and David. All of those are listed below. Tune in for some light commentary...

Tommy Harte from Broken Vow joins us on the podcast this month. We talk about how a band forms and records in a pandemic. We talk about Edge Day. We talk about the influences that went in to forming Broken Vow. We talk about the music we're all listening to and lots more including what are Train fans called?! Broken Vow online: https://brokenvow.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/brokenvowhc/...

Well we certainly talked some inside baseball with Amanda this month! I (Rick) took liberties with editing on this. It'll make for a more amusing listen if you don't have deep inside knowledge of music retail. If you are in music retail it's not so disguised that you maybe can't figure out the companies discussed. Y'know, MEGACORP!?  I also took the opportunity to add some spooky sounds since this...

Jack aka The//Moon joined us on the podcast this month. We talk about a variety of topics including the best green room experience he had with Cold Snap, collaborating with Wicca Phase Springs Eternal Springs Eternal, and watching Lost more times than anyone I know (and probably anyone ever).  Bandcamp for The//Moon: https://themoonissomething.bandcamp.com/ Open The//Moon "Cassie's Bench" Rick's L...

On this month's podcast we talk to Hughie and David of CT punk band Zipper! We talk about the music we're listening to and dive into what happened to get Zipper going.  We talk about what bands they're playing and releasing stuff with that they're stoked on. We talk about the way they got into music and punk in the first place and generally dive into playing music in bands. We actually stay pretty...

Our guest this month is recent transplant to Connecticut, Antoni Maiovvi (an alias and also the preferred name by which he goes by). We talk about his many projects under this name and various others. We talk about his many moves that eventually brought him here. And Josh stands up for compact discs! And of course, we talk about music we're listening to and many subjects along the way.    Music Op...

On this episode of the podcast we answer the questions submitted via Instagram and talk about Record Store Day 2021 in general (RSD Drops 1 & 2, June 12th and July 17th).  We talk about what we're listening to, about what we're looking forward to from RSD, about what we've liked from the past and what we'd hope to have released in the future (RSD or otherwise) and of course a bit more. This is a n...

Steve Hartlett joined us on the podcast this month. We talk about the forthcoming Ovlov record fairly in depth. We talk about the rotating members of the band and how Stove relates to that as well.  We also talk about Steve's growing up in a strict Christian home and having a neighbor (who was the drummer in Self Defense) hand him a punk tape to open his world. We talk about how Steve's dad dated...

On this month's podcast we took questions through Instagram . We talked quickly about RSD and our 14th Anniversary. Questions ranged from why we opened a store in Wallingford to what music got us through this past year. Lots of like-minded questions came in so we generally just answered one of each of those so as to not repeat ourselves.  We also talk about what we're listening to and there's some...

Amnesiac's Mahoney and Danny are our guests this month on the podcast. We talk about how much Danny worships the ground Maynard walks on and that's pretty much it (this is sarcastic and you'll get it when you listen).  We talk about how Amnesiac came about as a band and what it's like to be a band right now in the time of Covid 19. We, as usual, start it off by talking about the music we're listen...

On this episode of the podcast we talk to Randall (drums) and John (guitar) of Afghan Haze. We talk about their album they recently released and what it's like doing that when you can't play a show. We delve into their musical history and proclivities and why they're cool with releasing their music on their own without a label among various other areas of conversation.   Intro: Afghan Haze "Facele...

Happy New Year!  On this episode we talk about our favorite releases of 2020. Josh and Rick talk amongst themselves including a list submitted by Caren.  This is our first episode back in action since beginning our move and we glory in the reverb of the new big space!    Below you'll find our lists. The show follows the lists in the order presented (Caren has some extra content shown here not ment...

This month's edition of the podcast is a little different than usual. We have no guest. We play whole songs at the end in a playlist (time stamped track list below). And most importantly we discuss three big pieces of news for us! News: 1. Appointment Shopping is now available!  More details at this link. 2. We are moving!  A bigger store is coming  (just a short distance away in Wallingford). Mor...

We talked to Ben Michael on episode 37. Ben is the General Manager of WESU, Middletown - 88.1FM, wesufm.org .  We talk to Ben about the current state of the station specifically and about what it's like to operate in pandemic conditions at a University - Wesleyan in this case.  [caption id="attachment_6122" align="alignnone" width="2560"] Ben Michael[/caption] We talked about the mission of WESU,...

On this episode of the podcast we talk to Paul of Undercliff, a doom band from right nearby in central CT. We talk about the new record released just about a month ago. We talk about the now torn down facility the band is named after. We talk about Tyvek suits and coping during the pandemic in general. We once again did this one outside. Paul brought his own mic, stand and chair! Paul also runs PL...

On this episode of the Redscroll Podcast we talk with Terry of Stone Jaw (and a few other projects). We talk about Dungeons & Dragons and dungeon synth. We talk about getting into noise and the various approaches to it and all the potential people finding it during their time locked in their living quarters. We talk about NPR for some reason.  And we even talk about Stone Jaw as a musical noise pr...

On this episode we talk to Josh of Scrap.edx. An outlier in the Connecticut musical landscape. A rhythmic broken beat industrial project. Josh also has a couple other projects. The Carapace which was a one album and done field recording based idea and Children of Men which is a current hip hop cooperative where he has the roll of producer. We also talk about dealing with Covid-19 and how that effe...

On this episode we talk to Brian and Dan of Ritual Clearing. It's a brief conversation using a proprietary communication software interface (social distance interview). Josh and Rick discuss the music they're listening to beforehand as well as how the store is currently operating during the pandemic. We talk to Dan and Brian about how they're coping with the pandemic as well and how that effects r...

We talked with Grady, Johnny and Dante of Anxious . Let it be known we talked to them early in the month of March so the ominous cloud of doom and actual anxiety and nervousness of a quarantined society wasn't on our mind quite so presently as it is now. Escape with us back to a time when we could talk about European tour dates as if they were absolutely happening and not possibly cancelled or pos...

Michael and Jon from Twin Lakes Records join us to talk about their label, their bands and music they love! We talk about their creative process and their day to day.  We also talk about the upcoming releases via Twin Lakes including more from More Klementines, Spiral Wave Nomads and Drifting North (the next evolution of No Line North).  Check out Twin Lakes online: https://www.twinlakesrecords.co...

Henry Birdsey and Zach Rowden play together as Tongue Depressor, an experimental duo with various instrumental arrangements, but most often with fiddles. We talk about their music, touring all over the world, composing for dance, working at a music studio and for Anthony Braxton's archives and much that surrounds all those topics including how they each ended up making New Haven their home.  Henry...

This is our now annual round up of the year with our staff favorites. They are by no means definitive. They are things we highly enjoyed this year and believe we'll enjoy them for a long time to come! If you ever wonder what else we might be listening to you can follow #redscrollpicks and of course you might as well follow @redscroll in general on Instagram/Social Media in general.  We also interv...

This month we talked to Tarek (aka Rick) and Caleb from Intercourse - self-described jocular noisy AmRep loving band. Beyond that, Tarek and his brother took a love for a similar described band from Florida called Load to possibly the highest level - beyond styling the band after them, Tarek and his brother made a documentary about Load. We talk briskly about that. We talk about 4 day tours. We ta...

Paul from crushing doom metal band Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean and killer D.I.Y. style record label Howling Frequency talks to us about our interstate beef! It's actually pretty much mutual admiration and shared vision so we talk about that and tease about possible collaboration! We talk music in general as usual - what we're listening to etc. Paul talks about his general philosophy with ba...