The Taking the Lead Media Podcast

On this episode are tunes by The Ditches (Losing Touch, off of, 1000 Elephants), Gasoline Kills (Nomad, off of, Burn the Bridge), Illicitor (Daft Punky Brewster, off of, Illicitor), Still Alive (Suffocating, off of, Choices), and Toxic Kid (Final Frontier, off of, Toxic Kid).  SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow....

From the Vault: Episode #07 of the Taking the Lead Media Podcast. Original release date: 10/11/2010.  On this episode 1. Pennylane - Losing You (From Paradise to Parking Lots) 2. OneStarCity - Panther Vs. Your Face (Lion Fights in the Streets of Hollywood).  3. The Art of Abandonment - Call From Home (The Vagrant Forsaken EP) 4. Sprockets - New Years Day (Medicated Empty) 5. Sound the Sky - Je Ne...

This is an 18th and Addison themed show! Tom, of the rock band, 18th and Addison, joins me on the show. Based in New Jersey, 18th and Addison have been active since 2014. Tom handpicked the playlist which features tracks from their first album, Makeshift Monster, their Little Parasites EP, and exclusive single, and a new track from their upcoming EP, Vultures, set to be released in June. We touch...

From the Vault: Episode #06 of the Taking the Lead Media Podcast. Original release date: 10/06/2010. On this episode:  1. Codename: Rocky - Oh, Lonely Nights (Infinity) 2. The Best of the Worst - Zombie Revival Guide (Calling from the Grave) 3. Target for Tomorrow and the Horns of Destruction - Need Your Goodnight (Volume Zero) 4. The Pinstripes - Come On In (Midwest Soundclash) 5. Beat the Red Li...

On this episode are tunes by Gasoline Kills (Memo 1, off of, Give Up Chorus), Illicitor (Little Birdie, off of, Illicitor), The Quitters (Paper Street, off of, No Big Deal), Senses Fail (Double Cross, off of, If there is Light, it will Find You), and Unfair Fight (I Fight Demons Regularly, off of, We are the Dead).  SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlm...

On this episode are tunes by Ascend/Descend (Manipulator, off of, Murdock Street), Blighted (Aberrant, off of, Blighted), Fissure (Gary Busey for President of the Moon, off of, Fissure), Ill-Informed (Where Did it All Go Wrong? off of, 88), and Skullcrack (Public Disservice, off of, Full Blast).  SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: http...

From the Vault: Episode #05 of the Taking the Lead Media Podcast. Original release date: 09/02/2010.  On this episode:  1. Augustine - The Impossible (Cinematic Masquerade) 2. .bipolar. - Walter Payton (Capacity for Change) 3. Across the Sun - Infinite Divide (Storms Weathered) 4. In Vacuo - Commander Black (You Pilot) 5. Verona - Burying You Brother's Hand (God Vs. Silence) SOCIAL MEDIA Website:...

This is a Melotov Records themed show! Melanie of Melotov joins me on the show. First established in 2008, Melotov has consistently released a stellar lineup of records from The Banner, Nomads, Vices, Old Wounds, Calculator and Tiger Flowers, just to name a few. Melanie took a break at the end of 2016, but hey, she still around. We touch base on a bunch of things during this interview and it was a...

On this episode are MistermeaneR (Area 51, off of, Six Songs till Silence), Human Animal (Time Tells All, off of, The First Four Winters), Dance for Destruction (Circle the Fallen, off of, When Color Was Real), Unfair Fight (Embracing Terror, off of, False Walls), and Removalist (Only Heathens Can Save Us, off of, Removalist).  SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twit...

From the Vault: Episode #04 of the Taking the Lead Media Podcast. Original release date: 08/04/2010 On this episode: 1. (Order of the) White Rose - Armchair General (War Machine) 2. Unit F - I See Grey (American Shutdown) 3. Sanity in Numbers - Leggo my Ego (When Pigs Fly) 4. 5 Days Dirty - Full Speed (Sound of Revolution) 5. Casket Life - Drinking in the Penalty Box (Building a Better Disaster) S...

On this episode are tunes by After the Fall (Reflection, off of, Dedication), No Contest (Tabloids & Television, off of, Survival of the Fastest), These Streets (Membership Declined, off of, Out of Time EP), Anti-Matter (Drop the Bomb, off of, From Here to Anarchy), and Antreib (Militarist, off of, The Exodus).  SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodc...

On this episode are Siblings (Student Groans, off of, The Book of Siblings), Mineva (Dereliction, off of, split w/Brunettes), Vices (Wasteland, off of, New Breed), Ultima Victima (Sublime, off of, Sublime), and Clear Focus (Trapped in a Cycle, off of, Never Ending Pain).  SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumbl...

On this episode are tunes by Corrupt Absolute (What Are You Looking At? off of, Harder than Hardcore), Unloved (As Light Engulfs, off of, Under the Veil), Mara (Heart of a Man, off of, What Keeps Us Standing), Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean (Hollow Feed the Emptying Death, off of, Decay and Other Hopes Against Progress), and Creeping Death (Revenge, off of, Specter of War).  SOCIAL MEDIA Websi...

From the Vault: Episode #03 of the Taking the Lead Media Podcast. Original release date: 07/28/2010. Show notes HERE On this episode:  1. MistermeaneR - Area 51 (Six Songs till Silence EP) 2. SFT - Speak Out (SFT Demo) 3. Korova - Running in Circles (Another Happy Customer) 4. Ultima Victima - Nadie Nos Va A Callar (La Batalla Sera Eterna) 5. Dead Icons - Vultures (Vultures EP) SOCIAL MEDIA Websit...

On this episode are tunes by Bro Loaf (Jock Juice, off of, Champions on Parade), The Quintessentials (Color my Rainbow Black, off of, Real of the Great Old Ones), Ridgemont (Oh, Fishsticks!, off of, Colder Days), Sic Waiting (Consumers to the Grave, off of, Anchors Astray), and The Subtastics (Drown, off of, BetaMales).  Social Media Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com...

Episode #02 of the Taking the Lead Media Podcast. Original release: 07/10/2010. Show notes HERE On this episode: 1. Generic - Anarchyland (Victim of Society) 2. The Last Priority - Blown to Oblivion (Amerika's Hijacked) 3. Hammered Grunts - In Your Boots (Hammered Grunts) 4. Faithless Saints - Scene Police (Sweet Sacrilege) 5. Die Laughing - Out of sight/mind (9-10 Demonstration) SOCIAL MEDIA Webs...

On this episode is the final part of the Top 25 of 2017 show! The songs on this episode are as follows: Clit Kat - Steve Buscemi (Clit Kat Worldwide) illicitor - City of Gold (illicitor) Unloved - As Light Engulfs (Under the Veil) CityCop. - Bad Trip (The Same Stories that Never Get Old) Perennial - Dissolver (The Symmetry of Autumn Leaves) Anti-Matter - I Don't Like the Taste (From Here to Anarch...

On this episode is part 2 of the Top 25 of 2017 show! The songs on this episode are as follows: Oceans Deep - Night Terror (Oceans Deep EP) Canker Blossom - High School Cheerleader (In Space) Conveyer - New Low (No Future) Neaux - LUV (Chain up the Sun) Skullcrack - Public Disservice (Full Blast) Clowns - Noise in the Night (Lucid Again) Go Jimmy Go - Slow Time (A Hui Hou 20th Anniversary & Farewe...

On this episode is part 1 of the Top 25 of 2017 show! The songs on this episode are as follows: Pennylane - Losing You (From Paradise to Parking Lots 2017 Remaster) Sacred Fire - For the Cross (2017 Promo) Rotten Blossom - Can't Have It (Get Lict) Toxic Kid - Final Frontier (Toxic Kid) Ghost Police - Crawl Space (Keep it to Yourself) SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https:...

On this episode, Paul of Howling Frequency joins me on the show. We get into his label, his projects, the bands he works with, types of merchandise we love and hate, his take on the digital format, and movies (my fault). It was a good time. Check out his label and roster HERE The songs on this episode are as follows: 1. Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean - Hollow Feeds the Emptying Death (Decay an...

On this episode are tunes by The Alements (This Beast Has No Heart, off of, Worst Foot Foward), The Bloodtypes (Surveillance State, off of, Pull the Plug), Great Deceivers (Case in Point, off of, Ask Me About Your Strong Suits), Hospital Job (Never Sleep Again, off of, Never Get Cold), Senses Fail (Jets to Peru, off of, In Your Absence), Smitz (Channeling, off of, Skullduggerous), Space Camp (Rock...

On this episode are tracks by Alea Jacta Est (Today You Die, off of, Gloria Victis), Firmam3nt (East, off of, Firmament), Generic (Welcome to My Bedroom, off of, Victim of Society), The Midnight Society (Clarity, off of, Dead of Night), and Yotsuya Kaidan (1995, off of, Too Sad to Tell You). SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://o...

This is a Snubbed Records themed show! Joining me on the show is label head and member of The Alements, Ron. Both are based in Annapolis, Maryland. Ron and I talk on his label, his band, upcoming releases, bands he's currently working with, digital downloads, and a little bit on Warped Tour. It was a nice talk with Ron. Thanks again for being on the show. Music on this episode: 1. Canker Blossom -...

Hope everyone had a good Thanksgiving! On this episode are tracks by Adrenalized (The Die is Cast, off of, Tales from the Last Generation), Emmer Effer (Fight On!, off of, From the Bottom Down), Inspection 12 (Great Scott!, off of, In Recovery), Lowbrow (Insert Brain Here), and Unit 101 (Party's Over). Social Media Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr...

Nick of Small Mammal Records and Penny Arcade, joins me on the show! We talk a lot about the Akron DIY Scene, of Ohio, where the label is based in. We get into local bands in and out of state, house shows, Small Mammal, preferred music formats and lots more. It was a fun talk and a good time! Be sure to check out Small Mammal Records HERE Music on this show: Alomar - Eating Myself Alive (Midwester...