Vinyl and Vision

The Triceratops are a power noise pop duo from NY. That description may make one think, "that genre doesn't exist!". And you'd be right! Though some of their songs have a very familiar 90's indie rock vibe to them, they still have the ability to throw in some bone rattling, thunderous noise rock elements. So, much like the album of discussion on this episode which is called "The Shape of Punk to C...

For the past 20 years, Mike has been widely known as the lead singer of the band, The Devil Wears Prada. Sometimes during a long career a musician will break out of their mold and branch out into something new and different, much like the career of our topic of discussion, PJ Harvey. At this moment that musician may take on the moniker of "artist", and that seems to be where Mike is now. His lates...

Kerry Jones is the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter for Death Doula. Hailing from Portland, OR, Kerry and crew are doing their best to keep that beautiful city weird. Their sound is an interesting blend of moody, gothic, art rock. Their debut full length album is called Love Spells and it is well worth the listen. Please check it out here: https://deathdoula.bandcamp.com/music or https://deat...

For those who may not know, Django Haskins is a very accomplished, prolific and creative songwriter from Chapel Hill, NC. His band, The Old Ceremony are preparing to release their seventh full length record, Earthbound on Robust Records. It's a wonderful and eclectic album. It will be available to purchase on it's release date here along with their other records : https://www.theoldceremony.com/st...

Matt Martinez is a wonderful dude and long time contributor to the Phoenix, AZ music scene. His latest band, Common Wounds, have a new album coming out on Protagonist Music. All Night Blood is the name of that album and will be the 100th release from Protagonist coming out on October 18, 2024. Pre-orders for the vinyl variants are being taken now at https://linktr.ee/commonwounds . It's a powe...

There’re not enough good things I can say about today’s guest, Laura Larson! Currently, the primary singer and songwriter for the Minneapolis band, Scrunchies. Their latest album, Colossal, is being released on August 23rd on Learning Curve Records. In short, the album is amazing. Full of lush textures and dynamics, in some part, due to Steve Albini’s sonic treatment that he kind of had on all the...

Adam MacGregor is a long time friend, and we've been talking about doing one of these for quite some time. And now finally here we are! I heard you missed us, we're BACK! Kidding aside, folks, this was a great talk with Adam who is a very talented multi-instrumentalist. He's been in many bands, but he's spending his time these days focusing on two projects, Brown Angel and Soft Cor...

This is a very special episode for me. Today's guest is none other than the front man of the band I've joined, GNARNIA. I've know Chris for some time now, and he's always struck me as a cool guy. Nice dude. Welcoming. And a hell of a front person. I've been a genuine fan before being a member. So this was a great public opportunity for me to get to know him better. This was an...

Jon is very much a New Yorker, though and through. Not exactly what I expected when approached with the idea of speaking to a "industrial" artist that makes heavy, synth driven punk about Nine Inch Nails' The Downward Spiral. Further confounding was the idea that he has been hearing disabled for the majority of his life. That was something that made it irresistible to pass up. And I&...

Super excited to bring this conversation I had with Sarah Greenwell to your ears! If by chance you're not familiar with Sarah's bands(Gymshorts or Greeensleeves) you should really look into them. Especially if you know and like Girls debut album, Album. There are certainly some similarities, and I have to say, I love both equally. Gymshorts is the vehicle by which Sarah does the majority o...

Matt McGuyer is an incredibly talented singer and songwriter. As you'll learn through this conversation, he's been surrounded by and learning how to play music since he was 5! And it shows! Though, he has not been able to get any recorded works published until now, I can only assume the floodgates have been bashed open and we'll be hearing a lot more from Matt. This conversation is a b...

Upon being approached to speak with Jem from We Empty Rooms in Castlemaine, AU, I had to dig into as much of the Dead catalog as possible(there's a lot!). Then I found out about the types of releases WER does, like Dead's new album, Burn Us Clean, a box set of 9 split 7" singles! Most everything they release has amazing artwork which is all silksreened. Then Jem chose this album by Ha...

It's nice to be able to dive into something other than heavy, loud, aggressive, noise rock. Not that there's anything wrong with that. And my guest today, Charlie Schmid, would probably agree with me. Having been the drummer for bands like Vaura and Tombs, he's no stranger to loud aggressive music. With that being said, you might think maybe listening to and making music like Chris Isa...

Goddamnit! Whores is one hell of a band! New album is coming out April 16 on The Ghost is Clear Records. Vinyl presale is underway now and already on it's third pressing! Get it while you can. Lord knows it might be your only chance. Despite what you might think of the band's name, Christian(and I'm sure the other members of the band) ia a kind sweet person that just happen to make bru...

Blake Bickel is an interesting dude. In this talk I get as deep as I can into his past, growing up while moving frequently. Desperately trying to get his hands on exciting music while trying to find his own passion. Eventually stumbling across The Melvins, and it was all over from there. If you know and like Melvins' Houdini, there's a good chance you like Blake's band, Bronson Arm. Th...

It's an honor to bring to you Paul Chastain. The former leader of 90's band Velvet Crush has never stopped keeping busy. For some time he was simultaneously doing Velvet Crush while being part of Matthew Sweet's band and now has a newer project with John Richardson(Tommy Keene, Gin Blossoms, Badfinger etc.) called The Small Square. Their new album Ours & Others is available now thr...

I forgot to mention Happy Thanksgiving! It's very easy to lose track of things during these hectic times. Sorry. I'm very happy to bring you Lung! A unique duo from Cincinnati. And what is ostensibly a second half to my previous conversation with Conan Neutron. Lung being the first half of the Adult Prom Split LP from Learning Curve Records. which you should buy here: https://lunglunglung....

So excited to bring you my conversation with Conan Neutron! The music maker, podcast host, and festival curator stopped in to speak with me today about The Damned's 1979 punk rock masterpiece, Machine Gun Etiquette, as well as all the other things! Family life, discovering music, inner workings of podcasting, The new split LP with Lung, Adult Prom on Learning Curve Records and so much more! It...

Oh man! This was a hard one. Do you know this album? Does it illicit pain, discomfort, joy, sadness, grief or shame? Maybe all those things within one song? If you have heard this album and not experienced at least two of those feelings, you may have missed the point. I and my guest, Doug of Quits, may not be scholars of music, and free jazz in particular, but I don't think you need to be to u...

It's funny how some bands just develop a buzz about them fairly quick, while others seem to disappear into mediocrity. Both can be said about both of these groups. Guji is a very new band that, at the time of this recording, have only played a handful of shows and release their first recording. And here they are getting publicity and having their album released by a label. Whereas, The Monks had o...

Happy release day to my guest, Ben Krause and his band NECKBOLT hailing from Psychedelic rock ground zero, Austin, TX! On the day of this release, NECKBOLT is releasing their second album, dream dump, on Born Yesterday Records. It is available now wherever you stream your music, but please don't forget to purchase a copy of it on vinyl here: https://neckbolt.bandcamp.com/album/dream-dump This...

Each episode has it's challenges in researching the chosen album by the guest. Some are not so hard. Maybe even easy. Others make you wish you were dead. That's not saying that this is a horrible album. It's not. It's a great album by a great band. A mythical group that I think is fairly obscure. Obviously there are a great number of people that know and love Goblin, but even with...

This is one episode I found it hard to prepare for. It seems I have a string of them coming, but this is the first I tried to tackle. Slint's Spiderland. Christ man, it's a difficult record, but me and my guest today, Sean Prior, had a great time trying! He's in a terrific band called Intercourse. They have a new album. Not necessarily like Slint, but there are some elements there. You...

Ladies and gentlemen, I bring to you today, Ev Gold! The singer songwriter and guitarist for Cinema Cinema from Brooklyn, NY. Ev was a great guest to have on for this show because, not only is enthusiastic admiration for this band and album, but he has first hand knowledge of being in Inner Ear Studios, where this album was recorded. And with revered engineer/producer Don Zientara for multiple rec...

Today, Daniel Gene, of Pittsburg band, Mirakler, joined me live in the studio to discuss what kind of impact Metallica's Black Album had on his adolescent brain. To my surprise, this album of his choice was chosen because of more of a negative impact than the typical gushingly positive reason. Still intriguing. Possibly more just for that reason. At the time of this recording, Daniel was on to...