Vinyl and Vision

We're back! After a short break, we're very happy to bring you David Schellenberg of the band Tunic from Winnipeg, Canada. In this episode, I share all that I could gather about Weezer's Pinkerton, jumble it up and put it up against David and Tunic's catalog and try to determine what similarities they have if any. If you'd like to try to reach the same delineation, I encourage...

On this, our 100th episode, I couldn't be more excited to bring to you Justin Pearson! Founder of ThreeOneG Records. Member of bands such as Struggle, Swing Kids, Retox, Deaf Club, Dead Cross and many others. Justin has been on my short list for some time now, but I could never have imagined how this was going to turn out. Being that these interviews and the questions therein, are formulated t...

Very excited to bring to you Curran Reynolds! Curran is an exceptional musician who has been at it for more than half his life. From humble beginnings in rural Maine, to performing world wide with Today is the Day. This is a great talk that really goes in depth of Curran's history, life experiences and opinions, all revolving around the topic of discussion, Jane's Addiction's debut alb...

MIIRRORS started out between my guests, Brian McSweeney and Shawn Rios. The duo had been working together for many years before finally piecing together a cohesive 5 piece. Now fully formed and established they'll be hitting the road in support of their latest full length from Pravda Records, Motion and Picture. It's a great album full of moody balladry and sparkling hooks through a nuance...

Hope you had your coffee, because my guest today, Scott Crow, is coming in hot! This is one of those high octane episodes that was so much fun to have. Scott really dug into the idea of trying to narrow down the idea of picking ONE album that could be considered integral to his understanding of music, and I think he made an excellent choice. Though we both agree to not care for the band U2 in the...

Here's another monumental one! We're very honored to bring you Ivan Julian, the legendary guitarist for bands such as Richard Hell & The Voidoids, Matthew Sweet, Outsets, Shriekback and more! This helps connect a few of the threads in musical history that this whole show has been about. This was a great conversation focused moon an album important to Ivan, The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers, w...

Today's episode I have a great talk with John Leon. He is the guitarist and founding member of The Royal Arctic Institute, a great instrumental band from NY! And the album topic of discussion is Game Theory's Lolita Nation. I've never heard this band until now. So, this is one of those weird pairing's where the guest, influenced by this album of choice, isn't currently making music that sounds any...

Things are evolving again. We're not completely changing format, but for the right guest and/or circumstance, I'll gladly bend the rules. Today's episode features my talk with Daryl Black Eagle Jamieson. Leader of the Eastern Medicine Singers which makes up more than half of the Joyful Noise/Stone Tapes recording artists, Medicine Singers. After I caught them, completely by accident, I was compell...

First episode of the New Year, and we're coming in hot! Bobby Matador of Oneida joins us today to provide some insight on what The Fall's Domesday Pay-Off Triad Plus! meant to his young musical development as well as what it means to him now. For those of you who might not be familiar with this weird, limited U.S. edition, it is essentially a version of Bend Sinister. That's only what I came to fi...

Here we are having a little break from our typical format. This episode we speak with Chris X. Founder of Reptilian Records. A former record store turned record label which has been slugging away for about 26 years now. No small feat considering they started in the 90's during the largely anti-vinyl period of music to the now booming vinyl sales but sluggish, at best, production times. Chris has g...

Daniel Kelley is the front person for Moral Panic from NYC. The weird part about getting to talk to artists about an album that was influential to them, is that sometimes they just don't line up perfectly. This pairing is fairly close, but the unique thing about Moral Panic is that they dance a line between traditional punk and rock. Almost verging on a noise rock element. Very cool stuff. We enco...

Here we are with #10. The final installment of our Noise Rock Series for No Coast Fest 2022 with Fest organizer and founder, Jeff Helland. For this episode I forwent the topic of an important album so that we could focus on the details of the fest and Jeff's personal opinion on what the hell noise rock even is. This is what I consider to be a very touching and heartfelt show because, if nothing el...

#8 in our noise rock series for No Coast Fest 2022. Today's special guest is Shawn Knight of the band Child Bite from Detriot, MI. We were supposed to talk about Disco Volante, but we kinda veered off the road into wild and weird destinations. Mostly about the connections between art and music, which pertains to the album of choice, but I gave Shawn the reigns to discuss his art and music because...

Here we are with #6 in our noise rock series for No Coast Fest 2022 with Bend, Oregon's The Kronk Men. Much like their name, they have a unique sound that is not only instrumental but powerful, aggressive, and at times even a little unsettling. This was a great talk getting into their minds a little while figuring out where that name came from, what they consider noise rock, and of course, their e...

#5 in the noise rock series featuring bands performing at No Coast Fest 2022, I bring to you Providence locals, The Hammer Party. Coming to you from their personal headquarters during a practice session, the guys made a little time to discuss their new EP, what it took to get there, getting to No Coast and one other small surprise we've been waiting to announce. Find out more and check for last mi...

#4 in our noise rock series for No Coast Fest 2022. Today we bring you lead vocalist and guitarist of Canada's KEN Mode. With these episodes being a little shorter than our usual, I feel like we glossed over the album of discussion, Today is the Day's second album, Willpower. It is also obscure enough to be very difficult to research. But Jesse is a seasoned veteran of the noise rock scene so I fo...

#3 in our noise rock series featuring bands performing at No Coast Fest 2022. Next up is Dave Kuzy, guitarist and singer of Pittsburgh's ((microwaves)). Here's a great example an unlikely influence an album may have had over an artist. Great short conversation covering that influence, as well as microwaves' upcoming tour, new album and new single, which are out right now! As a matter of fact, you...

Here we are with the first installment of our Noise Rock series featuring bands performing at No Coast Fest 2022 in Denton, TX at Rubber Gloves Rehearsal Studios. Very excited to bring you T-Tops from Pittsburgh, PA. This talk starts the greater conversation of what noise rock is and what it means to the bands who make it. Pretty profound especially starting with this album, Nirvana's In Utero. We...

In relation to music industry standards, 6 years between records could be a kiss of death. But for a band like Sleepyhead, it's just what they needed to incubate a collection of songs carefully crafted at legendary Q Division Studios. Life and all of it's roadblocks didn't help the timeframe, but did inform the content. The result? A deeply profound, mature album rolling through the ups and downs...

Jesse Adelson is a talented multi instrumentalist that plays with the band Slashers and Prostitution, both of which herald from NYC. I've been able to see Slashers a couple times now, and they do not disappoint! At the moment this is being released, they are on tour. So if they're coming near your town, go check them out! Slashers may be a skate punk, thrash style of band, but I'll tell you, if yo...

There are certain aspects about this show that I really love. One. Being able to get to know artists and speak with them intimately. Two. Getting to check out albums that I may have otherwise missed or passed on. Three? Getting to premier new material that no one's ever heard! Today's show touches all those bases, and I couldn't be more psyched! All five members of Providence's own, Bochek, join m...

This version is our first attempt at embedding the video version. My guest today is Felix Bechtolsheimer. Formerly of Hey Negrita, and currently of Curse of Lono. Felix is a English musician joining me from London to discuss his new album, People in Cars. This was a very candid conversation that spanned many topics ranging from early musical experiences, deep drug addiction and the road to recover...

With Record Store Day just around the corner, it's our pleasure to bring to you Ben Vaughn! He has a new limited edition album, The World of Ben Vaughn, exclusively available on RSD 2022. A widely acclaimed and accomplished musician and producer who has worked with the likes of Alan Vega, Alex Chilton, Ween, Los Straitjackets, Pink Slip Daddy, The Friggs and many more. Ben also worked in televisio...

Very honored to bring you today's show with J. Niimi. He is a talented songwriter, musician and journalist who wrote the book about REM's Murmur for the prestigious 33 1/3 music series. It goes without saying that this album has had a profound impact on his personal and musical development. So much so, that in his words, there was no question as to what album he would want to write about. So we ta...

Well here it is. The epitome of what this show is all about. Have you ever thought about a musician you really loved and thought, "what made them want to pursue a career in. music?" Well, here's the answer! And coming from a person that is such an incredible inspiration of generations of punks and rockers alike, about an album that is equally inspirational, Richard Hell and The Voidoids' Blank Gen...