Vinyl and Vision

This next one...is the first...guest hosted episode. I've been looking to do some shows like these for quite some time now. And I'm happy to say, here's the first. Today we have Joyce Raskin, formerly of the band Scarce, currently Nightspell, and accomplished author. This episode she'll be interviewing her longtime bandmate, singer-songwriter, Chick Graning, about an album that was important to hi...

Oh boy. That could be applicable to any number of situations brought about by this episode. My guest, Will Johnson, is, in my humble opinion, a behemoth of the indie folk rock scene. Partially in thanks to his collaborations with artists such as Jason Molina, Vic Chestnutt, and the Monsters of Folk crew(i.e. Connor Oberst, Jim James, M. Ward and Mike Mogis). His particular brand of raw, introspect...

We're happy and honored to be kicking off this year with Boston rock institution, Rick Barton! Best known as a founding member of The Dropkick Murphy's, he's been playing in significant bands from Boston since the late 70's with The Outlets to now with his current band, Continental. Rick really covers the gambit with stories from his youth learning about music, to starting some of those seminal ba...

Happy New Year everyone! On this last episode of the year, I speak with Mark Stone who is a veteran of the music scene who has kinda seen and done it all. He is someone I've know about for a very long time, and was happy to finally be able to speak with and get to know better. You should seek out an band he has been a part of, but most importantly, his most recent, Droplets which you can find more...

This conversation runs the gamut of topics from love, loss and death, to everything in between, because this album tackles all these issues as well. My guest tonight is the multi talented musician and audio engineer, Jared Mann of bands such as Twin Foxes, Willow, Great Western States and more. We recorded this episode at his studio Distorted Forest and had such a great time discussing one of his...

Here we go with another short Bonus Episode. This time with my special guest Chris + Jennifer Daltry of What Cheer Records and Vintage! They are finally hosting their annual event PVD Rock n Roll Yard Sale, again for the first time since the pandemic and it's going to be great! Here they share with me the beginnings of their business leading up to creating their sale, what to expect on Saturday, a...

On this episode, it's my honor to bring to you a great conversation with Matt Korvette, front man and singer of Pissed Jeans of Philadelphia on Sub Pop Records. This is a great conversation bringing attention to one of Matt's early musical influences, Maximumrocknroll Presents: Not So Quiet On The Western Front from 1982. If you consider yourself a person that likes punk, hardcore, or noise rock,...

This is a special short edition of our show. Kid Millions joins us to discuss his latest collaboration with Jan St. Werner of Mouse On Mars. John is a wonderful human being and an immensely talented artist. Combined with the mastery of Jan St. Werner, they have made a truly unique album that throttles lines of electronic music and avant grade jazz. This new album is available for pre order now, an...

Eric Smith is a local Providence musician that has been working with great projects for almost 20 years now. His latest project, Glowing Cloud, is no exception. He's just released a 3 song EP which is reminiscent of jangly, Brit pop with a Neil Young flare. I was happy to have Eric here at the house to discuss and listen to Neil Young's Trans on vinyl. If you like this album or any album by Neil Y...

I'm very excited today to bring to you, Weasel Walter! I may have felt a little nervous going into this conversation because of what I knew of Weasel's intense thirst for musical knowledge and historical research of music that he loves. Turns out, I did alright, and the musical ideas and opinions oozed pretty simply. I really enjoyed this talk and getting to know Weasel and Mayhem a lot better. I...

Dan is a talented multi-instrumentalist and head of the Wrong Whole Archival Bureau, which is putting out some great experimental, noise music. It was a pleasure getting to know him as well as the album he chose this evening, The Ex + Tom Cora's Scrabbling at the Lock. There might not be many parallels to this album and the band Dan had been apart of (Neptune) but between the many different projec...

It should come as no surprise that The Pop Group's 1979 debut album "Y", being an amalgam of punk funk, jazz fusions, and avant noise, would speak so syseynchtly to the heart of this episode's guest, "Hash" Vyas. Most notably being the bass player for Thievery Corporation and GoGoGo Airheart, Hash has been a huge fan of all types of music for all his life, but let's be serious, that shit's gotta h...

That title worked out better than I thought it could have. Matt Trap is the drummer for Song Birds from Providence, and just a great, hilarious dude. The style of his drummer is certainly similar to that of Dana Hatch from this band, but I think the overall attitude from this album really speaks to how Matt operates. We(I) may have had a little too much fun on this one, but what a great time. Join...

Here's a special extra short episode with the whole band. We all hope everyone's had a happy Thanksgiving or at least made the best out of that you could. We have a lot to be thankful for and have even more gratitude to dish out. This episode is to give a moment to introduce The Hammer Party to those who do not know them, and officially announce the release of their debut album, Smashed Hits, whic...

At a point in this talk, I mention to my guest, Alec K Redfearn, how I don't see the connection of his personality to that of our topic, Captain Beefheart. But I neglected to mention how I can see the relation to scope and body of work and sheer beautiful freakness. From The Eyesores or The Seizures to Say You Love Satan to D.U.M.E., Alec seems to me to always be pushing limits in more ways and mu...

This was an in-person interview outside of my studio, so there is lots of noise disturbance, but still tons of fun! Steve is a one of the greatest people to get to hang with and that's evident in this episode. We get down with Chrome's 1979 Half Machine Lip Moves while also getting into a lot of Steve's own history and his new record Majestic Flap Flap. Check these things out! Chrome Jackson Bandc...

The time that I had with Scott was very informative of his development as a drummer and musician in the local RI scene, to growing one of the biggest and most successful tribute acts nationally. And how it all stemmed from this iconic metal record by Ozzy Osbourne. Great guy and a really great talk! Enjoy! Visit www.badfish.com for upcoming shows and follow them on all social medias. Don't forget...

Rob's new band, Alstead, has spawned from a conceptual collaboration with writer, Nelson Taylor. Together, they spin tales of awkward adolescence amongst a backdrop of a southern podunk town. The new album can be found on all streaming platforms, everywhere you get music. Give it a listen. Rob and I gave Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs a go, and boy, was it fun. Please don't forget to subscrib...

Mark Cutler is a RI legend, though you wouldn't know it from talking to him. For a RI Rock n' Roll Hall of Famer, who's be on the road with the likes of Bob Dylan, Warren Zevon, and Don Hendley, he's the most humble, down-to-earth, and generous person I've had the pleasure to meet. We discuss a good portion of his time in the bands The Schemers, The Raindogs and other projects he's been working on...

Brendan in a man of many tastes of musical styles. With that being said, the likelihood of him creating a project of any genre is completely possible. His latest project, Belll, is an ambient, sample based hiphop album akin to that of Dj Shadow's Endtroducing. Could he have gone the route of hard edged prog rock like that of Ebu Gogo? Sure. Jazzy funk rock like Gruvis Malt? Of course. This is just...

Roz is one of the most talented and hard working artists in the business right now. So it was my pleasure to be able to discuss their work and history along with one of the most iconic bands of all time. Being in the age of Quarantine, this episode was conducted remotely. With that being said, there was very little vinyl to highlight, but I would completely recommend everyone to pick up Roz's late...

On this episode I get to sit down with Hilary Jones to discuss the music that has influenced her song writing and playing style, being a former leader for RIOT RI(Girls Rock! Camp), her latest band, Alpha Error and the beginnings of her own podcast which tackles the topics of music, gender equality, and the music gear we love. Also whilst listening to the amazing second album by PJ Harvey, Rid of...

Continuing to dispel some of the Providence music scene history, it only seemed natural to have JJ come on and share some of his own personal insight on some of the inner workings of the scene through his involvement with independent labels and working behind the scenes for one of the greatest recording studios the state has ever seen, Sound Station Seven. JJ came across some copies of a split 7"...

For over 40 years, my guest, Peter Prescott, has been creating music that has pushed himself out into the experimental areas of early punk and into the point of generational influence. Peter is best know for his work with Mission of Burma, but has gone on to create acts such as Volcano Suns, Kustomized, and the Peer Group. We talk in depth about his latest band, Minibeast, which takes a lot of the...

It's my honor to present to you, Eric Paul. Veteran of the noise rock, no wave movement locally and internationally. I've followed his career from his beginnings thrashing around in Arab on Radar, to The Chinese Stars, Doomsday Student, and ultimately landing in this new electronic infused Psychic Graveyard. In this talk we highlight some aspects of his 20+ years in the music biz, from being misun...