Month: October 2019

Episode 81: Appalachian Gothic

Bonnie and the Mere Mortals stop by to discuss the blending of goth and country. During the course of our conversation, I say “interregnum” a lot (again); we discuss what it means to play American music in a time of weirdo nationalism; I prod them about the ins and outs of collaborative song writing; we profess our love for Dan Bell videos; we share an admiration for West Virginia; and surprise surprise, the goth band decides it would rather live in eternal darkness.

You should check out Bonnie and the Mere Mortals excellent EP Tennessee on Bandcamp or one of those streaming services everyone seems to care about. Find out about upcoming shows through the Bonnie and the Mere Mortals Facebook Page, and if you want to book them they have an old fashioned web page.

I honestly don’t remember if anyone swears, but hey, the explicit tag feels comfy.

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Episode 80: The Hardest Working Man in Hardcore

Adam Thomas is in 6 bands. Yes, you read that correctly. You might be in a band with Adam Thomas right now and not even know it. In this episode, we talk about every damn one of them, from Concealed Blade to Empty Beings, S.L.I.P. to Chronic Abuse, from No Time to Heavy Discipline, and we even give a shout out to Blood Pressure, may that band rest in peace.

During our candid conversation, we discuss that very special moment when punk divides a young person’s life in two. Adam tells stories from his recent European tour with Chronic Abuse, we get into how much smarts it takes to sound as stupid as Concealed Blade, I might have accidentally ruined S.L.I.P., and we reminisce about life in Carrolltown, PA.

Every single band Adam is in is quite good, and has a unique sound. Check out the Heavy Discipline 7″, the Empty Beings Dead and Pathetic LP, S.L.I.P.’s Slippy when Wet LP, No Time’s great album You’ll Get Yours, Concealed Blade’s self-titled LP, Chronic Abuse’s transatlantic debut, and if you don’t have Blood Pressure’s Need to Control, you’re seriously wasting your time on Earth.

And of course, we swear.

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Episode 79: We Have 12 Years, Maybe Less

In this episode, we talk with Dusty Hanna and Damon Di Ciccio about the new Silence album The Countdown’s Begun and all the apocalyptic feelings that inspired it. This is one of our “close reading” episodes where we take an artistic work and examine it like we’re in a graduate seminar.

This is a long episode, but how often does a band get to do a 33 1/3 type examination of their own album? More importantly, if you’re listening to this podcast, The Countdown’s Begun probably captures a lot of what you’re thinking and feeling at this moment in history. You can and should buy The Countdown’s Begun through Profane Existence, or you can snag it on the Play Alone Records website. Downloads can be had at the Silence Bandcamp Page, and last but not least, folks in Pittsburgh can get the LP at Skull Records or Cruel Noise Records.

In the process of talking in depth about every song on the album, we listen to the song “Soundtrack to the Picture of the Same Name”, we speculate about how the world can go on, and of course I swear a lot.

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