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In this episode, we talk with Erik, Dustin, Myke, and Zack of Laddermatch. Their debut album “A Tired Sleep Won’t Fix” is a wildly intense maelstrom of heavy music. Our conversation touched on how the band came together, the recording of the debut album, musical influences, and more. We wrapped it up with our favorite topic: Pizza. Check it out!

In this episode, we talk with Charles, Dan, Thorin, and Joe. The band describes themselves as Avant-Goth, Cemetery Punk, and Death Folk. The reality is that this is an adventurous, highly original and intriguing band. We talked about how the band formed, their name, their debut album, dream gigs and more. As usual, we found time to talk about pizza.

In this episode, Chuck is on vacation but has left a couple of album reviews featuring the new record by Room 101 called Apostasy and the new Carbon Decoy called Superstition Plagues the Purity of All. Each of these are incredible albums that you’ll want in your collection.

Chuck also chats about a monster three day event called GIG - The Art of Michigan Music which is coming up on November 8, 9, and 10th at ART 634 in Jackson, Michigan. GIG - The Art of Michigan music shines a bright spotlight on the artists who bring you the concert photography, gig posters, album artwork, and t-shirt art. Over the three days there will be food, beverages, and a lot of great Michigan Music in addition to the art exhibit. Many thanks to Experience Jackson, Ogma Brewing, Life In Michigan, and Manchester Underground Music and Art for their sponsorship.

In this episode, we talk Dom, Aaryn, and Scott of Glass Chimera. Joining as fans were Jared and Earl of Carbon Decoy with Paul from Moonwreckers. This show was outstanding. All these people are excellent musicians and all around awesome people. It was great to get the backstory on how Glass Chimera came to be, how they got their name, and delve into songwriting. They have their debut album in the works. However, recently they were on Oxide Sessions performing a full set of their unique blend of heavy hitting rock. Our chat wrapped up as usual with pizza. Keep your eyes on Glass Chimera’s socials for show news and upcoming album release.

In this episode, we talk with Mike and Chris from Monolithic Architecture. This is a newer band creating absolutely devastating doom metal. Our conversation touched on how the band was formed, how they came up with their name, song writing, and the work on their first album which should be out this spring. Along the way we talked about influences, first concerts, and pizza.

In this episode, we talk with Rob Zinck of Rob Zinck and The Collaborators. Rob is a great guy to talk with. His band’s new album called Swim or Sink is an excellent set of punk-pop and alt-rock. If you are a fan of Social Distortion, you’ll dig this album. We talked about Rob’s journey into music, which includes a journey from Alaska to Michigan. Along the way we talked about origin stories, influences, and pizza.