Epic Dudes Podcast

Brian and Jake rank Alkaline Trio LPs, talk about their favorite Warped Tours, chat up about Slayer, Pedro The Lion, Jade Tree Records, Polyvinyl, New Twitching Tongues Song, Less Than Jake revisited, Mark E Smith is gone but not fogotten, RIP.

On this installment of Unpopular Demand- Ronnie interviews Brendan Williams of the band Warm. They discuss the origins of the band, having a one-word band name, and what inspires them to make music. At the end, the band shares a new track off of their sophomore EP, "Part II". The track is called "Home" and the EP drops tomorrow, January 26th.

Ronnie and Jake discuss the sudden passing of Dolores O'riordan of The Cranberries (RIP), Michael Davenport (formerly of The Ataris) getting busted for a $27M telemarketing scam, Andrew W.K. coming to a fan's aid in the most Andrew W.K. way possible, Jawbreaker's storage unit robbery, Brian Wilson's "better late than never" music composition class grade change, and share first impressions on new songs by Tiny Moving Parts, Sigur Rós, Hot Snakes, and Between The Buried And Me.

Bloodbath, Ronnie and Jake discuss new songs from Turnstile, Andrew WK, Harm's Way, Superchunk, Reggie and The Full Effect, Iron Reagan, Gate Creeper and Pianos Become The Teeth.

Matt Rosenblum (ex The Banner/Senses Fail/Tour Manager, etc.) 

Matt takes time out from touring with Saosin to chat with Ronnie from backstage about his new band The View, The Life. A quick and sonically distorted conversation ends with a premiere of a song from their new self-titled EP, out January 12th, "Silver".

The first installment of our interview series, UNPOPULAR DEMAND was kicked off with Weekend Nachos/Like Rats guitarist, Andy Nelson.  We talk about DeKalb County, Illinois, influences, Andy's career as an engineer and producer at Bricktop Recording in Chicago, Noel Gallagher and so much more.  

Prior to recording End Of A Year - 2017, the four of us did a test call and talked for about 30 minutes.  It was meant to be all business and check the levels on our equipment, but some really funny jokes were exchanged...well funny to us anyway.  We cut out the boring technical stuff and present to you our outtakes.  Enjoy!

We are officially back in business!  We re-capped the all of 2017 with our Top 10 lists, as well as a few honorable mentions and a short list of complete letdowns.  Let us know what you think by reaching out to us on social media or emailing us at [email protected].

To view a playlist of songs from our picks, go here: https://open.spotify.com/user/125978498/playlist/0hV1SPkfLBKW4WFzW93XWn

Happy New Year... see you in 2018

I sat down with longtime friend of the show Tony Rettman to discuss his upcoming book, Straight Edge: A Clear Headed Hardcore Punk History, due out November 7th via Bazillion Points.  Music from BOLD and In My Eyes appears courtesy of Revelation Records.

The dudes are joined by Pete Bruno (I Can Dream) and Joe Devore (Waiting For Sunset to take a stroll down memory lane and talk about the music in Sussex County NJ in the early 2000s.  This all come in conjunction with the upcoming Waiting For Sunset Record Release Show, Friday June 30th @ the Stanhope House in Stanhope NJ.  This one time reunion captures where Sussex was, where it is now and where its going.  Enjoy, see you at the show.