Album Review Roundtable (April-June 2016)All releases are available on Bandcamp.

Track listing of featured artists (Format=Band Name 'Name of Album' track featured on episode)

1) The Damn Tracks 'Feral Lives' 333

2) Sass Dragons 'True Adventure' Up the nose

3) Squared Off 'Call of the Road' Call of the road

4) Ribbonhead 'Racing to the Bottom' Honey Pot

5) Third Twin Sister 'July' North South

6) Beat The Smart Kids 'Broke Again' Rise Up!

7) Top Shelf Lickers 'Heartbreak City' Heartbreak City

8) Shrug 'Untowards E.P.' Ace of Wands

9) Mace 'Tour Tape' Waves

10) The Speed Babes '8 o'clock E.P.' I don’t wanna go

11) Strange Bedfellows 'I Felt the Weight Leave Me' Hell/Hallelujah

12) Vices 'American Consciousness Preview' Lucky

13) Ghost of a Dead Hummingbird 'Under the Ultraviolet Light' Erotica

14) Talk to you Never 'What are you Waiting for?' Take two of these and never call me again

15) Daisy Glazed 'Kings of the Fuzz Style' P.C.I.A.S.

16) The Pleasure Centers 'Pure Muscle' Momentary lens

17) Side Action 'Side/Action' They Live

18) Apostles on Strike 'Return of the Superhate' Joe Job

19) Cenobites '2016 EP' Reasons

Honorable Mentions (Bands we didn't have time to talk about but still put out awesome music!)

1) No Friends Zine and Record label - Multiple Releases

2) Cellar Rats 'Friday the 13th Hysteria Compilation'

3) The After Hours 'Dead Weight EP'

4) Atta Boi 'Salt'

5) Toxic Rocket 'Ride the Toxic Rocket'

6) Kuu-Jasst 'Complacent Demo'

7) Shift 'Down With the Bourgeoisie'

8) STANCE ' Demo'

9) Puppy Luv 'Fixable'

10) Private Instigators 'The Case Files Of The Private Instigators Reopened'

11) Split Tongue ' Broken Sink'

12) Soft Bite 'Slow Year'

13) Another Romantic Yesterday ' Life's a Roller Coaster'

14) Promontory 'Facsimile'

In The-Out-Of-Towners #11 I am joined by Avenues to talk about their many experiences in Chicago, what sets their hometown of Milwaukee apart from other cities in the midwest and other Wisconsin cities touring bands shouldn't pass up. Playing festivals, recording at Atlas Studios and all our legs falling asleep from sitting in the back of their van too long are also discussed.

Track Listing:

1) Messin' Around

2) Out of Sight

3) I let Go

4) Hipster 101

Avenues Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AvenuesMKE/

Avenues Bandcamp: https://avenuesrock.bandcamp.com/

During Sass Dragons' weekend tour to promote their new album 'True Adventure' I was able to sit down with the trio to talk about their long 12 year history as a band, crazy tales from the road, the DIY/house scene in Chicago and more. This episode features tracks off their new album 'True Adventure' available now via Let's Pretend Records and No Breaks Records.

Track Listing:

1) Pest Control

2) Up The Nose

3) Watishi Wa

4) Wave It Around

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/Sass-Dragons-268152245677/?fref=ts

Bandcamp:

https://sassdragons.bandcamp.com/

Let's Pretend Records:

http://www.letspretendrecords.com/

No Breaks Records:

http://www.nobreaksrecords.com/

Southside skate punks The Ridgelands stop by Coach House Recording for the podcast's 70th episode! Their song writing philosophy of spray painting shit gold, the over saturation in the Chicago scene and following Kim Kardashian on Instagram are discussed as well as many stories shared from the road.

Track Listing:

1) Padded Rooms

2) Swing for the Fences

3) Lost Boys

4) Let me Know

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/TheRidgelands/?fref=ts

YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/user/TheRidgelands

Bandcamp (Sexy Baby Records):

https://sexybabyrecords.bandcamp.com/album/daggers-down

First Class Fools:

http://www.firstclassfools.com

Wolves & Wolves & Wolves & Wolves (Wolvesx4) invited me into their van outside of Burlington Bar a couple weeks ago for the tenth episode of The-Out-Of-Towners. With the AC blaring we chat life on the road, how their song writing style shifted from a hardcore sound in past bands to a Hot Water Music-esk sound in Wolvesx4 and playing in Winston Salem, NC and North Carolina as a state.

Track Listing:

Serpents

The Cross and The Switchblade

Cathedral

Always The Rebel**

Bandcamp:

https://wolveswolveswolveswolves.bandcamp.com/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/wolvesws

**Always The Rebel is off the upcoming album 'The Cross & The Switchblade' coming this fall from Wiretap Records and XV/XIII Records in the US and Gunner Records in Europe.

I somehow have found my way back to Quenchers Saloon for the fourth installment of First Rounds on me with writer, photographer and all around music lover Maryam Hassan. We chat about her move from her hometown of London to Chicago and what drew her to the windy city. The mistreatment of females in the scene, how she started writing for Punktastic and her new venture in Chicago called Avondale Promotions are also discussed.

Punktastic:

http://www.punktastic.com/

Maryam's Punktastic POV Podcast episode featuring Dave of Two Houses:

http://www.punktastic.com/pov/punktastic-pov-podcast-10-dave-satterwhite/

Avondale Promotions:

https://www.facebook.com/AvondalePromotions/?fref=ts

Maryam's Photography/Blog:

http://missmaryamhassan.com/

Headspins' unique blend of punk, rock and pop hit Coach House Recording for the 52nd episode of Friskie Morris Sessions. We talk about the band's KISS cover band past, having a male/female line up and playing with acts like Marky Ramone. We also talk about their new record that is in the works and the process of writing and recording their first album.

Track Listing:

1) Don't Worry

2) Comb Your Hair

3) KGB

4) Finish It

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/headspinsrock/?fref=ts

Bandcamp:

https://headspinsrock.bandcamp.com/album/spinister

I went Blue Island bar hopping with the humble, likable and all around great guys behind the promotions/booking beast that is Nasty Boyz Entertainment. We talk about how they started booking shows, what sets Blue Island apart from other Chicago suburbs and how their hospitable nature has lead to a labyrinthine of connections all over the US.

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/NastyBoyzEnt/?fref=ts

Nightcap (EJ's band):

https://www.facebook.com/NIGHTCAPNIGHTCAP/?fref=ts

Calling All Cars (Steve's band):

https://www.facebook.com/Calling-All-Cars-115533638607011/?fref=ts

I met up with Springfield, Missouri's Ordinary People outside of Quencher's Saloon for the ninth installment of 'The-Out-Of-Towners' series. We talk about their unique indie-emo-punk sound and the stigma that surrounds the emo sub-genre. We also discuss the recording and writing process that went into their new release, Nothing New, and their base of operations, Springfield, MO.

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/ordinarypeople.mo/?fref=ts&ref=br_tf

Bandcamp:

https://ordinarypeoplemo.bandcamp.com/

Track Listing:

1) Remind Me

2) Nothing New

3) Washington

4) Outside Me

Coach House Recordings got raw in the best possible way with the 51st episode of Friskie Morris Sessions featuring Chicago south-siders Brick Assassin. We talk about the band being an extension of their family, how playing fests and opening for bigger bands doesn't compare to an awesome local show and their new record they just finished recording.

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/BrickAssassin/?fref=ts

Bandcamp:

https://brickassassin.bandcamp.com/

Track Listing:

1) Let Me Bleed

2) Poison

3) Bonehead Dicks

4) Chicago Brick Crew