Generic Insight: The Podcast

Last of the Fest 14 interviews. Thank you to all the wonderful people I spoke to! PLAYLISTWorriers - "Plans"Banquets - "Stop Signs in a Ghost Town"Spraynard - "Everywhere"Bad Cop / Bad Cop - "Joey Lawrence"Binary Heart - "The Good Death"Reservoir - "Seems Like There's A Show Every Night"

Better late than never to finally post up the Fest 14 episodes, right? Apologies.

That said, same format as last year. Mini interviews and talks with band-folk who played or attended this year's Fest party. The ending was me and my Fest hotel roomies talking about our weekend in the Tampa, FL airport that Monday following the Fest while waiting to fly home to New York. This features Billy Bolinger of Podactor/Crucial Dudes, Tom Rheault of No Trigger, and Ed McNulty of Beach Slang.Also at the beginning, pay tribute to Brandon Carlisle of Teenage Bottlerocket. Rest In Peace. Note: yeah, it gets cut off at the very end, sorry! PLAYLISTTeenage Bottlerocket - "Radio"The Penske File - "Wasters"Podactor - "Absurdity In Everything"No Trigger - "Owner Operator"Beach Slang - "Ride The Wild Haze"

Thanks a ton to Brian from New Jersey's Night Birds for the rad interview. Check out their new album, Mutiny at Muscle Beach, out now on Fat Wreck Chords.PLAYLISTNothington - "To Hold On"Bad Cop, Bad Cop - "Like, Seriously?"Night Birds - "Left In The Middle"Nato Coles and the Blue Diamond Band - "See Some Lights"

In which I sat in the living room of Brooklyn's Suburbia venue one evening and chatted with Rochester, NY's Such Gold. Pick up the band's most recent LP, The New Sidewalk, which came out in 2014 on Razor & Tie.Thanks to Nate, Matty and Jon for doing this, it was lots of fun!

PLAYLISTBroken Field Runner - "Black Irish"Taking Meds - "Jim Jones"Such Gold - "Engulfed In Flames"Original Sharks - "The Angel Ross"

Matt and Patrick (also of Self Defense Family) and I had a great discussion about comics, punk rock and other musicians creating comics, and their most recent book series, We Can Never Go Home. Check out their site for more info on their comics: Ashcan Press Order We Can Never Go Home back issues here, or check your local comic shop. Issue #3 out now. PLAYLISTSelf Defense Family - "Location Scout"Royal Psalms - "Anything"Hollow Sunshine - "Coral"Timeshares - "Tail Light"

Very excited that I got to sit down and chat for a bit with the vocalist/lyricist of my favorite band of all time, Strung Out.I preface this at the beginning of the episode, but this was particularly nerve racking for me and not an easy interview for me to do. I managed to get through it, albiet some awkwardness. Still, the end result was a cool, interesting chat that was also very funny. I've been seeing Strung Out shows consistantly for many years and it is always a cathartic experience for me. Thank you so much, Jason, and to the rest of Strung Out and their crew for always being so damn cool to me. I appreciate it more than you guys will ever know. Music-wise, I kept this Strung Out related, two songs from the band and two from SO side projects; Jason Cruz and Howl (Jason's other band), and Implants (SO guitarist Rob Ramos' other band).The band's newest release, Transmission.Alpha.Delta, was released on March 24th on Fat Wreck Chords.PLAYLISTStrung Out - "Rats In The Walls"Jason Cruz and Howl - "Warsong"Implants - "Through The Window"Strung Out - "Too Close To See"

Very psyched that I got to sit down and chat with Jake about his bands. We talked about his move from Boston, MA to Austin, TX, Defeater going on tour for the first time since vocalist Derek Archembault's hip replacement surgery, Dreamtigers' crossover with Defeater fans and more. PLAYLISTCreative Adult - "Deep End"Touché Amoré / Self Defense Family - "Low Beams"Defeater - "The Red, White, and Blues"Dreamtigers - "Letting Go"The Down House - "Time"

Recently, Nate Gluck, bassist of New Jersey hardcore stalwarts Ensign has been diagnosed with cancer. So the band and a few friends have come together and booked an incredible 2-day benefit show for him. The show has been dubbed NateFest and info can be found at that link. It will be on Saturday, March 21st, 2015 and Sunday, March 22nd, both at Gamechanger World in Howell, NJ. Both dates are currently sold out but keep checking the above link/Facebook page for anyone who may be selling tickets.The interview in this episode was with Ensign guitarist Dan Brennan, one of NateFest's organizers, and we talked about both the organization process of the show as well as the separate crowd-fund fundraiser that was started, that to date has raised over $100,000 to go towards medical costs, as well as to help Nate and his wife pay their home's mortgage payments while he undergoes treatment. Thank you Dan for talking with me! Please, if you were not able to get a ticket for the fest, feel free to donate to the GoFundMe link above if you wish to help. Generic Insight wishes Nate a healthy and speedy recovery! PMA!PLAYLIST (special: all bands played will be playing NateFest)None More Black - "Oh, There's Legwork"Ensign - "The Direction of Things To Come"Kill Your Idols - "Falling"Endeavor - "Kill Traitors"

The last (and late) interview I did at Fest 13, this one is with my hotel roomies, Staten Island, NY pop punk band Everything Ever. I chatted with dNo and Zack about the Fest of course, as well as being vegan while on the road, how to get free food for bands, and we trailed off into a very interesting conversation involving feminism/dudes being feminist allies. Check these boys out, their new record Solid Ground will be out in March on Secret Audio Club. Happy 2015!PLAYLISTHostage Calm - "12/31"Everybody Row - "Coming Out Clean"Everything Ever - "Doing Nothing"The Swellers - "2009"

Listen to Cayetana. I had a fantastic chat with these Philadelphia, PA ladies about non-ironically being fans of ska music, drummer Kelly's cat sneakers, chili doughnuts, women in the punk scene in 2014 and some actual stuff related to their band. Also in this episode, Christmas themed music just because.PLAYLISTJimmy Eat World - "Last Christmas"Cayetana - "Black Hills"Cayetana - "South Philly"Night Birds - "Less The Merrier"