Making Waves, The ShipRocked Podcast

Making Waves Episode 121, our final podcast before we set sail on ShipRocked 2024, found us in conversation with Coco, the lead singer and guitarist for Winona Fighter, talking all things Boston, Nashville, punk rock, the opportunities of playing Bonnaroo and gaining traction with their peers in the pop/punk world. They may, may not, maybe, not sure, but they will be putting out new music soon as well as embarking on a tour with some of their heroes; it's gonna be a banner year in the Winona household. Also, the Misfits are a pop/punk band at the heart of it, just with a few more demons. 

How does one get both Cannibal Corpse to loathe you and Janet Jackson to love you? You’ll have to check out Episode 120 of Making Waves, the Shiprocked podcast featuring our guests Chris and Brandon of CROBOT. How to participate with your label while keeping your dignity, the gig outside of the gig, and how to tell your daughter that Dad’s poop too. It’s all here right before your stinkin’ eyes and ears. 

Making Waves, Episode 119, the Christmas edition, featured Jack Underkofler Dead Poet Society, who offered us everything but a lump of coal for the hour. Their new album, Fission, is a heavily influenced breakup record due out a week before ShipRocked 2024; timing is everything. We spoke about the band's popularity in Europe, especially in the Netherlands, because it's like a national holiday when they come to town. The absurd beauty of Prague and Amsterdam, why his two dream rooms to play are both in Virginia and why it's crucial to play basement parties from time to time. This plus his experience at Berklee School of Music when, in a brief moment of anxiety, he changed majors immediately.

Making Waves episode 118 features Jami Morgan of the mighty Code Orange. The Pittsburgh native took the time to discuss the band’s latest album, The Above, and its continued growth of the group from hardcore upstarts to metal titans who treat their albums in a cinematic approach while expanding their sonic palette beyond pure cacophony, giving the music and the listener a chance to breathe. Wrestling, the opportunity to work with Chicago legends Steve Albini and Billy Corgan, and the grand life of a tortoise are touched upon.

Jack Wilson, vocalist and guitarist for England’s Kid Kapichi, are on the cusp of the new punk generation. Their third album, "There Goes The Neighborhood," which includes “Tamagotchi” and “Let’s Get To Work,” is already drawing massive attention months before its release in March 2024. We talked about the song-building process, delivering profound ideas via danceable music, the rigorous task of making videos, British culture, and being an Arsenal supporter.

Making Waves Episode 117 featuring Brixton’s Tigercub. Their latest release The Perfume Of Decay displays their influences while forging a new path. The discussion lead us into the daunting aspect of touring as they try to establish a fanbase, playing to 25,000 one day and 100 the next. Playing analog gear in a digital world, working with notable figures in the music industry and the art of navigating the US roadways. All this plus the smell of an advent calendar.

Making Waves Episode 115 welcomed Mike of Mike’s Dead to the podcast. His latest EP Bite Down is ready to hit the market as a continuation of his ability to drop singles briskly. His move from university business major to audio production school changed his trajectory, and his love of nu metal, industrial, and NY hip hop paved the way to the sound he has today. We discussed the idea of self-containment, finding your lane, narrative in 1st and 3rd person, and flipping the current music industry paradigm on its head. He’ll be joining ShipRocked for the first time in 2024.

Episode 114 was frightfully good, featuring our guest Chris Motionless of Motionless in White for our annual Halloween edition. We talked ghouls, goblins, vampires, and werewolves, plus touring until the tires come off the bus, pushing the boundaries of what the band does sonically and the ballet that is working with characters, dancers, pyro, and the most extensive production of the band's career—all this and more, including Chris's first Halloween experience and securing his bucket list items. 

Lucky 113 as Making Waves latest episode features AJ from Austin Texas metalcore stalwarts Fire FromThe Gods. The influence of Jonathan Davis, the boot camp of the New York hardcore scene, singing like Seal, album reinventions, the Texas effect and Corey Glover’s Jamaican isn’t half bad. 

Episode 112 of Making Waves brings us Matt Brandyberry, vocalist/founder of From Ashes To New. Old-school hip-hop, the Top 5 rappers of all-time, how he discovered metal, there is no Plan B, working your way up the musical food chain, their latest album Blackout and having a son who is a musical savant.