Off The Record

Movements formed in 2015 in Rancho Santa Margarita, California and were signed by Fearless Records after playing just one show. Since being signed, the band have put out an EP in 2016, called “Outgrown Things” and one full-length album in 2017 called “Feel Something” which was met with much critical acclaim.

Now in September 2020, the group are on the cusp of releasing their second full-length album called “No Good Left To Give”, and having listened to it a few times already I can tell you that while these guys were already really good – they’ve only gotten better!

I got to catch up with the bands frontman, Patrick Miranda, via Zoom to chat about the upcoming album, dive into a few songs in more detail and talk about the music videos they’ve put out in support of the new album.

MOVEMENTS

Bandcamp | https://movementsofficial.bandcamp.com/

Spotify | https://spoti.fi/35IxlZK

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/movementsofficial/

Dead Quiet have been around for a while, having formed in 2014 and releasing their debut self-titled album a year later in 2015. Now in 2020 the band is on the cusp of releasing their third full-length album “Truth and Ruin”. 

I got to chat with the band’s frontman and founder, Kevin Keegan via Zoom from his workplace in Vancouver, BC. We chat about the new album, how far everyone in the band has come and how by sticking with their current line up has allowed the guys to really get comfortable playing with each other – and it shows.

We also chat about Kevin’s day job; the incredibly awesome and fun lyric video for “Partial Darkness” and what music has been getting him through these strange times we find ourselves in.

DEAD QUIET

Bandcamp | https://deadquiet.bandcamp.com/

Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2Fi9CVx

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/deadquietband/

In today’s episode I chat with Matt Coward, the Spinster Jones' bassist and learn about how these three guys met, and how their surrounding s influenced their style of music, which they affectionately refer to as "swamp punk".  

SPINSTER JONES 

Bandcamp | https://spinsterjones.bandcamp.com/

Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3hiMOlo

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/spinster.jo...

Florida-based rockers, Fame on Fire, can’t really be pigeonholed into a specific genre, which they are fine with - one thing they refuse to be labelled as is a cover band. Why is it that they draw the line there? Probably because what blew the band up was making heavy covers of pop songs covering anyone from Katy Perry, to Justin Bieber to The Weeknd.

However, we are hours away from the release of Fame on Fire’s first full length album of original music and it’s a banger! I got to chat with Bryan, the band’s frontman, about the making of the upcoming album, and what songs are his personal favourites. We also chat about TV Shows, Lego and his love for Overwatch.

FAME ON FIRE

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/fameonfire

Spotify | https://spoti.fi/31SZPxI

Osé is a Nigerian-born; Brampton-based 17 year-old, who has made some pretty major waves in the Toronto scene in a very short amount of time – she started dropping music this year! She is backed by Upn6xt – a Toronto-based organization which helps up-and-coming hip-hop and RnB artists get noticed.  

 We chat about her musical journey; her upcoming EP and her performance at Manifesto’s Livestream tomorrow at 2:15pm (RSVP here: https://www.mnfsto.com/)  

OSÉ 

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/officialosee/ 

Spotify | https://spoti.fi/2G1UgEx

You were just listening to the intro of “Scars and Stripes”, the latest single from Toronto-based punk outfit The Bare Minimum. I got to chat with Cam Gray, who sings and plays guitar for the band, about the new single, as well as how The Bare Minimum truly embrace the DIY nature of the roots of punk rock, from recording their own stuff, to making their own videos. We also learn about the band’s love/hate relationship with the Dufferin Mall or Duff Muff, as Torontonians affectionally nicknamed it, which explains the interesting backdrop for some of the official band photos (spoiler, they were taking in a Walmart).

THE BARE MINIMUM

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/bareminimumband

Spotify | https://spoti.fi/32aCWVp

Seeming’s frontman Alex Reed and I chat about the upcoming album, the making of it, and what avant-garde composer Sarah Hennies brought to the table by co-producing it with Alex.   Alex is an extremely interesting individual to talk to: he has a PhD and teaches a variety of music related courses in Ithica, NY; He composes music for film, commercials and video games AND he’s written two books. So, the guy is smart, and quite accomplished.   

SEEMING 

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/seemingmusic/ 

Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3g9yAml

For today’s episode I decided to reach out to someone, who I had already interviewed before the pandemic, simply because I didn’t have a lot of time to chat with him the last time: I’m talking about Justin Benlolo, frontman and founder of BRKN Love, a rock group based out of Toronto.  Justin and I talk about the band, his origin story for working in the industry and how scary today’s horror video games are.   

BRKN LOVE 

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/brknlovemusic/ 

Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3gM5Gtw

With the power of the internet, I was able to do a cross-continental interview with Chachy, lead singer for ex-pat band Round Eye based out of Shanghai, China. We talk about how China has already returned to normalcy – as normal as things can be nowadays anyway; How five white guys from all over the world found each other in a country with a population of over 1.3 billion.

And of course, the band’s latest album Culture Shock Treatment.

*** Please note that the quality on this one isn’t the best, Chachy’s connection wasn’t the greatest so the call kind of cuts out every so often ***

Round Eye

Spotify | https://spoti.fi/3kcLNht

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/roundeyed/

Bands Chachy likes:

Today I give you an interview I did with Zakk Abrams, lead vocalist for post-hardcore band Hotknives based out of Hamilton, ON. The band just released a four song EP entitled “One” this past Friday and it sounds awesome, really heavy, really catchy I definitely recommend giving it a listen.

Zakk and I also chat about his giant vinyl collection, and why he had to move back to Canada from the States. I hope you enjoy!

HOTKNIVES

Instagram | https://www.instagram.com/hotknivesband/

Spotify | https://spoti.fi/39uOKVQ

Bands Zakk listens to:

·  Black Flag

· I Wrestled A Bear Once

· Trap Them

· Gallows

· Dance Gavin Dance

· Gulch

· And In The Darkness I Was Free

· Rancid Bad Religion

· Pears

· Sydney