Speaking in Songues

T VIC! That's right, Episode 5 is here and it features the goodness that is Champaign-Urbana legends Terminus Victor. Scott Kimble and Don King from T Vic joined me talk about their songwriting process, working together for 30 years as musicians and who smiles more--Don or Eddie Van Halen. Stick around until the end of the episode to hear "The Hands of Gridlock" from the album Prevention vs. Intervention.

Terminus Victor music is both immediate and insidious. More generally described as a blend of rock, alternative rock, and post-punk with a dash of shoegaze. Joy Division, My Bloody Valentine, Slint, HUM and more are influential ingredients in the wall of sound recipe cooked up by Scott Kimble [Bass/Vocals], Don King [Guitar], and Terry Wathen [Drums]. This band's tastes become known through their music and lyrics that communicate powerful yet vulnerable expressions of raw emotion, insecurities and empathy with the pain and beauty of life as common people.

Check out Terminus Victor:

terminusvictor.bandcamp.com

terminusvictor.com

April Adams is a self-taught portrait and fine arts photographer who operates April Love Photography. A photographer for over fifteen years, in her early work she began by photographing concepts in abandoned buildings. April later moved on to photographing weddings and portraits for clients although she has recently returned to focus on photography as fine art through conceptual work. April finds inspiration through music, current events, and meditation. Through photography, she strives to evoke emotion and thought--photos that tell a story and connect with the viewer on a personal level. April's passion is photography. Her conceptual and editorial style can be seen bleeding over into her portrait work, giving it a moody and story-telling vibe.

April will have artwork featured in The Strange and Unusual Gallery, which you can see online at https://strangeandunusual.hopestreetwoodworks.com/ and you follow April at aprillovephotography.com and on Facebook at facebook.com/aprillovephotos and Instagram at instagram.com/aprillovephotography. 

Pamela Maurer is the brains behind HLDAY MAGIK as well as Baby Money and the Down Payments. We talked city trains, the confluence of music and video, and how surviving the pandemic altered her latest work, the visual-audio song suite HLDAY MAGIK. You may also know Pamela from her 3-piece Chicago outfit Baby Money and the Down Payments, garage rockers inspired by soul, gospel and RnB. Hear more about Pamela's transformation from Baby Money to HLDAY MAGIK, her take on feminism and its influence on her work, and also her favorite whiskey and pizza!!

You can hear and see the Holiday Magik music and videos at https://babymoney.bandcamp.com/ and youtube.com/babymoney4eva as well as: 

http://babymoney4eva.band/

http://hldaymagik.com/

linktr.ee/babymoney4eva

Episode 2 is here and it features my good buddy and genuinely good human being Colin Larson of the band Otherglow. He’s a talented musician, songwriter, drummer, engineer, producer, and livestreamer. Colin just put out a fantastic album called Grey Sky filled with killer guitars, hot drumshots, and plenty of ethereal soundscapes. We talk all things music in the pandemic and post-pandemic world, fog machines and what happens behind the scenes in Otherglow headquarters, and the time he "took out the garbage" during a live session! 

Check out Otherglow: 

Otherglow.bandcamp.com 

twitch.tv/otherglow 

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Speaking in Songues is back with Season 3, Episode 1. I know---random! While my physical being is stuck inside, my voice and mind travel to St. Louis to talk shop with one of my oldest and dearest musical connections, Bruce Klosterman and his bandmates in Sisser. We chit chat about their new EP Haunted Rooms, who freaks out first when something goes wrong in the studio, and their color-coded musical writing process.

The band is Melissa Powers (vocals, guitar), Shauna Sublette (guitar, keys, vocals), Bruce Klostermann (bass) and Mark Easley (drums). Haunted Rooms was released in December 2020 and is available on all the streaming platforms including Bandcamp, Spotify, and Apple Music. Get it into your ears. And stick around after the episode to hear “Black Queen” from the Haunted Rooms EP .

Sisser can be found: 

https://sisser.bandcamp.com/

https://www.facebook.com/sisserband

https://open.spotify.com/artist/4cFOKDTCBvkDGxuIj7bmvP?si=jzmNt4zQQduJKHw1FSqzdQ

Back in 2015, I interviewed Allen Epley, singer and guitarist, and Eric Abert, bassist, from the powerful Chicago rock trio The Life and Times.  Al and Eric talked with me about their 2014 album Lost Bees, making records, and the best Sirius XM channel's to listen to while touring the country.

You can check out The Life and Times at thelifeandtimes.com and Al and Eric’s studio at electronical.bandcamp.com.

The Speaking in Songues podcast returns with its first episode via Anchor.fm featuring an interview with podcast host Jeff Julian's band Vaudevileins, Chicago-Joliet rock 'n' rollers. The band went on hiatus in April 2018 but has reunited for a run of shows in November 2019. Along with original members Julian, Bill Aldridge, and Brennen Chouinard, they are joined by John Caparoon (x-Faster Forward) on lead guitar. The band took questions from fellow musician John Condron on the who, what and whys of returning, traveled down memory lane and talked about the future. Recorded at Third City Sound in Joliet.