The Redscroll Podcast

Ben Levesque joins us at the shop to talk shop about shows, concerts, gigs and such! Ben has been with Manic Presents for about as long as we've had the store now (over 17 years!), but recently made a huge jump from working essentially 2 full time jobs to dedicating all his time to Manic Presents in a yet to be named position. When it comes to running and booking shows he's a jack of all trades. We talk about some inside baseball - the inner workings of things without blowing up any spots. 

Ben of Manic Presents

We talk about music in general and we push out in all directions pertaining to Manic Presents and its venues and what Ben hopes to do with all of those and more! 

You can buy tickets to all their shows at the store with no online extra fees (they are emailed and not physical, but no fees).  You can also check them out online (and buy tickets) through their site: https://manicpresents.com/

Music on this episode: Intro: Monkees "Circle Sky" Head (RCA / Colgems...)

Rick: Moin "Cubby" You Never End (Ad 93) Abhorration "Chamber of Agilarept" Demonolatry (Invictus) Molina "I Am Your House" When You Wake Up (Escho) Dame Area "Sempre Cambiare" Toda La Verdad Sabre Dame Area (Mannequin) Space Camp "Impasse" How Could I Not Be Your Girl? (Self Released) Forest Thrall "Nyrostungheimm" Apparitions of the Golden Horned (Eternal Death) Cybotron "Earth" Parallel Shift (Tresor) Dregs "Guilt Garden" Dregs (Purely Physical Teeny Tapes / Mud Records)

Josh: Trees Speak "Among Us" TimeFold (Soul-Jazz) Behemoth "The Thousand Plagues" XXX Years Ov Blasphemy (Nuclear Blast) Plateau "Trainwreck" Kushbush (Sub-Conscious Communications / Artoffact)

Ben: Bayway "Namesake" Word Is Bond (Daze)

Exit: Sonic Youth "Kool Thing" Goo (DGC)

The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (first of the month going forward) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it’s all of interest to us. With the show we’ll generally have a localized focus. We’ll discuss upcoming releases and what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We’ll talk about upcoming area musical activities. We’ll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we’ll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you’re welcome to contact us through email ([email protected]).

Nick & Tim helm a relatively new project called Disfigure. So far, they have just one tape release though they are working on more. Nick worked on many of the songs in relative isolation while living in New Hampshire and then recorded them with Tim once back in CT. 

We start as usual talking about what we're listening to.  We recorded in October which lent itself to some opening talk about horror movies and bake off.  We quickly veer into how the band started and what inspired it to happen; how they were inspired by Godflesh, d-beat and black metal to create their sound.

Conversation continues down that path and veers off until we finally trail off talking about the first Redscroll release after becoming a store, Hostage Calm's Lens - a record Tim is on and a band Nick later joined and also a band that bares little other connection to this current project sound-wise other than the people who made it.  Anyway! Battle metal madness! 

Links: https://disfigurebandct.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/disfigure_ct

Opening: Disfigure "Usher the Dawn" New Age of Judgement (Self-Released)

Rick: The Necks "Bleed" Bleed (Northern Spy) Billy Woods & Kenny Segal "Spongebob" Hiding Places (Backwoodz Studios) Ministry "The Land of Rape & Honey" The Land of Rape & Honey (Rhino) Senyawa "Alnilam" Vajranala (The State51 Conspiracy)

Josh: Type O Negative "Love You To Death" October Rust (Rhino) Godspeed You! Black Emperor "Babys In A Thundercloud" No Title As Of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead (Constellation) Dim "Therefore I Stayed My Feet" Compendium I - III, Compendium Reliquiae (Out of Season / Dungeons Deep) Caribou "Honey" Honey (City Slang) Chubby & The Gang "To Be Young" And Then There Was... (Flatspot)

Nick: Hellscape "Cujo" Hellscape EP (Donor / Advanced Perspective)

Tim: Magdalena Bay "Image" Imaginal Disk (Mom + Pop) [*show note: Anthony Fantano gave this a 9, not a 10.] Link for The Zero Hour as mentioned in this segment. 

Closing: Disfigure "The Final Advance" New Age of Judgement (Self-Released)

The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (first of the month going forward) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it’s all of interest to us. With the show we’ll generally have a localized focus. We’ll discuss upcoming releases and what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We’ll talk about upcoming area musical activities. We’ll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we’ll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you’re welcome to contact us through email ([email protected]).

We are joined by a man, Byron Coley, who has more stories than we could fit into every past episode of our podcast and we surely packed as much as we could into a single sit down. We start off with some talk about what we're listening to as usual and we move on to record fair talk (don't forget about our Record Fair at Counter Weight Brewing Co. on October 13th featuring Byron selling upstairs!).

Byron tells tales of driving John Fahey around looking for classical records, his process for listening to 10 new records everyday, writing for weekly publications and magazines like the Wire, Forced Exposure, Spin and on and on.  We talk about the label and store he runs with his friend Ted in Florence, Western Massachusetts.

We go back to his start writing a tour diary with Devo, but this is yet a scratch on the surface and this podcast is our longest yet for good reason! Check it out!

Links: https://feedingtuberecords.com/ https://feedingtuberecords.bandcamp.com/music https://www.facebook.com/FeedingtubeRecords https://bsky.app/profile/byroncoley.bsky.social (Blue Sky) https://www.instagram.com/feedingtuberecords_rozztoxart (run by Ted)

Music on this episode:

Opening: Mike Watt, J Mascis, Murph, Byron Coley, John Petkovich as Hellride East May 2, 2012, Le Poisson Rouge, New York City. (YouTube)

Rick: Melt-Banana "Code" 3+5 (A-Zap) Lolina "Dejavu" Unrecognisable (Relaxin Records) Parallel "In Flashes" Flooded (Play Alone) Holy Tongue meets Shackleton "The Merciful Lake" The Tumbling Psychic Joy of Now (AD 93)

Josh: TR/ST "All At Once" Performance (Dais) Jesus Lizard "Hide & Seek" Rack (Ipecac) Ginger Root "No Problems" Shinbangumi (Ghostly International) Jamie XX "All You Children ft. The Avalanches" In Waves (Young) Disfigure "Stygian Chalice" New Age of Judgement (Self-Released)

Byron: Chris Corsano "Everything I Tried To Understand Wasn't Understandable at All" The Key (Became The Important Thing [& Then Just Faded Away]) (Drag City)

Closing: Byron Coley "Punk Day" Dating Tips For Touring Bands (Hot Cars Warp Records)

The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (first of the month going forward) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it’s all of interest to us. With the show we’ll generally have a localized focus. We’ll discuss upcoming releases and what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We’ll talk about upcoming area musical activities. We’ll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we’ll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you’re welcome to contact us through email ([email protected]).

This month Paul and Will joined us on the podcast. Paul sings and Will plays guitar in Dissolve. We just released their latest record, Burnt and absolutely were honored and stoked to do so. Dissolve has been around since 1991 and released records with wide time gaps between them.  They endure and we talk about how that works with their band and how those releases have progressed to the most recent record, Burnt. 

Dissolve's Paul & Will

We talk about the bands they played with and other bands they were in. We talk briefly about Paul's writing career (a book of short stories called Weakling Planet) and how that relates to how he writes lyrics. We talk about the bands they got to see and play with in the 90s and we go on from there. Check it out! 

Links: Dissolve on Bandcamp Dissolve on Instagram Dissolve Vimeo Channel

Music on this episode:

Opening: Dissolve "Eternal Sunshine" Burnt (Redscroll)

Rick: UF "Vanity" Unknown Fate (Kick To Kill) Jonnine "Southside Girl" Southside Girl (Modern Love) Princ​€​ss "In My Head" Princ​€​ss (Wherethetimegoes)

Josh: Glass Beams "Horizon" Mahal (Ninja Tune) Chuck Johnson "Teleos" Sun Glories (Western Vinyl) Sabbat "Desecration" Sabbaticult (Nuclear War Now!)

Paul: Bed Maker "Two Left Feet" Bed Maker (Dischord) Otoboke Beaver "Where did you buy such a nice watch you are wearing now" Super Champion (Concord) Alice Cooper "Billion Dollar Baby" Billion Dollar Babies (Warner Bros.)

Will: The Zombies "Care of Cell 44" Odessey & Oracle (Epic, CBS...) La Lom "Lorena" The Los Angeles League Of Musicians (Verve)

Closing: Dissolve "Shot Rocks" Burnt (Redscroll)

The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (first of the month going forward) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it’s all of interest to us. With the show we’ll generally have a localized focus. We’ll discuss upcoming releases and what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We’ll talk about upcoming area musical activities. We’ll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we’ll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you’re welcome to contact us through email ([email protected]).

New London's Michael Slyne joins us on the podcast this month.  We talk about his hometown a bunch and the changes that have happened to the landscape of downtown and the town in general recently and over the years.  We talk about Michael's many projects / bands including most prominently Slyne & The Family Stoned.  

We talk about Michael's show on WCNI (check it out!) and self-releasing records and his hopes for future releases and his recent trip to the UK. We talk about what we're listening to and branch out in all directions. Give it a listen! 

Links: https://thefamilystoned.bandcamp.com/ https://www.instagram.com/michaelslyneisnttheonlydreamer/ https://linktr.ee/Thefamilystoned

Music on this episode:

Intro: Michael Slyne "Johnny's Dream" No Soft Place (Self-Released)

Rick: The Black Dog "I'm Poster Syndrome" Other, Like Me (Dust Science) Jerskin Fendrix "Portuguese Dance II" Poor Things (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)(Waxwork Records / Milan) Pye Corner Audio "Decision Point" The Endless Echo (Ghost Box) Speed "The First Test" Only One Mode (Flatspot / Last Ride) [+ Rick's Bonus Beatdowns]

Josh: Aphex Twin "Digeridoo (Cr7E Version)" Digeridoo (Expanded Version)(R&S Records)

Michael: Pärson Sound "Tio Minuter" Pärson Sound (most recently from Subliminal Sound)

Exit: Slyne & The Family Stoned "Everybody In Heaven" Is Heaven Sweet (To The Ones We Lose) (Self-Released)

The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (first of the month going forward) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it’s all of interest to us. With the show we’ll generally have a localized focus. We’ll discuss upcoming releases and what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We’ll talk about upcoming area musical activities. We’ll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we’ll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you’re welcome to contact us through email ([email protected]).

This month we talked on the podcast to Kane from Northern Void Records. We talk about what we're listening to and quickly dive into how Kane developed his own music and metal fandom into a distribution operation and record label. 

Kane of Northern Void Records holding a Nihil Invocation record

Kane dives into how he solicited releases and what he'd like to put out in the future - archival and new acts alike.  We talk about his daily EMT life and veer off in a couple different pathways as well. Check it out! 

Music on this episode:

Opening: Nihil Invocation "In Pale Ascent and Passing" Crestfallen Stronghold (Northern Void)

Rick: Beak> "The Seal" >>>> (Invada / Temporary Residence) Cruzloma "Plegaria" Mitos y Ritos (ZZK) Shudder To Think "It Was Arson" 1987 (100,019 Men Go Wow Wow Wow)(L.G. Records) Shackleton & Six Organs Of Admittance "Stages Of Capitulation" Jinxed By Being (Drag City)

Josh: Haunted Plasma "Machines Like Us" I (Svart) Missiles "Living in a Nuclear Town" Weaponize Tomorrow (Svart) Peggy Gou "Lobster Telephone" I Hear You (XL) Fu Manchu "Hands Of The Zodiac" Return of Tomorrow (At The Dojo) Sun Kil Moon "True Friends" Quiet Beach House Nights (Obsolete Records / Caldo Verde)

Kane: Alcest "L'Envol" Les Chants De L'Aurore (Nuclear Blast)

Closing: Theoden's Reign "Memories of Solemn Land" Mitheithel (Northern Void)

The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (first of the month going forward) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it’s all of interest to us. With the show we’ll generally have a localized focus. We’ll discuss upcoming releases and what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We’ll talk about upcoming area musical activities. We’ll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we’ll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you’re welcome to contact us through email ([email protected]).

On this episode we talk to the purveyors of Little Lost Records in Stafford Springs, CT.  Musical folks looking to spread their love of music in the North East corner of CT opened their store just about a year ago. Conor and Abbie discuss meeting through their connection to Paul Winter! Through that connection they opened this new store. Randy (previously on our podcast in 2017 as a member of the band Cable) visited their shop opening day and quickly became a regular and soon partner! Listen to all the details on this episode! 

We talk about the music we're listening to. We talk about the music they make outside of the shop. We talk about the music that happens in their shop! We talk about the music made by another shopkeep, Ian of Records the Good Kind (check out his episode on the podcast here and his musical project, The Aspersions here and his previous group Musical Chairs here). We talk about the town of Stafford Springs and what they'd like to see move in to their town. We go off in a few directions. Take a listen! 

Music on this episode: 

Opening: Woozles "call me ouroboros (because i’m ramming my own tail down my throat!!)" Sitting on the Floor, Fooling Around (Self-Released)

Rick: Beth Gibbons "Lost Challenges" Lives Outgrown (Domino) Kite "Losing (feat. Anna von Hausswolff & Henric de la Cour)" Losing / Glassy Eyes (Dais) Gordan "Šara" Gordan (Glitterbeat) Nomeansno "The Tower" Wrong (Alternative Tentacles)

Josh: Rotting Christ "La Lettera del Diavolo (feat. Androniki Skoula)" Pro Xristou (Season Of Mist) Rickshaw Billie's Burger Patrol "Whip It Around" Big Dumb Riffs (Permanent Teeth) Shannon & The Clams "Bean Fields" The Moon Is In The Wrong Place (Easy Eye Sound)

Randy: Kyuss "Thumb" Blues For The Red Sun (Rhino / Elektra)

Abbie: Fuubutsushi "Tenel Ka (First Crush)" [Single](Cached.Media)

Conor: Tidiane Thiam "Néené Africa" Africa Yontii (Sahel Sounds)

Additional Tracks: Paul Winter "Ancient Voices" Common Ground (Universal Music Group) Cable "The Sunday Driver" Gutter Queen (Hydra Head)

Closing: Calendula "Sunlight" (Self-Released)

The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (first of the month going forward) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it’s all of interest to us. With the show we’ll generally have a localized focus. We’ll discuss upcoming releases and what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We’ll talk about upcoming area musical activities. We’ll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we’ll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you’re welcome to contact us through email ([email protected]).

This month we talk to 4 out of 5 members of Dirt Devil - Allie, Dan, Lemmy and Nikki! (Laura lives in Providence and coordinating all 5 would've been tricky!)  We talk about what we're all listening to. We talk about the new album Desert Moon coming out on April 8th (the day of the 100% total eclipse!) and what went into that - including all the visual aspects (costumes, props, videos... links below). 

We talk about the Dave Matthews Band Meadows Riot. The town of Bristol gets name dropped. CD club services get a shout. Tarot talk leads to Halloween costumes talk. The Don Giovanni & California X (Dan and Lemmy's previous band) pipeline... we go on. Their couple release shows are coming up April 12th (here at the store) and May 4th (western Mass.). Check it out! 

Dirt Devil Links: https://dirtdevil.bandcamp.com/album/desert-moon https://www.instagram.com/_dirt_devil_/ https://www.youtube.com/@DirtDevilBand https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45359/the-lady-of-shalott-1832

Music on this episode:

Opening Music: Dirt Devil "The Graveyard" Desert Moon (Don Giovanni / Redscroll)

Rick: Civerous "Shrouded In Crystals" Maze Envy (20 Buck Spin) Big Noyd "Recognize & Realize Part 1" Episodes of a Hustla (Coalmine) Operating Theatre "Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth" Spring Is Coming With A Strawberry In The Mouth / Rapid Eye Movements (Allchival) Ill Considered "Kintsugi" Precipice (New Soil)

Josh: Slimelord "Tidal Slaughtermarsh" Chytridiomycosis Relinquished (20 Buck Spin) Jlin "The Precision Of Infinity (ft. Philip Glass)" Akoma (Planet Mu) Kidnapped "Bite Down" Disgust (Daze) Pissed Jeans "Cling to a Poisoned Dream" Half-Divorced (Sub Pop) Kacey Musgraves "The Architect" Deeper Well (MCA/UMG)

Dirt Devil: The Alan Parsons Project "Eye In The Sky" Eye in the Sky (Arista) Hällas "Elusion's Gate" Isle Of Wisdom (Napalm) Strawberry Switchblade "Michael Who Walks By Night" Strawberry Switchblade (Korova) Axxis "Little Look Back" II (EMI/Harvest/Electrola)

Closing Music: Dirt Devil "Nightshade" Desert Moon (Don Giovanni / Redscroll)

The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (new episodes on the first of the month) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it’s all of interest to us. With the show we’ll generally have a localized focus. We’ll discuss what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We’ll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we’ll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you’re welcome to contact us through email ([email protected]). Oh, and please do subscribe! New episodes on the first of every month! (Subscribe on Android)(Subscribe elsewhere just by searching for us please!)

Gerosa Records opened over 37 years ago now in Western Connecticut - this month we talk to Brian and his son Brian (referred to as Junior on the show and generally in their shop). We talk about the rollercoaster of the record business over those years. 

The Brians Gerosa

We talk about how Gerosa Construction (elder Brian's father's company) figures into a couple pretty neat facts in music history. We talk about what we're all listening to. We touch on the upcoming Record Store Day and generally jaw about music! Take a ride! 

Gerosa Records Link Tree

Opening: Brass Construction "Changin'" Brass Construction (United Artists Records)

Josh: Future Islands "The Thief" People Who Aren't There Anymore (4AD) The Chisel "Bloodsucker" What A Fucking Nightmare (Pure Noise Records) Tzusing "Residual Stress" 绿帽 = Green Hat (Pan)

Rick: XIII "Hardtmuth (Featuring Hans Harsen)" Permanent Rain (Knekelhuis) Helen Island "It's So Easy" Last Liasse (Knekelhuis) Burial "Dreamfear" Dreamfear​ / ​Boy Sent From Above (XL Recordings) Spectral Voice "Sinew Censer" Sparagmos (Dark Descent Records)

Brian: Rahsaan Roland Kirk "The Inflated Tear" The Inflated Tear (Atlantic)

Brian Jr.: Ratboys "It's Alive!" The Window (Topshelf Records)

Closing: Rolling Stones "Brown Sugar" Flatbed Truck Tour Announcement - 5th Ave., NYC, 1975

The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (new episodes on the first of the month) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it’s all of interest to us. With the show we’ll generally have a localized focus. We’ll discuss what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We’ll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we’ll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you’re welcome to contact us through email ([email protected]). Oh, and please do subscribe! New episodes on the first of every month! (Subscribe on Android)(Subscribe elsewhere just by searching for us please!)

Damon Marzano joins us this month to talk about his journey through myriad music industry positions from working at a few record stores - most notably Phoenix Records in Waterbury - to Apple to Google... to his current label Noize In The Attic Records.

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We talk about what we're all listening to. Damon talks about working with Mick Jagger.  We talk about the upcoming gig he booked in Hamden on May 3rd with Junkyard. And we go on in related directions to all of the above.

Music on this episode:

Opening: Circus of Power "Fast And Easy" Four (Noize In The Attic Records)

Josh: Intercourse "George Metesky" Egyptian Democracy (Redscroll) Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop "Goner" Doom Beach Split (Redscroll) Doom Beach "Doubt" Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Chop Split (Redscroll) Haywire (617) "Poser Disposer" Conditioned For Demolition (Daze)

Rick: Mike "What U Say U Are" Burning Desire (10K) Cocteau Twins "Serpentskirt" Milk & Kisses (4AD) Bob James "Take Me To The Mardi Gras" Two (CTI, Evosound)

Damon: The Answer "Livin' On The Line" Sundowners (Avalon, Golden Robot Records)

Closing: Junkyard "Hollywood" Junkyard (Geffen)

The Redscroll Podcast is a monthly show (new episodes on the first of the month) that works as a companion to what we do at Redscroll Records in Wallingford, CT USA. We are a record store that has a heavy emphasis on the left of center / underground music of the world. Whether it be underappreciated or just has a niche audience, marginalized or just off the radar it’s all of interest to us. With the show we’ll generally have a localized focus. We’ll discuss what is in our personal rotation at the moment. We’ll talk to guests who have to do with all of the above. And we’ll talk about specific dealings with the store. If you have input you’re welcome to contact us through email ([email protected]). Oh, and please do subscribe! New episodes on the first of every month! (Subscribe on Android)(Subscribe elsewhere just by searching for us please!)