The Rodent Hour

Shadow Monster is an angsty and loud duo from Bushwick, Brooklyn.  Gillian Visco’s gritty, dissonant and desperate guitar riffs meet with John Swanson’s epic and explosive drumming style to form a raw and moody version of grunge rock.  Lyrically, Shadow Monster explores themes of loss, depression and isolation. For fans of Elliott Smith, Waxahatchee, Nirvana, Helium.

http://www.theshadowmonster.com/

Artist name | Song name

Jamie Garamella | The Rodent Hour Theme Song

Shadow Monster | Temporary Love

Good in the Dark | If You Feel It

Darkwing | Right Into Joy

Shadow Monster | Punching Bag

Zip-Tie Handcuffs | Meteor

QWAM | Buy a Toy

Shadow Monster | Gimme Some

Shadow Monster | Out Of My Mind

The Pink Tiles | Simply

The Rodent Hour plays independent rock ‘n’ roll from Brooklyn & beyond. The show features interviews with independent musicians and combines those interviews with a curated playlist of music. The Rodent Hour has conducted interviews with over 225 unique artists from places such as Detroit (MI), Durham (NC), Nashville (TN), Scranton (PA), Philadelphia (PA), Atlanta (GA), Denver (CO), Evansville (IN), Portland (OR), London (UK), Toronto (ON), Halifax (NS), Stockholm (SE), Dublin, (IE), Glasgow (SCT), Perth (AU) and, of course, Brooklyn.

Great time hanging with Barbara in the RFB studio. "Dirty Power" is definitely an album that you need to make room for in your collection. Great songs with great lyrics that's all entirely relatable.

"Barbara Endes writes and sings these melodic bursts of punchy roots-punk-surf-rockabilly complete with vocal harmonies, the bluesy guitar of David Weiss, and the skin tight rhythm section of bassist Dave Mandl (yeah, the guy on WFMU) and drummer Nancy Polstein... I keep looking for new rock bands to like with little or no success. I think I found one." -  Aquarian Weekly

Artist name | Song name

Girls On Grass | Because Capitalism

Volk | Hat & Boots

Girls On Grass | Friday Night

Studebaker Huck | Bitter Heart

Tall Days | Hey There Man

The Narrowbacks | On The Radio

Girls On Grass | Down at the Bottom

The Hooten Hallers | Hard to Trust Your Baby (Live)

Girls On Grass | Pissin Down a Road

John Doe | Go Baby Go

To stay up to date on everything related to Girls On Grass please bookmark their website.

Cancion and the Family Band are now in residence at the iconic 11th Street Bar in the heart of Manhattan’s East Village. They play every second Tuesday of the month to a growing fanbase. The 11th Street Bar is a great place to have a drink and listen to music so please make sure that you make it out and catch one of their sets before the year is over. I've had the opportunity to see the band perform live twice and they've been very good both times.

I sat down to talk with the members of the band about the pros and cons of playing a residency, their latest release, "Stone For Stone", and what exactly is Americana music.

Playlist

Cancion Franklin | Back to Texas

Volk | Hat & Boots

Zr. King | Seen A Ghost

Cancion Franklin | Low

Alejandro Escovedo | Tender Heart

Kid Bear | All the News

Cancion Franklin | My My My

Cancion Franklin | American

Karen & the Sorrows | Guaranteed Broken Heart

Natalie Mishell | Keep Us Alive

To hear more from the band please visit the band's website.

https://cancionfranklin.com/

Caustic Casanova is a loud, heavy rock band from the Washington, DC National Capital Region.

The band's new full length record 'God How I Envy The Deaf' will be out via Magnetic Eye Records on October 18th and is now available to pre-order!

https://causticcasanova.bandcamp.com/

Playlist

Marble House - Heart Beat (Single)

The Lowsiders - I Hope You're Happy

Son Cesano - Martini Effect

Moon Palace - Shadowcast

Caustic Casanova - Fancy English

Howling Giant - Whale Lord

Caustic Casanova - Filth Castle

A Happy Death - Introduction

A Happy Death - Dirty Mama

I Am The Polish Army - David Bowie

MONTE - No One To Say I Love You (Empty)

Aweful - Bleeding Heart

I was only able to do a brief phone interview with the band as they were on their way back from a gig in Montreal, PQ. The album is frickin' amazing!

Them Fangs are a rock & roll band from Brooklyn.

It's always a pleasure to hang with the band but it's even greater pleasure to listen to their music and to see the band play live. I've seen the band play a number of times and they always put on a great show. If they're playing in your town I strongly encourage you to go see them as they will not disappoint.

Head to their website in order to stay up to date on their tour schedule and for all of the links to their music.

Playlist

Them Fangs - Left For The Wild

The Schizophonics - Battle Lines

Radioactivity - Erased

Them Fangs - Come On Round

Them Fangs - Barely for Nothing

Strange Foliage - Big Mouth

Triptides - Nirvana Now

Them Fangs - Life Do Change

The Rodent Hour plays independent rock ‘n’ roll from Brooklyn & beyond. The show features interviews with independent musicians and combines those interviews with a curated playlist of music. 

"Supermajor is a genre-hacking indie supergroup whose incredible musicianship is only rivaled by how cool everyone in the band is offstage." - Damian from GIFTSHOP 

https://www.facebook.com/supermajor/

Artist name | Song name

Psychic Lemon | Exit to the Death Lane

Supermajor | Vesper Mine

New Myths | Living Doll

Supermajor | Accelerate

Desert Sharks | Sorceress

Supermajor | Signs of Life

The Injured Parties | Got a Tattoo

Brenyama | All Out

Supermajor | Your Drift Is a Drug

Heavy Brooklyn duo hammering away in the NYC underground. 2/3 of Matte Black. Fidel Vazquez on drums and Matt McAlpin on Guitars/Vocals​.

42 - Dead Satellites (Burst)

Name_ - Dead Satellites (Burst)

56th Floor - The Black Wizards (Reflections)

Beyond the Sun / Last Transmission - Dead Satellites (Burst)

Under This Sun - TIDES (Under This Sun - Single)

Electric Blue - Matte Black (Psyche)

Release The Hounds - King Cackle (King Cackle)

Bandits on the Run joined guest host Kent Koren to celebrate the release of Bandits Live at the Power Station, prior to their release show on August 16th at NYC’s Mercury Lounge.

Comprised of cellist/badass Sydney Torin Shepherd (who goes by the moniker “Bonanza Jellyfish,”) guitarist/fool Adrian Blake Enscoe (“Roy Dodger,”) and player-of-toys/clairvoyant Regina Strayhorn (“Clarissa,”) with a sound forged while busking in the acoustics of NYC subway stations, Bandits on the Run’s signature three-part harmonic voice stands at the center of their musical equation. Throw in some serious cello action, hooks played on various and sundry toy instruments, and a steely spine of rhythm guitar all accompanied by a suitcase drum packing a powerful punch and bang: you’ve got the basic magic of banditry. Their signature, un-pin-down-able sound veers from shades of ​Motown to brit-pop to punk-rock to good old fashioned indie-folk sincerity on a dime. Bandits on the Run ​have also gained notoriety for bringing various non-music shenanigans to their performances, including but not limited to shadow puppet shows, costumed characters, and party favors.

Protopunk from NYC. The band's most recent release, "Pastel Colors", was released in May, 2019 but after seeing the band play live I knew that I had to get them into the studio for a visit and see if I could help their music reach a wider audience.

Here's what the blog El Burrito says about the trio:

"Women Of The Night are a New York rock and roll gang, playing songs that follow the pace of the street and the desperate voices of the unconsciousness mind."

Read the full review here -> "Pastel Colors" by Women of the Night

Women Of The Night - Be Careful What You Wish For

The Slashes - City By

Moon Palace - Bold

Women of the Night - Wild & True (Live)

Raptor - Deaf Letter

Fraudband - Better Loosen Up

Women Of The Night - I Am Well and Missing You

Women Of The Night - Leather Glove

The Rodent Hour plays independent rock ‘n’ roll from Brooklyn & beyond. The show features interviews with independent musicians and combines those interviews with a curated playlist of music. 

Rock 'n' roll from New York City!

The Shrieks are the brainchild of Luis Accorsi , living in Brooklyn, via Italy and Venezuela.​

The intent of this band is to deliver music that is first and foremost honest, with a message, and direct. That it happens to be rock music is almost tangential to the essence of our being. The exhilaration produced when making great music and listening to great music. This is what we strive for.​

Luis Accorsi, Jeremy Sauber, Darren Lipper, Duff Harris and Jonny Polonsky deliver the purest and most potent rock.

Show PlaylistThe Chans - Call OutThe Shrieks - The Good, The Bad, The UglyAutogramm - Quiero Estar SedadoThe Lord Calverts - Ain't NeverThe Shrieks - Story of Bad Luck (Live)The Shrieks - FishbowlNox Boys - Out of TouchThe Shrieks - Frustration in the Nation (Live)Michael David Wolf - Left For Dead