On this episode of the Best Midwestern podcast hosts Greg Simpson and Scott Heisel announce their Ska Battle tournament finals matchup! They also review the new records by Chicago’s veteran punks Rise Against and Rockford, IL’s even-more-veteran rockers Cheap Trick.
On this episode of the Best Midwestern podcast hosts Greg Simpson and Scott Heisel announce the Ska Battle tournament Final Four matchups and have another appearance by Scott's wife Aubrey Welbers with her two cents. We also have reviews the new album by post rock / math rock band Doktra (Indianapolis) and the new solo record by Matt Pryor of The Get Up Kids (Lawrence, KS).
Every 50 episodes of the Punknews Podcast we try something special, and for episode 350 we tried to pack as many interviews into the show as we could. This episode features chats with bands, labels, record stores, and people behind the scenes. That includes Western Addiction, Screaming Females, Natterers, Burger Records, Tsunami Bomb, Crazy and the Brains, Jupiter Records, Chotto Ghetto, and punk rock PR mastermind Melanie Kaye. Check it out below.
On the Best Midwestern podcast with hosts Greg Simpson and Scott Heisel, the skanking continues! The results are in from round 1 of our ongoing Midwest Ska Battle, and in this episode we preview the matches for round 2. We also review new stuff by Chicago bands Pet Symmetry and up-and-comers The Addisons.
On episode 349 of the Punknews Podcast, Adam White, John Gentile, and Ricky Frankel take a deep dive into the upcoming Punk Rock Bowling events. We discuss the festival line-ups and club shows for the New Jersey, Las Vegas, and Denver editions of the annual punk gathering, playing some tunes from festival bands along the way. This episode we also chat about some other recent news, including the upcoming Jeff Rosenstock tour, the new Chotto Ghetto projects, and upcoming music from bands like Rancid, The Coathangers, and Sam Coffee and the Iron Lungs.
In our first ever Best Midwestern tournament, hosts Greg Simpson and Scott Heisel pit 16 Midwest ska bands past and present against each other, bracket style! Listen to the episode and go to Challonge to see the brackets. Afterward, head to the Best Midwestern Facebook page or Twitter to vote! We also review two Chicago bands’ new albums, the long-awaited album by Droughts and the debut of the new indie rock supergroup What Gives.
After hosts Greg Simpson and Scott Heisel had so much fun talking about Slapstick last time, they decided to dedicate an entire skank-able episode of the Best Midwestern Podcast to Midwest ska. Aubrey, Scott's wife, joins us as we delve into bands big and small in the genre. Blue Meanies, MU330 and The Suicide Machines are discussed along with many, many more.
On this episode of the Best Midwestern Podcast, hosts Greg Simpson and Scott Heisel take an in-depth look at all the bands that spawned from Chicago’s ska punk legends Slapstick, from Alkaline Trio to The Lawrence Arms and all the lesser known but great bands.
The Best Midwestern Podcast with hosts Greg Simpson and Scott Heisel celebrates 50 episodes this week. Synth nerdy abounds in their talk with Closeness, featuring Todd Fink of the Faint and Orenda Fink of Azure Ray, who have teamed up to make rad dark electronic rock.
Catching up on recent episodes of the Punknews Podcast, we find Ricky Frankel joining Adam White and John Gentile for #339 and Tom Trauma in the third chair on #340. The shows touch on recent stories like the proposed Riot Fest Dead Kennedys reunion which of course didn't happen, the Montebello Rock Fest in Quebec, HR's brain surgery, the Joe Strummer live record, and new music from Dead Milkmen and At The Drive-In. Also: Tom's fashion report from a Dropkick Murphys show and Adam's half-baked theory on jukebox punk.
Episode #337 and #338 of the Punknews Podcast featured a whole ton of Canadian content, including news on award nominations for The Dirty Nil and Dilly Dally, new releases from the Nil, The Flatliners, and Ancient Shapes, and the new Zodiac release from Fucked Up. We also chat about the Morrissey headlined When We Were Young Fest and some of the debate surrounding it.