On episode 276 of the Punknews Podcast, we take a look at how musicians lost to substance abuse are often awkwardly celebrated by their bandmates and scenes afterwards, with the late Slayer guitarist Jeff Hanneman as the example. Hosts John Gentile, Adam White and Ricky Frankel also discuss the new Leftover Crack record, the Menzingers brewing their own beer, and a Grateful Dead compilation spearheaded by The National and featuring Fucked Up among others.
Punknews.org's Best Midwestern podcast, focusing on the music of the U.S. Midwest, is back this week with a new episode. On this episode Greg and Scott give thanks to many Midwestern people, places and bands who helped shape their musical lives or are just plain awesome.
On episode 275 of the Punknews Podcast we report back from the pits of two very different shows for two very different age groups, Public Image Ltd in Toronto and All Time Low in Grand Rapids. John Gentile, Adam White and Tom Crandle also chat about stories including Crazy and the Brains' Drake cover, the Ween reunion, the Rdio bankruptcy, the upcoming Dirty Nil record, and the new Career Suicide song.
On episode 274 of the Punknews Podcast, Evan Baken of The Movielife joins hosts Adam White, John Gentile and Ricky Frankel, to chat about his new online music venture EftMega. We also break open the view mailbag, talk Christmas albums, Leftover Crack, H2O and celebrate an entirely arbitrary anniversary John cocked up for The Clash's Give ’Em Enough Rope .
Punknews.org's Best Midwestern podcast, focusing on the music of the U.S. Midwest, is back this week with a new episode. On this episode Greg and Scott review the new albums by by Midnight Reruns (Milwaukee), Light Years (Cleveland), and Foxing (St. Louis).
On episode 273 of the Punknews Podcast, featuring hosts Adam White, John Gentile and Ricky Frankel, we tackle a tough week of sad news. This past week saw the passings of both Dickie Hammond of Leatherface and Brandon Carlisle of Teenage Bottlerocket, with Dr Know of Bad Brains reportedly on life support. In addition we talk about new David Bowie, the Good Charlotte reunion, and Brooks Wackerman, formerly of Bad Religion, joining Avenged Sevenfold.
It’s episode 272 of the Punknews Podcast. On this outing, Adam White, John Gentile and Tom Crandle play some spooky music and talk about some news of varying levels of spookiness, including the Black Friday Record Store Day, Desaparecidos’ tour cancellation, the Beastie Boys musical, the latest Victory Records lawsuit, and Brooks leaving Bad Religion.
Punknews.org's Best Midwestern podcast, focusing on the music of the U.S. Midwest, is back this week with a new episode. On this episode Greg and Scott review the new albums by Low (Duluth, MN), Maritime (Milwaukee, WI) and give their picks of the best Midwest bands playing Fest this weekend.
On Episode 271 of the Punknews Podcast we drop in on the vinyl round table with John Gentile, Ricky Frankel and Adam White, talking our latest finds, gems from the damage bin, and shipping cost woes. On the news front we chat about the Whirr / G.L.O.S.S. controversy, new Leftover Crack, Victory vs. Spotify, and we welcome Husker Du to the Internet.
On Episode 270 of the Punknews Podcast, we celebrate this year’s edition of The Fest with special guest Hallie Bulleit of The Unlovables. Hallie joins Adam Eisenberg, Adam White and John Gentile to talk about this year’s line up, our favourite Fest memories, and a surprising amount about The Smiths. This episode also features a look at the Rock’n’Roll Hall of Fame nominees for 2016, the Tsunami Bomb reunion news, and the latest video from Public Image Ltd.
Punknews.org's Best Midwestern podcast, focusing on the music of the U.S. Midwest, is back this week with a new episode. Hosts Greg Simpson and Scott Heisel interview Toby Jeg of Chicago's Red Scare Industries and spin some of Toby's favorite songs.