Sub-Rock Music Podcast

Sub-Rock's Split Cassette Tape Release w/ Vows 7Q Interview !mindparade" w/ Bonfire John

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Fri, 24 Oct 2014 15:20:00 +0000

Limited Edition TRANSLUCENT PURPLE tape cassette (free shipping!) from Tree Machine Records now in Pre-Order. Split release has previously unreleased tracks from New Jersey based dream-rockers VOWS and Indiana based psych-pop band !mindparade. Release date: Oct. 31, 2014

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Sub-Rock's Split Cassette Tape Release w/ Vows 7Q Interview !mindparade" w/ Bonfire John

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Fri, 26 Sep 2014 02:25:00 +0000

Indianapolis musician Bonfire John is releasing his second full length album titled "College" from Tree Machine Records. After being taken aboard Sub-Rock's orange submarine it was decided the only way he would be allowed to leave was to answer 7 Questions from 20,001 leagues below the sea.

Bonfire John on Facebook Tree Machine Records on Twitter

:: 7Q Interview ::

S-R: Three years after your first full length album "Making the Most" you have a new album titled "College". Is it safe to assume this time frame corresponds to your own experiences in college?

BJ: Yeah I think that's fair to say. Essentially, "College" is an album that reflects my life for the years that most felt like college. I have a lot of memories in that time frame and I think each track is a decent indicator of what year and period it was for me. But I think it's also suggestive of many people's experiences during college.

S-R: How would you describe four years of college in four phrases or less?

BJ: "A Grand Ole' Time!" followed by, "What just happened" closing with, "Now what?"

S-R: I hear the vinyl version for "College" will have four different album covers, this is a unique release! What is it about vinyl that influenced your decision to release four different covers for this format?

BJ: Yes that was the original plan, and I hope we can still manage that, but as of right now, we've actually gone with 400 CD's, 100 short-run orders of each cover. Our original thought was to have every format with all different covers. I think if we were rich, we could make it happen. But we're poor so... To me, having vinyl with four different covers just added some sort of mystery/legend and it seemed like a first. I hadn't heard of artists doing that before and it really worked with the essence of the album. I think it lends itself well to the idea that college is what you make of it, and each four years are a different experience for each person.

S-R: Are the musicians accompanying you on this album the same or different from the last release?

BJ: Joe Linnemeier is someone I've played music with since even before the first album, but his presence on the new album is much more prominent and you can hear how he adds something to the music. We also had Kate Haldrup, who did some mixing and mastering with us, play drums on "Wouldn't You Now". In a perfect world, the next album will be a full band exhibition, as opposed to me playing all the instruments and hoping some friends can make an appearance on the album.

S-R: I noticed a harmonica in some of the songs on your first album and it sounded great. Did you lose your harmonica in College? I didn't hear any harmonica on the new album.

BJ: Well, actually two of the bonus tracks on the CD use harmonica but it's funny because those are two of the earliest written songs for this album. As far as the completed album not featuring any harmonica, I think it's because in most cases, the songs didn't lend themselves well to a harmonica. If they did, it's possible, I just didn't have the right key for the song. I think I only have a G, C, and E these days.

S-R: Bonus tracks?! Niceness!

S-R: Jill, Bill and John were out in a boat, two were fake, who was left?

BJ: Well that's actually a really good question. The obvious and short answer is John of course. But Bill and Jill both represent those parts of your personality trying to please a social norm/pressure... and they're trying you know? And John is someone who accomplishes certain social pressures and so he just says, "At this point, I don't give a f_ck if you don't approve or if you're staring at me, prodding me with questions about my future. I've done what I'm supposed to do, so f_ck off." So, John is real, but in a sense, Bill and Jill both exist, they're just dormant right now.

S-R: If Bonfire John was given a submarine for "One Night" where would he go or what would he do, W.W.B.J.D.?

BJ: World peace, that's the answer right? I don't know, I'd probably try to find a Giant Squid and maybe record some Planet Earth footage on my Android Mini. Or I'd throw a massive party... Mac Demarco would open for the Haim and hopefully I'd wake up in the morning with Keith Richards asking me how the hell he got on some crazy submarine.

S-R: Noted.

Recommended Album's & EP's ARCHIVE 2014

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Tue, 02 Sep 2014 14:04:00 +0000

Sub-Rock Music's "Two Subs Up!!" Archive - START DIGGING!

:: Corkbush Field Mutiny - "True Love Waits" EP - April 20, 2014
:: Deep Sea Diver - "Always Waiting" EP - March 28, 2014
:: Hippie Cream - "Trying to Turn a Unicorn Into a Horse" EP - June 17, 2014
:: Roladex - "Anthems For The Micro-Age" - February 13, 2014
:: The Vickers - "Ghosts" - March 28, 2014

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (04/27/2014)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Sun, 27 Apr 2014 03:44:00 +0000

Mock Suns - "Last Time"

Website: Mock Suns' website
Social Media: Mock Suns on Facebook

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (02/23/2014)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Tue, 25 Feb 2014 03:35:00 +0000

Roladex - "Cathode Rays"

Social Media: Roladex on Facebook

Sub-Rock's "7Q Interview" w/ Mark Martyre

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Wed, 29 Jan 2014 17:28:00 +0000

Musician Mark Martyre recently released his second full length album titled "London" and agreed to answer 7 Questions from Sub-Rock Music via Sonar HD (patent pending and still trying to get Sonar HD added to Google Translate.)

Mark Martyre on iTunes, and upcoming Tour Dates

:: 7Q Interview ::

S-R: First things first, where were you the night of November 26, 2013?

MM: Hmm... I don't really remember. For me it was just another night. Nothing special. The night most likely ended with me crashing on whatever floor I was sleeping on at the time.

S-R: The subject matter for the songs on your new album "London" seem to be very personal and full of uncertainty. Is this new territory for you as a musician or does it have any common ground with your previous release "Down, Record"?

MM:

Hmm, well I'm not sure if it's new territory. I guess it depends on how you want to look at it. To me, London is just another marker, that's just a little further along the same road that I was on with Down, Record.

S-R: How important was it for you to produce your own music?

MM: For me, what's important, is having the control over the music. It's very hard for me to leave it in other people's hands, and relent that authority – as I'm sure the people I've worked with can attest to. So, I need to be a part of the process. I need to be able to see the project through, from start to finish.

S-R: The theme of traveling and being apart from someone is a recurring theme on this album, did that situation make for an easier or more challenging environment to write songs in?

MM: Well, I've never considered one environment to be more or less challenging than another. You just sort of write. If my life consists of traveling and moving toward, or away from, people – then I guess that'll filter its way into the things I write. But, if other themes were recurring in my life, then I'm sure they'd also be recurring in my songs.

S-R: In regards to goodbye and hope, does either one prevail by the end of "London" and therefore have an effect on what's ahead for you musically?

MM:

Well again, it's just that road, y'know? London was a follow-up to Down, Record, and what occurred between those two markers may have had an affect on the music that eventually came out on London. And I'm sure there's another album ahead of me, and what happens between now and then will certainly influence that record in someway. In terms of what prevails at the end of the London – I have no idea. I guess it's whatever prevails to the listener.

S-R: The musical tone of the songs really set a specific mood for the entire album, Who are some of the people that were instrumental in accompanying you and where was the album recorded?

MM: Well, the majority of the album was recorded in London, Ontario, at Down By the River. That's where I recorded my guitar parts, piano, vocals, bass, and harmonica. Also, in London, Jeff Kahl played drums on a few songs, and Jordan Mandel added the slide guitar to “Window of a Train” and the electric guitar at the end of “Goodbye.” The recording process was finished in Toronto. There we added: some violin parts - performed by Anna Wheeler, some cello tracks - performed by Anna Jarvis, some accordion - performed by Graydon James, and Myke Mazzei played some lead guitar on “Where Will You Go Now?” “The Next Song,” and “Falling Down, Tonight.” Myke and I also mixed the album in Toronto, at Typewriter Studio. Finally, Karl Machat mastered it at Misters Mastering House. All these people definitely played an instrumental role in this project.

The overall tone of an album, and how it will sound and feel when played in its entirety is definitely a big consideration for me. And it's something I always appreciate in other artists. So, thanks for noticing that.

S-R: Ah, so you're talkin' London, Canada not London, England!, not that the album cover really showed the latter.

MM: Well, yeah, the cover is an archival photo from London, Ontario. Though, I don't mind the ambiguity in calling the album "London." But I didn't name the album as an homage to the city in Ontario, nor would it have been a nod to the place in England. Its just a word. It was a title that made sense, and felt appropriate.

S-R: Trains, Greyhound buses and sailboats are all mentioned in your music, if submarines ever became a practical mode of transportation for people, is there a specific place you would like to go in a submarine?

MM: I think travelling inside a submarine, regardless of where it went, would be a hell of an experience.

S-R: Noted.

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (12/29/2013)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Sat, 28 Dec 2013 19:36:00 +0000

Axel and the Farmers - "Dream#7"
Social Media: Axel and the Farmers on Facebook

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info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Thu, 21 Nov 2013 17:39:00 +0000

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Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (11/04/2014)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 17:05:00 +0000

Helene Greenwood - "Spindrift Road"

Website: Helene Greenwood
Social Media: Helene Greenwood on Facebook

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info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Tue, 08 Oct 2013 02:10:00 +0000

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Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (07/21/2013)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 01:48:00 +0000

Flamingo Bay - "Serpentine"

Website: Flamingo Bay
Social Media: Flamingo Bay on Facebook

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (06/02/2013)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 15:48:00 +0000

The Vickers - "She's Lost"

Website: The Vickers
Social Media: The Vickers on Facebook

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info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Tue, 28 May 2013 15:08:00 +0000

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Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (4/28/2013)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:08:00 +0000

Jonathan Boulet - "This Song is Called Ragged"

Website: Jonathan Boulet
Social Media: Jonathan Boulet on Facebook

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (04/14/2013)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 14:24:00 +0000

Io Echo - "When the Lilies Die"

Website: Io Echo
Social Media: Io Echo on Facebook

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (03/24/2013)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:34:00 +0000

Y Niwl - "Undegpedwar"

Website: Y Niwl
Social Media: Y Niwl on Facebook

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (03/17/2013)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 14:49:00 +0000

Midnite on Pearl Beach - "Freedom is a State of Mind"

Website: Midnite on Pearl Beach
Social Media: Midnite on Pearl Beach Facebook

Sub-Rock Music Hour Episode1 - April 2010

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Fri, 15 Mar 2013 06:33:00 +0000

The following transcripts below are presented by the Sub-Rock Music Hour. The program was never recorded due to the failure of low budget equipment, none-the-less it was broadcast out to airwaves in central Wisconsin in 2010 (7 total episodes). It involved one person running all operations and hosting the radio show at the same time. This is what happens when a creative hermit with zero radio experience asks to be allowed access to a radio station at night (with no one else in the building and a self-written dialogue) and the request is granted. I hope you enjoy reading this account and thank you for your time.

.............................................................................
[Sub-Rock Submarine Alert noise]

[Sub-Rock Robot speaks as heard on Podcasts>
"This is not a test of the Emergency Broadcast System"...]

[DJ Rodable (pronounced row-dob-lay) speaks...
"This is the Sub-Rock Music Hour on WNRB-LP 93.3FM, Wausau"...
[background music fades...]

"Coming to you from 20,000 and a half leagues under the sea,
beat that Captain Nemo!, it's the Sub-Rock Music Hour and I'm
your host Rod R***** broadcasting alias free! But sometimes I respond
to the fictional nick-name Rodable (row-dob-lay) which is a translation of the
fictional English nick-name Rodable (rod-uh-bull).

So this is my first show on the radio. I hope I can fill a full hour with noise
of some sort. This is a non-profit radio station, so I do have to be carefull
about what I say on air... Did anyone else notice the "FCC" contains half
the letters of a word the FCC won't let me use?... I sure did! If the "U"nited
"K"ingdom has an FCC division, that would be quite an acronym!!

Ok, the time is:_____

So, let's go to the first round of songs. I want to start out with one of my
favorite songs I came across last year by the band So Many Wizards... it's
gonna knock you out of your socks, I guarantee... and down periscope"...

[So Many Wizards - Love is on the Way - plays]
[Flame Shark - The Chimes at Noon - plays]
[Deep Sea Diver - Tsunamo is Snowed in - plays]

" 'Love is on the Way' is by So Many Wizards from L.A. in California. The song you
just heard is from their 'Tree-EP' and they have a new EP that came out this year.
The Chimes At Noon is from Flame Shark a band from Chicago, originally from Madison, WI.
That track was off their amazing first, full-length album 'Midnight on Pearl Beach',
currently free on their website and free is non-profit so I think I can say that.
And finally 'Tsunamo is Snowed In' by Deep Sea Diver, a band that is lead by
musician Jessica Dobson from Long Beach, CA. Jessica was a guitarist for Beck on his
Modern Guilt tour and her band Deep Sea Diver has toured with the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and
Conor Oberst which is crazy cool. The song you just heard is on her EP called 'New Caves'.

... As I have an eye on the sound-board, I have my other eye on the clock and it is:_____
Moving on is vital, so let's hear more songs!"

[Curious Buddies - Crush Bugs - plays]
[Food Will Win the War - Shatter Today - plays]
[Alyosha Het - Bury Me Standing - plays]

"You've just heard Curious Buddies, one of the best independent garage bands that I've heard.
They are from Philadelphia and claim they won't rest until the planet has been decidedly
rocked, and they promise! 'Shatter Today' is from Food Will Win the War, a band from
Brooklyn, NY. that once was on the Audio Visual Club's Newspaper list of Worst Band Names!
But their music is muy bueno! And last was 'Bury Me Standing' by Alyosha Het,
A-L-Y-O-S-H-A. Alyosha plays all the instruments on his songs and recorded on a quote
"Terribly crapped-out fourtrack" un-quote. He has an EP out called 'Little Green' which
emits brilliance beginning to end. That's just my opinion."

"So it looks like I need to give a local weather update cause you might not be outside
or near a window. The national weather service predicts.... [weather update]
You could say the National Weather Service is like a Modern day Nostrodamus, you could
also say nothing at all, whatever tickles your funny bone. Your next serving of Sub-Rock
Music is right now..."

[Navel - Keep Me Dry - plays]
[Hollerado - Juliette - plays]
[The Vickers - The Only One - plays]

"You've just heard 'Keep Me Dry' by a Switzerland band called Navel. That band just plain
rocks, period. Next was 'Juliette' by Hollerado a Canadian band. The song you just heard
is from their album 'Record in a Bag', probably in my Top 10 favorite albums this year.
Lastly was 'The Only One' by the Vickers from Florence, Italy. This song comes from their
album 'Keep Clear' which has many great tracks, I'll probably play some more at some point."

[underwriting message]
"Time to introduce bigger bands"...

[Barth - The Last Wig - plays]
[Kahimi Karie - Clip Clap - plays]
[Charlotte Gainsbourg - Time of the Assassins - plays]
[Beck - Volcano - plays]

"The Last Wig is a song from Barth's second album 'Under the Trampoline'. I love all his
albums and will definitely be playing more of his music. He is currently producing an album
for Hollie Cook, daughter of Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols. 'Clip Clap' is by Kahimi Karie
who is my favorite J-Pop artist. This song is from her album titled K.K.K.K.K. I think she
only has a couple U.S. releases though. 'Time of the Assassins' is by Charlotte Gainsbourg,
daughter of Serge Gainsbourg a highly influential French singer, actor, and director. The
song you just heard comes from Charlotte's new album IRM which was produced by Beck who
plays guitar and back-up vocals to that track. 'Volcano' is by Beck, off his most recent
album 'Modern Guilt'. I thought I would play a song about Volcanos since the one in Iceland
has been in the news lately, cause I'm all about relevance!"

"Well, that was the first episode of the Sub-Rock Music Hour on WNRB-LP 93.3FM, Wausau.
I hope the music was favorable to your taste buds. I want to thank Scott Clark for the
opportunity to be on the program and a Thank You to Marshall Laww of The Underground on
Friday Nights at 10:00pm, right here on 93.3FM. You can contact me using the email
info @ subrockmusic.com.'Hear' me out next week, Farewell and Adios!

[background music exit]

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (03/10/13)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Sun, 10 Mar 2013 05:40:00 +0000

Hippie Cream - "Cannibal Stewardess 2"

Website: Hippie Cream
Social Media: Hippie Cream on Facebook

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (02/17/2013)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 17:01:00 +0000

Hollerado - "Pick Me Up"

Website: Hollerado
Social Media: Hollerado on Facebook

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (02/10/2012)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 15:59:00 +0000

Brooke Waggoner - "Rumble"

Website: Brooke Waggoner
Facebook: Facebook Page

Recommended Album's & EP's ARCHIVE 2013

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:49:00 +0000

Sub-Rock Music's "Two Subs Up!!" Archive - START DIGGING!

:: Air Marshal Landing - "You Used To Be Me" - June 4, 2013
:: Bravestation - "IV" - EP - May 14, 2013
:: Brooke Annibale - "Words in Your Eyes - EP" - Feb. 05, 2013
:: Digital Noise Academy - "Synemy" - June 11, 2013
:: Kaela Sinclair - "Sun & Mirror" - October 8, 2013
:: Little Lonely - "Little Lonely" - June 22, 2013
:: Medicine Hat, The - "Old Bones" - June 14, 2013
:: Mexico Indigo - "Single Blind Design" - Jan. 06, 2013
:: Midnite on Pearl Beach - "Lamplighter" - Feb. 12, 2013
:: Navel - "Loverboy" - Feb. 08, 2013
:: STACEY - "STACEY" EP - Dec. 05, 2013
:: This Is Alaska - "Folks of the Dark and Still Lake - EP" - Jan. 16, 2013
:: The Velvet Ants - "Solt Olio" - Nov. 1, 2013
:: Willy Mason - "Don't Stop Now - EP" - Jan. 14, 2013

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (01/13/2013)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:34:00 +0000

Navel - "The Sun For Me"

Website: Navel of Switzerland
Facebook: Facebook Page

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (11/11/2012)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Sat, 10 Nov 2012 18:29:00 +0000

Melody's Echo Chamber - "I Follow You"

Website: Tumblr Page
Facebook: Facebook Page

Sub-Rock Music's Video Pick of the Week (08/12/2012)

info@subrockmusic.com (Sub-Rock Music LLC) — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 21:29:00 +0000

Freelance Whales - "Locked Out"

Website: http://www.freelancewhales.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/freelancewhales?ref=stream