RVA metal band Appalling is in-studio talking touring, influences, recording plans and playing a few tracks from their current release “Inverted Realm”. Appalling will be at Wonderland in Richmond on Oct 19th with Hoboknife and Embra.
Appalling – Inverted Realm on Bandcamp
Saturday’s River Limits featured new music from RVA artists such as Sammi Lanzetta, Billy Neptune, Sincerely, Iris and a track from the forthcoming Municipal Waste EP “The Last Rager”. Municipal Waste and their old-school thrash metal attack (think of bands such as Anthrax, Exodus, Overkill, Death Angel and early Metallica) will hit The Broadberry on Wednesday Oct. 9 with Naplam Death, Sick Of It All and Take Offense. Check out the video for the EP’s first single “Wave of Death” at their label, Nuclear Blast’s website. Image credit/artwork by Brian Crabaugh.
Also featured was a track from Richmond metal band Appalling called “Mutilator At Large” from their record “Inverted Realm” which was released earlier this year. Appalling will be joining me in-studio for an upcoming StudioB episode and will be playing some of the new stuff they’ve been working on.
The full playlist from Saturday’s River City Limits is available on WRIR’s website here:
Check out the playlist below for most of the artists featured on Saturday night’s broadcast. Actual songs played on WRIR Saturday night are included where available, otherwise I substituted another song from the artist. Artists not on Spotify are not included in the playlist.
New Sammi Lanzetta, new Camp Howard, Big Kahuna OG & Graymatter, Humungus, new Cannabis Corpse, Alluvion.
SAMMI LANZETTA – Nude Hugs, Love Keith
-Ceiling Mirror
-releases Nov 1
-pre-order now and Get “Titty Logic” and “Nude Hugs, Love Keith”
- https://sammilanzetta.bandcamp.com/album/ceiling-mirror
-6131 Records
Sammi Lanzetta - vocals, guitar
David Long - guitar
Justin Shear - bass
Austin Tekamp – drums
CAMP HOWARD –Don’t Say Shit You Don’t Mean
-Canon
-releases Oct 18
https://camphoward.bandcamp.com/
BIG KAHUNA OG & GRAYMATTER – Shrimp Szechuan (E)
-Strainman Chronicles
released Aug 18 2019
https://schemeteamallstars.bandcamp.com/album/strainman-chronicles
RVA
HUMUNGUS – Warband
-Warband
-released Oct 2015
-humungusrva.com
new record “Balls” releases Oct 2010
Jack Bauer - Lead Vocals
Peyton Gregory - Lead Guitar
Joseph Granger - Guitar
Wayne Pompey - Bass
Robby Scarce - Drums
Produced by Peyton Gregory // Mastered By Dan Randall at Mammoth Sound Mastering // Released by Killer Metal Records (Germany)
CANNABIS CORPSE – Cylinders of Madness
-Nug So Vile
releases Nov 1 2019
Season of Mist Records
ALLUVION – Husk
- The Secret’s Out
-released Sept 6 2019
https://officialalluvion.bandcamp.com/album/the-secrets-out
Here’s a recent project I voiced for Rocs Local Market. I got to, well, “reference” a couple of my original announcer heroes, legends both. This delivery channels elements of NFL Films announcer John Facenda, and the man who took over for him after his passing, longtime voice of the Philadelphia Phillies (my favorite baseball team growing up) Harry Kalas. This is by no means an impression of either man, but a melding in the style of each. Thanks to The Audio Suite for hiring me.
Virginia Tech has become one of my all-time favorite voiceover clients. They are great to work with, provide good copy and direction, and produce great work. Essentially, they do all the work for me. All I have to do is stick a mic in my face and try not to screw it up. Here’s a new video they produced with my voiceover that will run online, on their social media and during in-game.
New Prayer Group, new Thunderchief, new Transylvania Stud, Book of Wyrms, new Bungees, The Donalds, Weak Chain.
PRAYER GROUP – Landlord College (E)
-Eudean
-released July 2019
https://prayergroupsaves.bandcamp.com/
RVA
THUNDERCHIEF – Lone Wolf McQuaalude
-single
-released Sept 6 2019
https://thethunderchief.bandcamp.com/track/lone-wolf-mcquaalude
-RVA
TRANSYLVANIA STUD – Three Fold
-White Witch
-pre-order now
-releases Oct 31 2019
https://tstudmusic.bandcamp.com/
BOOK OF WYRMS – Spirit Drifter
-Remythologizer
-Twin Earth Records
- https://bookofwyrmsrva.bandcamp.com/album/remythologizer
-released Aug 23 2019
RVA
BUNGEES – Run Run Runaway
-Bungees ][+
-released Sept 15 2019
https://thebungees.bandcamp.com/album/bungees
RVA
THE DONALDS – Dirty Work (E)
-Donalds/Love Roses Split (E)
-released Oct 2018
https://thedonalds.bandcamp.com/album/love-roses-split
RVA
WEAK CHAIN – Bad Situation
-single
https://weakchain.bandcamp.com/track/bad-situation
I hosted River City Limits on Richmond’s independent radio station WRIR on Saturday night. It features artists from in and around RVA. Here’s a playlist of the the songs and artists played who have a presence on Spotify -plus a few more that I had planned to play but ran out of time for. There are a few who are not on Spotify and are not included here. Check the WRIR logo below for the full playlist. See who else was on the show and go and support them too.
Once upon a time I had a podcast. It featured good people doing good stuff. It focused on wellness, mindfulness practices, health, creativity and other interesting topics. I’d invite smart, interesting people in to ask them questions so I could steal their knowledge and share it with you, the listener. The original name was a little to similar to another entity so I renamed the podcast and relaunched it as “The Good Eye Podcast“. The podcast and an accompanying Facebook page is live. Look for Instagram, Twitter and YouTube with the handle @goodeyepodcast and a website for notes and other content at goodeyepodcast.com. The first new episode is about this year’s Bike MS: Colonial Crossroads event to benefit the National Multiple Sclerosis Society. It follows my brother and me as we participate in the MS Ride from Richmond, Va to Williamsburg, Va and back. Check it out! And feel free to submit topic and guest ideas via the Facebook page. Thanks! -Jay
This week’s episode is a profile of the 2019 edition of Bike MS: Colonial Crossroads. A whole bunch of cyclists, support crew, police, sag vehicles and MS Society organizers head from Richmond to Williamsburg – all at once! I’ll have audio from the event, interviews with riders, organizers, support staff and more. We do it every year to try and eliminate Multiple Sclerosis. Come along for the ride!
Looking back at The Wrecking Crew‘s Hal Blaine following his passing earlier this year. One of the greatest studio musicians ever and one of the most recorded drummers of all time. His drumming has been heard on thousands of songs and hundreds of hits, 40 of which went to number one, laying the foundation for artists such as Frank Sinatra, The Supremes, Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, John Denver, Tanya Tucker, Simon & Garfunkel, Barbara Streisand, Steely Dan, Neil Diamond, and the Byrds. It’s fascinating to hear him in the context of so many different arrangements and approaches to songwriting, recording techniques of various producers, tones, artists’ musical visions and evolving tastes in different eras of popular music. And yet you can always hear his signature sound within it all. His influence on drumming and session recording in popular music can’t be measured.
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