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This week:

GRASS PANTHER – Over The Underground
-Vignette
– All songs were written, performed, recorded, mixed and mastered by Michael Harl at the Panther Den in Richmond, Virginia, with the exception of drums on “Over the Underground” played by Matt Boyle and words on “I Wanna Be Into You” written by Hope Sandoval and Iggy Pop.

CALIFORNIA DEATH – Postmodern Lover
-California Death

BIG NO – Fade The Day
-Ummm NaH
-https://soundcloud.com/bigno-2
-Nathan Grice , Heather Jerabeck
Featuring: Josh Small , Lance Koehler, Chrissie Lorenzo, Adam Jueresko, Tim Falen, Shanna White, Leah Clancy, Kyle Flanagan,, Twisted Timmy Twist-off, Alan Weatherhead, Ian Anderson, Tyler Stone
-currently from Richmond, formally of San Francisco

K^2 – Caged Bird
-K^2
-Richmond
-All songs written by Rob Katherman
-Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Matt Katherman

THE ATKINSONS – No Ordinary Home
-Mile Marker
-at Capital Ale House downtown Oct 26

CLARK HANSBARGER – Fire In The Wilderness
-Dream of A Good Death, Now Songs of the Old War
-www.civilwarsong.com

TOKE – Legalize Sin
-just released a new track: Weight Of The World
-hear it here: https://doomedandstoned.com/post/152115472048/toke-unveil-rabid-new-track
-Wilmington NC

SOURVEIN – In The Wind
-Aquatic Occult
-MetalBlade
-Carolina Beach NC
-another track (Ocypuss) features Randy Blythe (LOG), Reed Mullin (CoC) and Mike Dean (CoC)

SEPARATION – Spineless
-Rise of Kings
-2009
-CB Smith : Guitars, Terry Smith: Bass, Mark Sumpter: Keyboards, Clean Vocals, Nick Lewis: Drums, Donnie Carter: Lead vocals
-Recorded at Separated Music Studios, Richmond,Va
-Engineered by CB Smith and Terry Smith
-Mixed & Mastered by Terry Smith
-https://markwsumpter.bandcamp.com/album/rise-of-kings

BYZANTINE – The Agonies
-To Release Is To Resolve
-WVa
-video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vqu7i7WCbBY

VALKYRIE – Shadow of Reality
-Shadows
-Relapse Records
– https://thevalkyrierides.bandcamp.com/
– Jake Adams – guitar, vocals Pete Adams – guitar, vocals Alan Fary – bass Warren Hawkins – drums

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DROOPIES – Power Of Suggestion
-Droopies
– RVA Magazine’s Top Albums Of 2015: Ten Favorite Richmond Releases https://rvamag.com/articles/full/25478/rva-magazines-top-albums-of-2015-ten-favorite-richmond-releases
-released Oct 2015

HANNAH KARVELLAS – Treason
-single
-Va Beach, now in Fla

ILLITERATE LIGHT – Be Moral
-League

KISS YOUR BROTHER – Champer Damper
-Demo

VENUS GUYTRAP – Prommunism
-The Jell-O Shots Demos

YOUNG SCUM – Back In The City
-Young Scum/Reporters Split

DEATHCROWN – The Witch Hammer
-Living Hell EP
– https://deathcrown.bandcamp.com/album/living-hell-ep
-released June 2016

NAKED PICTURES – Wade The Water
-Wade The Water
-released Oct 2016
-https://nakedpicturesrichmond.bandcamp.com/a…/wade-the-water

SHADOW AGE – Innocence
-Silaluk
-released May 2015

BOOK OF WYRMS – Sourwolf
-Demo

CUT THE ARCHITECT’S HAND – The Withdrawing
-Blood Eagle

THE GEPETTO FILE – Friendly Skunk
-Shit Puppet

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(Podcasts usually stay up for 6 – 8 weeks.  This one will stay up for a few months as it’s a live performance and those are usually very popular.  Send feedback to studiobrva@gmail.com or smackjay@gmail.com).

Studio B live sessions are very popular with listeners and they’re the most fun episodes to produce.  It’s just the band or artist, a studio and engineer and me (Jay).  The vibe is casual and the artists really respond to having the forum all to themselves.  When the band is as pro as Paulo and his band are, well.. just listen for yourself.

This week I go back to Scott’s Addition Sound for another StudioB Live session with Richmond singer/songwriter Paulo Franco and his band. Paulo’s performing selections from his new record “The Last Card”.

PAULO FRANCO recorded live at Scott’s Addition Sound for StudioB

Paulo Franco – guit, voc
Dan Sessler – guit
Dave Hess – drums
Chad Bennett – bass

Jay Smack – host, producer: StudioB
Steve Barber – engineer, Scott’s Addition Sound
Greg Garner – photographer

Songs performed (all from “The Last Card”):
1. Rolling Back To Raleigh
2. Love On The Rocks
3. Leaving The River City
4. White Line Highway

“The Last Card”

Produced, Engineered, Mastered by Bob Rupe at P&P Sound Studio, Richmond, VA

CD Release Party for “The Last Card” October 15, 2016 from 1-4 P.M.
@ Capital Ale House
special guests Tin Can Fish Band and Rob Williams
The Last Card is out October 15 on iTunes and Amazon.com.
pre-order the CD at PELFMUSIC.com

other releases:
“The Green Porch Session” with Shane Cooley
“By The Light Of A Paper Moon”

Upcoming shows:
PEFLMUSIC.com/shows
-playing WRIR Fund Drive Monday the 17th

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ANTIPHONS – Orchard Graves
-Demos
-April 2015
-new release coming Jan 2017
-recorded at the virginia moonwalker
-engineered by tim falen
-mixed by bryan walthall
-mastered by allen bergendahl

DUMB WAITER – Sports Reference
-Is This Chocolate?

THROTTLEROD – Bait Shop
-Turncoat

THE MEDUSA – Routine Machine
-Demo 2015

JJ SPEAKS – Sneaky Little Wizards
-Sock It 2 Ya

Photos from the Paulo Franco at Scott’s Addition session by Greg Garner.

Steve Barber at the board.

Dave Hess on drums and Dan Sessler on guitar.

Paulo.

Jay Smack, sucker mc.

Steve and Jay getting sounds prior to recording.

Dan Sessler, guitar.

Chad Bennett, bass.

Dave Hess, human metronome.

Scott’s Addition Sound, hallway outside the main room and control room.

Paulo Franco and The Freightliners, playing at Scott’s Addition Sound for StudioB with Jay Smack.

StudioB 2016 1002, with:

Everyone Dies In The End, Oscillationist, Scott Clark 4Tet, Ohbliv, The Gospel, Foehammer, Weedeater, Alluvion.

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StudioB 2016 0925, with:

The Wimps, Lucy Dacus, Clair Morgan, Night Idea, Charles Owens, Horseback, Pig Destroyer, Mangalitsa.

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StudioB 2016 0918, with:

My Darling Fury, Lightfields, Grass Panther, Atta Girl, Paulo Franco, Baroness, Left Cross, Those Manic Seas, Ohbliv, Butcher Brown.

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StudioB 2016 0911, with:

Feral Conservatives, The Bitter Liberals, Big No, Sunwolf, Armwood, Mike Lawson , Caough, Forest of Legend, Solar Halos.

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StudioB 20161 0904, with:

Hot Reader, California Death, League of Space Pirates, Jaguardini, Indoor/Indoor, The Mirrors, 3 Legged Dog, Sourvein, Hoboknife, Bedlam, Joy, Fugazi, Ex-Knives.

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Check out the new Sleepwalkers video.  Click here to watch the video.

StudioB 2016 0828 with:

Shagwuf, Sacred Teachers, Peoples Blues of Richmond, The Sky, The Smirks, King Sour, VORATOR, Melt, Bat, Druglord.

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