The TTLM Podcast

Lots of heavy tunes on this episode. Enjoy! Playlist YUH - Post Human Highway (YUH) [0:16] Hard Mind - Empty and Cold (Endless Fall) [3:29] Siblings - Massive Aggressive (Four Songs) [5:23] Sorry Baby - Coward (Coward) [8:27] Facet - DDMDD (split w/Haunted Horses) [16:06} SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

Coming Down are a band from Rochester, New York. The band's latest record, "Curve," was released through Hex Records in March. It's available on two color variants, soild red and ocean blue. The song on this episode is titled, "Doubt."  SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

A mix of local 808 bands and a band from California.  Playlist: Fastidium - Factory, Reset, Smile (Fastidium) [0:16] Mistermeaner - HPU (Mistermeaner) [9:04] The Granite Saints - Loser (Union Jack) [10:09] Reef! - Big Time Party Foul, pt. 3 feat. Yolo Ono (Anubis) [15:25]  Journal- Fortuitous Accelerations Part 1 (single) [21:31] SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

Todays episode features the track, "Born all Wrong," off of the latest album by Museum of Light, "Diviner," released through Spartan Records.  SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

Some local heavy hitters on this episode alongside some new music. Bite the  Playlist:  Bite the Hand - TV's On (Conned out of Life) [0:16] Weight of Sin - Weight of Sin (Single) [4:58] Augustine - Vexed in a Reverie (Single) [7:11] Sideline Hero - Promises and Lies (self-titled EP) [10:03] Teethout - Flicker Out (Brittle But Elite) [17:40] SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

On this episode is a track from Duane Regretzky, solo project of Tyler Hall. The track comes from the album, Live From Death Mountain, released through High End Denim.  SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

On this episode is a track from industrial-punk trio, Haunted Horses, from Seattle, Washington. The bands' latest album is titled, "Dweller," but its most recent release is a split with Oakland, California locals, Facet. Five songs are featured from each band and available on a swirly galaxy red vinyl through Hex Records. The song featured on this episode is titled, "Cypress." SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

Welcome to the first episode of 2025! I talk a little bit about Sailor Jerry Fest 2024, play a few tracks from several local 808 bands and a couple from the mainland. Also included is an unreleased Unit 101 song.  Playlist:  1. Bad Cop/Bad Cop - Why Change a Thing? (Warriors) [0:16] 2. Skullboy - Redone (Just Because) [4:40] 3. Kauz of Affliction - Gas Station Burrito (Single) [8:26] 4. Castle Park - Sea Life Park (Castle Park 2.0) [12:01] 5. Summer Street - This Disaster (Secrets & Regrets) [16:50] 6. Avenues - I Let Go (We're all Doomed) [19:54] 7. Ninjas with Syringes - Face Full of Lead (Live at Dante's: Fatter, Balder, and Harder) [21:41] 8. Mara Bloom - Dirty Deeds (They Who Invite) [24:52] 9. Pacifica - Isolated Black Shell (Transient Colors) [29:17] 10. Unit 101 - Unite (Unreleased) [36:12] SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

This is episode 166 of the Taking the Lead Media Podcast. On this I have a guest, Dave Frye, of the band Generic. He joins me to talk about the the bands' latest album, Believe in Aloha, the history of the band, that one set at KTUH and the time Pennywise "borrowed," one of the Generic's guitar riffs. An extended version of the talk will be released soon.  Playlist:  E Ho'i Mai - Believe in Aloha [0:16] Redline - Victim of Society [5:01] Crazy - Victim of Society [14:26] Welcome to My Bedroom - Victim of Society [23:12] Anarchyland - KTUH MNL [39:25] Believe in Aloha - Believe in Aloha [45:31] Change - Believe in Aloha [51:32] Generic - Victim of Society [56:35] SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

Welcome to the first episode of 2024. I have an 808 Punk scene themed episode, all local punk bands on this show, plus a new one from local punks (now based in Portland, Oregon), Generic. I also talk about my first time seeing National Product, Unit 101's demo tape, how I picked up a copy of El Enemigo's only album, and attending Smitz album release show. Enjoy the episode! Playlist:  National Product - Taken (Shut the Punk Up! Vol.1) [0:16] Unit 101 - Pressure Cooker (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ) [6:58] El Enemigo - Bottle Fatigue (MNL on KTUH) [9:22] Smitz - Pass on Sight (Skullduggerous) [11:28] Generic - Believe in Aloha (Believe in Aloha) [18:18] SOCIAL MEDIA: Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

From the Vault: Episode #14 of the Taking the Lead Media Podcast. Original release date: 02/2010 (It could have been 02/05/2011). I was about 6 months into doing this podcast and having all sorts of fun. Myspace was still a place I did all my correspondence through. I got in touch with every single one of these bands through Myspace with the excepetion of Unit 101, I think I got Jason Miller's blessing to play this track, who would eventually be a guest (yay!) on my podcast 10 years later :D. I got in touch with Chris while he was doing Lands on Fire and got a copy of the Mr. Orange Undercover track from him. I heard Anchors on Myspace, they're from Australia and just fell in love right away. That album, Bad Juju, would later be re-released through Creator-Destructor Records here in the states. She Likes Todd was a band from Chicago that played really great punk-pop, members went on to form Set Fire to Reason. Tear the Place Apart! was a band from Spokane, Wa, and I think they may have been playing with a band from Portland, I saw them on the same bill and decided to look them up. Enjoy the episode! On this episode:  Anchors - Ill Glory (Bad Juju) [0:54] Unit 101 - Cartoon (abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz) [3:25] Tear the Place Apart! - Messages in Bottles (Live Together or Die Alone) [6:01] She Likes Todd - Too Poor to Pay Attention (A Story Still Untold) [7:16] Mr. Orange Undercover - Is This What You Came For? (single) [11:55] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

From the Vault: Episode #13 of the Taking the Lead Media Podcast. Original release date: 12/30/2010. Every year (since 2005) I compiled a list of 25 of my favorite albums. In 2010, this was the first time I shared the list with anyone, and on this episode, I play a track from 16 of those releases. The list includes a mix EP's, full albums, and even singles from 2010.  More info on this episode HERE.  On this episode:  Last Stand for Lucy - Burn Everything (Bastards of Gramercy) [2:30] Korova - Magnet (Demonstration #7089) [6:30] Abandon the Raft - Dirt (House of Gold EP) [9:48] Nightlights - Foxhole (Long Way Home EP) [14:02] Die Laughing - Be Yourself (9-10 Demonstration) [16:48] The Action Design - Still Standing (Desperation) [17:32] Mike Got Spiked - No is Not an Answer (Live & Acoustic) [21:26] Dicks of Doom - Zombie (Destruction of All Mankind) [26:12] Innertwyne - Perfect Timing (Escaping Disaster) [29:25] Invasives - More (Desk Job at Castle Dracula) [37:16] Sic Waiting - Okay, I Lied (Anchors Astray) [40:05] Dark Room - Time Traverler (Stay Here with Me [For Better or For Worse]) [42:15] Social Concern - The Leaves (Cut and Dry) [48:05] Science Fiction Theater - Broken is Art (Single) [50:40] Craig's Brother - The Mistake of Caring (Single) [55:19] Journal - Unlorja (Unlorja) [60:21] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

From the Vault: Episode #12 of the Taking the Lead Media Podcast. Original release date: 12/15/2010.  More info on this episode HERE.  On this episode:  La Muneca Y Los Muertos - Electric Car (Estrella) [0:59] Mayflower - Deadication (Second Best Sunsets) [4:08] Dead Icons - Life of Uncertaintiy (Vultures EP) [7:52] Sound the Sky - Monsters (Fight or Flight) [10:16] Casket Life - Your Haircut really accents your indifference (Building a Better Disaster) [14:31] Beat the Redlight - The Scene is Under Attack (Beat the Red Light EP) [17:03] Marloneisha - Untouchable (Single) [23:02] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia  

On August 05, 2023, SØØN played its final show at Aupuni Space. Other bands that played were Feeble, Aswang, and Ten Things (I Hate About You). The last time I got to see SØØN was at Feeble's album release show for Growing out of Touch, back in December 2019, which was also that last time I saw Feeble. It was a really fun show, I had a great time and glad I got to check it out. The annoucement for the final show happened just a few weeks before the event, bummer, but it was a dope set. Cheers to SØØN. Playlist:  SØØN - Over (SØØN) [0:16] Aswang - Clifford (Say Grace) [4:52] Ten Things (I Hate About You) - Costco (Self-titled) [8:52] Feeble - Shamowowza (Growing out of Touch) [11:26] SØØN - Die (What the fuck did we do to the earth) [17:53]   SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

On this episode I play tracks from bands that played on Day 2 of Indecision 30 and talk a little bit about the fest. The fest celebrates 30 years of Indecision Records, which happened earlier this year in July in Garden Grove, California.  Playlist:  Ursula - Eat the Hand (Regurgitate) [0:16] School Drugs - Gimme Doubg (Modern Medicine) [5:29} Skullcrack - Stuck on Repeat (Addicted to the Undergound) [7:31] Change - Beyond (Closer Still) [11:22] Mean Season - Lonely Horse (Go to Hell) [17:05]   SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

On this episode, I talk a little bit about Indecision 30, night 1, which happened in July this year in Garden Grove, California. And it was a great time. Most of the bands on this episode played the first night. I'll talk about night 2 on the next episode.  Playlist:  The Promise - What I Have (Believer) [0:16] Godcollider - Heel Burier (Godcollider) [5:06} Death By Stereo - No Cuts, No Butts, No Coconuts (If Looks Could Kill, I'd Watch You Die) [10:45] Skullcrack - On the Run (Turn to Dust) [13:01] Power Alone - Cancer (Nothingness) [18:33] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

On this episode is a track by French hardcore band, Poisoned Gift. The band released its' latest EP, Rise and Collapse, last year on CD. It will get the vinyl treatment through Panda Claw Records. On this is episode is the track titled, Dirty Hands.  SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

Senses Fail's album, Life is Not a Waiting Room, turns 15 this year and they're going on tour and playing the album in it's entirety. Gonna check them out on the first day of tour. Pretty stoked about it. Can't wait to hear this song live.  SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

Perennial, art-punk trio from New England, have a new 7" coming out titled, The Leaves of Autumn Symmetry. It's a reimaging of 5 tracks from the bands debut, The Symmetry of Autumn Leaves. Two singles are out right now, Hippolyta! and Dissolver.  SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

On this episode is a track by 3-piece rockers, Traindodge from Oklahoma. The track is called Face Thieves, with another single also available for streaming titled, The New Low. The band's 8th album, The Alley Parade, will be released 09/22/2023, via Spartan Records.  SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

On this show is a track from Facet, a trio from Oakland. The song is titled, Yoga, and is featured on the band's debut record, facet. It's set to be released this Friday, 08/11, via Hex Records. 

I went to Las Vegas recently and got to check out the Punk Rock Museum which opened recently. Damian from Fucked Up and the Turned Out a Punk Podcast guided our tour. I talk a little bit about that. All bands on this episode are local and formerly local bands of Hawaii, a couple inactive, but all dope. Happy Aloha Friday!  Generic - Redline (Victim of Society) [0:16] The Quintessentials - Hallelujah, Sweet Jesus (The Satanic Rites of the Quintessentials) [10:20] El Enemigo - Bottle Fatigue (Live on KTUH) [12:31] Anti-Matter - In Your Face (New Plague EP) [14:42] The Minorities - Comatose (single) [21:15] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

On this episode, I play select tracks from bands I saw play at this year's Sailor Jerry Festival. The next Sailor Jerry Fest is 06/15/2024. El Sancho - Tiebreaker (Heads Up!) [0:16] Generic - Pau Hana Song (Victim of Soceity) [9:28] The Minorities - Dissatisfied (Dissasitisfied) [13:05] Grapefruit - Mathematics (Easy Listening Apparatus) [14:45] Avenues - I Let Go (We're All Doomed) [18:57] Teenage Bottlerocket - So Dumb (So Dumb/So Stoked) [22:46] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia  

Tweaked - Wrong Way (Breaking the Curse) [0:16] Ninjas with Syringes - Planet Carrier (Oceanographer) [6:08] Robot Eyes - I Don't Dress the Part (Arrêt) [8:48] Apathy Cycle - Rise (Apathy Cycle) [12:17] Much the Same - Haunted (Everything is Fine) [14:47] The Offsailors - Fork in the Road (One more then we go) [17:41] Glass Bones - I took the ride (The Same Stories that Never get Old) [22:29] The Bloodtypes - Johnny (Johnny 7") [25:56] Clit Kat - Steve Buscemi (Clit Kat Worldwide) [28:46] Police Teeth - Rock & Roll is a Pyramid scheme Part 1 & 2 (Awesomer than the Devil) [29:20] Florida Man - Holy Roller (Tropical Depression) [34:12] Vultures United - Carcinogens (I Still Feel Cold) [39:53] Matahari - Widower (Never the Same EP) [41:22] Cathedrals - Sorona (Bleeding Kansas/Cathedrals Split) [45:08] Colonial Wound - Altar of Youth (Easy Laugh) [46:38] Sohns - Abomination (Ripe/Rot) [48:57] Ultima Victima - Muertes Sin Razon (Muertes Sin Razon) [50:50] Bloodlined Caliigraphy - Ashes to Ashes (Ypsilanti) [53:02] Illicitor - Little Birdie (Illicitor) [58:10] Statues on Fire - Time Stands Still (Living in Darkness) [61:14] The Unlovables - If you were here (Crush Boyfriend Heartbreak) [64:07] The Copyrights - Wornout Passport (North Sentinel Island) [66:45] Mr. Orange Undercover - Blue Skies (Go Punk Yourself!) [68:48] Gall - Absolve/Repeat (17:21) [73:04] Space Camp - Acid (Overjoyed in the World)[75:03] Slimelord - Amphibia (The Delta Death Sirens) [77:11] Sludgeworth - Waste it Away (Losers of the Year) [85:22] Panic Problem - Lighthouse (Star Over EP) [88:08] JERK! - Sleepaway Camp (Welcome to Sleepaway Camp) [91:17] Trashed Ambulance - Bottleneck (Future Considerations) [93:51] Perennial - Soliloquy for Neil Perry (In the Midnight Hour) [98:23] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Instagram: https://instagram.com/takingtheleadmedia

Playing local Hawaii bands on this episode. All of them reside/used to reside on Oahu. Happy Aloha Thursday to you! Playlist as is:  1. Feeble - Bozo Sushi (Growing out of Touch) [0:16] 2. Oceans Deep - Silver Bullet (Retrospective) [4:03] 3. National Product - Me & Me (Going Nowhere Fast) [6:36] 4. Mr. Orange Undercover - I'm Losing Her (Monday Night Live) [9:24] 5. Smitz - Love in the Summertime (Live at KTUH Radio 09/18/2017) [15:54] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

Welcome to the 2nd episode of 2021! Today's episode, I play tunes from some choice purchases I made on March's Bandcamp Friday. I missed April's! The first one I missed since this whole thing started! Playlist below:  1. Another Damn Disappointment - Blinded (Relentless) [0:16] 2. Headless Horse - Hazards Threaten All You Have (Final Lexicon) [7:24] 3. Ghost Police - My Hell (My Hell) [10:53] 4. The Afternoon Gentleman - Roy the Bread Boy (Twice as Pissed) [12:50] 5. Safety - Song of the Night Gator (Greetings from the Sunshine State) [17:32] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

Welcome to the first episode of 2021! It's been a hot minute, but this is finally out! On this episode I talk about some of my favorite releases of 2020. A lot of bangers from a downer of a year. Thanks for listening! 1. PMX - Who are we to Pray (ctrl alt el) [0:16] 2. Old Cross - Vertebrae (Daggers) [6:18] 3. Savage Remains - You'll Float Too (The End is Nigh) [9:20] 4. Broloaf - Everyone's Invited (Live on the Fourth of July) [11:05] 5. Anti-Matter - New Plague (New Plague) [18:12] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

This is a Hawaiian Express Records themed show! And I have label head, Jason Miller, as a guest on the show. He also runs 808 Shows and co-runs The Sailor Jerry Festival with Josh86 (Black Square, 86 List, and The Pressure). The label turned 25 this year and I compiled a list of 25 questions for him. On this episode is a partial cut of our conversation mixed in with music he has helped release in the past 25 years. Check out the full conversation on this podcasts' website HERE Hawaiian Express Records 808 Shows Sailor Jerry Festival Songs on this episode: 1. National Product - Release (Rock of Album of the Year 2001-2002) [0:16] 2. The Quintessentials - I don't wanna be a Brady (25 songs from 25 years) [7:23] 3. The Pettyfords - Dreamboat (Hawaiian Style Punk and Ska Compilation #1) [16:13] 4. Mr. Orange Undercover - She Knows Karate (Punkwatch Hawaii) [22:19] 5. The Power Pellets - Heartbeat (Raymonds/Power Pellets split - She's not the Reason) [27:40] 6. Unit 101 - Adulthood (ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ) [34:22] 7. The Knumbskulls - In My Eyes (Songs of Yesterday) [38:29] 8. Sideline Hero - Exposed (Life Force Engaged) [42:33] 9. The Raymonds - Rock n' Roll (Out Come the Wombats) [47:54] 10. Grapefruit - Hawaii (Dorkabilly Stew) [57:03] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

On this episode is a No Time Records themed show! I picked up records from these California based label during the first Bandcamp Friday and haven't stopped since (maybe I missed one?) They got lots of tapes and lots of cool distro records too.  No Time Records Songs on this episode:  1. Apathy Cycle - Premium Healthscare (Apathy Cycle) [0:16] 2. Kids on Fire - Follow Me (Songs in the Key of Bummer) [5:40] 3. Corrupt Vision - Get out your guns (split w/SiBANNÄC) [8:18] 4. Wacko - Ol Dirty Leech (demoRALIZATION) [10:31] 5. Jodie Faster - Grab & Go (Blame Yourself) [15:45] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

This is the 10-year-birthday EPISODE. Hard to believe this podcast turned 10 this year! And WHAT A YEAR!! Hope you're all staying safe and healthy! Thanks to all the bands, musicians, record labels, and listeners...here's to 10 more! Cheers! Songs on this episode:  1. Journal - Unlorja (Unlorja) [0:16] 2. The Pettyfords - Only the Good Die Young (Domesticated EP) [10:29] 3. The Knumbskulls - Bad Day Gone Good (Songs of Yesterday) [12:52] 4. Big D and the Kids Table - Trust in Music (Stroll) [18:49] 5. Iron Reagan - Nameless (The Tyranny of Will) [27:35] 6. Senses Fail - Carry the Weight (Pull the Thorns from Your Heart) [28:35] 7. The Sun Days - Come Have Me Over (Album) [33:39] 8. Vultures United - Tiger Lily (I Still Feel Cold) [37:00] 9. Senses Fail - Is it gonna be the year? (If there is Light, it Will Find You) [43:40] 10. Skullcrack - Turn to Dust (Turn to Dust) [50:10] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

On this episode I have a guest! Fernando of No Villains Left joins me on the show. He plays trombone and sings in the band. It was a really fun chat. We get into all things ska music, a little bit of history in the Hawaii music scene and his first instrument...the clarinet! It's all good. Be sure to check out the bands' debut album, Bright Lights, on Apple Music and Spotify.  No Villains Left Website - HERE YouTube - HERE 1. Bright Lights - No Villains Left (Bright Lights) [0:16] 2. Pizza is for Winners - No Villains Left (Bright Lights) [7:15] 3. Have a Nice Bad Day - Exit 24 (KTUH Live) [15:17] 4. Ding, Ding - No Villains Left (Single) [20:43] 5. Bay City Blues - Exit 24 (Ready...Break!) [25:03] 6. Anything - No Villains Left (Bright Lights) [39:49] 7. Modern World - No Villains Left (Bright Lights) [50:55] 8. 4321 - No Villains Left (Bright Lights) [57:10] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Stay safe and healthy, be kind, take care and thanks for listening!

I've been putting off this episode for the longest time. Happy to finally release it! It is a No Pants Records themed show! Ran by head honcho Matt Danger, the main squeeze of Ninjas with Syringes, the label features an eclectic list of bands from all over. Matt was also kind enough to do a Q & A for me, and he went above and beyond! Please check it out HERE (Episode #151). Visit No Pants Records Official Website - HERE YouTube - HERE 1. Old Cross - Miss (Old Cross) [0:16] 2. Heather Ashley - Eyes Shaded Grey (Hear My Heart) [4:26] 3 The Ghost Town Rebellion - Moments (Silver & Gold) [8:32] 4. Second Player Score - Hooked (Nobody's Hero) [11:52] ​5. RepresA - United Slaves (United Slaves) [18:17] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Stay safe and healthy, be kind, take care and thanks for listening!

This episodes One Shot is titled, Victimized, by the band Resent. It comes off the band's debut LP, Crosshairs. The album is co-released by: Dry Cough Records: https://www.drycoughrecords.com/ Nerve Altar: https://nervealtar.storenvy.com/ Rope or Guillotine: https://ropeorguillotine.limitedrun.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Stay safe and healthy, be kind, take care and thanks for listening!

On this episode is a track from Enemy of My Enemy, a 4-piece punk rock and roll band from Santa Cruz, California. They released their self-titled record last year. Today's one-shot is the song, Head in the Sand, off of, Enemy of My Enemy  Enemy of My Enemy Bandcamp: https://enemyofmyenemy.bandcamp.com/ Snubbed Records: http://snubbedrecords.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Stay safe and healthy, be kind, take care and thanks for listening!

On this episode, I play tunes released from Small Mammal Records from the last couple years. Some really solid releases with a majority of them being from artists based in Akron, Ohio. Check out Small Mammal Records here: Official Website - http://smallmammalrecords.limitedrun.com/ YouTube - HERE 1. Posture - Potential Energy (Exoskeletons) [0:16] 2. Backtalk - Weird Flies (Analog Parts) [5:01] 3. Penny Arcade - Sound Asleep (Oliver) [12:06] 4. Sammy Heck - Just Pretending (Stop Wasting Time) [15:27] 5. Alomar - Sticky Situation (Soul Case) [21:58] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media Stay safe and healthy, be kind, take care and thanks for listening!  

Whoa, 20 years of Indie Vision Music? Crazy. On this show, I play some favorites released through IVM. Playlist below: 1. Hangnail - Friendly Advice (Live 2002) [0:16] 2. Light the Way - Hope (Dad Gang) [6:12] 3. Makeshift3 - Hiyada Martian3 (I'm Your Biggest Fan Vol.2) [12:20] 4. Heart Like War - From Here On Out (Thoughts on This) [15:38] 5. Craig's Brother - Follow Your Heart (Devil's in the Details) [22:36] Check out Indie Vision Music: Official Website - https://www.indievisionmusic.com/ Bandcamp - https://music.indievisionmusic.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

The new album by Oakland, California post-punk 4-piece, Fearing, is currently out right now. The album is titled, Shadow, and is released through Funeral Party. The song on this episode is titled, Pictured Perfect. Check out the album on bandcamp: https://fearing.bandcamp.com/album/shadow-2 SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media  

GC Records celebrated 20 years last year with a 1 day event. Back in February they released their 20th anniversary LP featuring live tracks from the show. Also on the show, I play tracks from all the new releases from last year. Playlist for today's episode: 1. The Rifleman - This is Anarchy (Don't Laugh, This is Serious) [0:16] 2. Lipstick Pickups - Black Cherry Soda Pop (Collection) [06:45] 3. East Arcadia - All the Same (All the Same) [09:34] 4. Enemy of the Sun - Unbreakable in All We Are (Darker Days EP) [12:11] 5. About Me - Rush & Attack (GC Records 20 Year Anniversary LP) [19:42] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

The song is Ragged Town by the band Second Player Score, a 3 piece nerd rock band based in Vancouver, Washington. It comes off the album, Glorified.  Website: https://www.secondplayerscore.com/ YouTube: Second Player ScorePodcast: Second Player Speaks SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media  

On this episode is a track from Slave Hands, sludge/doom metal 3 piece from Finland. The song is Malignant Filth Vessel off of their latest LP, No More Feelings. Check it out through Dry Cough Records. It's co-released w/Gate of Deliria, Minor Obscure, and Sewer Prison.  Slave Hands on BANDCAMP - https://slavehands.bandcamp.com/ SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

Back on the podcast is guest and friend of the show, Tom, of 18th & Addison. A lot has happened since Tom was on the podcast, almost 2 years ago. And a lot has happened since I last spoke with Tom, just a few weeks ago for this episode (!!!). But we catch up for a bit, talk about the bands new EP, Old Blues / Modern Love, their signing with Wiretap Records, and the new blink-182 album - all the important stuff. Peppered throughout the episode are the following tracks: 1. Leeches - Old Blues / Modern Love [0:16] 2. Moving Mountains - Makeshift Monster [7:34] 3. Drag - Old Blues / Modern Love [12:58] 4. Minutes Like Fireflies - Old Blues / Modern Love [25:09] 5. Knives - Makeshift Monster [29:57] 6. Like Porcelain - Little Parasites [39:45] 7. When I'm Alone - Old Blues / Modern Love [45:39] 8. Timebomb - Vultures EP [51:48] Official Website: https://18thandaddison.com/ Wiretap Records: http://wiretaprecords.limitedrun.com/ Bandcamp: https://wiretaprecords.bandcamp.com/album/hello-please-pay-attention SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

On this episode I talk about more favorites of 2019. On this playlist: 1. Jocko - Best of Me (Expression) 2. Shin Guard - You Will Be Held Accountable For Your Actions (2020) 3. Post/Boredom - Limb Alert (Ritualistic Time Abuser) 4. Florida Man - Holy Roller (Tropical Depression) 5. Glassing - Sleeper (Spotted Horse) SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media 

Welcome to the first episode of 2020! This podcast will turn 10 years old in June! HOLY COW!. On this episode I play tunes from some of my favorite records released in 2019. Lots of gems.  1. Much the Same - You used to have a garden (Everything is Fine) [0:16] 2. St. Plaster - Figurehead (St. Plaster) [7:09] 3. Ramona - Is this Emo? (Deals, Deals, Deals!) [11:19] 4. Adrenalized - My Three Companions (Operation: Exodus) [14:12] 5. Ninjas with Syringes - Bones (Punkanomics) [19:43] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

It's a Snubbed Records themed show! Most of the band's on this episode will be playing Snubbed Fest this weekend. Check it out. Playlist below: 1. The Alements - Kill them with Fire (Best Foot Forward) [0:16] 2. The Handsome Scoundrels - Off the Map (Ooh La La) [5:39] 3. The Subtastics - 8-Bitter (BetaMales) [9:05] 4. Ninety Six Ghosts - Across the Divide (Know the Pattern) [11:00] 5. The Xiles - Another Headache (Split w/The Subtastics) [15:25] 6. Sickboyz - California Rocket Fuel (Slightly Damaged) [17:57] 7. Dead End Lane - Dead End Lane (Still Alive) [23:58] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media  

Some punk rock on this episode. Songs and bands on this episode are as follows: 1. Statues on Fire - Time Stand Still (Living in Darkness [0:16]  2. Adrenalized - Engravings In Stone (Operation Exodus) [5:19] 3. Give You Nothing - Reflections (Give You Nothing) [10:40] 4. Ghost Police - To Myself (Out to Dry) [12:58] 5. The Latter Day Skanks - Don't go getting soft on me (Under the Boner of Heaven) [16:52] Snubbed Records No Pants Records   SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

I share tracks from some of my favorite releases of 2018. Heavier stuff than the last episode.  1. Sulaco - Disguise (The Prize) [0:16] 2. Chained to the Bottom of the Ocean (I Carry My Awareness of Defeat like a Banner of Victory) [8:20] 3. Tyrannosaur - Creep Paralysis (Tyrannosaur) [16:21] 4. Outright - Lessons Earned (Holler) [22:07] 5. Vaulted - Drown Our Fears (Distaste) [27:12] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media  

I play tracks from some of my favorite records of 2018.  PLAYLIST: 1. The Gutz - Bro Culture (Femina Vipera) [0:16] 2. October Bird of Death - Vices (Assemble) [6:00] 3. The Hi Fi Ninja - Tattered and Torn (Tattered and Torn) [8:56] 4. exhalants - Latex (exhalants) [13:42] 5. Space Camp - Righteous Dollar Bills (Inevitable Demise) [19:04] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

On this episode I have guest, John Sava. His projects include, Enemy of the Sun, Amish Electric Chair, and Red Season. Links to these projects:  Enemy of the Sun Amish Electric Chair Red Season Playlist 1.Enemy of the Sun - Subterranean (Darker Days EP) [0:16] 2.Red Season - Ancient Travelers [4:37] 3.Enemy of the Sun - It's All or Nothing (Darker Days EP) [10:54] 4.Enemy of the Sun - Darker Days (Darker Days EP) [18:56] 5.Amish Electric Chair - Social Revolution (Straight. No Chaser.) [25:17] 6.Amish Electric Chair - Not in my Backyard (Straight. No Chaser.) [30:08] 7.Amish Electric Chair - State of the Union (Straight. No Chaser.) [37:16] 8.Red Season - Stargazers [41:47] 9.Red Season - The Ancient Cosmic Alignment - [46:15] 10.Enemy of the Sun - Resurgence (Darker Days EP) [52:20] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

On this episode I talk about the upcoming GC Records 20 year anniversary show. Details about the show are HERE I also play tracks by bands performing at the show. Tracklist below: 1. Gasoline Kills - Memo1 (Give Up Chorus): 3:04 (Making the CD) 2. The Dirty Little Bettys - Lounge Singer (Backyard Carnival): 18:19 3. Kill the Scientist - Computer (malfunction?) (Fall of Mankind): 10:52 4. Illicitor - Daft Punky Brewster (Illicitor): 13:26 5. Lawnmower Deathriders - Time Machine (GC047): 15:53 6. Jesse Pino and the Vital Signs - Hearts Collide: 19:39 7. Enemy of the Sun - Darker Days (Darker Days): 25:44 SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

On this episode are guests, Chad and Chelsey, of Perennial, the 3-piece avant-garde rock band, based in Connecticut. We get into top 5 favorite albums, our personal "island" albums, LP2, shows and movies. I ask the tough questions in this interview! And it was a blast! Check out Perennial on BANDCAMP and HOWLING FREQUENCY Songs on this episode are as follows: 1. The Symmetry of Autumn Leaves - The Symmetry of Autumn Leaves [21:30] 2. Fauves - The Symmetry of Autumn Leaves [24:30] 3. Massachusetts Scenic Byways - Early Sounds for Night Owls [30:40] 4. Resolver -The Symmetry of Autumn Leaves [35:20] 5. Early sounds for Night Owls - Early Sounds for Night Owls [40:52] 6. Dissolver -The Symmetry of Autumn Leaves [44:51] SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media

On this episode are tunes by Stolas (Thief & the Hourglass, off of, Losing Wings), Beau Navire (Thumbreaker, off of, Life Moves), Conveyer (New Low, off of, No Future), Life Sentence (Under Siege, off of, Marked for Death), and Yotsuya Kaidan (Flight over a transparent city, off of, Tiny Comet).  SOCIAL MEDIA Website: www.takingtheleadmedia.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/ttlmpodcast Tumblr: https://oneshotsideshow.tumblr.com YouTube: Taking the Lead Media