Zig at the gig is a long-form interview-style show. The host Dave Deitke is a full-time Musician from Cleveland, OH. Who plays in an original band called C-level and teaches an adapted music class. Zig at the gig started as a podcast for Negative Space, a non-profit art gallery, promoting events and artists from the galley. The show has grown to include all facets of entertainment, including artist authors and musicians.
Episodes
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Wednesday Apr 19, 2023
Brooklyn-based goth-folk duo Charming Disaster’s upcoming fifth album Super Natural History is a musical cabinet of curiosities featuring songs inspired by both the natural world and the metaphysical realm; the cover art itself is composed of curios and oddities collected on their travels or gifted to them by fans. The album was produced by band members Ellia Bisker and Jeff Morris, half the tracks recorded at Figure 8 in Brooklyn, NY, the rest at Tonal Park in Takoma Park, MD, with the last song being a home recording. Super Natural History will be released on CD, as a 12-inch colored vinyl LP and on all digital platforms on March 3, 2023. The duo’s latest release unites the worlds of magic and science with ten songs that explore subjects like witchcraft, monsters, and the underworld alongside bats, plants, poisons, and parasites. Super Natural History is an alchemical experiment of sorts—magic and science may seem like contradictory concepts, but for Charming The Disaster they are opposite sides of the same coin: alternate ways to see the world and consider its mysteries.
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Charming Disaster's
Info preorder link: https://charmingdisaster.com/supernaturalhistory
Website: www.charmingdisaster.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/charmingdisaster
Instagram: http://instagram.com/charmingdisasterband
YouTube: http://youtube.com/charmingdisasterband
Bandcamp: http://charmingdisaster.bandcamp.com
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1RjkfhamohczSXjFy5WcZh
Wednesday Apr 12, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Wednesday Apr 05, 2023
Motion And Picture is a cinematic soundscape of honest lyrical introspection and reactive
abrasion, a personal timespan of disillusionment, resolve, and return of hope. Waves of cascading textures blur the sonic lines between synthesizers and guitars a la My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive as Shawn Rios's atypical rhythms anchor the songs while Brian McSweeney
ascends beyond Andre Miller, Patrick Riley, and Dmitri Rakhubas's expanding colors.
What began as a chance encounter on an airplane between McSweeney and Rios 22 years ago
grew into a decades-long friendship which ignited the inevitable musical partnership that formed
Chicago's MIIRRORS. They reverse-engineered the usual process of becoming a band by
prioritizing album creation over live performance while at their own pace, morphing the duo into
a cohesive quintet of seasoned multi-instrumentalists along the way veterans Rakhuba, Miller,
and Riley completed the lineup, and they evolved the collective sound quickly, momentarily
trading the stage for the tracking room.
While recording, the group began self-releasing singles just two months before the pandemic
took its toll on the music community, but not before the public took notice of their imagined
version of Jeff Buckley's rare 1997 four-track demo
MIIRROR'S Info
https://miirrors.bandcamp.com/
https://miirrors.bandcamp.com/
https://www.facebook.com/miirrorsmusic/
https://www.instagram.com/miirrors_music/?hl=en
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1XT5uhpV0ujNCA-_66_2yw
https://open.spotify.com/artist/2SwDo6SQHqyEiiZv0M0K9K
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Wednesday Mar 29, 2023
Cellophane Jane is a Glam Rock Power trio founded by Cleveland, Ohio native Lex Moda in 2017. What started as a week-long meditative project to record, mix, and master a collection of ten songs as a mini-LP roared into a full-throttle, non-stop rock n’ roll parade.
The Marauders Last Show
Cellophane Jane's Info
https://www.cellophanejane.com
Cellophane Jane & C-Level
https://open.spotify.com/track/16tCMNF2IAT1oJplctVykz?si=8d26f66878424a66
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
Wednesday Mar 22, 2023
IF...
Second full length solo record by David Heatley
Available on all streaming and digital platforms March 24, 2023 from Dream Puppy Records.
Genre: Indie Pop
All songs were written, performed, and produced by David Heatley in 2023. They were recorded
at Piety Street Arnaudville Studio. Additional recording took place at Restoration Sound with
engineer Lorenzo Wolff. String, horn and woodwind arrangements were done by Jimbo Walsh.
The assistant engineer was Kirkland Middleton. The album was mastered by Dave Glasser of
Airshow.
Featuring members of Lost Bayou Ramblers and Givers, plus Julie Odell, Sarah Quintana, Lilli
Lewis and Tony Award-winner Michael Cerveris.
Heatley describes “If...” as a portrait of someone in the throes of “impossible love,” with all the
attendant euphoria and longing pulsing beneath each track. “I’ve always had an issue with
crushes and falling in love. I fell in love with all three guest singers on my last record.” The bulk
of the songs came to him while recording down in Louisiana for the first time in the summer of
2021, surrounded by an inspiring and passionate array of New Orleans musician-heartthrobs.
What he couldn’t have known was that by the time this new record was released, his personal
life would be entirely rearranged and would line up in an uncanny way with many of the
themes of the songs he had written. “It’s honestly eerie how prescient some of these songs
turned out to be. I’ve often gotten song ideas in my dreams and I write them out and record
them only to see how they perfectly fit some situation I’m living through years later. It’s enough
to make you believe in Carl Jung’s theory of the archetypal field.”
David's Info
https://www.davidheatley.com
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Wednesday Mar 15, 2023
Scott crow is an international speaker, author, and story teller who is proudly from a working-class background. He has engaged his varied life as a coop business co-owner, political organizer, educator and strategist, activist, filmmaker, dad, and musician. For over two decades, he has focused on diverse socio-political issues and the explorations of creating and exercising counter-power to capitalism, Power, and unsustainable civilization.
eMERGENCY heARTS is an anarchist-run indie collaborative media hub in Austin, TX that spotlights post-punk, outsider and non-genre specific music, in addition to industrial music, goth, new wave, electronica,
dark wave, political music, ambient, psychedelic sounds, and visual arts that float our fancy from the past until today.
Founded by author, musician and art dealer Scott Crow (Lesson Seven,E), the vision is for music and other media to build an umbrella entity that supports artists, outside the mainstream where they can collaborate and experiment across artistic disciplines in a society that often devalues culture makers outside of the mainstream.
Scott's info
https://www.emergencyhearts.com
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
Wednesday Mar 08, 2023
From Coma To Catharsis is the second full exploratory mission in the current five-piece
incarnation of NYC/NJ-based instrumental ensemble, The Royal Arctic Institute. It’s the sequel
to last year's From Catnap To Coma, and like its predecessor, the new mini-album was recorded
and produced by James McNew (Yo La Tengo) in the historic Neumann Leather Factory in
Hoboken, New Jersey. From Coma To Catharsis is being released February 4th, 2023 by
Already Dead Tapes and Records and will be available on cassette (duh!), as a paid download,
and on streaming platforms. Later in the year, the band hopes to release both titles on vinyl.
At present, The Royal Arctic Institute comprises five musicians who have played extensively
with other groups and/or as backing/session musicians: drummer Lyle Hysen (Das Damen,
Arthur Lee, The Misguided), guitarists John Leon (Roky Erickson, Summer Wardrobe, Abra
Moore) and Lynn Wright (And The Wiremen, Bee And Flower, Shilpa Ray), bassist David
Motamed (Das Damen, Two Dollar Guitar, Arthur Lee, Townes Van Zandt), and keyboardist
Carl Baggaley (Headbrain, Gramercy Arms).
What are the first things you would feel coming out of a coma? Would it be cathartic, a full
release of all your emotions? What would that sound like? From Coma To Catharsis tries to
capture that auditory experience replacing the steadfast emotions expressed on From Catnap to
Coma with the sounds of dreaming, then awakenings.
All the pieces were created communally, deconstructing then reconstructing material mainly
composed by guitarist John Leon with a couple written by other band members. McNew
recorded the band in a live setting with no digital magic and minimal overdubs except for pedal
steel work by John.
This record also highlights the band's musical development after a further year of playing
together. This includes songwriting contributions by Dave (“Angleman’s Lament”), and Lynn
(“The Elated World”) as well as more input from Carl. “This is the third record I've played on,”
explains Baggaley, “and on this one we really broke the songs down to the bones. I was able to
bring in new influences like King Crimson-style mellotron and electric piano inspired by the late
Billy Preston performances during the recording of the Beatles’ Let It Be album.” Besotted by
2021’s Beatles documentary series stemming from those sessions, Lyle draped his drums in tea-
towels ala Ringo for the song “Passover Bucket.”
Regarding that same title, John says, “During the COVID lockdown, everyone’s kids were home
and parents were scrambling and grasping at straws to entertain them. A Jewish friend of mine
decided to celebrate Easter with her children to give them something to do. They were fascinated
by the concept of Easter baskets. The following year, instead of Easter baskets, the children were
given Passover Buckets to keep them quiet.”
From Coma To Catharsis is, sadly, guitarist Lynn Wright’s last work with the band as a full
member as he’s recently relocated to Berlin to further his career in music and fine dining. The
band will continue to play shows and record with Lynn when possible, but perhaps as the past
two years have shown us, who knows if everything will be cathartic, or just a return to a coma.
John's Info
https://www.theroyalarctic.com/new-page-2
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Wednesday Mar 01, 2023
Ivan Julian has been one of music's most celebrated players and most in-demand collaborators for more than four decades.
Indeed, Ivan Julian has spent his life soaking up a wealth of experiences, musical and otherwise. The son of a Navy officer, he grew up in such exotic locales as Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, nurturing a sensitive, creative streak that quickly manifested itself musically. At the age of 13, while living in Washington, D.C., he became the singer in a Led Zeppelin cover band; the following year, he began playing guitar. Having already studied bassoon and saxophone, Julian spent his high school years studying music theory as a part-time student in a college program. At 19, his wanderlust led him to London, where he joined U.K. R&B hitmakers The Foundations, (Build Me Up Buttercup) with whom he toured throughout Great Britain and Europe. It was during one of these tours that he decided to stay on in Macedonia to absorb and study the musical scales and rhythms that would have a major influence on his playing.
Then Julian returned to the U.S. and settled in New York, just in time to become part of the emerging punk rock movement. A founding member of the seminal Richard Hell and the Voidoids, he was now playing alongside trend-setting punk poet Hell, fabled guitarist Robert Quine and drummer Marc Bell (a.k.a. Marky Ramone). Julian’s instrumental and songwriting contributions to the band’s classic album Blank Generation established him as one of the scene’s most acclaimed and influential axemen.
After the Voidoids disbanded, Julian stepped out to form the Outsets as a vehicle for his own vocal and songwriting efforts. Combining rock, funk and African rhythms, the Outsets became a beloved fixture on New York’s burgeoning club scene, winning considerable critical acclaim for such releases as the debut single “I’m Searchin’ for You”/”Fever,” a self-titled EP produced by Garland Jeffreys and the posthumously released The Punk/Funk Voodoo Collection. Teaming up with Bush Tetras singer Cynthia Sley Julian’s next band, the Lovelies, won substantial attention with the release of the Mad Orphan LP. Also, during this time he regrouped with former bandmate Richard Hell to do an extensive tour of Japan.
By this point, Julian’s abilities as a collaborator had become sought after by a wide array of acts. He plays on “The Call Up” and “Ivan Meets GI Joe” with The Clash (on their Sandinista album), collaborated with Afrika Bambaataa and Bernie Worrell of Parliament/Funkadelic. He also joined England’s Shriekback for two tours of North America and Europe. Julian spent much of the 1990s touring and recording with Matthew Sweet.
In recent years, Ivan has concentrated mainly on studio work, producing and/or recording artist such as Sean Lennon and producing three albums by The Fleshtones. He’s also developed his recording studio, SuperGiraffeSound into one of New York’s hottest new recording facilities, working with numerous local, national and international bands.
His solo LP, The Naked Flame was named one of the best records of the year by several trade magazines in Europe and the states including Trouser Press. Soon after came The Fauntleroys EP, Below the Pink Pony, a collaboration with Alejandro Escovedo, Nick Tremulis and Linda Pittman.
His newest album ‘Swing Your Lanterns’ is available on PRAVDA Records. The songs encompass his experiences of the past five years and more; Some of which, we have all lived through.
Ivan's Info
Spotify
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Wednesday Feb 22, 2023
Armored Dawn is, without a doubt, one of the revelations of Brazilian Power Metal. Formed in 2014 in Sao Paulo, today, they have three albums released worldwide. Over these few years, Armored Dawn has been gaining fans wherever they go
Born in Finland many, many years ago, Timo started his musical adventures at the age of 7 playing the violin. When he was 14, he gave up the violin and decided to play a much louder six-string instrument…
Influenced by the names like Ritchie Blackmore, Frank Marino, David Gilmour, and Gary Moore, Timo surrendered to his passion for rock n’ roll and the guitar. Around 2000, Timo decided to change his life, left his frozen country in search of some sun and moved to Brazil. A few years later, he joined the band União, with whom he released only one album in 2003, and toured South America. Then, he joined another band, called Temple of Sin, which released an album and toured Brazil.
Today, Timo is a great Gibson collector, has a house full of guitars and cats, in addition to being part of one of the biggest metal bands in Brazil on the rise, Armored Dawn. He has been part of the band since its beginning in 2014. With Armored Dawn, he has recorded three albums “Power of Warrior”, “Barbarians in Black” and “Viking Zombie”. He also accumulates film productions of video clips and several presentations throughout Brazil and Europe. He shared the stages with big names like Fates Warning, Saxon and Megadeth, in addition to having played on “Motörhead’s Motörboat”, the Motörhead Cruise.
Armored Dawn's Info
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Wednesday Feb 15, 2023
Vanillaphase are a four piece electronic band from Cleveland, Ohio who believe in the cross pollination of musical ideas from diverse genres. Harnessing the power of bone-shaking beats welded with catchy melodies, lush harmonies, and spacey atmospherics, Vanillaphase are tour-de-force in musical surrealism and have been described as “a musical portal to a blissed out galaxy”.
Formed in the quarantine days of late 2020, Nico Denaldo, Taylor Ripley and Rick Taggert quickly released their sultry debut EP, “One Trick Pony”, as well as the uptempo, full-throttle single, “Almost Supernova” in early 2021. They further showcased their unique vibe with a string of livestream performances during the pandemic, the latest of which was highlighted by the late-summer addition of their new female vocal powerhouse, Generic Goth Girl.
Their heavy, yet polished electronic sound is a satisfying, seamless mix of trip hop and post-industrial, touching on elements of their collective influences, ranging from Thrill Kill Kult and Meat Beat Manifesto to Aphex Twin and The Orb. They released their new album Magic Suitcase on August 12th, 2022.
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