I interviewed The Seedy Seeds on Episode 11 almost a year ago but along with the passage of time comes change, including the introduction of a new member, drummer/multi-instrumentalist Joe Frankl. I try to unravel the mystery that is Joe and we discuss old-timey slang with banjo accompaniment courtesy of Mike Ingram.
Listen to the Seeds perform two songs live in my kitchen, “Ethel” and “Flooded”.
Let’s Get Serious with Kendall Bruns Episode 027: The Seedy Seeds
Running time: 65 minutes
Matt Mooney joins me to reminisce about the Koala Fires and dispel rumors about the band’s demise.
We listen to a new Koala Fires demo, Matt plays a couple of acoustic songs and we go a little crazy discussing The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension, what the heck a Norn is and other stuff that makes even less sense.
Let’s Get Serious with Kendall Bruns Episode 019: Matt Mooney of the Koala Fires
Running time: 95 minutes
Here’s a little change of pace for the podcast. This time I hosted a band—my friends from Cincinnati, The Seedy Seeds, who were in town for a show.
The Seedy Seeds are Margaret Darling, Mike Ingram and Brian Penick.
We discussed how much explanation is too much explanation, listened to a couple of brand new tracks and they even performed a few songs live in my kitchen.
Let’s Get Serious with Kendall Bruns Episode 011: The Seedy Seeds
Running time: 50 minutes
A day in the life of the ladies of Off Off Broadzway. Wake up outside, get a face tattoo, hang out with androgynous midget, you know, your typical Tuesday…
Off Off Broadzway are a Chicago-based musical sketch comedy group. A couple weeks ago I filmed this music video with them. You may recognize Liz and Kelly who I’ve worked with a lot in the past on OneTwoThree videos.
Off Off Broadzway have a holiday show coming up called “Let it Ho!” all through the month of December. Details can be found on their website: http://offoffbroadzway.com
I gave my MidPoint schpeel in the previous post with my Thursday picks so I won’t repeat myself here. The big draws for Friday are Surfer Blood and Ted Leo but I’m also excited about Silverghost —I booked them to play Earthquakes a few months ago and they were great! They have an EP that you can download for free from RCRDLBL: The Equine Lips EP
There were definitely a lot of conflicts for Friday night—especially the 11:30 slot—and it might be hard to check out the bands at the (relatively isolated) Southgate House without missing a lot of other stuff so we’ll see what happens.
Living in Chicago has exploded my live music options—it’s impossible to see all the bands that come through here that I really don’t want to miss—but that isn’t stopping me from being excited about coming back to Cincinnati for the MidPoint Music Festival.
Something like 270 bands are playing over the course of three nights. Most of the venues are within walking distance so it’s easy to jump around and see multiple bands in one time slot if one venue is too crowded or you’re just not feeling it. Here’s what I’m looking forward to on Thursday, September 23, 2010.
I am super-excited that Koala Fires are opening for the Smoking Popes tonight on Fountain Square in Cincinnati, Ohio as part of their free outdoor Indie Summer series.
Smoking Popes are a band that I used to watch on 120 Minutes and Alternative Nation when I was in high school—I’m sure many of you remember their biggest hit, “I Need You Around.”
This will be the third year that Koala Fires are participating in Indie Summer and it’s always been a great experience. I don’t know when I’ll be playing another show with Koala Fires so if you want to see us please come tonight!
Earthquakes is a dance night John Hogan and I host at Mayday (formerly the Gypsy Hut) in Cincinnati’s beautiful Northside neighborhood on the final Saturday of each month. We have live bands play and John and I DJ before and after.
This month’s musical guests are Pop Empire and they’re bringing their friends from Bloomington, Throwing Stars.
Pop Empire are a new-ish duo that are already causing quite a stir. They have a 6-song EP that you can download for free at their website, www.popempire.com.
Christmas is only a week away which means I came awfully close to not getting this done in time.
Matt Mooney joins me to reminisce about the 
Here’s a little change of pace for the podcast. This time I hosted a band—my friends from Cincinnati, The Seedy Seeds, who were in town for a show.
Metric’s Fantasies was one of 
A day in the life of the ladies of Off Off Broadzway. Wake up outside, get a face tattoo, hang out with androgynous midget, you know, your typical Tuesday…
I am super-excited that Koala Fires are opening for the Smoking Popes tonight on Fountain Square in Cincinnati, Ohio as part of their free outdoor Indie Summer series.
