Choke Artist

Ska isn't dead f**ker!Sat down with my pals in the band  Kill Lincoln on the eve of the Best of the Worst's Album release show at Pino's in Highland Park.  They've been a ska band since 2010 ...

Uh oh - this week's guest is my fiancé!  Kaitlyn helps a lot with behind the scenes stuff at Choke Artist:  graphic design, logistics, and most importantly talking me off the ledge when I wan...

WOW.  It’s been a while but welcome to Season 2 of the pod.  I’m excited to do this again and burn any remaining bridges I may have had.  My guest today is my buddy Shaye- he’s a music journa...

Standards, Floral, & Cloutchaser are embarking on a two week math rock tour in the Midwest, South & East Coast. We sat down a bit to chat and squash our internet beef. Come see us on ...

pulses. & With Sails Ahead are two “progressive”-post hardcore bands from VA and NJ respectively. I got a chance to sit down with them right before a weekender tour together.In this epis...

Rally Point is an indie/math rock band from Philly.  This podcast was recorded right after an impromptu show in my backyard.  The band’s original show had been cancelled due to a possible Cov...

My pal Mddy comes through to talk Ogbert, DIY, 5th wave emo, sending emails, publicists, and much more. Check out the last Ogbert LP "I Don't Hate You" hereAlso our bands our playing a show t...

Marcos Mena is the guitarist of LA based “fruit-rock” band Standards. After a couple of years of extensive touring and loads of online content, the band has etched a name for themselves as a...

Vanessa is a friend I've made through touring to Chicago in bands. She is the guitarist of the band Crowning, freelances illustration/photography, and runs a DIY space in Chicago called "Empt...

Kurt Travis is a singer/songwriter, primarily known for his work in the bands Royal Coda, A Lot Like Birds, and Dance Gavin Dance.We talk a bit about what he’s been up to with his new company...

We talk gear!  We talk solos!  We talk attitude!!Nah we did none of that.  But we did get to talk about some ins-and-outs that comes with being in a band online in 2021.  Adam is working on a...

Got to sit down with two friends that I’ve made through the NJ DIY scene.  Hope you’re okay with some goofing around and shit talking. Teddy and Ky are two people who aren’t afraid to speak ...

2020 was a WILD year. I was lucky enough to release some great albums. On this episode, we go through one track from each LP released last year on Choke Artist.Before each track plays there...

Deanna has some music industry experience that was really insightful and helpful for me to hear.  In addition to managing indie label Egg Hunt Records, she works as a tour publicist and was a...

First ever mixtape podcast episode! It’s half an hour, throw it on on your way to work and check out some new bands. All of these tracks were released this year or last year and there’s som...

With their new EP “still” out this Friday 11/27, it felt only right to have Snooze on this week. Logan Voss and session drummer/producer Anup Sastry come by to chat about the remote recordin...

OH BOY you’re in for a treat this week. One of my favorite New Brunswick bands, Bathing in Chunks comes to hang on the pod. This podcast got off the rails a bit and mostly stayed there. If yo...

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This podcast runs deep. Teddy and Shaun both played in Basement Beers and now play in th0tcrimes. We bust open some conspiracy theories, talk about the DNC primaries, tell some stories about ...

Radcliffe is a artist/thinker/shit-stirrer who can frequently be seen around New Brunswick NJ. They perform a bit in the area under the names “Bentwaeve” and “NGGA”. We talk about the differe...

Last week I got to sit down and talk with one of my favorite musical groups, Weatherbox. The band was started in 2004 by singer/songwriter Brian Warren in San Diego, CA. They recently reunite...

Standards are a 2 piece math rock duo from Los Angeles, CA. They currently embarked on a 3 week tour across the US. Invalids opened up for them in DC and Philly & I got a chance to catch...

Got to sit and talk with Ultra Deluxe, an experimental & aggressive band from NY.The group incorporates elements of chiptune/screamo/and sci-fi to make something neat. Their last album Co...

Zach, Kyle, and Nicky are 3/4 of New Brunswick based fun punk/emo band steve.We talk about the tenants of DIY: Inclusivity in the scene, shows running too late, show houses, chalkboards, the ...

Derrick Braxton & Jelani are both New Brunswick-area natives who are remarkably community driven. You can often catch either of them spinning records at a NB basement show near you.It doe...

NJ heavy-band Illusionist stops by to hang 10. We talk about their origins/style, their new album, the scene, and much more. Their latest album “Don’t Mind This” was released on 10/31/18 and ...

I sat down with verified mall-punk Kait Bemis to chat about Canadian melodic-skate punk band “Reset”. They were pretty good, until two of their members left to join a manufactured pop-punk ba...

Got a chance to sit down and hang out with Jake and Dave from DOWNTRODDER (sludgy/grimy politically charged punk from Philly/NJ). Cheech sat in on the pod too.We spent the first 20 min talkin...

Elio and Liz are two friends of mine that I made through playing music, and we’re all teachers now. We talk about what DIY taught us and how we apply it in the classroom, as well as balancing...

Jeff Hersch is a musician/community advocate from Flemington NJ. In 2014 he helped found Flemington DIY, an all ages community space located at 90 Main Street. Flemington DIY has been a host ...

Ernie Trent is a vocalist from NJ who fronted a few melodic hardcore/metalcore type bands throughout the years. We played together in a band called Marloneisha from 2004 - 2007. Throughout hi...

Got to do a podcast Max Rauch from LKFFCT! Max and I got to a hang a bunch recording a new album for a band I play in called Thirsty Guys. He was super nice and easy to work with. If you need...

Natalie from Well Wisher comes by to talk about their new album “This is Fine” out in a few days on 6131 Records!!We talk about the band’s formation from the ashes of Dollys, getting older an...

Rob is a good friend of mine and we had a great time catching up and hanging out. He plays bass for a dance-rock band called Echo Black. They are embarking on a two month US tour in a few wee...

The boys from In Angles do a sleepytime podcast, wrapping up their their summer tour. We also talk about our new EP "Shortfalls" coming out next week on Choke Artist. Honestly we were tired ...

Got a chance to sit down with my good friends Nate and Ty from FLORAL for this week’s podcast. This was towards the end of a 4-day run In Angles did with them on our West Coast tour.We talk a...

Sick Shit stops by after a show at The Grand Exchange in New Brunswick.We talk about the band’s new Cassette Persevere, their recording process, Jack Dickerson, mosh etiquette, and share some...

Episode Johnny Bentonamo aka “The Queer Demon” is a musician who currently resides in NJ. If you have yet to see him play live, you are highly missing out on an entertaining and unique live p...

The band “Children’s Books” from Philadelphia stop by to talk about the creation of the music video for their new single Take Me under which will be released next week.For some reason, during...

Fero Lux is a 4 piece post-hardcore band from Broward County, FL.  I got a chance to talk to them about on their recent tour with NY based band Dead Empires.  In 2016, we helped press their d...

This week Mem Pahl (Teenage Halloween, Jeffrey Lewis, Cat Tatt), Skylar Sarkis (Taking Meds), and Ben Kotin (Taking Meds/Such Gold) come by to chat after a show in New Brunswick.  We talk abo...

Max, Pete, and Rob from THE PLANET YOU stop by to talk about their band and their new self titled record coming out this Friday.  Besides talking about their new album,  we talk about the ban...

Champagne Colored Cars are a DIY punky/math rock band based out of Atlanta, Georgia.  They stopped in New Brunswick for a show at Chateau d’If..we did a podcast <3.We talk about the band’s...

This week I reunited with my boys in Curious Volume to talk about their reunion show on Staten Island this Firday, March 16th.  CV was a punk/ska band who reigned supreme on Staten Island fro...

The guys from Decoration come through to hang on the couch and chat for an hour!We talk about First Fest (an inclusive workshop/concert that took place in the central NJ in 2016), the Hunterd...

NB local Nishad Datta from DUSTERS comes in to talk shop about the New Brunswick scene and its many pockets, race relations, the “white people police”, his Benghali and Tibetan heritage, gent...

This week James and Josh from American Lions come in to discuss the bands’ process creating their new album “Serf Rock”; from writing the album in an isolated in house in Massachusetts all th...

Eoin and Alex from The Mayflower Collective come by to talk about the changes the big changes they've made to their company.In the five years Mayflower Collective has existed, they’ve run sho...

Pedro is a guy who has been involved with the scene in this area for a while.  He's an avid music fan/concert goer, occasionally performs spoken word poetry, and has published zines about the...

Caroline Romanelli is a NJ based show promoter who hosts weekly shows and open mics at the Scarlet Pub in New Brunswick.  Recently she has started her own promo company “Embrace DIY Productio...