We sit down with all-around Chicago guy TJ Milici guitarist and vocalist extraordinaire to find out more about him. We discuss cutting his teeth in the Chicago scene and the show that changed his life forever and the immediate choice he made afterwards.TJ had so many interesting stories and experiences and it was great to listen as we walked the path through his past with him.To download the "lost" Thrillage album, go here:https://web.archive.org/web/20220420004632/http://thrillage.net/thrillage.zipThe two songs from this episode areLogan's Loss - "Sands of Time" taken from the EP Riot Like

We sit down with all-around Chicago guy TJ Milici guitarist and vocalist extraordinaire to find out more about him. We discuss cutting his teeth in the Chicago scene and the show that changed his life forever and the immediate choice he made afterwards.TJ had so many interesting stories and experiences and it was great to listen as we walked the path through his past with him.To download the "lost" Thrillage album, go here:https://web.archive.org/web/20220420004632/http://thrillage.net/thrillage.zipThe two songs from this episode areLogan's Loss - "Sands of Time" taken from the EP Riot LikeThrillage - "Replay" taken from Thrill 'Em All

LINK TO TICKETS FOR THE APRIL 4 SHOW IN KANSAS CITY WITH HEELS / CONFLICTS / THE CASKET LOTTERY / THE ESOTERIC here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/84461063/the-esoteric-kansas-city-warehouse-on-broadway?partner_id=100 Stevie comes back for the second episode where we do a deep dive into The Esoteric's last (and final??? We hope not) album "Subverter." Find the connecting thread from our very first episode with Steve Tulipana as he provided guest vocals and everything else you can imagine. We discuss how the band ultimately led to the band's hiatus and how little they were able to play live shows after its release. This is a must-listen for everyone as this album has it all. Watch or listen in and discover all the ingredients that came together to make this banger. The Esoteric Spotify link is here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1z9jhO27qA8sIgwR4aZUAm And the Esoteric Instagram is here: https://www.instagram.com/theesotericks/ The song used on this episode is (obviously) both taken from Subverter: "Don't Waste Guts (featuring Steve Tulipana)"

LINK TO TICKETS FOR THE APRIL 4 SHOW IN KANSAS CITY WITH HEELS / CONFLICTS / THE CASKET LOTTERY / THE ESOTERIC here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/84461063/the-esoteric-kansas-city-warehouse-on-broadway?partner_id=100 Stevie comes back for the second episode where we do a deep dive into The Esoteric's last (and final??? We hope not) album "Subverter." Find the connecting thread from our very first episode with Steve Tulipana as he provided guest vocals and everything else you can imagine. We discuss how the band ultimately led to the band's hiatus and how little they were able to play live shows after its release. This is a must-listen for everyone as this album has it all. Watch or listen in and discover all the ingredients that came together to make this banger. The Esoteric Spotify link is here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1z9jhO27qA8sIgwR4aZUAm And the Esoteric Instagram is here: https://www.instagram.com/theesotericks/ The two songs used on this episode are (obviously) both taken from Subverter: "Destroy, She Said" "Don't Waste Guts (featuring Steve Tulipana)"

LINK TO TICKETS FOR THE APRIL 4 SHOW IN KANSAS CITY WITH HEELS / CONFLICTS / THE CASKET LOTTERY / THE ESOTERIC here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/84461063/the-esoteric-kansas-city-warehouse-on-broadway?partner_id=100 We sit down with vocalist virtuoso and all-around great guy Stevie Cruz to find out more about him. We learn about his early days of hanging out with The Esoteric and being a fan before he joined, the lifecycle of that band, the formation of Hammerlord, and Stevie's newest band HEELS. Stevie brings with him a ton of good stories and has been a fixture of the Kansas City / Lawrence scene for a long time and brings his wealth of backstory with him to the conversation. If you like heavy music and great conversation, this episode is for you. Listen to some Heels music here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/heels1/bring-them-to-heels Follow Heels on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/heelskc/ For Hammerlord, stream on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fPReQt4icFpZxbUgd77d8 Or follow their Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/hammerlord_official/ Buy the Hammerlord 2LP here: https://www.hammerlord.org/store/p/sodium-pbwwe Or buy their digital music here: https://hammerlord.bandcamp.com/album/wreck-shop The Esoteric Spotify link is here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1z9jhO27qA8sIgwR4aZUAm And the Esoteric Instagram is here: https://www.instagram.com/theesotericks/ The song from this episode is Hammerlord - "Wreck Shop" taken from the album Wreck Shop

LINK TO TICKETS FOR THE APRIL 4 SHOW IN KANSAS CITY WITH HEELS / CONFLICTS / THE CASKET LOTTERY / THE ESOTERIC here: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/84461063/the-esoteric-kansas-city-warehouse-on-broadway?partner_id=100 We sit down with vocalist virtuoso and all-around great guy Stevie Cruz to find out more about him. We learn about his early days of hanging out with The Esoteric and being a fan before he joined, the lifecycle of that band, the formation of Hammerlord, and Stevie's newest band HEELS. Stevie brings with him a ton of good stories and has been a fixture of the Kansas City / Lawrence scene for a long time and brings his wealth of backstory with him to the conversation. If you like heavy music and great conversation, this episode is for you. Listen to some Heels music here: https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/heels1/bring-them-to-heels Follow Heels on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/heelskc/ For Hammerlord, stream on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7fPReQt4icFpZxbUgd77d8 Or follow their Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/hammerlord_official/ Buy the Hammerlord 2LP here: https://www.hammerlord.org/store/p/sodium-pbwwe Or buy their digital music here: https://hammerlord.bandcamp.com/album/wreck-shop The Esoteric Spotify link is here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1z9jhO27qA8sIgwR4aZUAm And the Esoteric Instagram is here: https://www.instagram.com/theesotericks/ The two songs from this episode are Hammerlord - "Wreck Shop" taken from the album Wreck Shop The Esoteric - "Your New Burden" taken from "With the Sureness of Sleepwalking

Bassist virtuoso Shane Mehling returns for the back-half of the conversation where we dig deep into all things "Fontanelle" by Great Falls. Shane discusses how the reintroduction of rules helped shape the album, the creative path he and Demian took to record drums in lieu of a full-time drummer, and how pleased he was (and is) with the end result.

It's unfortunately an album that slipped under my radar but this conversation rectified that in a *HUGE* way! Enjoy. The song in this episode was (obviously) sourced from Fontanelle - "Send To Nothing." Follow Great Falls on Instagram @GreatFallsNoise

Bassist virtuoso Shane Mehling returns for the back-half of the conversation where we dig deep into all things "Fontanelle" by Great Falls. Shane discusses how the reintroduction of rules helped shape the album, the creative path he and Demian took to record drums in lieu of a full-time drummer, and how pleased he was (and is) with the end result.

It's unfortunately an album that slipped under my radar but this conversation rectified that in a *HUGE* way! Enjoy. Both songs in this episode were (obviously) sourced from Fontanelle - "Send To Nothing" and "The Bank Agnostic." Follow Great Falls on Instagram @GreatFallsNoise