Episodes

Come one, come all, and get ready for an exhilarating journey into the world of one of the most exciting, enduring, and definitely the hardest-working bands around. Ladies and gentlemen, we open Season Six with The Dollyrots!Kelly Ogden and Luis …

We’re closing out the season with a big ‘un… per usual!This week it’s the singer/songwriter/guitar slinger with an almost insatiable intellectual and musical wanderlust - Anders Parker.He entered the scene in the mid 90’s when a 4-track recording h...

It's a bit misleading to say Marcos Assis of Cool Sorcery because Marcos IS Cool Sorcery.The Brazillian singer/songwriter/producer/multi-instrumentalist popped into Thunderlove Studio to talk with Geoff and Keith about the four, FOUR, releases he pu...

Being a musician in New Jersey has got to be a tough road. On one hand, you have one of the most revered artists in music history, and on the other hand, you have Jon Bon Jovi. Their combined album …

If you’re above a certain age, you recall when the world of music reviewing existed beyond the print pantheon of Robert Christgau, David Fricke, and Greil Marcus.In other words, reviewing music was an actual job, and almost every newspaper or …

Do you like power pop? Well, we've got a band for you!Dungeon of Skeletons!Their album Patterns left Geoff speechless, and Keith thought it was the "best album of the year." And they both agree that despite the song title, "Doom …

On this episode, Keith and Geoff are joined by two-thirds of the electronic pop band Venus Hum, lead singer and lyricist Annette Strean and multi-instrumentalist Tony Miracle. Third member Kip Kubin wasn't able to join.Venus Hum released their self-...

We're giving up a sneak peek at our new podcast Chronicles this week. Chronicles is a six-part series hosted by Keith R. Higgons, where he reflects on some of his dating and romantic entanglements over the years.Mark your calendar - …

Three-time Juno Award nominee (the Canadian Grammy Awards) singer/songwriter Del Barber stopped by Thunderlove Studio to chat with Keith & Geoff about his new album, Almanac, as well as... well, everything.When Del began writing the 12 songs compris...

Mo Troper is genuinely one of a kind, and that’s who joins Keith & Geoff this week.You should know Mo - Mo is a Portland, OR-based power pop extraordinaire who creates songs with hilarity and hooks that all go hand-in-hand.But …

This week Keith & Jeff are joined by Carrie and Jeff from the Austin, Texas band Sixteen Deluxe.Sixteen Deluxe is an American alternative rock band mainly active in the 1990s, recording initially for Butthole Surfers drummer King Coffey's Trance Syn...

The energy from musicians in one room borders on magic. Whether or not they say a word, the riffs, the beats, and the rhythms carry their conversation around the room. Sons of Silver feed off this sort of face-to-face energy.A …

On this episode, Keith & Geoff welcome Marvin Etzioni into Thunderlove Studio - he is also known as the Mandolin Man. Etzioni is best known as a founder and bassist for the band Lone Justice. He is also a noted …

Keith and Geoff welcome Spotlights mastermind Mario Quintero into Thunderlove Studio to chat about the band, their career, and their upcoming album, Alchemy For The Dead (drops April 28 via Ipecac Records).Spotlights is Mario Quintero (guitar, vocal...

We close our fourth season with an incredible interview with the remarkable Jeremy Chatelain. Originally from Utah’s hardcore scene, fronting the band's Insight and Iceburn, he made his way to New York City and found himself fronting a “supergroup” ...

BONUS EPISODEGeoff & Keith dig deep to tackle the mystery around Jake Thomspon and The Slim Whitcomb Band.This is almost an Unsolved Mystery Abandoned Albums episode because they try to find out WTF happened to Jake Thompson. The Slim Whitcomb …

With Geoff out after a bizarre curling incident (long story), Keith flies solo this week as he welcomes Paul Heck into Thunderlove Studio for a chat.Paul Heck created the AIDS Music Project to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS and normalize discussing …

This is the type of episode Abandoned Albums was created for!In this episode, Keith & Geoff sit down with singer/songwriter John Strohm to discuss his album Vestavia, his experiences in the music industry, and some of his creative challenges. John …

Chad Fischer's early work was being a drummer for the band School of Fish ("Three Strange Days"), founded by his college friend Josh Clayton-Felt. Fischer replaced the original their original drummer in 1991; however, he did not play on the …

Toad the Wet Sprocket is an American alternative rock band formed in Santa Barbara, California, in 1986. The band at the time consisted of vocalist/guitarist Glen Phillips, guitarist Todd Nichols, bassist Dean Dinning, and drummer Randy Guss, who st...

Linus of Hollywood (Linus Dotson) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. The stage name comes from his early days in Los Angeles, where he frequently wore striped shirts similar to the Peanuts character Linus v...

Santa Barbara Independent July 8, 2021by S.W. LaudenThere’s a parallel universe in which this article is about Popsicko’s triumphant two-night stand at the Santa Barbara Bowl. A world where this high-energy alternative-rock band takes a triumphant v...

Fig Dish IS a 1990s rock band based in Chicago. The band signed to PolyGram Records in 1995 and released two full-length albums before becoming inactive in 1998.Fig Dish's sound was influenced by 80s college rock and indie bands such …

Bis are a Scottish indie pop band composed of Steven Clark (Sci-Fi Steven), John Clark (John Disco), and Amanda MacKinnon (Manda Rin), formed in 1994. The band's name, rhymes with 'this.'The name originates from the song "Black Iron Skyline" by …