Odd Room Chats

On this episode we were joined by our first out-of-towner guests! The guys in Gatherers made a pit stop on their tour supporting their new record ‘We Are Alive Beyond Repair’ to talk said record, getting back on the road, and their Jersey roots. These guys are hella nice, y’all stay safe out there. Keep up with Gatherers at gatherersband.com and on Twitter/Instagram @gatherersband. We Are Alive Beyond Repair is out now via Equal Vision Records.

On this episode, we hung out with Neil, Scott, and Josh, a trio otherwise known as Late Bloomer. Their new LP ‘Waiting’ is coming out later June 29th via 6131 Records, so we talked to them about how that came together while we’ve all been wAiTiNg for it. We love these guuuyyysss. Preorder the record at https://shop.6131records.com/collections/late-bloomer Follow Late Bloomer on Twitter and IG @latebloomernc

For Episode 16 we had a little roundtable convo y’all. Eric Smeal of Dollhands and Bince D’Ambrosio of Mineral Girls stopped by to chat about their upcoming tour together, why bands break up, talk some shit, and all kinds of other fun things. Catch Bince and Eric with both of their bands on tour starting this week... 5.17 Norfolk, VA @ Charlie’s 5.18 Richmond, VA @ TBA 5.19 Baltimore, MD @ TBA 5.20 Philadelphia, PA @ Hole Foods 5.21 Brooklyn, NY @ Kingsland 5.22 Boston, MA @ Dracula 5.23 New Paltz, NY @ Mom’s 5.24 Rochester, NY @ Vineyard Community 5.25 Akron, OH @ Musica 5.26 Chicago, IL @ Franciscan Fun House 5.27 St. Louis, Mo @ TBA 5.28 Knoxville, TN @ Pilot Light 5.29 Atlanta, GA @ TBA 5.30 Gainesville, FL @ Dexter’s Laboratory 6.2 Charlotte, NC @ Milestone w/ Museum Mouth (Final Mineral Girls show) Follow both bands on Instagram @dollhands and @mineralgirls.jpg

For this episode, we hung out with Jeremy Smith, one half of the team behind Four Finger Records, a new DIY label out of Charlotte. He and his counterpart Leonardo Solis have hit the ground running with this new crew, and it is oh so exciting. We talked new bands, old bands, pinball, with a twist of some crazy Hollywood stories. Four Finger has their first label showcase this Thursday at the Visulite, so go check out what they’re about! Keep up with Four Finger Records at https://sites.google.com/view/fourfingerrecords and on Instagram @fourfingerrecords

On this episode we hung out with Jake, Colman, and Nick from Charlotte rock outfit Placeholder. They’re nice guys, they’re young and hungry, and they just put out an EP recently called Synthetic Happiness. It has riffs and tons of fun things in it! We were also joined by some very cool (?) co-hosts Josh Robbins and John Russell of Alright. These kids get it. Check it out! Keep up with Placeholder on Instagram/Twitter @placeholdernc “Synthetic Happiness” is available now on all major streaming platforms.

Dustin and Alex from Charlotte blackened hardcore/powerviolence troupe Funeral Chic stopped by the Odd Room to talk their upcoming new LP, tour, growth, and The Muppets. Catch Funeral Chic on tour NOW. Check all upcoming dates at https://www.facebook.com/pg/funeralchicnc/events/?ref=page_internal Check out their 2016 LP 'Hatred Swarm' at https://funeralchic.bandcamp.com/ Keep up with the band on Twitter @FuneralChicNC and on Instagram @funeralchic

Back with a muhfuggin’ sequel y’all. Our buddies in Dreamy D stopped by again on the night of their release of their debut LP ‘Hard Forever’. You might remember that we talked to them right after they got out of the studio some months back. Well, after some months of the boys inciting wild shit all across the country, that record is finally out in the world. We couldn’t be more proud. This episode got a little ridiculous, but that’s how we like it. Keep up with Dreamy D at thedreamyd.com and on Instagram @thedreamyd Check out ‘Hard Forever’ by Dreamy D, available now on all streaming platforms.

Took the show out of the Odd Room for this one. Our friends from CLTure invited us to their Hopscotch 2017 day party last week where some really awesome artists from the Carolinas were playing, so we thought we'd talk to said artists about some things they have going on these days. Includes chats with Babe Club, Erick Lottary, Dirty Art Club, Young Mister, Shadowgraphs, and Junior Astronomers. Big thank you to Cameron Lee and the whole CLTure crew, and to the Pour House in Raleigh for having us. Be sure to visit www.clture.org to stay up to date on cool things happening around our hometown. Check out the artists from this episode on Instagram!!!... @babeclubofficial @ericklottary @dirtyartclub @realyoungmister @shadowgraphs_music @jrastronomers

For our tenth episode we had our friends in Charlotte's Unruly Boys stop by The Odd Room. They set up and played some songs new and old for us, we talked about punk in Charlotte, and about their new 7-inch coming out this year via Crowd Control Media and Border City Records. It was hella rad. Stay tuned... Set List: 1. Cause Of Power 2. TBWO 3. Lies 4. Total Power 5. Protest And Survive (Discharge) 6. Big Money Murder 7. Low Standards 8. Here For Collection Follow Unruly Boys on Instagram @unrulyboysnc You can also check out the band's 2017 live mixtape at https://vileaudiolabel.bandcamp.com/album/mixtape-2017

Elevator Jay stopped by the Odd Room to chat about fishing, coming up in Charlotte, and his new record 'Aint Nothin Finer' dropping August 1st. Keep up with Elevator Jay on Twitter and Instagram @elevatorjay or at elevatorjay.com Check out the visuals for the new single 'The River' at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WtUJeBUYpOU ... Video directed by Hoop

We sat down with Phoebe, Alexa, Amber, and Kennedy from Blame The Youth to talk carving your own lane in the Charlotte music scene and getting ready for Reverb Fest 5. BTY plays at Snug Harbor tomorrow, April 29 at Snug Harbor at 10:00 Check the full lineup and get your tickets to Reverb Fest 5 at https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/mobile/index/1444693?_ga=1.107005703.462644244.1486672286 'The Hourglass' by Blame The Youth is out now on all major digital platforms. Follow BTY on Twitter @thebandbty and on Instagram @blametheyouth

Josh and Sarah Robbins stopped by The Odd Room to talk about gearing up to play Reverb Fest 5. This episode is also co-hosted by Phil Pucci, the mind behind Reverb Fest. We talked about new bands, old bands, new fests, old fests, and Fast and the Furious. You can check out the full lineup and get tickets to Reverb Fest at... https://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/1444693?_ga=1.107005703.462644244.1486672286 Check out Alright at https://alrightnc.bandcamp.com/ and on Instagram/Twitter @AlrightNC

Josh Higgins and Tim Sassanian of Charlotte's Refresh Records stopped by the studio to talk about the origins of the label, what they have in store for the rest of 2017, and the cool/not so cool in the Charlotte music scene. Follow Refresh Records on Twitter and Instagram @refreshrecs or check them at at http://www.refreshrecs.com/.

Donnie Doolittle AKA Dreamy D stopped by with a couple of his bandmates to talk about making their debut record, out later this year. Stay tuned. Follow Dreamy D on Instagram @thedreamyd *Closing ham horns by Michael Kuhn

Charlotte's Hungry Girl stopped by to chat about their new record "Cool Shots", out January 2017 on Refresh Records... Follow HG on Instagram @hungrygirlmusic and on Twitter @hungryhams.

Jeremy Snyder chatted with us a couple weeks ago about his band Numbo's new record "The Great Giver". We also did some philosophizin' and discussed things that are crap versus things that are not crap. Check out "The Great Giver" here... https://numbo.bandcamp.com/album/the-great-giver

Phil Pucci stops by the Odd Room to discuss "Repossession Blues", the new record by Melt.

Welcome to Odd Room Chats; a podcast brought to you by The Oddboy Collective where we will be giving you our conversations with people that do cool things around the Carolinas. This endeavour is a work in progress but we hope that you'll get something out of it as it comes together. For our first episode, Mike had a talk with Charlotte's Rapper Shane who has a new project coming out and is probably responsible for a lot of the hypest parties you've been to in Charlotte over the last few years. He puts on for the city hard. Thank you for listening, and stay tuned for more. Follow The Oddboy Collective: www.thoddboycollective.com Instagram : @theoddboycollective Twitter : @OddCrewNC Facebook : /theoddboycollective