Middle-Man Records

22/07/2024

Every once in a while someone randomly hits me up to check out their band and I'm cued in to some really wild stuff that I may have never heard otherwise. That's the case when Lo Rocco messaged me about doing a review for his band Burial Joy. I decided let's go one better and do a podcast. If you have a soft spot for bands from the oughts like A Static Lullaby but also love super techy, glitched out weirdness, you should spend some time with their record Heirloom. AFTER you listen to the episode, of course :)

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15/07/2024

This week's chat was with my pal Brian Perez-Canto of the band dim. If you somehow aren't familiar, they have a fantastic new album called "planted in the soil" coming out July 19th that you do not want to miss. I'm excited to be able to premier a bit of the song "soil" right there at the top of the show, so check it out!

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08/07/2024

Had a chat with Paul from Persistent Vision Records about his old label, how this one got started and the fest he and friends are organizing in Richmond this summer. A lot of fun stories there! Check it out wherever you do that kinda thing (or at the link).

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01/07/2024

New episode up for your listening "enjoyment". Seriously though, I had a nice time chatting with Jens and getting to know him a little bit. Give it a listen and definitely check out drive your plow over the bones of the dead if you haven't already.

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29/06/2024

Hey! Uploaded a PDF version of my newest zine BODIES if anyone wants to download and read it. Bodies can be a tricky subject. We all have them and we all feel some kinda way about that, whether it's good, bad or indifferent. Thanks so much to my amazing collaborators RJ, Amy Christine, Ryann Slauson, Lucca Cassandra Carver, and Mariam Benjemaa for sharing their stories.

This was a big project for all of us in our different ways and I imagine there are a lot of you out there that also have a story they want to tell. If you do, get in touch and I'll help you do that in any way I can.

As always, if you would like to purchase a physical copy, they're $13 but that does include shipping anywhere in the world. Reach out via DM to pick one up. Thanks

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24/06/2024

New episode now with my long time pal Eric Mauro. We've been on several tours together, spent some time together eating boardwalk slices and yet, this is the first time we've sat down and seriously chatted in ages. I had a great time catching up and I'm sure you will too if you listen.

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21/06/2024

Absolutely the strongest debut release I have heard since probably Deathless. This is THAT good. Thank you Claire, Hellena, Luna Rain and Kim for trusting me with your baby. Grab a tape at the link. xo

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17/06/2024

Today's episode is with my new pal Claire from the Portland band The Names Of Our Friends. Hear us chat about music, poetry and hear 3 clips from songs from their EP that doesn't come out until Friday! I cannot wait for y'all to hear this release as I think it's easily one of the best debuts I've ever heard.

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14/06/2024

MIDDLE-MAN RECORDS June continues! Release 2 of 3 is from Major Depression which is a collaborative project headed up by Wes Meadows of ihopeso. and The You Suck Flying Circus. It's weirdo screamo that goes a lot of places in a short amount of time. Fans of Ink & Dagger and Grade won't want to miss this. I've only got 10 tapes (Sad Nap Records and BSDJ have the rest) so grab one fast!

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10/06/2024

New podcast chat up with my new pal Ems Bužimkić from the band 40fttogo. Had a lot of fun with this one. Talked about getting over the hurdles that can stand in your way of just... even getting started doing art/music/whathaveyou. Give it a listen and check out their sick band :)

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06/06/2024

Thank you all so much for checking out (or revisiting) the kaki.o.badi album. The response has been pretty amazing. (Except for the person who accused me of "shady business practices" on a release that cost almost as much to make as I was selling it for). If you missed the deluxe version, I've made a standard version you can pick up if you'd like.

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03/06/2024

Of course we had to have a lil chat for the podcast as well. Give it a listen!

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03/06/2024

AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME on cassette. 24 years ago my friends Tom Maher and Steven A. Hinckley formed kaki.o.badi with some songs I had been writing. After a year of lineup changes etc we traveled to Dayton, OH and recorded this album. We played a lot of shows but only ever in the same 3 or 4 states. We saw a lot of great bands and made a lot of friends that way, though. Many of which I'm still friends with to this day. I'm so thankful for my time in this band, even when it was frustrating. Every time I show it to someone for the first time, I have to listen to it and I just want to show it to the world. If you have 22:41 for our 10 songs today, it would mean a lot if you'd spend it with us.

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27/05/2024

Today's episode drop is from a conversation I had with Juni from the band Second Impact. The first time I went to their bandcamp page and saw the description "assbeater music for people with hair and pronouns" I knew I was in for a treat. I was not disappointed. Heavy as hell hardcore with nu-metal influences and a lot of melody. Listen to the chat and go jam their EP "Effigy".

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20/05/2024

Chatted with my new pal Christopher from the band Quiet Fear for this week's podcast episode. Their battle set with Massa Nera at NFF last summer was mind blowing and no, I won't stop talking about it. Give it a listen!

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13/05/2024

This week's episode is one in which I chatted with Michael Holden and Larry Arrows from Komarov for the podcast. If you haven't checked out their LP from earlier this year, you really need to do so. It's so heavy and even just putting the track samples in the episode I almost started moshing. Almost.

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07/05/2024

I know it's not a bandcamp friday or anything but you can still pick up a copy of this 30 page zine i made with the help of my friends. It comes with an awesome sampler CD which you can listen to/order at the link. xo

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06/05/2024

This week's podcast chat was with my long time pal Jason Kallicragas who most of y'all know from Locktender. Anyway, he's also got another project called Inosuke with Erik Anderson from Lord Snow on drums. Like, damn. Anyway, check out the chat where we dig real into the artistic inspirations behind some of their music and have just an overall nice chat in the process.

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04/05/2024

BONUS EPISODE OUT NOW! From SparX megaZine (which just dropped yesterday) here's the audio version of the interview done with Dischord Records legendary queercore band Black Eyes which was conducted by my pal Mace Guzman. They did a great job and I'm stoked to share this with y'all. Enjoy!

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03/05/2024

Super excited to share Combustion V.3 with the world! In case you didn't know, Combustion is a banner under SparX megaZine where we pay tribute to all the great punk zines we read growing up like MRR, Heartattack and Punk Planet (to name a few). In each issue there are comics, columns (this time by Chris Gough and myself), interviews (by Mace Guzman with Dischord records legends Black Eyes), reviews (by Aster Scott and Aeryn Jade Santillan), artwork a scene report on different parts of the world (this time by David Norman) and every issue comes with a compilation CD! This one has exclusive never before heard tracks from Daisy Gold and Wishes On A Plane as well as previously released material from Heavenly Blue, coma regalia, Be Safe, Mt. Ida, Second Impact and many more.

Thanks so much to all my collaborators. You can DL the compilation WITH the PDF of the zine for whatever price you like as well as buy the physical zine (or all 3 combustions!). Enjoy!

14 track album

29/04/2024

NEW EPISODE out with my pal Andrew Coughlin of Heavenly Blue. I'm sure you have all listened to their new album by now but dang, what a ripper. Check out the podcast and go listen to it again and tell me in the comments what your favorite track is :)

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https://middlemanrecords.bandcamp.com/album/episode-201-drew-coughlin-heavenly-blue

22/04/2024

BIG DAY at Human Machine. First off I published EPISODE 200 of Everything Remade with my pal Elias Amini guest hosting the show for the occasion. When I started this 5 years ago I thought of doing 200 episodes as sort of the end goal of the project but over the years I've come to value the space as a place to hear such wonderful stories from all my guests and be a part of that in my own way. Here's to 200 more.

Second off Middle-Man Records dropped the Violent Abuse demo which is Jason Wolpert (from Coma Regalia) new power violence band. I can't say anything about this that they didn't say with 10 tracks in under 10 minutes so just hit the link in the comments and maybe pick up a tape while you're at it

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15/04/2024

Chatted with my pal Ben who I used to play with in Gas Up Yr Hearse! who now plays in the band Depiction of Man. Y'all should definitely check out that demo if you haven't already... after you listen to the episode, of course ;)

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08/04/2024

New episode up with my new pal Tracy Wilson of the band Outer World as well as legendary band Dahlia Seed and many others! It was an absolute blast getting to dig into the backstory on such an important band of my teens/early 20's. Give it a listen!

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01/04/2024

NEW EPISODE with my pal Josh from the band Malevich. I had the privilege of releasing their LP a few years back and it's awesome to see them getting back at things in a HUGE way. Give the chat a listen and catch them on tour if you're able.

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25/03/2024

New episode out today with Ben from the band Stress Positions and (formerly) C.H.E.W. He's also been in some other really sick bands. Listen to us talk about Sabbath, TPain and lots of fun stuff.

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23/03/2024

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18/03/2024

New episode up with my new pal Lacey Jade from new Ohio screamo band theyhungusfrompowerlines. Give the episode a listen wherever you do your podcastin'. xo

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11/03/2024

Thanks so much for all the birthday love and well wishes. Got to get back on track now and that means new podcast with my new pal Lark from the bands Rotting in Dirt and Barrow. We've even got a sneak peek at a new Barrow song in there that y'all won't hear elsewhere until late this month. Get at it!

3 track album

07/03/2024

This week's episode is a little late due to the little guy bringing me home a case of Cov**. 4 years was a good run. At any rate, I chatted with Pete from Sinaloa about live albums, poring over lyrics in your room and the differences between music in public spaces and personal ones. Give it a listen "wherever you podcast". Thx

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