Beer Thirty with Screams of Syrens

Today, we're checking in with Screams of Syrens. 

They hail from the Inland Empire, just a moment. I need to google something unrelated.

Apparently, that's from Southern California. I've never been down that way, I'm a big fan of NorCal myself. 

I wonder if they have a rivalry there like we do between East and West Missouri? We're better than you Kansas City!!!

So, if you're one of those techno folks, check out some tunage of theirs on SPOTIFY. 

1. My personal favorite beer style is the might Double India Pale Ale. The best DIPA in the world is STLIPA by Urban Chestnut. Tell me about your favorite style.

Sophomore Jinx with The Inferno Doll

Up there in Canada, they're growing a very strong dark folk metal scene. I really don't know what else to call it. 

With Lindsay Schoolcraft, Gaia Guarda, and now The Inferno Doll, these women are playing metal-ish music on Harps.

Like straight up Harps!

If you don't know, it's time you knew. Check out her great music on BANDCAMP. She just dropped a new EP in October.

But for now, let's find out what High School was like for her....

1. There is nothing more awkward than sophomore year of high school. Tell me about your circle of friends.

Cartoon Express with ORCumentary

Welcome again, my friends! We're sitting down with the fabled lead warrior of the death grind band ORCumentary.

We were told that he was done slaying the elves and the hobbit scum, but we're all lucky to have him back in action.

We've even got some good news, the man from Connecticut has a new album dropping February. Check it out on BANDCAMP.

Now, on with the cartoons!

1. From a very early age, I gravitated towards anime. I never knew Speed Racer was anything other than just another cartoon. 

What is the first one you watched that really shaped your tastes for years to come?

The first cartoon I remember being crazy about was Garfield and Friends. I started reading the comic strip when I was very young, so I was naturally a fan of the TV show too. 

Beer Thirty with Connor McCray of Vis Mystica

Lately, all anybody wants to talk to me about is damned high school. I mean, it's nobody's fault but mine, but I'm going to complain about my embarrassment of riches!

Thankfully, there's a band hailing from somewhere in the far off reaches of Pennsylvania. Former home of my grandmother and current home of my favorite mascot, GRITTY!

Here's a couple of guys who love themselves some Star Wars, so they're writing music. Finally, Nerdcore Metal.

Hey, I see you Powerglove.

Check out some Star Wars inspired metal on BANDCAMP!

1. My personal favorite beer style is the might Double India Pale Ale. The best DIPA in the world is STLIPA by Urban Chestnut. Tell me about your favorite style

 

Honestly, my favorite style to this day is Belgian anything, but namely Abbey beers. They have a wonderful caramel and chocolate subtlety to them that is just absolutely fantastic!

Vinyloscopy with Alexander

There is nothing Alexander doesn't want us to know. Let's check back with them.

1. Listening to Black Sabbath's eponymous debut the night I got it blew me away. What's the album that sounds the best on vinyl compared to digital sources?

--- Peter Gabriel – Passion (The Last Temptation of Christ).  No comparison, so much better!!!

 

2. I was laying in bed one night and couldn't sleep and I figured, it was time to start buying records. How did you come to the idea that it was time to start buying vinyl instead? 

Sophomore Jinx with NoSelf

NoSelf has taken some time for us again. Check out what life was like in High School for them.

1. There is nothing more awkward than sophomore year of high school. Tell me about your circle of friends.

A: I was incredibly fortunate we had a super tight-knit group of four of us. We actually are all still really close.

2. By this time in my life, I'd given up on all extracurriculars in my school. Tell me about how you spent your afternoons.

A: Trying to figure out how to sing/be in a band, Playing wcw vs nwo: revenge on N64, listening to music with friends.

3. During this time is when I finally discovered Pink Floyd. I had a copy of The Wall on cassette. It was a grey one. That album was my escape. Let's hear about your favorite album from back then. What format was it on?

Fresh Fries with Alexander

We're checking back in with Alexander. 

Today we're going to learn about what life is like for them in Moncton, New Brunswick. 

This might be the only artist where we talk about anybody from this province in Canada.

Check out some BANDCAMP action and read on!

1. Let's not pretend.  Fast food is delicious. What is your favorite fast food joint?

-- In Canada, I would say probably Mary Browns Chicken.  In the USA, it’s so tough to pick as the variety is foolish, but In & Out Burger is pretty classic. 

Sophomore Jinx with Alltar

Let's go out to Portland, Oregon. It's a great city, I presume, and they've got some kick ass music. 

Today, we're checking in with Alltar before their new album drops next month.

Wanna preview their brand of doom metal? Good.

Here's some BANDCAMP for ya if you've gotta get those preorders in.

1. There is nothing more awkward than sophomore year of high school. Tell me about your circle of friends.

Sophomore year of high school is a memory stretcher for me.  But what I do know it that I had one close friend who I spent all my time with.  We would do everything together. 

Vinyloscopy with Corners of Sanctuary

It's time for an introduction for some gritty fellows from the east coast city Philadelphia, PA...which is my one day home.

They're a modern heavy metal band that's stuck into the classic sound of the old school.

Even in this modern world, we're going to need some throwbacks.

I think my new friends might say that the Chief (Craig Berube) and Brayden Schenn might think so. Thank you guys for sending those awesome chaps our way here in St. Louis.

But check out their tunes HERE and let's hear about their records.

1. Listening to Black Sabbath's eponymous debut the night I got it blew me away. What's the album that sounds the best on vinyl compared to digital sources?

Sophomore Jinx with Junior Bruce

If you're into stoner metal on the style of High On Fire, Junior Bruce is a name you really need to know. 

They're totally metal and sludgy....all that fuzz.

You can get stuck into their tunes HERE.

1. There is nothing more awkward than sophomore year of high school. Tell me about your circle of friends.

Matty and Shawn were probably my best friends at the time. 

Shawn was and still is an amazing artist who would get kids lunch money for drawing Iron Maiden and Metallica logos on notebooks and folders.

Matty drove a firebird and wore snakeskin boots and a Death Angel shirt. He also had this badass jacket with tassels. We started a band together that year.

Cartoon Express with Nuclear Winter

In what I consider to be one of the absolute greatest bits of irony, a one man band by the name of Nuclear Winter released an EP in the vast hellscape of a dystopian nightmare that was 2020.

Check him out HERE.

 He's one of the founding members of the nascent Zimbabwean metal scene. Get his tunes and you totally pull out some ACTUALLY on some folks.

So we're talking about cartoons.

1. From a very early age, I gravitated towards anime. I never knew Speed Racer was anything other than just another cartoon. What is the first one you watched that really shaped your tastes for years to come?

Beer Thirty with Alexander

Remember our new friends in Alexander? Well now they're willing to give everybody the downlow on what kind of beers they're drinking.

Quick reminder, and I know it's hard to tell sometimes based on this silly blog, but Alexander are a musical act.

If you think they've got some good beer taste...

Check out some tunes HERE.

1. My personal favorite beer style is the might Double India Pale Ale. The best DIPA in the world is STLIPA by Urban Chestnut. Tell me about your favorite style.

Sophomore Jinx with Sinful Ways

It's a new year and a new Glacially Musical!

Nah, not even close. Here's the same ridiculous stuff I've been doing for years.

It's time to learn something about some folks hailing from Ottawa, Ontario. I'd make the suggestion that you check out their latest video. It's even right HERE!

1. There is nothing more awkward than the sophomore year of high school. Tell me about your circle of friends.

I’ve always kind of been a generally open person and back in high school it let me make friends with a bunch of different people - school from the sports teams to the computer science guys.

My main circle of friends was really diverse and was basically made from people dating each other…you could guess how that ended up.