August may be gone, but hearing some August 2018 releases and personal favorites can bring the memories back for months to come! In this article, you’ll find five songs released this August that caught my attention, as well as five more that were songs I listened to religiously throughout the month and highly recommend to everyone. Let’s jump right in!
TheFatRat has been a long time favorite of mine in terms of electronic music, so it was great to hear some of his new music and find something I really enjoyed. This song is named perfectly, due to the mixture of strong and dreamy chords and its mysterious sound.
This is another dreamy song that features the beautiful piano talents of Yvette Young. This is definitely an introspective, relaxing song that I make sure to listen to whenever I’m walking around campus. If you like this song, you might want to check out Young’s math rock band called Covet.
The first time I heard this song, I was blown away by how different it was from anything I’ve ever heard. It makes me so happy when I find songs that are the most unique of the unique, and this was an amazing find. It’s a fun song that you can’t help but bob your head to and once again, I have to give mad respect for the perfect song title.
Enjoyable and interesting, this song was another unique find. Usually, when I find a song I really like, I’ll immediately start dancing, moving my head, tapping my foot, but for some reason this song just made me stop and listen. There’s a lot of layers to listen to, so it makes for a fun listen when you’re just trying to enjoy the music and ignore everything else around you.
From the new album, The Now Now, Hollywood is a party song you’ll never want to leave out of any fun get together. It’s electronic, funky and packed with great raps from Snoop Dogg and Jamie Principle and suave vocals from 2D. I can already tell this song will be one of my all-time favorites.
I’ve really enjoyed Big Data’s music, so when I discovered this collaboration I was thrilled. It’s such a unique song, in a good way, but you can still pick out Big Data’s signature sound. NoMBe has a soft voice that works very well with the lyrics, offering a beautiful contrast to the beats of the music.
For me, this is the ultimate feel good song, despite the somewhat depressing lyrics. I guess it’s the twisted concept of celebrating your hopelessness. Or you can just ignore the lyrics and enjoy the song’s upbeat nature and catchy vocals. I always feel like I’m in a much better mood after listening to this song.
This is the kind of music you listen to when you just want to get away from your everyday life and pretend you’re rich, famous and in a photoshoot. You’re on the way to your 8:30am class with bags under your eyes and a double shot of espresso in your coffee, but you’re stomping across the Brickyard like it’s your own personal runway. Seriously though, this song is really unique and will allow for a little confidence boost if you’re up for it.
I’ve listened to Saro’s music before and I really believe he’s an underrated artist. His sound is so specific and beautiful and he has a way of making his voice become a part of the music. It intertwines, instead of complementing, which I know sounds slightly confusing. When you listen, hopefully you’ll get what I mean. Or I could just be crazy and have no idea what I’m talking about. Either way, I strongly encourage that you to take a look at his work.
I accept 3 things in our short-live music festival relationship. You can’t help you have been born to be 6’ 5”. You have the right to enjoy music— just as much as I do. And you’re definitely blocking my view to my favorite artist.
Now, I am not a short woman. I’m a happy 5’7”, often tower over my friends even at this height, and appreciate my size. But all of that goes out of the window at any music festival I’ve ever attended, as soon as I’m missing the entire Japanese Breakfast set inside Neptune’s because there is a lumbering human flesh pillar blocking every possible angle at which I could view the stage. At this point, I wish I had your height.
Sigh.
I’m not the only one. It’s not an isolated event. I recently watched ⅓ of a Beach House concert staring directly into the back of a string bean man, before leaving in frustration. I have friends and colleagues that arrive at shows sometimes hours before just so they can get some sort of visibility of the stage.
I plead with you.
If you are a tall, white, CIS man, please take a moment to look around you. Notice if there’s a tiny peanut of a person with their face smashed into your sweaty back. Take the time to ask them if they’d like to step in front of you to see better. Please. For the love of music. At the very least, don’t give me or anyone else a disgusted look when we elbow past you to get a better look.
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On WKNC, I started doing a local metal lunch segment on Mondays from noon-1pm. I call this segment, The Bone Cruncher, and I have been getting a lot of positive feedback on it!
I have been around local bands my entire life. I grew up with my two older brothers in bands and they would play at our house. When I was 8 years old, I was singing for them (but I was too young to be in the band, RIP me, lol). My cousin, Derrick, was in a metal band, Seventh Denial, for the longest time. My mom was the “band aunt” and we would set up their merch at shows for them. I remember them playing at Jester’s Pub and The Rock Shop. Then, Joey and Wes from Seventh Denial were in the metal band As Oceans. As I’ve said before, the first band I ever saw live was Oxygen Thieves. My parents were friends with the guitarists (Shawn and Mike Stengele). I would, later, see them again, blowing it out… at a church (that’s a great story, too!)!
As I got older, and started going to shows, I would see local NC metal bands opening up for big name bands such as Miss May I, Volumes, Obituary, We Came As Romans, and Traitors, etc. Some people wouldn’t show up to the shows early because they didn’t want to see the local acts. If people did show up early, they wouldn’t jam to these bands. These local bands bust their asses and it seems like their hard work goes unnoticed. But, I want to tell all my boys in local bands something: Your hard work is not going unnoticed. I see you, I hear you, and most of all… I believe in you.
I have been going to a handful of local shows, here, recently, and man let me tell you, these shows are not dead. Seeing all the fans singing, jamming, moshing, and dancing to local bands is something that always puts a smile on my face. The dedication and brotherhood (regardless of gender) that is within the local scene is insane! How all the bands are so close to each other and want to see one another succeed is amazing. It’s like they are one big happy family. I have always wondered what it would be like to be a part of this brotherhood. And now I have a view to a kill!
Becoming The Saw and hosting The Saw’s Butcher Shop has really helped me get involved and close with a handful of local bands. But it wasn’t until I started doing the local lunch on Mondays from noon-1pm (The Bone Cruncher) that I got closer to my local scene of metal bands.
Once doing The Bone Cruncher, I have been getting tagged in posts, direct messages, and snapchats from guys in bands thanking me for playing their tracks, and supporting local metal, overall. I want to take this time to thank the bands. I am so happy that I have this platform to play local bands and give them more exposure to more listeners and potential fans. But, I should be thanking you guys. All I do is edit the songs, talk about the bands and the songs I will be playing, and simply press “play.” You guys, on the other hand, are busting your asses to make AMAZING music. All of the song writing, band practices, paying for equipment, studio time, and opening shows are a lot more difficult and complex than my job. You guys have no idea how thankful I am to have a small role in helping you all follow your dreams.
If it wasn’t for you guys, I wouldn’t be here. You guys are the reason that I do what I do. If it wasn’t for your hard work and dedication, I wouldn’t be on the radio. I would just be a typical college student. But you, you give me purpose and motivation. I should be thanking you guys for making great songs and I am honored to play them for the world to hear. Thank you for giving me this opportunity to share your talent. To my NC local metal bands, y’all are my base, my support system, my cover. Thank you for supporting me on this journey and helping out in any way that you all can. Thank you for supporting my vision. Thank you for letting me support your vision. I do this for you, all of you.
I now want to personally thank some individuals that have been with me through it all:
East Viridian: Y’all were the first local band that I ever interviewed. Thank you for being just as excited as I was to interview you guys. Y’all were so much fun to hang out with and I hope that I can see and hang out with you all soon. A big shout out to Zac Byrd. Talking to you while tattooing a saw blade on me was something I will never forget.
R.j. Riggle & Jayson Mitchell from VALLEYS: You guys have literally been with me from the start. Thank you for supporting my vision and always being there when I need you. You two have made me very excited to be working with local bands. Thank you for being excited to work with me and giving me ideas to use as I go onward. You guys don’t know how thankful and happy it makes me that y’all have my back.
R.J. RIGGLE
JAYSON MITCHELL
Kevin La Chiana from Constellation Atlas: Bro, you are like one of my best friends. Thank you for supporting me through it all as well. Thank you for getting me in contact with all these local bands and helping me create new ideas to advertise both of my shows in The Saw’s Butcher Shop: The House of Horrors & The Bone Cruncher. Knowing that you see something huge within what I’m doing and helping me in any way through this journey has really meant a lot to me.
KEVIN LA CHIANA
Jarod Sowards from MESS: Jarod!!!!!! Thank you for being so humble and down to earth literally every time I see you. Your band kicks ass and I can’t wait to see y’all making it big. You have done so much for the local scene and your hard work is paying off. Thank you for taking me along for the ride. Anything you need, let me know. I got you 100%.
JAROD SOWARDS
Because of these guys, and all the other bands that have contacted me. You guys are the reason I do what I do. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for you. So, thank you for allowing me to help you guys in any way that I can. And always remember, The Saw has your back. You guys are my boys.
Your dedication and determination is not going unnoticed, I promise.
Remember that all bands (Metallica, Wage War, Whitechapel, Pantera, and Korn, etc.) all started as local bands. I am excited to see how far each and every one of you will go.
John and Benjamin preview the start of Cross Country and recap the HUGE week of Wolfpack Soccer! All of that is followed by a preview of NC State’s match-up with JMU and a look ahead at the Panthers schedule!
This past Wednesday, I had the honor of having a phone call interview with one of the Metal Gods: Dee Snider. You may know him from Twisted Sister, Widowmaker, his solo career, or his radio show, The House of Hair.
I talked to Dee Snider for 20 minutes and we discussed his new record, time management, his favorite tour story, favorite country to preform in, how he go into metal, and his opinion on the direction that metal is going today.
Below is a transcript of the interview, and you can click here to hear the audio.
Me: I want to introduce myself and let you know a little bit about me, so I am a DJ at NC State’s college radio station, WKNC, and I am known as The Saw and I run The Saw’s Butcher Shop and I play all types of metal, and I am also the metal director, so I’m logging and finding new bands all the time. I first want to congratulate you on dropping your new record, For The Love Of Metal, I’ve really been digging the new record and I’ve played my two favorite songs from it these past couple weeks which are “I’m Ready” and the title track, “For The Love Of Metal.” I’ve really been digging it.
Snider: Ah, thank you so much, you have no idea what that means to me. Honestly, I didn’t want to make some old sounding record that only appealed to my fans in the ‘80s. I love heavy metal and contemporary metal and I wanted to make a record that would have a contemporary appeal and thanks to Jamie Jasta he helped me deliver something that is being received so wonderfully. It’s great.
Me: Yeah, I wanted to get into that it was produced my Jamie Jasta from Hatebreed. How did you get in contact with him to make this record?
Snider: He really got in contact with me. We knew each other as friends, he was a former host of Headbangers Ball and I created Headbangers Ball in the ‘80s. It was originally called Heavy Metal Mania, and when I left it became Headbangers Ball. So, we became friends and he has a podcast and he invited me on the podcast. He completely surprised me and blindsided me when he challenged me on his show to make a contemporary metal record.
Me: How was it working with him throughout that record?
Snider: At first I was unsure just ‘cause Jamie is Mr. Hardcore and I love hardcore but he was producing and guiding me on this record and I wasn’t sure where he was going to take me. But then I realized that he really got into Dee Snider. It sounds crazy, I make jokes like Buffalo Bill from Silence of the Lambs wearing a Dee Snider flesh suit. He studied me and we talked too much and I realized that he was not looking to make Dee Snider into Jamie Jasta. He was just looking to help Dee Snider create… I’m talking about myself in 3rdperson. Erika, this is getting weird now. But he helped me create a record that I’d be proud of and he said that the metal community needs your voice, and with the right music your voice is powerful. With the right music your voice can connect with the metal community and not just your older fans. So, he delivered and brought in his team of people and it was just incredible. I owe him for this, really.
Me: Like he said, you have an amazing voice. My dad is a big fan of Twisted Sister and so I grew up listening to you guys and your voice sounded the same and sounded so strong since he showed me old videos of you guys.
Snider: That’s what Jamie said and tell your dad that he did a nice job raising a metal head. He did the right thing, he raised you properly. Jamie has seen me in concert and he said my voice is as strong as it ever was and my performance is stronger than I ever performed. He said I just needed the right album to connect into the conversations that are going on now with heavy metal. And I said dude, I’m a fan of metal, I love contemporary metal, my kids are all metal heads and I’m connected to the community, I go to shows, but I don’t know how to create that music that would be the right fit and he said trust me. And I did.
Me: That’s so awesome! So, on this record, I was researching it and there are some heavy hitters that are on this record. You have people from Killswitch Engage, Lamb of God, and Arch Enemy. How was it working with different musicians and tell me the whole experience whenever you would work with them.
Snider: The first word that comes to mind is flattering. I am an egomaniac and a narcists. It’s in the job description of a front man in a rock band. But, I’m not so full of myself that I would just assume that people would care that much. Yeah, people like to throw around that I am an icon and a legend but that’s old. The fact that they agreed with Jamie and agreed with my value now and agree that is a place for me today, that was just incredibly flattering. There was no recording budget. It was all for the love of metal, out of pocket. It was all on spare time and it was a passion project.
Me: What would you say your favorite song off this record would be?
Snider: Honestly, I wouldn’t put a song on the record that I wasn’t in love with. Every song has a place and one of my favorite comments that I’m getting repeatedly is that it’s one of those records that they put on and they just play through. There are certain moments, like the song with Allissa White-Glutz. It starts as a ballad and then goes into a heavy anti-bullying song. I really wanted to make a statement about that. It’s a unique track on the record. American Made is the single we are pushing right now, it’s an anthem, and I love anthems. It’s a song about unity and right now people need to be reminded that it’s not just here, but things are going on all over the world. What we see in the United States we see it like it’s us against them mentality. This exact thing is going on in England, Spain, Italy, Greece, and Brazil. It’s all over the place! People are just fed up with politics as usual and the choices they are making aren’t necessarily the best choices, but they are just looking for any kind of change. So, I just wanted to remind people that we’re all brothers and sisters. I was inspired by the Olympics. I noticed there was no separation in the stands: no Republican/Democrat section. Everyone is cheering for their country together and when it comes down to it, we are all on the same side. And the song For The Love Of Metal is a really unique song because it started as a game we were playing in the studio. Like “hey we should try to write a song for the love of metal and we should see how many famous metal song titles we can put into the lyrics.” We all just started shouting out song titles and then the song was created, and it’s a special song. It turned into being people’s favorites and it turned into such a great song. It was just a fun moment in the studio.
Me: That seems like so much fun!! There was Twisted Sister, there was Widowmaker, and now your solo career. But you also have a radio show called House of Hair, and your also an actor and a screenwriter. So, for me as a college student I have a lot on my plate as well, how do you manage to make time for your family and friends while still doing the business side and all the band stuff?
Snider: I do it like a college student!! Somehow we manage to get it all in, you know, and people say that if you want to get something done, give it to a busy person. Because busy people just seem to know how to compartmentalize. My kids are amazed that I can switch and wear so many hats. I’m doing so many different things and I have learned how to change hats, flip the switch, and get in there and do it. I’m better because of it. People should not be afraid of challenges and not be afraid of “oh I got so much to do.” ‘Cause you know what? You’ll figure it out. The skill that you will develop is the ability to change gears. It’s tough at first but to be able to say, “okay, time to move over to this project and focus on this.” The more you do it, the better you get at it. You gotta be doing something you love. It’s easy to do things that you like. It’s all passion.
Me: Out of all the tours that you have been a part of, do you have a favorite memory that sticks out?
Snider: I’m going with the first thing that pops into my head and when we were touring with Anvil in 1983 and it was a night off and we were in Holland. And we decided that we wanted to go out for a nice meal. We picked a restaurant and as we are approaching the restaurant at like 8 o’clock, it was packed and the workers cut the lights, and put the closed sign out. They are waving us off saying “we’re closed!” And we are pointing in the window at the people sitting in the dark eating their meal! Back when I was a scerge to society, now I show up and they say, “oh we’re not closing yet. We will leave the doors open.” But back then they were locking doors to keep me out.
Me: Do you have a favorite city or country that you have always loved playing at?
Snider: You know… Twisted Sister was a reasonably huge band before we even had a deal. We were playing for thousands of people every night and it was an odd thing. There is a documentary called, “We are Twisted fucking Sister” that talks about that and shows that. But we couldn’t get a record deal and we had to go to England to get a record deal and leaving the New York, New Jersey, Connecticut area where we had a huge local following but the record companies in America didn’t believe we could have international appeal, and we were starting to believe it. We went to England, and they were so welcoming to us, even to this day it’s just something about here is a country so far away that took these 5 guys from New York and said, “Yeah, we’re down with you guys.” We got a record deal over there and that was where we broke out at first. So, England will always have a special place in my heart.
Me: Wow, that’s so cool. How did you get into metal? What was your first experience with metal that you realized that you wanted to listen to this, perform this, and like your record says, for the love of metal, how did you get that love for it?
Snider: I am old. And I am a day one, OG, original metal head. I had the first Black Sabbath album day one, first Led Zepplin album day one, etc. and it wasn’t even called metal then, it was called hard rock. I came out of the ‘60s and it was the Woodstock nation and everbody liked everything and I was one of those people who didn’t like it. I like the hard bands that were more powerful sounding. I was part of that movement away from the Woodstock nation and towards the segregation of music and metal as it started to get more and more a thing it started to become the music that people rejected. People would say that they didn’t like metal and I would say, “well I don’t like any of this shit that you’re listening to.” I was there day one and I was there at its birth and I’m still jamming it today.
Me: Speaking of that, like I told you, my dad grew up listening to Twisted Sister and he is actually from Binghamton, New York and in 1985 he was there when Twisted Sister made the music video for The Price. He remembers it (RIGHT ON!!!) and I grew up listening to Twisted Sister and Widowmaker and with that foundation it helped me develop my taste in metal and now I’m mainly into metalcore, deathcore, death metal. With metal evolving and being passed down from generation to generation, what’s your personal opinion on the evolution and direction that metal is going today?
Snider: I think there are people that say rock n’ roll is dead and metal is dead and they aren’t paying attention. I’ve been to the shows, I’ve been to the clubs with my kids, I’ve been to Vans Warped Tour, and I’ve seen the passion from the bands and fans and I am proud to report that metal is alive and well and thriving. Unfortunately, it doesn’t get the same spotlight that it used to get back in the day because things are different now. Everything is target and marketed and promoted but within these communities, some people may not know Bring Me The Horizon, but within the metal community in that community they are freaking huge!!! With MTV and adverstising back then, everybody knew KISS, Motely Crue, Iron Maiden, and Twisted Sister, cause radio was broader back then and now everything is very targeted but the audiences are there, the passion is there, the talent is there, and I am here to let everybody know to have no fear, meatal ain’t going nowhere.
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# Artist Record Label 1 STILL CORNERS Slow Air Wrecking Light 2 VICKTOR TAIWO Joy Comes In Spirit Innovative Leisure 3 TANUKICHAN Sundays Company 4 MOSES SUMNEY Black in Deep Red, 2014 [EP] Jagjaguwar 5 VIRGINIA WING Ecstatic Arrow Fire 6 ASTRONAUTS ETC Living In Symbol Company 7 OPHELIAS, THE Almost Joyful Noise 8 GABRIELLA COHEN Pink Is The Colour Of Unconditional Love Sinderlyn 9 TONY MOLINA Kill the Lights Slumberland 10 FORTH WANDERERS Forth Wanderers Sub Pop 11 OCEAN HOPE Rolling Days Hush Hush 12 PRAM Across The Meridian Domino 13 ICEAGE Beyondless Matador 14 BILGE RAT Pal Bee Side Cassettes 15 BETHS, THE Future Me Hates Me Carpark 16 NEIGHBOR LADY Maybe Later Friendship Fever 17 TT LoveLaws Love Leaks/Caroline 18 LOUIS COLE Time Brainfeeder 19 LITTLE JUNIOR Hi Grand Jury 20 CLAIRE MORALES All That Wanting Self-Released 21 NATALIE PRASS The Future And The Past ATO 22 CORNELIA MURR Lake Tear Of The Clouds Autumn Tone 23 CUT WORMS Hollow Ground Jagjaguwar 24 SILHOUETTE ERA, THE The Silhouette Era Self-Released 25 SOFT KILL Savior Profound Lore 26 YOLANDA What Vision Self-Released 27 FLASHER Constant Image Domino 28 SEND MEDICINE Mermaids On The Verandah Honey House 29 MIKAELA DAVIS Delivery Rounder/Concord 30 PETAL Magic Gone Run For Cover
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If you don’t already know and love Soundcloud, I’ll give you the details. Soundcloud is a glorious online platform for brilliant small artists to share the original music they create. You can also find bigger artists on the website, but usually the extent of the free stuff only goes up to remixes of their songs, which is fine by me. Sometimes those are better than the originals!
Anyway, I would like to share some of the Soundcloud artists that I have found over the six years I’ve been a part of the site – one article per artist. I’ve already done an article on pools, who is still my all-time favorite Soundcloud artist. Here’s his account link – soundcloud.com/iampools. Today, let’s meet an artist by the name of [neonpajamas] Records.
[neonpajamas] Records is the artist you listen to if you’re looking for some peaceful, relaxing, dreamy music. If you find yourself unable to fall asleep sometime, I suggest that you try listening to some of this artist’s music. It definitely has the ability to take you away to another location or tell a story or make you feel like you’re floating on a cloud, getting ready to fall asleep for a few months. If only…
Below, I have some recommendations for you to get a feel for the sound. I picked one from each of the popular series’, which are the Sleep Series, the 10:00 Series and the Neon Broadcasts. Obviously, the Sleep Series is for falling asleep. The 10:00 Series is a collection of 10 minute songs that tell a story and are really cool to listen to. The Neon Broadcasts are location themed, so the music is meant to take you to different places and according to the artist, “are meant to assist you with your dreams”.
