Feedback (podcast) W/ Wes Nyle

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP31. Political Skews. 11.12.12This past election has me reminiscing of who I was in my teens. Certainly who I am now is shaped by the music I’m listening to currently. But how much of my views were shaped by artists when I was showing up late to class and smoking cigarettes in the parking lot of my high school. In my early twenties I had good friends of mine tell me that I helped shaped who they were, their style, the music they listened to, political opinions. And I’m sure that’s true because I’m amazing in almost every way. But was it all me? Or were my beliefs molded by artists like Justin Sane of Anti-Flag, and Tim Armstrong of Rancid, then simply regurgitated while sitting in technical theatre class learning nothing.I didn’t come from any type of hardship. Not like the musicians I respected and emulated. I grew up with a dad who taught Government, and Economics and a Mom who remarried a Pharmacist. There was nothing left to be desired, materially. But there is somethi

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP33. Twelve Tracks of Christmas 12.13.12Hey Donkey Punchers,For me this year has proved promising. I am not the type of person to sit by and watch opportunities fly past me. I certainly seize the carp, and I am positive that amazing things will happen for me this year because I work hard to make my life meaningful.I started this podcast because I wanted to create a DEMO, or portfolio that people could hear and scrutinize. But the more I listened to bands and the more I played around with my editing toys the more it became less of a resume and more of a labor of love. I hope that you have enjoyed these episodes as much as I have enjoyed making them for you. Please tell your friends to listen if they enjoy discovering new music and the meaning behind the artists that create, what I consider cutting edge rock and roll… or really whatever I like listening to.This episode was created for the listener to count down the days till Christmas from the 13th of December. Kind of like

 FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP32. Tame Impala. 11.07.12I’m back and I hope you’re all doing well. Thanks for sticking with me during my move and the podcast dry spell. The truth is I’ve hardly had any time to think about recording with the move. I have, however had several ideas floating around in my head. For instance I am thinking of changing the name of this podcast to Digital Spray Paint. And I am going to make the format a bit different, offering more variety, in the ways of interviews with bands, alongside phone conversations with my radio alumni, and comedian friends. With that said I am going to give you one more traditional FeedBack podcast the way it’s been since I started this little project. Also listen for a series I’m calling the 12 tracks of Christmas, that will IV drip songs throughout the month of December for your listening pleasure, as we get ready to start the new podcast format that will beguine soon after the new year. Thanks for listening now here’s the Podcast. A phone conv

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP30 .Simply New Music (Nude Beach/Explorers Club). 10.28.12As music continues to drown my every waking moment I have noticed a trend in new bands that gives me hope for a brighter future: Simplicity.I use the term “Simplicity” synonymously with “Roots” and for me roots are early 90’s rock. I define this because I know that others around me are still wandering through the desert looking for a band that sounds like Bango Tango, Def Leppard or Ratt, and I make no apologies in saying that I am done with trying to understand what 80’s hair metal had to offer their generation. Even though I was born in the eighties I didn’t raise myself on that style of music for what has now become a drawn out reason. I don’t feel that there will ever be a time when Quiet Riot will try to be emulated again. There is less nostalgia in bands that harness an attitude of tits and booze over a message, or playing an instrument as wasted as possible over stepping up for an oppressed people. And I won

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP28. Sinkane / On-Line Meia. 10.06.12Originally this podcast was supposed to highlight the work of Sinkane but somewhere along the line my Attention Deficit Disorder got the best of me and I began to think and write about all the amazing music I have downloaded in the past few years. I started this podcast to highlight bands that my listeners haven’t heard of yet and hopefully expose them to genres that they may not have known they could like, while at the same time keeping my production chops fresh. Along the way I have discovered some amazing talent that I wouldn’t have even known about without this online underground music society and to me that is awesome.I would like to start interviewing underground bands that have at least one album out, and are willing to sit on the phone with me and discuss their craft, and what it feels like to do what they do. If that sounds like fun to you then hit me up on FaceBook/WesleyNyle or find me on Twitter/WesleyNyle. I would love to li

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP27. Silver Ships (Interview w. Chazz and Kat). 09.19.12On this podcast Wes Nyle chats on the phone with one of the coolest, newest, and insatiably creative indie rock artists in Austin right now. Chazz Bessette of Silver Ships, and his girlfriend Kat Hernandez are working in an all analog home studio they’ve created in their master bedroom and will be releasing an album on vinyl as well as a digital release as soon as January.Before the album is released Chazz elaborates on a few songs, shares some hope recording tips, and shares a FeedBack (Podcast) exclusive track: Summer's Gone. Wes also talks with them about the struggles and triumphs of owning and operating a home studio, the differences between digital and analog, Mexican candy, and drunken hamsters.SPOILER ALLERT: There’s hardly any.Support Silver Ships Here: FB/ ReverbNationListen to Silver Ships FeedBack (Podcast) exclusive track @ www.WesTexasMedia.com/FeedBack

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP26. Lambchop. 09.10.12Many credit the early nineties as the dawn of indie music. And at the helm of this movement, even if by accident, was Lambchop. A group fronted by Nashville native Kurt Wagner. One that started distributing self-recorded tapes in nineteen-ninety, and is now titled as one of the most original country bands around. You won’t find Lambchop touring much, simply because Wagner’s supporting cast is constantly changing, and even now when on the road, Kurt admits live shows are an interpretation of the current album. Albums that always try to carry a concept; a feat that Wagner admits is getting more drawn out as he moves into his late fifties. Through the years the band has dawned many names, albums, members and even genres. The lineup of each record is impossible for me to comprehend as the list of Kurt’s companions in Nashville continues to expand. And with elements of Soul, Jazz, Lounge, and Country Western, mashed with nonobjective lyrics, even the musi

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP254. Walk the Moon. 08.17.12Like anything worth doing, it takes time to get where you want to be. This year Cincinnati locals Nick Petricca, Kevin Ray, Eli Maiman, and Sean Waugaman have signed with RCA, and their self-titled album Walk the Moon is gaining traction with it’s current hit Anna Sun sitting 24th on Billboard’s Rock Song charts.Only three years before the success of the RCA release Nick was trying to build the bands reputation by touring local venues and pedaling two self-made albums. Petricca says, Walk the Moon’s current lineup, the lineup that freshens up tracks from their harder to find 2010 self-distributed I Want! I Want! on the new self-titled, has only been around since this year. But with the bands new found following, and touring schedule changes are a survival tactic at this point.There is something endearing about a group who pays attention to their audience in aspects that most artists wouldn’t. Face paint on the band and crowd is now a trademark

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP24. Givers. 08.17.12When you hear stories of the modern music era success, stories of youtube, iTunes, and social networking seem to be a centralized theme. It’s refreshing to know that bands still create buzz and build a fan base the old fashion way. By playing what they love, being recognized by local clubs, and expanding through traditional word of mouth outlets.During January of 2009 in Lafayette, LA a quintet was developing from the idea that traditional African, Cajun and Zydeco elements, can be held together with an experimental glue. Taylor Guarisco and Tiffany Lamson were home from the University of New Orleans, after Hurricane Katrina. The two had been playing since 2005 and were now experimenting with, Kirby Campbell on drums, and Josh LeBlanc who then was known as one of the most impressive trumpet players in the area, but now on bass.Kirby was attending Berklee College of Music but after a late night jam, Guarisco posed the question that they should start a b

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP23. Hacienda. 08.10.12Music has a special harmony and rhythm when a band is bonded by blood. The Allman Brothers, The Kings of Leon, The Jonas Brothers!The point is: Credence is owed to Hacienda, a four-piece from San Antonio, TX who earned their first professional recording, before a Black Keys show, when they laid their six-song demo on Dan Auerbach. The boys form the Black Keys have been in my line of site a lot lately it seems. We talked about Patrick Carney last week helping with Tennis’ new release. In the same vein Dan has helped fellow indie two piece JEFF the Brotherhood with their new album Hypnotic Nights. And does it not strike you a little coincidental that along with the infamous album of the Keys’ titled Brothers that Dan also has his mixer fingers in the latest release from Hacienda. A band comprised of three brothers and one cousin.Luck or persistence the group made it work after years of being unsatisfied with bands that didn’t understand what each indiv

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP22. Tennis. 08.03.12When a man and a woman really love each other they play in a 60’s style synth driven band together, go on sailing trips, and find no need for a bass player. This is where babies come from.While attending philosophy classes in Denver, a relationship between Alaina (alaianna) Moore and Patrick Riley began to bud from a room of twenty-five people with only two girls in it. What started as common interests in philosophy, adventure, and travel would bloom into what we know now as the trio named Tennis.Moore says that she hadn’t thought to even ask Patrick about the guitar in his closet until years after they had known each other, for fear of hearing a Dave Matthews cover form another college frat boy. The idea for Tennis’ music came to them while on a sailing sabbatical. Moore says the two of them were in the Florida Keys and heard The Shirelles’s – Baby It’s You, and wondered why more modern music didn’t have this aesthetic.The theme for Tennis’ freshman album Cape Dory

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP21. King Tuff. 07.27.12An artist worth their salt won’t stop creating their art, even if it only challenges a slight preconceived notion of who they may be, or what they’re able to do.Our hero, Kevin Thomas’s, story begins in Battleboro, VT where meets a like-minded artist in the record store he works at. Kurt Weisman, and Thomas would collaborate on some songs and then seemingly by magic the two would start what indie rock critics label as a cult-like folk ensemble, by the name Feathers.While gigging with Feathers Kevin, would attract the attention of Sub Pop legend, and Dinasour JR front man J. Mascis (Maskis). Mascis had the idea to lay off the guitar and sit behind a drum set, in the band Witch. A band Mascis had started with longtime friend and bass player Dave Sweetapple. The sound was an early 70’s version of heavy metal with Kevin on lead guitar and vocals.A marriage of these two sounds would birth King Tuff: A persona taken on by Thomas when recording an album i

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP20. Ben Gibbard. 07.20.122With eight albums in the books from his most notable project Death Cab For Cutie, one of the hardest working men in the indie rock scene is trying his luck with flying solo once again.The story for Ben Gibbard starts in Bremerton, WA where he developed an affinity for bands like The Pixies, Daniel Johnston, and Fugazi.  His first official band went by the name Penwheel, and only released one six song demo.A year later Ben was creating low-fi sounds of his own under the name All-Time Quarterback and released two EPs one, self-titled and the other titled The Envelope Sessions. That same year Gibbard change the name of his solo project to the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band song titled Death Cab For Cutie.The first album of Death Cab’s was another solo project of Gibbard’s released on a cassette.  Ben thought the reception of this collection of songs merited a full band and recruited Chris Walla; who had helped on the original cassette; Nick Harmer,

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP19. Jack White. 07.13.12July 9th marked the birthday for one of Detroit’s most notable musicians, a player who simultaneously revolutionized and resurrected true American Blues, but never let one type of music define who he was or who he would be collaborating with.In the documentary It Might Get Loud Jack White stated that Son Houses’s Grinnin In Your Face is his favorite song of all time. The grit and simplicity of this song may shed light on the why White uses tried and true techniques to keep his relatively fresh concepts in a lo-fi time capsule.White started banging on a drum set at age 6, and mulled around the garage rock scene of Detroit for years, contemplating where his overactive drive lead him. His Catholic upbringing would find him as an altar boy in younger years and nearly bring him to a seminary in Wisconsin, with aspirations of becoming a priest. His musical mind would eventually get the better of him when he realized that the school may not let him play h

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP18. Of Monsters and Men. 07.06.12For years Iceland has been the music muse for artists like Bjork and others that I haven’t ever heard of. In 2011 this 6 piece poked its head from the glacial rivers in an attempt to claim the affinity of the Americas, with their EP titled Into The Woods.According to Icelandic legend, front woman, Nanna Hilmarsdottir, sparked the creation of, Of Monsters and Men, when she joined her solo project Songbird with the solo projects of Raggi, Bynjar, and Arnar, three dudes with questionably pronounced first names, and completely unpronounceable last names.Six piece bands shouldn’t leave anything on the table. This goes double for strange instruments. And Of Monsters and Men doesn’t disappoint. Four members of this group all play multiple instruments including the Melodica, The Accordion, any my personal favorite The Glockenspiel.About three months ago the US was exposed to the band’s first full length My Head Is An Animal. This comes about eight

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP17. The Darkness. 06.29.12 The sound and feel of Eighties Glam Rock is seldom recreated successfully by new artists.  Probably because not many can understand how being under the influence of alcohol, heroin, and cocaine, while wearing a neon colored cat suit, or a furry corset ever attracted anyone, or was labeled as a good or even a decent business model.In 2000 brothers Justin and Dan Hawkins discovered what may have been a hidden talent while in a Karaoke bar as Justin sang Bohemian Rhapsody, on New Year’s Eve.  His voice and stage presence was enough to make them drop the current act they were in called Empire and peruse what we now know as The Darkness.In 2003 the group would debut with the album Permission to Land.  The album went quadruple platinum in their homeland the United Kingdom and yielded their best known material, I Believe In A Thing Called Love, Love Is Only A Feeling, and Get Your Hands Off Of My Woman.Being a roadie has its perks, even

FeedBack w. Wes Nyle. EP16. Jukebox The Ghost. 06.22.12One year shy of a decade as a band, Ben Thornewill, Tom Siegel, and Jesse Kristin, should revel in the idea that only a few young bands have become as successful in such a short time.Meeting in 2003 while attending George Washington University, this group would change styles and names only once, landing and sticking on the Captain Beefheart lyrically inspired name of Jukebox the Ghost.Only a few years later the group would be touring with piano powerhouse Ben Folds, and by 2009 would be creating their 2nd release Everything Under the Sun and later would be headlining their own concerts.Their latest album Safe Travels exposes maturity from a band that started when the average age of this three piece was 19 and a half. Hitting on topics of major life changes; good and bad, the lyrics of this June 12th release, hold nostalgic with dark lyrical undertones, breaded with falsettos, and pop piano/ guitar techniques that advances the band musically wi