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It's a BOO-tiful day!!! James Kochalka graced us with his presence this spook-tacular Halloween for an interview!!! Jame...
31/10/2025

It's a BOO-tiful day!!! James Kochalka graced us with his presence this spook-tacular Halloween for an interview!!! James answered questions about "The Mummy's On The Loose," JOHNNY BOO, and his various Halloween-themed and monster-focused musical concoctions to be added on to your Spooky Season playlists!

Ch-ch-check it out exclusively at The Witzard! Special shout-out to Dave Schneider from THE ZAMBONIS for helping set this inter-BOO up! Happy Halloween, ghouls and gals! πŸ’πŸ’πŸ₯…πŸ€•πŸ‘»πŸŽƒπŸ€©πŸ§Ÿβ€β™‚οΈπŸ¦‡

For my latest "side-quest" at No Echo (many thanks to my editor and friend there, Carlos Ramirez,) I finally got to inte...
01/10/2025

For my latest "side-quest" at No Echo (many thanks to my editor and friend there, Carlos Ramirez,) I finally got to interview Dave Hause! Dave now, makes more Folk-Rock/Americana music, but has been a member of many Punk/Hardcore bands including Step Ahead, The Loved Ones, The Curse, Paint It Black, The All Brights, and The Falcon. Dave recently got his touring band, The Mermaid, together in the studio to record his long-sought after "Rock "n" Roll band" album, aptly-titled Dave Hause ...and The Mermaid!

Thanks for talking to me about it, Dave! Shout-out to Tito Belis, Alex Fang, and/or Mark Masefield for helping make this one happen!!! Go read our interview now at NO ECHO and pick up Dave Hause ...and The Mermaid on Blood Harmony Records (US) and SBΓ„M (EU/UK!) πŸ˜ŽπŸ˜ŽπŸ˜ŽπŸ˜ŽπŸ˜ŽπŸ§·πŸŽ»πŸ§œπŸΌβ€β™€οΈπŸ¦…

Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan had a long-storied working relationship and friendship. They collaborated and covered each oth...
09/09/2025

Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan had a long-storied working relationship and friendship. They collaborated and covered each other from the 1960's up through the 90's and today, I wrote about and featured Cash covering Dylan for 1994 compilation The Red Hot Organization + Country.

It was re-issued for the first time on vinyl for the album's 30th anniversary and showcases Johnny's version of "Forever Young." Enjoy it and read a retrospect on their relationship exclusively at The Witzard! πŸ€ βš«οΈπŸŽ»πŸ‘’πŸ€΅πŸ»

THE WITZARD PREMIERE: William J. Sullivan... or just Bill... has recruited doseone for the latest single, "Victim's Vict...
22/08/2025

THE WITZARD PREMIERE: William J. Sullivan... or just Bill... has recruited doseone for the latest single, "Victim's Victim," from his upcoming album, Just Call Me Bill. It's a brooding bruiser, as one would expect from these two menacing musicians. Go check out the premiere exclusively at The Witzard and stream "Victim's Victim" wherever you listen to music!

For the latest installment of The Witzard's ongoing 3 Feet High & Rising (new band/artist) column, we profiled New Jerse...
18/08/2025

For the latest installment of The Witzard's ongoing 3 Feet High & Rising (new band/artist) column, we profiled New Jersey's own Gusset. Gusset features Raymond Strife, Mozzarella Strife, Rob Davis, and Sal DiDonato. They very recently dropped their 3-song demo; go check it out exclusively on Bandcamp and read all about Gusset's DEMOS at The Witzard!

Back on July 4th, doseone and Height Keech dropped their collaborative EP, Wood Teeth. It's been gestating for a while, ...
15/08/2025

Back on July 4th, doseone and Height Keech dropped their collaborative EP, Wood Teeth. It's been gestating for a while, but I conducted and finally published a double-header interview/All-around Breakdown feature with Height & dose.

Go check it out now exclusively at The Witzard! Wood Teeth is also now available on streaming sites and to pre-order on limited edition vinyl πŸͺ΅πŸ˜¬ https://www.thewitzard.com/blog/8142025

NJ Hardcore Punk newbies GOOD TEAL have returned with the fourth single, "Excusing The Hurt," from upcoming GOOD TEAL EP...
12/08/2025

NJ Hardcore Punk newbies GOOD TEAL have returned with the fourth single, "Excusing The Hurt," from upcoming GOOD TEAL EP out this upcoming Friday! Check 'em out at one of their New Jersey and/or Baltimore shows! πŸ”΄πŸ”΅πŸŸ’πŸ§Ÿβ€β™‚οΈπŸ§·

Detriot's Dischord Records/Revolution Summer revivalists BIG LIFE have returned with single "Out or Breath" and a cover ...
29/07/2025

Detriot's Dischord Records/Revolution Summer revivalists BIG LIFE have returned with single "Out or Breath" and a cover of HΓΌsker DΓΌ's "Something I Learned Today" from their upcoming third EP in just three years, The Cost of Progress.

It's now available to pre-order with three cover design variants from Setterwind Records. BIG LIFE's new EP is out this Friday, but you can read all about it now on TheWitzard.com! πŸŸ’πŸ’ΏπŸ“€πŸ§·

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