Episode Transcript
[00:00:13] Speaker A: We get Spotlight with BJ Swinghammer.
Is that his real name? Yes, it is.
Yeah.
We get Spotlight with BJ Swinghammer.
Is that his real name? Yes, it is.
Yeah.
DJ Weekend Spotlight.
[00:00:41] Speaker B: All right. Hey, what's going on, everybody? Welcome to another episode of Unsigned 518's Weekend Spotlight. I'm your host, BJ Swinghammer. And yes, that is my name. All right, let's get into it. Time for Schwinghammer's pick of the week. First off, we have James Mullen and throwing in the towel.
[00:01:08] Speaker A: You get up each day?
You get dressed each day?
Get in the car each day?
And go to work each day?
This life ain't what you thought you figured out?
Yeah, this just can't be what it's all about?
So you throw it in the towel?
Rowing in the towel?
You sit up all night, can't sleep at night?
Yeah, you ain't sure why you're feeling so uptight?
The walls are ca.
From all the doubt?
Yeah, you fall down to your knees and start to shout?
You throw it in the towel?
Rolling in the towel?
Then you walk downtown?
Just trying to get around?
You need some time to think about what it is you need?
You say it might be time to leave this town?
And if it is? There's nothing I can say to keep you around?
And I should just throw in the towel?
So throw it in the towel?
Throw it in the towel.
[00:04:26] Speaker B: All right, that was throwing in the towel from James mullen from the 2017 album Songs from another Time. And up next is the Hauntings. And this is too high for horror.
[00:04:58] Speaker A: Never thought the day would come?
Session puppies since I was young? Lock the door and draw the curtain? So I won't be the next one? Jigsaw's hurting? Can't even masturbate in the shower? Crate of Norman Bates? Feel like such a loser doing coke? I won't be Freddy Krueger when I took the first hit of the block? Cause the shit started going wrong When I took the first hit of the pl?
Now I can't even sleep at night? Cause I'm too high, too high? Horror too high, too high? Horror too high, too high for a run? Too high, too high for a run?
Never thought the day would come? This hasn't happened since I was young? Holy water and a crucifix? So I won't be a victim of demonic tricks? Don't want to procreate after the event? You can't crystallate? Don't. Trapped in this place? Waiting for the moment when I meet my fates? When I took the first hit of LeBron that's when shit started going wrong When I took the first hit off the flight Now I can't even sleep at night Cause I'm too high Too high for horror Too high, too high for all rug Too high, too high all up Too high, too high for hard.
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[00:07:34] Speaker B: all right, that was Too High for horror. That's the 2020 single from the Hauntings. And coming up, this is so we're going right to Saturday and this is at the Unicorn Bar in Kingston at 7pm You've got cellmate Christy Costello and Modern Natives.
And this is Modern Natives with I'm Not a Racist.
[00:07:57] Speaker A: I'm not a racist. Don't call me that. I just need more money I'm gonna back this horse cause he's for my policies Lie, lie, lie Is all I hear when you say I'm being freed Lie, lie, lie lie he's my American dream.
Screen simulation propagate evaluation for genocide Income forget the sense of what's going and now you'll realize how green your grass really.
Misinformed form of nibbling corporate abuse Young thing you lace spoon, fat dilated preach.
Your notaries can't call you that you just need more money.
You're gonna back that horse cuz he's for your policy La la la la Is all I hear when you say we're being free that's your American dream all right.
[00:09:40] Speaker B: Not a racist. From Modern Natives. That's their newest single. And if you can't get out to Kingston, don't forget that in Peddlers in Clifton park at 6:30 you've got Benzaleski and his partner Gianna playing it up. They're going to be incredible. Check it out if you can. Moving on now to our band show. We like to check in every week with our band show. Hey guys, what is going on this week?
[00:10:01] Speaker C: Thank you very much, BJ and welcome in to our band show.
Patrick W. Huber here, producer and director for an amazing team of recording artists aimed to film musicians in the Hudson Valley area. And beyond.
Last week we highlighted the O Positive Music Festival in Kingston, New York with a band we filmed called Overheard. We've been releasing videos throughout March from Overheard, set at the assembly venue in Kingston. We're doing so every Monday and Thursday on our YouTube channel, so go ahead and check it out.
With the hard sell out of the way, I plan to continue to spotlight artists from the Kingston, New York area with a little bit of a throwback in March. A couple years ago, the Grampeting came to our band show in the form of a lively, chaotic fun rock group called Grandfather, led by a master of many skills, James Kavish acted as the main creative force behind the long standing member of the scene.
It could just be me, but I've always admired the song title, the Grampening. I've always felt it had some sort of tie to the Highlander movies with Immortals, beheadings and of course Sean Connery. At times the local creative scene can feel like a fight to survive, but there doesn't have to be just one.
We can do what we can to support one another and James has done that.
He also manages DIY Kingston, an Instagram account that offers information for artists looking for friendly places in the area.
Since our show, grantfather has officially had their final performance at the end of 2024. They have since released a greatest hits album that is a fantastic listen if you want to get into their music.
Now, James, alongside guitarist and shred machine Andrew Blot have joined another project called A Whole Nother.
Their album release show is coming up on April 4th at Keegan Hales and I'm also happy to announce that we plan to record with them on June 6th of this year.
Check out A Whole Nother on their social media accounts to keep up to date with another great group of musicians. Enough talking already. Let's continue to spotlight the great talent from the Kingston, New York area.
This week I have chosen a double feature of Grantfather performing Dredging and Mick Bushwick Strut live on our band show.
[00:12:39] Speaker A: I can feel it the wind breathing something palpable in the ether as it draws nearer and nearer what nebulous soon becomes clearer Exorcising the beasts inside of me pain them and freeing them to save them from the abyss that they came from Sam.
Creeps in and swee me but I'm paralyzed by my desire to crack in my mind.
The spe.
Inside of me Paint them and bring them to save them from the dust that they become.
Sam.
Coming down the line Tangle in that web you spun as the threads of your designs all come undone.
Changing the course and breaking the facts that you made with yourself when that self was intact Are these the deeds that feed me all just debts to the past we lean on fleeting context what can we ever stand but you've gone and thought yourself into a hole again Thought between the means but without the end but in the end it will all unfold and come full circle and be nicely tied in a pretty bow like your favorite TV show Convenient and sweet Never so far removed from reality but align with our truth we pick and choose Open the real and ideal Someday we'll fuse.
Our way through the dark for a FL Open the real and I.
[00:19:58] Speaker C: Another amazing week of fantastic music.
I hope you'll check out the full videos of this week's spotlighted artist on the YouTube channel. And check out some clips from our past guests on the Instagram, both at our band show.
Also, for a catalog of our full sessions, check out our website rbandshow.com with another fantastic weekend ahead. Head that's all the music I have to share with you and bj. I just want to send it back to you.
[00:20:28] Speaker B: All right, thanks a lot man. That was super awesome. And don't forget you can find them on Facebook, Instagram, our bandshow.com and YouTube. They all have amazing content on them. And moving on to Metroland Hot singles in your area It's a list compiled every month by Andy Scullin and this week I went with the Snorts and this is fuck it up.
[00:21:02] Speaker A: Up against the best of the rest of us Ready to smash like a bulldog I hope it wish you wanted to succeed Reserve my spot to win a circle I have fun based up today.
It.
By the feel I should be doing more I sometimes shake it off and blend into the board snatch so hopeless I'm going to say loud you near a little up to stand out from the crowd.
Am I good enough to share my thoughts with the world?
Sometimes I don't think so Sometimes maybe so Seems like everyone needs a little l a little momento through your toe crumb mud. That's why I keep my little tiny dinky smallish shino microscopic. Barely see it help me try to find it oh I lost it.
Dirty penny works every time.
[00:23:00] Speaker B: All right, that was Fuck it up by the Snorts. That's their newest single. And you know if you're looking for Metroland stuff, you can do Facebook, Instagram and Metroland.com and don't forget your physical copies. They're amazing. Lots of great stuff in the pages and that is it for me. Thank you so much for listening to me. I appreciate it. Thank you for listening and I will see you next week. Enjoy yourselves. We all deserve it. And as usual, you stay cool. 518.
[00:23:28] Speaker A: I'm calling shotgun the party tonight.
Let's take a ride with swinging. We're driving.
It's the weekend spotlight.
Get ready.
[00:23:52] Speaker C: The Weekend Spotlight is a production of Unsigned518 and part of the Metroland now network of podcasts. Unsigned518's Weekend Spotlight is produced by Andy
[00:24:02] Speaker B: Scullin and hosted by BJ Schwinghammer.
[00:24:05] Speaker C: Look for new episodes every week at the metroland.com and everywhere you stream podcast.
