Episode Transcript
[00:00:13] Speaker A: We get spotlight with BJ Swinghammer.
[00:00:19] Speaker B: Is that his real name? Yes, it is.
Yeah,
[00:00:25] Speaker A: we can spotlight with BJ Swinghammer.
[00:00:32] Speaker B: Is that his real name? Yes, it is.
[00:00:35] Speaker A: Yeah.
BJ Weekend Spotlight.
[00:00:43] Speaker C: Hey. All right. What's going on, everybody? How you doing? Welcome to another episode of Unsigned 518's Weekend Spotlight. I'm your host, BJ Schwinghammer, and we have got a great collection of some of the best music that you're gonna find locally on today's episode. And we are going to start it off with not one but two picks of the week. First one comes from jb, AKA Dirty Moses. And this one is Obey.
[00:01:29] Speaker A: Osun.
[00:01:34] Speaker B: Osun.
[00:02:18] Speaker D: I am standing on the shoulders of my ancestors Foot on the neck of the oppressor Foot on the necks of the aggressors Foot hold on the root of all depression and smiling at me Finger on the false of irresistence Magical art Practicing what I preach at a distance up close personal ritualistic Call me a spell cast a knights with the nouns and verbs, herbs and words this is rebellion this is for the believers Gray and days candle burners Ceremonial elecase placed around the next amulet of protection Shrouded and coated as jewelry for deception Hands off and don't touch my hair My crown is bl I'll adjust the desire See fit effigies on my altar Tobacco smoldering tarot cards on deck Reading them like Texas holding them Sage is lit Wrapped hands touch the sky and prayer floured the water to cleanse my layer White rum sprayer, white clothing wearer White fabric adorns my hair I'm your brujo babalawo father of secrets Burning palo santo White roses in my bano blanco this my high science ayahuasca blue I am not your fruit, I am not a boy I'm no respectable negro I will not feed your ego I'm a king, I am regal no you ain't the truest from a rare breed so I refuse to be controlled, confused, subdued, the subservient I am here forever Black is permanent I'm that arm lega Alpha and omega meta human God Body in the flesh is my invocation of prayer as long as you do bad by weak no good gonna come to you we gonna hold you accountable dog Safety pins in your likeness Finding you in the name of the most highest gun on safety Send you packing and hiking this is striking indictment we your lovers resorting the B.O. protect myself at all costs that's my defense and if you're on the Fence of which side is right Take a look in the mirror for you say good night. You gon have haunting dreams of your awful deeds and misuse and abuse of those in need as we uphold our creeds, Send you back to the devil that made you. Hand you a shovel to dig and spit on your grave too. Your hatred of us made us hate you. So now we match energies. I am not my ancestors and you were no kin to me.
[00:04:26] Speaker C: All right, that was Obey from JB AKA Dirty Moses off the newest album Punctuation, which is absolutely amazing by the way, especially when you get it on vinyl.
[00:04:37] Speaker E: Awesome.
[00:04:38] Speaker C: Moving on. Is the ever present and always incredible Angelina Valente. And this is Riverside.
[00:04:54] Speaker B: You know I've been feeling heavy and I know you have too.
So come see spirit down beside me and our troubles will be few.
I'm gonna lay down by the riverside and listen to the water as it rolls.
It's the sweetest kind of music Listening to those wildflowers grow.
What good can it do letting that weight bear down on you? I'm gonna lay down by the riverside in the water.
I'm going to bathe in water fresh and clean. I'm going to drop those sins from years ago. I'm going to let my soul begin again.
I'm going to lay down by the riverside and listen to the water as it grow.
It's the sweetest kind of music Listening to those wild flowers grow.
What good can it do Letting that weight bear down on you. I'm going to lay down by the riverside and listen to the water.
It's shining through all those dark and lonely nights. Cause I know that there is truth and so I'm giving up the fight. I'm gonna lay down by the riverside and listen to the water as it rolls.
See this kind of music Listening to those wildflowers grow up like heading to let in that we.
I'm gonna lay down by the riverside and listen roll.
I'm going to listen to water.
Thank you all so much. My name is Angelina Valenti. Thank you all for being here. I love you all so much. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
[00:09:40] Speaker F: Thank you.
[00:09:41] Speaker C: All right, that was Riverside from Angelina Valente off the album Live at the Cock and Bull again.
And all right, moving forward to this weekend, and by this weekend, I mean Saturday and Sunday at Snapper McGee's. You have a two day show in Kingston at 3pm you got a bunch going on and we are lucky enough to have Scott from DCPC tell us what's going on. Scott, what is up Man.
[00:10:05] Speaker F: Hey everybody, this is Scott from DCPC Live. And I want to invite you to Rally in the Valley Volume 2. You happening Saturday, April 11 and Sunday, April 12 at Snap from Geese in Kingston, New York. Doors are 3 o' clock both days and music starts at 4pm sharp because we put the punk and punctuality. And tickets are just $10 a day. It's 21 and up. Rally in the Valley is a celebration of five years of DCPC live, more than 50 live album vinyl releases and a community that has kept showing up for punk, for DIY music and for each other. Saturday features the Raging Nathan's Rebelmatic, Chemical X, Blind Adam and the Federally Trash Diva Jalen and the Snorts. Sunday features World Sucks My Son, the Doctor Lake, Linear Thick, Teenage Halloween and Soji. This weekend is about honoring the bands, the people in the community. They made all of this possible. And I have to thank all of our sponsors. Helped us keep our ticket prices low. Famous records, say 10 records, Poison, paradise records, PD Cantina, Chronogram Camp, Punksylvania face photo put over photo Cultural Design, Outsider Magazine, Curio Cabinet, Women of the Pit, Sell the Heart Records, Savage Mountain Punk Art Records, Rock Academy, Hostile city distribution, unsigned 518 Sun Green artist record Club and Danger Room Recording services. Couldn't do this without all of you. And I'll see you all at the rally in the Valley.
[00:11:12] Speaker C: All right. That's awesome. That's gonna be an incredible show. And because the Snort's gonna be on it, we're gonna do them right now. This is it. Up.
[00:11:36] Speaker A: Against the best of us ready to smash Poverty.
Hearted by the feel I should be doing more I sometimes shake it off and blend into the more slow hopeless I'm going to say loud you need a little love to stand out from the crowd But I grab my.
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 luck A little momento to your toe Chrome that's why I keep my little tiny, dinky, smallish shin, pesimal, microscopic, barely fucking see it Help me try to find it oh, I lost it no, it's bad in my pocket My confidence
[00:13:15] Speaker B: locking a side of the times Our
[00:13:17] Speaker A: dirty penny works every time.
[00:13:34] Speaker C: All right, that was it. Up by the Snorts. That's their newest single. And moving on to one of my favorite segments in the show. We like to catch up with our band show whenever possible. Every week.
[00:13:43] Speaker B: Week.
[00:13:44] Speaker C: Guys, what is going on with our band show?
[00:13:46] Speaker E: 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.
Let us start off this week with a big congratulations to a whole nother on their successful self titled album release.
This past weekend I went out to the album release show at Keegan Ales in Kingston, New York and had an amazing time seeing James, Andy and the rest of the band perform their entire album. I did go ahead and sneak a couple clips on my phone to capture the energy of the evening.
[00:14:42] Speaker B: Your.
[00:15:30] Speaker E: By no means is my iPhone gonna capture the amazing sound quality of the mixing and mastering of a whole nothers album that you can find now on any streaming service of your choice.
Definitely you want to check this out. I also want to take a moment to shout out that excited fan in the front row for pumping up the energy for the entire set. It is one of the main reasons that it is fantastic to get out and check out your local music scene. The energy is just amazing from music supporters in the Kingston area and probably just like you in the 5 100, you all bring this amazing support and love to the table. I even ran into a past performer on the band show, singer songwriter Dan Pitt. And of course I also want to mention the show's opener, another fantastic job by Bird week for having a great opening set. So let's turn now to the releases that we filmed from the O Posita Music Festival last year.
We're going to keep them coming and I'm really excited to present the set from Big Girl Girl, a high energy indie rock and glitter punk band based in Brooklyn, New York.
They are known for their theatrical live shows that blend the punk aggression with choreographed dancing and campy, rocky hor esque aesthetics. The band is led by singer songwriter Caitlin Pelke, whose background in music therapy and music theater heavily influences the group's cathartic and dramatic style.
At this show, they were not afraid to use the platform of their music to say what was on their mind. One song stood out, calling the audience to stop being so studdy and quit their job. Lines like I love making minimum wage, if you die they would replace you and more paint the sarcastic depiction of modern society made even more provocative if you consider some of the political talking points currently in the public spirit.
This spotlight is not about showcasing any political belief necessarily, but the act of intelligently making a point through art. This is why this week I want to spotlight Big Girls Quit your job. Recorded live at the 2025 O Positive Festival.
[00:17:53] Speaker B: Now this one is for everyone who wants to quit their job.
DJ I could use a little more guitar in my monitor.
I want to believe it's there there it is.
Quit your job do it now Cause it's nice outside and I've got a town for us to sit on at the walk down the street a tall boy with your name on it.
Quit your job, quit. Go on tour with me we'll sing in the car and watch that TV outside the city Reaching out the window for something that they talk about on smile down Great go.
Oh everyone should do it sometime Even if the weather's not nice Get a job just quick fly, fly for a fly out on all your lines it's so calm, so compl.
Quit your job already being so steady for some rich diaries three houses
[00:19:40] Speaker A: Quit
[00:19:41] Speaker B: your job already and be super petty Tell them that I told you to.
God told me to.
Quit it, quit it, quit it.
And you interview when they're asking you what are all your faults you say I just work too hard I worked out to go to the bathroom so you can imagine Imagine how complicated it can be when your is your passion how you feel like a times I'm happy to fail so listen I would really like to work here.
Please give me a job so I can work here. Oh everybody got to know I love work so much like oh have we been on holiday? I'm never sick and I'm not done I'm all waking.
Minimum wage, minimum wage, minimum, minimum wage minimum wage.
I know make it minimum wage. I don't make it minimum wage I won't make it minimum wage.
[00:21:34] Speaker A: Get your your.
[00:21:40] Speaker B: Stop being so if you die they would replace you.
Quit your job on Sunday Quit your jaw on Sunday and tell them God told you to.
[00:22:38] Speaker E: 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 bandshow.
Also, for a catalog of our full sessions, check out our website, ourbandshow.com with another fantastic weekend ahead. That's all the music I have to share with you, with you and bj. I just want to send it back to you.
[00:23:08] Speaker C: All right, thanks a lot, man. That's freaking awesome. And don't Forget Facebook, Instagram, www.ourbandshow.com and YouTube showing all the amazing things they're doing. And there is plenty of amazing things that they are doing.
And moving on now to Metroland now, hot singles in your area. It's a list compiled every month by Andy Scullin. He does some incredible reviews for some outstanding songs. And this week we are doing Four Dead Kings.
And this is Stand Tall.
[00:24:00] Speaker A: Dark skies are fixing.
We'll make him beg for more there's just no reason for him to be.
Oh, how the need is gone oh, I will do it wrong hope trust is harder to breathe this is my home, you might as well go I'll stand up all and knock down your
[00:25:00] Speaker B: own
[00:25:02] Speaker A: it's in my soul okay.
This is my home, you might as
[00:25:25] Speaker B: well go
[00:25:28] Speaker A: I stand up your own in my soul yeah.
I won't go on like this I won't be on that list there's something more for you to see oh, how you need me now A lot to and tough around oh, trust he'll be down on your knees this is my home, you might as well go I'll stand up tall and knock down your
[00:26:28] Speaker B: own
[00:26:31] Speaker A: this is my soul yeah.
This is my home, you might as
[00:26:54] Speaker B: well go
[00:26:57] Speaker A: I'll stand up tall and knock down your own this is my soul.
[00:27:31] Speaker C: All right, that was Stan Tall. That's the newest single from Four Dead Kings. And don't forget, when it comes to Metroland, you got Facebook, Instagram, Instagram, metroland.com, they got a bunch of information to help your weekend, your month, your week. And don't forget those physical copies within those pages are some real blood, sweat and tears from an amazing group of people that are working their asses off to make one of the best publications you're gonna find in your local area.
And that's it. That is it for me. Thank you so much for letting me show you some of the best music you're gonna listen to. I can't wait to do it again again next week. Everybody. Enjoy your week. We all deserve it. And as usual, you stay cool. 518.
[00:28:12] Speaker B: I'm calling shotgun.
Where's the party tonight?
Let's take a ride Been swinging, we're driving.
It's the weekend spotlight.
Get ready.
[00:28:37] Speaker F: The Weekend Spotlight is a production of Unsigned 518 and part of the Metroland now network of podcasts. Unsigned 518's Weekend Spotlight is produced by Andy Scullin and hosted by BJ Schwinghammer. Look for new episodes every week at themetroland.com and everywhere you stream podcasts.
[00:29:05] Speaker B: Sam.
