Champaign Is Also A Band

Episode 63 - Kevin Miller AKA DJ Belly "Don't Lie"

It's a return to the Blue Box Studio! Sven and DJ Belly are both vaccinated so the first interview in the studio in over a year is here!  Sven chats with about his unreleased song "Don't Lie" over some croissants and iced coffee from Flying Machine Avionics.  Hear about writing music in a snow storm, surviving during a pandemic, and which video game has the best soundtrack....
SONG: Don’t Lie
ALBUM: Unreleased
BANDS: DJ Belly
Favorite Treat: Iced Coffee/Butter Croissant
Photo Credit:  Kelsey Jamerson
Refs
Massive Attack [Band]
Portishead [Band]
SPLICE
R&B [Genre]
2-Step Garage [Genre]
Reggaeton [Genre]
House [Genre]
DAW - Digital Audio Workstation
Dubstep [Genre]
Trap [Genre]
Synthwave/Retrowave [Genre]
Spaceballs
Michael Winslow
[Video of Spaceballs: "bleeps...sweeps"]
Radiohead [Band]
Tom Yorke
The Canopy Club [Venue]
NOLA's Rock Bar [Venue]
The Iron Post [Venue]
Exile On Main St. [Venue/Record Store]
Th Brass Rail [Venue]
Bentley's Pub [Venue]
Pour Bros. Craft Taproom [Venue]
Cowboy Monkey [Venue]
Highdive [Venue]
Sipyard [Venue]
Radio Maria [Venue]
Bacaro
Marry Ann's Diner
Swords
Raiders of the Lost Ark
Raiders of the Lost Ark Soundtrack
DJ Bozak
Spinnerty
DJ Mertz
Boltini
Old School Hip-Hop [Genre]
Dubstep Massacre
EDM [Genre]
Indie Rock [Genre]
Folk [Genre]
Mike 'N Molly's [Venue]
Salsa [Genre]
Reggae [Genre]
Baile Funk (Funk carioca) [Genre]
M.I.A.
Valheim
Minecraft
Grand Theft Auto
Discord
Flying Lotus
Classic Rock [Genre]
Viking Battle Music [Spotify Playlist]
MF DOOM
Second Life
Travis Scott
Fortnite
Travis Scott on Fortnite [Video]
WaveXR
The Glitch Mob
Rose Bowl Tavern [Venue]

Bonus Episode 13: Sven Gets Interviewed

Anka (EP29) from The Dawn Patrol interviews sven about his song "Just Another Day" and asks your submitted questions.   
****Angie Heaton & the Fights 2019 performance at Hogchute HERE!***
 
REFS:
Melody EP16
This is a Stickup! [Band]
NFTFOH
Thotcrime
August Strindburg
Henrik Ibsen
Andy Samberg
Bob Dylan
Conor Oberst
Bright Eyes [Band]
Mark Lanegan
We are Family BEP3
Damian Duffy Hates Everything After Dark Wake Up Sheeple Podcast
lovenloops EP56
Elizabeth Majerus EP1
Sarah and Taylor EP32
My Favorite Murder Podcast
Ologies Podcast
This American Life Podcast
We're No Doctors Podcast
SCRUBS
HUM [Band]
Champaign [Band]
The Analog Hour BEP7
Mother Nature
AMS. EP51
Chase Baby EP38
Warm Darn [Band] (EP21)
The Fights [Band] (EP25)
Withershins [Band] (EP8, EP28)
Nectar [Band] (EP4)
We the Animals - Hells & Chronicals
Withershins - Silver Cities
Mother Nature - s/t
Acker - Sea Songs
Warm Darn - Word Search
Tim McGee EP10
Karthik Kakarala EP27
Mike Carpenter EP37
The 200 Level
Champaign Showers Podcast Network
Kelsey Sharp EP6
Monkey Bread Recipe
Familiar Ghosts [Band] EP49
Daydreams and Nightmares [Album]
Finer Feelings [Band]
Rose Bowl Tavern
Exile on Main St.
Mike 'N Molly's

Bonus Episode 12: "Streetlights" - Music in the time of Coronavirus - Sarah and Taylor from EP32

Even in the middle of a pandemic, music is still happening and being recorded.  Sven zooms with former guests Sarah and Taylor from EP32 about their new Maps of the Midwest single: "Streetlights."  Released today 6/4/2021!
Streetlights [Video]
Girl in the War  [Video]
Proceeds from sales will go to the National Runaway Safeline 
Photo by: Maddie Skelley
 

Episode 62 - Taran Joseph Perry of CLINICALLY ILL "Attention"

Sven zooms with Taran to talk about his song "ATTENTION," his favorite CU venue, and his favorite non-musical things.
SONG: ATTENTION
ALBUM: Single
BANDS: Clinically ILL
Favorite Treat:  Monster, Pringles
REFS
The Purge
Austin (EP30)
Not for the Faint of Heart
The Contract [Song]
Metalhead
Heavy Metal
Murder Murder [Video]
Horror Rap [Genre]
Serial Killer
Satanic Panic (SRA) *Content Warning*
Wes Craven
Venereal
Independent Media Center (IMC) [Venue]
Diss Tracks
Rock Rage Interview (Radio Interview)
Leather Face [Song]
Leather Face [Character]
Texas Chainsaw Massacre 
Jason Voorhees [Character]
Friday the 13th [Movie Franchise]
Freddy Kruegar [Character]
Nightmare on Elm St. [Movie Franchise]
Charles Lee "Chucky" Ray [Character]
Child's Play [Movie Franchise]
Pennywise [Character]
IT [Miniseries 1990]
The Deadlights
IT [Movie 2017]
IT Chapter Two
Bill Skarsgård
Children of the Corn
8 Ball
9 Ball
The Pool Hall - Mahomet, IL

Episode 61 - Justin Michael Hendrix "Cream"

Sven zooms with Justin Michael Hendrix about his song "Cream," his organization HITNHOMEBOY, and his favorite non-musical things.  
SONG: CREAM
ALBUM: Collection of Songs on Soundcloud
Favorite Treat: Body Armor Pineapple Coconut SuperDrink/ anything with Nutella
Photo Credit:  Photographer is Boots Howard; Hair is #HairByNaysha; Make Up is Kay Hunter
 
REFS:
Jahlil Beats
Meek Mill
Jay-Z
Wutang Clan
C.R.E.A.M. [Song]
Ballroom Community (Ball Culture)
Toxic Masculinity
Rapper's Delight
Crack Epidemic
(Further reading, re:  Drugs and Racial Disparities)
Reganomics
East Coast vs. West Coast
N. W. A.
Fuck Tha Police [SONG]
Sylvester
Cakes da Killa
Leikeli47
House Music [Genre]
Late Stage Capitalism
Wall Street [Movie] (1987)
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps [Movie] (2010)
Watergate Scandal
Selling Senate Seats
Beyoncé Homecoming
ODB - Ol' Dirty Bastard
#HITNHOMEBOY x Manhood for Sale [Movie]
St. Louis
Michael Brown
Ferguson, MO
Jim Crow Laws
George Floyd
Breonna Taylor
Ahmaud Arbery
Kiwane Albert Carrington
Intersectionality
Wash-U
Dr. William Patterson
Krush Groove [Movie]
Def Jam
Nutella
Tina Turner
Tina Turner Doc
Ike Turner
Pigeon Holed
"What's Love Got to Do With It?" [Song]
"Private Dancer" [Song]
"Proud Mary" [Song]
"I don't want to Fight" [Song]
"The Best" [Song]
Woody Alan/Mia Farrow Documentary (Allan v. Farrow)
The 13th [Link to Full Movie]
Paris is Burning
Pose
Tongues Untied
All Boy's Aren't Blue - George M. Johnson
No Ashes in the Fire: Coming of Age Black and Free in America - Darnell L. Moore
Collected Essays: Notes of a Native Son / Nobody Knows My Name / The Fire Next Time / No Name in the Street / The Devil Finds Work / Other Essays - James Baldwin
Black Boy Out of Time - Hari Ziyad
Why Are All The Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? -Beverly Daniel Tatum
Fight the Power [Song]
Public Enemy
JustinMichaelHendrix.com
Instagram: @justinmichaelhendrix
Twitter: @hitnhomeboy
 

Episode 60 - Justin Walden of Scarecrow Adams - "Old Man In a Red Hat"

Sven zooms with Justin Walden of Scarecrow Adams to talk about his song "Old Man In a Red Hat," reflect on his philosophy of writing music, his early days of playing in local CU venues, and his favorite non-Musical thing.  Stay tuned to the end of the episode for the origins of the name "Scarecrow Adams"
SONG: Old Man in a Red Hat
ALBUM: Old Man in a Red Hat
BANDS: Scarecrow Adams, Lionzz, Super Space Fighters, Hurkles, and Whitty Whitesell & the Life Parade
Favorite Treat: Berry Bubly / Blueberry Eggo Waffles
Photo Credit:  Eric Frahm @Cowboy Monkey
REFS
Laurel Canyon
Pro-Tools
Joni Mitchell
Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Self Realization Fellowship
Paramahansa Yogananda
A&R (Artists and Repertoire)
Piggy [Song]
Downward Spiral [Album]
Trent Reznor
"Playing in the pocket"
Sevendust [Band]
Too Much $, Not Enough Love [Song]
"How 'Bout Us" [Song]
Champaign [Band]
Justin's Version of "How 'Bout Us" [Song]
Jeff Hanneman
Ableton
"Vulgar Electricity" from Song: "Come In From The Cold"
Night Ride Home [Album]
Mabel's [Venue]
The Elvis Bothers
Combo Audio
Guido Sinclair
Nature's Table [Venue]
Bontuku
Trito's Uptown [Venue]
Farm Aid
The Police
Joan Jett & the Blackhearts
Crimson & Clover [song]
Stewart Copland
Sting
Roxanne
The City Center
Elsinore [Band]
Scarecrow Adams Elsinore Remix
Ryan Groff (EP35)
Planned Parenthood
The Accord [Venue]
The Charming Beggars [Band]
The Martyrs [Band]
Crestone, CO
Burning Man
Kuaui, HI
 

Bonus Episode 11: "Living Room" - Music in the time of Coronavirus - Kenna from EP13

CW: mental health and dying
Even in the middle of a pandemic, music is still happening and being recorded.  Sven zooms with former guest Kenna Mae from EP13 about their new Sweetmelk EP: "Living Room"
Check out now and buy yourself a copy and check out the Sweetmelk SWEATSHIRTS!
Or as I like to call them SWEETSHIRTS!

Episode 59 - Kyle Lang of Special Death "Remember"

Sven zooms with Kyle Lang of Special Death about his song "Remember" off of his self-titled EP: "Special Death" We talk about the reissue on vinyl of Easter's "Demonstration" EP on Beloved Records, favorite house venues in CU, and Kyle's favorite non-muisical thing(s).
SONG: Remember
ALBUM: Special Death
BANDS: Pontow, Well Read Devils, Nunpuncher, Easter, Adult Books, The Tyrants, Need, Special Death
Favorite Treat: Chocolate chip cookies without the chocolate chips
Photo Credit:  Josh Karlson
 
REFS:
NNAMDÏ
ThrashKitten
Ratboys
Sean Neumann (EP5)
Jupiter Styles
Terror House [Venue]
Error House [Venue]
Dan Aykroyd's House [Venue]
Dumb Records
Weekend Nachos [Band]
Wabeano Rock Farm [Band]
Sweettooth [Band]
Belleville, IL
Easter [Band]
Beloved Records
"Demonstration EP"
Oak Forest, IL
Garfield's Garden [Venue]
Rat King Records
Dude Ranch [Venue]

Episode 58 Cara Maurizi of Linea Crux "Twist and Turn"

Sven zooms with Cara Maurizi of Linea Crux to talk about her song "Twist & Turn" off of the album "Stronghold." We talk about working in the studio to bring new life to her songs, where the name "Linea Crux came from, and maybe even what her favorite color is...
SONG: Twist & Turn
ALBUM: Stronghold
BANDS: Linea Crux, Backup singer with Slick Lisp, and Modern Drugs
Favorite Treat: All baked goods, Espresso, Coffee Tea, whiskey, wine, and really good beer
Photo Credit:  Della Perrone
REFS:
Ryan Groff (EP35)
Perennial Sound Studio
Audio Compression
EQ (Equalization) [Video]
Brian Wilson
Wall of Sound
Linnea (Flower)
Moons of Neptune
Opera
Highdive [RIP]
Seven Saints
Mike n' Molly's
Pour Bros. Craft Taproom Champaign
Elsinore
Brandon T. Washington
Mike Ingram
Ci La Cole (EP46)
New Souls
Tera Terra [Band] (EP41)
Milford Men [Band] (EP35)
Modern Drugs [Band] (EP35)
Galesburg, IL
Prairie Players
The Station Theatre
Parkland Theater
CUTC
Pens to Lens
The Double Machine [video]
Taste of Champaign
West Side Park
Greycoats [Band]
Common Loon [Band]
Color Theory
"Use What You Have Decorating" [Book]

Episode 57 Jarrel Young "Doin' To Me"

In this episode Sven zooms with Jarrel Young to talk about his song "Doin To Me," off the album "I'd Be Mad Too..." the CU music scene, and his two favorite non-musical things.
SONG: Doin To Me
ALBUM: I’d Be Mad Too…
BANDS: Live band: Misfit Music
Favorite Treat: Spring Water, Assorted Herbal Tea and chips, preferably plain ruffles.
Photo Credit:  Boots Howard
 
REFS:
Doin To Me [Video]
H.Kal-El.
THEGR8THINKAZ
Hook
Cowboy Monkey [Venue] RIP
The Canopy Club [Venue]
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony
Eclipse Studios
Charlie Wilson
Boyz II Men
Montana of 300
Luyando Boxing & Fitness