S14E3: That’s What She Said-Canyon White
We are back with folkin’ funny lady Canyon White!
After a lengthy discussion about colonoscopies and cheeseburgers, we dive right into catching up with this longtime northern Nevada musical nomad, and friend of the show.
Canyon always has a full schedule including hosting open mic sessions, radio shows and acoustic performances.
She is embarking on her One Hit Wonder tour and living 2024 with un-resolutions. Canyon is a lot of fun, and we wish her well in her future endeavors, perhaps including a children’s book and album? We think she’d be great at it.
You can find Canyon White on Facebook, Spotify and other streaming platforms.
Life is short and we love you.
Thanks for listening!
S14E2: Death Means Profit: High Desert Crust Punks
Howdy Reno neighbors and neighborenos! We are back with a fresh new band to meet and explore.
It’s 2024 and the young folks are still punk rocking for the betterment of mankind and for the sheer fun, absurdity and love of it all. These antiwar, pro equality anarcho-punx, Death Means Profit are comprised of Lilith vox, Gwen guitar, Silly bass, and Colin drums. They all hail from different regions of northern Nevada and 3/4 are graduating high school this year.
They bring the youthful exuberance and primal kick in the pants the music scene always needs. It’s got a skate punk vibe with the spirit of both English punk, like Subhumans and SoCal hardcore like the Germs. It’s a chaotic underground sound, short songs with a ton of progressive angst. Total freedom to do whatever they want, all making for a wild spontaneous and unpredictable live performance.
Their next appearance will be at the Reno Punk Rock Flea Markets next event. Punk Rock Prom? More on that later from our very own Kadillac Kim, who met Death Means Profit at Neutral Ground at the Holland Project and we just want to thank her for booking the band this week. Kim rules!
Thank you worst little listeners.
Life is short and we love you.
#536 S14 E1 Hardcore ‘24: The Latest Fashion
Welcome back and happy new year! Season 14 kicks off with the hardcore metal act The Latest Fashion!
With local luminaries in the Reno music scene, Chris Tuffino on drums, Benjamin Tyler Brown on bass, Tony Jensen on guitar, Corey Nuckolls also on guitar, and Jeremy Granata bringing the monster vocals. They’re all amazing musicians from other notable bands like Twelve Gauge Facelift, Vampirates, In This Moment and Fervence, just to name a few. They’re like a Reno hardcore super group!
Super tight, super heavy and super rocking. You can tell they all love and enjoy performing with each other. They have genuine chemistry and they’re funny! We had a blast getting to know them and their music, live!
YOU can catch them live, January 20th at Virginia Street Brewhouse opening for Fear Factory, with Cyanate and Orbit Culture. Check in with them on Facebook and Instagram.
It’s great to be back with you worst little listeners. Thanks for 13 fabulous seasons and here’s to another round in 2024! Let the games begin!
#535 S13E43 The X-Mas Files 2023
Join us for aur annual holiday episode and WLP Season 13 finale!
It’s family, friends, kids and chaos.
We’ve got a Robert Earl Keen Christmas song from our buddy Breck Lee Durham (Trouble Show), a big cast that dwindles as we go, a few Christmas wishes, crying children, the Elvis story, therapy talk and a festive closing number by Last One Down.
An action packed tradition, drawing us to a close for 2023.
We hope your holidays are full of love and light.
See you in January for our season 14 premiere with The Latest Fashion!
Thanks for listening. We love you.
S13E42-Nick’s Mix: They Say It’s Your Birthday!
It’s an OG WLP this week with all original hosts including Chewie, gathering in celebration of our Sagittarians, Rory, Nick and Rick, winding down season 13 and looking forward to the annual Xmas finale episode, a nice little break and our Season 14 premiere!
Music provided by One Ton Dually (w/Reverend Rory!), Roxxy Collie, Glitter Bats, Liver Scars, Phat Couch and Gunshot Licker, all featuring our host Nick, on drums or bass. Yeah, a little self-indulgent, but hey, it’s his birthday.
Yep, smack dab betwixt Rory and Dogwater Dicks birthdays is Nicks birthday. So, we thought it would be fun to celebrate with you dear listeners.
Enjoy these old men recapping Reverend Rory’s birthday Roast, tales of Reno music lore and pre internet debauchery.
Life is short and we love you!
Thanks for listening.
Triflin’ Bitches: The Bitches Curse
All dressed up and ready to go but wouldn’t you know it, as usual the Triflin’ Bitches LIVE episode was not to be. First it was Covid a couple years back, forcing a zoom episode, then another unexpected drama with a band member breaking up right before their next appearance, leading to a lackluster episode with bad Cure covers, and finally, today’s show was to be their live triumphant return with full band, and new songs, but of course the band’s luck is hard and after a house fire and a car wreck, only half of the Bitches were able to make it. No one died or was injured, thank goodness.
You’ll have to listen for more on that.
What we do get is a humble visit with Scott Sherwood the bassist and Logan Bongiovani, lead Bitch on guitar and vocals. Logan is also the main songwriter /self-professed thief, inspired by pop culture, unapologetically lifting lyrics, melodies and sometimes even riffs from music, comedy and movies, to create something new.
With John Frederick on keyboards and Scott Hauder on drums, the newest recordings from our very own Dogwater Studios are fantastic. Pop punk, hard living, humor, horror and gothic vibes blend for a cool unique production.
We had a blast catching up with these longtime friends.
Speaking of longtime friends, our leader on indefinite hiatus, Thee Reverend Rory Dowd is celebrating his 50th revolution around the sun with a Roast! Sure to be delicious! Music and comedy at the Cellar stage at Alturas bar Friday December 8th. Come on out and celebrate with us, we’d love to see you!
Thanks to the Triflin’ Bitches, someday we’ll get you live.
And a big thank you to our dear listeners.
Life is short and we love you. Good night bitches!
S13E40-Vakker: Black Gaze
Our WLP correspondent Sophia Shortz does it again with an excellent booking for the show. New black metal shoe gaze group Vakker, with Ryan on drums, Chris on guitar, Noah on bass and Erin throwing down the vocals.
It was a great hang where we get a little history, and tracks currently titled Roman numerals I, II & III from their demo session with recent WLP guest, Tony Ashworth of ToneMark Sounds and doom stoner metal outfit KANAWHA.
The black metal influence is definitely there but the music has hints of Fugazi, and Deftones. These tracks are all long and epic with samples that set the tone of life and death, loss and grief. Heavy stuff, dark but really interesting and unique.
We found the band to be charming, intelligent, professional but not uptight, goal oriented and driven.
We have a quick round of the worst little quiz and find out who eats burgers, who frequents convenient stores and who had decent middle school experiences. You can see Vakker live January 20th with The Scattering and Heterophobia at the Cellar at Alturas.
All in all another fantastic episode of the worst little podcast in the world.
Life is short and we love you.
Thanks for listening!
S13E39 Thanks For Listening To Chewie’s Mix Tape (NSFW)
Kadillac Kim, Anna Mouse, Amy Lee, Nick, Chewie and Dogwater Dick all got together for a very special WLP Thanksgiving episode with music curated by Chewie! (Also known as Josh Martin.)
Our dear friend and co host has created a fun, totally not safe for work mixtape from his collection of music by touring bands that he discovered while employed as a doorman in the late nineties and early two thousands. We get highly entertaining tracks from The Elvi, The Gluey Brothers, Brian Kenney Fresno, Wesley Willis, and Grand Buffet.
Although we missed Rev Rory, we are all looking forward to seeing him for his 50th birthday Roast! Dec. 8 at Alturas.
We had a feast, a lot of laughs, some tears and a whole lotta love this week. We’re all very thankful for our families, each other, our wonderful guests and for you dear listeners.
Our hearts and thoughts are with Josh and his family, as he shares the passing of his mother. We love you Chewie.
From all of us here on WLP,
we hope you have a warm and loving holiday with family and friends. We definitely did. Be good to each other and support to local music!
S13E37 Blunderbusst: Magic Busst!
Join us this week as we journey into the mind and heart of the magic making duo known as Blunderbusst (and sometimes noise vessel Wizard Colors).
Songwriter Jen Scaffidi sings vocals and plays guitar, holding down rhythm and melodies joined by the soundscapes and otherworldly guitar vibes of Carson Cessna.
Blunderbusst is a unique band of many configurations. Always producing dreamy, intricate pieces with intriguing lyrics, interesting guitar work and Jens beautiful voice. Sweet with a childlike innocence, very playful and sometimes sultrier. Though we did miss drummer Carolyn Gates beats, on hiatus while she’s off doing rad things, Blunderbusst is still as powerful and fun to listen to. We just love the heck out of them.
We also celebrate the graduation of our faithful intern “Lee”, Jen’s sister, and half of the tribute band Tenacious Double D, Amy Scaffidi!
We’re stoked and proud to have her join the WLP cast as an official associate producer and cohost of the show.
This weekend our very own Kadillac Kim and her cohorts with the Reno Punk Rock Flea Market are throwing their annual holiday event, Fleas the Season, at the Neil Road Rec Center. Get some holiday shopping done and rock out with a bunch of great bands. All ages. Definitely one of the best events of the year. Don’t miss out!
You can find Blunderbusst on all the usual platforms, and at blunderbusst.com.
Life is short, rock out more often. Thanks for listening.
S13E36 Rigorous Proof: Boys To Men
Johnny Bailey on guitar and lead vox, Adam Landis (also from Greg Gilmore and the Fever Dreams) on keys and vox, Jake Cactus (also from the punk band Heterophobia) keeping the beat, and Bailey’s musical life mate Jesse Gaddis on bass.
From middle school roots to becoming the Madorians when we first met them, to over a decade as Rigorous Proof, these psychedelic garage rockers tear it up with experience, precision and passion. Not to mention they’re all cool.
Their songs have grown and matured from a rougher aggressive pop style to a soaring broad cinematic sound. Great songs with hooks, intellect, and harmony. They’d be great with old sixties acts like the Zombies, or with modern acts like the Black Keys or Muse, Johnnys favorite band. The proof is in their sonic ear pudding.
We ate it up. Besides their history, we talked about their future, including a new full album and subsequent tour.
Rock and roll is alive and well in Reno. We got the proof! Catch them at the Cypress music hall this Friday with Red Leather, sure to be a good trip.
We’re grateful for our longtime friends hanging out with us on the show this week and we appreciate you listening. Thanks buddies! Life is short and we love you!