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This week we had the pleasure of finally meeting the Quincy, California band NIGHTBRAIN. We first heard of this killer band a few months ago when we interviewed It’s Not Cute Anymore, also from nearby Northern California, then again when The Sand Gators were on, a band Alex, NIGHTBRAIN’s keyboard player also plays in.
The buildup was genuinely deserved.
With vocalist Suzanne’s beautiful voice, Alex’s brilliant keys, Nathan’s gorgeous guitar, Emanuel’s tight grooves on drums, and Chris masterfully thumping the bass, NIGHTBRAIN has a big, full, funky, jazzy, and sexy 70’s retro sound.
Not only are they tight as musicians but they’re also lifelong high school friends, two sets of brothers, who have played music most of their lives. Suzanne from neighboring Westwood Ca. joined the brothers a couple years back, bringing her years of vocal training, including opera, to the band.
They’re young, highly skilled players offering new music with a throwback lounge vibe. Emanuel says it’s music for the booty and the brain. Truth.
We absolutely loved having them join us at Dogwater Studios.
We packed the episode with music and skipped the quiz. Kadillac Kim has some show recommendations and Nick reminds everyone to save the date for Marianarchy XXI coming up December 6th.
You can find NIGHTBRAIN at nightbrainmusic.com and on all the usual socials and streams. You can catch them live in Reno on New Year’s Eve w/ The Sand Gators at Cypress Music Hall. Ring in the new year by dancing your ass off!
Life is short and we love you. Thanks for listening.
This week we welcome back Crypilians, a punk rock trio who is fast, tight and a total kick in the ass. High energy with a purist heart, straight up authentic punk. The band has gone through many different iterations but the latest trio of Lanny on vocals and guitar, who is the visionary and songwriter for the band, with Greg on bass and Craigslist find Jake on drums. All three are very talented musicians who play with precision and genuinely care about their performances. Having fun is also what it’s all about.
We get a bunch of songs, live in studio, play a round of the worst little quiz and get the 411 on Cryptilians upcoming shows including
11/23 @VSB with Teenage Bottlerocket, FEA! and Sam Russo.
We had a blast rocking out with Cryptilians, you will too.
Life is short and we love you.
We were stoked to welcome back one of our absolute favorite groups, Heterophobia! With Jace, guitarist & vocals, Bread (Brett) the bassist and Master Cactus killing the drums.
Their sound feels like frantic melodic post punk rock with emotion. Jace has a passionate strong yet fragile vocal quality with intelligent lyrics and skillful creative technical guitar work, while Bread’s bass weaves a complimentary, yet differing line as opposed to just following the root notes, combined with Cactus’s solid and intricate beats Heterophobia has a unique, distinctive sound that’s all their own.
Of course, with a name like Heterophobia they’re loud and proud queer punks with charm, humor, and camaraderie, that would explain being together for a decade with no sign of slowing down. They’re tight and hangout with each other outside of the band. That’s rad.
They’re celebrating their ten-year anniversary this Friday at the Alpine with Donkey Jaw, Vakker and newbies Flicker & Fade. Music starts at 8pm. All Ages!
We enjoy a bunch of tunes and talk about all kinds of stuff including movies, pizza guys, thanksgiving and funeral potatoes!
You can find Heterophobia on all the platforms and socials.
Happy Aluminum Anniversary fellas!
Life is short and we love you!
Thanks for listening!
This week we have the brand new “fake” band Hardcore Brunch. They say that because they just joined forces and each take turns doing solo songs and have a few where they all play together. While they each shine individually, magic happens when they’re functioning as a band. Argyle plays the omnichord and sings. Sue plays guitar and sings. Haley also plays guitar, the cajon box drum and sings as well.
Their songs are uniquely thoughtful, sometimes deep and often hilarious. It’s official y’all, Hardcore Brunch has rehearsed,been documented on the Worst Little Podcast, and have been selected by thee Spike McGuire to play a festival, you are a real band.
Jamie from the Brewery Arts Center joins us to give us details on the aforementioned festival coming up this Saturday in Carson City.
Nevada Pride A Capital City Celebration is the continuation of the Sassabration fest started at Sassafras restaurant and now hosted at the Brewery Arts Center. With an huge outdoor stage and black box theater stage, vendors, community outreach and donkey rides?!? Holy shit!
Here’s a flyer with the stacked lineup and set times.
We have a full house of laughter, chaos and love in store for you folks.
All that and more right here, this week on the five time first place local podcast returning champs according to the Reno News and Reviews’ Best of Northern Nevada poll 2025, the Worst Little Podcast in the World!
Thanks for being you, and thanks for listening.
This week we rock out with Failed Fates a kickass band blending hardcore punk and doom metal. Madi plays rhythm guitar, Tom with guitar and screams, Eric on drums and newest member Michael on bass.
Reporting on the mucky muck of life. Reflections of a dark twisted society. Both punk and metal but not necessarily thrash. It’s unique and we really dig it here at the podcast.
We learn origins of Failed Fates and listen to several tracks from their self-titled debut album.
They are playing out a lot in the Reno metal and punk scene and are on all the platforms and streams services. We discuss local events like the recent concert at UNR for Hot August Nights, ballon races and their landing in Dick’s front yard, and that thing in the desert getting rained out.
Join us for some hard and heavy music from authentic funny dudes. Another great episode.
Thanks for listening.
We’re back everyone! We have a real treat for you this week. Guitar shredder, singer songwriter and WLP’s first intern Spencer Kilpatrick and the Sand Gators are live in the Dogwater studios. With his gal pal Dani on second guitar and backing vocals, Ivan on bass, Alex on keyboard, Zack on drums, and Rachel on saxophone, backing vocals and a very well taken care of tambourine, the Sand Gators are a team of talented musicians.
Their music is rocking in a funky sonic soul revival kinda way that makes you shake your ass and lose yourself in the sound.
Wonderful soulful garage rock that would kill at rock clubs but also a band that swims in the sound with dreamy interludes akin to Pink Floyd and Morphine that could appeal to jam band fans. Hell, even bluegrass and country music listeners would dig the power of Spencer’s vocals and the groove and precision of all the players. They’re definitely a group with broad appeal.
We had a blast hanging with old friends and a couple new ones! Yes WLP virgins were here so we ripped through a hilarious edition of the worst little quiz.
They are on all the social media platforms and will be in Reno for the Off Beat Music Festival!
Nick plugs his upcoming back-to-back shows and an upcoming punk fest in Carson.
Thanks for the rad hang, Sand Gators!
Thanks for the tunes, Spencer, so great to catch up with your talented ass!
OMG you guys. Holy guacamole batman… it’s the return of the band formerly known as The Shames!! That’s right folks Scaught (also bass player for Elephant Rifle) on drums, Penny on guitar and vocals and Mikie on bass and vocals live at the Dogwater studios! With their new music and new band NOSEBONE !
We hear several brand spanking new songs and one blast from the past.
The band gives us the skinny on what lead to the new direction and the podcasts history with the ladies from The Shames a beloved Reno punk band.
It was great to catch up with a full house of hosts (including Thee Reverend Rory Dowd!) and guests. Ricks sister Gina is a big WLP fan and was with us live in studio to experience an episode being created. She picked a great week to do so. The Shames were the first music played on the podcast way back on episode two, so this our 603rd really felt full circle.
We skip the quiz in favor of music and get some upcoming shows in Reno and where you can catch NOSEBONE playing their first show in October. They are newly on Instagram @nosebonereno .
We had a blast and are completely stoked for this power trio of rockers and the future of the mighty NOSEBONE.
It’s our 600th episode!
To celebrate we had a party with our friends, Manchild Greg Gilmore, Spike McGuire, Roxxy Collie, the Grimtones, Larry Cooper, Glitter Bats, CandyApple&theRazorblades, Michael Tegio and good old uncle Nick!
Ten different live acts in one episode. What could possibly go wrong?
This was an amazing show and we want to thank everyone who played, everyone on the sound team, lord Stryse, thee reverend Rory, our hosts and guest hosts, interns past and present , and you dear listeners, thanks for listening. My apologies for not getting more pictures of everyone.
Fifteen seasons and 600 episodes! We love what we’ve accomplished and look forward to bringing you more Worst Little Podcasts for as long as the fates allow.
Folky ska loving singer songwriter Luke Knudsen closes out our 500’s with an intimate live acoustic performance of songs from 7 years of recording with Dogwater Dick. Yet to play out, save a few open mic performances, Meta For The Metaphor is sharp funny sometimes complex with clever word play and playful tunes that truly entertain.
We enjoy Meta’s journey from childhood to finally making it to our podcast at Ricks urging.
Luke is intelligent and funny, so of course the worst little quiz was a hoot.
So join Nick, Rick, Chewie and patch certified new cohost Patrick as we get to know Meta For The Metaphor aka Luke Knudsen. Great hang.
Luke Knudsen Meta for the Metaphor bandcamp: metaftm.bandcamp.com Bluesky: @metaftm.bsky.social Meta for the Metaphor & In Silhouette are streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.
Luke Knudsen
Meta for the Metaphor
bandcamp: metaftm.bandcamp.com
Bluesky: @metaftm.bsky.social
Meta for the Metaphor & In Silhouette are streaming on Spotify and Apple Music.
Right before heading to the Dogwater studios for the recording of this week’s episode my wife asks me “who is on tonight?”. I say ViceGrip. She replies,”they sound tight.” She’s the funniest person I know. Love you baby. When I came home I was pleased to tell her they were indeed tight. With Matt on bass, Jonny on guitar and lead vocals, Ryan on guitar and Craig on drums, ViceGrip rip.
They seem to combine funky jams and outlaw rock with funny story songs with late seventies vibes a dual lead guitar sound that is jam-tastic. This particular iteration of players began five years ago North shore Lake Tahoe/Truckee area and recently hitting the Reno scene .
Ryan and Matt are brothers and have been friends with Craig and Jonny for years. They definitely have that kind of brotherly chemistry and are a hoot to hang out with. We had a great time listening to the jams live and getting to know them via the worst little quiz. A great one for sure. The middle school question was hit out of the park so to speak. Rad hang dudes. Maybe from Tahoe but Reno af and hella tight!
You can catch up with ViceGrip at wearevicegrip.com as well as Facebook and @wearevicegrip on Instagram. They released 3 new tunes on the fourth of July so hit all the platforms for that.
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