Issue Oriented Podcast is about as top notch as punk rock podcasts could possibly be, and we are incredibly stoked to be checking out a new episode this week. This time around, Ronen sat down with Mike Hale of In The Red for a fascinating interview that covers a lot of touching, personal issues. The audio’s a bit hairy due to a corrupted computer file, but hey, this is punk rock.

The entire episode, as well as other past episodes, can be streamed here.

The episode also features an in-depth interview with Propagandhi and tight jams from Bridge & Tunnel. Party on, New Jersey.

TCSG (Thunderclap Supergenius) has recently launched a Vimeo page and posted 6 videos from Tim Barry, Austin Lucas, and Josh Small that were filmed at an intimate session in LA while the three were on tour together. The videos are great! They look amazing, sound fantastic, and few of the songs have never been released.

Thunderclap Supergenius is a directing team comprised of Mario D. Framingheddu and Kyle Walling. Their music video directing credits include Six Feet Under, Off With Their Heads, One Small Step For Landmines, and Madison Bloodbath, among others. Their new show, TCSG, was created out of too much free time due to an awesome economy, and what they felt was a need for promotional video content for the musicians that they are fans of. TCSG is simple. Intimate performances shot on location. One Camera. One Mic. One Take. That’s it.

Austin Lucas recently released “Somebody Loves You” care of Suburban Home Records.

Tim Barry, Austin Lucas, Josh Small Upcoming Tour Dates:
3/26/2009 St. Louis, MO @ Off Broadway
3/27/2009 Louisville, KY @ Skull Alley
3/28/2009 Covington, KY @ Molly Malone’s Irish Pub
3/29/2009 Roanoke, VA @ The Water Heater
4/9/2009 Washington, DC @ Black Cat Backstage
4/11/2009 Pittsburg, PA @ 31st Street Pub
4/16/2009 Chicago, IL @ Reggie’s Rock Club
4/17/2009 Hamtramck, MI @ Smalls
4/19/2009 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
4/22/2009 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East Upstairs
4/24/2009 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
4/25/2009 Richmond, VA @ Downstairs Lounge at Canal Club

Somebody Loves You

A huge congratulations are in order to our buddy Austin Lucas, who’s new record “Somebody Loves You” snagged a spot at #7 this week on Billboard’s Top Current Bluegrass/Folk Charts. The record comes via Suburban Home Records, and we are really proud to see a great independent label breaking into the Billboard Charts.

While taking a break from tour to work on some new material, Richmond’s The Riot Before teamed up with buddy Dave O’Dell to shoot a video for the song “We Are Wild Stallions” off last year’s “Fists Buried in Pockets” on Say-10 Records. Check it out over on Vimeo:

The Riot Before – “We Are Wild Stallions”

The Riot Before will be touring the United States in April and then heading across the pond for a European trek from April 30th – May 15th. Dates are available over on their myspace page.