Diamond Inn

Episode 25 - Kentucky Derby Con Man

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 00:00:00 -0500

We’re back at the Inn. It’s the pivotal episode 25, & it’s all about the hang. This is the story of our band, man. So stay up late, dive into the pool, & try to follow along to the tall tale that is the Kentucky Derby Con Man. Love Y’all!

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Episode 24 - The Dreaded Laramie

Mon, 04 Mar 2024 07:00:00 -0600

YOLO, it’s the year of the dragon, and The Diamond Inn has once again opened its doors for 2024. We’re ecstatic to welcome our first guests in this new year, The Dreaded Laramie. They’re a Nashville power pop-indie band that has been forging their way forward through the vast tundra of DIY poppy, punky rock & roll. They graciously spent some time sharing their story about how they met and decided to start creating contagiously sugary sweet music together. It’s all about joy in this one so, If you happen to be feeling tired after the long day, check in, kick back, and as always enjoy your stay!

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Episode 23 - frau

Tue, 31 Oct 2023 19:00:00 -0500

Matt had to call out sick so Eric was flying Solo in episode 23. Although missing his jolly banter, It was still an awesome conversation with the exciting electro-pop/ indie NYC artist, frau. We had a nice talk about her early roots that sprouted through singing in choirs, & how those experiences lead to a more creative spark. We covered many things from her early opportunities being featured on a kids bop EP that was included with a happy meal in the 2000’s, to the more fully formed project & art that she spend’s her precious time on these days. Tune in & learn about the detailed insight into the ideas behind frau’s music & lyrics. It was clear that she spends a lot of time thinking about her creative endeavors, & it shows in the quality of music & unique merch that she put’s out into the world. So, please enjoy as we have yet another awesome guest check into The Diamond Inn.

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Episode 22 - Sundots

Tue, 12 Sep 2023 00:00:00 -0500

Make some noise! Episode 22 is all about Drew of Sundots, the Pennsylvania experimental indie folk bedroom project that is easy to gauge the time, passion, & energy he has spent on it. Matt & Eric were fascinated to learn the history of Drew’s creative nature. He is an inspired soul that champion’s the projects he finds interesting, as he gives plenty of praise to music & artists he has discovered over time. Also refreshingly, he made us realize the importance of being a fan of your own music, whether other people share that sentiment or not. We all get to gush a bit on our mutual admiration for many bands including Melaina Kol, in which touring with them was a direct inspiration for Drew to start writing & recording his own songs. The Diamond Inn boys also have a great time messing around with a few of Matt’s pedals to create some different conversational vibes in this one. Dig Drew’s collection of unconventional musical instruments. There is a spontaneous collaboration where Drew has an improvisational melodica solo. Check in to the INN, because you know, YOLO.

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Episode 21 - Brian Judkins

Fri, 25 Aug 2023 13:00:00 -0500

It’s all ambience in episode 21 with a very calm & collected influential buddy of Matt’s, Brian Judkins of the now retired post rock instrumental Nashville band, Trabant. Who in their heyday in the 00’s got to play some local gigs with early ensembles of Explosions in the Sky, Her Space Holiday, & Emery Reel. Brian took some time on a Friday night to talk to us about the ups & downs of playing Independent music in Nashville back in that time. We all discuss the plethora of music & art that inspires us to create. Brian also talks about how it feels to listen back to the music he & his buds created years ago. He shout’s out to his talented son Wesley Judkins & we get to talk about the many awesome projects that little dude already has momentum for. So, stick around & vibe out at the forever experimental, Diamond Inn!

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Episode 20 - Midnight High

Tue, 25 Jul 2023 21:00:00 -0500

It’s episode 20 & this week we caught up with Nik & Luke of the dreamy indie power-pop band, Midnight High. We were so stoked to hang with these sweet southwestern transplants as they retold their journey with the wind that carried them from the dusty, golden desert all the way to the magical pacific northwestern city of Seattle, WA. Our conversation was gifted with plenty of laughs as we discussed mutual loves & appreciations for 80’s synth music & Sci-FI soundtracks. We get into their personal histories with early bands & how that shaped the direction for their musical adventures of today. Listen & enjoy as these two graciously shed light on local scenes & sounds of the present, past, & future as they paint pictures of the vibes that inspire them to keep on creating. We talk synths, we talk keys, & all kinds of radness in between! So tune in, veg out, & as always have a great time! Y O L O.

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Episode 19 - Stone Deep

Fri, 07 Jul 2023 06:00:00 -0500

Gas up your Toyota Camry’s & get ready for a smooth ride with David Howard, the radical drummer of Nashville’s OG Indie rap rock group, Stone Deep. We caught up with David as he was hangin’ out on a Friday night, & he graciously spent some time sharing his experience with the band which originally formed in Nashville back in the 80’s! Ride along on this road trip as David recollects some of the fascinating history behind this monumental indie band that cut their teeth in the Southeast & beyond back when bands were trading cassettes to check out each other’s latest creations. Some would say those were the glory days of being a connoisseur of music consumption. David is a champion for creative energy, & that shows through the conversation we were lucky enough to have with him. So check in once again & get ready to laugh, cry, & catch a rhyme at the Diamond Inn.

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Episode 18 - Pat Casem

Thu, 18 May 2023 21:00:00 -0500

Yo Yo YOLO! Check into the Diamond Inn once again for another hang sesh, this time with another one of Eric’s long lost New Mexico friends from the days of dirty skateboards & heart broken punk rock emo songs. This one’s all over the place, but what isn’t these days? This episode spotlight’s Pat Casem, a true blue desert dwellin’ rad artist on a skateboard. Follow along as we talk to Pat about how his creative energy started, the places it has taken him, & where he continues to go with that spark. Listen to him shred around his indoor skate park that he built with his very own hands! He also talks about his own podcast, orange curb podcast and musical projects that he has been sending out into the vastness of the internet over the past years. This is a real one, everyone. Please enjoy!

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Episode 17 - Maiden Mother Crone

Thu, 06 Apr 2023 19:00:00 -0500

Stop on by & hang out at the Diamond Inn Studios with Wesley Suttle & Greg Dowling of the Alternative Shoegaze Nashville 4 piece Maiden Mother Crone. It’s Matt & Eric’s first live interview, & it was a wild & wonderful time! Listen in to hear what years of explosive drumming, washed out dreamy riffs, poetic lyrics, pizza, & cold beers have done to the minds of 4 men on a quest to share the array of feelings this life brings upon us all. We start this journey with Greg recollecting one of the most epic dream descriptions this pod has heard to date. Wesley’s smooth operator radio voice then continues to steer us thorough the riptide of our insane conversations to describe this awesome band’s lifespan thus far. Hilarity will ensue!

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Episode 16 - Racecars

Sun, 26 Feb 2023 14:00:00 -0600

ZOOM ZOOM, VROOM VROOM! It's season 2, y'all! Join us in welcoming this grand year of 2023 with our new buds RACECARS, Murfreesboro power pop punk indie dudes that are as chill as they are rowdy rockers! Tanner (Vox/Guitar) and Jake (Drums) kindly took an hour out of their Friday night to sit and chat with the Diamond Inn. Listen in as they share some medicinally induced vivid dream descriptions. Also, the adventures they’ve have experienced on the road to Nashville to live out their very real rock & roll dreams. If you can hang in there, you’ll get a glimpse of the bassist Johnny’s pedal board! RIP # 3! Tanner pays respect to his idol, Fred Durst.

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Episode 15 - Andrew Martinez

Thu, 08 Dec 2022 22:00:00 -0600

It’s been a hell of year, friends. So, check in to the Diamond Inn to wind down 2022 with another one of Eric’s New Mexican homies. We had a blast talking to Andrew Martinez, who happens to be 1 of 10 talented artists that just won this years PBR art can contest! Join us and hear all about Andrew’s approach to music, graphic design, working on new projects, special projects of the past, his BFF’s, and the journey he has been on since this world has flipped upside down in March O’ 2020. Celebrate good times with a dude that knows how to put together one meaningful house party! Featuring some music of Andrew & co’s 2014 Las Cruces Alt/ Indie band, Decade of the Dead Arcade. Grab a beer, cheers!

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Episode 14 - Have a Rad Day

Sat, 05 Nov 2022 17:00:00 -0500

Catch a weekend wave at the Diamond Inn as we beam down & chat with Thomas Sweat of the East Nashville party pop punkers, Have a Rad Day. Luckily, we caught up with Thomas before he headed out to a Halloween rager dressed up as Argyle from Stranger Things. Chill out as he gives a brief history into his band born out of the Mississippi mud & then sludged it up north to land smack-dab in Riff City! Learn some first hand insight into another side of the Nashville DIY scene.
Listen in & dig the positive point of view Thomas takes on a city that keeps rapidly evolving into the future of cool. We discuss some sweet past & present venues around town, & the wild times that go along with ‘em. We all unabashedly claim big love for downtown & lower broad. Some festive spookiness ensues. Aliens Exist! Tis the season, so dress up, get HARD, hop on a party bus, & come out Gucci Boot Goofin’ with us!

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Episode 13 - Brantwood

Sun, 23 Oct 2022 14:00:00 -0500

Happy YOLOWEEN y’all! Although Eric starts out confused, this is indeed episode lucky #13. Just in time for the spookiest of seasons! The KDCM boys facetime drop right in the middle of an early evening chill sesh between Liam & Husam of the experimental indie garage rockers, Brantwood. One-half of Brant is hungry, buzzed, & willing to tell it all! The dudes start off by bravely revisiting some gnarly, violent nightmares that have been haunting them since the moment they materialized in their subconscious minds. In classic fashion, Brantwood shares sweet stories of the origins of this project that they & their best buds have practically grown up creating in. From their humble butt rock bar beginnings in the out skirts of Chicago, to the more fully formed Indie-garage -dare I say- psychedelic sound-waves sent out all around middle TN. Husam & Liam also give insight into the budding local DIY scene that has been evolving in this area for the past couple of years. What’s the limit on how many times the names Paul Simon & Art Garfunkel can be said out loud? We will test that limit! Lay back, vape up, & enjoy this candid conversation we had with the mighty ducks of lo-fi rock & roll, the boy’s bringin’ back the early oughts of college rock.

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Episode 12 - Wulven

Sun, 25 Sep 2022 16:00:00 -0500

It was a symphony of nocturnal bugs chirping along to the calm and kind vibes of Coleman from Wulven in episode #12. He illustrates to us his unique music starting back from his days of a low-fi sad boy to the more fully formed shoegaze project it is these days. Matt talks about what his album covers remind him of.
Hear the insight on one of the hottest house shows that happened in Nashville, TN in the midst of a freak heat dome. Eric’s describes to Coleman how he defines Wulven’s music. Naturally, we discuss our inspirations throughout the Spotify algorithm that caters to our existence. That unforgiving threshold of Spotify. “If you die, you don’t get dollar.”-Matt P. We talk about the immense joy of playing music live. Y O L O.

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Episode 11 - Melaina Kol

Sun, 04 Sep 2022 21:00:00 -0500

Join us as we hop online & locate Logan of Melaina Kol cruising the unpredictable streets of GTA. Just a man on a mission. He kindly invites us into his Ocelot Pariah & we commence on a wonderful conversation of mind boggling nightmares, the dark web, humble beginnings, early inspiring indie bands, & more positively influential piano teachers. Logan describes the ins & outs of whats cool about the blissful ignorance of early music making. Also, hear the amazing story behind the artwork of Melaina Kol & NGC4414’s split, “Apology to the Body.” It involves Matt’s mom raising what was probably Tennessee’s tallest cactus in the late 90’s! We learn about what Melaina Kol means. Logan sneezes twice. Matt gives Eric a little scare regarding his bowl of Lucky Charms he had that morning. Matt puts a VHS on for Eric that has a preview of the 2001 classic Chris Kattan quirk comedy, Corky Romano. An impressive 7% on rotten tomatoes. Plug in a controller & chill with us friends.

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Episode 10 - Jake Kroll

Sun, 17 Jul 2022 23:00:00 -0500

We’re back into it in episode 10 with murfreesboro’s slickest, sweetest indie goth punk, Jake Kroll! Come along on this sound trip as Jake describes his impressively rad guitar collection/ border line obsession. He shares details on some of the guitar experiments he has conducted, you may even learn something worth noting if that’s what you fancy. We get to talk about where & how he started, & how he makes some of his sparkly sad toe-tappin’ tunes. We talk about murfreesboro’s exciting DIY punk scene that still thrives amongst the waves of this pandemic. Listen to this talented dude share his stories of making & performing music, & the big love he shows for his many creative friends that do the same. Do yourself a favor & don’t sleep on this dream core!

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Episode 9 - Simeon Beardsley

Tue, 17 May 2022 06:00:00 -0500

Grab your gear, hop in the van outta Sorrytown, & join our conversation with the ever creative captain of the road, Simeon Beardsley. We cover much that has happened over the years. Hear about his experiences from the quiet *probably cursed* playgrounds of Illinois, hellacious fastball practices in the backyard, the beginnings of playing music, to life amongst the massive high-rises of Manhattan. We get to talk about past years of photographing, creating, recording, changing, & touring with & without the band Sorrytown. Listen in & enjoy some kind words & good laughs with one of the most talented, passionate, & prolific D.I.Y.ers around. Baaaatter up!

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Episode 8 - Girlgoyle

Sun, 24 Apr 2022 15:00:00 -0500

It’s the infinite episode 8 & we’re catching up with cool KT Neely of the band Girlgoyle on a sunny afternoon beaming in from Portland, OR. We begin our discussion by figuring out all about Frankie Munez’s Nascar amnesia as he stated on Steve-O’s wild podcast. She explains her early days on piano with a hardcore instructor that used quarters as punishment, and how the 5th grade snare drum was just not hittin’ the nail on the head for her. How’s it feel to be the person that started bangs?! We talk about the kind and supportive local music scene she has dipped her toe in out there. We talk the origins of KT’s left-handed art. Why can’t we all just be even-handed?! We love our pets! KT gives some sweet details of her last single she released called “Midwest.” Also some insight on the idea for the Insta video she released along with the song. We go off on a tangent about our mutual love for a friend’s project called Off to Sleep. We talk about our artistic friend’s endless inspiration in our life. Being a guitar player herself, we even get to chat about our rigs & her fav pedals she play’s with these days. It wouldn’t be a conversation with KT without discussing her love for the Buffy the Vampire Slayer series. Finally, she talks about her latest lineup of her band Girlgoyle & the current direction of their sound. YOLO everybody.

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Episode 7 - Alabama Deathwalk

Sat, 16 Apr 2022 19:00:00 -0500

Crack a beer & Rock & Roll with us! TN meets TX. Ride along on our conversation with the brilliant structural/sick-sounds engineer, Eric Reed of the magnificent Alabama Deathwalk as he tunes in from his Central Texas back porch. A very open air episode, sound-scapy, outside reverberations soaking in from the tree’s & up through the grass, highlighted in a way only tape can boys. We talk post-pandemic life adjustments, we talk soundtracks & methods to surviving mind-numbing work commutes, & we talk about his incredible art! Eric Reed describes in awesome detail some recording tricks they experimented with while recording his newest songs. Shouts outs to Earthquaker Devices! Of course, no episode would be complete without some shop talk about Nickelodeon. We talk about the joys of collaborating with other talented people on album artwork. We even veer off the road a bit into Eric’s wife’s very pleasant music. Amber Shirah’s album “Dreamglow” is a fantastic way to spend 16 minutes & 2 seconds! Matt was on Dad-Patrol, so you’ll hear his son’s opinion of our interview. Float on, Friends.

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Episode 6 - Abated Mass Of Flesh

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 14:00:00 -0500

Get your rubbers hot & come on down to Music World!!! This was a really fun conversation with the shreddin’, slammin’ always pleasant & positive vegan guitarist of the brutal death metal band Abated Mass of Flesh, Zach Plunkett. Matt is also the vocalist in this, which is his very first project! The 3 of us share stories of growing up with our ever-evolving love of creating music. Hear vivd details of some Abated shows & tours they’ve experienced over the almost 10 years they’ve been together. Young bands, post show antics, crackin’ up in parking lots. Talkin’ about livin’ it up! Matt discovers a new trick with the microphone. Zach tells a story of an intense nightmare he had as a little metalhead.

Songs featured: “Enfleshed” & “Premonitions of the Infected” by Abated Mass of Flesh.

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Episode 5 - Karate Chad

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 18:00:00 -0600

In this episode, the diamond dudes are chilling out with Chad James of the Murfreesboro pop punk gaze solo project, Karate Chad.

Beaming into us from his DIY clubhouse/studio “THE SHACK” out in the quiet country of Mid TN amongst a torrential downpour.

We talk about beginnings, gears, beers, live stuff, process of recording (mixing secrets,) friendships that connect DIY musicians, touring, & future plans to release more of his wonderfully crafted punk music into this crazy world.

So, prepare to get rad & cozy with the backdrop of a steady Murfreesboro mid-morning rainstorm. Just don't get stuck in the mud out at the crossroads, and watch the majestic albino wild turkey, of course!

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Episode 4 - Back of a Car

Mon, 24 Jan 2022 23:00:00 -0600

We’re nothing but a bunch of millennials reminiscing on the golden age of music videos. DJ’s, VJ’s, MTV & Nickelodeon. Growing up. Consuming MTV to an extreme degree. Reppin’ our childhood hometowns. Long lost best best friends. Staying Inspired. Follow along as Kelley Williams (Back of a Car) masterfully & considerately recalls and answers questions that we asked him, and then almost immediately interrupt his initial responses. What a guy, what a mind, and a truthfully amazing artist that has always unabashedly done his thing since the day he discovered the sweet sound of rock & roll. We talk old songs, origins of the band, and a bit on new music B.O.A.C. has in the works for 2022. Enjoy the ride!

Songs: “Gold Trash” & “Alamogordo” by Back of a Car from “Unconditional Loathe” released in 2016.

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Episode 3 - NGC 4414

Thu, 06 Jan 2022 20:00:00 -0600

In this sonic side quest, Matt & Eric take a smooth dive into Matt’s ambient-noise solo project, NGC 4414. Listen in as Matt describes how his music sounds, and explains a little of the process and inspiration behind the way his sounds are shaped. Eric talks about his favorite things about NGC 4414. All kinds of bologna in between!

Eric’s side note: Listen to NGC 4414 at night or in the rain for best effect.

Song: “Circuit” by NGC 4414

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Episode 2 - Sad Speller

Sat, 01 Jan 2022 23:00:00 -0600

Back again from the quiet depths of the living room! In this episode, Eric talks about his personal project, Sad Speller. Ride along as he tries his best to explain the way it all began. You’ll hear stories about how old friends & places helped shape the sounds he still makes to this day. You may even hear about some rowdy shows that have happened along the way! Also, how the music of Sad speller makes Matt feel. You’ll have to dive in to figure it all out, we hope you brought your boards!

Opening song: Sad Speller - Crack The Egg
Closing song: KDCM - Concrete/Forest

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Episode 1 - Weathertalk

Tue, 21 Dec 2021 09:00:00 -0600

Come along for the grand saga of Matt & Eric’s very 1st project together, Weathertalk. Through laughs, stories, slurps, & a few burps, we reminisce on how it all started, the awesome people involved, & some of our favorite things that happened around this band. We even live up to the power of the name with a tangent on tornadoes! This was a lot of fun to record, hope whoever listens has a good time as well!

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