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EDBZ BLOG #35

  • Mar 31


I’ve been enjoying the photos people have sent of them with the Eardrum Buzz Radio merchandise. I don’t expect much in the way of money, but I certainly do get a chuckle and warm feelings when someone makes that special effort to send me back an awesome picture. Sean F. Schulz sent a picture from within his studio and Gunnar Malmquist sent one with a fun pose and nice background. I’ve also recently added stickers and tall shirts and I hope taller people (like me!) will enjoy the designs. You can purchase mugs, totes, stickers, hoodies, long-sleeved and short-sleeved T-shirts and a few hats. You will look great and be comforted in the knowledge that in a small way you are helping share the joy I hope to spread with Eardrum Buzz Radio.  


I want to thank Dani Mari for her work on the website. Without this very talented lady I wouldn’t have a place to play Eardrum Buzz Radio, and if I did, it wouldn’t look anywhere near as nice as it does. You can purchase Dani’s music at danimari.bandcamp.com.


I want to remind you that our fifth year anniversary is coming up on July 4th. Send in your recorded shows by early June. Contact me for details at bret@eardrumbuzz.net. I already have confirmation that Goran and Ronny from Damokles will be doing one and I’m excited to hear what they have in store!


Rob Levy has his Comforts of Madness show on Saturdays at 7am & 6pm Pacific time. It’s eclectic and fun. Please be sure to tune in or find it on our Podbean page.


My latest Friday I’m In Love show featuring the music of Swervedriver and Adam Franklin are on Podbean as well. Thanks to all who joined me live, I so enjoyed sharing my love for SWD with fellow fans like Keith, Kathy, Mark, Tony, Lat and Richard and all the rest who joined in. I’m live on the first and third Friday at 6pm PT. Join me at the top post to chat at www.facebook.com/groups/eardrumbuzzradio and listen in at www.eardrumbuzz.net.


Thanks for listening to Eardrum Buzz Radio and please keep supporting independent musicians!


Written by Bret Miller 


Listen: eardrumbuzz.net 

Eardrum Buzz Radio Patreon page: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio

Follow Eardrum Buzz Radio: Instagram: @eardrumbuzzradio 

Twitter: @eardrum_buzz 

Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Include your band name, song titles, album title, track numbers and artwork in your metadata. Please no Country, Modern Pop, Blues, Rap or Americana. Please make the song/album link easy to find in the email. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!

EDBZ BLOG #34

  • Feb 18

It’s already the second half of February. We had a few days of rain but since then we’ve had sunny and warm days. I’ve been getting quite a lot of quality music from bands, labels and publicists. Trying to put it all into a three hour show and leaving time to talk is a challenge!


Cigarettes For Breakfast have a new album coming and their first available song Glue sounds like them covering My Bloody Valentine. I’ve been getting a few albums from Howlin Banana Records, featuring Post-Punk bands from France of which Cathedrale and chest. are on the label. Haneke Twins, another Post-Punk group from France also sent me their latest song No Choice and previous album Stories of Violence. Bedridden is also fantastic. Their new album Moths Strapped to Each Other’s Backs takes me back to the mid-late 90’s with their layered guitars ala Smashing Pumpkins, their melodic chord progressions, winding rhythms and driving drums. Coffin Prick's new album Loose Enchantment comes out of left field (somewhere in Los Angeles County, actually) and put a smile on my face with their odd yet pleasant arrangements. Think Beck’s early genre smashing and you might have an idea of where this group’s heads are at. My Raining Stars’ upcoming Momentum album is going to make you very happy if you’re in need of bright, soulful, uplifting and catchy songs. Their first available song For Good sounds both like later Lush and rock music from the early 70’s. Thierry Haliniak’s harmonized vocals bring to mind Miki Berenyi’s delivery. Sea Of Days new album Wound shows more confidence than before, especially in the vocals, which are higher in the mix than before. And be sure to follow Mala Lama on Bandcamp, featuring Damian Frood, formerly of Tina & The Hams (RIP), Tony Burnett of Visitors and Chancery Lane and Charles Motorbike on drums. Mala Lama contains three people near and dear to me, Charles and I bonded over Stereolab and Swervedriver (we’re seeing SWD in May) and I air his Tuesday Twitch shows, Tony made many of the logos for our Merch Store and Damian and I drank some good beer and hung out one nice March day when he visited Los Angeles and has proudly worn our shirts. They’re all just great and talented guys! You can see what I’ve bought or plan on buying here: bandcamp.com/bretmiller


DJ Wednesday has organized a live show for May. She will be handing out free swag too, including Eardrum Buzz Radio stickers.

Here is the information:

Six Beats Under presents: Saturday May 17th

Show 8pm

$10

21+

No advance ticket sales, pay at the door


DJ Wednesday spinning tunes before, during and after the show. An evening filled with post-punk, shoegaze and darkwave in partnership with XRAY FM and EARDRUMBUZZ RADIO


Guest Directors (Seattle) guestdirectors.com

Ten Million Lights (PDX) tenmillionlights.com

MayRay (PDX) mayraymusic.com


Guest Directors- A Seattle band. Jazzmasters drenched in reverb. Post-shoegaze rock, dream pop, power pop and noise. Bluesy, dreamy, shreddy, psychedelic.

Ten Million Lights- Ten Million Lights are a psych/post-punk/shoegaze band from Portland, OR. ”A highly-developed post-punk maelstrom.” The group crafts epic psychedelic soundscapes transporting you through fuzzed-up guitars, hypnotic rhythms, and blissed-out vocals. Their love of beautiful melodies and wistful harmonies evokes a sense of nostalgia and catharsis.


MayRay is an electronic band from Portland, Oregon. Jen Folker, Joe Spencer, Rob Glase, and Ben Tabb. MayRay combines post-punk, dream pop, and dark wave to create a moody yet melodic experience that leads audiences through a range of emotions


DJ WEDNESDAY:

Host of Six Beats Under:

Mondays 9pm to 10pm PDT on XRAY FM

Every First and Third Saturday 9am and 9pm PDT on eardrumbuzz.net


I’m also looking for giveaways and guest hosts for Eardrum Buzz Radio’s 5th anniversary coming in July. If you have digital downloads, physical releases, shirts or something you’d like to offer to give out to our listeners, please let me know at bret@eardrumbuzz.net. If you want to be a DJ for an hour or two, contact me as well. We’ve had some great hosts in the past, including Jim Biggs of Black Nite Crash, Goran and Ronny of Damokles, Alex Donat of Vlimmer and head of Blackjack Illuminist Records, DJ Knillz, Joe & Mindy Scurto, DJ Synaesthesia and the return of Kelvyn Williams. Who will join us in 2025? The deadline is the first week of June.


Written by Bret Miller 


Listen: eardrumbuzz.net 

Eardrum Buzz Radio Patreon page: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio

Follow Eardrum Buzz Radio: Instagram: @eardrumbuzzradio 

Twitter: @eardrum_buzz 

Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Include your band name, song titles, album title, track numbers and artwork in your metadata. Please no Country, Modern Pop, Blues, Rap or Americana. Please make the song/album link easy to find in the email. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!

EDBZ BLOG #33

  • Jan 31

The earth spins another circle around the sun and it's now 2025. President Gas is President Gas again, the days are cooler for a few months, at least in the Northern Hemisphere, and we all have new music from Swervedriver and The Miki Berenyi Trio to look forward to.


Fires in the Northern part of Los Angeles have destroyed over 23,000 homes and taken many people from this world, one of my coworkers lost his house. I'm hoping all those affected get taken care of by their home insurance and they decide to find areas to live in safer environments. Nature doesn't care where you live, and it was a culmination of nature's power to have a dry environment and two days and nights of high winds. Southern California is usually a paradise, but we were reminded that we're just temporary residents and subject to nature's fury. Like the cycles of nature, we will rebuild and hope that changes are made as to zoning and water availability in the future. It's heartening to see musicians and artists dedicating their time to give to charities supporting firefighters and victims of the fires.


An event to look forward to this year: DJ Wednesday will be spinning music for an excellent show in March. If you're in the Portland, Oregon area, be sure to get your tickets now for Sunday, March 16th at Holocene.  The show is 21+.



An evening filled with post-punk, shoegaze and darkwave. This show is sponsored by XRAY FM and eardrumbuzz.net


All attendees who buy tickets in advance will receive a swag bag at the door filled with assorted goodies from the bands and sponsors!  DJ Wednesday will be spinning tunes before, during and after the show.


Carrion Empire is a new project born from the ashes of Murderbait. Although names are intentionally being omitted from this band, 3/4 members are the same. With influences like John Carpenter, Tangerine Dream, Vangelis, Jean-Michel Jar evident, backed by desolate doom guitar and bass, as well as baritone vocals


Dark Instrumental Post-Rock Space-Goth with heart, from Ashkelon Sain of Trance To The Sun, Soriah, Devoured By Flowers, Trance To The Moon, Blade Fetish, etc. Facebook


Waking Sophia is a shoegaze/dreampop band from rainy Portland, Oregon consisting of Duncan Calver (vocals, guitar), Terry Barefield (guitar), Tim Eurich (bass), and Adam Bayer (drums)


Written by Bret Miller 


Listen: eardrumbuzz.net 

Eardrum Buzz Radio Patreon page: patreon.com/eardrumbuzzradio

Follow Eardrum Buzz Radio: Instagram: @eardrumbuzzradio 

Twitter: @eardrum_buzz 

Send submissions to: bret@eardrumbuzz.net with "Submission" and your band name in the subject. Include your band name, song titles, album title, track numbers and artwork in your metadata. Please no Country, Modern Pop, Blues, Rap or Americana. Please make the song/album link easy to find in the email. Please only MP3 files, no WAV files, no Spotify links, just your awesome music!

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