a palace from ruin

I have a new album out.  woods executive produced it. so we sat and talked about it.  you should REALLY go check it out — vinyl and CD and digital available via Backwoodz Studioz - CLICK HERE - its streaming everywhere as well.  thanks for listening. 

On a random day in September, I tweeted out asking for people to send me their music. Originally I was going to offer technical critiques. But I got too many songs to do that.  Instead, I checked them all out and played them on my podcast, saying a few words about each, for other people to hear. Much love to all the people who submitted music. Here is the tracklist  —> LINK Here is a link leading to several links of places for donations: https://biglink.to/blmdonations | Here is a link that will lead you right to donate, but will split your donation up evenly among several organizations: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd | Black Lives Matter.  thank you.

Hey, thank you for listening. in this episode I chat with Armand Hammer – the rap group of E L U C I D (https://elucid.bandcamp.com/) and billy woods (https://billywoods.bandcamp.com/) 2 months ago they released their latest album SHRINES (https://armandhammer.bandcamp.com/album/shrines)  – an incredible album produced by and featuring several long time and new collaborators. I was able to engineer a bunch of woods vocals and I got to produce a track as well. We recorded this show in 2 parts, one a week before the album dropped, and one a week after it dropped. Check out the link to shrines and their solo work in the episode description along with donation links to important donation sites for Black Lives Matter and bail reform organizations etc. thank you. LINKS:  Here is a link leading to several links of places for donations: https://biglink.to/blmdonations | Here is a link that will lead you right to donate, but will split your donation up evenly among several organizations: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd | Black Lives Matter.

Hey, thank you for listening. This is another episode I recorded quite a while ago. Like - a long time. After COVID but still before protests started. I'm excited to put it out there now - the guest is ShrapKnel (https://shrapknel.bandcamp.com/)   ShrapKnel is a rap duo by Premrock  ( https://planetpremrock.bandcamp.com/ ) and Curly Castro ( https://curlycastro.bandcamp.com/ ) Two artists and friends I've known for several years now – they’ve both had incredible solo careers, been involved in many collaborative projects before- and formed ShrapKnel in 2019 – dropped an EP and then a full-length album on the Backwoodz Studios label, both amazing and was received incredibly well. Then in May of this year, they put out flechette – an album with remixes and a little new material. Please enjoy and visit the links for Prem and Castro, support these incredible people and artists.    Here is a link leading to several links of places for donations: https://biglink.to/blmdonations | Here is a link that will lead you right to donate, but will split your donation up evenly among several organizations: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd | Black Lives Matter.

This episode I chat with Tone Tank over the phone. Recorded back on May 27th. Tone is an absolute living legend. As we talked about in the show toward the end, he's offered up some of his time for people who may need assistance with errands during Covid. The two previous links you see here have his contact information. This one is full of stories about Tone's current acting career, check out films he's been in that are already released and some of the upcoming ones on his IMDB page. And you can check out his music over on his Bandcamp page.  Tone Tank website/contact info: https://www.tonetank.nyc/ Tone Tank music: https://tonetank.bandcamp.com/ Tone Tank IMDB: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5112442/ Here is a link leading to several links of places for donations: https://biglink.to/blmdonations | Here is a link that will lead you right to donate, but will split your donation up evenly among several organizations: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd | Black Lives Matter.

Hey, thank you for listening. This episode is with Asterios Kokkinos, it was recorded a while ago before the protesting started. I didn’t know whether to scrap it or just post it quietly, but I have a few other episodes I recorded before the protests started as well, and I want to release them all. If listening to podcasts gives you a respite as it does me, please enjoy – Asterios is an incredibly genuine and funny dude who puts out great content. We talk about his podcast The Loudest Podcast, weight loss, him wrestling a friend of mine in the street in college, and a bunch more.  I hope you fully support these protests and fully support Black Lives Matter. If you don’t, don’t listen, I don’t really fuck with you. I truly hope for the abolishment or at least defunding of police forces across the country. Police forces are completely non-essential and their unimpeded murdering of black people with impunity is despicable. If you're a white person listening to this please speak about this wherever you can, and if you have disposable income, send it to some of the Black Lives Matter organizations and bail funds in the episode description. Continue to support the protests. Black Lives Matter. Here is a link leading to several links of places for donations: https://biglink.to/blmdonations | Here is a link that will lead you right to donate, but will split your donation up evenly among several organizations: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/bail_funds_george_floyd | Black Lives Matter.

Gary Suarez is a music journalist and critic from NYC. I started talking to him over twitter several years ago when I was able to get some of the music I was working on onto his radar. Gary has written and continues to write for a ton of big and small publications — and currently has a newsletter called CABBAGES which he delivers directly to your inbox, it's incredible, definitely check it out to stay on top of awesome new music. Click here to read CABBAGES  - follow him on twitter and instagram as well.

I talk with Gareth Reynolds. Gareth is a writer, comedian, podcast host, and a truly hilarious and great guy. His podcast The Dollop gets MILLIONS of downloads every week - and he and his co-host have literally traveled the world to do sold-out live shows.  We chat about his work there, his stand up, his cat, his new Instagram live shows, and a bunch more.

Rapper and Producer Zilla Rocca and I chat over the phone about his phenomenal new album Row House Whispers, politics, hot takes - his awesome podcast Call Out Culture and a bunch more.

I connect and chat with my friend and collaborator Duncecap. Please excuse the audio, we did this over zoom, what with the corona and all. Duncecap is a rapper, producer, video producer/director, and a talented, funny, and nice guy. Listen to and buy his music here and check out more his work and videos here.

About a week and a half before a worldwide pandemic - I sat down and chatted with Nosaj from New Kingdom about his storied career in music. This dude has been making unique, raw and dope tracks since the late nineties to today, still making really punk rock meets hip hop joints. Through a lucky encounter of him coming to my studio to record a feature, he and I started making songs together and I don't hesitate to say they're incredible, you'll hear some sprinkled throughout. Check out a few of his projects: here, here and here. Hope you and yours are doing well, thanks for listening. - Joe

i sat down with Alaska. a rapper from NY whos a legend and has run with several crews for several years. i was a fan of his music since like 2002 - fast forward over a decade and we met through both of us continuing to forge friendships with dope artists....and eventually, our circles overlapped. we talk about a ton of different things and keep getting sucked back into politics. check out his music here:https://thatrapperalaska.bandcamp.com/ and listen to his own podcast here: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/call-out-culture thanks!

i sit down and talked with SHIRT. a truly dynamic, enigmatic and creative artist - we talk about a bunch of random shit after i ambushed him with a microphone and the said word podcast 35 times in a row. SHIRT makes a TON of different and unique art, including phenomenal rap music. follow him on instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/shirtnyc/ and check more of his work here:http://worksite.info/works.html

Big Baby Gandhi and i go way back. probably like 7 years or more. i love his art. we talk about what that means, and lot of other very weird and funny things. go get his new album by clicking here

s.al and i discuss his new album Strata (I Steel of Radiance, I Feel So Action), how we met a very long time ago, a crazy interactive art/music/dance show he recently participated in and much more. s.al is a bright soul, support his art HERE

Fat Tony & i got in the studio to make some new jams. before getting to work we discussed a few different things from weed to frank ocean to a broken iphone and everything in between. Tony also drops several artistry knowledge-based gems for creatives young & old. check out more Fat Tony bandcamp | youtube

billy woods and i discuss his new album Hiding Places. Produced by Kenny Segal. engineered/recorded by me in my studio. mastered by Willie Green. be sure to get a copy over at backwoodzstudioz.com - the label that billy woods owns and operates. this album is brilliant, dark, funny and infectious. do yourself a favor and get familiar with woods and Segal.

I talk with Darko the Super & Harvey Cliff about the record label U Don't Deserve This Beautiful Art and our newly launched kickstarter. Visit udontdeservethisbeautifulart.com to learn more. Also check harveycliff.com & steeltippeddove.com