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| VCV 249 | Torche - Harmonicraft | 22 Sep 2025 | 01:06:28 | |
In this conversation, DL and Evil Jimmi discuss various topics ranging from personal injuries and training challenges to the influence of Brent Hinds and the band Mastodon. They explore the album 'Harmonicraft' by Torch, highlighting its unique blend of genres and the importance of enjoying music without the pressure of perfection. The discussion is filled with humor, personal anecdotes, and reflections on the metal community's acceptance of diverse identities. In this engaging conversation, the hosts delve into the nuances of music appreciation, exploring the technical brilliance of bands that don't feel the need to show off. They discuss their experiences with vinyl and CD collecting, the unique sound of the band in focus, and the impact of discovering new music. The conversation touches on the challenges of music discovery in today's streaming landscape, the importance of inclusivity in the metal scene, and the joy of sharing music with friends. They also reflect on the personal connections to music and the influence of other bands, culminating in a discussion about the album's structure and their final ratings and recommendations. | |||
| VCV 248 | Happy Hour with dl! | 15 Sep 2025 | 01:08:18 | |
Join dl as he dives into the world of music, exploring iconic albums and songs from the Rolling Stone's top 500 lists. From Shakira's cultural impact to the timeless allure of Boyz II Men, dl shares personal insights and stories that bring these classics to life. Whether you're a music aficionado or just curious about the legends, this episode promises a blend of nostalgia and discovery. Don't miss out on this musical journey! #MusicLovers #RollingStone500 #Podcast | |||
| VCV 239 | Happy Hour with dl | 07 Apr 2025 | 00:49:13 | |
Oh, the things we haven't gotten to | |||
| VCV 149 | Break it Down v IV | 23 Oct 2023 | 01:03:14 | |
Rachel, Evil and dl chat about 3 more songs! Music in Episode by Bad Religion and Revocation | |||
| VCV 148 | Grinderman - Listener Supported | 16 Oct 2023 | 01:02:49 | |
dl, Evil and Rachel sit down with Angie! A listener from Wales, and one of their favorite people! Check out Angies art @thehappyhare or head over to angiekjames.com. It's AMAZING Now... Let's talk some Nick fuckin Cave | |||
| VCV 147 | Trevor Phipps of Unearth | 09 Oct 2023 | 01:00:18 | |
Evil and dl sit down with Trevor Phipps, frontman of Unearth, to talk... metal. Check out their new album (which is AMAZING), The Wretched; The Ruinous https://unearthofficial.com/ | |||
| VCV 146 | Tony Parks - Reaver | 02 Oct 2023 | 01:00:22 | |
dl site down for a chat with Tony Parks, mind behind the project Reaver by The Brontosaur.
All music in episode from Reaver. Head to Bandcamp and take a look/listen! https://thebrontosaur.bandcamp.com/album/reaver | |||
| VCV 145 | Room on Fire | dl's 10 out of 10's | 25 Sep 2023 | 01:07:34 | |
Rachel, Evil and dl sit down with special guest Kari Kirkland to discuss the Strokes' sophomore album and what it meant to critics and music. Find Kari at karikirkland.com and pick up one of her two albums! Music in episode by Chris Rainier https://chrisrainier.bandcamp.com/album/sorrowful-songs-of-the-silverswords
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| VCV 143.2 | The Strokes Part II | 21 Sep 2023 | 01:04:33 | |
Kari, Evil and dl finish off their deep dive of the Strokes https://karikirkland.bandcamp.com/album/if-when-you-go
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| VCV 143 | The Strokes Part 1 | 18 Sep 2023 | 01:03:08 | |
Evil and dl are joined by the amazing Kari Kirkland to talk the spark that lit the 2000's NY fire. All music in epiode by Svend Knutsen https://karikirkland.bandcamp.com/album/if-when-you-go | |||
| VCV 142 | Meet Me in the Bathroom | 11 Sep 2023 | 01:01:31 | |
dl talks about Lizzy Goodman's Meet Me in the Bathroom, a fantastic book covering a fantastic genre.
All music in the episode off Jack Adamant's Obcscur Places and Cupboards. Check it out Here!: https://jackadamant.bandcamp.com/album/obscure-places-cupboards | |||
| VCV 141 | Dr Dre | 04 Sep 2023 | 01:03:03 | |
Svend and dl talk about quite possibly the greatest producer to ever rgrace the Earth! All music by NWA | |||
| VCV 140 | Break it Down v III | 28 Aug 2023 | 01:05:39 | |
Evil plays ref as dl hurts Rachel's feelings. Music in Episode by Tom Waits and Opeth | |||
| VCV 238 | Q1 Quickfire part II | 03 Apr 2025 | 00:54:14 | |
More new ones! | |||
| VCV 139 | New Releases v VIII | 21 Aug 2023 | 01:15:59 | |
Another quickfire review with Rachel, Evil and dl! Music in episode by: Unearth, Ben Folds, Extreme, Smashing Pumpkins, Sleep Token, Jason Isbell and Queens of the Stone Age | |||
| VCV 138 | Coheed and Cambria | Listener Supported | 14 Aug 2023 | 01:09:57 | |
Evil and dl chat with Tyler, who lets them know ecatly who wears the progressive pants in the family.
All music in episode by furiousBall https://furiousball.bandcamp.com/album/the-last-music-on-earth | |||
| VCV 137 | Soundtracks - Romeo + Juliet | the Crow | 07 Aug 2023 | 01:03:42 | |
dl and Rachel take the first stab at soundtracks in VCV history, believe it or not... Drinks in Episode- Tequila | |||
| VCV 136 | the Great Search v V | 31 Jul 2023 | 01:05:21 | |
dl talks about his best and fav artists of all time... AGAIN. Metallica, Kanye West, Fiona Apple, the Cranberries Music in episode by the Cranberries | |||
| VCV 135 | Begin by the Millennium feat Dave Gebroe | 24 Jul 2023 | 01:01:26 | |
dl sits down with Sunshine Pop loving Dave Gebroe, host of Discograffiti, a podcast that DEEPdives. They talk an extremely underrated and mostly unheard album from the 60's. Check out his podcast at https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/discograffiti/id1592182331 or head to their instagram! All music in episode by Svend Knutsen | |||
| VCV 134 | the State of Vinyl | 17 Jul 2023 | 01:09:54 | |
dl and Rachel sit down with a few vinyl record collectin' fiends and talk about the massive surge over the last year. Head to Instagram and check outSarah at @sarahspinsvinyl and AJ @phillyvinylsplin and look at their amazing vinyl porn! Drinks in Episode: Summer, Marg, Mead and Bourbon | |||
| VCV 133 | My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy | 10 Jul 2023 | 01:17:08 | |
On the 9th episode of dl's 10 out of 10's, we sit down with the only decent album from 2010... (not really but calm down) Hosts for the episode: dl, Evil, Rachel All music in episode by MOONRIDER! Songs in episode: Warrior, Emerald Fire and King Crawler https://open.spotify.com/artist/73mDbdk1v4zaVMr1P3FslZ?si=kfHljCtdTwqs8_3FFGvIuQ @moonriderband No Malibuyow was drunk. fuck. | |||
| VCV 132 | a Dissection of 2010 | 03 Jul 2023 | 01:02:19 | |
Evil and dl... well... it's not great. Drinks in Episode: Tequila Sunrise and an Aviation kind of Music in episode by: Arcade Fire, the National, Ghost, Interpol, Kvelertak, Soilwork | |||
| VCV 131 | Less Than Jake's Peter 'JR' Wasilewski | 26 Jun 2023 | 01:01:50 | |
Rachel and dl chat with JR from Less Than Jake about one of the most entertaining live bands of our generation. Go see 'em live and buy their new album!!! https://lessthanjake.com/ All music in episode by Less Thank Jake | |||
| VCV 130 | Hello Rockview - Billy Talent II | 19 Jun 2023 | 01:09:10 | |
Rachel and dl do a little interview warm up! They sit down and talk fun punk. FUN PUNK! All music in episode by Less Than Jake and Svend Knutsen | |||
| VCV 237 | Q1 Quickfire! | 31 Mar 2025 | 00:58:27 | |
New albums! Huzzah! | |||
| VCV 129 | A Talk with Brad Roberts | 12 Jun 2023 | 00:52:18 | |
Brad Roberts, writer and lead for The Crash Tesst Dummies chats with dl about all things Dummies. All music in episode by Crash Test Dummies. Head to their tour and download their new single! https://www.crashtestdummies.com/ | |||
| VCV 128 | You'll Love the Crash Test Dummies | 05 Jun 2023 | 01:27:44 | |
dl and Evil start a new tradition of convincing other VCV hosts to love their favorite bands. We start with on of dl's favorites, Canada's own The Crash Test Dummies. All music in episode by Crash Test Dummies Drinks in Episode: Scotch! | |||
| VCV 127 | Muddy & Howlin' | 29 May 2023 | 01:00:44 | |
Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf represent everything awesome that all our favorite riffs were brithed from. dl wants to blab about it. Drinks: Coffee (until the end. When the DM medicine kicks in... then dl gets a bit super drunk) | |||
| VCV 126 | Study in Artist - Notorious B.I.G. | 22 May 2023 | 01:03:24 | |
dl and Svend talk the East side talent behind the infamous East v West stories. BIG is fun to listen to and fun to talk about shots are had Music in episode by Notorious B.I.G. | |||
| VCV 124.2 | Zombie - The Space for This : Break it Down! v II | 18 May 2023 | 00:58:40 | |
Evil, Rachel and dl are still here without Svend talking about songs that are f*cking awesome. Also, dl is in Ireland! | |||
| VCV 124 I This is America : Break it Down! v II | 15 May 2023 | 00:58:07 | |
dl, Rachel, (not Svend) and Evil sit down to talk... One song, actually! What are our thoughts on the most interesting music video to release in the last 20 years? Drinks in Episode: Huckberry North Italian Soda, RedBreast and Tiger Beer! All music in Episode by Svend Knutsen | |||
| VCV 123 | New Releases v VII | 08 May 2023 | 01:21:17 | |
Evil, Rachel and dl chat about ten 1st quarter albums in 2023. Some great! Some not. Thank you to: Black Belt Eagle Scout | https://www.blackbelteaglescout.com/ In Flames | https://www.inflames.com/ Yo La Tango | https://www.matadorrecords.com/yo_la_tengo | |||
| VCV 122 | In the Aeroplane Over the Sea w 1001 Album Complaints | 01 May 2023 | 01:10:07 | |
Rachel and dl sit down for a chat with Rob and phil of @1001albumcomplaints. They talk Mangum, a fantastic and influential album, and flesh licking ladies. Head over to 1001 Album Complaints to catch dl on their pod. Out now! https://open.spotify.com/show/42EiJkNhsc2nEGx9jIvc3Y?si=2e2b803a29914977 | |||
| VCV 121 | 72 Seasons First Reaction | 24 Apr 2023 | 01:17:41 | |
The entire VCV crew lock themselves in a room with a bottle of (Blackened*) whiskey and try on 72 Seasons by Metallica. | |||
| VCV 120 | Every Song Before 1964. Ranked. | 17 Apr 2023 | 01:08:24 | |
dl is an idiot, and Evil does his best. | |||
| VCV 236 | Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope part II | 24 Mar 2025 | 01:02:01 | |
More 90s greatness! Part 2 of JCS
All music from Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope by Jimmie's Chicken Shack. | |||
| VCV 119 | dl's 10 out of 10's v VIII - Chuck Berry is on Top | 10 Apr 2023 | 01:05:47 | |
Evil and dl attempt to talk about rock n roll while Rachel reminds us that we're all terrible people. All music in epiosde by Chuck Berry | |||
| VCV 118 | a Chat with Kari Kirkland | 06 Apr 2023 | 01:07:23 | |
Svend and dl sit down to talk to jazz vocalist and music obsessor (like us!), Kari Kirkland, about her new amazing album! Both Kari's albums Wild is the Wind and (If) When You Go available now! (On Vinyl!!!) All music in episode form (If) When You Go: https://karikirkland.bandcamp.com/album/if-when-you-go karikirkland.com | |||
| VCV 117 | Pet Sounds feat Kari Kirkland | 03 Apr 2023 | 01:13:05 | |
In this year's first Listener Supported episode, Svend and dl sit down with the amazing Kari Kirkland to talk one of the hardest albums to get right. Music in Episode written by Svend Knutsen, performed by Kari!!!! Please go buy Kari's new album If (When You Go!) karikirkland.com Drinks in Episode: Beer, Irish coffee and a Rum Sour | |||
| VCV 116 | Let's Talk Jazz v III | 27 Mar 2023 | 01:05:09 | |
dl and Svend sit down to chat about thier roots and the amazing short life of a pioneer
All music in episode by Gene Harris and Billie Holiday | |||
| VCV 115 | What Broke Kanye? | 20 Mar 2023 | 01:09:22 | |
We don't know if we're wrong. We know we don't know if we're right. Rachel and dl talk Kanye
All music in episode by Shaw Calhoune! Head to BandCamp and grap his great catalog! https://shawcalhoune.bandcamp.com/ | |||
| VCV 114 | Ronnie Spector | 13 Mar 2023 | 01:01:13 | |
dl talks the life and beauty of 'the original bad girl of rock n roll'. All music in episode by Ronnie Spector Drinks in Episode: Everything that hydrates | |||
| VCV 113 | a Talk with Nick Lee | 06 Mar 2023 | 01:01:58 | |
Evil and dl sit down with Nick Lee to talk about drive, music, and most importantly, triumph. All music in epiosde by Moon Tooth: https://moontoothny.bandcamp.com/ http://www.purenoise.net/artists/moon-tooth/ @moontoothshreds @nickleesees
Drinks in Episode: Scotch n Last Words n the Moon Cocktail by death and co! | |||
| VCV 112 | Phototroph and Crux | 27 Feb 2023 | 01:11:00 | |
Evil and dl have a drink and discuss to albums by a band that needs to be bigger. Make them bigger. Drinks in Episode: Naked Malt and whatever beer dl's hotel gave him All music in episode by Moon Tooth http://www.purenoise.net/artists/moon-tooth/ | |||
| VCV 111 | VCV Dissects Fiona Apple | 20 Feb 2023 | 01:06:23 | |
Rachel and dl sit down to talk one of thier favorite artist in the whole wide world. | |||
| VCV 110 | the Great Search v IV | 13 Feb 2023 | 01:01:52 | |
dl sits down to decide where Zep, 2pac, Crash Test Dummies and Everclear stand on the Best and Favorite equations. All music in episode by Everclear, 2pac and Crash Test Dummies | |||
| VCV 235 | Pushing the Salmanilla Envelope | 17 Mar 2025 | 00:54:35 | |
Jimmie's Chicken Shack?!
Damn straight Music by Jimmie's Chicken Shack By Your SIde by Svend Knutsen | |||
| VCV 109 | Study in Artist - Tupac Shakur | 06 Feb 2023 | 01:18:37 | |
Svend and dl sit down and talk about the character that was 2pac. Drinks in Episode: 40s and Hen. Duh. Music in Episode featuring 2pac | |||
| VCV 107.2 | Break it Down v I Part 2 | 01 Feb 2023 | 01:00:27 | |
Part 2 of our crew talkin' songs! dl breaks down his favorite song of '22 while Evil on and on's about a founding father. Music featured in Episode by Black MIDI and Death Drinks in Episode: More Seltzer, more brown liquor, more beer | |||
| VCV 107 | Break it Down! v I part I | 30 Jan 2023 | 01:12:49 | |
The gang is back for season 3! Let's talk some Landslide and some I Should Have Known, shall we? Drinks in Episode: Scotch, Four Loko, Seltzer and Boubon and Beer.... so... the usual
All music in Episode by Svend Knutsen (with a little bit of dl in there) | |||