A-Sides

We sat down with friends and musicians, John Massaglia, Brock Massaglia, and Jason McMichael, who comprise the new musical trio, The Truth Council. On the heels of their debut EP, 13 Degrees released on March 5, we gained some insight into their new songs, discussed the ongoing threat of the Coronavirus, a great venue called the Arcada Theater, what defines a millennial, and why musicians continue to cover songs from the 1980's. You can find The Truth Council here or on Facebook. 

Attention Rock N Roll Rebels! A-Sides has crossed over the mountain and traveled to the centre of eternity to pay tribute to the Prince of Darkness in our latest episode. With the release of his new studio album, Ordinary Man, we thought it best to use this as an opportunity to discuss his entire solo catalog, as we ranked his albums and discussed our favorite songs, although Andy tried his best to take this episode off the rails. Choose your favorite demon alcohol and join us for this salute to Ozzy. Thanks for listening!

Ahead of KISS rocking the Peoria Civic Center, we sat down to discuss several releases from the first half of February 2019- Green Day, John Moreland, The Cadillac Three, Stone Temple Pilots, Richard Marx, and Huey Lewis. We had our usual distractions along the way, including the non-make up era of KISS and vinyl vs CD collections. Pour yourself a glass of cold gin and enjoy this episode of A-Sides. Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram at @asidespodcast. 

Unlucky or not, A-Sides is back for Episode 13 with a discussion on new releases from Breaking Benjamin, Theory Of A Deadman, The Drive-By Truckers, and Lordi. Special thanks to Pier Lorenzo for the Lordi recommendation. Thanks for listening and you can find us on Instagram at @asidespodcast, Twitter, and Facebook. As always, A-Sides is shaken, not stirred. 

Fresh off our conversation with Damon Johnson, Brent and Andy are back to business... and business is good. On tap for this round are albums from Halsey, Sons of Apollo, Marcus King, Beach Slang, and a gem that Brent unearthed from Argentina- a band called Motorbooze. Thanks for listening and giving feedback. You can find us on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.

Hot off a show that melted the ice and snow when Damon Johnson and his power trio played Peoria, we sat down with the singer-songwriter to chat about his recent solo album Memoirs Of An Uprising. He gave us some insight on his song-writing process and also made some interesting parallels with Beyonce and David Bowie. Check out his website for tour dates and merch; also a big thank you to Damon, and Ben Owen for making this possible. Thanks for coming back for another round of A-Sides.

Backtracking a little to cover some late-2019 releases, Brent and Andy discuss music from The Who and Harry Styles. There's also a few detours ranging from A Star is Born and Bohemian Rhapsody to sharing our 'New Year Resolutions.' Raise your glasses to more great music in 2020 and thanks for coming back for more A-Sides. Find us on Facebook, Instagram @asidespodcast, and leave feedback.

Not only does this episode welcome a special guest to A-Sides, we also spent too much time pondering the question of how hard it is to motivate a motivational speaker. Friend and musician Denny Smith joins Brent and Andy in wrapping up the year that was 2019 with our favorite songs and albums, also listing our personal albums of the decade, while drawing a parallel between Sturgill Simpson and Peter Criss' 1978 solo album. Pour yourself a cold one and join us for another round of A-Sides.

Seasons Greetings from A-Sides as we dive into a few soon-to-be Holiday classics from Rob Halford and Kacey Musgraves. Along the way, we discuss the rising cost of concert t-shirts, our recent Record Store Day purchases, and what lengths our co-workers will go to in order to shut off music. Thanks for coming back, and as always, leave feedback on Facebook or find us on Instagram at @asidespodcast. Cheers and Happy Happy Holidays! 

Before we feast on turkey, A-Sides has a feast of heavy metal discussion. We touch on Slayer's Final Campaign tour stop in Moline, the return of Motley Crue, new music from Ozzy, and which rock album was the top seller of this decade. And probably a couple albums from the bottom half of November 2019, Coldplay's Everyday Life and Beck's Hyperspace. Thanks for coming back, and as always, leave feedback on Facebook or find us on Instagram at @asidespodcast. 

This 6th episode not only features a discussion on albums released in the first half of November 2019, but Andy brings more visual aids to a podcast, our imaginary band refuses to die, the documentary Echo in the Canyon gets mentioned, reminiscing on Black Sabbath's 2013 tour, and our ongoing search for sponsorship continues. Kick back as we run through new music from Highly Suspect, Jeff Lynne's ELO, Jeff Goldblum & The Mildred Snitzer Orchestra, and Taylor Hawkins & The Coattail Riders. Feel free to leave us feedback on Facebook or Instagram @asidespodcast.

Brent and Andy return for their fifth recording, this time discussing the bottom half of October 2019, which includes albums from Alter Bridge, Jimmy Eat World, Bad Wolves, and Neil Young. Andy's ideal heavy metal band gets name-dropped again, as well as which Stone Temple Pilots album is our favorite, and we discover Andy's sanity is dependent on the quality of the next Jimmy Eat World album. Grab your beverage of choice and join us for another round on A-Sides.

The fourth episode brings us four more albums, with new releases from The Darkness, The Wildhearts, The Menzingers, and City and Colour. Besides that, we also dove into a discussion on Nick Cave, Tom Waits, and misleading band names, so give this episode a listen and see what the first half of October 2019 has to offer in the way of new music.

Third time might be a charm or we could have bit off more than we could chew with this batch of albums. We hit the last half of September 2019, discussing albums from Blink 1-82, Zac Brown Band, Steel Panther, Hell Yeah, and Sturgill Simpson, while also making connections to Godsmack, Five Finger Death Punch, and Chris Gaines. 

Brent and Andy are back with their second episode of "A Sides". This time they discuss albums from the first half of September 2019, which include releases from The Highwomen, Black Star Riders, Iggy Pop, Tom Keifer, Korn, and a re-issue of The Cult's Sonic Temple for it's 30th anniversary. Thanks for listening to the first outing and we hope you enjoy round two! Cheers!

Welcome to A-Sides, a podcast where Brent and Andy will take a deep dive into new music releases. August was loaded with a lot of new releases from veterans like Vince Gill and returning artists like TOOL, who released their first album in a decade. On this show, every song is a drinking song, so kick back and open a cold one with us.