LJPC2108 Lockjaw Records Punk Podcast - Q1 Catchup with Rob & Lesley

In this episode, Rob catches up with Andrej and Niko from Punk Rock Holiday in Slovenia and they catch up about how the festival came and about and how they have been dealing with barriers to running a festival with Covid and beyond. Featuring music from Belvedere, La Armada and Krang.

This week Rob caught up with old pal Sarah Williams, editor of online zine Shout Louder, publisher of Papercuts the punk rock storybook and avid gig-goer and promoter. Sarah has a lot up her sleeve and has been active in the punk scene for a while now. It's always enjoyable to have a catch up on what drives her, what new music she's been spinning and what we are looking forward to post-restrictions. Featuring tracks from Faintest Idea, Misgivings and Borts.

This week Rob had a chat with the two newest members of Belvedere, Ryan and Dan. The guys chat about how they ended up shredding in Belvedere, how they survived the first few epic shows, the writing process of Hindsight is the Sixth sense, and a little history of their musical journeys. Including some tracks from their other projects  Strut your stuff - Dead Pixel Survival - The Martyr Index Aches - Feinter https://www.facebook.com/belvedere669 https://www.facebook.com/deadpixelyyc https://www.facebook.com/thisisfeinter For Heathers Tattoo and Artwork visit instagram.com/hyphaea/

Lesley & Rob have a catchup on what we've been up to in the first quarter of 2021, what they've been reading, what makes 'em warm and fuzzy on the inside and is it tonedeaf aardvarks? Listen and enjoy how shit gets deep and reflective very fast.

Rob caught up with Stefan of SBAM Fest & Records about the origins of the festival and the label, the Austrian punk lounge, upcoming collabs and releases. Check out new tracks from Chaser, Heathcliff, Victory Kid and Bracket.

This week Rob caught up with old college buddy Craig Leach. They talk touring, eating pizzas and awesome festivals. Craig is front of house sound and tour manager for Anti-Flag and FOH for Postmodern Jukebox and has worked with Less Than Jake, Red City Radio and Spanish Love Songs to name a few. He also has his own podcast 'Talking Touring' which is top fun and can be found on your favourite podcast platforms.

Rob sat down with Ed Hall of All Silk Mastering House & Recording Studio.  Rob signed Ed's old band Egos At The Door in 2011 and for the following 3-4 years they managed to tour relentlessly including USA. In the podcast, we chat about All Silk, running studios in the new landscape, all sorts of sweet nothings, music past, present & future, addiction, working and living with funky mental health and Rob’s future as a professional flat ground skateboarder. With a brief sample of the incredible MUKOW EP, engineered at the beginning and sounded out by the wonderful SWEARS - both recorded, mixed & mastered at All Silk Recording Studio/All Silk Mastering House.

Rob catches up with Tim of TNS Records & Manchester Punk Festival.

Joelle virtually visits neighbouring country Germany to speak with Alex Thrun of Second Bandshirt. We talk about -ofcourse- bandshirts, favourite venues, life lessons from bike trips and how you can support and get involved with Second Bandshirt.

This week we took it overseas and invited our first Canadian guest. Rob gets chatty with Cynthia from Thousand Islands Records & Punkanormal Activity/Podcast about her punkrock journey, allll the punkrock venture she's involved in, where the name Thousand Islands comes from and much, much more!