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Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2017

Words: Loren • December 17, 2017

Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2017
Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2017

Dino Von Lalli (Fatso Jetson/Big Pig/Brass Eyebrow)

1. What are your top five albums that were released in 2017? (In order 1-5)

  1. Melvins - A Walk With Love and Death
  2. Ty Segall - s/t
  3. Pissed Jeans - Why Love Now
  4. Queens of the Stone Age - Villans
  5. Mastodon - Emporer of Sand

2. What band did you discover in 2017 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? What made them significant?

In 2017 Fatso Jetson did a US tour with The Obsessed and Karma to Burn. I was a first time listener for both bands and they both blew me away! Wino, Reid, Brian, Paul, Will, Eric and Evan are the sweetest dudes and they play the heaviest tunes in the world. They had a huge impact on my attitude and approach towards playing music. Those dudes are realer than the streets!!!

3. How will you remember 2017? (In terms of music)

It's been a weird year.

4. What can we look forward to from you in 2018?

Big Pig will be releasing a 4-song EP, Fatso Jetson will hopefully be writing and recording, Brass Eyebrow will continue to try and take over the world one double double at a time. Plus too many live shows from all thee bands!!!

5. What records are you looking forward to most in 2018?

No idea, surprise me 2018! Plenty of Donald Trump fueled punk rock I'm sure!

6. For most, 2017 will be remembered as a year of political and social conflict. How does that cultural atmosphere influence your own music or artistic life?

Politics, Shmolitics I'm more concerned with writing about where my next burrito is going to come from!

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Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2017
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  2. Good Friend (Adam Carroll)
  3. Locrian (Andre Foisy)
  4. The Vomit Arsonist/DHIM/Danvers State Recordings (Andrew Grant)
  5. AWMA
  6. The Great Old Ones (Benjamin Guerry)
  7. The Hussy/Fire Heads/Cave Curse/Kind Turkey Records (Bobby Hussy)
  8. Body Stuff (Curran Reynolds)
  9. Dark/Light
  10. Sincere Engineer (Deanna Belos)
  11. del-Toros
  12. Fatso Jetson/Big Pig/Brass Eyebrow (Dino Von Lalli)
  13. Disastroid
  14. Integrity/A389 Recordings (Domenic Romeo)
  15. Monotrope (Edward Ricart)
  16. Real Numbers (Eli Hansen)
  17. Mamiffer/Mára/Barnett + Coloccia/SIGE Records (Faith Coloccia)
  18. Frank Turner
  19. Shallow Cuts/Chagrin/Fast Crowd Records (J. Wang)
  20. The Bombpops (Jen Razavi)
  21. Iron Lung Records (Jensen)
  22. The Number Twelve Looks Like You (Jesse Korman)
  23. Junior Bruce
  24. Three One G/Retox/Dead Cross/Planet B (Justin Pearson)
  25. Theologian, Annihilvs Power Electronix (Lee M. Bartow)
  26. The Copyrights (Luke)
  27. Fatso Jetson/Yawning Man (Mario Lalli)
  28. The Blind Shake/BLAHA/Shadow in the Cracks (Mike Blaha)
  29. Riverboat Gamblers/Drakulas/Ghost Knife (Mike Wiebe)
  30. Nato Coles & the Blue Diamond Band (Nato Coles)
  31. Tiger Army (Nick 13)
  32. Old Man Gloom
  33. The Hippaes (Roo Pescod)
  34. Marco Reosti/Salinas Records
  35. Slow Dancing Society
  36. Init Records (Steven Williams)
  37. Spaghetty Town Records (Teddy Spahgetty)
  38. Locrian/The Holy Circle/Axebreaker (Terence Hannum)
  39. Elway (Tim Browne)
  40. Summon the Birds (Tim Clarke)
  41. Netherlands (Timo Ellis)
  42. Red Scare Industries (Tobias Jeg)
  43. To Live A Lie Records/Oxidant (Will Butler)

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