Scott Pasch (DCxPC Live)
photo by @put.over.photo
What are your top five albums that were released in 2025? (In order 1-5)
I’m sticking with vinyl releases:
- RBNX / Car Bomb Parade – Split 12”
- Rebelmatic – Black Hole Meets the Tornado 12”
- Oh the Humanity! – Ground to Dust 12”
- Savage Master – Devil Rock 12”
- Alpha Sub – Alpha Sub 12”
What band did you discover in 2025 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? How so?
This was probably the hardest question, because I really tried to land on a band I had no knowledge of before 2025 that also genuinely impacted me.
While I had heard of Girth Control from Albany, I hadn’t really listened to them much and had never seen them live until they played a show for me in January. They were one of those bands that not only put on an amazing, fun-filled ska-punk set, but were equally as great offstage as they were on it. I saw them
again at April’s Rally in the Valley and later that month at Not Croydon Fest, and while their sets were consistently strong, some of my favorite moments at both events were simply hanging out with them.
Over the next few months, I mostly crossed paths with one or two members at shows around Kingston, but they kept releasing dope tracks that reminded me how much pure fun that band brings. So when I booked Mephiskapheles in April, Girth Control was an obvious choice to open the show -- they prefer opening slots, since it gives them more time for drinking.
It ended up being a perfect way to close out 2025. Not only did they play one of their best sets ever but they continued to be half-way decent moderately acceptable people whom I didn’t half mind spending time with.
Overall, the bands that have affected me the most are the ones that reminded me that community is just as important -- if not more important -- than the music itself.
How will you remember 2025 (in terms of music)?
2025 was a flurry. I put out 20 releases, booked and promoted 36 shows, booked two tours, and vended at about half a dozen festivals. Exhausting is probably the best word, but I’m also incredibly stoked to have been part of so much.
It was also the first year I released a studio album. Two-Man Advantage played their last show in October and asked me to release their final two songs that were never on any album. Even though I usually only do live releases, I couldn’t say no. I love that band and those people too much.
What can we look forward to from you in 2026?
The band I manage, WORLDSUCKS, will be releasing their first full-length 12”, and it’s going to blow people’s minds. We’ll be shopping the record around and planning monthly three-to-four-day weekends to support it, with hopes of hitting multiple festivals and traveling overseas.
I’m also booking tours for two Hudson Valley bands: Meow Meow in April and Shark Noises in March.
Vinyl-wise, I’ve got several live releases lined up for 2026, including:
- Franky and the Slight Incline 12”
- General Grievance 12”
- M.A.C.E. / Trash Diva split 12”
- Billy Batts and the Made Men 12”
- Double Bubble – Live and Dead 12”
- Hans Gruber and the Die Hards 12”
- Comp Punksylvania Vol. 5 12”
- Locked in the Basement Vol. 3 12”
- Hopeless Otis / Seeing Snakes 12”
- Burning Hag 12”
- Half Dizzy / Chumhuffer split 12”
I’m also diving back into studio albums with Cut-Rate Druggist from California, who will be touring Japan, Australia, and beyond in support of the record.
On top of that, I’m recording live sets by Lake Lanier, Jaelyn, God’s Favorite, Meow Meow, and more, with plans to release those performances on vinyl.
Show-wise, I’ll continue my monthly Sunday shows at Snapper Magee’s in Kingston, NY, along with The Rally in the Valley, a two-day event featuring bands like Urban Waste, Raging Nathans, Rebelmatic, Blind Adam and the Federal League, and more. I’ll also be recording the secondary stage at Camp Punksylvania 6 again and vending there all weekend.
Beyond that, I’ll be booking shows throughout the Hudson Valley in support of touring bands at venues like the Unicorn Bar (Kingston), Night Swim (Kingston), Snug’s (New Paltz), The Colony (Woodstock) and Reason & Ruckus (Poughkeepsie). I’ve already got killer shows lined up with bands like The Toasters,
Academy Order, Pucker Up!, Jaelyn, Stacked Like Pancakes, Incendiary Device, and more.
What records are you looking forward to most in 2026?
The new WORLDSUCKS record is going to be sick. Whatever label ends up releasing it is getting a hot slab of wax.
I’ve also mostly answered this already through my own releases, but there are studio records in the works from bands I love -- Jaelyn and Meow Meow -- that I’m really hoping to see out in 2026.
Singles rule the music scene right now. How has that affected you as a band or label? Has it influenced your approach to new releases or touring?
I don’t focus much on singles. I usually let the bands decide if they want to release singles, how many, and whether they go on streaming platforms, Bandcamp, or nowhere digital at all. Some bands don’t do singles and don’t put full albums on streaming services either.
If a band does release singles, I try to coordinate them with preorders, release days, and album release shows, but the approach really varies from band to band.
