Outer Limited: The Outer Limits Lounge Podcast

Eric Allen from Loose Koozies

This week, Eric Allen from Loose Koozies swings by to tell us about his band's forthcoming album, Passing Through You. Eric and Jeff go waaay back, to the late 00's, when they were both writers at a now defunct local music magazine, and they've been friends ever since. But, we're also having a splendid conversation about both Eric's own journey through music and the ongoing journey of Loose Koozies, which also features Pete Ballard, Erin Davis, Nick German, and Audrey Moran. 

Their release party is coming up on December 7 at..., where else, but: The Outer Limits Lounge! 

https://loosekoozies.bandcamp.com/ 

Featured at the end of the episode is the lead single from Passing Through You, "Wobbly Wheels." 

Kate Derringer - "Find Your People"

This week, Kate Derringer from SHADOW SHOW joined Chad and Jeff to talk about the psych-pop trio's busy year of touring and their most recently released album, Fantasy Now! which was engineered and mixed by Kate! When she isn't writing/recording/performing with Shadow Show, Kate works as a professional freelance audio engineer, consistently busy with local projects, working out of High Bias Studios in Corktown. But, as Kate reveals on our podcast, she's working with a small collective of fellow engineers/mixers to get their own studio space up and running soon! 

 

Rose St. Germaine - "You'll Always Love Me"

Singer/songwriter Emily Rose Seward of the band Rose St Germaine visited Chad and Jeff to talk about her unique musical story, including starting out on the organ, learning the dulcimer, becoming an English teacher, and eventually utilizing songwriting as a form of pure therapy. The band's been recording and performing around the scene for several years now, with a couple of albums up on Bandcamp. On November 16, they'll be releasing a 7" vinyl featuring two new songs, including "You'll Always Love Me" and "Two Long," capped off with a show at The Congregation.

Emily also brought an entire "cube" of Stroh's and declared herself to be the podcast's #1 fan <3 

Connor Dodson: "If I get a van, I'll know I've made it!"

This week, Chad and Jeff chat with guitarist/bassist/drummer/singer/songwriter Connor Dodson! Connor's been a utility player for several bands, including Frontier Ruckus, Prude Boys, and The Craig Brown Band, along with developing his own projects like Quickdraw, and even performing/recording under his own name! He has several stories from the road to share and elucidating what he loves most about music!

Zem - "You Shouldn't Cross Me (or) I'll Put You In My Soup"

This week, Chad and Jeff are chatting with ZEM! That's Zoe, Emily and Morgan, who comprise this spry, stylish, and sometimes silly garage-pop trio, with their first initials inspiring the name of the band. We talk about the formation of the band and their past experience, which ranges from basically being raised in the music scene since childhood (Zoe), to having some performance time and band-life already under their belt (Emily), to this being their first time playing in a band (Morgan). 

We talk about their first EP, their newest recordings, and the adrenaline of performing live. We also talk quite a bit about Halloween, coffee, soup, basements, and who knows what else! Tune in!  https://zemdetroit.bandcamp.com/album/demos 

Passenger Recovery

This week, Chad and Jeff visited the new Passenger Recovery community center on Caniff, where they interviewed the organization's director, Christopher Tait, and their director of programming, Bryan Wolf. They talked about the origins and mission of Passenger, as well as a lot of new developments over the last couple of years; both Tait and Wolf shared their own stories as well as their musical backgrounds. 

We talked a lot about their upcoming Guided Music Listening program (hosted at Passenger Recovery) on Saturday, October 6th at 2pm: Innovation and Revolution – Polish Music from Medieval to Modern. 

We didn't get a chance to feature this on the episode, but Passenger is also partnering with Metropolis
Records to increase awareness and advocate for support for those struggling with addiction and/or Substance Use Disorder (SUD) within the music industry. More details are forthcoming, so make sure you either visit Passenger's community center in person, contact them via email, or follow them on socials. The hope, for this new campaign, is to help people heal from whatever battle they may be struggling with internally by de-stigmatizing Mental illness, offering resources and support information, and using music as a pathway to healing.

2697 Caniff - Left side entrance, Hamtramck, MI, United States, Michigan

+1 313-288-0062

passengerrecovery@gmail.com

 

No Quitting: Krystian Quint of The Quitters and the Stools

Krystian Quint came over to hang out in Chad's basement, talking about his own personal history & upbringing as a musician, as well as the formation of the renowned local punk/blues trio known as the Stools. We talk about 90s punk, the influence of the Gories, meeting and then collaborating with Dan Kroha, and the start of Quint's new solo project: Krystian Quint and the Quitters. 

The Stools are playing at the Outer Limits Lounge this Saturday
&
The Quitters are playing at the Outer Limits Lounge this Sunday. 

photo by Joshua James

 

https://krystianquint666.bandcamp.com/track/conspiracy-2 

https://thestoolsdetroit.bandcamp.com/ 

MRKT - "You Have To Think Of Something"

MRKT are an experimental electro-prog/punk-jazz duo featuring Ben Van Camp, on vocals and drums, and 
Nolan Tillis, playing the Moog bass, electric piano, synthesizers, and fuzz organ! Their most recent record, Hearsay, was released under the Outer Limits Lounge Records label, back in the fall of 2022. Last week, Chad and Jeff invited the pair over to  Chad's basement to talk about their early days in the scene, dating back to the late 2000s, and through the 2010s, when they met at a sushi restaurant and started making dance music. We also talk quite a bit about mushrooms, Moogs, self-destruction, and the nuances of writing vs recording vs improvising....