Outer Limited: The Outer Limits Lounge Podcast

Carbon Decoy - Crush The Sun

This week, Chad and Jeff are chatting with the psychedelic/stoner-rock power trio known as Carbon Decoy, just in time for the release of their 2nd full-length album, Crush The Sun! 

Casey Rowe, Jared Jordan, and Earl Mudd are hanging out and talking about their roots, from the rural climes near Jackson, MI, to memorable shows performed around the Metro region, as well as exuberant remarks upon how the local music scene welcomed them with relatively and disarmingly open arms. Tune in! 

LZR Violet

This week, we're chatting with LZR, or Johnny LZR, or LZR Violet, or, lzr.violet, either way, they're all the same person and that person is here to talk about their musical journey, from early days of skateboarding, to the formation of Human Eye with Timmy Vulgar and stints with The Go and Conspiracy of Owls. We also get in to the story behind a slew of newer projects along the way, including Brood X, Pink Spit, and more! PLUS!! LZR's been working on new solo material and he sent us some tracks, including a New Order cover, that you can hear around the middle and towards the end of this episode! How cool!

Please note, though, that things get a bit heavy around the 36:00-mark, just an fyi, but overall a substantially inspiring and heartfelt conversation all around! Tune in! 

 

 

Ménage Detroit: Would You Say We're in Love!?

This week, we've got an episode where Chad and Jeff chat with Joey and Tex, the duo comprising the lo-fi garage-rock group known as Ménage Detroit! Now, there are more than a few references to 4/20, the infamous stoner date of Gregorian Calendar, since that's the literal day that we recorded this episode! We hear the origin story of Joey and Tex as a couple, as collaborators, and some of their recent adventures, along with some of Joey's other projects, like The Hand and Toeheads! Tune in! Oh, and we also talk about vampires, milk, mono-recording, and more! 

 

From Here To There: Nadine Chronopoulos (DENO)

This week, Nadine Chronopoulos joins us to talk about her band DENO, as well as her new EP titled OM TARA / From Here To There! Nadine is also performing on Sunday at 27th Letter Books, for an event celebrating the establishment of a physical space for Shelley Salant's Gingko Records, a local label that Shelly (Shells) has been facilitating for years, but this weekend marks the start of a set location, inside the expansive and versatile space at Michigan Avenue and 25th Street!  

Nadine, meanwhile, has so many stories to share about her upbringing in Greece, her previous band, Milk Bath, and the development of DENO! Tune in! 

The Melody Memoirs: Melody Baetens

Melody Baetens, also known as Melody Malosh, is a dining and entertainment reporter for The Detroit News, where she has worked for over 20 years, earning the position of Restaurant Critic in 2019. Along the way, and particularly throughout the 2010s, Melody diligently covered the local music scene, bringing indie and underground bands to the pages of the Detroit News. Before that, though, she was in several noteworthy bands, including The Sirens, Betty Cooper, and many more--not to mention her long stint running Small's here in Hamtramck! Tune in! 

 

 

FEN FEN - In Yer Sights

The four members of FEN FEN decalred The Outer Limits Lounge to be "the greatest venue in the world" and "most comfortable place to play!" Well, damn it, it's also a comfortable place to host a podcast--particularly when you're talking about loud, aggressive, frenetic, fast-tempo music! Ferocious music, yes, but Luke, Josh, Ben, and Jake are exceedingly affable, laid-back, chill dudes who just wanna talk about the nuances of their recording process, the lyrics, and their west side (of the state) origins! They have a new album coming out this summer titled IN YER SIGHTS, and you can hear all about it! Press play!

 

https://www.instagram.com/fenfenfanclub 

https://fenfen.bandcamp.com/album/fen-fen 

Aran Ruth Talks WICCANS

This week, Jeff and Chad chat with singer-songwriter-guitarist Aran Ruth, covering a wide variety of psychedelic-folk lore and charting how her diverse musical influences forged her path toward eventually forming WICCANS with Kelly Jean Caldwell. We discuss the group's forthcoming third and final record, as well as a bit about Infinity People. You can see Aran Ruth perform live next SATURDAY, June 7, at Outer Limits Lounge! 

Matthew Smith - Our Pod Will Change The World

Welcome to Season 3 of Outer Limited! We're back! Join us for our conversation with Matthew Smith, founder of Outrageous Cherry, current leader of the Matthew Smith Group, and overall prolific songwriter! We run through the chronology of Outrageous Cherry up into the late 2010s, while also enjoying an array of anecdotes about the surrealism of a band, or any musician, simply existing within the music industry. Oh, and Matt also performed two songs for us! It was late winter, and the heaters were on upstairs, so if it gets fuzzy at points--just remember we're in a bar! 

https://www.facebook.com/matthewsmithgroup 

https://cful.bandcamp.com/album/outrageous-cherry-out-there-in-the-dark