Season 14 episode 37! In a row?! Yup, that’s right, we’re back with late nineties Reno Britpop band; acrylic! Bill Conran and Robb Russo (Luke McMullan, Neil Edwards, Chris Davis, Steve Larkins, Gabe Larkins: not present) join us for literal coffee talk, the Cure’s new album and remembering the 90’s in Reno. Bowie, Love and […]…

t’s our annual Halloween show! So of course we have the spooky Reno goth rock band (the) Glitter Bats! It’s been a whole year since we had them on. If you’re saying to yourself “isn’t that one of Nick’s bands?”, you’d be correct! Our weekly host is the drummer of the band. Lucky for us […]Por Worst Little Podcast

Lyric Morrow fronts The Griefs, her band with her dad, Jeremy Morrow on drums and her boyfriend Will Shamberger on guitar. Yep, that Will Shamberger from the Will Shamberger band out of Fallon. Jeremy was a guest with his band Merkin way back in season one! He has been on a couple other times as […]Por Worst Little Podcast

Our guest this week is the Reno punk rock power trio Hear You Me starring drummer Johnny, vocals, Carson on bass and Isaac on guitar and vocals. Fast and melodic, angsty and emotional. Super tight and fantastic gang vocals. In a few words, cool af. They are playing Sunday November 3rd at noon at the […]…

We had this weeks guest Richie Panelli on a few months back with Tha INTOXXIKATED PEDEZTRIANZ as a guest m.c. and he had to bail early. We really enjoyed his style and input. So we booked him for a full show. Richie has been working on his music for years and has many facets to […]Por Worst Little Podcast

This week on the pod, Dale Poune and Doug Sandall bring their high desert blues music to the Dogwater Studios. Both guys play acoustic guitar, both take turns singing songs and Doug plays the harmonica like Magic Dick from the J Geils Band. Dale plays with Lacy J Dalton (including at the Grand Ole Opry!) […]…

This week’s guest is a familiar name, the fantastic Kat Heart on guitar and voice and her new trio with one of our heroes from the Atomiks, Luke Hoffman on standup bass and newcomer to the Dogwater studios, Erick Graham on drums. They are called Feral Heart, and they click man. We talk about how […]Por Worst Little Podcast

Our guest this week is a dear friend and crazy talented one man band, Paul Allen. Reno indie acoustic outsider storyteller music with lyrics that are sometimes stark and bleak, humorous, trippy & a little heartbreaking . Paul has released his home recordings on Bandcamp and SoundCloud with Paul playing guitar and drums and double tracking […]…

Blast off with the OG WLP cast from the past, into the Wild Wild West with Mr. Johnson & His Loaded Dice. Zack Johnson on guitar and vocals, standup bassist JP Hogfat, man of (lap) steel Jonah Winchester, and Luci Inferno providing the heat of the beat. Known for covering the Misfits in a western […]…

This week’s guests are young Renoites who play Americana pop punk, new to the scene but steadily growing a grassroots fan base. They’re fun. They might be singing about let’s say, the end of the world, but their sound feels like a happy summer jam. Jesse Green (Cryptillians former drummer) heads up the band on […]…

This week Nick and Dogwater Dick talk about the film Nowhere Nevada. A locally made feature length movie written by Marianne “Marianarchy” Psota, turn of the century Reno arts and music promoter, writer, muse and conduit. Eight years after her passing the script was given to David Richards who, with the help of over 100 […]…

Drummer and dad Clay, bassist and buddy, Miles and singer songwriter guitarist Anabelle, all packed up the van in Fallon and headed west to Reno and the Dogwater Studios for an another great WLP episode. This indie pop outfit was born out of Anabelle’s acoustic folk solo act that she started a mere four years […]…

We’re back and live in the studio with rap rockers INTOXXIKATED PEDEZTRIANZ with Jordan Huss “Rellik 444” (MC and screamer), Johnny Fernandez (Evil Ash) guitar, Jimmy Guthrie (Machine Gun Vendetta) guitar, Dubl‘Z (MC) and featuring Reno hip hop legend Richie Panelli (MC) who came in for his collab with TIP. These dudes tear up the […]…

This week we have a special zoom call with lead singer and guitarist of United Defiance, Clinton Smith. Zooming in from Crockett California just a few miles away from most of his bandmates and rehearsal studio, Clinton shares his tales of being a lifelong punk rocker, 20 years with UD and his other band he […]…

Welcome back worst little listeners! Five piece progressive metalcore group CYANATE join us this week for a truly brutal head banging thrash session. With Jerad Mochel on guitar, Tim MacDonald on bass, Scott Schlingheyde also on guitar, Robert Landers on drums, headed by Dimitri Macouin lead vocals. We hear tracks from their self titled debut […]…

We’re back from Rick’s summer break and ready to pod the cast again! Back in the saddle with our new friends from Winnemucca, High Desert Habit. With Cassandra Luvlee on bass, “OG” Orin George on drums and Eric Mercado on guitar and vocal. We get some tracks from their upcoming album recorded at Tin Roof […]…

We had a cozy healing session with thee magic man himself Mr Larry Cooper. Larry is a talented multi-instrumentalist whose musical hustles include being the bassist for artsy pop rockers Roxxy Collie and often sitting in with his homies in the Grimtones or maybe you’ve been blown away by his solo work. His debut solo […]…

This week’s guests are industrial dark wave songsters Voidsinger. Casey Fritz and Rob Pelikan’s music is like Love and Rockets mixed with New Order and maybe a dash of Ministry’s With Sympathy. Incorporating hip hop and grunge and just about any genre they like. They have made ten albums in a year and a half. […]…

We are back with a brand new episode featuring dark wave goth vibers WITTIKKA. This trio consists of Daniel on guitar Dave on drums and computer programs, and James on bass and vocals. Dave points out that James is the visionary front man providing lyrics as well. James insists it’s a group effort. Their sound […]…

This week we’re celebrating Dads! Nicks dad Nick and Nicks grown kid Quinn Ramirez, joined by KOZZ’s star DJ, Max Volume (Glenn Bailey) and his son, our friend Johnny Bailey of the ripping rock group Rigorous Proof shoot the shit about rock musicians, cars, podcasts, family upbringing and of course what being a dad means. […]…

We had our friend Dennis McDonald on last year, where he came on the show and played us tracks from 6 of his favorite bands who have graced the Cellar Stage at Alturas bar on 4th street, Dennis’ dream job here in the biggest little city. The episode was a hit, and some listeners wanted […]Por Worst Little Podcast

95.1 FM KNVC is community radio programmed for the people by the people, headed up by Steve Funk and Will Houk who, much to our pleasure and invite, dropped by the Dogwater Studios to give us the four one one on what’s happening with their totally rad homegrown radio station in Carson City. For one […]…

This week for our 550th episode, we have a personal hero of ours, family man, talented athlete, songwriter and brilliant guitarist Dave Berry of the well known rocking funk outfit Jelly Bread. We first talked with him way back in the first season of the podcast, 2011, towards the end of his then band PufferBilly. […]…

This week we have a great zoom chat with Tyler Edwards from the NorCal metal group Greybush. Tyler says the name is because they’re men of a certain age and the changing colors not unlike the foliage in the fall. This isn’t their first rodeo in the music scene and with age comes experience and […]Por Worst Little Podcast

Holy shit! This week’s guests hail from one of our musical sister cities, Nevada City California. With Tony on drums, “Poop”Nick on guitar and demonic vocals and Sage on bass. Devine Defecation are a tight dirty chunky Cookie Monster, stoner deathcore Heavy Metal thrash band,(I think that covers it) that are not to be poo […]…

Our guest this week is a man of many names, Freddie Fretless on Facebook, Jerry Leon in real life and his musical moniker Winnemucca Brown. He hitched his wagon all the way from eastern Nevada, take a guess where specifically. That’s right we win more than a Mucca this week as joining Jerry is his beautiful […]…

*we don’t know why but this episode disappeared, hence the repost. Enjoy! For our last installment of this year’s Women’s March, we have our good friend and multi-talented queen of the scene, Rhiannon Box! When she’s not styling hair, heading up a theater company, creating award winning short films, or jamming with her band Stabby […]…

MacNuggits: Phoning It In For Room a zoom Zoom! Kim, Nick and Dogwater Dick were all able to podcast from the comfort of their own phones or computers as did our guest Dan Abbott from the band Bobby Joe Ebola and the Children MacNuggits. These songs are all different genres mixed, telling detailed epic stories […]…

We’re halfway through our Women’s March and this week we’re joined by our friend and local folk rock hero Kat Heart! We were going to have one of her bands (Sierra Sirens, Kat Heart and the Business) on but the stars just didn’t align for that. Not to worry, Kat packed up her pedal board […]Por Worst Little Podcast

Our annual Women’s March continues with the soulful folk sounds of Kasey Christensen accompanied by her boyfriend, local folk hero Liam Kyle Cahill! We had a ball getting to know this talented singer songwriter with her beautiful vocals and heartfelt songs. Kasey also owns the popular restaurant Sűp so we talk a bit about that, […]…

After illness and snowstorms, we are back! Kicking off our annual Women’s March salute to local ladies who make music, we have a blast from the past, singer songwriter Robin Robinson! Robin and Nick were friends back in the 90’s, attending open mics and local shows at old school Reno venues like the Blue Lamp […]…

For Valentines we get bromantic. Three rad dudes from established Reno bands like Ostracized, Grimedog and Filipendejo among others, Lucas Grimes guitar and vocals, Tyrell Cruz bass and vocals and Kevin Montoya drums and vocals are the new super group and power trio BANG MARRY KILL. Funky and reminiscent of funny jam acts like Ween, […]…

We had a rocking good time hanging out with Trevor Lame-Vocals, Guitar Cheyenne Cha Cha-Bass and Jake Sticks-the drummer who are now collectively known as brand new baby low fi sonic punk band Drought. Only a half a year in the life of Drought and they’re already landing some great gigs and of course their […]…

This week on WLP we welcome Nevada City’s No Healer with Justin on drums, Barry guitar and vocals, and Blake on bass. They are a genuine, sonic garage, kickass rock and roll outfit. With influences like the Stooges, Dead Moon and the Sonics this power trio knows how to keep it raunchy, hooky, fast paced […]…

We are back with folkin’ funny lady Canyon White! After a lengthy discussion about colonoscopies and cheeseburgers, we dive right into catching up with this longtime northern Nevada musical nomad, and friend of the show. Canyon always has a full schedule including hosting open mic sessions, radio shows and acoustic performances. She is embarking on…

Howdy Reno neighbors and neighborenos! We are back with a fresh new band to meet and explore. It’s 2024 and the young folks are still punk rocking for the betterment of mankind and for the sheer fun, absurdity and love of it all. These antiwar, pro equality anarcho-punx, Death Means Profit are comprised of Lilith […]…

Welcome back and happy new year! Season 14 kicks off with the hardcore metal act The Latest Fashion! With local luminaries in the Reno music scene, Chris Tuffino on drums, Benjamin Tyler Brown on bass, Tony Jensen on guitar, Corey Nuckolls also on guitar, and Jeremy Granata bringing the monster vocals. They’re all amazing musicians […]…

Join us for aur annual holiday episode and WLP Season 13 finale! It’s family, friends, kids and chaos. We’ve got a Robert Earl Keen Christmas song from our buddy Breck Lee Durham (Trouble Show), a big cast that dwindles as we go, a few Christmas wishes, crying children, the Elvis story, therapy talk and a […]…

It’s an OG WLP this week with all original hosts including Chewie, gathering in celebration of our Sagittarians, Rory, Nick and Rick, winding down season 13 and looking forward to the annual Xmas finale episode, a nice little break and our Season 14 premiere! Music provided by One Ton Dually (w/Reverend Rory!), Roxxy Collie, Glitter […]…

All dressed up and ready to go but wouldn’t you know it, as usual the Triflin’ Bitches LIVE episode was not to be. First it was Covid a couple years back, forcing a zoom episode, then another unexpected drama with a band member breaking up right before their next appearance, leading to a lackluster episode […]…

Our WLP correspondent Sophia Shortz does it again with an excellent booking for the show. New black metal shoe gaze group Vakker, with Ryan on drums, Chris on guitar, Noah on bass and Erin throwing down the vocals. It was a great hang where we get a little history, and tracks currently titled Roman numerals […]…

Kadillac Kim, Anna Mouse, Amy Lee, Nick, Chewie and Dogwater Dick all got together for a very special WLP Thanksgiving episode with music curated by Chewie! (Also known as Josh Martin.) Our dear friend and co host has created a fun, totally not safe for work mixtape from his collection of music by touring bands […]…

Join us this week as we journey into the mind and heart of the magic making duo known as Blunderbusst (and sometimes noise vessel Wizard Colors). Songwriter Jen Scaffidi sings vocals and plays guitar, holding down rhythm and melodies joined by the soundscapes and otherworldly guitar vibes of Carson Cessna. Blunderbusst is a unique band […]…

Johnny Bailey on guitar and lead vox, Adam Landis (also from Greg Gilmore and the Fever Dreams) on keys and vox, Jake Cactus (also from the punk band Heterophobia) keeping the beat, and Bailey’s musical life mate Jesse Gaddis on bass. From middle school roots to becoming the Madorians when we first met them, to […]…

This week on the Worst Little Podcast, one of the inmates, err, former interns is hosting the show! Join Ian as he brings us the latest and greatest from gothic horror rockers Glitter Bats! Their haunted tones are the perfect vibe for your Halloween bash! Freddie Ferox’s powerful voice and dark lyrics paint a frighteningly beautiful […]…

A vast ye matey! This week we have Reno pirate punk rock royalty, The Deadly Gallows! With John Underwood on banjo and trumpet, Hector Acevedo on guitar, Jason Ricketts on accordion, Jason Gingerballs on drums, Skylar Powers on bass, Alan Lyons on violin and mandolin, and Alex, the reluctant sax player. Our guest host, the […]…

Sans keyboard player Michael Tegio, this week’s guest and lifelong friends,The Grimtones, brought a bunch of rad cover songs and a slew of funny to the Dogwater studios. They perform a couple live acoustic style and play us some new, full band recordings. We go through a bit of Grimtones history, dating back to their high […]…

Our scheduled guest Blunderbusst came down with the flu and we were bummed, but Jen Scaffidi, sister of our intern Lee, had a plan. Jen suggested we have her friend on, Carson City singer songwriter, referred to by Jen as “Handsome” Steven Hanson II. Crisis averted! Of course, like other friends of the show, Sophia […]…

This week we’re joined by Holly Spahr and Jack Karczewski from Dark Corner Haunt and our musical guest is dark hip hop artist Doc Gruesome! Holly and Jack tell us all about their over the top, two level haunted house that starts this weekend and runs through October 31st at the National Bowling Stadium in […]…

This week we were joined by our podfather himself, Thee Reverend Rory Dowd, as well as Connor McQuivey , host of popular local podcast Renoites! Our musical guests are the kickass, pop punks Donkey Jaw. Newish members, Jared on bass and Sean on guitar, were an absolute pleasure to get to know. Find out how […]…