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Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2023

Words: Loren • December 11, 2023

Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2023
Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2023

Ty Vaughn (Broadway Calls)

What are your top five albums that were released in 2023? (In order 1-5)

  1. Menzingers - Some Of It Was True
  2. Militarie Gun - Life Under The Gun
  3. Chris Cresswell - Stubbornness Of The Young
  4. Spiritual Cramp - s/t
  5. GEL - Only Constant

What band did you discover in 2023 (can be a brand new band or an older band) that had an impact on your life? How so?

I listened to the Pixies a lot more in 2023 than ever before. Killer guitar work and layers in that band. 

How will you remember 2023 (in terms of music)?

Putting out some killer singles we’re proud of. Making videos. Blocking the psychos. Embracing the lovers. Getting healthy and relearning how to approach songwriting. I think 2023 will be remembered as the year we really started to work together as a band at peak positivity and creativity. Also it was so cool to collaborate with my best friend of 30+ years, Danny Hoover on “Dead Before I Hit The Ground.”

What can we look forward to from you in 2024?

Don’t think I can talk about it as of this press release? Don’t wanna mess things up for Toby/Red Scare, haha, but you will hear new Broadway Calls very soon! Also, tour with Teenage Bottlerocket in the Southeast in February! 

What records are you looking forward to most in 2024?

Morrissey - Bonfire Of The Teenagers

 

With physical media sales seemingly less popular than ever, what are some the best ways that fans can help to support the musicians when they go to a live show?

If you’re talking financially, buy a shirt. If you’re talking emotionally, just be happy to be there. Don’t be a bummer. Please remember that if you buy a ticket to a show, that the artist doesn’t owe you anything except a live performance. People have become very weird with their para-social relationships to artists in the past few years. I promise we’ve never looked back on a show with fondness because of merch sales, it’s always been about the vibes and good times. Don’t be scared to rock out. Don’t be scared to ask for songs or hugs or whatever, but just be cool.

Ty Vaughn – social media links

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Loren • December 11, 2023

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Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2023
Pass The Mic: Artists and labels on 2023

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  1. Opening page
  2. Aaron Tyree (Shadow Age)
  3. Alex Goldfarb (Debt Neglector)
  4. American Television
  5. Andy (Sell The Heart Records / Tsunami Bomb)
  6. Chris Mason (Faulty Cognitions / Dirt Cult Records)
  7. Chuck Coffey (aka Charlie Continental) (Snappy Little Numbers / SPELLS)
  8. Conan Neutron (Conan Neutron & the Secret Friends)
  9. Cory (Shape of Storms Records)
  10. Curran Reynolds (Body Stuff)
  11. Darron (DC-Jam Records)
  12. Daryl Wilson M.D. (The Bollweevils)
  13. Deanna (Sincere Engineer)
  14. Eli Hansen (Real Numbers)
  15. Felipe Patino (SACK)
  16. Frank Turner
  17. Ian Cory (Lamniformes / Bellows / Model Child / Laughing Stock / Fictionss / Told Slant)
  18. J. Wang (Come Closer / Fast Crowd Records)
  19. Jon (The Path)
  20. Keaton Rogers and Kacey Greenwood (Raised on TV)
  21. Mason Lowe
  22. Matt Hutchison (Shattered Platter Publicity)
  23. Matt Martinez (Common Wounds)
  24. Michael Reisinger (Sleeping Giant Glossolalia)
  25. Nick Hertzberg (Wet Cassettes)
  26. Rev (The Drowns)
  27. Rob Good (The Goods)
  28. Sam Russo
  29. Shahab Zargari (GC Records)
  30. Shauners (Middle-Aged Queers)
  31. Speaking as a radically evolved hivemind (Heart & Lung)
  32. Teddy Panopoulos (Dead Waves)
  33. Terence Hannum (Locrian / The Holy Circle)
  34. The Ape-Ettes
  35. To Live A Lie Records
  36. Travis & Jack (Fat Heaven)
  37. Trevor Shelley de Brauw (Pelican)
  38. Ty Vaughn (Broadway Calls)

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