Best LiveFrom Podcasts (2026)

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S15E41: Season Finale! – Worst Little Xmas ‘25 46:52

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Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays worst little family! It’s been a helluva year and as is our tradition, we’ve reached the final episode of 2025, our 15th season, and it’s our Xmas office party live from the recent past! Join Reverend Rory, Chewie, Patrick Starfish, Dogwater Dick, Doc G and Uncle Nick with their friends […]…

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S15E40- Xelena Empress of the Impossible & One Ton Dually- One Hell of a Birthday 1:18:25

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Our guest this week is Xelena; Emperess of the Impossible, serving up a bizarre and mysterious presentation of magic and as Xelena calls it, Mindfuckery. No spoilers here, but we had a helluva time as we always have with the emperess. It’s been around five years since our last mindfuck. We get the 411 on her […]…

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S15E39: Crime Wife- Rock Noire 1:08:40

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Just a few more episodes to go this season/year and we have the honor and pleasure of debuting a brand-new band from old friends Joe Atack on guitar and lead vocals and drummer and backing vocalist Steven Sperber from Weapons of Mass Creation, and new friend Jennifer Kim, Steven’s wife, on bass and backing vocals. […]…

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S15E38: Friendsgiving ‘25: Chewie’s Choice Cuts 1:25:35

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This week’s episode is our annual Friendsgiving pod! Featuring music from Chewie’s vault. A fun mix of Jazz Metal, ska, funk, hard rock, garage punk and hip hop. Late nineties/ early 2000’s Reno rock royalty like Cranium, Keyser Soze, 10 Ton, Electrosonics, and Mike Tyson & Tommy. It’s a party with Nick, Rick, Kim, Chewie, […]…

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S15E37: NIGHTBRAIN-It’s Not Cute Anymore -or- The Booty & The Brain 1:21:00

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This week we had the pleasure of finally meeting the Quincy, California band NIGHTBRAIN. We first heard of this killer band a few months ago when we interviewed It’s Not Cute Anymore, also from nearby Northern California, then again when The Sand Gators were on, a band Alex, NIGHTBRAIN’s keyboard player also plays in. The […]…

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S15E36: Cryptilians – Tales from the Crypt 54:48

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This week we welcome back Crypilians, a punk rock trio who is fast, tight and a total kick in the ass. High energy with a purist heart, straight up authentic punk. The band has gone through many different iterations but the latest trio of Lanny on vocals and guitar, who is the visionary and songwriter […]…

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S15E35: Heterophobia – Funeral Potatoes 59:07

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We were stoked to welcome back one of our absolute favorite groups, Heterophobia! With Jace, guitarist & vocals, Bread (Brett) the bassist and Master Cactus killing the drums. Their sound feels like frantic melodic post punk rock with emotion. Jace has a passionate strong yet fragile vocal quality with intelligent lyrics and skillful creative techn…

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#611 S15E34 Glitter Bats: Halloween III 1:02:44

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This week we get ready for Halloween! It’s our guests Glitter Bats third time as our Halloween episode musical act and we’re quite delighted! Freddie heads up the group as singer and songwriter, with a super strong gorgeous voice,joined by Rip Von Shred Master Chris on guitar, heavy metal warrior young Jared also on guitar, […]…

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S15E33: DOC GRUESOME – Haunted House Call 1:09:50

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Nick Lorton aka Doc Gruesome came over to Dogwater Studios this week to creep us out and thrill us with his music. His unique horror rap comes with a twist by blending new nu metal, or singing goth with new-new wave or hardcore aggressive EDM vibes. Doc is always addressing the darkness of a twisted […]…

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S15E32: Hired Fun- Cover Me 1:17:19

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Ian, Brady, Raleighy, and Andrew are the band Hired Fun. Andrew on the drum kit, Brady on bass, Raleighy on guitar and Ian on throat. Straight out of Carson, crazy manic, loud and electric, Hired Fun have been plugging away at performing and recording their self-titled debut album on ToneMark Sounds label. That being said, […]…

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S15E31: Azma Hazard- Smoking Weed On the Top of a Mountain 1:05:51

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Another week another new school band, and we are here for it! This week’s guests Azma Hazard are fresh and original, with Al on vocals and bass, Paul on electric guitar, and Trevor “Tree” on drums and occasional vocals. Elements of psychedelic rock, punk ethos, and doomy stoner rock vibes. Cool and eclectic for sure. […]…

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S15E30: The Velvet Pouch- Clove Cigarettes and Quaaludes for Breakfast 1:04:23

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We had a blast this week with the moody alternative band The Velvet Pouch. Maddi sings in the style of dreamy goth acts like Cocteau Twins and Dead Can Dance, Siouxie etc., with beats from drummer Alex, hypnotic bass by Ajax and guitarist Vance who adds texture and shred, with a bit of a Jesus […]By Worst Little Podcast

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S15E29 Hardcore Brunch- Champagne Pride and Joy 1:12:21

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This week we have the brand new “fake” band Hardcore Brunch. They say that because they just joined forces and each take turns doing solo songs and have a few where they all play together. While they each shine individually, magic happens when they’re functioning as a band. Argyle plays the omnichord and sings. Sue […]…

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S15E28: Failed Fates – Humanity Gets An F 1:12:33

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This week we rock out with Failed Fates a kickass band blending hardcore punk and doom metal. Madi plays rhythm guitar, Tom with guitar and screams, Eric on drums and newest member Michael on bass. Reporting on the mucky muck of life. Reflections of a dark twisted society. Both punk and metal but not necessarily […]…

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S15E27- Spencer Kilpatrick and the Sand Gators: Tunes from the Dunes *streaming error repost 1:03:15

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We’re back everyone! We have a real treat for you this week. Guitar shredder, singer songwriter and WLP’s first intern Spencer Kilpatrick and the Sand Gators are live in the Dogwater studios. With his gal pal Dani on second guitar and backing vocals, Ivan on bass, Alex on keyboard, Zack on drums, and Rachel on […]…

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S15E27- Spencer Kilpatrick and the Sand Gators: Tunes from the Dunes 1:12:56

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We’re back everyone! We have a real treat for you this week. Guitar shredder, singer songwriter and WLP’s first intern Spencer Kilpatrick and the Sand Gators are live in the Dogwater studios. With his gal pal Dani on second guitar and backing vocals, Ivan on bass, Alex on keyboard, Zack on drums, and Rachel on […]…

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S15E26- NOSEBONE: No Shame in Their Game 1:12:56

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OMG you guys. Holy guacamole batman… it’s the return of the band formerly known as The Shames!! That’s right folks Scaught (also bass player for Elephant Rifle) on drums, Penny on guitar and vocals and Mikie on bass and vocals live at the Dogwater studios! With their new music and new band NOSEBONE ! We […]…

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S15E25- The DEEPNESS: From Reno With Love 57:03

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We are back with another sweet episode of WLP. Paige Sargent is the DEEPNESS, sometimes with her guitar or maybe a cappella or with a full band, however presented she delivers the beauty, the love and the deepness of it all. Nick met and invited her to the podcast when Breck Lee Durham hosted a […]By Worst Little Podcast

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#601 S15E24: Burning Harvest- High Yield 58:45

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This episode is dedicated to Ozzy. This week we have thrashy, death metal, stoner rockers Burning Harvest with newest member Bobby on guitar, Brian on bass, Andrew on drums and Justin on guitar and vocals. They’re new but not new to the scene. Coming from experience they had no problem meshing and cranking out the […]…

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#600! S15E23 600th Episode Extravaganza! 49:48

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It’s our 600th episode! To celebrate we had a party with our friends, Manchild Greg Gilmore, Spike McGuire, Roxxy Collie, the Grimtones, Larry Cooper, Glitter Bats, CandyApple&theRazorblades, Michael Tegio and good old uncle Nick! Ten different live acts in one episode. What could possibly go wrong? This was an amazing show and we want to […]…

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#599 S15E22- Luke Knudsen: Meta For the Metaphor 1:04:31

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Folky ska loving singer songwriter Luke Knudsen closes out our 500’s with an intimate live acoustic performance of songs from 7 years of recording with Dogwater Dick. Yet to play out, save a few open mic performances, Meta For The Metaphor is sharp funny sometimes complex with clever word play and playful tunes that truly […]…

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S15E21 ViceGrip: Coming Down the Mountain 53:51

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Right before heading to the Dogwater studios for the recording of this week’s episode my wife asks me “who is on tonight?”. I say ViceGrip. She replies,”they sound tight.” She’s the funniest person I know. Love you baby. When I came home I was pleased to tell her they were indeed tight. With Matt on […]…

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S15E20- Happy Birthday Chewie!(feat. War Maggots,Grey Mauzer,The Line,and Del Mar) 1:10:37

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Join us as we celebrate WLP founding member Josh “Chewie” Martin’s birthday with a trip to 1990’s Reno. From Chewie’s personal archive of cassettes and compact discs we get crazy eclectic with tracks from metal act War Maggots, indie masterminds Grey Mauzer, hardcore Reno hip hop from The Line and the western surf sounds of […]…

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S15E19 – Sassabration ‘25!-Ribcage, the Haus of Vertigo, Armani the Star, Vulvateen and the Return of New Girl! 1:03:44

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Happy Pride Month! Holy moly y’all Kadillac booked another banger! Radio DJ, actor, former WLP cohost and current Brewery Arts Center special event coordinator/social media manager, Jamie Lynn Woodham joins us with all the 411 on BAC and Sassabration events. One man band and electric emo folk singer songwriter, Ribcage provides the songs this week.…

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S15E18 Nueva Elegancia : Los Niños Estan Bien 55:20

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With Chris on guitar and vox, Looney with the occasional vox, Yuni on Guitar and Favian slapping the Double Bass accompanied by Christian the designated mastermind, Nueva Elegancia are a musical group with traditional Mexican guitar style but I wouldn’t call them a mariachi band. Young fellas with an average age around 20, playing the […]…

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S15E17 Danny Horton Trio- 3 The Hard Way 53:44

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We’re back worst little listeners and so is our good buds the Danny Horton Trio to rockatonkabilly it up with the velvet and the grit, high quality polished music they’re rapidly becoming known for all over Nevada and California. Lead by the charismatic Danny Horton playing guitar and singing and kicking the drums with his […]…

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S15E16- Matt Bushman & Ford Goodman – Good Bush, Man 1:19:26

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Ford Goodman joins us speaking about his crowd funded and nonprofit organization to bring professional live music performances to the people. From forthesong.org :” The “For The Song” Fund has been established by local Patrons and the ArrowCreek community to provide support for nationally-touring, critically acclaimed artists. We provide significan…

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S15E15 Breck Lee Durham- The Storytellers 1:23:19

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This week we’re back with our good friend and musical storyteller Breck Lee Durham. Also we welcome Carson City Shorts film festival organizers Lyric and Taylor of Silver State Storytellers. They’re giving us the scoop on their upcoming sci-fi short film fest and competition Moon Rocks, where film makers create science fiction films between 5-9 […]…

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S15E14-Secret Monolith: Other Bigfoot 1:22:43

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S15E14-Secret Monolith: Meet the Other Bigfoot Some of our favorite players in Reno, from bands Alphabet Cult, the Shames, Plastic Caves, gob, Scurvy Bastards and others, joined us for this weeks episode. They’re currently the band known as Secret Monolith, Cyril sings and shreds guitar, Leah sings and slays the bass and Darren pounds the […]…

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#590 S15E13 BUTCHERED: Fresh Meat 1:00:42

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Technically still teenagers , 17 & 18 year olds who’ve been jamming together since they were 14 and tearing it up from Minden Nevada, this weeks guests, metalheads Butchered . Henry on guitar and vocals, best friend Mason on drums, new guy Phil (absent)on bass and late to the pod, Jeff also on guitar. The […]…

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S15E12 – Weight of the Tide: Carry That Weight 1:09:32

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We had the great heavy metal rockers Weight of the Tide on our humble podcast and they didn’t disappoint. Mark Moots’ heavy guitar and powerful vocals, Marcus Mayhall’s superb bass, Jason Thomas’ masterful drums and absent from the show, Jes Phipps also on guitar and vocals, provided us tracks from their latest album What Pale […]…

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S15E11: Retro Radio Dolls- Chemistry, Harmony and Sisterhood 1:11:39

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WLP’s Women’s March continues with a true blast from the past. Alex Grow, Kay Davis, and Natalie Jones are the Retro Radio Dolls. We laughed our asses off with these funny, talented and community-oriented singers. From their Facebook page: Retro Radio Dolls is an all singing, all dancing female close harmony trio showcasing a delightful […]…

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S15E10 It’s Not Cute Anymore – Night Brain 1:14:35

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We’re back with female fronted bands for Women’s March! We have Korey Davis on drums, Chris Retallack bass, Michael Retallack & Nathan Retallack on guitars and on vocals and occasional instruments, Keely Nesbit! They are “It’s Not Cute Anymore” based in Reno and Portola California. The band was recently formed and have played a few […]…

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S15E09 Gina Rose- Threshold of Pain 1:07:04

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We’re back! Celebrate ladies March with us as we welcome back for her third appearance the sultry songstress of the high desert, Gina Rose Waller. With a punk rock spirit and a soft approach, angelic whispers to an almost howl, her songs will break your heart, question life’s purpose, opine on outlaws and a wild […]…

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S15E08 Cori Elba- On Planet Weird 1:02:51

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This week we have the hilarious, sweet sassy sounds of punk drummer singer songwriter Cori Elba with Layla Moheimani on bass and Rob Elba, Cori’s dad, on guitar. Cori’s comes to Reno from Truckee Ca, Layla too. Rob originally from Queens, now in L.A. California. Cori began performing at the Alibi open mic in Truckee […]…

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S15E07 Memory Circle- Three Ring Circle 1:13:46

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This weeks guests are brothers Conor & Evan on bass and guitar, and Travis on drums who together are the power trio known as Memory Circle. Smooth, funky, psychedelic, surfy, spacey soundscape songs that are musical jammy fun. We listen to several demo recordings, get their origin story and talk a lot about movies and […]…

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S15E06 Sweet Decay- Rabbit Light Tapestry 1:00:33

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S15E06 Sweet Decay- Rabbit Light Tapestry How sweet it is to be back with indie folk duo Sweet Decay. CJ plays guitar and he and Autumn both sing in a beautiful powerhouse harmony. They’re having a blast as Sweet Decay and since they are a couple they can easily practice write and riff together often. […]…

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S15E05-Valentines Special with Candy Apples and the Razorblades: Die Die My Darling! 1:01:38

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This one’s for all you lovers out there. Enter Candy all dolled up donning skull face make up and ripping the vocals. With seasoned blues man Chris on guitar. The man who totally loves fun, cool Keith on bass. On second guitar; the shredder young Jared, and drumming the heartbeat of the band, hailing from […]…

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S15E04 Ostracized-Metal Will Live On 54:28

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We go hard again this week with power metal quartet known as OSTRACIZED Live Ugo Daillarian (pseudonym) – vox, Kevin Passow – guitar, Tyrell Cruz – bass, and Filipendejo aka Kevin Montoya – drums. Ostracized has been going for a while now, 13 years! And we haven’t had them on the podcast?! Tyrell and Kevin M […]…

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#580 S15E03: the scattering- Protest in Overdrive 1:19:12

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This week we have hardcore metal punx; the scattering. Jim is the screamer and lyricist, Jason on guitar, Brian on drums, Josh also on guitar and Rash on bass. Human rights, human failure and autobiographical subject matter is where they’re coming from. Hard, heavy, with flow and groove. The message delivered through intense heavy guitar […]…

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S15E02 One Ton Dually- Still Rolling 56:35

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This week we have Chewbacca taking the lead host slot because our musical guest this week is One Ton Dually featuring our lead hosts and bestest buddies Nick and Rory on drums and bass. Rory also sings with Spike Ritchie and Stephen Barron on guitars. Being men of a certain age there is mostly a […]By Worst Little Podcast

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S15E01: Last One Down- First One Up! 1:07:07

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That’s right, first one up for 2025 is…drum roll… Last One Down! A punk quartet featuring Josh Watson on guitar & backing vox, Andy Harrison lead vox & guitar, new bass player Adam Coldwell, and rockstar drummer from Screeching Weasel and Suckapunch; Pierre Marchè, who wasn’t able to make the podcast. That being the case […]…

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S14E42 The Christmas Episode- Naughty & Nice 54:57

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year and our last episode of the season. Join us for music, merriment and our final conversation of the year. Rory’s youngest Billy was in studio but didn’t really have much to say while the adults carried on for an hour. He seemed amused. We welcome our intern […]…

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S14E41: inpatient – Musical Medication 1:00:23

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This week we have another new band! They are called inpatient, and they rip. Sophia Shortz on vocals and keyboard, on guitars and scream singing Jacob McCoy, also on guitar Christopher Profera, with Sky Powers on bass and Quinton Bunk on drums. Hardcore punk riot girrrl with art rock vibes might be a decent description […]…

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#575 S14E40: Murdering Whore- Executing Plans 1:01:12

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Our guests this week are a new duo on the scene from lifelong Renoites, powerhouse singer Kelly Proud (Almond Mocha Music) on keyboard, and funky drummer Adrian Rodriguez (Doctors of Feel Good). Taking their name from a Facebook comment, their goals are to get people laid and kill every performance. They live next door to […]…

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S14E39 Chewie’s Thanksgiving Show: All the Way to Susanville 1:06:08

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This week we reminisce with the original cast and Starfish the intern for a cozy episode with friends and music from Chewie’s archive. He put together a show with bands on a 30-year-old flier for a barn burner in Susanville featuring 5 bands from Reno: Loadstar(exclusive for our Patreon members, patreon.com/worstlittlepodcast) who actually broke up…

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S14E38: Margy Ford and Steve Barron-the Birds & the Bees 1:10:23

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A little bird told us that the Good Luck MacBeth theatre had a fancy brunch fund raiser with music provided by Margy Ford and Steve Barron of the indie rock band Roxxy Collie. Due to an unexpected cancellation, their drummer and our host, Nick, thought it would be wonderful to hear one of his favorite acoustic […]…

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S14E37: acrylic – Before the Flood Of ‘97 1:14:34

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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 […]…

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S14E36 Glitter Bats- Pod Macabre! 1:11:35

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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 […]By Worst Little Podcast

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#570 S14E35 The Griefs: All in the Family 1:03:41

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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 […]By Worst Little Podcast