Episode 6 Is Live!

Episode 6 is now live! 

Listen right here on the 7 Songs blog (just press play in the box below)! You can also download the show by clicking on the small square with arrow in the top right corner of the black box.

You can also listen on on SoundCloud if that's how you wanna roll.

Show Notes:

Release Date: October 31, 2025
Run time:  29:56

Band info:

 







Ythgrp - Novant (2:19)
Greensboro, North Carolina
"Novant" from the album "If I Don't Leave I'll Never Leave" (2025)
https://ythgrp.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @ythgrpnc

Amanita - Fractures (5:03)
Waterford Township, Michigan
"Fractures" from the album Arduous March (2014)
https://amanitamusic.bandcamp.com
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/amanitami

Bratakus (9:53)
Scotland, United Kingdom
"Final Girls" from the EP "Final Girls" (2025)
https://bratakus.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @bratakus

Maze Maker (12:55)
Baltimore, Maryland
"Up All Night" from the EP "Sometimes the Bad Guys Win" (2024) 
https://mazemaker.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @mazemaker

Motel Portrait (16:41)
Baltimore, Maryland
"I Love You" from the album "Motel Portrait" (2025)
https://motelportrait.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @motel_portrait

Luxury Teeth (20:22)
Baltimore, Maryland
"Type of Friend" from the EP "Might Join A Cult" (2023)
https://luxuryteeth.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @luxury_teeth_

Sin Lung (23:50)
Buffalo, New York, and Washington, DC
"The Worm Has Turned" (single) 2025
https://sinlung.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: @sinlung_official

 

Show Notes:

1. The buzzing noise you hear at the beginning is a sample from my forays into circuit bending, which is something I'm mildly obsessed with. You can here it incorporated into a song called Pill Organizer from my one-man musical offering Rock Paper Sensors on Bandcamp. In fact, that's where the guitar riff I talk over at during the show is from as well. This is a brand new track, so check it out. 

2. The sample of Mulder and Scully comes from the Simpsons episode titled "The Springfield Files" (season 8, episode 10, 1997). This episode is one of my all time favorites, and this monologue by Mulder is a favorite moment in it. You can see a clip of this on YouTube. The "I bring you love" clip is also from this episode. You can see a clip of that on YouTube as well. 


And finally ...  

1. If you like what you've heard, tell a friend or 10 or give the show a shout out on whatever social media you might have. It would mean a lot.

2. If you're in a band, send some MP3s of your music to me at joe3ofcp(at)gmail(dot)com for possible inclusion in a future episode. I'm open to punk, hardcore, metal, alternative ... just about anything, really. Do it!

3. I am always on the lookout for new music, so if there's a band you think I should play on the show please tell me about it. Hit me at the email address I spelled out above or on Instagram @joe3_smith.

Thank you very much for listening!

Episode 5 is now live!

Episode 5 is now live! Listen right here on the 7 Songs blog (just press play in the box below)! Or listen on on SoundCloud if that's how you prefer to roll.

 

Show Notes:

Release Date: October 15, 2025
Run time:  29:53
 

Band info:

Rot Knot (2:43)
Lansing, Michigan
"Sustenance" from the album "Rot Knot" (2025)
https://rotknot.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @rotknotmusic


Marty Went Back (5:30)
Toulouse, France
"Welcome" from the Album "Genials" (2025)
https://martywentback.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @martywentback


Policy of 3 (9:06)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Drone" from the album "Anthology" (2020)
https://policyof3.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @policyof3_official


Apollo 66 (13:11)
Washington, DC
"Asteroid Baby" from the album "Never and Also Now" (2025)
https://apollo66.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @apollo66rock

Soul Butchers (16:34)
Buffalo, New York
"Murder Hole" from the album "Second Death" (2025)
https://soulbutchers.bandcamp.com/ 
Instagram: @soulbutchers


Boorish (19:28)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania 
"Model Citizen" from the album "We're Not Even Horrified Anymore" (2019)
https://boorish.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @boorish_band


OddBodi (23:32)
Washington, DC
"Big Bruiser" from the EP "Run the Gamut" (2025)
https://oddbodimoe.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @oddbodi.moe



Notes:

1. The introductory message for this show is from Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (as if you needed to tell me that). I cut it a little bit, but you can hear the whole thing (and watch the scene) on YouTube. The buzzing in the background is the recording of cicada noise I used in my first episode.


2. The music playing in the background while I m speaking is part of "Chat Bots of the Dead," a song by the mighty Clown Teeth. You can learn more about the band on Bandcamp.


3. The bit at the end about Luke Skywalker "failing" is also from The Empire Strikes Back on YouTube.


Finally ...  

1. If you like what you've heard, tell a friend or 10 or give the show a shout out on whatever social media you might have. It would mean a lot.

2. If you're in a band, send some MP3s of your music to me at joe3ofcp(at)gmail(dot)com for possible inclusion in a future episode. I'm open to punk, hardcore, metal, alternative   just about anything, really. Do it!

3. I am always on the lookout for new music, so if there's a band you think I should play on the show please tell me about it. Hit me up at the email address I spelled out in item number 2 or on Instagram @joe3_smith.

Thank you very much for listening!

Episode 4 Is Live!

Episode 4 is now live!

Now you can listen to the show right here, directly from this blog! Just press play in the box below! (You can also listen on SoundCloud if you're so inclined.)

Show Notes:

Release Date: September 30, 2025
Run time:  29:55
 

Band info:

Prayer Group (1:30)
Richmond, VA
“Meatgrinder” from the album “Strawberry” (2025)
https://prayergroupsaves.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @prayergrouprva 
 

Future Mantis (5:29)
Richmond, VA
“Northwoods (1985)” from the album by the same name (2024)
https://futuremantis.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @futuremantisband

Twin Freaks (8:43)
Detroit, Michigan
“Please Me” (single, 2025)
https://twinfreakstwinfreaks.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @twin__freaks

 

Magic Thinking Ape (11:04)
Providence, Rhode Island
“Spore Man Infestation” (single, 2025)
https://magicthinkingape.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @magicthinkingape

King in Yellow (15:25)

Kingston, New York
“Dream Weapon” from the album “All Is Loneliness” (2024)
https://kinginyellowband.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @kinginyellowband

 

Truck Violence (20:28)
Montreal, Quebec Canada
“Lecture” from the album “Violence” (2024)
https://truckviolence.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @truckviolence

Drill Press (25:33)
York, Pennsylvania
“Delve into” (Hollow Out), from the album “Closed Curve”  (2024)
https://drillpresspa.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @drillresspa


Notes:

1. The introductory message for this show is from Pee Wee’s Big Adventure (as if you needed to tell me that). I cut it a little bit, but you can hear the whole thing (and watch the scene) on YouTube … and tell ‘em Large Marge sent you. The buzzing in the background is the recording of cicada noise I used in my first episode.

2. The music playing in the background while I’m speaking is part of  a brand new and as of yet unreleased track by my band Clown Teeth. You can learn more about the band on Bandcamp.

3. The bit at the end about Bart having that certain something that’s “muzuma in the bank” is from The Simpsons episode “Girly Edition” (Season 9, Episode 21). You can watch the entire scene (and probably the entire episode) on YouTube.


Finally …

1. If you like what you’ve heard, tell a friend … or 10 … or give the show a shout out on whatever social media you might have. It would mean a lot.

2. If you're in a band, send some MP3s of your music to me at joe3ofcp(at)gmail(dot)com for possible inclusion in a future episode. I'm open to punk, hardcore, metal, alternative … just about anything, really. Do it!

3. I am always on the lookout for new music, so if there's a band you think I should play on the show please tell me about it. Hit me up at the email address I spelled out in item number 2 or on Instagram @joe3_smith.

Thank you very much for listening!

Episode 3 Is Live!

Episode 3 is Now Live!

Listen to the show right here! (Just press play in the box below.)

You can also listen on SoundCloud and Spotify if that's how you roll.

Show Notes:

Release Date: September 15, 2025

Run time: 35:21 

Band info:
 

Wormwagon (2:28)
College Park, Maryland
“Eggplant Parmesan” from the album “Twisted Wizard”
https://wormwagon.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @wormwagon_band 

medium.chaos (6:34)
Buffalo, New York  
“Exit Plan” from the album “hysteria.catalysts”
https://mediumchaos.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @medium.chaos
 

Virus X (10:26)
Niagara Falls, New York
“Zip Tied” (Featured track)
https://www.reverbnation.com/virusx8
Instagram: @virusx1983

Bronson Arm (14:54)
Kalamazoo, Michigan
“Casket Schwaag”  from the album of the same name
https://bronsonarm.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: @bronson_arm_noise

Orphan (18:04)
Lancaster, Pennsylvania
“Marrow” from the album “Nothing Lives Here Any More”
https://orphantheband.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @orphantheband
 

Pond Digger (21:40)
Broadhead, Kentucky
“Space Slut” from the album “Pond Digger”
https://ponddigger420.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @ponddigger420
 

Garbage Masher (26:17)
Baltimore, Maryland
“Exit Dirt Person” from the album “A Perilous Quest” 
https://garbagemasher.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @garbagemasher

 
Notes on the show:

1. The introductory message for this show is from the (awesome) movie They Live (1988). You can hear it in what’s known as the “Bearded Man TV Transmission Scene.” I cut it a little bit, but you can here the whole thing (and watch the scene) on YouTube.

2. The music playing in the background while I’m speaking is part of  “Insane in the Mule Train” by Clown Teeth. You can check out the song and learn more about the band on the Clown Teeth website and on Bandcamp. There's also an animated video for the song, which you can see by clicking the link.

3. medium.chaos is associated with the small Buffalo record label 1120 Records, which — full disclosure — is run by my brother Matt. He has also been working on a Virus X documentary since January. He just told me it'll be out November 6. How cool is that? 

4. The bit at the end about these unhinged times being “what Joe Strummer trained [us] for” is a clip from Henry Rollins’s appearance on the Joe Rogan show (apparently). You can see/here more on YouTube. 

A Request and a Few Reminders:

1. If you like what you've heard, please tell a friend about the show!

2. If you're in a band, send some MP3s of your music to me at joe3ofcp(at)gmail(dot)com for possible inclusion in a future episode. I'm open to punk, hardcore, metal, alternative … just about anything, really. Do it!

3. I am always on the lookout for new music, so if there's a band you think I should play on the show, please tell me about it. Hit me up at the email address I spelled out in item number 2 or on Instagram @joe3_smith.

 
Thank you very much for listening!

Episode 2 Is Live!

Episode 2 is Live!

Listen to the show right here! (Just press play in the box below.) 
You can also listen on SoundCloud and Spotify if you'd like. 

Show Notes: 

Release Date: August 30, 2025
Run time: 28:18
 
Band Information:
 

Halo Bite (1:30)
Albany, New York
"New Soil" from the album Winner's Circle
Bandcamp: https://halobite.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: @halobiteny 

Hex Engine (5:13)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Rat Fink (single)
Bandcamp: https://hexengine.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: @hex.engine

Hover (10:12)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Rustman" from the album "Songs to Confused Loved Ones" (2023)
Bandcamp: https://hover.bandcamp.com/
Instagram: @hoverphl

Tripper (14:37)
Baltimore, Maryland
"Cycles" from the album Faceless (2024)
Bandcamp: https://tripperhxc.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @tripperbmore

Fleabath (17:08)
Washington, DC
"Pesticide" from the album "Midnight at the Roach Motel" (2024)
Bandcamp: https://fleabath1.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @fleabathdc 
 

Kill Uncle (20:32)
Buffalo, New York
"Werewolves of Kaisertown" (single 2025)
Bandcamp: https://killuncle.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @killuncle716

Voice of Dissent (22:51)
Buffalo, New York
"Running Away" from the album Reimagine (2025)
Bandcamp: https://voiceofdissent716.bandcamp.com
Instagram: @voiceofdissent716
 

Additional Notes: 

I put this together on the afternoon of 08.24.25, while I should have been doing stuff around the house. A seemingly endless amount of tinkering took place after that.

Big thanks to the bands who agreed to be part of the show and to Irish Voodoo Records (@irishvoodoorecords). 
 
The radio static in the beginning is from the faux-retro countertop radio in my kitchen. 

The music you hear underneath my voice is a sample of "Thank You Notes in Absentia" by Clown Teeth (@clownteeth_official). You can find Clown Teeth jams on Bandcamp and all the streams. 

And Finally …
 
1) If you like what you've heard, please rate this show (favorably!) on Spotify.
 
2) If you're in a band, send some MP3s of your music to me at joe3ofcp(at)gmail(dot)com for possible inclusion in a future episode. I'm open to punk, hardcore, metal, alternative … just about anything, really. Do it!
 
3) I am always on the lookout for new music, so if there's a band you think I should play on the show please tell me about it. Hit me up at the email address I spelled out in item number 2 or on Instagram @joe3_smith
 
Thank you for listening!
 

Episode 1 Is Live!

Episode 1 is Live!

Listen to the show right here! (Just click play in the box below.) 

You can also listen on  SoundCloud and Spotify.

 

Show Notes: 
 
Release Date: August 15, 2025
Run time: 28:33 


Band information

Hungry Bug (1:48)
Washington, DC 
"Stinger" from the album Allura 
https://hungrybugband.bandcamp.com
@hungrybugband

Dead Ringers (6:32)
Essex, Maryland
"Turn Around" from the album Sometime 
https://thedeadringersmd.bandcamp.com/
@thedeadringersmd

Broken Locker (10:03)
Buffalo, New York
"Hard Work" from the EP One Time Before I Die 
https://brokenlocker.bandcamp.com
@brokenlockerbuf

Handsy Grandma (13:04)
Rochester, New York
"Problem" from the album Sweaty and Weird
https://handsygrandma.bandcamp.com/
@handsygrandma

The Sneers (15:13)
Buffalo, New York
"Giant" from the EP Candy Wolf 
https://thesneers.bandcamp.com/
@thesneers

Plague IX (19:48)
Louisville, KY
"Suck the Mic" (single)
https://plagueix.bandcamp.com/
@plagueixfromouterspace

Carrier Wave (23:07)
Washington, DC
"Speed Queen" from the album Sounds Like the Devil in Here 
https://carrier-wave.bandcamp.com/
@carrierwaverock

 

Additional Notes:  

Big thanks to the bands who agreed to be part of the show. I've been wanting to put something like this together for a long time. I'm pleased I finally got off my ass and did it. 

The buzzing noise heard at the beginning of the show is a recording of actual cicada's during the last cicada invasion in 2021.

The loop playing while I'm talking is a part of a song called Meat Nativity by my solo music project The Anomic Order of Four String Transcendence (or AO4ST). I'll send you an MP3 of the song if you're that interested.

Thanks for listening. If you like what you heard, tell a friend.

Contact me at joe3ofcp(at)gmail(dot)com or on Instagram: @joe3_smith 

Band / Episode Index

Because I'm a nice person and I want to do whatever I can to help my listeners find the music they need, I thought it'd be cool of me to put together an index of: 

• What bands I've played on the show
• What episode that band appeared on
• What time the band's song appears in the episode. 

 So, if you're looking for a particular song, use this handy guide. Enjoy! Note: The top list is alphabetical by band name.

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Band/Episode Index (by band)

Amanita (Waterford Township, Michigan) Episode 6 (5:03)
Apollo 66 (Washington, DC) Episode 5 (13:11)
Boorish (Lancaster, PA) Episode 5 (19:28)
Bratakus (Scotland, United Kingdom) Episode 6 (9:53)
Broken Locker  (Buffalo, NY) Episode 1 (10:03) 
Bronson Arm  (Kalamazoo, MI)  Episode 3  (14:54) 
Carrier Wave  (Washington, DC) Episode 1 (23:07) 
Dead Ringers  (Essex, MD) Episode 1 (6:32) 
Drill Press  (York, PA) Episode 4 (25:33) 
Fleabath  (Washington, DC) Episode 2 (17:08) 
Future Mantis  (Richmond, VA) Episode 4 (5:29) 
Garbage Masher  (Baltimore, MD) Episode 3 (26:17) 
Halo Bite  (Albany, NY) Episode 2 (1:30) 
Handsy Grandma  (Rochester, NY) Episode 1 (13:04) 
Hex Engine (Philadelphia, PA) Episode 2  (5:13) 
Hover  (Philadelphia, PA) Episode 2 (10:12) 
Hungry Bug  (Washington, DC) Episode 1 (1:48) 
Kill Uncle  (Buffalo, NY) Episode 2 (20:32) 
King in Yellow  (Kingston, NY) Episode 4 (15:25) 
Luxury Teeth (Baltimore, MD) Episode 6 (20:22)
Magic Thinking Ape  (Providence, RI)  Episode 4 (11:04) 
Marty Went Back (Toulouse, France) Episode 5 (5:30)
Maze Maker (Baltimore, MD) Episode 6 (12:55)
medium.chaos  (Buffalo, NY) Episode 3 (6:34) 
Motel Portrait (Baltimore, MD) Episode 6 (16:41)
Oddbodi (Washington, DC) Episode 5 (23:32)
Orphan  (Lancaster, PA) Episode 3 (18:04) 
Plague IX  (Louisville, KY) Episode 1 (19:48) 
Policy of 3 (Philadelphia, PA) Episode 5 (9:06)
Pond Digger  (Broadhead, KY) Episode 3 (21:40) 
Prayer Group  (Richmond, VA) Episode 4 (1:30)
Rot Knot (Lansing, MI) Episode 5 (2:43) 
Sin Lung (Washington, DC & Buffalo, NY) Episode 6 (23:50)
The Sneers  (Buffalo, NY) Episode 1 (15:13) 
Soul Butchers (Buffalo, NY) Episode 5 (16:34)
Tripper  (Baltimore, MD) Episode 2 (14:37) 
Truck Violence  (Montral, Quebec) Episode 4 (20:28) 
Twin Freaks  (Detroit, MI) Episode 4 (8:43) 
Wormwagon  (College Park, MD) Episode 3 (2:28) 
Virus X  (Niagara Falls, NY) Episode 3 (10:26) 
Voice of Dissent  (Buffalo, NY) Episode 2 (22:51) 
Ythgrp (Greensboro, NC) Episode 6 (2:19) 

 

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Band/Episode Index (by episode):

 

Episode 1

Hungry Bug  (Washington, DC) Episode 1 (1:48) 
Dead Ringers  (Essex, MD) Episode 1 (6:32)  
Broken Locker  (Buffalo, NY) Episode 1 (10:03) 
Handsy Grandma  (Rochester, NY) Episode 1 (13:04) 
The Sneers  (Buffalo, NY) Episode 1 (15:13) 
Plague IX  (Louisville, KY) Episode 1 (19:48) 
Carrier Wave  (Washington, DC) Episode 1 (23:07) 

Episode 2

Halo Bite  (Albany, NY) Episode 2 (1:30)  
Hex Engine (Philadelphia, PA) Episode 2  (5:13) 
Hover  (Philadelphia, PA) Episode 2 (10:12) 
Tripper  (Baltimore, MD) Episode 2 (14:37) 
Fleabath  (Washington, DC) Episode 2 (17:08) 
Kill Uncle  (Buffalo, NY) Episode 2 (20:32) 
Voice of Dissent  (Buffalo, NY) Episode 2 (22:51) 

Episode 3

Wormwagon  (College Park, MD) Episode 3 (2:28) 
medium.chaos  (Buffalo, NY) Episode 3 (6:34) 
Virus X  (Niagara Falls, NY) Episode 3 (10:26) 
Bronson Arm  (Kalamazoo, MI)  Episode 3  (14:54)  
Orphan  (Lancaster, PA) Episode 3 (18:04)
Pond Digger  (Broadhead, KY) Episode 3 (21:40) 
Garbage Masher  (Baltimore, MD) Episode 3 (26:17)  

Episode 4

Prayer Group  (Richmond, VA) Episode 4 (1:30) 
Future Mantis  (Richmond, VA) Episode 4 (5:29) 
Twin Freaks  (Detroit, MI) Episode 4 (8:43)
Magic Thinking Ape  (Providence, RI)  Episode 4 (11:04) 
King in Yellow  (Kingston, NY) Episode 4 (15:25) 
Truck Violence  (Montral, Quebec) Episode 4 (20:28)  
Drill Press (York, PA) Episode 4 (25:33)  

 

Episode 5

Rot Knot (Lansing, MI) Episode 5 (2:43)
Marty Went Back (Toulouse, France) Episode 5 (5:30)
Policy of 3 (Philadelphia, PA) Episode 5 (9:06)
Apollo 66 (Washington, DC) Episode 5 (13:11)
Soul Butchers (Buffalo, NY) Episode 5 (16:34)
Boorish (Lancaster, PA) Episode 5 (19:28)
Oddbodi (Washington, DC) Episode 5 (23:32)

Episode 6

Ythgrp (Greensboro, NC) Episode 6 (2:19)
Amanita (Waterford Township, Michigan) Episode 6 (5:03) 
Bratakus (Scotland, United Kingdom) Episode 6 (9:53)
Maze Maker (Baltimore, MD) Episode 6 (12:55)
Motel Portrait (Baltimore, MD) Episode 6 (16:41)
Luxury Teeth (Baltimore, MD) Episode 6 (20:22)
Sin Lung (Washington, DC & Buffalo, NY) Episode 6 (23:50)