Matt Cortez joins Style in an exclusive interview discussing his start in music, Silver Dollar, Cutest Nuisance, Synergy Music Studio, The British Invasion, and Chicago’s local music scene! Check out the full interview below, be sure to stream Silver Dollar’s latest EP Lotus Flower, and tune in to WSRR Radio!
Interview from (09/20/24)
The WSRR listeners have spoken and submitted their song nominees for 2024’s WSRR Song Of The Summer! Voting is open August 16th-September 1st, when the winner will be announced! Below are all the nominees and the button link to vote!
Full disclosure: I first heard about Gavin Michaels‘s upcoming single Plastic Decays roughly a year ago at a private event. Upon hearing it again fully mixed and mastered, I am happy to report the psychosomatic, delusion-inducing, Mandela effect trip I found myself experiencing in an attempt to identify where this pronounced beat and melody I consistently found in my head derived from is not that at all! Unable to locate anything similar on Spotify, YouTube, or WSRR Radio, I was under the opinion that I had quite simply lost my absolute ever-loving mind. However, what I did not realize at the time was this very tune stuck in my head was the yet-to-be-released Gavin Michaels hit single Plastic Decays.
Plastic Decays, not unlike every other song by the one and only Gavin Michaels, is an absolute instant classic. With a sound I can only describe as Pop Punk Vapourwave complete with 8-bit video game SFX, Plastic Decays takes a look at the modern alteration culture of trends like Botox, fillers, and body modification that cannot disguise whats actually inside. The song serves as a great reminder for the modern generation that buying looks, ideologies, or trends is not the same as achieving happiness. Describing in an exaggerated example of how far some people will take their ideologies of achieving a “perfect look”, Gavin brilliantly includes the stand-out line of the song in my eyes, “Rip your heart out your chest because it beats too slow”.
While Plastic Decays is set for release on August 16th, 2024 on all major streaming platforms, Listeners of WSRR Radio will be treated to an early release with the song being added to our daily radio beginning August 2nd, 2024! Be sure to tune in to WSRR to catch Plastic Decays early and let us (216-859-8699) as well as Gavin (@_GavinMichaels) know what YOU think!
-Style
Mason The Bassman stops by the WSRR Studio to join Style live on air in an exclusive interview discussing his start in music, Fuzzy Vandelay, booking gigs, “America’s Favorite Band”, and Cleveland’s local music scene! Check out the full interview below, be sure to stream Fuzzy Vandelay’s latest single Favorite Lies, and tune in to WSRR Radio!
Interview from (07/19/24)
Eli Moon stops by the WSRR Studio to join Style live on air in an exclusive interview discussing his start in music, broadcasting, stories from gigs, and the community that makes up Cleveland’s local music scene! Check out the full interview below, be sure to stream Moon’s latest single First Round, and tune in to WSRR Radio!
Interview from (06/29/24)
The Daze are an up-and-coming local band from the outskirts of Cleveland who made their radio debut Friday, November 11th, 2022, during Style’s Rock Revival show. The boys were featured in the Independent Spotlight showcasing their single Red Mark. Style got in touch with Eddie and RJ of The Daze to give a little more insight behind the band.
“The Daze was formed in mid-2020 during the pandemic by a group of high school friends.
The current lineup consists of Eddie Grier on Vocals and Guitar, RJ Beall on Guitar and
Bass, and Basil Johnson on drums.”
“Our sound is a mix of Alternative Rock, Garage Rock with hints of Indie and punk.”
“We are big fans of the grunge scene, bands like Alice In Chains and Nirvana, but also dig
the bands that expanded their sound in drop tuning like Helmet and Silverchair, and the
bands that added more catchy hooks like Oasis and The Vines.”
(Eddie) “Well, it’s the first song I ever wrote intended for a band to play. I was really into the
whole Garage Rock genre of the early 2000’s and tried to write something like The White Stripes or The Hives or The Vines. It’s a quick, catchy little tune that I thought would
be perfect to drop as a single.”
(RJ) “It means a lot, for sure. This is our first time being showcased on a station, and it
shows that our hard work is paying off not only in writing and recording but playing live and
spreading the word of The Daze.”
(Eddie) “We’ve had these songs (and a lot more) brewing for a while. So to see it released
for anyone to listen to is really cool. And to watch these songs being picked up and
shared really helps us keep pushing.”
“You can find our Red Mark EP on any and all streaming platforms. This includes Spotify,
Apple Music, YouTube, Amazon Music, Tiktok I think, and more!
You can watch the music video for Red Mark on our channel as well.”
-Article originally written for CBW Radio and StylesRebelRadio.com