The Heavy Desert Podcast

The heavy, stoner-blues band TIER joins me on today’s episode to talk about their upcoming new album, Backwood Blues, coming out on May 16th. Plus, you’ll hear and EXCLUSIVE track coming off of the that album!

On this special episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast, I talk with Todd Severin, CEO of Ripple Music, and John Gist, creator of Vegas Rock Revolution. Todd & John get deep into the underground as we discuss the state of the stoner rock scene.

On today’s episode of The Heavy Desert Podcast, Benjamin Berdous, lead singer and guitarist of Slomosa, joins me for a chat about his influences, their recent U.S. tour with Helmet, and possibly working on some new material while they take a little break from the road.

Mark and I give our Top 10 lists of what was a DEEP first quarter in the heavy rock genre. Tune in to hear what got our attention from January to March of 2025!!

In today’s episode I share a few albums that released in February 2025 that I enjoyed and have a conversation with the band 10 Slip from Nova Scotia and talk about their debut self titled album that dropped in February.

In this episode, The Road To Ripplefest Texas continues with an interview with one of the bands performing. From Youngstown, Ohio, the band Lake Lake joins me to talk about their sound, recording process and playing live.

The Heavy Desert Podcast goes on location for Year of the Cobra’s album release show for their recently released self titled album.

In this episode I talk with the lead singer of High Desert Queen and the promoter of Lick Of My Spoon Productions that puts on Ripplefest Texas, Ryan Garney.

In this episode I feature Shadow of Jupiter on my Artist Spotlight, and also talk with avid concert goer Chris McGowan about some recent shows he’s been to.

In this episode, I introduce myself and let you know a little bit about what I set out to accomplish with this podcast. I also give out a few artist recommendations, album recommendations, and other people to follow in the scene.