The Heavy Desert Podcast

Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast The Path To Planet Desert Rock Weekend continues as I welcome Justin Toland, vocalist, guitarist and founder of Dirty Streets, who will be performing at this years event. Justin talks about how he snuck in to a studio with his first band at 14 years old with the janitor of the studio to record his first material, how he and their bassist Thomas Storz found their drummer Andrew Denham, who was 17 years old at the time, what Dirty Streets has coming up on the horizon and much more! It was a great conversation make sure to tune in and subscribe!

Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Douwe de Wilde and Eric Hazebroek of the band Ditch to the show. They released their second full length album, The Traveler, in February of 2025. And it is one of my favorite releases from the year! We talk about their influences, how they came together, their plans for the future and much more! If you haven’t heard The Traveler yet, get it in your ears, then check my interview with the fellas!

Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome Cliff Stevens and Martin Aneyba of the Bolivian band Remaining Daze. They recently released their debut, self titled release on November 7 of 2025 and it is a great debut! We talk about Cliff’s move from Pennsylvania all the way to Bolivia, how the band formed, their big plans for the coming year and much more! If you haven’t heard their album check it out, then check out my interview with the guys!

Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome back to the show Mark Richard of The Jam Yeti Music Blog as we countdown our Top 10 releases of the fourth quarter of 2025. We always have a great time sharing some of our favorite albums of the previous three month along with some honorable mentions. We even have a handful of listener lists to share as well. If you’re looking for some great new music to listen to, look no further and check it out!

Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I recap some of the releases from the month of December.  I rundown releases in order of the date released with a little preview from each release from bands that include Palm Desert, Sun Empress, Slowbot, Bygone, Sydona and many more! It’s the final episode of the year, so enjoy some of these releases that dropped during the last month! Tune in and subscribe!

Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast the Path to Planet Desert Rock Weekend continues as I welcome Jake Navarra, founding member, guitarist and vocalist of the band Phantom Hound, who will be performing at the upcoming event. We talk about his influences, the backstory of the band, what it was like releasing their debut album at the beginning of the pandemic, what the plans are for the band leading up to Planet Desert Rock Weekend and beyond, and much more. I had a great chat with Jake, so make sure to tune in and subscribe!

Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast the Path to Planet Desert Rock Weekend continues as I welcome Florian Thiele, drummer for the German band Paralyzed, who will be performing at the upcoming event. We talk about his influences, how he met lead singer and guitarist Michael Binder to eventually form the band, the excitement about coming out to the U.S. for the first time and much more. I had a great conversation, make sure to tune in and subscribe!

Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I have a special Christmas episode. I asked previous guests if they had a special Christmas memory that was music related. Whether they got that album they always wanted, that record player, an instrument, concert tickets or if they have a special music related tradition. Some of the contributors include Wayne Ruddell of Fuzz Evil, Trip Shumake and Eric Garcia of The Heavy Eyes, Ryan Garney of High Desert Queen, Colin Peterson & John Piotrowski of Shadow of Jupiter, and many more! It’s a festive episode, so make sure to tune in and subscribe!

Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome brothers Ricardo and Christian Rodriguez of the rock duo Gran Moreno. Playing music since they were little, Ricardo and Christian have now played festivals such as Levitation Austin and Ripplefest Texas and are set to release their debut album, El Sol, on January 17th of 2026. These guys are only moving up and I had the pleasure of chatting with them and hope you enjoy it as well! Tune in and subscribe!

Today on The Heavy Desert Podcast I welcome guitarist Colin Peterson and vocalist John Piotrowski of the band Shadow of Jupiter to the show. Shadow of Jupiter has been very active since their debut album Porta Coeli came out in 2023, including playing Ripplefest Texas, Rhüne Mountain Fest, Grand Rapids Doomfest and many other gigs. They’re slated to play next year’s inaugural HUFR-Fest in Denver, Colorado and are eager to release their follow up album early summer of 2026. What started out as fun project for something for their kids to remember them by, has blossomed into something that’s become big in the heavy underground! I had a great chat with the guys and hope you enjoy it as much as I did! Tune in & subscribe!