Scherler Sundays 08: Ali Baker, Dylan Shearer, Dev Ray

Video Still by Andrew Ebright

Dev Ray, Dylan Shearer and Ali Baker (with Summer Schief) make an appearance at the final Sherler Sundays concert of 2022. Ali and Summer reveal their new band name, discuss singing harmony with the Mona Reels, and share about their recent opportunity to share the stage with hip-hop royalty. Dylan performs in Olympia for the first time in 20 years and talks about his formative years in the Mojave desert, and the chapter of his life in the Bay Area leading to working with members of the Osees and Comets on Fire. Dev visits Olympia for the first time ever, sharing songs from his upcoming record and talking about previous projects. I’ve also collaborated musically with each of these friends of mine, so we’re talking about those experiences as well.

This concludes the series of live highlights from Scherler Sundays, and Low Profile will be back soon with a brand new season that’s over a year in the making, starting with The Mona Reels.

You can find all of today’s featured artists on Bandcamp:

Dev Ray

https://devraymusic.bandcamp.com

Dylan Shearer

https://dylanshearer.bandcamp.com/

Ali Baker

https://alibakermusic.bandcamp.com/

Scherler Sundays is a collaboration of Low Profile and Three Magnets Brewing Company.

https://www.3magbrewing.com

And of course, this show is supported by you at https://patreon.com/LowProfile !

You can find all previous episodes of Low Profile with Markly Morrison at https://www.lowprofilepodcast.com

Scherler Sundays 07: The Mona Reels, Olivia Rose, Lee Baggett, Austin Leonard Jones

The penultimate live episode for this series of highlights from the Scherler Sundays concert series features three Olympia acts and one out-of-towner.

The Mona Reels has been the ongoing project of singer-songwriter Peter David Connelly for over 20 years, today we hear his current and self-proclaimed favorite line-up of the band, a six-piece ensemble. Included is a suite of songs from their latest record, "Without Love." The Mona Reels will also be kicking off the seventh season of Low Profile later this month.

Olivia Rose is the namesake of the red-hot Pacific Northwest band Oh, Rose whose latest album “While My Father Sleeps” is available from Park The Van Records. In this performance, however, she is joined by a cellist and several backup singers, delivering a set unlike anything else out there, including a debut performance of a brand-new song.

Lee Baggett is best known for his work with Kyle Field in the band Little Wings, and is a terriffic songwriter himself. Originally from San Luis Obispo, CA, he moved to Olympia and started a family some years ago. His latest album, "Anyway," is out now on Perpetual Doom Records and features a brand new set of sunshine-laden road songs.

Austin Leonard Jones is one of the best kept secrets in modern country music. Originally from Texas and currently based in Ojai, CA, his latest album is called "Dead Calm." Like Lee Baggett, his new album is available on Perpetual Doom Records. Coincidentally, Lee and Austin perform with the same rhythm section for this performance: Spencer and Henry of the band Generifus, who were featured a few weeks ago in this series.

The performances and interviews on this episode were recorded live in front of an audience in Olympia, WA behind the historic Carnegie Library on July 31 and August 7th, 2022 by Miles Rozatti.

Scherler Sundays is a collaboration between Low Profile and the Three Magnets Brewing Company.

Scherler Sundays 06: Hot Pursuit of Happiness, LAKE, Kelsey Magnuson

Still from video by Andrew Ebright

This is the sixth installment of highlights from the Scherler Sunday’s concert series earlier this summer. We’ll be hearing interviews and three songs each from Hot Pursuit of Happiness, my old friends LAKE, and Kelsey Magnuson.  The first two sets were recorded on July 24th, and Kelsey’s set is from July 31st of this year, all recorded in front of an audience behind the Historic Carnegie Library in Olympia.  If you want to hear the complete sets and unedited versions of the interviews, it will be available via Patreon.com/lowprofile

Hot Pursuit of Happiness is the current songwriting project from improvising keyboardist Thollem McDonas.  We talk about his expansive practice in improvised and composed music, his activist anti-war stance, and share some laughs. 

Find music from Thollem and Hot Pursuit of Happiness at www.Thollem.com

LAKE is no stranger to Low Profile, but this is the first time everyone has been on the show together.  It also marks my first performance with them since the group’s ten year anniversary, such a fun time! 

Find LAKE’s music at www.laketheband.com

Kelsey Magnuson is an Olympia transplant from Nebraska whose new band has been making a big impression in the local scene with solid, thoughtful rock and roll music.
Find Kelsey Magnuson’s music at kelseymagnuson.bandcamp.com

This episode was engineered and mixed by Miles Rozatti.

Scherler Sundays 05: Lavender Country

Still from video taken by Nate Reilly

The first returning featured guest on Low Profile, Patrick Haggerty, brings his six-piece Lavender Country band to the grassy knoll downtown. After a candid interview in front of the Scherler Sundays audience, the band's lively honky-tonk set serves as a framework for Haggerty to tell his fascinating life story using his songs as the soundtrack, making for a very special show celebrating almost 50 years since their release of the first openly queer-themed country album. Their current live performances consist of roughly equal parts storytelling and songs for one of the most energetic and engaging experiences around this side of Nashville.
Engineered by Robin Carmosino, behind the historic Carnegie Library in Olympia, WA.
Scherler Sundays is a collaborative effort from Low Profile and Three Magnets Brewing Company.
This edit of the show includes less than half of the complete performance, which you can find at patreon.com/lowprofile when you become a supporter of Low Profile.

Find music by Lavender Country at their bandcamp site.

Scherler Sundays 04: Zachary Cale, Jack Habegger’s Celebrity Telethon, The Pine Hearts, Generifus

Photo credit: Nate Reilly

Today’s live highlights reel features interviews and performances from July 10th and 17th, 2022. First up is NYC-based Zachary Cale, who shares about his musical journey and finding his rock chops in Olympia at the turn of the century. Next, Portland’s Jack Habegger returns after guest-hosting last week for his first time as interviewee before performing with his band Celebrity Telethon. Then, we jump ahead a week to meet Olympia neo-bluegrass artists the Pine Hearts, and Oly’s indie rock favorites Generifus. All of this was recorded in front of an audience behind the historic Carnegie Library in Olympia WA as part of the Scherler Sundays concert series. The first half was engineered by Robin Carmosino, and the latter half by Miles Rozatti. Scherler Sundays is a collaborative effort by Low Profile and Three Magnets Brewing Company.

The entire performances and unedited interviews will be made available for supporters of this show at
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More from the featured artists:

Zachary Cale
Jack Habegger's Celebrity Telethon
The Pine Hearts
Generifus

Scherler Sundays 3: Michael Hurley, James Maeda

Still from video by Andrew Ebright

Note: this episode is edited for time, but if you become a supporter on patreon.com/lowprofile you can hear the entire show.

Musical storyteller Michael Hurley made his debut on Folkways records way back in 1964 and shows no signs of slowing down because there’s always another story to tell. His songs have been covered by The Violent Femmes, Cat Power, Yo La Tengo and previous Low Profile guests Eugene Chadbourne and the Holy Modal Rounders. Michael’s performances are few and far between these days, and interviews with him are even more rare. Without him American music would not be the same, and it was an honor to welcome this living legend to the stage.

James Maeda is a mutual friend of mine and Michael’s, and the two of them are planning to start a new band and make a new record any day now. Madea’s songwriting is spot-on: feels like you know it by the time it’s done, and it really sticks. According to James, none of these songs have ever been recorded or released before this episode, so that’s an exclusive to the max. Most music fans in Olympia probably know James Maeda from our vinyl mecca Rainy Day Records where he obsessively curates a treasure trove of 45RPM singles, or his occasional DJ sets as Wildman James, spinning underground garage rock gems most people have never heard. He’s also a founding member of the group Spider and the Webs, along with his wife Sara Pete and Bikini Kill’s Tobi Vail. But Wildman James is also a gifted songwriter, with leanings toward early rock and country music, echoing the lonesome twang of artists like Townes Van Zandt, Billie Joe Shaver and Hasil Atkins.

Regrettably, though somewhat predictably, I found myself with my first positive test for COVID-19 a few days before this eagerly anticipated show and could not attend. I hadn’t heard these remarkable performances until the weekend of this episode’s release, and I can say you’re in for a real treat. The noble Jack Habegger returns as guest host on my behalf, thankfully, and makes it all work.

This episode was engineered by Miles Rozatti in front of a live audience behind the historic Carnegie Library in downtown Olympia, WA on July 3, 2022.

Scherler Sundays is a collaborative effert by Low Profile and Three Magnets Brewing Company.

Scherler Sundays 02: Doug Martsch and John Atkins

Video still image from Andrew Ebright

This is the second collection of highlights from the Scherler Sundays 2022 concert and interview series.

Today, we have a document from an indie rock lover’s dream: Doug Martsch of Built to Spill and John Atkins of 764-HERO, and more recently, his new band Sun Breaks. Doug and John each play intimate acoustic sets behind the old Carnegie Library in Olympia. For this show, I interviewed the two of them together since they have a bit of mutual history in their formative years in their respective music careers- you’ll hear about that in a bit. I’m including about 20 minutes from each performance on today’s show, and it was really difficult to choose which songs. Doug had a terrific selection of familiar cover tunes, including ones by Cat Stevens and Mazzy Star that aren’t included here. If you want to hear the complete, unedited show you can find a link to that at patreon.com/lowprofile.

Doug Martsch is best known as the man behind Built To Spill, Boise’s undisputed kings of indie rock since the early 1990s, Treepeople before that, and a solo album called “Now You Know” released 20 years ago. Built to Spill also toured as the late Daniel Johnson's backup band, and shortly thereafter released the album "Built to Spill Plays the Songs of Daniel Johnson" in 2020. But my first exposure to his music was through his band with Olympia’s Calvin Johnson on K Records, The Halo Benders. His wry lyrics and virtuosity on the guitar have made a life-long fan out of me from day one.

Three Magnets Brewing Company, this season’s collaborator, has also released several beers inspired by Built to Spill albums/songs, and were absolutely thrilled when Doug agreed to perform at Scherler Sundays!

Built To Spill has a new album, When the Wind Forgets Your Name, out this Fall. He plays a tune from it here, along with some other BTS favorites and a few surprising cover tunes.

John Atkins’ band 764-HERO toured with Built to Spill in the early 1990s when they were label mates on Up! Records, and this commonality inspired the idea to interview Doug and John together for this show. John’s music is cemented in the minds of indie fans in the Northwest and beyond. Following 764-HERO, the ever-evolving Atkins’ other projects Hush Harbor, and currently, Sun Breaks, have continued to create emotionally charged, contemplative records. Today, you’ll hear some favorite tunes from across the past few decades in John’s catalog.

This episode was recorded and engineered by Robin Carmosino behind the historic Carnegie Library in Olympia, WA on June 26th, 2022.

Scherler Sundays 01: Null State, Waves Crashing, Annie Schultz, The Cold Sweats, Fastener

New Olympia Showcase

in conversation with John Winter of Null State

Live performances and interviews from Olympia artists Null State, Waves Crashing, Annie Schultz, The Cold Sweats and Fastener. Recorded July 12 and July 19 2022 at Scherler Sundays in Olympia, WA. These are highlights from those days; if you would like to hear the unedited recordings they are being made available via patreon.com/LowProfile at any support level. These are my first interviews in front of an audience, and all of the guests are up-and-coming musicians in the Olympia scene. Presented by Three Magnets Brewing Company.

Null State’s sonic adventure fascinates me. I know little to nothing about the artist behind this beautiful music, other than I can really chill out to it and it’s been happening right under my nose for years. It’s sultry bedroom pop in its rawest form. Postmodern folk ballads played over earnest guitar and synth arrangements, recorded on equipment that sounds just shitty enough to hit that sweet spot. I feel almost voyeuristic when I hit play on their latest record, 2019’s Misguided Ventures, and I can’t wait to see them perform.

Anyone who’s been paying attention to the re-emergence of the local music scene knows that Waves Crashing is one of the hardest-working bands in the game these days. Their on-the-nose band name lands the oceanic quality of their music, re-imagining the blurry shoegaze sound of the early 1990s into a contemporary context. With an array of self-produced singles over the past two years and headlining LoveOly Music Fest this past summer, the band premiered their debut EP 'Sea of Wires' last November on DKFM Shoegaze Radio. The band's newest material, a 3-track maxi single titled "high/low" released on April 15th and features the mixing of engineers James Aparacio (London) and Kurt Roy (Seattle).

Annie Schultz is a talented new singer-songwriter on the scene to watch out for since her first live performance last summer. She commands with a blend of rawness and delicacy, thought-provoking lyrics, and a keen ear for melody, with a sound rooted in the Pacific Northwest. I’m excited to see where she goes from here, and thrilled to have her on board for this concert series.

The Cold Sweats might have been the first local rock outfit to reintroduce Olympia to live music when they played on the Cryptatropa rooftop last summer (now that’s what I call social distancing!). This power pop trio is LOUD, their songs are super catchy, and their tapes are great, too. Kudos to the Cold Sweats for this very last-minute appearance filling in for the Mona Reels!

I had the privilege of witnessing Fastener’s first public performance, when they volunteered to be the “Guinea pigs” for our Scherler Sundays equipment test run. This brand-new Olympia quartet features group vocals and face-melting guitar solos, delivering a nostalgic indie/pop punk vibe. Be the first kid on your block to get into it! They haven’t made any recordings before this. Scope this live video shot at Le Voyeur:

All recordings on this episode were engineered, mixed and mastered by Robin Carmosino. Check out his musical world on IG @robincarmosino