100 Words Or Less: The Podcast
Host Ray Harkins dives deep with creators of independent culture from musicians, artists and other interesting people to find out what inspires them, how they came to be and many other unexpected places.
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 70 minutes
- Episodes
- 728
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
Dan O’Connor from Four Year Strong
I think one of the coolest things to watch in independent music is bands growing up and evolving their sound but still staying connected to what compelled them to create in the first place. In my opi…
01:14:42 |
Wed 31 Jul 2024
Joseph Grillo from Her Heads on Fire, Garrison
There's something in the water in the Merrimack Valley (a suburban area outside of Boston) and today's guest is yet another example of someone else who was raised in the cradle of that musical mecca …
01:00:06 |
Wed 24 Jul 2024
Scott Lee, New England Metal and Hardcore Festival Returns!
We have everyone's favorite festival promoter on the program today, Scott Lee! The 2024 edition of New England Metal and Hardcore Festival is right around the corner so I brought him on to discuss wh…
00:51:34 |
Wed 17 Jul 2024
Pedro Carrillo from Dying Wish
I am pleased to welcome Pedro Carrillo from Dying Wish to the show this week not only because I love his band, but he reps OC hardcore a lot by wearing a Throwdown hoodie on stage a lot...which makes…
01:03:08 |
Wed 10 Jul 2024
Question - "Why Is Hardcore So Popular Right Now?" w/ Joey Cahill
In a little change of pace I bring on friend of the show Joey Cahill, owner of Wanna Hear It Records, to try to answer a complicated question: "Why Is Hardcore so popular right now?" We drill down on…
00:35:54 |
Wed 03 Jul 2024
Ace Enders from The Early November
Happy to have the incredibly prolific indie/emo musician Ace Enders on the pod this week! He is the main singer/songwriter for The Early November and let's be honest, if you grew up in the 2000's you…
01:09:16 |
Wed 26 Jun 2024
Bart Balboa from Birds In Row
Viva la Birds In Row! We are lucky to go international here with Bart Balboa, the lead vocalist and guitarist from French screamo/hardcore/metal/awesome band Birds In Row. We discuss his life growing…
01:26:07 |
Wed 19 Jun 2024
Brett Campbell from Pallbearer
So incredibly stoked to welcome Brett Campbell from Pallbearer which is one of my favorite bands doing this style right now. It's melodic, it's doom, it's everything you could want from heavy music a…
01:09:34 |
Wed 12 Jun 2024
Kevin Baker from The Hope Conspiracy
Welcome back to The Hope Conspiracy and to celebrate their new LP that just hit, we had the vocalist Kevin Baker on the show. He's always been a somewhat mythic figure so was happy to be able to ask …
01:15:01 |
Wed 05 Jun 2024
Fred Armisen, comedian & Trenchmouth
Anytime I get a guest that is connected to punk/hardcore/indie rock, but isn't immediately obvious that they are involved is my sweet spot. You know Fred Armisen, he's been on Saturday Night Live, a …
01:03:08 |
Wed 29 May 2024
Aaron Melnick from Integrity and Nuclae
"SYSTEMS OVERLOADED, FEAR ENVELOPS ME"
You know his tone, you know his music, now get to know the man behind all of that in the form of Aaron Melnick. He played guitar for Integrity during their fo…
01:11:49 |
Wed 22 May 2024
Chris McLane from Stretch Arm Strong
"CAN WE RETURN, TO THE GOLDEN AGE?"
One of my favorite bands from a specific era of time called the 2000's, we have Chris McLane from Stretch Arm Strong on the pod this week! I dig in deep to the ba…
01:21:16 |
Wed 15 May 2024
Nathanial Shannon, photographer
I love when friends do cool stuff. I love when friends are talented. This episode is a one two punch of exactly that. Nathaniel Shannon is a NYC based photographer and you have seen his work...well, …
01:12:41 |
Wed 08 May 2024
Steven McDonald from The Melvins/Redd Kross
We have a bonafide LIFER on the podcast today in the form of Steven McDonald who is currently playing with The Melvins and is also a founding member of punk legends Redd Kross. On top of that he also…
01:18:53 |
Wed 01 May 2024
Neil Rubenstein, Comedian and Sons of Abraham
I love when I can bring two worlds that seemingly don't connect with one another and for this episode, it's comedy and hardcore. The man to do that with us is Neil Rubenstein who is a stand-up comedi…
01:12:53 |
Wed 24 Apr 2024
Tyler Short from Inclination and Life Death Brigade
"Its a decade of putting an X on my name"
Tyler Short from Inclination is on the show this week and boy, what a fun discussion. I am obsessed with his band and love that I get to punish him to be …
01:23:35 |
Wed 17 Apr 2024
Geoff Rickly from Thursday
600 episodes. That's over 600 hours of talking about punk, hardcore, metal, emo and everything DIY and while it feels stupid to type this...thank you. I couldn't have picked a more appropriate guest …
01:10:16 |
Wed 10 Apr 2024
John Coyle from Outspoken
Absolutely thrilled to welcome John Coyle from Outspoken this week. Outspoken just recently played an incredible show at Programme recently and on the eve of that performance, John came over to my pl…
01:22:36 |
Wed 03 Apr 2024
Aaron Bruno from AWOLNation, The Barbarians of California and Insurgence
Boy oh boy I am happy to bring you this conversation, not even a torrential downpour here in Southern California could prevent it. Thrilled to have Aaron Bruno from AWOLNation, Insurgence and his new…
01:33:04 |
Wed 27 Mar 2024
Maha Shami from No Man
In this highly engaging chat, we bring in Maha Shami from No Man who is the lead vocalist from the band. They are on the verge of releasing their new LP on Iodine Recordings called "Glitter and Spit"…
01:08:23 |
Wed 20 Mar 2024
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