Album Debut for "Dig Your Own Grave" by The Grave Mistakes

After a great debut in Vancouver at Pat's Pub this past August, The Grave Mistakes have quickly become good friends to the show and one of my favorite bands. So it is with great pride that I can announce that this week's episode of Psycho Radio will be an album debut party for the band's first full-length, "Dig Your Own Grave". Recorded in Edmonton this past December and produced by Rene De La Muerte of The Brains, this album showcases why crowds throughout Western Canada have been wowed by the talents of The Grave Mistakes. The hootin' and howlin' of frontman Brad Graves' voice is only matched by the rockabilly thunder of his guitar attack. Miss Billie Kitten will steal your heart with her ability to slap an upright bass just as easily as she does with her stunning looks. Drummer Jaime Massacre is a rock-solid foundation that holds the band's great songs together while he drives them forward to pummel the audience.

Frontman/Guitarist Brad Graves was kind enough to offer his thoughts on the album in an interview with Psycho Radio recently. Excerpts of that interview can be heard interspersed between the album in its entirety during the first hour of this week's special episode of Psycho Radio.

The Grave Mistakes special on Psycho Radio can be heard here:
Grave Mistakes Special

The end of an era

Fireball Promotions announced this past Sunday that their show this past Hallow e'en was to be their last Grease 'n Grind. This announcement caught almost all of Vancouver's rockabilly and psychobilly scene by surprise. It's taken me a few days to collect my feelings about this turn of events. I will miss these monthly shows more than I will ever be able to properly express. I have made more friends at Pat's Pub than any single place in my life. The radio show I do would not have been able to bloom into the quality program it has become without a fertile place like the Grease 'n Grinds and their consistent access to great bands, particularly great Canadian 'billy bands like The Brains, Raygun Cowboys, Gunsmoke, The Matadors, The Still Creek Brothers, Eve Hell and the Razors, The Grave Mistakes, and, of course, the man who was the last performer at a Grease 'n Grind, Bloodshot Bill.

Next week on Psycho Radio, I plan on doing a tribute to all the great bands i've met at Grease 'n Grinds, and all the great bands who performed at them before my time, such as The Koffin Kats, Zombie Ghost Train, Gutter Demons, and The Meteors.

For now, I will just once again express how grateful I am to Steve and Melinda from Fireball for everything they've done for me and the show and wish them well in all their future endeavours.

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