Mitxoda Weekly #32: Patience & Cosmic Hot Dogs, The Mitxoda Friday Frequency

Song of the Week : Hopfields by More Eaze & Claire Rousay (released on March 21, 2025)

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Welcome to Mitxoda Weekly #32! Glad to have you here!

One radio show and everything is changing!

I just slow-dropped my instrumental sunrise “Patience” (1 May 2025), piano nebulae, synth moon-mist, groove gravity so light you’ll levitate in your slippers. As if that weren’t enough cosmic cholesterol, I’ve kicked open Le Salon Indie de Mitxoda, my freshly launched radio séance streaming every Friday at 16:00 Brussels time: think mixtape séance, tea-soaked vinyl, guests from parallel timelines. While you’re floating in the signal, dive-bomb my Bandcamp this fee-free Bandcamp Friday, pile downloads in your cart like intergalactic hot-dog toppings. Every click feeds the Almighty Hot Dog, powers my neon engines, and keeps the weird humming louder than a jet-powered theremin.

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Au menu, this week:

• Long Play: Dashing Skull Club, Sugar, Chaos & Cosm …

• Collaboration is Key, follow Sonophagen

• Nadine's Indie Treasures: Bobby Kane

• Quick Indie News

Patience, Instrumental single out 1 May 2025

Hey friends, I’ve been quietly shaping a new piece called “Patience,” and I’m thrilled to let you know it landed everywhere on 1 May 2025.​

Think of it as a slow sunrise: soft piano breaths, mellow synth swells and the kind of spacious groove that gives every note room to linger. It’s an invitation to take a beat with me, exhale, and remember that good things grow in their own time. If that sounds like your vibe, play it everywhere and let “Patience” find its way onto your playlists the moment the clock strikes release day. Thank you, as always, for lending your ears and your patience.

Listen now: https://songwhip.com/mitxoda/patience

Long Play: Dashing Skull Club, Sugar, Chaos & Cosmic Hot Dogs

Origins in Owensboro

“We don’t really dig on sports,” laughs singer-guitarist Tuna, “so the only other choice is art.” Childhood friends Tuna, Larz Von Frankenstein and Spacey T spent countless post-midnight hours in Owensboro, Kentucky (USA), swapping comics and B-movies while junk food wrappers piled up, late-night scenes so drenched in neon nostalgia they make you think of Stranger Things with instruments instead of bicycles. When Larz finally bought a guitar, the trio forged a pact, half prank, half cosmic vow, to write riffs strong enough to keep reality’s weirder forces in check, guided (they insist) by an “Almighty Hot Dog.”

A Genre-Tasting Menu

Ask them to label their sound and Tuna first deadpans, “There’s still time to listen to something else.” Pressed further he offers “a sonic potpourri”, and the description fits: punk crunch, prog flourishes, angular funk and power-pop hooks all tumble through the same song. Their shared inspirations sprawl from Zappa and Pixies to Iron Maiden and even The Carpenters; Spacey adds, “I’m on a Sly & The Family Stone kick lately.” 

The New Single

DSC’s first 2025 release, “Knowing You Did Everything”, began as a jazz-rock experiment and grew into what Tuna calls “our take on the ’70s-’80s thing, little Rush, maybe some Supertramp”. A piano cameo by John of Whiskey Club “really brought the whole thing together”, Spacey notes, turning basement tracking sessions into an FM-ready anthem that feels nostalgic yet oddly futuristic.

From Basement to Stage

Recording happens in Spacey’s subterranean studio, but the goal is always the live feedback loop. “Playing live is the reward for all the hard work” Tuna says. After a few dormant years they’re polishing sets for Punk In The Corn this October (huge festival to come, with Kathleen Turner Overdrive, TimTMMusic, and many others!) and plotting more regional dates. “There’s nothing like that exchange with a crowd” Spacey adds.

Scene & Inspirations

Though Owensboro is better known for barbecue than indie rock, the trio rattle off local allies: The Beat Daddys, Creep Diet, Dead Dick Hammer and many more. “These are people we’ve shared stages with” Spacey says. “All different sounds, all still plugging away, that’s inspiring”. 

Emotional Whiplash

Lyrically the band ping-pongs between cats, toys, technological dread and cosmic end-times. “The more outrageous the subject, the stronger the song must be” Tuna explains, framing each track as a “sonic construct that imprisons those dark themes”. What do they hope listeners feel? “That weird emotion where you’re crying and laughing at the same time… or just have a damn good time”. 

Looking Ahead

Singles are queued, an EP, or even another full album, is possible, and low-budget surrealist videos are “in the hopper”. Spacey grins, “There’s more DSC and more collabs coming”. And this is veeeery good news!

Until then, the band will keep forging sugar-coated destruction into riffs, daring the universe to blink first.

Coda: Strange Flavors & Head-Banging Legends

After a sprawling email that leapt from cosmic mission statements to junk-food philosophy, Dashing Skull Club signed off with the same playful candour that fuels their music. Asked what their sound would taste like, they warned, “Ohh, I wouldn’t eat that hun, it’s been sitting out a long time” turning a flavour query into a punch-line.

And when pressed to imagine a mythical fan, they chose the headless-yet-wide-eyed Blemmyes, doomed to flail in frustration because it literally can’t bang its nonexistent head. Those two answers, half self-deprecation, half exuberant invitation, sum up the entire exchange: Dashing Skull Club make rock that’s equal parts sugar rush and existential joke, designed so even legendary misfits feel welcome in the pit.

Collaboration is Key, follow Sonophagen

Sonophagen is a collective of independent musicians fighting a music industry that profits from our creativity while we see nothing. Their mission: flip the script by building a global network where artists collaborate directly and keep 100 % of the revenue. Tired of corporate gatekeepers, they are launching an artist-led “revolution” to help each other earn a living through cross-border projects.

Are you pumped to dive in? Fill out the form and partner up with an international collaborator, let’s rock the world with our music together!

Nadine's Indie Treasures: Bobby Kane

Handpicked gems by Nadine de Macedo

This time, Nadine brings back an artist she’s been missing for a while.
A true bridge between alternative rock and soul, Bobby Kane crafts songs with powerful vocals and deep, heartfelt lyrics. He’s not afraid to explore other genres too, making his discography rich and unpredictable. Nadine hopes he’ll be back soon with new music!
Listen now: Bobby Kane on Spotify

Continue the discussion with Nadine here!

💬 Introducing Nadine’s Indie Treasures a new chapter where Nadine de Macedo handpicks and spotlights exceptional artists. Subscribe to her Bandcamp to support her work, enjoy exclusive singles, and be part of her evolving story!

Quick Indie News

• Mitxoda latest Patience is available now! 

• The Midwich Affair is back with a brand new single ready to be heard here

• Shannon D’Arcy first ever brand new EP is out today Just Worried Because

• Ataraxia Music comes back with The Queen!

• Stomping On the Demons by Von Loop – Alternative (Ireland) – 24 April 2025. Face your fears head-on in this fierce and empowering anthem.
  👉 Listen on Spotify

• Blue by Loud George – Rock (UK) – 25 April 2025. Dark, twisted, unpredictable – this one will creep under your skin.
  👉 Dive into Blue

• Frozen Tears Of Solitude by Screams Of Tranquility – Metal (Austria) – 27 April 2025. Blood moons, frost, and screams, this is your soundtrack to the abyss.
  👉 Experience the chill

• Special Places by K.A.R.L. – Electronic (Netherlands) – 11 April 2025. Dark methods, inner peace. A haunting trip into the psyche.
  👉 Stream it here

• Nightflight by Nadine de Macedo – Electronic/Dance (Germany) – 2 May 2025. 9 songs reborn from a 20-year-old floppy. Pure 90s/00s dream trance magic.
  👉 Board the Nightflight

• Shattered by The Stellar Anderson Project – Alternative (UK) – 1 May 2025. A soft, somber reflection on heartbreak and emotional impact.
  👉 Feel Shattered

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Until Next Week, until the next orbit…

Keep your chords weird and your condiments cosmic.
Catch me in Le Salon Indie de Mitxoda this Friday at 16:00 Brussels time, bring your strangest playlists, and don’t forget to lob your own fresh tracks into the void, surprise me!
In the meantime, may your headphones stay warm, your hot dogs stay almighty, and your patience keep blooming in stereo.

With love,
🖤 Mitxoda

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