• Independent Minded podcast with Paul McDonald, Phoebe Rings, Peter Salett

    ELEVEN: June 2025

    Paul McDonald holds on to his loved ones, Phoebe Rings drifts towards bleeps and bloops, Peter Salett tunes down and tunes into the natural world.

  • Independent Minded with Mike Doughty of Soul Coughing

    Soul Coughing

    Mike Doughty returns to talk with Ron about his commitment to creating on Patreon, the allure of A.I., the reasons behind the Soul Coughing reunion he said would never happen.

  • Independent Minded podcast with The Last Revel, Real Estate, After Ours

    ELEVEN: May 2025

    The Last Revel draws inspiration from an accident, Real Estate releases some rarities, After Ours finds the missing piece to her debut album.

  • Independent Minded podcast with Poster Children

    Poster Children

    Ron talks with Rose Marshack & Rick Valentin of Illinois indie rockers Poster Children about their pioneering podcast, riding the wave of Nirvana mania, surviving the grunge-era feeding frenzy.

Carl Fisher, GBHBL

“Return To Earth deliver a synth slice of infectious gold. Guilty pleasure or not, when it’s bloody good music, that’s all that matters and Octavius is bloody good music.”

Tom Hanley, Jersey Rock

“If Oblivion was a long-awaited supernova, Octavius was something born from the previous effort’s celestial wreckage. It’s new, exciting, and unexpected.”

RETURN TO EARTH — OCTAVIUS

BANDCAMP + APPLE MUSIC + SPOTIFY

Chris Pennie, Brett Aveni and Ron Scalzo follow up 2022’s critically acclaimed album, Oblivion with a new EP that signifies another stylistic shift for the band.

RTE goes full synthwave on
OCTAVIUS.