• 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.

  • Independent Minded podcast with Larry Peace-Love Yes, SENNA, X-RL& + AL1CE

    ELEVEN: April 2025

    Larry Peace-Love Yes becomes present in his body, SENNA preaches songwriting patience, AL1CE and X-RL7 collab on an animated adventure.

  • Independent Minded with Big Black Delta, Janet Devlin, Theodore

    ELEVEN: March 2025

    Big Black Delta meditates on uncertainty, Janet Devlin comes back to her senses, Theodore has a new musical orgasm.

  • Independent Minded podcast with Spurlin

    Spurlin

    Ron talks with Minnesota singer/songwriter Dillon Spurlin about a pure love of creating, our cold email courtship, growing up in a musical family, embracing baldness and The Beatles.

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.