CAN SEE THE FIRST BATTLE ROUND TONIGHT AT EIGHT RIGHT HERE ON LOCAL 4. STILL GOT IT’S ONE OF
MY FAVORITE TIMES OF THE WEEK.
MUSIC MONDAY WHERE WE HIGHLIGHT
INCREDIBLE TALENT IN OUR
COMMUNITY. OF COURSE, DETROIT IS
HOME TO A WIDE RANGE OF MUSICAL
GENRES. AND TODAY WE’RE JOINED
BY A GROUP THAT IS REPRESENTING
PUNK ROCK ON OUR LOCAL MUSIC
SCENE. JOINING US IS JOHN
MICHAEL BHARTI WITH THE IDIOT
KIDS. THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH
US. THANKS FOR HAVING US.
ABSOLUTELY SO. YOUR BAND. JOHN
HAS A REALLY COOL NAME. WHERE
DID IT COME FROM? HOW DID YOU
GUYS COME UP WITH IT? ONE OF MY
FAVORITE SONGWRITERS OF ALL TIME
IS ELLIOTT SMITH, AND HE USED TO
USE THE PHRASE IDIOT KID ON A
LOT OF HIS RECORDS AND A LOT OF
HIS SONGS. AND WHEN I WAS LIKE
14 OR 15, I WAS LIKE IF I AM
EVER IN A PUNK BAND, THE IDIOT
KIDS IS A GOOD NAME. SO IT JUST
KIND OF STUCK. WE RAN WITH IT. I
LIKE IT. I LIKE IT. I KNEW THERE
WAS A STORY BEHIND IT HAD TO BE
THERE HAD TO BE YOU DESCRIBE
YOUR SOUND. UM JEFF MILO FROM
DDT SAID, AND HE I THINK HE PUT
IT BEST. WE HAVE THE ENERGY OF
PUNK AESTHETIC OF GARAGE ROCK
AND THE MELODIC SENSIBILITIES OF
ART POP. SO IT’S KIND OF LIKE
JUST A MIX OF LIKE SUCH AN
ARTISTIC AND LOVELY DESCRIPTION
FOR YOUR MUSIC WOULDN’T GREAT
WRITER SO I WOULD NOT HAVE COME
UP WITH THAT ON MY OWN AT ALL.
IT TOOK ME A MINUTE. SO YOU’RE
WORKING ON A NEW ALBUM, PEOPLE
EXPECT. THEY CAN EXPECT A LITTLE
BIT OF THE SAME. A LITTLE BIT OF
THE POPULAR STUFF, BUT WE’RE
ALSO DOING A LOT OF
EXPERIMENTING ON IT OVER
QUARANTINE. I LEARNED I TOOK
SOME CLASSES ON HOW TO RECORD SO
WE’RE DOING IT ALL OURSELVES
THIS TIME IN ANDREW’S BASEMENT,
SO IT’S A LEARNING PROCESS. BUT
IT WILL BE. IT’LL BE FUN.
NOTHING LIKE DOING IT YOURSELF,
RIGHT? YEAH SO YOU GUYS HAVE A
BUNCH OF UPCOMING PERFORMANCES?
HOW CAN PEOPLE CHECK YOU OUT? SO
OUR NEXT ONE IS MARCH 31ST AT
BOLERO WITH A BAND FROM TORONTO
CALLED ACE OF WANDS, AND THAT’S
NO COVER SO COMING TO COME OUT
AND THEN? UM YEAH, WE’LL HAVE
MORE POSTED ONLINE OF COMING
THROUGH THE SUMMER AND WE GOT
SOME MORE OUT OF STATE. UM DATES
IN THE FALL GIGGING HAPPENING.
SO OF COURSE, AT LEAST TO MY
NEXT QUESTION IS, HOW CAN PEOPLE
KEEP UP WITH YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA
TO FIND OUT ABOUT THE GIGS AND
THE MUSIC AND EVERYTHING YOU CAN
CHECK US OUT ON FACEBOOK AND
INSTAGRAM? UM ALL OF OUR MUSIC
IS STREAMING ON SPOTIFY APPLE
MUSIC PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE AND
THEN IF YOU WANT T SHIRTS, CDS,
ANYTHING LIKE THAT. CHECK OUT
OUR BAND CAMP PAGE. IDIOT KIDS
STOP. BAND CAMP .COM. VERY NICE.
SO NOW WHAT IS THE SONG THAT YOU
WILL BE PLAYING FOR US TODAY?
THIS ONE IS OFF OUR MORE RECENT
EP. IT’S CALLED BEDSIDE. OKAY
COOL. NOW, HERE ARE IS THE IDIOT
WITH THAT SIDE, TAKING US TO
BREAK AWESOME.
I’M PUTTING FORWARD FACING ANSWERS OUT. I’M PRETTY MUCH SURELY YOU’RE.
PROBABLY CLOSE TO SLEEP. MILLION MESSAGES. HAVE NOT FELT. RIGHT?
MAYBE MY MIND JUST A LITTLE TOO. BLINDNESS BEFORE I KNEW SITE. VIEWING. 911 WHAT’S