Hey everyone, I hope you guys are excited about the show next week over at the Southgate House that features two great bands in The Little Ones & The Walkmen. And we here at The Futurist would love to send you to the show.
So, here is the deal, if you would like to go to the show, just send an email to us, woxycontests at gmail dot com with Little Ones in the subject line. In addition to a pair of tickets to next Tuesdays show, you will also get a copy of the new album from The Little Ones, Morning Tide, which was just released this week! Deadline for entries is 5pm ET on Monday!
So be sure you can attend the show before entering, and good luck!
It’s been about 2 years since Takka Takka first dropped in to the Lounge. They’ve experienced some considerable changes since that visit, with the band’s lineup expanding and shifting since the recording of their debut We Feel Safer At Night.
The new lineup solidified in enough time for the new members to work on the making of their second album, Migration. The song structures and vocal harmonies in their new material soars above what was already a pretty solid debut to create a phenomenal album.
This session features 3 songs from the new album and closes out with a new arrangement of “Fever” from their debut disc (a song which is also featured on the soundtrack to the new film “Nick & Norah’s Infinite Playlist”).
Track Listing:
Everybody Say - interview -
Silence
The Takers
Fever
Just in case you missed it, Xtrabeats returned last weekend with a great show. You can listen to it in its entirety below, and check out the tracklisting as well.
And get ready for Xtrabeats every Friday night at 8pm and Saturday at 10 as Shiv serves up 2 hours of modern dance remixes and new electronic music. As always, catch up on past episodes in the Xtrabeats archives…
Hour 1:
Bomb The Bass f/ Fujiya and Miyagi “Butterfingers (Adam Sky Ravebummer Mix)” (!k7)
Chemical Brothers “Electronic Battle Weapon 10 (aka Midnight Madness)” (Astralwerks)
Hot Chip “Touch Too Much (Ewan Pearson Remix)” (Astralwerks)
LCD Soundsystem “Big Ideas (babytalk remix)” (DFA)
Kasper Bjorke f/ The Pierces “Doesn’t Matter (The Juan Maclean Remix)” (Plant Music)
MGMT “Kids (Soulwax Nite Version)” (white label)
The Count & Sinden f/ Rye Rye “Hardcore Girls (Don Rimini Remix)” (Domino)
Bjork “Innocence (Sinden Remix)” (One Little Indian)
Radiohead “Reckoner (LoveTongueAttack Bmore Remix)” (radioheadremix.com)
Hour 2: RADIOACTIVE MAN 30-minute radio mix
Radioactive Man “5 Armed Skelton”
Pain Struck Stanley Dumb “Automaticon”
Gods Of Technology “Endless”
Full Spectrum “My Amusement (Synapse Remix)”
Radioactive Man “Growl”
Radioactive Man “Dalston to Detroit”
Pain Struck Stanley Dumb f/ Radioactive Man “Kev’s Boudoir”
Jay-Z “Jockin’ Jay-Z (Don Rimini Remix)” (white label)
Nikka Costa “Stuck On You (Tommie Sunshine Disco 3000 Re-Rub)” (Go Funk Yourself/Stax)
Laurie Anderson “O Superman (Felix Da Housecat Remix)” (white label)
Yo Majesty “Club Action” (Domino)
The Phenemonal Handclub Band f/ Lady Tigra “15 to 20” (unsigned)
Share:These icons link to social bookmarking sites where readers can share and discover new web pages.
Jukebox The Ghost were our very first Lounge Act session of 2008. They returned to the Lounge 9 months later while touring the country with Say Hi before an appearance at our WOXY.com stage at the MidPoint Music Festival.
Since we saw them last, the guys released their debut album “Let Live And Let Ghosts” and have played shows in states they had never visited before like Idaho and Utah.
For their second appearance in the Lounge, they decided to premiere some new stuff that they’ve been working on. You’ll get to hear 3 new cuts in this performance that will probably end up on their next record.
Track Listing:
Under My Skin
Static To The Heart
Nobody (new/unreleased) - interview -
Ghosts In Empty Houses (new/unreleased)
Mistletoe (new/unreleased)
Hey everyone, hope you are enjoying New Tunes Tuesday so far. Here are a couple free and legal mp3’s from some of the bands you are hearing today on New Tunes Tuesday, along with some mp3’s from bands we are playing on Nothing But New. Don’t forget Nothing But New airs every Tuesday and Thursday at 6pm ET!
All the way back in 2001, Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear had no idea that he would become a member of the band. He had no idea that he would be a core member of one of the up and coming musical acts in the US, that he would be opening a string of dates for Radiohead or playing on the late night talk show circuit. What he did know is that he would be making music with his friend and NYU roommate, Fred Nicolaus.
Daniel and Fred’s early collaborations consisted of a couple 7″ released put out by southern California indie Isota Records, which also released their debut full length album, The Whitey On The Moon (which was also the band name at the time) in 2003. Not long after that release, Daniel began to play full time with the Grizzly Bear boys and suddenly had little to no time for his project with Fred as the Bears became a nearly overnight success.
However, always lurking in the background was the music he innocently crafted with Fred back at NYU and the desire to return to that landscape never went away. The Whitey On The Moon album had been re-issued in the UK and was a critical hit, which prompted the duo to get back together for a new album. And during breaks from Grizzly Bear activities, Daniel and Fred began to fine tune the new album, which in parts had been written as far back as their friendships beginnings, and chose a new name as well, Department Of Eagles, which is a reference to artist Marcel Broodthaers’ Institutional Critique.
The result is a beautifully crafted folk/ pop record titled In Ear Park. Daniel and Fred combine 60’s pop melodies and vocal styles with a delicate layer of folk instrumentation to make this album really soar. (excuse the soaring eagles pun) Some songs will sound like they belong on a Grizzly Bear album, as this record does not stray too far from the music Daniel creates with his “other” band, but the lyrics are of a much more personal nature. Daniel has said that the album as a whole is in memory of his father, who passed away last year. The album’s title is the fictional name of a park and Daniel and his Dad would regularly spend time walking through. And you can feel the nostalgia throughout the album, which Daniel also said had a tone and emphasis that was too personal for a Grizzly Bear album.
So while fans of Grizzly Bear will certainly find a lot to love on In Ear Park, the personal touch that Daniel and Fred have placed on this new Department of Eagles record is bound to gather others as well.
Headlights closed out the WOXY.com stage at this years 2008 MidPoint Music Festival. They played a really wonderful set to finish things off. Check out some pics from the show below, all courtesy of Jesse King.
Cincinnati favorites Wussy were kind enough to play on our stage over the weekend at MidPoint. Have a look at some great photos from that set below, all from Jesse King.
While we were mostly unfamiliar with The Mocks before MidPoint, we really enjoyed their set. Have a look at some photos from their performance, all taken by Jesse King.
Jukebox The Ghost played in the WOXY.com lounge and headlined our stage all in one day last weekend. The band played some new songs for both sessions, and you can have a look at pictures from their set at MidPoint below. All pictures again by Jesse King.
