Earlier this year, The Low Anthem stopped into our Cincinnati studios for a Lounge Act. We hit it off really well with the band and invited them back in to our new digs in Austin for a guest DJ set recently. The band was in Austin continuing to tour off the back of their excellent album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin and picked some great songs during their time in the studio. Full playlist and on demand stream below.

Playlist

Airline To Heaven - Billy Bragg & Wilco
Leopard Skin Pill-Box Hat - Bob Dylan
It Makes No Difference - The Band
Paradise - John Prine
Her Eyes Are A Blue Million Miles - Captain Beefheart
Mountain Dew - The Stanley Brothers
Baby Please Don’t Go - Them
Saddle Up The Palomino - Neil Young
Lake Charles – Lucinda Williams
Louisiana 1927 - Randy Newman
Diamonds In The Mine – Leonard Cohen
Poor Edward – Tom Waits
Love Me Tenderly – The Felice Brothers
Marchin’ To The City – Bob Dylan

On four stages in two days, Fun Fest will span genres to bring us bands like Ratatat, Destroyer, GZA, Danzig, 7 Seconds, HEALTH, Why?, Crystal Castles, of Montreal, Shonen Knife, Death, Atlas Sound, Broadcast, Lucero and many (many) more. That’s just for starters: there will be on-site shopping, comedy, art, food and a skate ramp at the park this year, keeping fans young and old entertained during what’s usually one of the mildest weekends of the year.

We’re excited to be partnering with Transmission Entertainment to bring you all the latest news, updates, after party information and more regarding the festival. Between now and November 7, WOXY will be spinning the artists, offering ticket giveaways, breaking news and being your one-stop-shop for news about the fest. Follow us on Twitter and Facebook for all the updates that don’t make it to the Futurist.

Follow the jump to see the complete lineup. Buy tickets right here, or enter to win a pair of weekend passes by emailing woxycontests @ gmail.com and using “Fun Fun Fun” as your subject line.

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The latest edition of Soundcheck Magazine is on newsstands and is also available as a PDF.

This issue includes interviews with Ume, Mutemath, Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, The Twilight Sad, T-Bird & The Breaks and also includes tons of photos from recent Austin shows like U2, Muse, Pearl Jam, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Phoenix, Them Crooked Vultures, The Dead Weather, Black Crowes, Wilco, Semi Precious Weapons, Ra Ra Riot, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Walkmen, Avett Brothers, Flogging Molly and The Felice Brothers. There’s also a nice recap of ACL 2009.

Elliot Cole’s talk with Lauren Larson of Ume is the WOXY pick in this issue. “I’m an unlikely candidate to be some sort of rocker woman,” she tells Cole. He’s right on the money, though, responding “She is soft-spoken and articulate, inoffensive but direct. She’s also dead-on in her analysis: with her long, blonde hair; petite frame; and infectious, upbeat spirit, she doesn’t make for the typecast rockstar. She’s far too intelligent, far too jovial, and far too composed to be the same girl that, night-in and night-out, is known for thrashing around on stage like a crazed banshee.”

Sounds like the Lauren we know and love! Don’t miss the latest issue of Soundcheck Magazine, and while you’re at their site, stream WOXY and grab our iPhone app.

WOXY is proud to present New York’s Elvis Perkins in Dearland, coming to the Parish Room on November 11. He’ll be supported by AA Bondy.

Perkins and his troupe will be supporting their October 20 release, the Doomsday EP and the self-titled full length from earlier this year. We’re giving you a chance to win tickets to the show – but that’s not all! Email us at woxycontests @ gmail.com, and you’ll be entered to win a tour of WOXY’s new studio as well as front row seats for Elvis Perkins’ Lounge Act here in Austin. We’ll also send you to the show at the Parish on us. Enter today!

Of the new songs, Perkins says, “We call this thing The Doomsday EP for obvious reasons, and its middle name to which it also answers is The EP of the Id. Being drawn to the many faces of the American strain it seems we have more or less subconsciously produced a collection speaking to/and or from several of them at once. It’s a document of impulses sleeping egos and their superiors let pass to tape. I myself didn’t know what these songs sounded like in the hands of EPID until they were processed and played back. You have a song that arrived like the rest of us by boat, a selection from the Sacred Harp, a rock ‘n roll heralding the eternal advent of rock ‘n roll, an ode to the soul of the undead and, finally (and firstly), two takes on a single song called Doomsday, one which comes from our March release and the other which leans in the direction of its original conception as something of a gospel number . And here they all are, risen from their cribs and graves, under one moonlight while their folks and undertakers look the other way.”

For more information, visit the Parish web site. Tickets available here for $14.

Thanks to Home Slice Pizza and Sweet Leaf Tea, the winners will get lunch with the band and some delicious tea to wash it down!

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It’s our very first Local Lixx Austin episode and we couldn’t be happier. Each week, we’ll be bringing you 30 minutes of tunes from Austin area bands big and small. This week’s episode features a couple of tracks from up-and-coming Austin bands like Beautiful Supermachines and Follow That Bird, but we also give you some familiarity with and old Okkervil River song and Brazos. Enjoy!

Zookeeper “Mama Jean”
International Waters “Salt and Sea”
Brazos “Tell”
Follow That Bird “I Want You To Know”
Beautiful Supermachines “The Miserablists”
Balmorhea “Harm & Boon”
Okkervil River “A Stone”

Local Lixx Austin Episode 01- MP3 Download [Full Episode]

Local Lixx is a local music show that covers Austin and beyond. To submit your music for consideration for the program send a CD, band bio and contact information to:

WOXY Radio
ATTN: Local Lixx Austin
2130 S Congress Ave
Austin TX 78704

Catch up on previous Local Lixx episodes right here.

While out on the road with Port O’Brien and in Austin to play the Pablove benefit show, Alex from Sea Wolf was kind enough to stop in to the WOXY studios. For his hour of guest DJing, Alex picked a nice mix of tunes including music from Bob Dylan, Antony & The Johnsons and Cat Power. The full tracklisting is below and you can also listen to the hour of music and conversation with Shiv on demand.

The Beast In Me - Johnny Cash
The Moon - Cat Power
His Master’s Voice - Monsters Of Folk
Black Swan - Thom Yorke
All Fires – Swan Lake
My Lady Story - Antony & The Johnsons
The Ballad Of Frankie L.. - Bob Dylan
The Fairest Of The Seas.. - Nico
Close The Lid - Port O’Brien
Dew In The Grass - Sea Wolf

In town during their tour with Sea Wolf for the Pablove benefit show here in Austin, Van and Tyson fromPort O’Brien were kind enough to drop in to the WOXY studios. The band is on the road supporting their new record, Threadbare and picked some great stuff during their hour with Joe. Below is the tracklisting, along with the full hour of conversation and music on demand. Enjoy!

The Sweetest Thing – Camera Obscura
Future Primitive - Papercuts
LDN - Lily Allen
Trouble Weighs A Ton - Dan Auerbach
In Ear Park - Department Of Eagles
Curmudgeon - Nirvana
Starlite Walker - Silver Jews
Aisle 13 - Built To Spill
Skinny Love - Bon Iver
The Purple Bottle - Animal Collective

We’re thrilled to be partners with Fun Fun Fun Fest this year, and even more excited to be giving away five pairs of weekend passes to the event. To top it all off, we’re kicking things off on Friday night in a big way.

Together with Austinist and Austin Visitors and Convention Bureau and Transmission Entertainment, we’re presenting Local Music Is Sexy on Friday night at the Mohawk and Club Deville. The lineup is entirely local – thirteen bands across three stages and a couple of surprises, too.

We’ll be hosting TV Torso, The Low Lows, International Waters, Watch Out for Rockets, Beautiful Supermachines, Air Traffic Controllers, Distant Seconds, Silent Land Time Machine, Black Before Red, Manikin, The Authors, My Milky Way Arms, and the Minor Mishap Marching Band will be performing between the Mohawk’s indoor and outdoor stage and Club Deville following the After the Jump Blogger Panel. The show starts at 8 pm and will go until midnight. After midnight, stay with us for many inside surprises happening inside Mohawk.

Send us an email at woxycontests @ gmail.com with the subject line “Local Music is Sexy” to be entered to win a pair of VIP guest list spots.

Follow the jump for the lineup complete with set times.

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Local Lixx is back after a summer break to bring you some of what is new and interesting in the Cincinnati area and beyond. Featured this week is music from the 2nd album from The Chocolate Horse, whose new album We Don’t Stand On Ceremony is one of the best Cincinnati record releases of the year.

Buffalo Killers “Huma Bird”
The Chocolate Horse “No More Batteries”
The Sleep “Take Me”
Wake Up Mordecai “Disco=Crack”
The Chocolate Horse “Your Daughter”

Local Lixx Episode 41- MP3 Download [Full Episode]

Local Lixx is a local music show that covers Cincinnati tri-state area and reaches out into Columbus, Dayton, Lexington, Louisville and beyond. To submit your music for consideration for the program send a CD, band bio and contact information to:

WOXY Radio
ATTN: Local Lixx
2130 S Congress Ave
Austin TX 78704

Catch up on previous Local Lixx episodes right here.

At that start of a busy week here in the WOXY studios, our friends from back home in Cincinnati, Bad Veins dropped in for a visit and guest DJ set while on tour supporting their debut record. And right after them, Dangerbird Co-Founder Jeff Castalez sat down for a chat and to pick a few songs as well. Jeff and his wife Jo Ann lost their 6-year-old son Pablo to cancer and Jeff is currently cycling across the country on a 3,000+ mile journey to raise money to battle childhood cancer in the name of the Pablove Foundation.

Listen below to both hours of programming on demand.

Bad Veins

Jeff from Pablove