If you happen to be in the Cincinnati area next weekend, do your best to get over to The 20th Century Theatre and check out some great music for an even better cause. Jason Lytle of the now defunct band Grandaddy will be playing, as will Earlimart’s Aaron Espinoza. And local hotshot duo Bad Veins will be there as well.

And it’s in conjunction with the 3rd annual Emmett Benefit. Get there early on June 10th and check out a great art auction from 3-6pm, followed by the aforementioned musical performances. Emmett is a child that suffered a brain injury at birth and is disabled as a result, proceeds from the benefit will help to send Emmett to his very special school that has made a big difference in his confidence and sense of independence, pay for special needs equipment and other related expenses.

Follow this link for lots more info about Emmett and the benefit.

Also, check out a couple songs Jason performed for us last year when he was in town for the Benefit, as well as a tune from the Bad Veins session from December that is still unreleased……

Jason Lytle – Elevate Myself(Live On WOXY.com, May 2006)

Jason Lytle – Underneath The Weeping Willow (Live On WOXY.com, May 2006)

Bad Veins – Afraid (Live On WOXY.com, Dec 2006)

If you recall, we had a great announcement last week regarding the WOXY.com involvement in this years Monolith festival. Well the fest continues to grow this week! More acts have been confirmed and the bill is getting more and more attractive leading up to the June 2nd date when tickets go on sale. Here are a handful of new acts just confirmed for Monolith.

Among those added to the festival include, Art Brut, Editors, De Novo Dahl, Au Revoir Simone and Mason Proper. Stay tuned to WOXY.com and The Futurist for all your Monolith updates, and don’t forget that tickets go on sale in just a few days on June 2nd.

Editors – Live On WOXY.com (session from April 14, 2006)
De Novo Dahl – Live On WOXY.com (session from Oct 2006)
Mason Proper – Rest Up (Live On WOXY.com/unreleased)

If you couldn’t come up with an excuse to get out of a visit to Aunt Gertrude & Uncle Irving’s over the weekend – you just may have missed a few laps of this year’s Modern Rock 500, counting down the greatest songs in the history of modern rock. Well, you’ve got friends here at WOXY.com. We’ll replay the entire 500 in easy-to-digest, daily 100 lap increments starting on Monday, June 4th at 10am and continue in that manner Tuesday – Friday starting at 10am EDT all on the WOXY Vintage Channel. Who says we don’t cater to the at-work music lover?

So, make sure you cancel any meetings, bring your lunch to work, hold all calls and tell the Boss you’re busy…listening to lap after lap of the 18th Annual Modern Rock 500, all next week from WOXY.com!

Dayton’s Lab Partners made a return visit to the Lounge to premiere a bunch of new tunes. While they finish tweaking a follow-up to “Wicked Branches”, a new 5-song EP called “Keep Quiet” has been released to tide folks over.

In this session, you’ll hear most of the “Keep Quiet” tracks performed live as well as a few works in progress that will likely turn up on the new record. Available for download below is not only the full session, but also a song from the new EP, and a unreleased tune as well.

View the entire photoset here.

Track Listing:
It Don’t Take Much
Keep Quiet
Hey Children
- interview -
Clover Eyelids
Tidal Wave
Come Down Easy

Lab Partners – Come Down Easy (Live On WOXY.com/ Unreleased)

Lab Partners – Keep Quiet(Live On WOXY.com)

Lab Partners – Live On WOXY.com (full session)

WOXY.com and Pela are stoked to be teaming up for Pela’s upcoming tour. Not only will we be giving away loads of goodies, but Pela will also be leaving audio entries from the road right here on The Futurist! See below for the nitty gritty…..

Five years in the making, Pela are finally hitting every wayward town and truckstop in promotion of their full-length debut, Anytown Graffiti. As everyone knows, 5 years is a long time for an indie band to make a few friends, and thankfully, WOXY.com has been an ardent Pela supporter since day zero. Together, Pela and WOXY.com present to you an All-American band’s All-American journey from May 30 – June 17.

Expect drunken tales of drunken nights, sightseeing tips, and high-quality investigative reporting from the latest rock&roll crime scenes across America. CD’s, tickets, T-shirts and buttons will be given away on every stop of the tour. Tune in or feed in at WOXY.com

********************This week we will be giving away goods for the following tour dates. To qualify, simply leave us your favorite Pela song with a one sentence explanation. Make it short but sweet. Also, make sure you can use the tickets for the San Fransisco show and the Portland show. Also some nice merch is available for the LA gig. Winners for the San Fransisco show will be announced that day, so all entries will need to be in the comments by early Thursday morning, 10am EST.

Wed – May 30 Spaceland, Los Angeles – 1 set of cd/t-shirt/buttons
Thu – May 31 San Francisco – 2 tickets
Sat – Jun 02 Dante’s, Portland, OR – 2 tickets

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Stay tuned for giveaways for these future dates in the coming weeks….

Sun – Jun 03 Media Club, Vancouver, BC – 2 tickets
Mon – Jun 04 Chop Suey, Seattle, WA – 1 set of cd/t-shirt/buttons
Wed – Jun 06 Kilby Court, Salt Lake City, UT – 2 tickets
Thu – Jun 07 Hi-Dive, Denver, CO – 2 tickets
Fri – Jun 08 Waiting Room, Omaha, NE – 2 tickets
Sat – Jun 09 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN – 2 tickets
Sun – Jun 10 Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL – 2 tickets
Tue – Jun 12 Lee’s Palance, Toronto, ON – 2 tickets
Wed – Jun 13 Club Lambi, Montreal, PQ – 2 tickets
Thu – Jun 14 TT the Bears, Cambridge, MA – 2 tickets
Fri – Jun 15 Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ – 2 tickets
Sat – Jun 16 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY – 2 tickets
Sun – Jun 17 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY – 1 set of cd/t-shirt/buttons

Get up to speed with the band at their tour blog as well, just follow this link.

This week instead of a new Song Of The Week we would like to look back at the first 2 months of our Friday tradition, (has it been that long already?). Here are the songs all of us have chosen in the first two months to catch you up. Think of it as a SOTW Mixtape………

Mike Taylor -

1. Klaxons- “Golden Skans” from the album Myths Of The Near Future.
2. The Bees – “Got To Let Go” from the album Octopus. (MP3)
3. Joan As Policewoman – “Real Life” from the album Real Life. (MP3)
4. Working For A Nuclear Free City -”Rocket” from the EP Rocket.
5. The Veils - “Not Yet” from the album Nux Vomica.
6. DJ Dolores – “De Dar Do”, from the compilation album, 20 Ways To Float Through Walls. (MP3)
7. White Rabbits – “Kid On My Shoulders”, from the album, Fort Nightly. (MP3)
8. The Muggabears – “Dead Kid Kicks”, from the EP, Night Coreography. (MP3)

Matt Shiv -

1. Palomar – “Our Haunt” from the album, All Things Forests. (MP3)
2. The Eames Era - “Both Hands Full” from the album, Heroes And Sheroes. (MP3)
3. The Dead Bodies – “In Heaven, We All Are”, from the CD Mr. Spookhouses Pink House. (MP3)
4. Patrick Wolf - “The Magic Position”, from the CD The Magic Position. (MP3)
5. The Clientele – “Bookshop Casanova”, from the CD God Save The Clientele. (MP3)
6. Rufus Wainwright – “Going To A Town”, from the CD Release The Stars.
7. Sage Francis- “Civil Obedience”, from the CD Human The Death Dance.
   

Joe Long -

1. The National – “Fake Empire“, from the album Boxer. (MP3)
2. Feist – “My Moon, My Man”, from the album The Reminder.
3. The Twilight Sad – “That Summer, At Home, I Had Become The Invisible Boy”, from the album Fourteen Autumns and Fifteen Winters. (MP3)
4. Maximo Park – “My Velocity”, from the CD Our Earthly Pleasures.
5. St. Vincent – “Now Now”, from the CD Marry Me. (MP3)
6. Fields – “If You Fail, We All Fail”, from the CD Everything Last Winter. (MP3)
7. Wilco – “Walken”, from the CD Sky Blue Sky.
8. The Maccabees – “Precious Time”, from the CD Colour It In.

And our guests……
Kari Wethington – Mark Ronson – “Oh My God” feat. Lily Allen from the CD Version.

Brian Niesz – J Roddy Walston & The Business – “Used To Did” from the CD Hail Mega Boys. (MP3)

Mike Breen – The Besnard Lakes – “Disaster”, from the CD Are The Dark Horse. (MP3)

Torr Leonard – Goodbooks - “The Illness”, from the CD The Illness.

Check back next Friday for another new installment of Song Of The Week!

Weekly Hit – Top 5 Blog Posts

1. An Aquarium Drunkard shares some old unreleased Ryan Adams.
   
2. My Old Kentucky Blog points us in the direction of a free Black Keys EP.
3. Donewaiting posted a great video of Ted Leo from the Human Giant marathon.
4. Gorilla Vs. Bear posted about the Sufjan Stevens re-issue of Seven Swans.
5. Stereogum posted a mashup of Ghostface Killah & the new Spoon, aptly titled, The Ghostface Of You Still Lingers.

And Now The Top 5 News Items

1. Editors announce new album, to tour in the fall.
   
2. “Small” Webcasters offered a new deal from Sound Exchange.
3. R.E.M go to work on a new album.
4. Portishead to reunite for a few shows.
5. Bonnaroo Festival set times announced.

Flashing back to October of last year today for an amazing session from Frank Black. Here is the recap notes from right after the set….

In our longest and possibly most entertaining session ever, Frank Black dropped into the Lounge while on tour supporting his “Fast Man/Raider Man” release. Here, Frank and Mike talk about damn near anything and everything in between the songs of this performance.

In this exclusive download, you’ll hear Frank play a work in progress (tentatively titled “The Water”) and even dig up the Pixes track “Cactus” from Surfer Rosa.

Clocking in at almost an hour, sit back and enjoy some great acoustic tracks from Frank and a truly entertaining conversation.

Also, as a bonus today we have two downloads cut out of the session for you to download. Enjoy!

Check out the entire photoset here.

Track Listing:
The Water
That Burnt Out Rock ‘N Roll
Cactus
Put The Needle In My Arm
Raider Man

Frank Black – Cactus (Live On WOXY.com)
Frank Black – That Burnt Out Rock N’ Roll (Live On WOXY.com / unreleased)

Frank Black – Live On WOXY.com

Today we will be welcoming Harlem Shakes into the WOXY.com lounge. The band hails from Brooklyn and has been on the road supporting Tapes N Tapes. Their debut EP, Burning Birthdays has been getting it’s fair share of spins here on the future of rock n roll so we are excited to have them come in today. Tune in at around 2pm EST for the Lounge Act with Harlem Shakes.

Stream some of their music on MySpace.

WOXY.com is proud to welcome The Features to our lounge this afternoon. The band is hot on the heels of a recent self released EP, Contrast. We were also big fans of their debut album from 2004, Exhibit A. The band is also out on the road right now supporting Kings Of Leon on tour. Be sure to tune in WOXY.com today at about 4pm EST for a performance from The Features.

To tide you over until then, here are a couple songs from the band. These tunes are from the Exhibit A original mix, and these versions didn’t make it onto the final album.

The Features – Me & The Skirts (original mix/ non album version)
The Features – Leave It All Behind (original mix/ non album version)