Dan Mecher started The Turnbull AC’s as a solo project back in 2005. It quickly turned into a full band that also included Cari Clara’s Eric Diedrichs. When they released their self-titled debut in 2006 it not only caught our ears here at WOXY, but earned them several Cincinnati Entertainment Award nominations, including Artist Of The Year.

Two years later, there have been some shifts leading up to their second release Small Town Parade. The lineup now includes Brad Stenz from Moth and former Death In Graceland drummer Brian Penick.

In this session we get treated to all new music from Small Town Parade and Shiv talks to the guys about transition and how the new songs all came together.

Track Listing:
Mrs. Templeton
The Killers Of The Kent County Kids
- interview -
The Gentlemen’s Club
The Servant & The Baroness

The Turnbull AC’s – Mrs. Templeton (Live On WOXY.com)
The Turnbull AC’s – The Killers Of The Kent County Kids (Live On WOXY.com)
The Turnbull AC’s – Gentlemen’s Club (Live On WOXY.com)
The Turnbull AC’s – The Servant & The Baroness (Live On WOXY.com)

The Turnbull AC’s – Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

Today we get the pleasure of hosting two excellent bands in the WOXY.com lounge. First up, at around 1:30 ET Horse Feathers from Portland will be joining us in the studio. The three piece released their 2nd album earlier this year on the Kill Rock Stars label, House With No Home.

Then at 4pm, stick around for a performance from The End Of The World, who also have a new 2nd album (released this month) called French Exit, out now on the Flameshovel label.

So join us for a double dip in the lounge this afternoon, and familiarize yourself with the bands a bit more right away with a couple free downloads below…

Horse Feathers – Curs In The Weeds
The End Of The World – I Don’t Wanna Lose

Another batch of New Tunes Tuesday mp3s for you today here on The Futurist, check below for songs you will be hearing today…..

New Tunes Tuesday Downloads…
Future Clouds & Radar – The Epcot View
Joker’s Daughter – Worm’s Head
Reefer – May Beleen
We Landed On The Moon! – RE: Your Letter

And don’t forget about Nothing But New, which begins tonight at 6pm ET and lasts for a full hour.

It’s gonna be a busy week here at WOXY.com, so I wanted to do my best to fill you in on what is happening so you can plan accordingly.

Today at 6pm Future Sounds makes its WOXY.com debut, more on Future Sounds here…

Tuesday you get Future Sounds again at 7am until 9am ET, then get ready for a full day of New Tunes Tuesday culminating with Nothing But New at 6pm ET.

Wednesday morning features 3 hours of WOXY Vintage starting at 6am ET. In the afternoon we have a double header scheduled for the lounge, as The End Of The World (4pm) & Horse Feathers (1:30pm) will be joining us. Then at 6pm, a new episode of Artrocker.

Thursday morning will be an encore of Xtrabeats starting at 7am to get you up and running and in the evening you get Nothing But New again at 6pm and Local Lixx at 8:30. Then at 9pm, if you have yet to hear Future Sounds, you get another chance from 9-11pm ET.

Friday morning will be an encore of this weeks Artrocker, starting at 7am and running for 90 minutes.

Whew, thats alot, but now you know what is coming up. Stay tuned, we have more treats up our sleeve as we get closer to the end of the year as well…

Jessica Lea Mayfield is set to join the short list of smoky, alt-country crooners you recall on a first-name basis, like Lucinda, Jolie, and Gillian. Listen closely and you’ll even hear Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval in her voice, despite the fact that she herself doesn’t think so. The 19 year-old Kent, Ohio native is a little bit country and a little bit indie, so don’t be surprised to learn that she sports Doc Martens with a dress.

Her debut With Blasphemy So Heartfelt was produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and she and her crack sidemen stopped into the Lounge prior to a local engagement, during which she talked with Mike about her parents’ wishes for her career choice, recording her own material after playing in her family’s band since age 8, and preparing for her first trip of any kind overseas.

Track Listing:
We’ve Never Lied
Kiss Me Again
- interview -
For Today
Bible Days

Jessica Lea Mayfield – Kiss Me Again (Live On WOXY.com)
Jessica Lea Mayfield – We’ve Never Lied (Live On WOXY.com)
Jessica Lea Mayfield – Bible Days (Live On WOXY.com)

Jessica Lea Mayfield – Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

It has been a really excellent year for music here in the Cincinnati area, and we hope you have been enjoying alot of that music through our local and regional music show, Local Lixx. Tonight on Local Lixx, we have a special episode lined up for you that will feature artists nominated for Cincinnati Entertainment Awards.

Several of the bands and artists we have featured on Local Lixx this year received nominations, you can see the full listing here. So expect to hear music from new Cincinnati artists like Daniel Martin Moore, Wonky Tonk & The Host, and mainstays like Buffalo Killers and Wussy.

So tune in tonight for a full hour of Local Lixx starting at 8pm on WOXY.com!

The 12th annual CEA’s are going to be handed out November 23rd, but don’t forget to vote for your favorite nominees right here, hurry, voting ends November 10th!

The day before releasing his 2nd solo album Sparklace on the Polyvinyl label, Cale Parks (multi-instrumentalist from Aloha and live drummer for White Williams) stopped in to the WOXY studios for an hour to chat with me and pick some tunes. He was out on a tour with Anathallo and it was fitting that he was playing in the tri-state during the week of his album’s release considering he spent a good chunk of his life here in Cincinnati. Cale now calls Brooklyn home, but I’m not sure he gets to spend a lot of time there considering how often he ends out on the road.

During this interview, he talks about the creation of Sparklace, some of his favorite bands and artists, and even gives us some info on the next Aloha album (which we will probably see in the Spring of 2009). In addition to this full stream of Cale’s guest DJ session, you can stream (and then buy!) his new album from our friends at lala.com.

Here are the songs Cale chose during his hour with us……

Icy Demons “Miami Ice”
Squeeze “Up The Junction”
Blur “Music Is My Radar”
Arthur Russell “Habit Of You”
Peter Gabriel “Games Without Frontiers”
The Millennium “The Island”
Kate Bush “Cloudbusting”
Broadcast “Pendulum”
Harmonia “Notre Dame”
The Knife “Forest Families”
Cale Parks “Every Week Ends”

Cale’s upcoming tour dates are listed after the jump…
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WOXY.com welcomes FUTURE SOUNDS to our programming lineup. FUTURE SOUNDS delivers a weekly two-hour program that gives listeners a first listen to the top independent bands that today fly under-the-radar but soon will become household names. For over five years, their compilation CD’s have highlighted artists on the lips of tastemakers, DJ’s, bloggers and A&R representatives from around the world.

FUTURE SOUNDS will make its WOXY.com debut Monday, Nov. 10th at 6p, but you’ll have several opportunities to catch FUTURE SOUNDS throughout the week: Monday at 6p, Tuesday at 7a, Thursday at 9p and Saturday at Noon.

It’s been over 2 years since the Birdmonster boys visited us here in Cincinnati, but we caught up with them earlier this year while we were down in Austin for SXSW. At the time, the performance at EAR Studios offered a preview of what was to become From The Mountain To The Sea.

Returning to our Longworth Hall studios, the band performed a stripped down set this time around which featured tracks from their latest album as well as a couple of brand new cuts they’ve been working out on the road.

Track Listing:
Concrete Lights
I Say What I Want (new/unreleased)
The Only One
- interview -
Born To Be Your Man
My Love For You
I Am The Wind (new/unreleased)

Birdmonster – I Say What I Want (Live On WOXY.com/ unreleased)
Birdmonster – The Only One (Live On WOXY.com)
Birdmonster – Born To Be Your Man (Live On WOXY.com)
Birdmonster – Concrete Lights (Live On WOXY.com)
Birdmonster – I Am The Wind (Live On WOXY.com/unreleased)
Birdmonster – My Love For You (Live ON WOXY.com

Birdmonster – Live ON WOXY.com(full session download)