Mumford & Sons were pretty tour-weary when they arrived at Offshore Music Recording Studios, Cardiff, Wales, to record their debut Lounge Act session for WOXY & The Waiting Room. Two of the band were battling colds & Marcus’ throat was about to pack it in following, what the others described as, partying out of their comfort zone with indie-rock outfit The Maccabees whom they had been on the road with for the better part of April & May.

With the finalisation of their debut album on the cards, & only 2 more gigs left of the tour, their dander was certainly up & they unleashed a barely muted fury as they launched into a damn near perfect session. Recorded with no fuss or posture, the band’s professionalism & energy impressed the studio engineer to exclaim it the best session he’d ever had the pleasure of.

What resulted from those two electric hours is a remarkably tight set from a band who, impressively, are unassuming & unaffected in the face of the mounting attention that their brilliant songs & live shows bring. They are a band humbly taken aback by the spotlight and, to some degree, steadfastly ignoring it in order to concentrate on what it is they’re here to do: play music.

Two syllables. Enjoy.

Track Listing:
Sigh No More (new/unreleased)
Little Lion Man
White Blank Page
I Gave You All (new/unreleased)
The Cave

Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More (WOXY.com Lounge Act / New-Unreleased)
Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man (WOXY.com Lounge Act)
Mumford & Sons – White Blank Page (WOXY.com Lounge Act)
Mumford & Sons – I Gave You All (WOXY.com Lounge Act /New- Unreleased)
Mumford & Sons – The Cave (WOXY.com Lounge Act)

Mumford & Sons – Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

The Low Anthem was formed out of the friendship forged by Ben Knox Miller and Jeff Prystowsky while they were DJ’s at Brown University’s student-run radio station, WBUR. Always a trio, the band added Jocie Adams prior to recording their third and latest record, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. After self-releasing the disc in 2008, they caught the attention of Nonesuch Records, who signed them and re-issued it with much wider distribution in June 2009.

Despite the their propensity for more intimate, acoustic performances, The Low Anthem has been in demand for high profile festival lineups including Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and several overseas.

For their first appearance in the Lounge, they played a pair of songs from Charlie Darwin and two others, including a new, unrecorded song “Sally, Where’d You Get Your Liquor From”.

Tracklisting
Charlie Darwin
Sally, Where’d You Get Your Liquor From?
interview
This God Damn House
Cage The Songbird

The Low Anthem – Charlie Darwin (Live On WOXY.com)
The Low Anthem – Sally, Where’d You Get Your Liquor From? (Live On WOXY.com)
The Low Anthem – This God Damn House (Live On WOXY.com)
The Low Anthem – Cage The Songbird (Live On WOXY.com)

It’s time again for the Monolith Music Festival in Morrisson, Colorado this weekend! The festival is primed to deliver another great year of music, and it’s another great year of music on the WOXY stage as well. Things kick off Saturday September 12th on the WOXY stage downstairs at about 12:20 and run all the way until the last band of the day takes the stage at 7pm. Enjoy a quick preview of the WOXY Stage lineup for Saturday below!

7:00 PM – COTTON JONES (WOXY Session)
Cotton Jones – Blood Red Sentimental Blues (Live On WOXY.com)
5:40 PM – CYMBALS EAT GUITARS (WOXY Session)
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Plainclothes (Live On WOXY.com / new-unreleased)
4:20 PM – THE ANSWERING MACHINE (WOXY Session)
The Answering Machine – Live On WOXY.com (full session download)
3:00 PM – THESE UNITED STATES (WOXY Session)
These United States – I Want You To Keep Everything(Live On WOXY.com)
1:40 PM – THE ANTLERS (WOXY Session)
The Antlers – Bear (Live On WOXY.com)
12:20 PM – GENERATIONALS

These United States returned to our Lounge for their third session with us to celebrate the release of their third album Everything Touches Everything. Not only was it a repeat performance for the band, but it marked the last Lounge Act that we hosted in our Longworth Hall studios before the move to our new home in Austin, TX.

The band spend a lot of time on the road and the early promo set up for the new record is no exception. They played for us before kicking off a tour at the Southgate House which will find them crisscrossing the country through the end of October (including a stop on the WOXY stage out at the Monolith Festival in mid-September). Jesse was quick to point out that those are just the dates already booked and that they’ll probably be out playing the record for folks through the end of the year.

Track Listing:
I Want You To Keep Everything
Will It Ever
- interview -
Preface Painless
The Important Thing

These United States – I Want You To Keep Everything(Live On WOXY.com)
These United States – Will It Ever (Live On WOXY.com)
These United States – Preface Painless (Live On WOXY.com)
These Unites States – The Important Thing (Live On WOXY.com)

These United States – Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

For his fourth full length album Catacombs, Cass McCombs employs the same tactics and sounds that have served him so well in getting to this point in his career. Carefully penned lyrics that speak to the listener and a gentle yet emotional vocal that pulsates with sincerity and grit.

Each trip through a McCombs record feels this way, and each one seems to get better. While out on the road supporting their friends Band Of Horses, Cass and his band dropped into our studios for this excellent performance.

As fans of his work for years now, it was a real pleasure to be able to host them for the first time, and we think you will agree after listening. Within the set are three new songs from Catacombs, as well as an older gem called “Equinox.”

Track Listing:
You Saved My Life
Don’t Vote
- interview -
Equinox
Lionkiller Got Married

Cass McCombs – You Saved My Life (Live On WOXY.com)
Cass McCombs – Don’t Vote (Live On WOXY.com)
Cass McCombs – Equinox (Live On WOXY.com)
Cass McCombs – Lionkiller Got Married (Live On WOXY.com)

Cass McCombs – Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

It’s been over a year since we last saw Chicago’s Panda Riot. Since that time, they’ve added a new member and been hard at work on a follow-up to She Dares All Things.

We caught them as they were setting out on a mini tour that takes them down to the Pop Mayhem Festival in Florida. They set up in the Lounge and gave us a set that includes three brand new songs.

We can expect to hear them and many more on their next album Northern Automatic Music, likely to be released in January 2010.

Track Listing:
The Jesus Demeanor
Motown Glass (new/unreleased)
Julie In Time (new/unreleased)
- interview -
Amanda In The Clouds (new/unreleased)
Suspense Kiss

Panda Riot – The Jesus Demeanor (Live On WOXY.com)
Panda Riot – Motown Glass (Live On WOXY.com – new/unreleased)
Panda Riot – Julie In Time (Live On WOXY.com – new/unreleased)
Panda Riot – Amanda In The Clouds (Live On WOXY.com – new/unreleased)
Panda Riot – Suspense Kiss (Live On WOXY.com)

Panda Riot – Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

We’ve been following this band from Athens, GA since their debut record Sorry About The Flowers came out in 2006. Earlier this year, they put out their sophomore set, Azar and we were excited to host them for the first time in the Lounge while they were out on a summer tour.

The band play 3 cuts from Azar in this performance and close out with an unreleased track that is from their upcoming third full-length release. In the interview, they discuss how they recorded at the historic Georgia Theatre in Athens, which was ravaged by fire earlier this year.

Now, the band are raising funds on Kickstarter.com to press the upcoming album on vinyl and help restore the damaged building as well.

Track Listing:
Ryan’s Song
Okay
- interview -
Iron Range
Bardstown Rd. (new/unreleased)

Venice Is Sinking – Ryan’s Song (Live On WOXY.com)
Venice Is Sinking – Okay (Live On WOXY.com)
Venice Is Sinking – Iron Range (Live On WOXY.com)
Venice Is Sinking – Bardstown Rd. (Live On WOXY.com / new-unreleased)

Venice Is Sinking – Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

It’s an important week in the WOXY Lounge, maybe more important than others. This will be our final week for live performances in the studio here in Cincinnati before we begin to pack things up and head south to Austin, Texas and our new studios. At this point, I think we are at or over 400 live sessions in our Cincinnati Lounge, and there are loads of memories that we will leave behind. The great thing is, that the music that was made lives on forever, and our thick archive proves it. You can also relive them with images right here.

Before we start a new chapter of WOXY Lounge performances next month in Austin, we have two more for you this week here in Cincinnati. First off, this afternoon The Low Anthem will be visiting us while out on the road with Langhorne Slim. The band recently released an excellent album Oh My God, Charlie Darwin and we are excited to have them in for their first session with us.

Thursday marks our final session here, and we go out in style with our friends These United States. TUS are getting ready to release their third album and will also be making their third trip into our studios as well. Here are the previous two and you can grab a new song from the band (that they might just play for us) below as well. That session takes place Thursday afternoon, August 13.

So join us online and listen to a fond farewell to our Cincinnati Lounge Acts this week!

These United States – I Want You To Take Everything

This New Jersey-based 4-piece band started life several years ago playing hip-hop and even featured a female vocalist. After two albums in that vein, their sound evolved, keeping a good groove but incorporating elements of more dance rock-oriented bands like !!!.

Our introduction to Thing-One was with a few demo tracks after their evolution and then, shortly after, their “You’ll Be Fine” EP from last year. We invited them in to perform for us when they stopped through Cincinnati to play for the Indie Summer series on Fountain Square.

Track Listing:
Move It
Rewind
- interview -
Through The Winter
The Thief

Thing-One – Move It (Live On WOXY.com)
Thing-One – Rewind (Live On WOXY.com)
Thing-One – Through The Winter (Live On WOXY.com)
Thing-One – The Thief (Live On WOXY.com)

Thing-One – Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

This time last year, we started spinning an early demo recording of “And The Hazy Sea” from Cymbals Eat Guitars. Since those early plays on the station, they’ve been through the kind of whirlwind journey that most indie bands can only dream of.

Joseph “Ferocious” D’Agostino sent us a CD-R of the band’s debut record Why There Are Mountains at the end of 2008. We really loved it and added it to the WOXY playlist on January 6th, 2009. Then, the accolades from blogs and websites began to roll in as the months went on. In mid-March, Pitchfork blessed the album with a ‘Best New Music’ review and the rest, as they say, is history.

When the 4-piece from Staten Island, NY arrived at our studios on their way home from playing at the Pitchfork Music Festival, Joseph revealed that he thought he had bronchitis. He was determined to make it through the session, but the band initially tailored their setlist to songs that would be easier for him to sing.

Once we went live, that was thrown out the window. They made an impulse substitution before they played their third song and then added a fifth track to the set when Joseph felt he could sing one more. A few coughs between tracks aside, you would never know he wasn’t feeling well. It was definitely a memorable session that begins with a brand new, previously unreleased song.

Why There Are Mountains is getting a proper nationwide release on September 22nd. They will also be performing on our WOXY.com stage at the Monolith Festival on September 12th while in the midst of a national tour with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart.

Track Listing:
Plainclothes (new/unreleased)
Indiana
Wind Phoenix
- interview -
Tunguska
Cold Spring

Cymbals Eat Guitars – Plainclothes (Live On WOXY.com / new-unreleased)
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Indiana (Live On WOXY.com)
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Wind Phoenix (Live On WOXY.com)
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Tunguska (Live On WOXY.com)
Cymbals Eat Guitars – Cold Spring (Live On WOXY.com)

Cymbals Eat Guitars – Live On WOXY.com> (full session download)