The Waiting Room is a 2 hour new music & non-sequitor chat show based out of Cardiff, Wales, UK. Co-hosted by the verbal miscreants one half of Drunk Country & The Woman of The House + the occasional guest, TWR delivers new bands, interviews & opinion at an alarming rate. All with an accent. Expect, then, music, blather, chaos & cheek.

Check out this weeks tracklisting and on-demand stream below.

John Mouse – Your Ass, Your Neck, Your Chest — or, Sex With You (Quickie Master)
The Treats – The Brief Ballad Of The So-So Kid
Puerto Muerto – Arcadia
Danny & The Champions Of The World – Your People
Rachael Dadd – Table
Pony The Pirate – Psychopedia
The Idaho Falls – Holding On To Your Name
Analog Rebellion – Brain ≠ Heart (I Need To Know)
Basia Bulat – Run
The Tallest Man On Earth – King Of Spain
UTE – Panic–Float
These New Puritans – Attack Music
Fragments Of Winter – Astonishing
Comaneci – Sleep Baby Slip
Jose Vanders – The Numbers Game
The Bears Of Blue River – Me, Me, Me
Galapaghost – You’re All I Need
Woozy Viper – Love Scented Candles
The Penny Black Remedy – You have Wasted Your Life, Now Please Stop Wasting Your Money
The Sleepy Trees – You Make Me Nervous
The Sandwitches – No No
Fredrik – Vinterbarn
The Secret Love Parade – Always You
Erland & The Carnival – The Sweeter The Girl The Harder I Fall
The Magic Theatre – Steamroller
Francis – I Was Never Bored At All

More information about this weeks episode at The Waiting Room site.

Brothers Jared & Mike Bell have been playing music together since they were young. As Lymbyc Systym, they’ve spent the last several years making music together from a distance. Jared had relocated to New York and Mike had spent some time here in Austin, meaning the creative process of making music involved crafting demos and e-mailing recordings back and forth to each other. The guys are both now living in the same city for the first time in years which should make the next recording an easier process.

In the meantime, we caught up with the brothers Bell when they were out on a brief spate of West Coast dates that wrapped up in Texas. Joined by Christopher Tignor on violin, they play a few tracks from their new album Shutter Release, a track from their debut Love Your Abuser, and close with a song from last year’s Field Studies EP, a split release with their friends This Will Destroy You.

View the Flickr photoset here

Track Listing:
- interview -
Ghost Clock
Bedroom Anthem
Fall Bicycle
Narita

Lymbyc Systym – Ghost Clock (WOXY Lounge Act)
Lymbyc Systym – Bedroom Anthem (WOXY Lounge Act)
Lymbyc Systym – Fall Bicycle (WOXY Lounge Act)
Lymbyc Systym – Narita (WOXY Lounge Act)

Lymbyc Systym – WOXY Lounge Act (full session download including interview)

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Before we dove headfirst into 2010 this week, we had to put the finishing touches on 2009. And Mike, Shiv and Joe all put together three hour shows over the holidays showcasing their favorite songs of the year. The shows aired a few times over the holiday break, but if you missed out on any or all of them, you can now stream them on demand!

Enjoy some of our favorite songs of 2009!

Shiv

Joe

Mike

For the third consecutive year, the WOXY DJ’s sat down at the end of the year and chatted about the year in music 2009. Lots of music was discussed and played during the nine hour marathon, and just in case you missed some parts of it, or maybe missed the whole thing, you can now listen at your leisure thanks to the on demand stream below.

Happy New Year!

Mike Taylor

20 Cold Cave – Love Comes Close
19 Wildbirds & Peacedrums – The Snake
18 Dinosaur Jr. – Farm
17 Fanfarlo – Reservoir
16 jj – jj No. 2
15 Post War Years – The Great and the Happenings
14 The Phantom Band – Checkmate Savage
13 The Distant Seconds – Spectral Evidence
12 The Soft Pack – The Muslims EP
11 The Invisible – The Invisible
10 The Twilight Sad – Forget The Night Ahead
9 Surf City – EP
8 Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
7 The Joy Formidable – A Balloon Called Moaning
6 Mumford & Sons – Sigh No More
5 The Horrors – Primary Colours
4 We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls
3 Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
2 The Answering Machine – Another City, Another Sorry
1 The xx – xx

Matt Shiv

20. The Love Language – The Love Language
19. Royal Bangs – Let It Beep
18. Manic Street Preachers – Journal For Plague Lovers
17. Mos Def – The Ecstatic
16. Neko Case – Middle Cyclone
15. Bad Veins – Bad Veins
14. Kings Of Convenience – Declaration Of Dependence
13. Japandroids – Post-Nothing
12. Metric – Fantasies
11. The xx – xx
10. Joe Henry – Blood From Stars
9. The Antlers – Hospice
8. The Answering Machine – Another City, Another Sorry
7. Doves – Kingdom Of Rust
6. Pomegranates – Everybody, Come Outside!
5. Generationals – Con Law
4. Phoenix – Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
3. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
2. The Gossip – Music For Men
1. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains

Joe Long

20. Bad Veins – Bad Veins
19. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
18. Bat For Lashes – Two Suns
17. White Denim – Fits
16. Richard Swift - The Atlantic Ocean
15. Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Summer Of Fear
14. Monsters Of Folk – Monsters Of Folk
13. St. Vincent – Actor
12. These United States – Everything Touches Everything
11. Neon Indian – Psychic Chasms
10. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca
9. M. Ward – Hold Time
8. Wilco – Wilco The Album
7. Yo La Tengo – Popular Songs
6. The Twilight Sad – Forget The Night Ahead
5. Dan Auerbach – Keep It Hid
4. We Were Promised Jetpacks – These Four Walls
3. Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeaus Phoenix
2. Grizzly Bear – Veckitmest
1. Doves – Kingdom Of Rust

Paige Maguire

20. Pissed Jeans – King of Jeans
19. The XX – XX
18. Washed Out – Life of Leisure
17. Vetiver – Tight Knit
16. Jim O’Rourke – The Visitor
15. Mt. Eerie – Wind’s Poem
14. Thee Oh Sees – Help
13. Mi Ami – Watersports
12. Local Natives – Gorilla Manor
11. Mimicking Birds – Mimicking Birds
10. Animal Collective – Merriweather Post Pavilion
9. Death – …For the Whole World to See
8. Cymbals Eat Guitars – Why There Are Mountains
7. Girls – Album
6. Mew – …No More Stories
5. Elvis Perkins in Dearland – Elvis Perkins in Dearland
4. Bill Callahan – Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle
3. Grizzly Bear – Veckatimest
2. Akron/Family – Set ‘Em Wild, Set ‘Em Free
1. Dirty Projectors – Bitte Orca

(Happy Holidays everyone! We are re-posting this holiday set from Daniel Martin Moore today for you enjoyment over the holidays, enjoy!)

Hot on the heels of being named Best New Artist at the 2008 Cincinnati Entertainment Awards, Daniel Martin Moore joined us for his second performance in our Lounge.

In this set, Daniel is joined by Dan Dorff on keys and Aaron Jacobs on upright bass while they perform a set of holiday classics.

Because of publishing rights, we cannot legally offer this session up for free download but we will be posting a streaming archive link soon. Also, the tracks will be featured on the WOXY Holiday Mixer and we’ll re-air the full session a few times over the holiday season.

Track Listing:
Christmastime is Here
O Holy Night
- interview -
Let it Snow
The Christmas Song

Listen to the full session below….

2009 was another great year for music in the WOXY Lounge. And it was another great year for our lounge recordings during SXSW 2009 as well. We were back at EAR studios again this year for a new record 27 live sessions. I put together a quick batch of some of our favorites from our week at EAR earlier this year, and wrapped zipped it up for you to download. All at once or each track by itself. I am also preparing a best of the Lounge CD for you to consume later this week as well. Enjoy!

WOXY Best Of SXSW 2009 – (Full Album ZIP file Download)

Mother Mother – O My Heart (SXSW 2009)
Lady Dottie & The Diamonds – I Ain’t Mad At Ya (SXSW 2009)
Pete & The Pirates – Jennifer (SXSW 2009)
Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band – Albatross, Albatross, Albatross (SXSW 2009)
The Calm Blue Sea – Literal (SXSW 2009)
Future Of The Left – Arming Eritrea (SXSW 2009)
We Have Band – Honeytrap (SXSW 2009)
Black Joe Lewis & The Honeybears – Sugarfoot (SXSW 2009)
The Wooden Birds – Sugar (SXSW 2009)
Pains Of Being Pure At Heart – Young Adult Friction (SXSW 2009)
The Rosebuds – Get Up Get Out (SXSW 2009)
Post War Years – Whole World On It’s Head (SXSW 2009)

All songs recorded by James Stevens at EAR studios in Austin, Texas.

As we approach the end of the decade, we thought it would be fun to dig into our Lounge Act archives and unearth a few sessions for you that you may not have heard for awhile. Or in alot of cases, you may not know we even recorded.

Today, we jump back to the summer of 2005 for this session with The Kills. Below is a brief synopsis written at the time along with a tracklist and stream of the entire session and interview. Enjoy!

VV and Hotel (aka Allison and Jamie) braved Cincinnati’s Opening Day baseball festivities to perform a blistering set of electro-blues. You’d never think two people could make so much noise…

Track Listing:
No Wow
I Hate The Way You Love
-Interview-
The Good Ones
Love Is A Deserter

As we approach the end of the decade, we thought it would be fun to dig into our Lounge Act archives and unearth a few sessions for you that you may not have heard for awhile. Or in alot of cases, you may not know we even recorded.

Today, we jump back to the summer of 2005 for this session with The Wrens. Below is a brief synopsis written at the time along with a tracklist and stream of the entire session and interview. Enjoy!

We were thrilled to host a session with the legendary Wrens, who stopped in prior to their local date on a mini-tour of the Midwest. A terrific band with a history of bad luck caused by label trouble, they’ve rightfully earned a great deal of acclaim for their body of work, sporadic as it may be. The guys are in fine form here, playing three songs off their last CD The Meadowlands and even reaching back for a tune from their 1994 debut, Silver.

Track Listing:
What’s A Girl
Hopeless
-Interview-
Boys You Won’t
Everyone Chooses Sides

It’s hard to believe, but this will be the 26th consecutive year we’ll count down the year’s 97 Best albums. Yep, on December 17th @ 10a ET (9a CT), we’ll start at #97 and won’t stop until we reach #1 (apologies to Casey Kasem). As in previous years, the 97 Best is determined by airplay. We tabulate all of the DJ’s airplay during our live broadcasts to come up with the list, and feel that’s the best way to accurately reflect the sound of WOXY in 2009. So, make sure you carve out the whole day to listen and see where your favorites land on the list.

If you’re a history buff, here’s a look back at the previous #1 records (click the link to see that year’s entire list). You’ll notice the musical shifts from one decade to the other and sometimes, one year to the next.

2008 - My Morning Jacket Evil Urges
2007 – The National Boxer
2006 – Built To Spill You In Reverse
2005 – Bloc Party Silent Alarm
2004 – Franz Ferdinand Franz Ferdinand
2003 – The White Stripes Elephant
2002 – The White Stripes White Blood Cells
2001 – Gorillaz Gorillaz
2000 – Travis The Man Who
1999 – G. Love & Special Sauce Philadelphonic
1998 – Beastie Boys Hello Nasty
1997 – James Whiplash
1996 – Everclear Sparkle and Fade
1995 – Dave Matthews Band Under The Table and Dreaming
1994 – Green Day Dookie
1993 – Soul Asylum Grave Dancers Union
1992 – U2 Achtung Baby
1991 – R.E.M. Out Of Time
1990 – Depeche Mode Violator
1989 – The B-52’s Cosmic Thing
1988 – Sinead O’Connor The Lion and The Cobra
1987 – U2 The Joshua Tree
1986 – Violent Femmes The Blind Leading The Naked
1985 – Tears For Fear “Shout”*
1984 – Frankie Goes To Hollywood “Two Tribes”*

*the first two years’ 97 Best counted down songs rather than albums