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Tuesday, July 22nd, 2008 by joe

Friends Of The Futurist Recap – Buzzgrinder

Our last episode of Friends Of The Futurist featured Sean Cannon, a music blogger from the site, Buzzgrinder out of Louisville, Kentucky. Sean came into the studio and choose some great regional and national music for his set. Have a look at the playlist below and stream the entire show as well!

The XYZ Affair – All My Friends
Pomegranates – Whom/Who (Lounge Act)
Big Fresh – WLUV
Javelins – Heavy Meadows
Matt & Kim – Silver Tiles
The Seedy Seeds – Winter 04 (demo)
Wax Fang – Cannibal Summer
Mucca Plaza – Alive
Drink Up Buttercup – Heavy Hand
Evan Voytas – Sneak Attack
Cotton Jones Basket Ride – Better Spit It Out

Tuesday, July 15th, 2008 by joe

Buzzgrinder On Friends Of The Futurist Tonight!

A new episode of Friends Of The Futurist airs tonight on WOXY.com as Sean Cannon joins me in studio for an hour of good music and conversation. Sean is based just south of us in Maysville, KY and does a great job with Buzzgrinder so this episode should be alot of fun.

Music on tonights show includes tunes from Matt & Kim, Cotton Jones Basket Ride, Wax Fang, Drink Up Buttercup and more.

So tune in at 8pm ET tonight for a brand new episode of Friends Of The Futurist!

Monday, June 30th, 2008 by joe

Friends Of The Futurist Recap – Aquarium Drunkard


Had a great time doing Friends Of The Futurist with another great blogger last week. Our guest was Justin Gage of the excellent L.A. based music blog, Aquarium Drunkard and he had some great picks for the show. I have read Aquarium Drunkard for years now and have always felt like Justin and I share alot of the same favorite artists (and the Wilco reference does not hurt either). Have a look first at the playlist for the episode right here.

Centro-Matic – Patience For The Ride
Silver Jews – People
Pavement - Jackals, False Grails, The Lonesome Era
Bonnie Prince Billy - Easy Does It
J. Tillman – Steel On Steel
Fleet Foxes – Oliver James
A.C. Newman – Come Crash
Destroyer – Blue Flower / Blue Flame
The Amps – Tipp City
Guided By Voices – Tractor Rape Chain
The Henry Clay People – Working Part Time
Le Switch - Pristine
Travel By Sea – Truth Was

Listen to the entire episode right here!

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008 by joe

Aquarium Drunkard On Friends Of The Futurist Tonight


It is a busy day here at WOXY.com and it does not slow up this evening either. Tonight at 8pm ET on WOXY.com we have a brand new episode of Friends Of The Futurist to bring to you. My guest this evening is Justin Gage of the great Los Angeles based music blog, Aquarium Drunkard.

Not only is Justin a great music blogger, but is also the founder of a great indie label out west, Autumn Tone Records. Join us tonight at 8pm ET as Justin picks the music and we chat about it and whatever else comes to mind.

Monday, June 16th, 2008 by joe

Friends Of The Futurist With Chromewaves Recap


Did our first new episode of Friends of The Futurist in some time last week with Frank of Chromewaves. I hope you enjoyed listening to it as much as I enjoyed putting it together. If you missed out or just want to listen again, you can do so now below by streaming our hour plus of music and conversation.

Here is the playlist that Frank chose for this episode….

Frightened Rabbit – Fast Blood (WOXY.com SXSW Session)
Emmy The Great - Gabriel
Lightspeed Champion – Dry Lips
The Kills – Last Day Of Magic (WOXY.com SXSW Session)
Shearwater – Rooks
The Radio Dept. – Freddie & The Trojan Horse
The Rural Alberta Advantage – Don’t Haunt This Place
Sons & Daughters – Chains
Devotchka - Transliterator
Candie Payne - One More Chance
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Lie Down Here

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008 by joe

New Friends Of The Futurist Tonight!


We have had a little bit of a lag in new episodes of Friends Of The Futurist, but return tonight with a brand new installment. Our show tonight features Frank Yang of Chromewaves. I have been a big fan of Chromewaves for years, and it was one of the first music blogs I read on a regular basis (and still do).

This episode takes us to Toronto, Canada, where Frank is based and was alot of fun to put together. You will hear music from Lightspeed Champion, DeVotchka, Sons & Daughters and more tonight on our first international episode of Friends Of The Futurist.

So check it out tonight at 8pm ET on WOXY.com!

In the meantime, visit Frank at Chromewaves and get a taste for what you can expect from the show tonight….

Or check out some of our previous episodes here…..

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008 by joe

Friends Of Futurist Recap – Wayward Panties

My thanks to Tiffany of Wayward Panties for being my guest last week on Friends Of The Futurist. This was our 7th episode and may have been our best yet. Listen to the show below if you missed it and enjoy. Also catch an encore presentation of our episode with Robert Duffy of Donewaiting tonight at 8pm and a new one next Tuesday night as well!

    Friends Of The Futurist Episode 7 Playlist -

Everything Absent Or Distorted – Bureai Of Yards & Docks
Eagle Seagull – I’m Sorry But I’m Beginning To Hate Your Face
Hearts Of Palm – We Have No Water Here
The Spinto Band – Spy vs. Spy
Sea Wolf – Winter Windows
Paper Bird – Pennies
The Knew – Piece Of Mind
Fishboy – Minus Two
Division Day – Colorguard
D. Biddle – Parody
As Tall As Lions – Love, Love, Love (Love Love)

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 by joe

New Friends Of The Futurist Tonight – Wayward Panties

Tonight is another new episode of “Friends Of The Futurist,” I hope you are enjoying these as much as I am. This evening we get to hear from a female voice for the first time as Tiffany Childs of the music blog Wayward Panties joins me for the show. Tiffany hails from the Denver, Colorado area and in addition to picking some of her favorite national acts, she takes some time to highlight some great bands local to the Denver area as well.

Join us tonight for a great episode at 8pm eastern time, and have a peek at a few of the artists you will be hearing from this evening as well….

Sea Wolf
Spinto Band
Fishboy
Everything Absent Or Distorted
Hearts Of Palm

Monday, April 14th, 2008 by joe

Friends Of The Futurist with Torr Recap

The Blogger Hour is officially now known as Friends Of The Futurist, and this was our first episode under the new name. I was fortunate enough to have another great music blogger on the other end of this line, this time Torr Leonard, out of Los Angeles. Have a look at Torr’s playlist and listen to the show on demand below…..

Tune in next Tuesday night for another new episode of Friends Of The Futurist, as we welcome our first female contributor, Tiffany of Waywardpanties. Don’t miss out on this one!

Ghosts – “Stay The Night”
The Red Romance – “Don’t Cry”
Castledoor - “Magnetic Forces”
The Republic Tigers
– “Golden Sand”
Dead Confederate
– “The Rat”
Alberta Cross – “Hard Breaks”
Elbow – “Grounds For Divorce”
Air Traffic – “Shooting Star”
The Last Shadow Puppets – “The Age Of The Understatement”
The Twang – “Either Way”
Delays – “Love Made Visible”

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008 by joe

Friends Of The Futurist – New Episode Tonight!

Tonight we have a brand new episode of Friends Of The Futurist for you on WOXY.com. We have called the show The Blogger Hour for the first five episodes, and finally have what I think is a better title for our program.

Tonights guest is Torr Leonard, who runs a great music blog, and has for the past 5 years, has chosen some really great music for the show tonight. Here is a preview of a few of the bands you will be hearing this evening.

Last Shadow Puppets
Delays
Dead Confederate
Elbow
The Twang

So tune in tonight at 8pm ET for a brand new Friends Of The Futurist!

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