The Breeders are starting their latest tour this Wednesday night at the Southgate House. Before they go host a meet & greet with our friends over at Shake It Records from 3:30-4:30, they’re going to drop by our studios to chat with Shiv and give away a few pairs of tickets to the show. You’ll have a chance to call in and win a spot on the band’s guest list while Kim & Kelley are here, so be listening around 2pm on today. Check out all the tour dates over at Breeders Digest!
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.
It has been a big ole Bad Veins party in the past couple weeks here at WOXY. The band came in to our studio for their third Lounge Act, they released their debut album and we even did a quick video interview with the boys as well. The following week, Ben and Sebastian dropped by one more time to to do a guest DJ set with Shiv. If you missed it, you can listen to the whole thing below. Enjoy!
Setlist:
“Never Had Nobody Like You” M. Ward
“Flame” Sebadoh
“Friends” Lightning Love
“23″ Blonde Redhead
“Revenge” Sparklehorse/Danger Mouse w/ Wayne Coyne
“Girl/Boy Song” Aphex Twin
“Fire Hydrant Floods” Black Iris
“Dear God” XTC
“The Light Before We Land” The Delgados
“New Drink For The Old Drunk” Crooked Fingers
“Song For A Sleeping Girl” Devics
“One Tree Hill” U2
As most of you already know, WOXY will be making the trip to Austin, Texas this fall to start a new chapter in the stations history. With that move upcoming, we asked our newest staffer, Paige Maguire, to put together this weeks Friday Five comprised of just a few of her favorite Austin based bands. Enjoy this weeks Friday Five – Austin, Texas edition!
You’ve gotta hand it to The Duke Spirit. Unlike a lot of European bands whose US tours consist of a dozen dates in the seemingly the same dozen cities, they’ve practically taken up residence in the States to support their second disc Neptune since its release in February 2008. Between their own headlining dates, support slots, in-stores appearances, and radio sessions like ours, the London-based quartet have been giving it their all in an attempt to break into the American market. The band’s itinerary gave them a day off in Cincinnati and in addition to playing in the Lounge, they played an in-store later in the day at Shake It Records.
Now, before you think that band is forgoing any relaxation whatsoever, it became apparent that they really enjoy meeting fans and making friends as they travel to cities and markets that don’t regularly have bands from overseas route through.
Led by the beautiful Leila Moss, her husky vocals showcased during this stripped-down performance, the band played four songs from Neptune and talked about their plans to record and release its follow-up in time to tour the States again next Spring.
Track Listing:
Lassoo
Wooden Heart - interview -
Into The Fold
Dog Roses
Another week of the Pampelmoose New Music Hour is in the books. Below, listen the show in it’s entirety or download any of the songs Dave played this week. And don’t forget, the show repeats every Sunday morning at 11am ET on WOXY.com!
Every now and then, I put on a new album and it takes me back. It takes me back to a different era of music, a sound that is familiar yet fresh at the same time. I get a taste of that when spinning the new album from Megafaun, the North Carolina trio who just released their second album Gather, Form & Fly.
Although Gather, Form & Fly is the second album from Megafaun, it is a bit of a coming out party for the guys, whose credits now include tours with fellow North Carolinians The Rosebuds and their long relationship with the mega-indie success story that is Bon Iver. The album is folk harmony at it’s best, imagine if Fleet Foxes were from the South and took more notes from America than from Jim James.
Gather, Form & Fly is not all back porch sing-alongs though, and when these guys get riled up, they can rip into a tune and make it more of an Akron/Family type of jam that hits like a bucking bronco.
The new record is out now on the always respected Home Tapes label.
Brooklyn-based Stellastarr* burst onto the national scene in 2003 with the release of their self-titled debut, which contained several songs that received significant airplay on the station: “Jenny”, “My Coco”, “In The Walls”, and “Homeland”. Harmonies For The Haunted followed two years later, and now they return with Civilized, issued on their own Bloated Wife label.
There have been countless examples of bands who’ve imploded after parting ways with a major label, such as Stellastarr* did with RCA. But these longtime friends rededicated themselves to carrying on and it was apparent that their strong bond played a major factor in doing so. For their first appearance in the Lounge, they played four songs from Civilized and an old favorite from their debut.
Track Listing:
Robot
The People
Graffiti Eyes - interview -
Warchild
Jenny
When we first got wind of Bad Veins back in 2006, we were pretty excited about the possibilities for these guys. After all, they were immediate standouts here in the Cincinnati area with their unique and polished sound. We had Ben and Sebastian into our studios that December and then again in 2007 as new material from the guys began to make its way into their repertoire.
Since then, the band have had a roller-coaster of ups and downs while trying to get their full length out to the masses. Early this year, Dangerbird Records stepped up to the plate and offered to put the bands debut album out, and the guys, and all of their fans were ecstatic.
So, in a way, things have come full circle now for Bad Veins. From relative obscurity during our first session together to our third session together the day before the release of their debut album to a national audience. Ben and Sebastian treated us to an acoustic set this time around, and I think you will find that the selected songs really shine as a result.
Track Listing: Gold And Warm
Falling Tide - interview - Crosseyed
The Lie
