This years Monolith Music Festival was another huge success, and the success of the WOXY stage continued as well. With another slate of excellent bands, we saw a full room for almost every act on both days. Here are photos from Day 1 at the WOXY stage, which featured Generationals, These United States, The Antlers, The Answering Machine, Cymbals Eat Guitars and Cotton Jones. Have a peek below at a slideshow of the photos, or head on over to Flickr and view them there.
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 continue on Saturday September 13th 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 Sunday below!
We had a fantastic time at our party Sunday night, and it was a success in no small part thanks to all of you. We met Ohio transplants who had been listening to us for years, locals who are just finding us now, and everyone in between. We had a blast — and we hope you did too!
Thanks again to Waterloo Records, Ruby’s BBQ, Scoot Inn, Austin Visitors & Convention Bureau, Hole in the Roof and the bands (TV Torso, Black Before Red, Martin Crane and English Teeth) for helping us throw such a great party. Check out more pictures from the evening at Austinist.
There’s also an interview with Joe at the Onion’s AV Club to check out — see how he does with his Austin Orientation.
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!
If you follow us on Twitter, you have been watching our videos chronicling our move to Austin, Texas. If you have not had a chance to keep up, here is the most recent video.
We’re moving next week, and when the truck is unloaded, everything in its right place and regular broadcasting back to normal, we’ll take Labor Day weekend to celebrate.
If you’re in Austin, please join us Sunday, September 6 at the Scoot Inn for our party. We’ll have live music from Black Before Red (members of Okkervil River and Shearwater), TV Torso (new SOUND Team project), Martin Crane (of Brazos) and English Teeth. We’ll also have DJ Polecat spinning his favorite hits WOXY Vintage-style all evening, in between BBQ, Tito’s & Sweet Leaf and beer.
How about ending the summer the way we started it?
Beginning August 31st, join us for the 20th annual MODERN ROCK 500, this time on the main WOXY channel. Starting at 9a EDT each day, we’ll count down some of the greatest music in the history of modern rock, alternative and indie music until we get to #1. We’ll repeat each day’s segment of the 500 at 7p EDT.
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
We hit a milestone on this episode of Local Lixx as we air episode #40. Once again, it’s a great bunch of local artists representing that which we think you will love. Listen to this week’s new episode of Local Lixx.
White Denim are an Austin-based trio specializing in gritty psych rock. Fits is their third full-length. It continues the thread of rambling guitar rock that we’ve seen on Workout Holiday and Exposion, but rambles in a more succinct way. James Petralli has learned how to use dozens of ideas in one song without ever forcing an unwilling epic. The tunes are to the point: and the rhythm section proves its worth by keeping up with all the manic mood changes their frontman delivers. Don’t be mistaken, however, in thinking that Steve Terebecki’s bass playing and Josh Block’s drumming exist just for support — both players lock horns with each other and the guitar (sometimes looped) throughout, picking up and discarding hundreds of moments that tease and tickle the listener. There’s some Kinks, some Beefheart, some Allman Brothers and some Zeppelin here, but there’s also something totally magical and endlessly rocking that comes from the trio when they’re together. Sample some tunes at Imeem and watch the video for “I Start to Run”.
