A few more Wear Your WOXY sightings to show off this week here on The Futurist, have a look below at some proud WOXY fans………
Brian (Patas on our message boards) and his friend Steph wear their WOXY hoodies.
Mike (Bezerker from our message boards), sent in this rather trippy pic of himself with a WOXY T…..
Jeff, another message boarder, (JVK) sent in this vacation shot of himself and his wife wearing their WOXY gear
Thanks to everyone that sent in photos! Keep em coming! Still waiting on pictures of folks wearing the brand new WOXY.com T-Shirt as well. Whats that? You don’t have one yet? Well hit up the store and buy one then!
Vandaveer is the solo project of Mark Charles Heidinger from The Apparitions. With musical touchstones like Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, and Nick Drake, Vandaveer’s debut disc Grace & Speed comes highly recommended.
But don’t just take our word for it, give a listen to this 5-song session from his stop in our lounge back on May 1st. 3 of the songs appear on the debut cd and 2 of them are brand new (one available for download below) and will likely be on his next album.
WOXY.com is proud to announce our sponsorship of the first annual Monolith Music Festival at Red Rock Amphitheater in Colorado! The festival takes place Friday September 14 and Saturday September 15th with tickets going on sale Saturday June 2nd at 10AM Mountain Standard Time. Single Day and Two-Day Passes can be purchased at Ticketmaster.com or
at any Ticketmaster retail outlet. VIP Gold Passes will be sold via monolithfestival.com
Only 9000 tickets are available for the Monolith Festival, proving that this will be one of the most premium festival experiences around.
Ticket Prices —-
Single Day - $42.50
Two-Day Pass - $79.50
VIP Gold Pass - $175 (only 500 available)
***VIP Gold Passes include VIP Parking in upper North lot (no walking up the
hill), reserved soundboard seating (the best listening seats in the house),
Access to VIP Gold Lounge, CD Sampler, Commemorative Poster and more
Already confirmed for the festival are big acts like The Flaming Lips, Spoon, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, The Decemberists, Kings Of Leon and tons more. To see all the confirmed acts, hit up the Monolith website.
*******Also, in the coming weeks WOXY.com will be hosting a fly-a-way contest in which the winner will receive two roundtrip tickets on Southwest Airlines and VIP tickets to the Monolith Festival. More info coming soon.
The WOXY.com Stage
Bands already confirmed to be playing at our very own stage during Monolith……
Yacht, Hot IQ’s, Mobius Band, Ra Ra Riot, Cat-A-Tac, Flosstradamus feat. Kid Sister
Be sure to tune in to our main channel tomorrow morning at 11am Eastern for a major concert announcement involving WOXY.com. I wish I could tell you more right now, but you are gonna have to wait just a little on this one……
Just a few minutes away now from the Lounge session with The Young Republic. Be sure to tune in at noon eastern time as we welcome them back in for their second performance. The indie orchestral folk rock ensemble who all attend the Berklee College Of Music in Boston, MA were last in the studio almost exactly one year ago on May 22, 2006. The band is currently out on the road supporting their new single “Blue Skies”, which was released last month in the UK, and was a part of their session with us this year.
New Music focuses on something just added to the WOXY.com playlist. Today the spotlight is on the new album from Page France, ….And The Family Telephone.
Third album for the quintet from Maryland. This marks their proper debut for the Suicide Squeeze label, who re-released their last CD Hello, Dear Wind.
Lead singer and songwriter Michael Nau has brushed aside assertions that Page France is a Christian band, saying that he is often unaware of any perceived religious symbolism in his lyrics until someone points it out. The band’s songs include a song titled “Jesus” from Hello, Dear Wind.
The band played two shows with Fields in NYC last weekend. They’ll hit the road for four weeks of dates starting June 14th at The Red & Black in Washington DC.
Here are a few reviewers quotes about the new album.
” Of course, like the fairy tales, Bible stories, and lullabies to which Telephone is clearly indebted, external sinister forces lurk just beyond the flower patches. Page France keep them at bay, partly with a miniature army of sunny guitars, glockenspiels, and the merry harmonies of Whitney McGraw, but also by motivating the more potent force of simple, blissful naivete.” - Pitchfork
“…And The Family Telephone is like hearing a joke you’re not really in on, or hearing your girlfriend say “Sore-y” for the umpteenth time. It was sweet at first but now it all seems somehow tainted.” - Stylus Magazine
“Page France creates using a whimsical musical palette; think dreamy and surreal shades of folk-pop, tied together with the string that is leader Michael Nau’s songwriting.” - Live Daily
Song of the Week for May 17th sees Shivvy taking a much deserved vacation. He will of course be back at it next week. Filling in for him is the more than competent Torr Leonard. Torr is not only a part of the team with the great folks at Filter Magazine, but also runs a kick ass music blog of his own. Check below for this weeks choices.
Mike Taylor - The Muggabears - “Dead Kid Kicks”, from the EP, Night Coreography.
Here’s a song we’ve actually been spinning for a few weeks but has really grown on me with repeated listening. Right smack in the middle of their new 7-song EP, “Dead Kid Kicks” has a dark groove with some wonderfully gritty guitar work that reminds me of something I might have heard in a dingy basement bar (Shorty’s Underground, anyone?) in the early 90’s. Traces of Sonic Youth and other no wave bands can be heard in the song, and I’d say they wear their influences well. Not too bad for a self-described trio consisting of an architect, a full-time temp, and a girl who’s unemployed, all originally from Norman, Oklahoma.
Here’s the song to check out but as the band released the CD themselves, consider ordering a copy from insound.com or your favorite independent retailer.
Joe Long - The Maccabees - “Precious Time”, from the CD Colour It In.
Brighton’s The Maccabees just released their debut full length album, Colour It In, and while the verdict is still out on the album as a whole, this tune, “Precious Time” made me sit up and take notice. It’s hard not to separate this one from the same bouncy guitar pop that Maximo Park makes when they are at their best, and has some Klaxons like sounds as well.
Comparisons aside though, this is the perfect fun song to place into a weekend mix cd. It’s fun and catchy as hell, and has to be part of the reason the band just landed an opening slot on tour with Bloc Party. Enjoy what is an equally fun video for the song, “Precious Time.”
Torr Leonard - Goodbooks - “The Illness”, from the CD The Illness
Remember what you hoped Bloc Party would sound like? You know, the same love-sick spirit but with a bit less herky-jerky guitar, and a lot less Robert Smith-like yelping. Kent, England four-piece GoodBooks (note the lack of space) may just well be what you were really searching for.
Combining post-punk guitar riffs with Keane-esque heart-on-sleeve vocals, it’s the sort of band that will never be “cool”… thank god. On “The Illness” the band’s brilliant follow-up to their debut cd single “Leni” the band show that when their full-length is released in June it’ll be the sort of album worth dolling out import-prices for.
How about some feedback this week. What is your song of the week? Or just comment on our choice…..
“Introducing” focuses on something just added to the WOXY.com playlist that is not only new to our playlist, but new to WOXY.com in general. Today the spotlight is on the new album from The Aliens, titled, Astronomy For Dogs.
Debut full-length from trio of former Beta Band members: Gordon Anderson, John Maclean, and Robin Jones. They formed following The Beta Band split in 2005.
Anderson was an original Beta Band member who dropped out due to health reason prior to participating in any recording. He is credited with co-writing some of their earliest tunes, including “Dry The Rain”. He eventually released two solo albums under the moniker Lone Pigeon.
Astronomy For Dogs was released overseas in March, and is scheduled to hit stores in the US on June 19th.
Here are some reviewers quotes about Astronomy For Dogs.
“As with the Beta Band, exploratory self-indulgence is rather the point of the Aliens, but here it’s firmly anchored by fantastic songs.” - The Guardian
“The Aliens’ album often has the wide-eyed beauty of Brian Wilson or Jonathan Richman.” - Q Magazine
“Every one of these 11 songs is a work of wayward genius.” - Uncut Magazine
“What is certain is “Astronomy For Dogs” is a magic-dusted delight and that Anderson is a wizard and a true star.” - Dot Music
