We first met Boris Skalsky back in our FM days when he was a member of D.C. rockers Phaser. Now, he’s out on his own playing as Dead Heart Bloom.
His second solo disc is called “Chelsea Diaries” and it features 8 stripped-down songs inspired by living in New York. The entire album is available for free download on the official band website. In this session, you’ll hear 4 songs from the record caught live in the Lounge.
Track Listing:
Chelsea Song #2
New York City Heat
- interview -
Wish It Well
The Up And Down
Approximately 500,000 people attend the Taste, making it one of the nation’s largest street festivals and, this year, it’s moving to Fifth Street to spotlight the $42-million renovation of Fountain Square and bring the event closer to the heart of downtown.
The WOXY.com/CiN Weekly stage will be located at the P&G Pavilion on Fifth Street between Sycamore & Broadway. Click here to see the full lineup of music for all 3 days. You should have a Shiv, Joe and Mike sighting during the weekend, too. We’re suckers for sweet tunes and good grub!
Time to celebrate the new WOXY classic t-shirt with a giveaway! We announced last week that we would be giving away some shirts here on The Futurist, time to make good on that promise. Three winners today, all of whom sent fun pictures of themselves in wearing WOXY gear. Congratulations everyone!
Dizzy wears his WOXY tee at Stonehenge!
Celeste wearing a baby blue WOXY shirt, and a Bender mask…
Paul takes his WOXY gear out to this years Coachella fest!
Keep the pictures coming guys! We still have some shirts to give away, so if you have already sent in photos and did not win this time around, you are still in the running to win next week. And if you don’t have any WOXY gear yet, or just cannot wait, jump over to the store and buy a shirt right now. Thanks everyone!
It’s time for our weekly look at the pre-sales in the lala store. The biggest hitter in the lineup for next week has got to be Wilco, who are dropping Sky Blue Sky on everyone. Click on the banner below and grab it for only $10.99.
Here is a video of Wilco performing the new song, Walken, at last years Lollaplooza fest….
Also worth checking into while you are in the LaLa store this week…….
Welcome to Lounge Act flashback. In addition to our Lounge Act previews and recaps of current sessions, every now and then we like to jump back in time to highlight a previous session. Today we focus in on a set from Jolie Holland. Jolie sat down with Mike back in March at Coast Recorders in San Fransisco during the Noise Pop festival.
“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 Yacht, titled, I Beleive In You, You’re Magic Is Real. The album is out on record store shelves today.
YACHT is the full time musical project of Jona Bechtolt, who is also one half of The Blow.
This is the third full length effort from YACHT, and the second of his albums released on Marriage Records.
Jona recently had a big CD release party concert on a Yacht. Aptly billed as “YACHT on a Yacht.”
YACHT is preparing to go on tour for a few weeks this spring with LCD Soundsystem.
Here are a few reviewers quotes about the new album.
“Unlike Bechtolt’s more song-oriented production as one-half of the Blow, Yacht songs lean heavily toward the kind of detailed and scatological construction that makes listening to music on headphones a participatory pastime.” - Prefix Magazine
“Like Dntel, Yacht, the name programmer Bechtolt uses, predates his better-known collaboration, and, again, like the bridge between Dntel and The (Postal) Service, fans of The Blow will should make an easy jump to Yacht.” - Aversion
“I Believe in You is another step beyond merely adding programming to Khaela Maricich’s relatively straightforward tunes, occupying the same beat-prankster territory as Tundra while not drifting too far into the abrasiveness of breakcore.” - Pitchfork
New Music focuses on something just added to the WOXY.com playlist. Today the spotlight is on the new album from The Afghan Whigs, Unbreakable, a retrospective album that features two new songs and is due out June 5th.
This is the first-ever retrospective compilation from the Whigs, spanning 1990-2006.
18 songs includes two new songs recorded in 2006: “I’m A Soldier” and “Magazine.”, produced by Greg Dulli and John Curley.
The CD will be out June 5th, after being initially slated for a May 1st release.
Here are a few reviewers quotes about the new album.
“As for this 18-song collection, fans will quibble over song selections. What they’ll agree on is that the two new tracks, “I’m a Soldier” and “Magazine,” both slow(er) and groovy, could make great strides for a new Whigs’ era–which is apparently unlikely, given Dulli’s commitment to the Twilight Singers.” -Andrew Bartlett
” Pulling from every significant Whigs release other than Big Top Halloween (and not scrimping on Black Love, albeit at the expense of Up In It), this collection focuses on the songs, which, for the most part, shine like black obsidian jewels in the lamplight of a dangerous seduction.” - Paste Magazine
Another guest contributor for Song of the Week for this installment. This time from WOXY.com Lounge Act Sound Engineer Brian Niesz. Check out all of our selections below….
Mike Taylor - DJ Dolores - “De Dar Do”, from the compilation CD, 20 Ways To Float Through Walls.
You know I love my indie rock but sometimes, weekends especially, I need to cleanse the palate. My wife Jennifer & I like to take in some live jazz or I’ll just reach for something that I may not hear as much during the week. To that end, I’ve been digging on this new label compilation from Crammed Discs that samples their artist lineup of primarily world music. Hey, summer’s almost here and I’m a huge fan of mixing the beats with the outdoors.
Remember our old World Beat program? This tune from the Brazilian turntablist DJ Dolores would probably have been in its heavy rotation and hits all the right notes for me. If you’re OK with an artist like M.I.A., then check out this compilation or try this remix on for size. Now, I’m off to book my next trip to the Caribbean….
Matt Shiv - Rufus Wainwright - “Going To A Town”, from the CD Release The Stars
Canadian troubadour Rufus Wainwright is now sober and monogamous, which leaves a lot more time for reflection. The songs on his upcoming fifth album range from fantasy (”Tulsa” details an imagined fleeting affair with Brandon
Flowers of The Killers) to impassioned fury in the first single “Going To A Town.” Here, Rufus struggles with the religious right (”Tell me, do you really think you go to hell for having loved?”) and the American government
for their slow response to Hurricane Katrina. Lamenting “I’m so tired of you, America” is not going to earn this song much radio play, but it’s a bold, beautifully orchestrated track.
Check out the video for the track, by visionary director Sophie Muller:
Joe Long - Fields - “If You Fail, We All Fail”, from the CD Everything Last Winter.
The five-piece from the UK best known as Fields are have my choice for SOTW this week. The band is ready to follow up on the excellent debut EP from 2005, 7 From The Village. Since then, Fields has been busy sharing the stage with the likes of TV On The Radio, Bloc Party and Snow Patrol. The new record, titled, Everything Last Winter is their first for Atlantic Records and was recorded in Dublin. The song, If You Fail, We All Fail explores a vast landscape of sound and texture. It begins with a pounding drum beat that sets the tone for the song. The harmonious vocals take the baton next carries this one all the way to the finish line. Check out a download of the tune below.
Brian Niesz - J Roddy Walston & The Business - “Used To Did” from the CD Hail Mega Boys.
Sometimes you can hear a song for the first time and feel like it was already one of your favorites; that you’d heard it a thousand times before and that you’d hear it ten thousand more. “Used to Did” is one of those. These guys hit me out of the blue when they came into the WOXY Lounge last week (I mean this figuratively, but we did have a dodge ball match the next day where they hit me literally). Their unapologetic, kick-ass rock n’ roll left me hooked. Their debut and self-released full-length, Hail Mega Boys, is sweet but their hair-swinging, amp-climbing live set is even sweeter. Bottom line is: This is the record you’ll hear blaring from my ride all summer when my windows are down and the sun is out.
New Music focuses on something just added to the WOXY.com playlist. Today the spotlight is on the new album from Bjork, Volta, which is due out May 8th.
Three of the album’s tracks feature beats by frequent Missy Elliott and Justin Timberlake producer Timbaland
The regular version hits stores next week, although a special cd/dvd edition is released in North America on May 22nd and a limited edition gatefold double vinyl pressing of the album is coming this summer
“Earth Intruders” was inspired by a UNICEF-sponsored trip Bjork took to see the areas in Southeast Asia devasated by the tsunami in 2004
Here are a few reviewers quotes about the new album.
“Volta is arguably Bjork’s loosest and most ruminative record, and though it touches on everything she’s ever done, it’s not as gripping or coherent as her best stuff.” - Rolling Stone
“Listen intently, repeatedly, and you’ll hear much to widen your consciousness… But listen for, you know, enjoyment and you’ll be left wanting.” - Observer Music Monthly
