As we silence the airwaves today to protest these royalty rate increases, we know that leaves alot of you without anything to do, or at least makes your day at work alot more boring. So, here are some MP3’s for you to download, all of which have made their way onto the WOXY playlist….enjoy!

Spoon - The Underdog

Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It

1990s - You’re Supposed To Be My Friend

Immaculate Machine - Dear Confessor

Black Moth Super Rainbow - Forever Heavy

St. Vincent - Now, Now

Handsome Furs - What We Had

Parts & Labor - Fractured Skies

The Lodger - Kicking Sand

Got something you wanna recommend? Leave the link to the download in the comments! Please keep it to the free legal variety…..

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WOXY.com will be one of many web broadcasters to go silent for one day tomorrow June 26th 2007 in protest of the Copyright Royalty Boards March 2nd decision to increase the rates for stations like ours.

WOXY.com and thousands of other web broadcasters will be alerting their listeners that “silence” is what Internet radio may sound like on or shortly after July 15th, the day on which 17 months’ worth of retroactive royalty increase payments are due to the SoundExchange collection organization under the terms of a recent Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) decision.

To further educate yourself on the issue, here are some great articles and websites covering the day of silence.

Save Net Radio
Chicago Sun Times
Audio Graphics
Reuters
Kurt Hanson
Pitchfork

Wow, you guys really love your Whigs! We had no less than 20 entries for this contest, and it made the choices very difficult, but here are our four winners and the comments they submitted.

JVK

“Uptown Avondale, simply for the track “The Rebirth of Cool.” Granted, I learned the official album name well after hearing the song. There was a time before I knew who the Afghan Whigs were, and was just a 20-something simpleton listening to the FM dial (tuned into 97.7, I believe) and loved, no wait.. lived for when “that song” was spun on the airwaves.

I pretty much consider that song a part of WOXY’s DNA and cannot hear it without thinking of this station, then and now. For that reason, I nominate Uptown Avondale.”

Mike

“When I moved to cincy in ‘95-96 to go to UC, Black Love was just coming out — it was my intro to the Whigs courtesy (believe it or not) of WEBN. Saw them at bogart’s right before I went back home for the summer and pretty much went crazy for the band right then and there. Went home for the summer and annoyed the crap out of DJs at the station there requesting me some Whigs.”

Brad

“Gentlemen”’s my fave, by far. The recurring themes, Dulli at his most lecherous, fantastic production, and a guest vocal by the amazing Marcy Mays. Can’t beat it.”

Jonathon

“1965, no contest. This album forever renders me nostalgic for the not so distant past- the kind of nostalgia that can be brandished as a weapon. Each song is directly linked to past nights out, and “Somethn’ Hot” will always lead off my essential “going-out to booze up and riot” compilation.”

All of the winners have been emailed to claim their prize. Thanks for all the great comments everyone!

And enjoy this old Whigs video for Gentlemen….

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Song Of The Week is Back! After a hiatus last week, Mike, Shiv and myself are back at it with our choices for the week of June 22nd. As always we welcome your opinions…..

Mike Taylor - The Lodger - “Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion”, from the CD, Grown-Ups

To me, much of the music coming out Britain seems to be the last wave of the garage-rock revival of a few years ago. Remember, The Strokes, for whatever you think of them, play arenas over there. While Arctic Monkeys produced a solid second disc, The Fratellis are merely The Libertines with more of a T. Rex vibe and Maximo Park’s latest was a great disappointment. All came with varying degrees of hype which can potentially saddle a band with unneeded baggage. So, what a relief to stumble across this unheralded trio from Leeds whose brand of Britpop comes without any extra gloss or hype. Their sound is nothing groundbreaking but with hints The Smiths, Buzzcocks and Wedding Present, it’s refreshing to have a true indie band from Britain arrive literally unannounced, and turn out to be a welcome visitor.

The Lodger - Many Thanks For Your Honest Opinion

Matt Shiv - Jennifer Gentle- “Electric Princess”, from the CD The Midnight Room

“The Midnight Room” is the 2nd album for Italian rockers Jennifer Gentle. While they’ve been as a big as a 5-piece band playing live, the core of the group is down to just one guy — founding member Marco Fasolo. On this record he plays every sound you hear by himself, caught live in an old house in Northern Italy. This is just one example of a song from the record that sounds so authentically retro that you would be forgiven for thinking it was recently unearthed in a time capsule buried 50 years ago. The simplicity of the song is striking, but the layers of instrumentation do sneak up on you with repeated listens.

Jennifer Gentle - Electric Princess

Joe Long - 1990s - “You Made Me Like It”, from the CD Cookies.

Ok, so imagine yourself in a small but trashed house party. Complete with beer drenched walls, garbage flung about, and a wide variety of people, smells and clothing also filling the place. Now, imagine that you have had about half a dozen of your favorite drinks. This song is the soundtrack to the scene I have just described, and it comes from the Glasgow trio 1990s. It’s probably worth putting on should you ever find yourself in a similar environment. The album from 1990s is due out at the end of July here in the states, but is already floating around across the pond.

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