If you followed our contest this week for the Wilco ticket givewaway, now is your chance to get in the running. To do so, email me, joe at woxy dot com and give me the lyrics that we posted here on The Futurist throughout the week.

You will have all weekend to do so, but if you don’t know em now, you probably are not gonna figure it out…..

This week for our song of the week we are giving Mike the week off as he is on vacation. To fill in, one of our favorite bloggers, from just down I-75 in Lexington, KY Matt Jordan from You Ain’t No Picasso fills the void. Enjoy!

Matt Shiv - Dirty On Purpose- “Car No Driver (Cassettes Won’t Listen Remix)”

Cassettes Won’t Listen (aka Jason Drake) has earned as much attention in the blogosphere for the remixes he’s been producing as he has for his own music. While continuing to work on his new full-length album, his recent remixes
for EL-P, Midlake and Asobi Seksu have been getting a lot of online love. His latest effort is no exception as he’s taken on one of my favorite tunes from DOP’s “Hallelujah Sirens” disc. Sometimes when you’ve lived with a song for so long, it’s really cool to hear it in a new light.

Here, the rock elements of “Car No Driver” are stripped away and take a backseat (as it were) to a new bouncy drum track and some very New Wave-influenced keyboard action. Drake’s interpretation helps give this song a new life just in time for your summer mixtapes.

Dirty On Purpose - Car No Driver (Cassettes Won’t Listen Remix)

Joe Long - LEVY - “King James”, from the CD Glorious.

For those of you that listen in to Nothing But New at 6pm, you know I have been giving this song regular spins. LEVY is a New York based band that sound like they should instead be from the UK. With some heavy Brit pop influences their music would be just as comfortable on a Verve album as their own.

This song, “King James” begins with some piano keys that make you think a lullaby is in order, only to wake you from that comfortable place with some percussion and a guitar riff reminiscent of that 90s brit-pop sound I mentioned already. And don’t confuse the song’s title for an ode to the Bible translator, LEVY clearly states that the king in this song refers to himself. “I’m the King, I’m the King of this town, and you folks trying to take my thrown down.” The second full length from LEVY is not due out till September, but this should tide you over till then.

LEVY - King James

Matt Jordan - Handsome Furs - “Sing Captain!” from the CD Plague Park

The story of my love of all things Wolf Parade (Dan Boeckner included) is one of me being dragged, fingers scratching into the dirt, towards something beautiful. I was hesitant to listen to their Sub Pop full length because I was so in love with the sound presented in their CBC Radio session and had been disgusted with Isaac Brock’s production on their preceeding EP. And now my fear of “solo” works nearly kept me from hearing one of the year’s best releases.

Boeckner’s newest outfit, Handsome Furs, have a few songs on Plague Park whose themes bleed over onto one another. The most notable is one summed up by their song title “Handsome Furs Hate This City.” It’s echoed again on “Sing! Captain,” but given a glimmer of familial hope: “We hate this place here / But it’s our home.” The whole song trudges on nobly, questioning God and life, before exploding into cries of “sing, captain!” like a glitchy Okkervil River.

Stream “Sing Captain” from Handsome Furs.

Weekly Hit - Top 5 Blog Posts

1. I Guess I’m Floating gives us a great post if you are a fan of Grizzly Bear.
   
2. YANP breaks the news about this summers Pygmalion Festival in Illinois.
3. As man prepare for next weeks Bonnaroo Festival, Ryan shares a full set from Modest Mouse from 2005’s Bonnaroo.
4. Sixeyes shares The National’s White Sessions.
5. I Am Fuel, You Are Friends points us to a BRMC rarity.

Top 5 News Posts Across the Web

1. Ryan Adams prepping a rarities box set.
   
2. Lala launches new site, tons of new features.
3. Rilo Kiley announce new album this summer.
4. The 25 Greatest Slow Dance Songs.
5. Bumbershoot Music Festival announces lineup.

Brooklyn’s Harlem Shakes joined us for a terrific performance on the last night of their tour with Tapes ‘N Tapes and Ladyhawk. The band recently self-released their debut EP called “Burning Birthdays” and in this set they play 3 of its tracks.

They also broke out 3 songs that are so fresh that none of them have titles yet. They should all make the cut for the band’s upcoming full-length album.

View the entire photoset here.

Track Listing:
Red Right Hands
Untitled 1
Old Flames
- interview -
Untitled 2
Carpetbaggers
Untitled 3

Harlem Shakes - Red Right Hands (Live On WOXY.com)
Harlem Shakes - Untitled #3 (Live On WOXY.com / unreleased)

Harlem Shakes - Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

Matt Sharp is back in action with The Rentals! The band’s last album was 1999’s “Seven More Minutes” but they’re working on a new full-length album now. In fact, an EP called “The Last Little Life” is going to be coming out on August 14th from Boompa Records and a pretty full-scale tour is going to take them out on the road beginning August 1st. In the meantime, the band will have a residency at L.A.’s Spaceland club every Saturday in the month of July.

We’re pleased to announce that The Rentals will be joining us for a Lounge Act session on August 17th when they hit town to play at the Madison Theatre to play us some of the new material.

You can pre-order concert tix and EPs now at the link below for reduced prices and be eligible to win meet & greet passes.

Keep reading for the full list of tour dates….
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The Features released their “Exhibit A” album right around the time we went internet-only in 2004. We’ve pretty much wanted to have them in for a session ever since and we finally made that happen while the guys were out on the road with Kings Of Leon.

After a well-publicized departure from Universal Records, the band are doing quite well on their own. They recently self-released an EP called “Contrast” and are gradually working towards a new full-length release that could be out by the end of the year.

Check out photos as well as 2 unreleased songs from the band for download below….

View the entire photoset here.

Track Listing:
Temporary Blues
Me & The Skirts
Exorcising Demons
- interview -
The Gates Of Hell
Mosis Tosis

The Features - Temporary Blues (Live On WOXY.com / Unreleased)

The Features - Gates Of Hell (Live On WOXY.com / Unreleased)

The Features - Live On WOXY.com (full session)

Today I want to do a quick piece focusing in on my own personal favorite hour of programming, Nothing But New. If you do not already check it out, be sure to tune in to WOXY.com at 6pm EST every day to hear a full hour of brand new music. Nothing But New is kinda like the minor leagues for the WOXY.com playlist. Some albums get a quick call up to the majors, while others spend lots of time in the farm system maturing before getting the call. Others still never break out.

Here are a handful of recent additions to the roster.

Shout Out Louds - Tonight I Have To Leave It
Pissed Jeans - I’ve Still Got You (Ice Cream)
Boom Bip - Coogie Sweater (from the Sacchrilege EP)
The Rapture - Crimson Red
Okkervil River - Our Life Is Not A Movie, Or Maybe
LEVY - King James
Montag - I Have Sound
The New Pornagraphers - My Rights Versus Yours

Yes, it’s true, WOXY.com will be one of very many invading Manchester , Tennessee next week for Bonnaroo 2007. Joe and Bryan Jay will be there along with our friends from lala.com, who are a sponsor of the event.

Be sure to check in on a regular basis here on The Futurist, as we will be bringing you just about as many video interviews as we can pack in to our four days in the Tennesse sun. And if you are attending the event, be sure to come around and say hello……

Our friends from Pela continue to trek through the Northwest on their tour. Be sure to check in on them via the audio entries below. Ok, here are the latest and greatest giveaway dates that you can win tickets to. If you happen to be in or around Omaha, Minneapolis, Chicago or Toronto, be sure to jump in to this competition. Remember, you can’t win unless you play (bad lottery reference)

Good luck!

Fri - Jun 08 Waiting Room, Omaha, NE - 2 tickets
Sat - Jun 09 400 Bar, Minneapolis, MN - 2 tickets
Sun - Jun 10 Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL - 2 tickets
Tue - Jun 12 Lee’s Palance, Toronto, ON - 2 tickets

To qualify this time around, same rules, give us your favorite Pela song. This time however, be sure to specify what city you are in so we don’t get things confused.

Audio Entry #5 (Heading to Vancouver)

Audio Entry #6 (On the road to Seattle)

Here are the dates we still have giveaways for….

Wed - Jun 13 Club Lambi, Montreal, PQ - 2 tickets
Thu - Jun 14 TT the Bears, Cambridge, MA - 2 tickets
Fri - Jun 15 Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ - 2 tickets
Sat - Jun 16 Mercury Lounge, New York, NY - 2 tickets

Also, be sure to check in with the boys on the Pela Tour Blog…..

We have a great giveaway to announce this week here on The Futurist. Wilco will be in the Cincinnati area next weekend for a show at the Aronoff Theatre and we have 4 tickets to give away to you! We will be giving away two sets of two tickets. The show is June 14th at 7:30pm. These are really nice seats as well, here is where they are located.

Orchestra Right - Row F

In order to qualify, you are gonna have to work a little for this one. Here is what you will need to do. Every day here on the Futurist this week, I will be sliding a different Wilco lyric into each one of my posts, to qualify, just mark down the lyric each day, and at the end of the week, email me with all of the lyrics. I will be taking down the days lyric each evening so you must visit that day. We will announce two winners next Monday here on The Futurist.

Wilco lyrics will be in posts on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday so check back and decode the posts…..

Check out this video trailer for the DVD which comes along with the new album…..