We are happy to be welcoming a brand new band into the lounge this afternoon for a session. We have just begun playing tune of the new record from The Nobility. For a preview of today’s session, which is slated to go off at around 2pm eastern, check out this from the band’s bio, as well as two free downloads.
The Nobility, a humble little rock band based in Nashville, TN releases their full-length album The Mezzanine July 31, 2007. The sessions were documented to magnetic 2-inch tape on classic 1970s analog gear at Brian Carter’s Murfreesboro, Tennessee “lair of doom”. While making The Mezzanine band members continued to listen to early Paul McCartney and Kinks records, as they have since they were chubby lads just out of diapers.
Previously The Nobility was Jetpack, but another band had the copyright or at least a better lawyer and so a name change occurred. In between recording sessions and federal holidays, The Nobility squeezed in four (4) national tours in 2006 alone, performing nearly 80 concerts everywhere from bars and universities to libraries and schools. Additionally, a children’s book was written about the band and issued last September.
Now paired with Theory 8 (De Novo Dahl, Forget Cassettes) for management, The Nobility will tour for much of the late summer through fall.
DOP were out on the road wrapping up some tour dates with The Besnard Lakes when they stopped in for their 3rd session in the Lounge.
The guys have been working on a new EP that should be out this fall. In this live performance, they play us two of their brand new cuts (available for download below) and also two tunes from “Hallelujah Sirens.”
I spent the afternoon and evening Sunday at the Sonic Muse Festival down at the Madison Theater in Covington and have a bunch of photos from the night to share with you today here on The Futurist. Check them out below, or follow the link for all of our photosets on Flickr.
This weeks new releases are highlighted by the fifth full length from Austin’s Okkervil River, The Stage Names, which you can grab from lala.com for a mere $8.59…..
Most of you know that I’ve been with the station, in some capacity, for a long time. Hired as a part-timer in 1989, to be exact, just a few months out of college and a new Cincinnati resident. After a few years, though, I decided to quit. I really don’t know why but I do know that I didn’t stay that way for long. I still listened faithfully, still really dug new music and would pretty regularly hear a song which would nearly have me reaching for the phone to ask for my part-time gig back. Then, I heard a song that did it. It was a scuzzy, garagey number called “Love Your Money” by Daisy Chainsaw, a female fronted British band. It was just one of those tunes that made me think “My God, what a great tune. Where else would I ever hear this?”. With that, I picked up the phone and said I wanted back in.
Fast forward 15 years, and I’ve run across another band that reminds me a lot of Daisy Chainsaw, The Neutrinos. Released next week on the Wet Nurse label in the UK, their debut full-length is garage rock that’s a bit rough around the edges. None of this pretty-boy Strokes stuff here. Featuring the pretty Karen Reilly on vocals and guitar, The Neutrinos will recall edgier Yeah Yeah Yeahs and the brattier L7. They first hit North American soil at NXNE in Toronto earlier this summer to nearly unanimous raves. No need to wait for the import, sample the title track here and see if that doesn’t leave you wanting more.
Download the song here.
For whatever reason, I resisted sitting down and spending time with Tegan & Sara’s latest record “The Con.” I’ve enjoyed them enough in the past, but it still took me about a week of carrying this cd around with me before I finally gave it a shot.
The twin sisters worked with Death Cab’s Chris Walla this time around and, turns out, it really sounds great. I fell in love with several tracks on the full-length, but keep going back to the first single. This could be their best cut yet, even eclipsing “Walking With A Ghost” for me. The quirky video features what appears to be a room full of choreographed, color changing mummies. You can’t press play fast enough, can you?
Joe Long - - Aesop Rock, “None Shall Pass” from the CD None Shall Pass.
I bet you didn’t expect to get some hip-hop from my entry this week did you? But I have to say, that after seeing Aesop’s live show this summer and then hearing the crispness of this first song, I was won over. The tune, None Shall Pass, not only showcases Aesop as one of the most talented lyricists in hip hop and has a sound that is as good as I have heard from a rap song this year, but, it also has an amazing playback quality. What I mean by that is it sounds better each time I listen, and I do not usually feel that way about hip hop.
Take a listen to the title cut from Aesop’s upcoming album which is being released on EL-P’s label, Definitive Jux.
Our friends from Benzos are releasing a new album next Tuesday August 7th and they want you to help them celebrate. If you are in New York next Tuesday night, you should really make an effort to get out to this for a few reasons. First of all, it is free, all you have to do to attend is RSVP to this email address benzosrsvp@sneakattackmedia.com.
I am also hearing that this thing is open bar, not sure for how long, but that may be worth it alone. Of course, factor in the excellent music, and it is an absolute no brainer. Check out some more details below.
Benzos Branches Record Release Party
205 Chrystie St, New York, New York 10002 (at Stanton)
Sponsored by WOXY.COM, SESAC & Barnocky
w/ DJs rekLES, seanMFNroberts
Doors at 9PM
Benzos live at 10:30PM
Open Bar
Contest:
“If The Shoe Fits, Wear It!”
Two pairs of custom Branches painted shoes from Barnocky to the male and female “Cinderella” of the party. You try, they fit, they’re yours! Contest begins before the clock strikes midnight.
New music today is featuring the sophomore full length from indie rockers Bishop Allen. The band made a name for themselves last year by releasing new music each month and have now released their first full album in 4 years.
This is the first full length album from the band since 2003’s Charm School.
The album is being released on Dead Oceans Records, a sister label to Jagjaguwar and Secretly Canadian Records.
The album plays like a greatest hits from their ambitious “EP A Month” project from 2006.
Here are some reviewers quotes about the new album.
” The strength of Bishop Allen’s songwriting lies in the band’s ability to imbue their songs with universal appeal.” - Popmatters
“While managing to side-step both preciousness and predictability, The Broken String pulls together the long-anticipated and full-fledged follow-up that fans deserve, at the same time aptly defining where Bishop Allen is now: all over the map.” - Prefix Magazine
“It really is great, striding confidently from one high point to the next, with expansive yet homemade-sounding folk-rock songs.” - The Onion
WOXY.com is proud to be a presenter for this weekends first ever Sonic Muse Festival at the Madison Theater here in the Cincinnati area. Not only are some really excellent local bands like The Seedy Seeds, The Great Depression and Bad Veins playing, but some national gems like Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Hold Steady and Matt & Kim are also playing the gig.
So get ready for a very full day and evening of music this Sunday with doors opening up at 2pm and going late into the night.
Ted Leo did a solo acoustic performance for us in San Fransisco earlier this year, here is some video footage of it for you to whet your appetite for this Sunday’s show.
