For those of you rockin’ Macs, Bobby U. has updated our WOXY.com Dashboard Widget which will give you the 5 most recently played songs on both the WOXY.com main channel and WOXY Vintage.
The new version 1.3 includes bug fixes and Growl integration.
You’ll need Mac OS X 10.4 Tiger and you can download the new version right here.
And if anyone is dying to put together a Windows Vista Gadget, give Bryan Jay a shout.
This 4-piece from Fredericksburg, VA has been playing together for 5 years now. In fact, the guys in the band have all been friends since they were kids.
Lead vocalist Meredith Munoz boasts an incredible voice that you almost can’t believe is coming out of her tiny body. When you add in production and recording assistance from the likes of Jason Caddell (formerly of Dismemberment Plan) and TJ Lipple (from Aloha), the end result is one of the year’s best albums.
In this performance, the band begin with a brand new track (that is, as of now, untitled) and then play a full set of tunes off of their second cd called The Best Gun.
WOXY.com is excited to be presenting the DAM!Fest in Washington D.C. later this week (October 11-15) and we want you to get excited about it too. So to whet your appetite for the lineup Shiv put together an excellent preview show featuring a bunch of the bands that will be taking the stage later this week at the festival. This special aired twice over the weekend, and if you were unable to catch it then, you can download it now below.
The special is an hour long and features some great music and is hosted by Shiv as well. Check out the tracklisting below as well as the download.
Vandaveer “Resurrection Mary (Live - WOXY.com Lounge Act)”
Southeast Engine “Coming To Terms With Gravity”
Via Audio “Enunciation (Live - Monolith 2007)”
Dirty On Purpose “The Audience In The Room (Live - WOXY.com Lounge Act)”
The Big Sleep “You Can’t Touch The Untouchable (Live - WOXY.com Lounge Act)”
A Place To Bury Strangers “To Fix The Gash In Your Head”
The Subjects “I Could Never Tune (Live - WOXY.com Lounge Act)”
Hallelujah The Hills “Effie’s On The Other Side”
Casper & The Cookies “Power Stupid”
Metropolitan “Letterbox”
These United States “So High, So Low, So Wide, So Long”
Pela “Waiting On The Stairs (Live - WOXY.com Lounge Act)”
WOXY.com is proud to sponsor DAM!Fest 2007, taking place in several venues throughout Washington D.C. on October 11-15th. Artists include Cat Power and Dirty Delta Blues, Craig Wedren (ex-Shudder To Think), stellastarr*, Dirty On Purpose, Pela, A Place To Bury Strangers, iLiKETRAiNS, Via Audio, Slaraffenland, The Big Sleep, and many more.
A weekend pass that gets you into every show is just $35. Keep listening to WOXY.com for details on how you can win one of several pair of weekend passes that we’ll be giving away.
PLUS - watch this space for a link to download a special DAM!Fest Preview podcast, hosted by Shiv, and featuring music from even more DAM!Fest bands like These United States, Southeast Engine, Casper & The Cookies, and Hallelujah The Hills.
The energy in the room was still pretty high from the White Rabbits performance when Hot IQs started to setup for their set. I think the thing that pleased us the most on Saturday was that even with very strong lineups on the other Monolith stages, our room inside the Red Rocks Visitors Center stayed full throughout the day. It certainly didn’t hurt that Hot IQs have become strong favorites on the Denver music scene. Their fans came out in full force to support their Monolith set, which showcased the trio’s infectious indie pop tunes and fed off the great energy of the crowd.
The band were even unfazed by a technical snafu that occurred early in their set where a main power source got unplugged. It takes more than a little lost power to break the energy of this band. They played a collection of tunes from their debut album, their recent EP, and even snuck a few new tunes into the set as well. If you listen closely, you may even hear the sound of (confetti-filled) balloons being popped by the crowd during some of their songs after they were thrown off the stage by the band.
In addition to the live MP3s below, you can also check out the video interview Shiv did with the band where they talk about playing at Red Rocks and working on their 2nd full-length release.
Episode 1 of Local Lixx aired last Thursday, and in case you missed it, feel free to download it and subscribe to the podcast by visiting this link. Here are some show notes for Episode 1.
09/27 - Episode #1
Local Lixx is back on WOXY.com. I’m happy to be re-starting a Cincinnati tradition here at WOXY.com with my first episode of Local Lixx. I think we got off to a great start with this episode too. We kicked things off with The Great Depression, a band out of Cincinnati that has recently signed to Curb Appeal Records and is out on the road with Rocky Votolato. We also touched on some new young talent here in Cincinnati with music from The Read and All The Day Holiday.
And we turned over a new leaf in some ways as well, branching out to both Columbus and Louisville for some great independent music. So enjoy episode 1 of Local Lixx and get ready for lots more to come!
Episode #2 will be airing tomorrow night at 8:30pm. Be sure to check it out!
Ian’s performance ending up running a little later than it was supposed to, which freaked out the sound guys. It probably should have because White Rabbits have a fairly elaborate stage setup that includes two drummers who keep perfect time with each other. Their set starting late was one of the few snafus of the weekend, but the troubles quickly disappeared with their excellent set.
I’ll admit that I was a little lukewarm on the band before Monolith. I liked some of the songs we had been playing at WOXY, but I guess they hadn’t made too much of an impression on me. Seeing them live changed all of that. By the time they started their set, I’m pretty sure that the room had filled to over capacity. I didn’t even try to make it to our little nook in the back of the room, I just watched from the side of the stage.
Even though some of the guys in the band were a little under the weather, they played a set of tunes off their Fort Nightly record that made the massive crowd go wild. It was probably the most unexpected set of the weekend for me because I didn’t know that there would be so many people pushing their way up to the front and singing along to every word. When all was said and done, the band fully won me over and I declared that they were the best performance of the weekend. Check it out for yourself with the free downloads below:
