As a longtime staple of the Saddle Creek roster, Omaha may always be where Cursive’s heart is. In the past few years, the band members have actually scattered across the country. Lead singer Tim Kasher (who also plays in The Good Life) has been trying his luck in Los Angeles and is writing screenplays when he’s not making music.

It’s been two years since Cursive unleashed Happy Hollow and now they are in the process of recording again. In this session, they play two tracks that will likely end up on the next album, although they tell Mike that they’ve written about 25 songs and only 8 or 9 are in serious consideration thus far.

We were very fortunate to host the band in the Lounge while they were on a brief Midwestern tour to road test some of this new material.

View the entire photoset here….

Track Listing:
Bad Sects
The Donkey (new/unreleased)
- interview -
Sierra
We’re Going To Hell (new/unreleased)

Cursive - The Donkey (Live On WOXY.com/ New-Unreleased)

Cursive - We’re Going To Hell (Live On WOXY.com / New-Unreleased)

Cursive - Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

Jamey See Tai and Chad Blevins comprise this instrumental duo from Louisville, Kentucky who made quite an impression on us with their debut Pictures Of A Changing World.

Turns out, it was a long road to the release of this album. The guys actually started playing music together about five years ago. They’ve become known regionally for their excellent live shows, which also include video projections from Jamey’s brother Jesse.

Fans of Explosions In The Sky, Sigur Ros, and Mogwai should check out this album post-haste.

View the entire photoset here….

Track Listing:
Lost In A Daydream
Secure
- interview -
Directions
Bridge Runs

The Photographic - Directions (Live On WOXY.com)

The Photographic - Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

I’m excited to let you all know that the latest WOXY.com T-Shirt is now for sale! Once again our friends at Wire & Twine have lent their expertise and we have a great new shirt that we are now taking pre-orders for!

I really like the new shirt and the timing is perfect with this being an election year. So don’t wait, get over to Wire & Twine and order the new shirt!

Jesse Elliott is a Washington D.C. area musician whose debut album, A Picture Of The Three Of Us At The Gate To The Garden Of Eden, was released earlier this year.

His band is truly collaborative, with a revolving lineup of musicians and friends. The band’s lineup even changes while from city to city while on tour, as Jesse plays with different folks at almost every stop.

For this lively performance, he brought along multi-instrumentalist Tom Hnatow and some Lounge alumni in the form of Mark Charles Heidinger and Robby Cosenza (from The Apparitions, among many other projects).

View the entire photoset here….

Track Listing:
First Sight
Kings And Aces
Sun Is Below And Above
- interview -
Slow Crows Over
Burn This Bridge

These United States - First Sight (Live On WOXY.com)

These United States - Slow Crows Over (Live On WOXY.com)

These United States - Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

Miss Xtrabeats last weekend? Well, don’t fret because I have the full tracklisting below and and the episode streaming right here as well. Have a look and listen below….

Hour 1:
DJ CRAZE MIX –
Beanie Sigel “You Ain’t Ready For Me” (Rocafella)
Swizz Beats “Money In The Bank” (Full Surface)
Khaled “Holla At Me (Instrumental)” (Terror Squad/Kosh)
Freeway “Lights Get Low” (Rocafella)
Lil’ Wayne “M.I.A.” (Terror Squad/Koch)
Breakwater “Release The Beast” (Phantom Sound & Vision)
Gaz “Sing Sing”(Salsoul Records)
Pitbull “Go Girl” (TVT Records)
Connie “Funky Little Beat” (Sunnyview Records)
Freez “I.O.U. (Dyee Freestyle’s Death Remix)” (Streetwise)
Shannon – Give Me Tonight (Emergency Records)
Siedah Garrett – Do You Want It Right Now (Island)
Armand Van Helden – I Want Your Soul (Crookers Remix) (Southern Fried)
Snoop Vs. Stardust “Sexual Eruption Sounds Better With You” (Geffen/Virgin)
n/a “One More Rainforest” (n/a)
Treasure Fingers “Come True Tonight” (n/a)
M.I.A. “Come Around (Eli Remix)” (Interscope)
The Get Funky Crew “Shake Them Titties” (Vision)
Blaqstarr “Shake It To The Ground (Claude Vonstroke Remix)” (Mad Decent)
Shala “The Great Chicago Winter (Zebo Mix)” (n/a)
Basement Jaxx “Nifty” (Atlantic)
Craze “Roc Bass” (unsigned)
n/a “Danca Potranca” (n/a)
Timmy T “Time After Time” (Quality Records)
Chromeo “Needy Girl (Boy 8-Bit’s Talk Box Dub)” (Vice)
Blaqstarr “All The Girls Around The World (Klever So So Death Remix)” (Mad Decent)
Ocelot “This Is Our Time (Treasure Fingers Remix)” (iheartcommix)
Usher “Dat Girl Right There (Instrumental)” (Arista/LaFace/BMG)
Timbaland “Bounce (Let Me See Them Titties Craze Dub)” (Mosely/Blackground/Interscope)
Magic Mike “Drop That Bass” (Cheetah Records)
MC Shy D “Tearin It Up” (Luke Skywalker Records)
Cool Kids “Miami Beach” (Chocolate Industries)
KP & Envyi “Shorty Swing My Way” (So So Def)
A1 Bassline “Girl Thing” (unsigned)
Chris Brown feat. Wale “Kiss Kiss (Eli Escobar & Doug Grayson Remix)” (Jive)

Hour 2:
Mexican Institute Of Sound “La Kebradita (Le Hammond Inferno Mix by Holger)” (Nacional)
Nortec Collective presents Bostich + Fussible “Mama Loves Nortec” (Nacional)
Spoon “Don’t You Evah (Diplo Remix)” (Merge)
Mystery Jets “Hideaway (Switch Remix)” (679 Recordings)
MSTRKRFT feat. N.O.R.E. “Bounce” (RCRDLBL)
The Ting Tings “Great DJ (Calvin Harris Remix)” (Columbia)
Madonna feat. Justin Timberlake “4 Minutes (Rebirth Remix)” (Warner Bros.)
Kylie Minogue “2 Hearts (Mark Brown Pacha Ibiza Upper Terrace Remix)” (Capitol/Astralwerks)
Ready Fire Aim “So Fire (Alex Moulton Remix)” (Expansion Team)
Basstoy feat. Dana Devine “Turn It Up (Mischa Daniels Club Vocal Mix)”