It’s true, not only is the Future Of Rock N’ Roll 25 years young this year, but we have a special 25th Anniversary T-Shirt to celebrate, and just in time for holiday shopping! The new shirt is once again from our friends at Wire & Twine and looks beautiful, check out some additional photos right here.

And right now, as a bonus, if you order and two additional shirts from Wire & Twine along with your new 25th anniversary shirt, you will recieve a 12″ record from the WOXY vault! That’s right, a record we used to spin when vinyl was the only option!

So start your holiday shopping now and pre-order this new shirt, orders should be ready to ship by December 10th, just in time for Christmas.

These United States return to the WOXY.com lounge this afternoon for their second lounge act session this year. The boys have been touring the country like mad since we saw them last, out in support of their excellent sophomore album, Crimes.

Jesse Elliott and company will be joining us in studio this afternoon for a 4pm ET set, so be sure to check it out then. In the meantime, here is a great song off the new album, and also a tune they played during their previous appearance.

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

Our most recent episode of Local Lixx served as a “Best Of Cincinnati Music 2008″ as we highlighted artists that received nominations for this years CEA awards. The show was slated for an hour, but due to all the great music available, it took an extra 15 minutes or so to fit it all in. The 12th annual awards take place later this month and is an example of how great a year for music it was here in Cincinnati.

Local Lixx Best Of Cincinnati Tracklisting

Daniel Martin Moore - “Stray Age” WOXY Lounge Act - Oct 2008
Wonky Tonk - “Ride With Me”
Peter Adams - “The Observatory” WOXY Lounge Act - May 2008
The Chocolate Horse - “Your Daughter” WOXY Lounge Act - Mar 2008
The Hiders - “Plastic Flowers”
The Sundresses - “House Of The Drowning Sun”
Seabird - “Black & Blue” WOXY Lounge Act - Jun 2008
The Koala Fires - “Thunder Bug”
The Seedy Seeds - “Dandelion” WOXY Lounge Act - Oct 2008
The Host - “Please Move”
The Read - “Monument Of Momentum”
The Lions Rampant - “Let Us In (Come On)” WOXY Lounge Act - 2007
Pomegranates - “Tesseract” WOXY Lounge Act
Wussy - “Rigor Mortis” WOXY Lounge Act - Aug 2007
Buffalo Killers - “If I Get Myself Anywhere” WOXY Lounge Act
Bad Veins - “Gold & Warm”
The Chauncers - “Please Don’t Hate Me”
Alone At 3 AM - “Mexico”

Local Lixx Best Of Cincinnati 2008 (Full Episode MP3)

Dan Mecher started The Turnbull AC’s as a solo project back in 2005. It quickly turned into a full band that also included Cari Clara’s Eric Diedrichs. When they released their self-titled debut in 2006 it not only caught our ears here at WOXY, but earned them several Cincinnati Entertainment Award nominations, including Artist Of The Year.

Two years later, there have been some shifts leading up to their second release Small Town Parade. The lineup now includes Brad Stenz from Moth and former Death In Graceland drummer Brian Penick.

In this session we get treated to all new music from Small Town Parade and Shiv talks to the guys about transition and how the new songs all came together.

Track Listing:
Mrs. Templeton
The Killers Of The Kent County Kids
- interview -
The Gentlemen’s Club
The Servant & The Baroness

The Turnbull AC’s - Mrs. Templeton (Live On WOXY.com)
The Turnbull AC’s - The Killers Of The Kent County Kids (Live On WOXY.com)
The Turnbull AC’s - Gentlemen’s Club (Live On WOXY.com)
The Turnbull AC’s - The Servant & The Baroness (Live On WOXY.com)

The Turnbull AC’s - Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

Today we get the pleasure of hosting two excellent bands in the WOXY.com lounge. First up, at around 1:30 ET Horse Feathers from Portland will be joining us in the studio. The three piece released their 2nd album earlier this year on the Kill Rock Stars label, House With No Home.

Then at 4pm, stick around for a performance from The End Of The World, who also have a new 2nd album (released this month) called French Exit, out now on the Flameshovel label.

So join us for a double dip in the lounge this afternoon, and familiarize yourself with the bands a bit more right away with a couple free downloads below…

Horse Feathers - Curs In The Weeds
The End Of The World - I Don’t Wanna Lose

Another batch of New Tunes Tuesday mp3s for you today here on The Futurist, check below for songs you will be hearing today…..

New Tunes Tuesday Downloads…
Future Clouds & Radar - The Epcot View
Joker’s Daughter - Worm’s Head
Reefer - May Beleen
We Landed On The Moon! - RE: Your Letter

And don’t forget about Nothing But New, which begins tonight at 6pm ET and lasts for a full hour.

It’s gonna be a busy week here at WOXY.com, so I wanted to do my best to fill you in on what is happening so you can plan accordingly.

Today at 6pm Future Sounds makes its WOXY.com debut, more on Future Sounds here…

Tuesday you get Future Sounds again at 7am until 9am ET, then get ready for a full day of New Tunes Tuesday culminating with Nothing But New at 6pm ET.

Wednesday morning features 3 hours of WOXY Vintage starting at 6am ET. In the afternoon we have a double header scheduled for the lounge, as The End Of The World (4pm) & Horse Feathers (1:30pm) will be joining us. Then at 6pm, a new episode of Artrocker.

Thursday morning will be an encore of Xtrabeats starting at 7am to get you up and running and in the evening you get Nothing But New again at 6pm and Local Lixx at 8:30. Then at 9pm, if you have yet to hear Future Sounds, you get another chance from 9-11pm ET.

Friday morning will be an encore of this weeks Artrocker, starting at 7am and running for 90 minutes.

Whew, thats alot, but now you know what is coming up. Stay tuned, we have more treats up our sleeve as we get closer to the end of the year as well…

Jessica Lea Mayfield is set to join the short list of smoky, alt-country crooners you recall on a first-name basis, like Lucinda, Jolie, and Gillian. Listen closely and you’ll even hear Mazzy Star’s Hope Sandoval in her voice, despite the fact that she herself doesn’t think so. The 19 year-old Kent, Ohio native is a little bit country and a little bit indie, so don’t be surprised to learn that she sports Doc Martens with a dress.

Her debut With Blasphemy So Heartfelt was produced by The Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach and she and her crack sidemen stopped into the Lounge prior to a local engagement, during which she talked with Mike about her parents’ wishes for her career choice, recording her own material after playing in her family’s band since age 8, and preparing for her first trip of any kind overseas.

Track Listing:
We’ve Never Lied
Kiss Me Again
- interview -
For Today
Bible Days

Jessica Lea Mayfield - Kiss Me Again (Live On WOXY.com)
Jessica Lea Mayfield - We’ve Never Lied (Live On WOXY.com)
Jessica Lea Mayfield - Bible Days (Live On WOXY.com)

Jessica Lea Mayfield - Live On WOXY.com (full session download)

It has been a really excellent year for music here in the Cincinnati area, and we hope you have been enjoying alot of that music through our local and regional music show, Local Lixx. Tonight on Local Lixx, we have a special episode lined up for you that will feature artists nominated for Cincinnati Entertainment Awards.

Several of the bands and artists we have featured on Local Lixx this year received nominations, you can see the full listing here. So expect to hear music from new Cincinnati artists like Daniel Martin Moore, Wonky Tonk & The Host, and mainstays like Buffalo Killers and Wussy.

So tune in tonight for a full hour of Local Lixx starting at 8pm on WOXY.com!

The 12th annual CEA’s are going to be handed out November 23rd, but don’t forget to vote for your favorite nominees right here, hurry, voting ends November 10th!

The day before releasing his 2nd solo album Sparklace on the Polyvinyl label, Cale Parks (multi-instrumentalist from Aloha and live drummer for White Williams) stopped in to the WOXY studios for an hour to chat with me and pick some tunes. He was out on a tour with Anathallo and it was fitting that he was playing in the tri-state during the week of his album’s release considering he spent a good chunk of his life here in Cincinnati. Cale now calls Brooklyn home, but I’m not sure he gets to spend a lot of time there considering how often he ends out on the road.

During this interview, he talks about the creation of Sparklace, some of his favorite bands and artists, and even gives us some info on the next Aloha album (which we will probably see in the Spring of 2009). In addition to this full stream of Cale’s guest DJ session, you can stream (and then buy!) his new album from our friends at lala.com.

Here are the songs Cale chose during his hour with us……

Icy Demons “Miami Ice”
Squeeze “Up The Junction”
Blur “Music Is My Radar”
Arthur Russell “Habit Of You”
Peter Gabriel “Games Without Frontiers”
The Millennium “The Island”
Kate Bush “Cloudbusting”
Broadcast “Pendulum”
Harmonia “Notre Dame”
The Knife “Forest Families”
Cale Parks “Every Week Ends”

Cale’s upcoming tour dates are listed after the jump…
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