“Introducing” focuses on something just added to the WOXY.com playlist that is not only new to our playlist, but new to WOXY.com in general. Today the spotlight is on the new album from The Aliens, titled, Astronomy For Dogs.
Debut full-length from trio of former Beta Band members: Gordon Anderson, John Maclean, and Robin Jones. They formed following The Beta Band split in 2005.
Anderson was an original Beta Band member who dropped out due to health reason prior to participating in any recording. He is credited with co-writing some of their earliest tunes, including “Dry The Rain”. He eventually released two solo albums under the moniker Lone Pigeon.
Astronomy For Dogs was released overseas in March, and is scheduled to hit stores in the US on June 19th.
Here are some reviewers quotes about Astronomy For Dogs.
“As with the Beta Band, exploratory self-indulgence is rather the point of the Aliens, but here it’s firmly anchored by fantastic songs.” - The Guardian
“The Aliens’ album often has the wide-eyed beauty of Brian Wilson or Jonathan Richman.” - Q Magazine
“Every one of these 11 songs is a work of wayward genius.” - Uncut Magazine
“What is certain is “Astronomy For Dogs” is a magic-dusted delight and that Anderson is a wizard and a true star.” - Dot Music
“Introducing” focuses on something just added to the WOXY.com playlist that is not only new to our playlist, but new to WOXY.com in general. Today the spotlight is on the new album from The Boggs, titled, Forts. The album is out on record store shelves this week.
The Boggs is a collaborative project led by Jason Friedman, who every few years collects different musicians to record an album as The Boggs.
This is the third album for The Boggs, and the first since 2003’s Stitches.
Current Boggs members include Matt Schultz (Enon), Sam Jayne (Love As Laughter) and Heather D’Angelo (Au Revoir Simone).
Here are some reviewers quotes about Forts.
“Forts is a fiercely-felt testament to Friedman’s compositional virtuosity: a rickety trip at times, to be sure, but thrilling as a ride on a wood-frame rollercoaster” - Harp Magazine
“The garage-rock-disco-rave meltdown sound of 2007,
get acquainted or get lost!” - NME
“…a curious album colored with strained dialogue and urgent poetry. The words in total giving the feeling that something nearby is in danger of breaking very soon. The music follows this striking haphazard path, crashing, jangling, pumping and bumping on its way to something bright and great.” - Filter
“Introducing” focuses on something just added to the WOXY.com playlist that is not only new to our playlist, but new to WOXY.com in general. Today the spotlight is on the new album from Yacht, titled, I Beleive In You, You’re Magic Is Real. The album is out on record store shelves today.
YACHT is the full time musical project of Jona Bechtolt, who is also one half of The Blow.
This is the third full length effort from YACHT, and the second of his albums released on Marriage Records.
Jona recently had a big CD release party concert on a Yacht. Aptly billed as “YACHT on a Yacht.”
YACHT is preparing to go on tour for a few weeks this spring with LCD Soundsystem.
Here are a few reviewers quotes about the new album.
“Unlike Bechtolt’s more song-oriented production as one-half of the Blow, Yacht songs lean heavily toward the kind of detailed and scatological construction that makes listening to music on headphones a participatory pastime.” - Prefix Magazine
“Like Dntel, Yacht, the name programmer Bechtolt uses, predates his better-known collaboration, and, again, like the bridge between Dntel and The (Postal) Service, fans of The Blow will should make an easy jump to Yacht.” - Aversion
“I Believe in You is another step beyond merely adding programming to Khaela Maricich’s relatively straightforward tunes, occupying the same beat-prankster territory as Tundra while not drifting too far into the abrasiveness of breakcore.” - Pitchfork
