Seattle resident Scott Reitherman released his debut record as Throw Me The Statue last year on his very own Baskerville Hill label. At the time, he also played damn near all the instruments on the record, but what a difference a year makes.
Since recording the cd he’s expanded the project into a full-fledged band, gotten signed to Secretly Canadian, and is currently touring the country for the first time.
It was during this tour that Scott and the band dropped in to the Lounge for their first session with us. In this performance, they chat with Mike about life on the road, their adventures at SXSW this year, and perform five tracks from the Moonbeams disc in the Lounge.
A couple of cool videos from our time in Austin during SXSW 2008 to share today. Both from The Helio Sequence, one video is from our session and the other is some bonus footage taken outside the studio that day, enjoy!
Here is a little preview of what we have going on in the Lounge this week on WOXY.com. What promises to be four great performances start today with Finest Dearest from San Francisco. Here are the details of what to expect in the Lounge this week:
Today @ 1pm Finest Dearest
This is the second Lounge Act for the San Francisco based band, however it is thier first trip into the lounge here in Cincinnati. They recorded a great set for us out in San Fran early last year during the Noise Pop festival. Check that session out here. Their debut album just recently hit stores, and the set today should be great.
Tuesday 3:30pm ET Velella Velella
All of us have really been enjoying the Flight Cub EP from this Seattle based 4-piece and are really excited to have them into the Lounge this week. Tune in for this set tomorrow and expect some energetic dance grooves to help get you through the afternoon.
Wednesday 4pm ET The Little Ones
Another band we have had the pleasure of hosting for a live session, though not in Cincinnati, joins us on Wednesday. The Little Ones did a great set for us last year down at EAR Studios in Austin during SXSW. It will be a real treat to catch up with them as they take a pit stop during their current tour with Ra Ra Riot. The band have just released the Terry Tales & Fallen Gates EP, with a full-length slated for later in the year. So tune in for some new music from The Little Ones.
Friday 2pm EST
Peter Adams
We close out a busy week in the lounge with a set from Cincinnati singer/songwriter Peter Adams. Adams is getting ready to release his sophomore album, I Woke With Planets In My Face on May 13th and will be previewing some of that new material for us in the Lounge.
So do your best to check out these great lounge act sessions this week on WOXY.com…..
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Check out the recap of last weekends Xtrabeats episode below, and be sure to listen in again this Friday night at 8pm for a brand new Xtrabeats with Shiv!
Hour 1:
Shout Out Louds “Impossible (Van Rivers & Subliminal Kid Remix)” (Merge)
Ladytron “Destroy Everything You Touch (Hot Chip Remix)” (Ryko)
Estelle f/ Kanye West “American Boy (Stockholm Syndrome Club Mix)” (Homeschool/Atlantic)
Spoon “Don’t You Evah (Matthew Dear Remix)” (Merge)
Air “Don’t Be Light (The Hacker Mix)” (Astralwerks)
Robyn “With Every Heartbeat (Pete Tong & Dave Spoon Remix)” (Konichiwa)
M83 “Couleurs (Jori Hulkkonen Remix)” (Mute)
Moby “Disco Lies (Eddie Thoneick Voca Mix)” (Mute)
Portishead “Nylon Smile (The Scienticians Remix)” (white label)
Black Kids “I’m Not Going To Teach Your Boyfriend How To Dance With You (The Twelves Mix)” (Almost Gold UK)
Hour 2:
These New Puritans “Navigate, Navigate (The Loving Hand Mix)” (Domino)
excerpt from Steve Aoki’s “Pillowface And His Airplane Chronicles” mix available on Thrive
Larry Tee & Princess Superstar: “Licky (Herve Goes Low Remix) [ft. Santogold]
Green Velvet: “Shake and Pop” [ft. Kid Sister]
Klaxons: “Gravity’s Rainbow (Soulwax Remix)
The Mystery Jets: “The Boy Who Ran Away (Riton Re-Dub)
Peaches: “Boys Wanna Be Her (Weird Science Remix)”
Datarock: “Fa-Fa-Fa” [ft. Steve from Hot Hot Heat]
Yelle: “Je Veux Te Voir”
Franz Ferdinand: “Do You Want To (Erol Alkan’s Glam Racket Remix)”
Kim (from the Presets): “Wet N Wild” [ft. Mickey Avalon]
Bloc Party: “Helicopter (Weird Science Remix)” [ft. Peaches]
Justice: “D.A.N.C.E. (MSTRKRFT Remix)”
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We’ve been fans of Film School’s brand of West Coast shoegazer-inspired psychedelia for years but somehow, we’ve always managed to miss them in Cincinnati, so we jumped at the chance to host them in Austin. Their three-guitar attack still allows for all of the melody in Greg Bertens’ songs to shine through making them somewhat of a rarity in 2008: a highly melodic, guitar-driven American band that’s not afraid to crank it up. They really wanted to show their appreciation for the years WOXY support, and delivered a strong set of tunes from their latest CD, Hideout.
Admittedly, by the time the band stopped by EAR Studios for our final session on Friday afternoon, our fourth day in Austin, the long days and nights of SXSW may have started to catch up to your humble WOXY crew. This made for a rather free-wheeling, and perhaps a little silly, interview portion. But the truth was, we all got along really well and spent an extended amount of time after the session just hanging out and chatting, with the band even inviting the station to present a few shows on their upcoming tour.
A quick update on our last two Local Lixx episodes for you today, have a look and listen to the show notes and episodes below…..
Episode 16
Local Lixx stays home this week featuring music only from the Cincinnati area. We highlighted two songs from the debut album from Alone At 3AM, who recently released their debut album on local label Tiberius Records. Listen below to also hear music from The Panderers and a new song captured in the WOXY Lounge from The Chocolate Horse.
Episode 17
Local Lixx heads all over the region this week with music from Louisville, Columbus and of course, Cincinnati. Among the featured acts are Wax Fang, a trio from Louisville who recently released a great new album, La La Land, on their own label. Enjoy this weeks episode!
I’m just guessing that the warmest summers in Scotland are still no match for Texas heat, even on an mid-March day. By the time Glasgow’s Sons & Daughters arrived on Friday morning, the mercury was well on its way north of 90 and the band was feeling it: singer Adele Bethel donning a large floppy hat that matched her black and white dress. Fortunately, the quartet proved they could generate a little heat of their own inside EAR Studios with a set of music from their third CD, This Gift.
The pixielike Bethel and drummer David Gow formed Sons & Daughters after both served in the now-defunct Arab Strap, her strong vocals alongside guitarist Scott Paterson creating a formidable frontline while Gow teams with the cooly detached (aren’t all the best bass players?) Ailidh Lennon for a beast of a rhythm section. Since then, they’ve toured Europe, Australia and the US a few times, once as openers for fellow Scots Franz Ferdinand. Their latest headlining tour brought them to SXSW for a number of appearances and we were thrilled to have them in. In the interview, Adele talks about the inspiration behind This Gift, while Scott tries out his best Morrissey imitation. It’s one of our best from the week.
Tonight is another new episode of “Friends Of The Futurist,” I hope you are enjoying these as much as I am. This evening we get to hear from a female voice for the first time as Tiffany Childs of the music blog Wayward Panties joins me for the show. Tiffany hails from the Denver, Colorado area and in addition to picking some of her favorite national acts, she takes some time to highlight some great bands local to the Denver area as well.
Join us tonight for a great episode at 8pm eastern time, and have a peek at a few of the artists you will be hearing from this evening as well….
We have been pleasantly surprised by the new album from The Kooks, Konk. And it appears quite a few others are enjoying it as well, as it hit #1 in on the UK charts last week. One of the better tunes from the album is “Always Where I Need To Be”, and we have a cool live version of the song to share with you today here on The Futurist.
This version was recorded live at the Astoria in London. Enjoy the tune and check out where you can catch The Kooks on the road here in the states starting next month.
May 18 – San Diego, CA @ House of Blues
May 19 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
May 24 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
May 25 – George, WA @ Sasquatch! Festival – all ages
May 26 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom
May 29 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
May 30 – Kansas City, MO @ ‘Buzz Under The Stars’ Series at The City Market
May 31 – Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Café
June 1 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
June 2 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
June 4 – Toronto, ON @ Kool Haus
June 5 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore at TLA
June 6 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
June 10 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
June 11 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
This trio formed back in 2006 after meeting up while attending college in Boulder, CO. It wasn’t long before they were living in Brooklyn, NY and booking shows around town and the Lower East Side.
While their only official release as of this moment is a 7″ single on Kanine Records, the band has become firmly entrenched in a tight-knit scene that also includes their pals MGMT and Yeasayer.
In this session, Caroline, Aaron, and Patrick give us a four song preview of their full-length debut which should be released later this year on Kanine.
