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W♥M068: Soundwave and Pavement

W♥M068 [download (26min, 24mb)]

Reel Big Fish - Take On Me

On this show, Kristen reports on Soundwave 2010 Festival: Faith No More, Big Reel Fish, Placebo, Eagles of Death Metal, and RX Bandits.

Sally & Kristen on Pavement's recent Australia tour. Lots of Pavement love going about.

NOTE: The recording program which I was using started suddenly to ask me to 'register' it, which is annoying because it's now become a nagware. About nearly 30 minutes into recording, the audio started clipping, which made it basically unlistenable. Apologies to Sally & Kristen, as the last segment had to be re-recorded using a brand new software, voipcallrecording, which I will be using in the future. I've already done tests on it, it records in mono at 16hz (not at 44hz as the other software), but it still sounded good to me.

Show #69 will be posted sometime tomorrow, so expect another double-wammy.

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W♥M029 and 030: Firefox AK, the Midway State, and Kate & Lara

Firefox AK - Winter Rose   The Midway State - Nobody Understands   Pavement - Shady Lane   Divinyls - Back to the Wall   Alina Simone - Half My Kingdom   Ben Folds Five - Brick   Ben Folds Five - Best Imitation of Myself   Ben Sollee - A Change is Gonna Come   Ben & Jason - Best Imitation Of Myself   It's Not Impossible

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Download Episode #29: Firefox AK and The Midway State (33 min)
Download Episode #30: Meet Kate and Lara (41 min)

Download excerpts of our shows at W♥M Excerpts.

I have to explain and apologize for some things: First of all, the phone Andrea was using came through really low and so the sound quality is not so hot. It also had a short delay (combined with low output) causing us to ask "what?" and pause a lot. Boo to the technical problems :(

The Midway State's interview was delayed by 30 minutes, plus the time zone thing kicked my ass! The problem with the delay was that I was on a tight schedule and could only record for fifteen minutes before having to export my audio and have the computer ready for another recording session in 10 minutes.

ALSO: talking to Kate and Lara ran nearly an hour, even after I threw away such spectacular questions such as "What's in your pocket?" and "I hear you collect comic books"; it still ran nearly 40 minutes. So I decided to make it into its own episode - consider this a bonus episode this week!

PART ONE: FIREFOX AK
firefoxak.com ♥ myspace.com/firefoxak
Please check out my previous article with Firefox AK. Spending her morning in New York to talk to us about:

• Her live shows descriptions
• Her exploration of New York and eating pancakes
• Working with Hello Saferide
• Tgr Lou
• Berlin
• Razzia Records and Minty Fresh Records
• Firefox AK Vs Laid

She's going to appear on some dates throughout Germany:

11/14/08 Budapest
12/03/08 Uebel & Gefaehrlich Hamburg
12/04/08 Festsaal Kreuzberg Berlin
12/05/08 Forum - Visions Party Bielefeld
12/06/08 Live Station - Visions Party Dortmund
12/08/08 Schocken Stuttgart
12/09/08 Ampere München
12/10/08 Gare De Lyon Wil
12/11/08 ISC Bern
12/12/08 Schlachthof Wiesbaden
12/12/08 Projekt 7 Magdeburg

PART TWO: THE MIDWAY STATE
themidwaystate.com ♥ myspace.com/themidwaystate
Derek previously reviewed Holes by The Midway State, so I was more than happy to have Nathan on to talk to us briefly:

• Arlene's Grocery is not a grocery store
• Headlining tour throughout Canada
• Their funny Minneapolis story, trying to make it to a gig with Mika
• "Holes" to be released domestically in early 2009
• Touring with a piano
• Process of writing music (inspired by Beyonce haha)

Check out tour dates!

12 Nov 2008 Plaza Club Vancouver, British Columbia
14 Nov 2008 The Starlite Edmonton, Alberta
15 Nov 2008 Marquee Club Calgary, Alberta
16 Nov 2008 Amigos Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
17 Nov 2008 Royal Albert Hotel Winnipeg, Manitoba
19 Nov 2008 Cowboy’s Bar Guelph, Ontario
20 Nov 2008 Tattoo Toronto, Ontario
21 Nov 2008 Mavericks Ottawa, Ontario
22 Nov 2008 Le Studio Juste pur riere Montreal, Quebec

PART THREE: KATE AND LARA
kate.weheartmusic.com ♥ lara.weheartmusic.com
LOLing through it all:

• The secret orgin of Kate & Lara
• Upcoming concerts: Ben Sollee, The Hopefuls
• "Wisconsin doesn't count as a state."
• Music venues we hate
• "Screw the Current."
• Living in New York
• Music we're listening to
• The three Bens: Ben Folds, Ben & Jason, and Ben & Jerry
• Chromeo

Special thanks goes to Jennie at Minty Fresh Records, Andrea from Firefox AK, Myles from Sneak Attack, Nathan from the Midway State, Kate, and Lara. Music used in the show includes: Firefox AK, Hello Saferide, Ben Folds Five, Ben & Jason, Alina Simone, The Midway State, Pavement, Chromeo, and more.

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�10/27/2008 09:38:58� ♥ written by vu ()

Compiling Compilations

Seems silly to compile compilation albums, isn't it?

Well, compilation albums are such a great source of discovering new music. Especially if they're cover compilations (since you already know some of the songs, you're willing to take a chance on something new).  So below are some compilations that I thought I'd bring to your attention.  Plus two of them are available for download for free, so check it out:

Perturbazione - Portami via di qua sto male A CENTURY OF COVERS Head over to kirstenspostcard to download A Century of Covers: Belle & Sebastian Tribute (2006). The most interesting cover is "Get Me Away I'm Dying" translated into Italian by Perturbazione. To hear another version of this song by Bettie Serveert, head over to Cover Lover.	Haley Bonar - The Queen Of Everything TWIN TOWN HIGH: MUSIC YEARBOOK VOLUME 9 This 2007 album compiles some of the best Minneapolis bands. There are some excellent bands on here. At least five really amazing songs, so picking one is really hard for me. I've decided to just use the first song by Haley Bonar. It sounds a bit naughty. The other songs will be spotlighted later in my Minneapolis entry.
Irene - Stardust HOY COMI SANDIA EP #2: A SWEDISH INDIE-POP COMPILADO You know we love the Swedes here, so I wanted to mention about this Swedish Indiepop compilation. Most of the bands on this compilation have already been covered by us (see W♥M: Sweden). I wanted to mention a band that we haven't talked about: which would be Irene. Checking out their myspace, I noticed they're going to be playing Eurosonic Festival in January 2008. "Stardust" seems like a very short song but it's very good. I especially love Bobby's bold voice (it reminds me of 80s Europop). If you like this, you'll probably really love The Legends - which we're also reviewing here.	Lewis Taylor - Hide Your Heart HACKTONE DIGITAL SAMPLER 2007 It's free and there's no DRM on any of their 8 tracks. Download them here. I have created a custom cover art, in case you guys want to group them together under your Various Artists or Sampler folder. You can download the art by following this link (save it as a jpeg). Hacktone have been pretty good about giving free samples on their iTunes page, but since you need to live in the US and have an iTunes account, these unDRM free tracks are well worth checking out. For more details on Hacktone, visit their website or read our coverage of some of their artists on W♥M.
The Zambonis - Hockey Monkey EXOTIC RECORDINGS PRESENTS DIY DISS Check out Exotic Recordings. We've covered one of their band on W♥M, but I'm planning on reviewing a few more from them in this month. This compilation, I believe some of the songs are original. I do know each of the introduction to the song (usually a "diss") were recorded exlusively for this compilation. I'm assuming these compilation (which aren't for sale) are given away if you buy a CD from them.	Pavement - Stereo EVERYTHING IS NICE: MATADOR RECORDS 10TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY Released in 1999, this is a 3-disc set. The tracks that I really liked off this compilation is Non Phixon and The Arsonists. Obviously, Pavement is undoubtedly  one of the more popular band that is on this compilation - so here's "Stereo". The prices are pretty reasonably, I think I picked it up for $10 (for about 40 tracks!)
The Gentle Waves - Sister Woman REVOLUTIONS #3 These came free with Select Magazines This song is from The Gentle Waves' second album, Swansong for You (2000), it's my second favorite song after "Falling from Grace". Trivia: Isobel Campbell appears on the cover.	Lily Allen - Knock 'em Out NEW NOISE #13 They give these things out for free, they're basically samplers from EMI. I've discovered quite a few good bands from these samplers, their latest one has a great track by Lily Allen. This song is pretty cute, it's about coming up with excuses to avoid being picked up - including the hilarious "I'm pregnant, yeah."

 

 12/07/2007 23:50:43  vu my♥posts www.weheartmusic.com