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W♥M028: G Tom Mac, The Boxing Lesson, and Pelle Carlberg

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We Heart Music Radio #28, special thanks goes to G Tom Mac, Christina of Ariel Publicity, Paul Waclawsky, Ryan of The Loyalty Firm, Pelle Carlberg, and Christian of Labrador Records. Music used in the show includes G Tom Mac, The Boxing Lesson, People in Plane, Pelle Carlberg, and Hello Saferide. If you would like to appear on a future We Heart Music Radio show, please contact . Thank you for listening.

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• G Tom Mac
• Boxing Lesson
• Pelle Carlberg

PART ONE: G TOM MAC
gtommac.com ♥ myspace.com/gtommac
G Tom Mac, aka Gerard McMann, answer some of these questions:

• His involvement with The Lost Boys (both movie!)
• Embarrassing moment: thinking the "Thou Shall Not Fall" part was sung by a woman
• "Cry Little Sister" song and "Thou Shall Not Fall" album
• Fan reactions to live tour, new 2009 tour dates coming soon

He will be doing these upcoming tour dates:

30 Oct 2008 Virgin Megastore Hollywood CA Los Angeles, California
01 Nov 2008 Draculas Ball / Shampoo Nightclub Philadelphia, PA

PART TWO: THE BOXING LESSON
myspace.com/theboxinglesson ♥ myspace.com/loyaltyfirm
Paul of the Boxing Lesson talks about:

• His band, including their drummer in Federal prison (yikes!)
• Video of "Brighter", 6000 photographs! Read more at rockpark.com
• new sound vs old sound
• Possible brand new EP?
• "Dark Side of the Moog" to be next video

Check out their new tour dates!

25 Oct 2008 The Backyard: The Final Weekend Austin, Texas
01 Nov 2008 House Party w/ Belaire! Lubbock, Texas
02 Nov 2008 Trunk Space w/ Belaire Phoenix, Arizona
03 Nov 2008 Luxury Wafers Recording Session Van Nuys, California
04 Nov 2008 Beauty Bar San Diego w/ Belaire San Diego, California
05 Nov 2008 Silverlake Lounge w/ Belaire Silverlake, California
06 Nov 2008 The Copper Rhino Modesto, California
07 Nov 2008 The Cellar Door Visalia, California
08 Nov 2008 Partisan Merced, California
10 Nov 2008 Spaceland Silverlake, California
11 Nov 2008 Plush w/ Dead Confederate & Mostly Bears Tucson, AZ
13 Nov 2008 The Percolator El Paso, Texas
12 Dec 2008 Emo’s w/ Girl in a Coma Austin, Texas
13 Dec 2008 The Mink Houston, Texas

PART THREE: PELLE CARLBERG
pellecarlberg.se ♥ myspace.com/pellecarlberg
Talking to us from Stockholm, Sweden, Pelle let us know about:

• Edson, his original band
• Lilac Times nodd to Stephen Duffy's band and his garden at his home
• Secrets of 1983 (Pelle & Sebastian) explained
• The story behind his duets, Ida Maria with "I Love You, You Imbecile" and Karolina Komstedt (Club 8) on "Nicknames"

Pelle is getting for a brand new tour:

22 Oct 2008 Teater Scenario STOCKHOLM
01 Nov 2008 Westgarth Social Club MIDDLESBROUGH
02 Nov 2008 NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE Head of Steam NEWCASTLE
03 Nov 2008 Deaf Institute MANCHESTER tbc
04 Nov 2008 UWIC Howard Gardens CARDIFF
05 Nov 2008 Bristol Cooler BRISTOL
06 Nov 2008 Brixton Windmill LONDON
26 Nov 2008 Landet Stockholm
01 Dec 2008 Blauer Engel KIEL
02 Dec 2008 Admiralspalast BERLIN
03 Dec 2008 Subway KÖLN
04 Dec 2008 Feinkost Lampe HANNOVER
05 Dec 2008 Unikeller OSNABRüCK
06 Dec 2008 Sparte 4 SAARBRüCKEN
08 Dec 2008 tbc KASSEL
09 Dec 2008 Asta Wohnzimmer LüNEBURG

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The Boxing Lesson

The Boxing Lesson - Dark Side of the Moog The Boxing Lesson Tour Dates 05/24/08 Emo’s Austin, TX 05/31/08 Antone’s Texas, TX 06/08/08 Emo’s Austin, Texas 06/12/08 Beauty Bar Austin, Texas 06/21/08 First Day of Summer Festival @ Guero’s Oak Garden Austin, TX 06/23/08 Viper Room Los Angeles, CA 06/27/08 Blackwater Cafe Stockton, CA 06/29/08 Make Out Room SF, CA 06/30/08 Spaceland Silverlake, CA 07/01/08 Beatles Revolution Lounge Las Vegas, NV 07/24/08 Double-Wide Dallas, Texas 07/25/08 D-FEST: JULY 25-26 Tulsa, Oklahoma 07/28/08 Emo’s Austin, Texas Discography [2003] The Boxing Lesson [2004] Radiation [2006] Songs in the Key of C [2008] Wild Streaks & Windy Days See Also Aster http://weheartmus... Their list of influences varies from pop (Travis) to acid/psychedelic (Flaming Lips) to electron...

"Legal troubles and a court order" (scandal!) prevented Austin, Texas's The Boxing Lesson from going out on tour in early May - which is great for me because I was supposed to have mentioned their tour information in April, but obviously that never happened.

So, yes, they are doing a few dates in June, mostly in their home state and eventually to the West coast.

Anyway, originally, this was a full five-piece band from Los Angeles. Singer and guitarist, Paul Waclawsky, took the name and moved to Austin, where the current incarnation of the band exists as a trio, with Jaylinn Davidson (synth) and Jake Mitchell (drums and samples).

I haven't actually heard their first few releases, but from what I've read, they used to be shoegazing. Some of that influence is on the latest release, Wild Streaks & Windy Days, but it definitely feels more experimental, not just layers of guitars and sweet vocals.

The most poppiest rockiest song on the album is easily "Brighter", which is my favorite song. You can hear it on their myspace.

However, I felt like you should hear one of their ethereal/shoegazey song with the Pink Floyd-inspired title of "Dark Side of the Moog". The guitar hooks on this song is pretty awesome, like it's talking to you and it's telling you to sway!

By the way, in case you were wondering, a Moog is a certain make of synthesizer.

Their latest video is for "Dance with Meow", which I thought was pretty funny with the animal masks (especially the Hello Kitty worn by Jaylinn).

 

Speaking of which, I wish she would do more backup singing, like on the song "Timing", it was a nice treat to hear her sing, "can you feel it?/go nowhere/will it go away?" (I think).

Wild Streaks & Windy Days is out now, go see them on tour if you happen to be located in those area.

The Boxing Lesson - Dance with Meow

 

Links: myspace.com/theboxinglesson youtube.com/theboxinglesson08 myspace.com/loyaltyfirm