From the monthly archives:

March 2009

Premature Trackulation: Jim Bianco, Where and When

03.07.2009

An original fixture at Hotel Cafe and sweetheart to LA music lovers, Jim Bianco came into the studio recently dripping with mostly sad love songs to cause a fierce and hungry aching. Where and When falls to the sweeter side, plump with raw, boyish innocence. Jim’s memorable presence is huge and humble all at once, [...]

Track & Video Of The Day: The Bowmans – Make It Last

03.06.2009

The Bowman twins are back on the ground in the USA with a new album! Previously unrleased from the Bowmans Luxury Wafers Session Live@Chessvolt Studios, Make It Last is a playful track, ambrosial with harmonies and perky with the glockenspiel. Check out the Bowman’s Full Review with downloadable audio and visit The Bowman’s website, which [...]

Other Lives: It Was The Night

03.05.2009

A very cool crew, Other Lives from Stillwater, Oklahoma played and recorded a live session for Luxury Wafers back in the fall. Catch them in Austin for SXSW – they’ll be oozing weighty, contemplative tunes at various venues with free beer. And keep a lookout for their self-titled debut album, out April 7th, 2009. I [...]

Bag of Kittens Video – Allyson Seconds & Anton Barbeau – I Used To Say Your Name

03.05.2009

A groovy collaboration, Bag Of Kittens is Allyson Seconds, the moonbeam who brings honey velvet vocals and grounded female energy, and Anton Barbeau, the energetic, psychedelic, rock-pop-punk sunray on piano, guitar and driving Neil Diamond-esque vocals. (Pictured left with cellist Alison). Bag of Kittens joined us at The Hangar in Sacramento for an all day [...]

Video & Tracks Of The Day: Jake LaBotz, Tiny + Crow Jane

03.05.2009

Jake LaBotz is an original, one of the last authentic bluesmen out there. Check out his earthy version of Crow Jane. Read the full review with downloadable audio from Jake’s Luxury Wafers Session. The first time I saw Jake LaBotz live, it was 2005 in a little boardwalk-adjacent bar in Hermosa Beach. I was already [...]

Leonard Cohen at the Beacon Theater, NYC, Feb. 2009

03.03.2009

My Man, My Man: Praying with Leonard Cohen to the God of Song by Benham Jones I still remember the very first moment that Leonard Cohen reached out to me. I was in the sixth grade and had been spending most days of my Christmas vacation sulking around the carpet of my new local treasure: [...]

Premature Trackulation: Kris Gruen, Nuschka

03.03.2009

Vermont-based Kris Gruen paints an intriguing black-and-white portrait of a love song with Nuschka, a semi-cryptic fortune-speak kind of story that resides next door to Sufjan Stevens and down the street from Bright Eyes. Stripped to guitar and his inviting voice, you wouldn’t mind this neighbor knocking on your door for a few fresh eggs [...]

Cowboy Killers Video, American Sky

03.03.2009

Live @ The Hangar in Sacramento, Cowboy Killers lay down a seemingly endless stream of trancelike, slightly jazzy rock-n-roll. Their vibe is vast as the sky, to which they allude in many of their songs. Cowboy Killers give  the feeling of hanging around in a lot of space. Cowboy Killers – American Sky – Luxury [...]

Exclusive Luxury Wafers Video Interview with Eleni Mandell (Mini Movie)

03.02.2009

LA darling Eleni Mandell mesmerizes as lush Singer-Songwriter extraordinaire. Originally punk influenced, Eleni elegantly emanates indie, folk, rock, and sometimes alt-country. In this charmingly mellow interview from her beautiful Los Feliz apartment, Eleni shares with Luxury Wafers about her life in music, working the door for friend Chuck E Weiss, encouragement from Tom Waits, songwriting [...]

Video and Track Of The Day: One Trick Pony, Loose Talk

03.02.2009

One Trick Pony, Live@Chessvolt Studios, plays a watery, contemplative Loose Talk. The song is spacious in arrangement, emphasizing each hit of the drum, each violin line, each wispy backup vocal, contrasted by Randy’s melted marshmallow vocals and guitar. Read the full review of One Trick Pony’s Luxury Wafers Session with videos and downloadable audio.   [...]

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