From the monthly archives:

April 2009

Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Nikorette and One of My Kind

04.18.2009

Super sunny and uplifting, listen to and download Nikorette from Outer South (pre-order LP for Cinco de Mayo delivery). One Of My Kind, The Story of the Mystic Valley Band, an hour-long documentary on the making of 2008’s Conor Oberst (Merge) and soon-to-be-released Outer South (5/09, Merge) is now available FREE as a stream or [...]

Coachella Webcast Schedule

04.18.2009

Pretty cool…if you can’t be there, definitely check out the Coachella Webcast. Saturday (2:30 – 10:30): Bob Mould Band, Liars, Dr. Dog, Michael Franti & Spearhead, Glasvegas, Drive-By Truckers, Calexico, Electric Touch, M.I.A, The Killers Sunday (3:00 – 10): James Morrison, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Peter Bjorn and John, Okkervil River, Paolo Nutini, Jenny Lewis, Public [...]

Coachella Webcast Reminder

04.17.2009

If you’re not free to bake in the desert sun with your favorite musicians this weekend, go to the Coachella Webcast. Friday Schedule (2:50pm to 10pm) The Courteeners, The Aggrolites, The Airborne Toxic Event, Alberta Cross, White Lies, Franz Ferdinand, The Hold Steady, Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band, Morrissey, Paul McCartney.

Rademacher Video: Rocketship

04.17.2009

Can it get any more fun than this? Rademacher is the best! Malcolm Sosa’s voice beckons in this very Talking Heads-y, funky fun and witty Rocketship with Greer on bass, keys and backup vocals and Eli on drums. Recorded Live@Chessvolt Studios in LA. Rademacher – Rocketship – Luxury Wafers Sessions from Luxury Wafers on Vimeo.

Track and Video of the Day: James Jackson Toth, My Paint + Bonus Downloads

04.17.2009

Wild and free as the horse it describes, James Jackson Toth’s My Paint off his album, Waiting In Vain (Ryko). This exclusive, live version recorded at Chessvolt Studios for Luxury Wafers/Aquarium Drunkard in September of ’08. Bonus Downloads (Exclusive Tracks): Do What You Can Look In On Me Toth has performed and recorded as Wooden [...]

The Traditionist, Live@Chessvolt Studios

04.16.2009

Like an indispensibly intuitive back scratcher or massage therapist, Joey Barro (The Antiques) knows how to find the pressure point, the itch in his listeners, and work it. As my sister would say, The Traditionist can really hunker down and mash on it. He’s subtle, though. The Traditionist makes a pathway in with crafty folk-soaked [...]

Coachella, National Record Store Day, Download

04.15.2009

Coachella starts Friday. It’s still not too late to buy tickets. Also this weekend is Record Store Day, Saturday, April 18th. At their site, you’ll find some very mellow Beatles podcasts, a listing of all participating stores, including 85 in California and stores from 16 international countries, and a  Dandy Warhols Download. And cool, Record [...]

Premature Trackulation: Obi Best, Tropical Fish

04.14.2009

Obi Best is the concoction of Alex Lilly. Clever pop, her voice is the hook, full of nuance, and while the songs come off fresh and girly, full of bubbly effects and wide-eyed innocence, Lilly clearly presents a whimsy colored by intellect and maturity. Jump into a fanciful aquarium of infatuation with Tropical Fish. Obi [...]

Track and Video of the Day: Anton Barbeau, You Can Move A Mountain

04.14.2009

Anton Barbeau’s energetic mojo is uparallelled. Joined vocally by Allyson Seconds, Anton inpires and lifts it all up in a playful, psychedlic kind of way with You Can Move A Mountain For more tracks, video and review, check out Anton Barbeau’s Luxury Wafers Session. Also, Visit Bag of Kittens’ Luxury Wafers Session, Anton and Allyson’s [...]

Kris Gruen, Live@Chessvolt Studios

04.13.2009

Vermont dweller Kris Gruen is a poet, songwriter and musician. Son of famed photographer Bob Gruen, Kris grew up in NYC accustomed to hanging in the hearth with musical icons. As a grown young man with his own family now, Gruen spins beauty from metaphorical, sometimes cryptic, poetic stories just as the fair maiden transformed [...]

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