From the monthly archives:

November 2009

Luxury Wafers Exclusive: Lissie, Live @ Chessvolt Studios with Videos and mp3s

11.30.2009

Lissie Maurus, from Rock Island, Illinois, sings like the coal miner’s daughter with bubblegum-sweet edges. Picture Loretta Lynn with organic munchies and a designer dog. Comfy country flannel paired with a shiny pedicure. Lissie can do it any way she wants. Remarkably unselfconscious and naturally beautiful with a black gold voice of fertile southern dirt, [...]

Jackpot! Sessions in Portland … Day Two

11.25.2009

Typhoon, just after their Luxury Wafers Session @ Jackpot!Sessions are underway. We just enjoyed Nick Jaina and his crew on standup bass, violin, trumpets and clarinet. Right now we’ve got World’s Greatest Ghosts. Up later: Y La Bamba, Rauelsson +++. We tore it up on Monday (there were little trails of smoke following Kendra heels [...]

An Interview with The Drums. They Do Whistle. They Don’t Surf. Plus refresher mp3s

11.25.2009

The Drums, embrace the ’50s aesthetic of songwriting simplicity, pairing it with just enough echo and contemporary synthetic goodies. Love the infectious whistle line and summertime theme, fireworks and all, on Let’s Go Surfing. I Felt Stupid feels like a 2009 Wham! adaptation of superpop. The four guys, based in Brooklyn, sported us a few [...]

Jackpot! Sessions in Portland … Gearing Up for Day One

11.23.2009

Here we go. Day one at Jackpot! Studios in Portland, OR. We’re bummed Larry won’t be around, but stoked to hang with Kendra and the awesome cast of bands we have lined up for the next few days. Stay tuned for sessions from Greg Ashley, Benoit Pioulard, Forro In The Dark, Jarred Mees and the [...]

Luxury Wafers Exclusive: Tim Exile, Live @ Chessvolt Studios with Videos and Mp3s

11.23.2009

Tim Exile, also known simply as Exile, recently came in for a visit from his current home in Berlin to perform and record a high-energy, experimental/electronic improvisational set live in the studio with us. Surrounded by his computers and keyboards, faders and knobs, you might not guess that Exile (aka Tim Shaw), originally from the [...]

Luxury Wafers Exclusive: Mason Proper Live@Chessvolt Studios

11.19.2009

Alarmingly brilliant. You might not see or expect it in this group of four rather regular-looking guys from the Great Lakes State, but Michigan’s Mason Proper, led by the ingenious Jonathan Visger, creates an endless geometric array of patterns and textures that flow with fascinating angularity over a limestone groove riverbed. The band’s boggling resourcefulness [...]

Luxury Wafers Exclusive: Cory Chisel, live@Chessvolt Studios with Videos and mp3s

11.18.2009

Cory Chisel (Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons) exudes a forcefield of palpable anguish. It squeezes through his pores and squinted eyes and lassos ears and bleeding hearts through swaying seranades you’d expect to hear on a back porch next to rocking chairs and whiskey bottles, overlooking vast fields and accompanied by choruses of chirping [...]

New Capgun Coup: Sitting on the Sidewalk [mp3] from Maudlin; Tour with Cursive

11.18.2009

Sitting On The Sidewalk [mp3] – Capgun Coup This second single up from Maudlin (Team Love, 11/2/09) conjures old school country/rockabilly the likes of Carl Perkins and Jerry Lee Lewis. I’ve been trying to catch up with Sam for an interview for a few days now. After a couple of missed calls, I decided he’s [...]

Monday Mish Mash: Music for the Muddy Mind and More … mp3s

11.16.2009

Polka Dot Dot Dot I’m up in the mornings but not well known for a cheery demeanor or much in the department of cognizance till noonish approaches. Monday morning especially. I offer you a bizarre collection of tunes below to help shake the weekend dust. Work your way down. Stiff coffee helps too. The super [...]

Luxury Wafers Exclusive: Jen & Abby, Live @ Chessvolt Studios with Video and mp3s

11.15.2009

A whole lotta lovin’s going on with the bubbly-bright Jen & Abby and their sunshiny LA crew (Sebastian Aymanns, Leslie Lowe, Mike Lee and Gaby Moreno). Jen Trani on guitar and Abby Miller singing are the dynamic duo, regularly playing LA’s Hotel Cafe and fashioning dramatic pop pieces with Natalie Merchant-like flow and a generally [...]

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