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It’s not too late for Chickens in Love.

03.21.2010

Everybody’s got space for a little chicken love in their heart. 826LA and a bunch of local students, artists and businesses are showing the way. 826LA, a generous and creative non-profit writing/tutoring center that works for free with LA’s school children, presents Chickens In Love. Sponsored by large-hearted hipsters Origami Vinyl, Bedrock LA, Echoplex, Engine [...]

SXSW 2010 – 5 days of full-contact aural inundation; Free parties, music, booze, food … Ready, Go!

03.16.2010

Right, they’ve got Smokey for the keynote address and a bunch of panels and whatnot to attend, but the ambrosia of SXSW manifests in an already-musically-inundated town soaked through to overflowing with amazing artists and music lovers from around the world, largely just for the price of getting to Austin with a comfortable pair of [...]

Last night at the Troubadour: Cory Chisel, Dawes and Jason Boesel

03.12.2010

Last night’s show at the Troubadour was super sweet. The highlight for me was seeing Cory Chisel work the room, crisply present yet smooth as mellow tobacco. Ever gracious and humble, Chisel masterfully plied the crowd, alternating between high-energy, full-band rockers and introspective solo or duet pieces (joined by lovely Adriel Harris). He shared one [...]

Love Him More. Elliott Smith reissues from Kill Rock Stars: From A Basement On A Hill and Roman Candle; Twilight (mp3), Last Call (mp3) + Cecilia/Amanda (mp3)

03.02.2010

Cecilia/Amanda [mp3] Twilight [mp3] Last Call [mp3] It’s hard to listen and not well with tears. Here they are: Cecilia/Amanda (previously unreleased until the very end of 2009; recorded at Jackpot! Recording Studio in 1997 by Larry Crane); Twilight, from From A Basement On The Hill; and Last Call from Roman Candle, Elliott Smith‘s first [...]

Welcome back to the everyday … let’s kick it back up to gear

01.05.2010

photo by Esther WhiteAfter a nice long holidaze spell, everyone seems to be back at it, living their lives in 2010. The funky downtime was enjoyable, and, too, it is admittedly nice to wake up to an inbox full of perky letters from my favorite pr friends, always promoting more great music. There’s catch-up to [...]

Wavy Davy’s top 12 selections from last year’s Luxury Wafers Sessions

12.28.2009

Here’s another list for list lovers. It’s never really too late, and, besides, 2010′s all about savoring that which nourishes, so…..without further ado, here’s Dave Shulman’s list of faves from Luxury Wafers sessions in 2009. Dave’s an up-east musician who helped around the studio when he visited and even filmed a bunch of Luxury Wafers [...]

Best of the Year #3: View, Listen and Download

12.25.2009

This Best of 2009 list, “in no particular order,” comes from Mike Post, who started as an intern at our Chessvolt Studios before Luxury Wafers and has helped us here and there from the very beginning with booking, mixing… the whole shebam. Mike just graduated with a music degree from Northeastern University in Boston. Check [...]

Best of the Year #2, View, Listen and Download

12.20.2009

This selection comes from Amanda Lemieux, who has been with Luxury Wafers as a videographer, video editor and all-around good-viber since she moved to LA from the east coast about a year ago. From #12 to her numero uno, the songs are listed below as mp3s or videos with links to the original sessions for [...]

Best of the Year #1: View, Listen and Download

12.17.2009

We asked our Luxury Wafers crew to share their favorites songs from our 2009 sessions. This first selection is a playlist from Justin Philips, who shot and edited video for us over the summer and stayed on to continue with video and to help with the studio move. Some of the songs on the list [...]

Monday Forecast: It’s Gonna Rain in LA. Jake LaBotz mp3 + video

12.07.2009

It’s Gonna Rain Again [mp3] – Jake LaBotz True. Our parched desert megametropolis is due for a quenching. Looks like it’ll pour cats and dogs all day Monday. Jump down to a video of Jake LaBotz howling out a classic traditional, It’s Gonna Rain Again. Regarding favorite musicians, there are so many amazing time periods, [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

New Exclusive Video of The Rural Alberta Advantage (Nils Solo) – Sleep All Day

11.12.2009

Here’s a new video of Nils from The RAA recording Sleep All Day, live @Chessvolt Studios in Los Angeles for Luxury Wafers. This was such a warm and friendly session. We’re very happy to see more and more of the world continuing to embrace this awesome guy and his band. The Rural Alberta Advantage – [...]

New Luxury Wafers Exclusive Video: Brendan Benson “Whole Lot Better”

11.11.2009

Live at Chessvolt Studios in Los Angeles, Brendan Benson records Whole Lot Better from his latest solo release, My Old Familiar Friend (8/18/09, ATO). CLICK HERE to go to the entire live session with tracks, review, photos and more video.

New Luxury Wafers Exclusive Video: Cursive, “Mama, I’m Satan”

11.11.2009

Live at Chessvolt Studios in Los Angeles, Omaha’s Cursive records Mama, I’m Satan from Mama, I’m Swollen(3/10/2009, Saddle Creek). CLICK HERE to go to the entire live session with tracks, review, photos and more video.

Seu Jorge – Changes Video from The Life Aquatic revisited

11.10.2009

Remember the awesome Brazilian guy in the red cap who surreally delivered a Portuguese acoustic version of David Bowie’s Changes on deck in The Life Aquatic? Seo Jorge is that guy. Just because it’s so great, here’s a video of the performance:

Around the Bend at Kingsize Soundlabs, recording The Devil Makes Three, thinking ’bout Gypsy Punk…

10.14.2009

We just recorded our first Luxury Wafers session at Kingsize Soundlabs in Eagle Rock (Los Angeles) today! In case you haven’t heard, Chessvolt Studios, the former home of Luxury Wafers Sessions, is rapidly becoming but a historic reflection as the countdown continues….9 days ’till the wrecking ball hits to make way for a new elementary [...]

“His Onstage Gyrations Made Elvis Look Like a PE Teacher”…RIP Jimi Hendrix

09.18.2009

Luxury Wafers Exclusive Appetizer: Rural Alberta Advantage’s Nils Edenloff shares about new song, Barns’ Yard, Live on video plus live Mp3

08.17.2009

Wholesome, humble, personable and rousingly talented, Canadian Americana singer/songwriter Nils Edenloff of The Rural Alberta Advantage shares on-camera about his song, Barns’ Yard. Rural Alberta Advantage – Barns’ Yard Story – Luxury Wafers Sessions from Luxury Wafers on Vimeo.   Listen to the Exclusive Live Track: Barns’ Yard [mp3] Keep tuning in for more RAA [...]

Ben Kweller Wuz Here…

08.15.2009

“Things I Like To Do” Clip [mp3] Friends, they don’t come sweeter or more special than Ben Kweller. Kweller graciously swung by Luxury Wafers while on the LA leg of his recent tour, to lay down a few loveable tunes from his newest record, Changing Horses (ATO, 2009) and a healthy dose of his one-of-a-kind [...]

Mark Your Calendars, Grab a Ticket, Pack Your Bags – Monolith Festival is coming up!

08.13.2009

The 3rd annual Monolith Festival is coming atcha. And soon. Hosted in an incomparable venue – nature’s perfectly sculpted outdoor amphitheater, Red Rocks, in Morrison, CO (just outside Denver) – Monolith Festival 2009 will bring 60+ of the hottest indie bands together with about 10,000 fans in this stunningly unparalleled setting, amidst rattlesnakes, scrub jays [...]

Les Paul dies today at age 94…So long and Thanks for the guitar

08.13.2009

Les lays down a hot solo at NYC’s Iridium during his 85th birthday performance in 2000.The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise [mp3] Les Paul (born Lester William Polfuss on June 9, 1915), creator of the solid-body electric guitar, pioneer in modern recording techniques (electronic echo, studio multitracking) and guitarist extraordinaire has left our world [...]

Yim Yames, Tribute To: My Sweet Lord (mp3) and Monsters of Folk

07.24.2009

My Sweet Lord [mp3] – Yim Yames Say Please [mp3] – Monsters of Folk Yim Yames, aka Jim James (My Morning Jacket), pays tribute to George Harrison in a lovely collection of 6 songs recorded in 2001, around the time of Harrison’s death. Go to Yim’s site to buy a download of Tribute To now. [...]

Summer Re-Treat: Heartless Bastards, Out At Sea (mp3), Exclusive Live Track

07.21.2009

Out At Sea [mp3] “Wennerstrom’s attitude remains intensely torrential, yet her furnace burns even hotter internally, resulting in heavy wrath and a down vibe as weighty as an antique deep sea diver’s suit. All this from a tiny feminine package riddled mysteriously with bursts of testosterone – a figure who, in person, emits delicate fragility. [...]

Pitchfork Music Festival 2009, The Electrifying Conclusion

07.21.2009

Do You Realize (mp3) – The Flaming Lips Enthusiasm For Life Defeats Existential Fear (mp3) – The Flaming Lips, Progressive Dixieland Mix #2 Canadian Girl (mp3) – The Walkmen Black Rice (mp3) – Women Photo by Martha WilliamsPitchfork Music Festival 2009, The Electrifying Conclusion by Bobby Cardos Entering the grounds Sunday afternoon, the park was [...]

Pitchfork Music Festival 2009, Day 2: Samples and Review

07.19.2009

Plants and Animals Photo: Caroline Desilets In case we never hear back from our “Pitchfork Correspondent”, here’s a late take on what went down in the windy city yesterday: Saturday PitchforkFest Lineup: The National • Beirut • Doom • Yeasayer • Final Fantasy • The Pains of Being Pure at Heart • Fucked Up • [...]

James Brown Teaches You To Dance: “It’ll Blow Your Mind!”

07.16.2009

Get to work, y’all! The song: If You Don’t Give A Doggone About It from Brown’s Mutha’s Nature. Thanks, John Wicks (rock it) for opening my eyes to this fun morsel of JB deliciousness!

Revisit Luxury Wafers Exclusive: Theresa Andersson, The Waltz

07.04.2009

Spunky New Orleans One-Woman-Wonder, Theresa Andersson, exudes fun as well as jaw-droppingly prodigious talent. Visit her Live Luxury Wafers Session HERE, where you’ll find more video as well as exclusive mp3s. Theresa Andersson – The Waltz – Luxury Wafers Sessions from Luxury Wafers on Vimeo.  

Luxury Wafers Exclusive: New Cotton Jones Video – The Radio Slugger

07.04.2009

A hauntingly beautiful duet from Cotton Jones, The Radio Slugger: Cotton Jones – The Radio Slugger – Luxury Wafers Sessions from Luxury Wafers on Vimeo.   Check out the Cotton Jones Luxury Wafers Session review with exclusive live tracks (mp3s) and more video HERE.

Long Live the King of Pop – Goodbye Michael Jackson

06.25.2009

A tremendous, global musical icon of prodigious talent, Michael Jackson passed away today. What a sad moment in history. The King of Pop is dead. I cannot imagine this planet or my life without the radically profound mark Michael Jackson made here. He was one-of-a-kind.  May he rest in peace.

Photos from Bonnaroo 2009: King Sunny Ade, Elvis Perkins, Erykah Badu, Wilco, DBTs, Mike Farris, Renard and the Notorious Cadillac of Near Death

06.19.2009

Erykah Badu at Bonnaroo 2009, photo by Benham Jones Erykah BAdu at Bonnaroo 2009, photo by Benham Jones Elvis Perkins at Bonnaroo 2009, photo by Benham Jones Elvis Perkins at Bonnaroo 2009, photo by Benham Jones King Sunny Ade at Bonnaroo 2009, photo by Benham Jones King Sunny Ade at Bonnaroo 2009, photo by Benham [...]

Benham Jones Reports: Bruce Springsteen -The Boss – at Bonnaroo

06.19.2009

Wednesday, June 17, 2009 12:30 pm EST Back home in New York City but still writing in reverse? Whatever, whatever; it was really fucking busy at Bonnaroo and now its really fucking busy at home. I’m on my lunch break at the moment and I am still pretty exhausted. So the sun had set during [...]

Benham Jones on the Odyssey of Bonnaroo, pt8: WILCO and Smoke Rings

06.15.2009

from WFUV’s photostreamSunday, June 15th 8:42 am CDT Yes, yes, yes; finally some peace. I’m currently at Nashville International at Charley’s (“Good Food, Good Times”) Steakhouse, waiting for my Ultimate Scrambler. It’s an unusual feeling returning to civilized society after Bonnaroo, especially here to BNA. I slept for about two and a half hours before [...]

Benham Jones Reports from Bonnaroo, pt 8: Elvis Perkins, Patterson Hood, Allen Toussaint, Renard, Booker T & the DBTs, Dearland, Mike Farris

06.14.2009

Sunday, June 15th 10:54 am CDT Overcast this morning in Manchester and it’s easy to tell that everyone is both grateful and scared. It’s tough here when the sun really rises to snap at the concave of your knees or the back of the ears, so a dusky simulation is probably the sweetest morning salutation [...]

Text Dispatches from Benham Jones in the trenches at Bonnaroo: ‘Wilco in top form…a kid just passed out next to me’

06.14.2009

In addition to a some hilarious, informative and interesting pieces, this is what we heard from Benham Jones, our Luxury Wafers Bonnaroo corresponsdent, via brief text messages yesterday (Saturday, Manchester time): 10:52 am: Alive. Walking to net access. 2:31 pm: Better fed better rested better time. 6:56 pm: Patterson Hood was just such a delight. [...]

Benham Jones Reports from Bonnaroo, pt 7: Ham&Cheese, Elvis Perkins, Jimmy Buffett, Drive By Truckers

06.13.2009

Sunday, June 14th 3:20 pm CDT There have been some magic moments today at Bonnaroo, much moreso than yesterday, and I’m thinking that it might have a lot to do with the ham & cheese burrito that I treated myself to this morning. For example, when I was walking over to Elvis Perkins, away from [...]

Benham Jones on Sexuality at Bonnaroo: A Brief Thought (…pt6)

06.13.2009

Sexuality at Bonnaroo: A Brief Thought The chickens and the roosters strut their stuff around Manchester, yes they do, yes they do. For such a filthy and decrepit environment, it’s strange how much romance flows through the mud here. I guess it’s a prime destination for lovers; roaming down Shakedown Street, it feels like everyone [...]

Benham Jones Reports, Unhinged at Bonnaroo…pt5: King Sunny Ade, TV on the Radio

06.13.2009

Saturday, June 13, 2009 10:01 am CDT So I crashed really hard last night. I was doing my best to stay ahead of the curve, hydrated and happy, but then sometime around 7 o’clock, after I kicked up dust with King Sunny Ade and sat down to chat with Alberta Cross, my system just shut [...]

Benham Jones’ last dispatch from the Roo…

06.13.2009

Via text messages (Manchester time): Friday 8 pm: ‘Too much’ followed by ‘King Sunny was the best’ Friday 10:17 pm: ‘Watching Beasties from a distance.’ Saturday 10:52 am: Alive That’s all we’ve got for now from the wild and wooly Bonnaroo frontier. Stay tuned…

Benham Jones at the Roo, pt 4: Mud and Animal Collective

06.12.2009

Friday, June 12, 2009 4:20 pm CDT I really wasn’t feeling too sure of this whole thing, was feeling weak and out of my element, half hostile. But then Animal Collective spoke and reminded me why I came here. A band like Animal Collective on film really means nothing, and I was so far from [...]

Benham Jones Reports from Bonnaroo, pt 3: New Dirty Projectors, Portugal. The Man, Alberta Cross, Gomez

06.12.2009

Friday, June 12, 2009 2:20 pm CDT Press orientation got over around high noon, so I grabbed some water and headed back into the big bad body of the festival. I caught the last little bit of a stripped down acoustic set from Portugal. The Man over at the Sonic Village stage. Separated from their [...]

Benham Jones on the ground (barely) and reporting: Fear and Loathing at Bonaroo….pt.2

06.12.2009

Friday, June 12, 2009 11:00 am CDT Keith woke me up this morning around 7 am. I really had no idea who he was at first. We met up last night at the airport after I realized how fucked I was re: the press check-in and he realized how fucked he was re: a ride [...]

Benham Jones Reports: Fear and Loathing from Bonaroo…pt. 1

06.12.2009

Friday, June 12, 2009 3:40 am CDT I got in to Nashville International at about 10pm on Thursday night and had already stepped in some bullshit. The flight from LaGuardia was delayed again and again and I was overdue to pick up my ticket and press credentials at a radio station in Manchester; suddenly, I [...]

Premature Trackulation: Luxury Wafers Exclusive – Flowers Forever, Beach Bum

05.31.2009

Grab a pina colada and your favorite inflatable and head directly to blissful enjoyment with Team Love‘s Flowers Forever, from their live Luxury Wafers Session, here’s an excited pre-release of radiantly funky summer fun: Beach Bum [mp3]

Sasquatch Day 3 – Memorial Day Lineup and Mp3s

05.25.2009

An mp3 sampling of Monday’s Music at the Gorge today: Luxury Wafers Exclusives: Black Tables [mp3] – Other Lives Out At Sea [mp3] – Heartless Bastards More Mp3s: Born on a Day the Sun Didn’t Rise [mp3] – Black Moth Super Rainbow Knife (Girl Talk Remix) [mp3]- Grizzly Bear Ben Harper and Relentless7 / Erykah [...]

Sasquatch Day 2 – Sunday Lineup and more mp3s…

05.24.2009

Enjoy some of what Sasquatch-goers will be hearing today at the gorge: Devotion [mp3] – Viva Voce Sick on Sugar [mp3] – Point Juncture, WA You, Me and the Bourgeoisie [mp3] – The Submarines (Tonetiger Remix)   Jane’s Addiction / Nine Inch Nails / TV On The Radio / The Murder City Devils / of [...]

Sasquatch Festival 2009 Begins! Saturday Lineup and some mp3s

05.23.2009

Here’s a taste of today’s Sasquatch (Party On): Transliterator [mp3] – Devotchka Land of the Freak [mp3] – King Khan & the Shrines The Reeling [mp3] – Passion Pit (Wallpaper Remix) Kings of Leon / Yeah Yeah Yeahs / The Decemberists / Animal Collective / Bon Iver / Devotchka / M. Ward / Doves / [...]

Jim Hanft, Passenger Side Video and Mp3

05.12.2009

Resident troublemaker Jim Hanft is at it again. Here’s an exclusive track from his Live Luxury Wafers Session with video. If you haven’t yet enjoyed meeting this comedic instigator, we recommend you visit him at Hotel Cafe on a Thursday in May before he scurries back east to his coast of origin. He told me [...]

Tonight at Spaceland in Silverlake, LA: Voxhaul Broadcast, Rumspringa, Local Natives, Aushua

05.08.2009

Tonight at Spaceland in Silverlake, a great lineup: One of my favorite bands (local or otherwise), Voxhaul Broadcast, with genuine, all-around-good-guys Rumspringa, Local Natives and Aushua. Enjoy these exclusive live tracks and videos to get you pumped for the night ahead: The Echo -Voxhaul Broadcast Trickle Charge – Rumspringa World News – Local Natives Voxhaul [...]

Jarvis Cocker Residency at Galerie Chappe in Paris, May 5-10, 2009

05.06.2009

Ah, Jarvis Cocker. What a brilliant and witty kook. If you are in Paris anytime from now through Sunday, May 10th, make sure to stop by Galerie Chappe [4 Rue Andre Barsacq, 75018 (+33 1 42 62 42 12 www.galeriechappe.fr)] from 12 noon til 6/7pm each day (maybe later some nights), where Jarvis Cocker and [...]

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