Tampa, Florida’s Merchandise don’t reinvent the wheel on this year’s Children of Desire. The wheel they’ve got is damn fine, though. Combining the synthetic beats of New Wave and krautrock with soaring guitars and vocals, they create something that feels both modern and familiar. Their songs make you feel nostalgic for memories you’ve never had. All this…
Merchandise Ride the Newest of Waves on “Children of Desire”
By Intro to Radio Instuctor | Published September 28th, 2012
Local Santa Cruz band North Pacific String Band releases debut album “Steak & Eggs”!
By Talk Programming Director | Published August 31st, 2012photo by Blake Goodmacher; featured image by Yasamine June “Sure, sure…fersherrsure,” the boys of North Pacific String Band mumbled enthusiastically when asked to play some more tunes on my show, Pickin on the Porch with Auntie Em, a few weeks back. The five-piece string band consists of Steven Stubblefield on mandolin and vocals, Jeff Wilson…
Aesop Rock’s New One
By Station Manager | Published August 8th, 2012Any Aesop Rock fans will be happy to hear that he has recently dropped a new album, Skelethon. This is the San Francisco-based rapper and producer’s sixth studio album and first self-produced project. Skelethon contains a multitude of playful and dark horror film-like beats that are accompanied by classic Aesop lyrics. Although the entire album…
Jovanotti’s “Italia 1988-2012″: A 24-Year Retrospective
By World Music Director | Published August 8th, 2012Through ATO Records, Italian singer-songwriter and rapper Lorenzo Cherubini, better known as Jovanotti, has finally issued his first U.S. release after over two decades of being in the business. This compilation album that includes the greatest hits of his career so far, aptly titled “Italia 1988-2012″. Initial tracks like “Con La Luce Negli Occhi” and “Sulla Frontiera”…
A “Vacationer” Vacation In < 3 Minutes…
By Program Director | Published August 4th, 2012I’m making my way via automobile up to Oregon for a mini-vacation. Nothing too lavish—I’ll be gone less than a week and still be in a separate hemisphere than the Bahamas. But it’s just enough time to get away from that plague of the everyday here in Surf City, where others come to get away. If you haven’t had…
White Lung – Better, Unsafe on “Sorry”
By Intro to Radio Instuctor | Published June 14th, 2012A little over a year ago I decided to check out Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada four-piece White Lung after reading a glowing recommendation from Aesop Dekker (drummer extraordinaire for the Ludicra, Agalloch, and Worm Ouroboros) on his blog of their 2010 album It’s the Evil. With eleven songs clocking in at just under twenty five minutes, it…
Jack is Back
By Program Review Committee | Published February 28th, 2012It’s been just over a year since we shed some red and black tears with the news of the official retirement of The White Stripes. Since then the world has been waiting anxiously to see what the musical genius Jack White will bring next. The wait is over – White has announced on his fancy…
Why You Should “Be The Void”
By Rock Director | Published February 27th, 2012As a favorite band, Dr. Dog is a pretty good one to have. They tour frequently, put out great albums consistently and they seem to really like pizza and hats, as you can see in their new video. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojf0waAxpL0&feature=player_embedded[/youtube] It’s been lucky times for their fans because their new album, Be the Void, just came…
Hank Williams: The Lost Notebooks
By Michael Bryant | Published October 27th, 2011Hank Williams wrote a lot of songs that he never got to record. He always kept notebooks around and filled them with lyrics and song ideas. But when Hank died in 1953, they were locked away. Those notebooks have now been reopened, and from those treasures comes a new album featuring 13 singer/songwriters (Merle Haggard,…
New Black Keys Album!
By Promotions Director | Published October 11th, 2011The Black Keys just released news that their new album titled “El Camino” will be coming out December 6th. This will mark their 7th studio album and the second time they work with Danger Mouse as producer. This has been said to be one of the most anticipated albums of the year, following the success…