Oh yeah, HI Tumblr friends! I posted today’s radio show on podbean for your listening pleasure. Ok, I fucked up my timing a few times, and stumbled over a few words, but the really great music I played makes up for that. So… give it a listen, share it with your friends, and enjoy! Follow the link to stream the sounds.
Bad Magic - koritfw
The duo Bad Magic, featuring the enchanting Julie Karr as well as Jimmy Held (White Laces), has released an album with tracks engineered by Allen Bergendahl (Scott’s Addition Sound). Known for her intimate acoustic performances, Karr takes things to the next level with electric garage rock. Held plays drums, and his rhythms are nasty. Karr’s lusty alto belts out the dark melodies, and we don’t even miss the bass. Held actually plays bass on the last track, “Cool Hand,” but it’s so soft and low on the neck that it barely counts. Other tracks like “Sympathy Card” have riffs designed around a lower-end guitar, but for the most part, it’s treble and percussion all the way.
The coolest part of this album is the singability. Karr’s catchy airs will get you to sing along, even if you’re not a vocalist. “You got the cruelest heart/You don’t even know,” she cries in “Cruelest Heart.” She’s got this gospel quality as well, which sort of floods every song with this intense spiritual sense. Well done, guys.
photo by PJ Sykes Photography
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FINALLY! Podcast of Thursday morning’s show. I stayed up too late last night. And this night. Fuck it. Just enjoy the music. Follow the link to download or stream.
HOLY CRAP! I feel like I’ve been gone for SO LONG! Today’s show was about being MEAN. Friends often tell me that I’m too darn nice, so I played a bunch of MEAN songs to see if any of it rubs off on me! A damn fine show filled with some EVEN BETTER editing! (Mean songs have a lot of radio-no-no words at times, but I fixed that.) Follow the link to stream the show.
Wooo!!! Today’s show was rocking. I hope you like it! Follow the link to stream.
ps - I’ll be off for the next 2 weeks, but tune in anyway and show some love for Allison of the Monday Breakfast Blend (on the 11th) and DJ Lara of The Exchange (on the 18th). Also, big thanks to DJ Lylas of Totally Wired for hosting last week’s show!
**Use headphones to isolate each side of this split release!**
LEFT SIDE: The Snowy Owls “Kerfuffle”
RIGHT SIDE: Hoax Hunters “Orbit”
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 26, 2013
Cherub Records Announces Hoax Hunters/The Snowy Owls Limited Edition Split Seven Inch for Record Store Day
Lathe Cut Record Available Exclusively at Steady Sounds
(Richmond, Va.,) — Cherub Records is proud to announce Richmond’s Hoax Hunters and The Snowy Owls will team up for a split seven inch release in honor of Record Store Day on April 20, 2013. This limited edition release of 40 copies will be available in a “bronze smoke” square lathe cut record exclusively at Steady Sounds in Richmond. At least 10 copies will be distributed to other regional independent record stores starting Monday April 22nd and a standard digital only version of the single will be released on Tuesday April 23rd. A sample of the single is available on SoundCloud.
Hoax Hunters’ side features the tracks “Orbit [Don’t Tell, Today] and “Color Coded” and The Snowy Owls contribute “Kerfuffle”. Both bands will play at Steady Sounds on April 20, 2013 as part of the WRIR Record Store Day Crawl. Details on performances are available via WRIR’s website.
Hoax Hunters are fronted by PJ Sykes, best known for his music photography as seen in SPIN, Paste and on Merge Records releases. Bassist Tim Falen is the recording lead at WRIR and drummer in The Diamond Center. Drummer James O’Neill was formerly a member of seminal post-hardcore band Permanent.
Designer Matt Klimas, whose work includes posters for Superchunk, Protect All Families concert and Treasure Island Festival and is a member of The Low Branches, fronts The Snowy Owls. Bassist Allen Bergendahl is the recording engineer behind many Richmond bands as well as the Live At Ipanema series. Guitarist James Wingo also plays in Ghost Lotion and formerly was in Lubec with drummer Brandon Martin.
Both sides of this split were recorded by Allen Bergendahl with Tim Falen contributing mixing for a portion of the record. More information about Hoax Hunters and The Snowy Owls is available on their websites. Cherub Records is a Richmond based record label with bands including Hoax Hunters, Baby Help Me Forget, Timothy Bailey & The Humans and KT.
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www.cherubrecords.bandcamp.com
CH023 (c) 2013 Cherub Records
(p) 2013 Snowy Owls, Hoax Hunters
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A day late and a dollar short. But that’s ok. You can still donate to WRIR even though the fund drive is over! —-> https://wrir.wufoo.com/forms/fund-drive-donation-wrirlp-973-fm/
Anyhoo… yesterday’s show was so awesome I listened to the music 4 times before I even played it on my show. AND, I got enough sleep, so i was fairly coherent during the show!!!
Seriously, this is one you shouldn’t miss. It kicks ass. Follow the title link to stream yesterday’s show (or… you know… you may be able to find a way to download it or something… just sayin’)
RRFP benefit featuring Queener, Peace Beast, and The Milkstains
@ Strange Matter, 929 W. Grace St., RVA
Sunday, March 24, Doors at 5pm
All Ages
$5
Scenes from WRIR’s Spring Fund Drive Launch Party:
Hoax Hunters perform a new song that I don’t know the name of.
Scenes from WRIR’s Spring Fund Drive Launch Party:
Hoax Hunters perform “In The Background”
