Month: August 2024

Cold Cave call to us on their new single – “Siren Song.”

Photo courtesy of Cold Cave

Since March, Cold Cave have released a new song on the 15th of each month, culminating in the announcement of their forthcoming album, Passion Depression, on July 15th (album incoming October 15th). Today, Cold Cave have released another album track “Siren Song,” a synth driven dance track of mystery and desire.

Listen / share “Siren Song” on YouTube.

Formed in 2007 by Wesley Eisold, Cold Cave jump started and popularized the resurgence in modern synth and darkwave genres after releasing seminal and influential albums, Love Comes Close and Cherish The Light Years (Matador Records) and were subsequently invited to tour with Depeche Mode, Nine Inch Nails, Ministry, The Cult and The Jesus and Mary Chain along with collaborations and performances with legends Genesis P-Orridge and Mark Lanegan. Eisold and his partner Amy Lee’s mix of celebrated poetry and urgent romantic new wave grants Cold Cave the rare 100% DIY approach to all aspects of their universe, producing and releasing their own music, involved directly with their fans and curating by their own rules. Spiritual depth and consistency in a media manipulated world. Love enchained and the polarity of truth. Passion Depression is protest music against the war within and without.

Passion Depression will be available on Rainbow Ice vinyl with a Hologram Sleeve or Glitter vinyl October 15th, 2024 (pre-order here).

Passion Depression, track list:

  1. She Reigns Down
  2. Shadow Dance
  3. Blackberries
  4. Hourglass
  5. Siren Song
  6. Everlasting
  7. Holy Road
  8. Octavia 

See Cold Cave on tour this summer and fall:

September 5  Santiago, Chile @ Blondie
September 6  Sao Paolo, Brasil @ Carioca
September 7  Lima, Peru @ C Festiva
September 8  San Jose, Costa Rica @ Amon Solar
September 20  Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
September 22  San Diego, CA @ The Observatory
September 27  San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel
September 28  Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s
October 4  Brooklyn, NY @ The Monarch
October 5  Amityville, NY @ Amityville Music Hall
October 6  Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
October 11  Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
October 27  London, UK @ 02 Forum
November 2  Los Angeles, CA @ Substance Festival

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WSND DJ set list: Deep Dive of Henry Mancini

Thanks to all who listened to my Deep Dive of Henry Mancini. It was fun to put together and play for you.

Here’s the set list!

  1. Henry Mancini – The Pink Panther Theme
  2. Rudolph Kopp – The Crusades opening theme
  3. Henry Mancini – Sing Sing Sing (live)
  4. Cole Porter – Night and Day
  5. Glenn Miller – Moonlight Becomes You
  6. Tex Beneke – I’ve Got a Girl in Kalamazoo
  7. Henry Mancini – The Glenn Miller story love theme
  8. Henry Mancini – Creature from the Black Lagoon opening theme
  9. Henry Mancini – Tarantula opening theme
  10. Henry Mancini – This Island Earth opening theme
  11. Henry Mancini – The Benny Goodman Story opening theme
  12. Henry Mancini – Sleepy Lagoon
  13. Henry Mancini – Raindrops Keep Falling on My Head (request)
  14. Henry Mancini – Touch of Evil opening theme
  15. Henry Mancini – Peter Gunn theme
  16. Henry Mancini – Free and Easy
  17. Henry Mancini – The Blues and the Beat
  18. Henry Mancini – Mr. Lucky (vocal version)
  19. Henry Mancini – Bachelor in Paradise
  20. Henry Mancini – Moon River Cha Cha
  21. Henry Mancini – Experiment in Terror
  22. Johnny Hartman – Charade
  23. The Coffin Daggers – A Shot in the Dark
  24. Henry Mancini – Hatari! theme (request)
  25. Henry Mancini – Baby Elephant Walk (live)
  26. Frank Sinatra – Days of Wine and Roses
  27. Henry Mancini – Lujon (Midnight remix)
  28. Henry Mancini – Dear Heart
  29. The Anita Kerr Quartet – Dreamsville
  30. Henry Mancini – The Sweetheart Tree
  31. Andy Williams – In the Arms of Love
  32. Henry Mancini – Romeo and Juliet love theme
  33. Henry Mancini – The Night Visitor main theme
  34. Henry Mancini and Doc Severinsen – Brass on Ivory
  35. Henry Mancini – Mystery Movie theme
  36. Henry Mancini – Whistling Away the Dark
  37. Johnny Mathis – The Greatest Gift
  38. Tom Jones (with Peter Sellers) – Come to Me
  39. Henry Mancini – All His Children
  40. Henry Mancini – What’s Happening!! theme
  41. Henry Mancini – Frenzy rejected main title
  42. Henry Mancini – Nightwing main title
  43. Henry Mancini – Monster on the Campus main title
  44. Henry Mancini – Newhart theme
  45. Dudley Moore – It’s Easy to Say (live)
  46. Julie Andrews – Crazy World
  47. Henry Mancini – The Thorn Birds main theme
  48. Henry Mancini – Lifeforce theme
  49. Henry Mancini – Life in a Looking Glass
  50. Henry Mancini – Silver Streak main theme
  51. Henry Mancini – Green Onions
  52. Henry Mancini – Moment to Moment
  53. Henry Mancini – Charlie’s Angels theme

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WSND DJ set list: Throwback Thursday – August 08, 2024

Thanks for all who listened and chimed in with requests for Throwback Thursday. Here’s the set list from August 08, 2024!

  1. Van Halen – Ain’t Talkin’ ‘Bout Love (1978)
  2. Blondie – One Way or Another (live) (1979)
  3. 10cc – Rubber Bullets (1973)
  4. Grateful Dead – Big Boss Man (1971) (live) (request)
  5. The Rolling Stones – Miss You (1978) (live)
  6. Bad Company – Bad Company (1974) (request)
  7. Earth, Wind & Fire – Shining Star (1975)
  8. Betty Davis – Is It Love or Desire? (1976)
  9. Michael Jackson – Rock with You (1979)
  10. Sparks – This Town Ain’t Big Enough for the Both of Us (1974)
  11. Hot Chocolate – Every 1’s a Winner (1978)
  12. T. rex – Metal Guru (1972)
  13. Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy (1978)
  14. Squeeze – Cool for Cats (1979)
  15. Buzzcocks – What Do I Get? (1979)
  16. The Meteors – Shout So Loud (1981)
  17. The Smiths – How Soon Is Now? (1984)
  18. Iggy Pop – Lust for Life (live) (1981) (request)
  19. Simple Minds – Up on the Catwalk (1984)
  20. Devo – Girl U Want (1980)
  21. Kool & The Gang – Get Down on It (1981)
  22. Depeche Mode – Just Can’t Get Enough (1981)
  23. Bananarama – Cruel Summer (1983)
  24. The Cars – Shake It Up (1981)
  25. The Power Station – Communication (1985)
  26. Wall of Voodoo – Far Side of Crazy (1985)
  27. New Order – Bizarre Love Triangle (1986)
  28. Yazoo – Don’t Go (1982)
  29. Cameo – Word Up (1986)
  30. Indeed – Last Night a DJ Saved My Life (1982)
  31. Fluke – Groovy Feeling (Make Mine a 99) (1993)
  32. John Lee Hooker and Bonnie Raitt – I’m in the Mood (1998)
  33. John Mayall – Run (1995)
  34. The White Stripes – Cannon (1999)
  35. Burlap to Cashmere – Anybody Out There? (1998) (request)
  36. Natalie Merchant – San Andreas Fault (1995)
  37. Garbage – Only Happy When It Rains (1995)
  38. Bleach – Fragment (1992)
  39. Tremors radio ad (1990)
  40. The Humpers – Anarchy Juice (1996)
  41. New Bomb Turks – Slung Jury (1999)
  42. Sleater-Kinney – The Size of Our Love (1999)
  43. Bangs – He’s a Groupie (1998)
  44. The Pharcyde – Passin’ Me By (1992)
  45. 3rd Bass – Microphone Techniques (1991)
  46. The Dirtbombs – Infra-Red (2005)
  47. Acid King – 2 Wheel Nation (2005)
  48. The Rolling Stones – Everybody Needs Somebody to Love (live) (2002) (request)
  49. Gossip – 8th Wonder (2009)
  50. Spider-Man radio ad (2002)
  51. Treat Her Right – My Dog Can Bark (2007)
  52. Twinemen – Come Clean (2007)
  53. Skywave – Nothing Left to Say (2004)
  54. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club – Love Burns (2000)
  55. The Radio Dept. – Keen on Boys (2003)
  56. M.I.A. – Bingo (2005)
  57. Basement Jaxx – Romeo (2001)
  58. Lo Fidelity Allstars – Lo Fi’s in Ibiza (2002)
  59. Mauro Picotto – Pulsar (Original Tea mix) (2002)
  60. Sharon Jones and The Dap-Kings – Better Things (2010)
  61. The Ronnie Wood Band – Big Boss Man (live) (2013) (request)
  62. LCD Soundsystem – You Wanted a Hit (2010)
  63. Leathers – Phantom Heart (2019)
  64. Monomotion – Ecocline Patterns (2019)
  65. And One – Dancing in the Factory (2011)
  66. Highlands – Staring Away (2019)
  67. Ancient River – Idle Threats (2010)
  68. Temples – Keep in the Dark (2014)
  69. Goat – The Light Within (2014)
  70. Bo Ningen – Henkan (2013)
  71. Kadavar – Doomsday Machine (2013)
  72. Deap Vally – Bad for My Body (2013)

I’m back on air August 13, 2024 with a new Deep Dive and then two hours of Nocturne!

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Wrecka Stow: Blackbird Records – Medina, Ohio

Located at 8 Public Square in Medina, Ohio, Blackbird Records has a wild mix of stuff in it, partially because it shares the same building and door as a toy shop. Walk in the place, look left, and you’ll see this.

Look to the right, and you’ll see this.

The toy store has plenty of stuff ranging from signed football jerseys to Harry Potter collectibles. The record store’s stock is primarily vinyl albums and EPs.

The selection is a good mix of stuff for a small space. For instance, here’s an interesting bin.

Just here we have The Gap Band, Kenny Loggins, Grand Funk Railroad, and Ian Dury and The Blockheads all within easy reach of each other.

Looking for bargains? They have those, too.

Sheena Easton, Kenny Rogers, Wayne Newton, Buster Poindexter, and Climax Blues Band all in the same bargain bin. They also have some cool gig posters for sale, both originals and reprints. This one was a standout.

However, this one is the one thing I would’ve bought at the place if I had the money for it.

My late wife, Mandy, and I were at this show. It was the only time we got to see Nirvana, or Meat Puppets or The Boredoms. The Boredoms freaked out everyone in the audience. No one had any idea who they were or what they were doing. Meat Puppets dropped a solid set, and Nirvana had a fun time that even included taking a break until an audience member called his mom.

So, if anyone needs a Christmas gift idea for me, go to Blackbird Records. You’ll find plenty of options.

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Chicago’s new Warm Love Cool Dreams music festival to premiere September 28-29th at the Salt Shed.

Today, Empty Bottle Presents announces WARM LOVE COOL DREAMS, a newmulti-genre festival taking place September 28th and 29th at The Salt Shed. Featuring the triumphant return of The Jesus Lizard (their first Chicago show in over 6 years), as well as Kelela, Floating Points, Sister Nancy, Shabaka, Sextile, King Woman, and more, WARM LOVE COOL DREAMS is a two day, thoughtfully curated festival with no overlapping sets, each day feeling like a progression through a mixtape. Inspired by a line from Nelson Algren’s novel The Man With The Golden Arm, the criteria for the curation was to have each day of the festival occupy a side of a spectrum, from the fervid and energetic WARM LOVE to the calm and misty COOL DREAMS.

Each day’s programming will move through a carefully crafted sonic spectrum, defining WARM LOVE and COOL DREAMS as their own micro-genres. Artists falling into the WARM LOVE category speak to the more experimental, fiery, and untamed, the likes of which you’d hear from Jesus Lizard, Sextile, and King Woman. Meanwhile, COOL DREAMS leans into the more inviting or chill tones, the likes of which you’d hear from Kelela, Floating Points, and Sister Nancy.

WARM LOVE COOL DREAMS continues Empty Bottle Presents’ legacy of deeply adventurous and thematic programming, building off their Beyond The Gate shows at Bohemian National Cemetery, immersive Plantasia events at Garfield Park Conservatory, and annual Music Frozen Dancing winter block party outside of Empty Bottle.

“The simplicity and beauty of the ideas of warm love and cool dreams was something that occupied my mind for many years,” explains WARM LOVE COOL DREAMS curator Brent Heyl. “ We wanted to build a festival framework that creates an opportunity to showcase the artists we love in a way that is concise, unique, and also rips. Playing into these two concepts feels like the way to do just that.”

Tickets are on sale now, with general admission tickets for the weekend set at $90 and premium tickets at $200. Single day tickets will be $49 and $115, respectively. All tickets will be available at www.emptybottle.com. The full daily lineups can be found below, with more auxiliary programming to be announced soon.

WARM LOVE LINEUP (Saturday, September 28th)
The Jesus Lizard
Sextile
Provoker
King Woman
Bendik Giske
Aitis Band
Stress Positions

COOL DREAMS LINEUP (Sunday, September 29th)
Kelela
Floating Points
Sister Nancy
Shabaka
454
John Glacier
SML

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Tim Heidecker announces new album due October 18th and releases its first single – “Well’s Running Dry.”

Photo Credit: Chantal Anderson

Tim Heidecker announces his new album, Slipping Away, out October 18th via Bloodshot Records, and releases its lead single/video “Well’s Running Dry.” After the breakthroughs of 2020’s wistfully lush Fear of Death, and 2022’s High School, whose tales of nostalgia were never quite as distant as they seemed, the multi-hyphenate comedian and songwriter Heidecker has reached a new peak with Slipping Away, his warmest and fullest record to date. While all of his albums are concept records to some degree, this one tells a story on a larger scale, offering an imagistic framework that allows for some of his brightest melodies, heaviest themes (the feeling of before the fall and after), and most direct and vulnerable lyrics.
 
While on his first combined comedy and music tour in 2022, and his first time performing his own material with a full band every night, Heidecker noticed a recurring response to his lyrics among his devoted fanbase. “Especially people my age, maybe a little younger,” he recalls, “They would come up to me and say, ‘That is how I feel. And it’s nice to know you feel that way, too.’” Where his celebrated work in film and television is often an act of complex, surrealist worldbuilding, the increasingly tender and expertly crafted singer-songwriter material Heidecker releases under his own name is built to encourage these person-to-person connections.
 
Working with The Very Good Band — Eliana Athayde on bass, vocals and additional production; Josh Adams on drums; Vic Berger on keys; and Connor “Catfish” Gallaher on guitar and pedal steel; alongside a contribution from Tim’s daughter Amelia — Heidecker wrote a series of songs that tap into universal anxieties, familiar settings, and, occasionally, a blast of apocalyptic unease. If he were to perform them solo acoustic, they might sound like folk songs, with their instantly hummable melodies, singalong choruses, and unexpected ability to zoom out far beyond their initial premises. Even the simple act of making music, as portrayed in the cleverly constructed writer’s block anthem “Well’s Running Dry,” can lead to an earnest reflection on insecurity and aging. “As soon as I wrote that, I worried that it’s not cool to talk about,” Heidecker says. “But a second later, I thought—well that’s challenging and exciting. Let’s push past that.”

 
Watch the Video for “Well’s Running Dry”
 

Slipping Away is crafted like a killer live set, building in emotional impact and intensity. Heidecker refers to the album as a true group project, a euphoric experience that helped turn his songs into living, breathing things. “My favorite records are the ones that were just recorded in a room with a band playing,” he says, citing classic-rock landmarks from Bob Dylan, The Beatles, and The Band. “And that’s what we did.” Across the album, Heidecker and Athayde often take the roles of duet partners, occasionally assuming a Gram-and-Emmylou dynamic with her quavering, empathetic harmony.
 
Heidecker describes working with the band on Slipping Away as a personal breakthrough in his career. “Having been doing quote-unquote ‘entertainment’ for 20 years now in different forms, it was a revitalizing experience to be out of my comfort zone a little bit. It was a learning opportunity.” After working with indie luminaries like Mac DeMarco, Weyes Blood, and Father John Misty, Heidecker is in a rarefied field of artists who refuse to grow complacent, and creative leaps like Slipping Away exemplify his devotion to the craft. Quoting Paul McCartney, Heidecker ascribes to the idea that “work begets inspiration” and each new project helps lead to the one just beyond it. “People ask me a lot about the difference between making music and comedy,” he says. “I finally got to a point where I was like, ‘Let’s stop thinking about these things as genres.’ It comes out in different formats but hopefully it all becomes one big thing that I’m making. I think it’s fairly united.”
 
This August and September, Tim Heidecker & The Very Good Band will support Waxahatchee with Snail Mail on a run of east coast dates, including a co-headlining show with Snail Mail at SummerStage in New York. A full list of shows can be found below, and tickets can be purchased here.

 
Pre-order Slipping Away
 
Slipping Away Tracklist
1. Well’s Running Dry
2. Trippin’ (Slippin’)
3. Like I Do
4. Dad Of The Year
5. Bottom of the 8th
6. Something Somewhere
7. Bows and Arrows
8. Hey, Would You Call My Mom For Me?
9. I Went Into Town
10. Bells Are Ringing
 
Tim Heidecker & The Very Good Band Tour Dates
Sun. Aug. 11 – Carnation, WA @ THING
Tue. Aug. 27 – New York, NY @ Central Park Summerstage ∞
Thu. Aug. 29 – South Deerfield, MA @ Tree House Summer Stage %
Fri. Aug. 30 – Portland, ME @ State Theater %
Sat. Aug. 31 – Accord, NY @ Arrowood Farms %
Sun. Sept. 1 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Stone Pony Summerstage %
Wed. Sept. 4 – Charlottesville, VA @ Ting Pavillion %
Thu. Sept. 5 – Raleigh, NC @ Hopscotch Music Festival
Fri. Sept. 6 – Vienna, VA @ Filene Center – Wolf Trap %
Sat. Sept 7 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore ^
 
∞ w/ Snail Mail & Fenne Lily
% w/ Waxahatchee & Snail Mail
^ w/ Waxahatchee & Gladie

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King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard have a “Hog Calling Contest” on their newest single.

Photo Credit: Maclay Heriot

Earlier this month, the ever restless King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard announced their 26th album, Flight b741, out August 9th via their own p(doom) records. Today the group share their new single, “Hog Calling Contest,” and announce a mini-documentary about the making of the album,“Oink Oink Flight b741: The Making of…”

Directed by Guy Tyzack, the mini-documentary captures the band’s creative process on 16mm film, which restricted Tyzack to shooting about five minutes of film per day, waiting for the right moment while sitting discreetly in the corner. “We were tasked with capturing the band make an album from scratch in two weeks, they purposefully didn’t prepare much for the recordings so it was very difficult for me to plan what to film,” Tyzack says. “I just knew they’d be in one room and three of them might drop out at any moment because they were expecting babies. The room looked brown and boring so I painted it like the sky to match the theme of the album in one 17hr stretch with three friends and a slab of mids.”

On the inspiration for “Hog Calling Contest,” the band explains: “While recording Flight b741, we occasionally had these ultra inspired tune-up/warm-up jams. Of course, we were never actually recording during these moments though. Lost to time. Except one time; This time. We learnt to record these moments; ‘Daily Blues’ came together this way too. But ‘Hog Calling Contest’ retains a unique unhinged-ness that only comes when you’re fooling around with your mates and you don’t think you’re being recorded. Happy in mud!”

LISTEN TO “HOG CALLING CONTEST”

WATCH “OINK OINK FLIGHT b741: THE MAKING OF…” MINI-DOC

As the band’s first release on their own newly minted p(doom) records imprint, Flight b741 showcases a remarkable change-of-pace, swapping the big picture ambition for the intimacy of six good friends enjoying each other’s company and collaborating on perhaps the warmest, most bonhomie-laden set the group have yet committed to wax.

With a recent run of expansive and conceptual albums behind them, which have spanned from a thrash-metal epic dealing with the current climate crisis to a Moroder-esque pre-digital synth album of proto-Kraftwerk bangers, Flight b741 sees King Gizzard ditch all the high-falutin’ scheming in favor of irresistible country-fried rock’n’roll and the kind of effortless songwriting that comes as second language when you’ve been playing music together 24/7 for almost a decade-and-a-half. The concept this time is ‘no concept’.

All hopped-up on early Steve Miller Band and the infinite wonderfulness of The Band, King Gizzard laid down the riffs, the grooves, the choogle. Once it was time for the vocals, however, they took a brand new tack – passing the mic, leading to what has become the most collaborative record in the group’s expansive discography.

King Gizzard will be undertaking a massive U.S. tour this coming fall, which includes 3 hour marathon sets in New York, Chicago, Austin, and Quincy, WA, 3 headlining sets at Red Rocks Amphitheatre, and a performance at The Forum in Los Angeles. Tickets to all dates are available here.

PRE-ORDER FLIGHT b741

WATCH THE VIDEO FOR “LE RISQUE” HERE

KING GIZZARD & THE LIZARD WIZARD TOUR DATES
Thu. Aug. 15- Washington, DC @ The Anthem % [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Aug. 16- Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium * %
Sat. Aug. 17 – Forest Hills, NY @ Forest Hills Stadium * % [SOLD OUT]
Mon. Aug. 19 – Boston, MA @ The Stage at Suffolk Downs %
Tue. Aug. 20 – Portland, ME @ Thompson’s Point % [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Aug. 21 – Toronto, ON @ Budweiser Stage &
Fri. Aug. 23 – Detroit, MI @ Aretha Franklin Amphitheatre ^ &
Sat. Aug. 24 – Cleveland, OH @ Jacobs Pavilion & [SOLD OUT]
Sun. Aug. 25 – Newport, KY @ MegaCorp Pavilion Outdoor &
Tue. Aug. 27 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Dell Music Center & [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Aug. 28 – Richmond, VA @ Brown’s Island &
Fri. Aug. 30 – Asheville, NC @ ExploreAsheville.com Arena & [SOLD OUT]
Sat. Aug. 31 – Nashville, TN @ Ascend Amphitheater &
Sun. Sept. 1 – Chicago, IL @ Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island * & [SOLD OUT]
Tue. Sept. 3 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Armory &
Wed. Sept. 4 – Milwaukee, WI @ Miller High Life Theatre &
Thu. Sept. 5 – St. Louis, MO @ The Factory & [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Sept. 6 – Omaha, NE @ The Astro Amphitheater &
Sun. Sept. 8 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre & [SOLD OUT]
Mon. Sept. 9 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre [EARLY SHOW] &
Mon. Sept. 9 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre [LATE SHOW] &
Wed. Sept. 11 – Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield Amphitheater & [SOLD OUT]
Thu. Sept. 12 – Vancouver, BC @ Pacific Coliseum &
Sat. Sept. 14 – Quincy, WA @ The Gorge Amphitheatre * %
Fri. Nov. 1 – Inglewood, CA @ The Forum @
Sat. Nov. 2 – San Diego, CA @ The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park ^ @
Sun. Nov. 3 – Paso Robles, CA @ Vina Robles Amphitheatre @ [SOLD OUT]
Mon. Nov. 4 – Stanford, CA @ Frost Amphitheater at Stanford @
Fri. Nov. 8 – Las Vegas, NV @ Bakkt Theater at Planet Hollywood @
Sat. Nov. 9 – Phoenix, AZ @ Arizona Financial Theatre #
Sun. Nov. 10 – Albuquerque, NM @ Revel Entertainment #
Tue. Nov. 12 – Oklahoma City, OK @ The Criterion #
Wed. Nov. 13 – Fayetteville, AR @ JJ’s Live # [SOLD OUT]
Fri. Nov. 15 – Austin, TX @ Germania Insurance Amphitheater *#
Sat. Nov. 16 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall #
Sun. Nov. 17 – New Orleans, LA @ Mardi Gras World #
Tue. Nov. 19 – Atlanta, GA @ Fox Theatre Atlanta # [SOLD OUT]
Wed. Nov. 20 – St. Augustine, FL @ St. Augustine Amphitheatre #
Thu. Nov. 21 – Miami, FL @ Factory Town #
Sun. May 18 – Tue. May 20, 2025 – Lisbon, PT @ Coliseu do Recreios
Fri. May 23 – Sun. May 25, 2025 – Barcelona, ES @ Poble Espanyol
Thu. May 29 – Sat. May 31, 2025 – Vilnius, LT @ Lukiškės Prison 2.0
Wed. June 4 – Fri. June 6, 2025 – Athens, GR @ Lycabettus Theatre City of Athens
Sun. June 8 – Tue. June 10, 2025 – Plovdiv, BG @ Ancient Theatre

* 3-HOUR MARATHON SET
^ ACOUSTIC SET
% w/ GEESE, DJ Crenshaw
& w/ GEESE
@ w/ KING STINGRAY, DJ Crenshaw
# w/ KING STINGRAY

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Slowdive announces fall U.S. tour.

Photo Credit: Martin Mittler

Slowdive announce a fall North American tour in support of everything is alive, their “hypnotically gorgeous” (Vulture) album released last year via Dead Oceans. Following an appearance at Austin’s Levitation Festival, they’ll return to New York, Philadelphia, and Washington, DC, plus visit cities throughout the Southeast where the band hasn’t played in many years. On their last US runs, Slowdive routinely sold out shows, filling rooms with longtime listeners and younger fans alike.  As the Chicago Tribune praised, “experimental and shimmery, [everything is alive] packs a lush and enigmatic punch. Don’t take their latest releases and live shows for granted.” Tickets for all shows will be on sale this Friday at 10am local time and a full list of dates can be found below.

Slowdive Tour Dates
(New Dates in Bold)
Sat. Nov. 2 – Mexico City, MX @ Hipnosis Festival
Sun. Nov. 3 – Austin, TX @ The Far Out Lounge (Levitation Festival)
Wed. Nov. 6 – Queretaro, MX @ Cerveceria Hercules
Fri. Nov. 8 – Guadalajara, MX @ C4 Concert House
Sun. Nov. 10 – St. Augustine, FL @ St Augustine Amphitheatre
Mon. Nov. 11 – Charleston, SC @ The Refinery
Tue. Nov. 12 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz
Thu. Nov. 14 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Fri. Nov. 15 – Philadelphia, PA @ Franklin Music Hall
Sun. Nov. 17 – Washington, DC @ The Anthem
Mon. Nov. 18 -Brooklyn, NY @  Brooklyn Paramount
Thu. Nov 21 – Pittsburgh, PA @  Stage AE
Fri. Nov. 22 – Columbus, OH @ KEMBA Live! Indoor Stage
Sat. Nov. 23 – Detroit, MI @  Royal Oak Music Theatre

Purchase everything is alive
Watch “alife” video
Watch “kisses” Video
Watch “skin in the game” Visualizer
Watch “the slab” Video

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WSND DJ set list: Throwback Thursday – August 01, 2024

Thanks to all who listened to the latest edition of Throwback Thursday on WSND. Here’s the set list!

  1. The Staples Jr. Singers – Get on Board (1975)
  2. Bee Gees – Night Fever (1977)
  3. Freddie King – Things I Used to Do (live) (1975) (request)
  4. David Bowie – Life on Mars? (1973)
  5. Seals & Crofts – Summer Breeze (1972)
  6. M – Pop Muzik (1979)
  7. Black Sabbath – Planet Caravan (1970)
  8. Tavares – Heaven Must Be Missing an Angel (1976)
  9. Blue Cheer – I’m the Light (1971)
  10. Foreigner – Double Vision (1978)
  11. Madness – Night Boat to Cairo (1979)
  12. Stray Dog – Chevrolet (1973)
  13. Duran Duran – Hungry Like the Wolf (1982)
  14. Billy Idol – Eyes Without a Face (1983)
  15. Lonnie Mack – Double Whammy (1985) (request)
  16. The Jesus and Mary Chain – Taste of Cindy (1985)
  17. Thomas Dolby – Hyperactive! (1984) (request)
  18. Bow Wow Wow – Do You Wanna Hold Me (1983)
  19. Judas Priest – Electric Eye (1982) (request)
  20. Queen – Radio Ga Ga (1984)
  21. Modern English – I Melt with You (1982) (request)
  22. The Smiths – This Charming Man (1983)
  23. MC 900 Foot Jesus – Real Black Angel (1989)
  24. Earth, Wind and Fire – Let’s Groove (1981)
  25. Pixies – Here Comes Your Man (1989) (request)
  26. Boys Club – I Remember Holding You (1988)
  27. Nine Inch Nails – I’m Looking Forward to Joining You, Finally (1999)
  28. Blur – Girls and Boys (1994)
  29. Rory Gallagher – Bullfrog Blues (live) (1990) (request)
  30. Living Colour – Pride (1990)
  31. Live – I Alone (1994) (request)
  32. Shonen Knife – Quavers (1994)
  33. Nirvana – Sliver (1991)
  34. Beck – Loser (1994)
  35. Crystal Waters – 100% Pure Love (1994) (request)
  36. Madonna with Massive Attack – I Want You (1995)
  37. Oingo Boingo – Long Breakdown (1990)
  38. Junior Brown – Highway Patrol (1993)
  39. Radiohead – Karma Police (1997)
  40. Soledad Brothers – Loup Garou (2006)
  41. Magic Slim and The Teardrops – Gimme Back My Wig (2008) (request)
  42. Nicole Willis and The Soul Investigators – If This Ain’t Love (Don’t Know What Is) (2008)
  43. Goldfrapp – Strict Machine (2003) (request)
  44. Ladytron – Flicking Your Switch (2002)
  45. Ram Dass and Kriece – Desire (2008)
  46. Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out (2004)
  47. Bad Religion – Who We Are (2003)
  48. Kaiser Chiefs – Ruby (2007)
  49. The Donnas – All Messed Up (2002)
  50. The White Stripes – Seven Nation Army (2003)
  51. Black-Eyed Snakes – Chicken Bone George (2001)
  52. The Bravery – An Honest Mistake (2004)
  53. Rasoul – Git Down Wit Yo Bad Self (2001)
  54. Kelis – Milkshake (2003)
  55. The Dirtbombs – Correspondence (2005)
  56. Leslie West with Slash – Mudflap Mama (2011) (request)
  57. Ron Gallo – Put the Kids to Bed (2017)
  58. Black Midi – bmbmbm (2019)
  59. Pet Shop Boys with Example – Thursday (2013) (request)
  60. Tycho – A Walk (2014)
  61. Sisters of Your Sunshine Vapor – Major Medicine (2015)
  62. Pelada – Ajetreo (2019)
  63. Shopping – The Hype (2018)
  64. Thee Oh Sees – Enemy Destruct (live) (2012)
  65. Foals – Inhaler (2013)
  66. Failure – Distorted Fields (2018)
  67. Diagonal – Jump Back (2018)
  68. Rickshaw Billie’s Burger Patrol – Born to Lose (2017)
  69. Warm Drag – Cave Crawl (2018)

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Desert Daze releases 2024 lineup.

As usual, Desert Daze has a killer lineup this year.

Jack White, Fleet Foxes, and The Mars Volta are sure to have packed crowds, but don’t miss Sleep, Thundercat, The Kills, All Them Witches, Temples, Frankie and The Witch Fingers, or Psymon Spine.

There are plenty of great bands on this list, and plenty of cool things to do when you’re not rocking out in the desert. Yoga classes! Messages from David Lynch! Art installations!

Passes are on sale now, and the first pricing tier is already sold out. Don’t wait.

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