Hope you’re enjoying the album of the week – I know we’re enjoying playing it for you.
Speaking of Arcade Fire, here we have one of the most spectacular and creative browser tricks I’ve ever seen – an “interactive movie” called The Wilderness Downtown. Using the song “We Used to Wait” from the new AF album, the site asks you to put in the address of the house where you grew up – then builds a dynamic video using Google Maps and Street View data to incorporate your childhood home into the video.
It’s not perfect, but man is it ambitious. Be sure to stay for the ending.
(One note – it only works in the Google Chrome browser, which you can download here if you don’t have it yet.)
Todd Brashear from Wild and Woolly admits to some clunkers in this week’s new DVD releases, but also turns us on to some great indie flicks like City Island, Ajami and Dungeon Masters!
To say that the crowd loved the guitar stylings of Davy Knowles and the blues sounds of Back Door Slam would be an understatement. See what everyone was ranting about at in this video from WFPK’s Live Lunch.
I absolutely adore this … it’s a couple of years old, but I’ve just now discovered it. It’s part of a lecture by the great Alan Watts – the man who essentially introduced Buddhism to the west – animated by Trey Parker and Matt Stone (of South Park fame). A profound meditation on music and what it teaches us about how to live.
To get you in the mood for this months Waterfront show on August 25th, check out these brand new videos from our July show! Thanks to All the Way Live for the production.
Have you heard their Weathervanes album yet? Shame on you if not. It’s beautiful, complex and unforgettable with it’s layered instrumentation and unique lyrics, which apparently were based on dream-logging. That’s what I find out from this interview, one done with the whole band, which as you’ll see is not all that easy to keep up with everyone. But these guys are great, and you get to hear what kind of booty shorts they’ve been sporting.
Much like we did at Bonnaroo, we thought it’d be nice to show you our working grounds, where they set all of the radio, TV, and magazine folks up. Early one more before all of the hustle and bustle, we did a brief walk through. You’ll see Fuse, MTV & VH1′s tents, as well as Spin and some other folks. It’s not glamorous – a bunch of people in tents – but gives an idea of how the whole thing happens.
It’s great to see some of the folks you can run into while handing around in the media area. Case in point, Dodge from My Old Kentucky Blog. He was checking out some of the shows and we got a moment to talk about Lady Gaga, The Strokes and plenty more.
Nick caught up with one of his favorite bands, Blitzen Trapper. He questions the mysterious origins of their name, and gets a fake answer, rocking until your nose bleeds, and art of the murder ballad.
At this point, I now have an ongoing conversation with Company of Thieves. After doing three interviews this year already, we hadn’t actually planned on chatting on mic with the Chicago natives, but when they gave us a sneak attack group hug, we couldn’t pass up talking with one of our favorite bands one more time before the new record is released. They had just played to 10,000 people, so with energy still at mass, we got to gab about Japanese metal bands, playing in their hometown, bribing security, and that new disc.
Nick swooned for nearly six minutes over Scott Hutchinson’s accent, and in return, the Frightened Rabbit vocalist promised to talk Nick to sleep the next time they roll through Louisville. Aside from man-crushing, the three discuss body sweat, sibling rivalry, and childhood nicknames.
What have The Verve Pipe been up to for the past ten years, you may ask? The troop who brought us snogs like Hero, Villains, and the unforgettable The Freshman have found a new audience recently – kids. The first new album under The Verve Pipe name in ten years is a family album and finds the guys playing song geared toward the 3 ft. and under crowd, something perfect since lead man Brian Vander Ark just had his first child. We talk about playing the Kidzapoola stage and what’s to come.
With the release of High Violet, The National found themselves riding top five on the Billboard charts. It wasn’t a fluke. The new record is amazing (read the review here) and their live show is legendary. We caught up with Scott to catch up on the past few months, news of their forthcoming Taylor Swift/Nascar double album, concept record, as well as the Great Terrorism Plot of 2010:
Nick found out what it was like to be in a Temper Trap sandwich. It was enough to make him lose his train of thought forget where he was. Of course, maybe he was just swooning over those Australian accents, a bit of a running theme for Nick.
While talking with MGMT, Andrew caught site of a passerby’s hind region, which gave plenty to talk about. He also let us know that he’s been to Louisville as a kid since some of his family lived in the area, but needs to come back with his award winning band. Enjoy this mumble-core interview in all of it’s Total Recall referencing glory.
Seriously, Sigh No More is one of my favorite albums of the year, but that’s probably no big revelation. So, it’s with that in mind to say I was pretty excited about chatting with Ted Dwane. We got some history on the band, some future on the band, some beat-boxing and even an invitation to smack a mosquito off of my face.
Phoenix have had a banner year since Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix catapulted their career into the mainstream. We had the chance to talk to them briefly at Bonnaroo, and briefly once again now at Lollapalooza. Check out what the French team have been up to:
Mike Ness is one of rock’s greatest heroes. As lead man of Social Distortion, he’s given great songs like Story of My Life, Bad Luck, Shoot For The Sky and countless others. And he’s a member of Peta, so put that in your punk-stereotype-pipe and smoke it.
Nick James talks tours tattoos and jumping labels with Torquil of Stars at Lollapalooza. Get the inside scoop and a lesson on just how to pronounce the name that Nick couldn’t by watching our interview.
Nick James catches up with The Soft Pack back stag at Lollapalooza and gets some answers for us all. Formerly The Muslims, now the Soft Pack, find out what their plans are for the next name change in our interview.
When in a contest between the music of Blues Traveler and the interview of Eugene of Gogol Bordello arises at Lollapalooza who will claim victory and all the spoils. Watch the interview and find out.
The XX came on like a slow beat last year with their debut album, xx. Their down-tempo music is part of the trip-hop resurgence and winning fans and critics over by the en masse. Kyle Meredith spoke with them a bit before their 2010 set to chat about what they’ve been up to.
WFPK After Dark host Nick James talks shop with A C Newman and Kathryn Calder at Lollapalooza. How was the last show of the tour? Is there such a thing as too much collaboration? What is the difference between solo work and The New Pornographers? Get the answers to these questions and more in our video interview.
To say that the crowd loved the guitar stylings of Davy Knowles and the blues sounds of Back Door Slam would be an understatement. See what everyone was ranting about at in this video from WFPK’s Live Lunch.
Janiva Magness thrills the crowd with “The Devil Is An Angel” on 91.9 WFPK’s Live Lunch.
Have you heard their Weathervanes album yet? Shame on you if not. It’s beautiful, complex and unforgettable with it’s layered instrumentation and unique lyrics, which apparently were based on dream-logging. That’s what I find out from this interview, one done with the whole band, which as you’ll see is not all that easy to keep up with everyone. But these guys are great, and you get to hear what kind of booty shorts they’ve been sporting.
It’s great to see some of the folks you can run into while handing around in the media area. Case in point, Dodge from 
Nick caught up with one of his favorite bands, 
At this point, I now have an ongoing conversation with 
Nick swooned for nearly six minutes over Scott Hutchinson’s accent, and in return, the Frightened Rabbit vocalist promised to talk Nick to sleep the next time they roll through Louisville. Aside from man-crushing, the three discuss body sweat, sibling rivalry, and childhood nicknames.
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With the release of High Violet, The National found themselves riding top five on the Billboard charts. It wasn’t a fluke. The new record is amazing (read the review 
Nick found out what it was like to be in a Temper Trap sandwich. It was enough to make him lose his train of thought forget where he was. Of course, maybe he was just swooning over those Australian accents, a bit of a running theme for Nick.
While talking with MGMT, Andrew caught site of a passerby’s hind region, which gave plenty to talk about. He also let us know that he’s been to Louisville as a kid since some of his family lived in the area, but needs to come back with his award winning band. Enjoy this mumble-core interview in all of it’s Total Recall referencing glory.
Seriously, 
Phoenix have had a banner year since Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix catapulted their career into the mainstream. We had the chance to talk to them briefly at Bonnaroo, and briefly once again now at Lollapalooza. Check out what the French team have been up to:
Mike Ness is one of rock’s greatest heroes. As lead man of Social Distortion, he’s given great songs like Story of My Life, Bad Luck, Shoot For The Sky and countless others. And he’s a member of Peta, so put that in your punk-stereotype-pipe and smoke it.
Nick James talks tours tattoos and jumping labels with Torquil of Stars at Lollapalooza. Get the inside scoop and a lesson on just how to pronounce the name that Nick couldn’t by watching our interview.
Nick James catches up with The Soft Pack back stag at Lollapalooza and gets some answers for us all. Formerly The Muslims, now the Soft Pack, find out what their plans are for the next name change in our interview.
When in a contest between the music of Blues Traveler and the interview of Eugene of Gogol Bordello arises at Lollapalooza who will claim victory and all the spoils. Watch the interview and find out.
The XX came on like a slow beat last year with their debut album, xx. Their down-tempo music is part of the trip-hop resurgence and winning fans and critics over by the en masse. Kyle Meredith spoke with them a bit before their 2010 set to chat about what they’ve been up to.
WFPK After Dark host Nick James talks shop with A C Newman and Kathryn Calder at Lollapalooza. How was the last show of the tour? Is there such a thing as too much collaboration? What is the difference between solo work and The New Pornographers? Get the answers to these questions and more in our video interview.
