Artist: Akron/Family

Dana Buoy is the solo alias of Akron/Family percussionist Dana Janssen, who's prepping his debut LP, Summer Bodies, for release early this summer (of course). Before the album was touched-up in Brooklyn, he recorded "in ... read more �

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I honestly thought Youth Lagoon was my little secret and I was fully prepared for a small, intimate show with just a handful of Lawrencians. So when I showed up to the Jackpot in Lawrence, KS, I was shocked that it was a packed house. Guess the word's out: Youth Lagoon is one of the next big things...and deservedly so.  Youth Lagoon is Trevor Powers. Powers is usually solo, but he was joined on stage by one of his friends on guitar.The 22-year-old musician has a voice like Mark Foster of Foster [...]

Michael Gira and friends return with a two-disc album.

We reported on rumblings of Swans' new album back in July 2011, when it was revealed that Michael ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/news/ swans-enlist-karen-o-low-akron family-for-new-doubl/63065/

It took 13 years for Swans to release their 11th LP, 20102s  My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky . The same will not be true for its follow up. As SPIN.com reports, the Michael Gira-led outfit is currently finishing up a new double album, entitled  The Seer , which will see light this summer. Described by Gira as "the complete synthesis of everything I’ve done and Swans has done," the two-disc, three LP set spans over two hours, with some of the songs as long as 30 minutes. For the record, Gira [...]

New York has more than enough bands.  New York does not have enough bands. These are the two extremes I often find myself facing when spending so many nights seeing live music out in the city.  With so many shows to go to and so little time to do it, I often regret missing certain events and losing out on opportunities. The only thing that is my saving grace in these situations is that fact that every once in a while I'll stumble across a great band. Black Nash is the [...]

This first single from Akron/Family member Dana Buoy's solo album sounds to me a bit like They Might Be Giants fed through a giant funky computer. And I mean that in the most flattering of ways. Buoy's low timbre and rhythmic beats and samples layered over real live instruments create the kind of joyous ode [...]

Dana Buoy, real name Dana Janssen, is best known for being a part of Akron/Family. However, on May 8th, he will embark on his first solo outing, Summer Bodies , a dream pop album mixing Afro beats, synth pop, and Buoy's coined "Tropicore". It all makes sense. Download the album's first single "Call To Be" below to get your first taste of this new album. Read more »

• Dana Buoy - 08 Call To Be

Sunny skies prevail in Bad Weather California.

Dana Buoy has spent the better part of the last decade as the percussionist for Akron/Family. Summer Bodies is due out via Lefse Records in May 2012. Buoy is also going out on tour this March w/ Youth Lagoon. See below for tour dates. In the meantime, take a second to download and listen to the terrific free MP3 Call to Be! DOWNLOAD CALL TO BE MP3! Tour Dates: 3/10: [...]

• Dana Buoy - 08 Call To Be

Dana Janssen, member of Akron/Family, will be releasing his solo debut album, 'Summer Bodies,' under the name Dana Buoy.  The album will be available on May 8th via Lefse and you can listen to the first single, "Call To Be," below. Take A Listen: Call To Be from Dana Buoy

Dana Janssen , percussionist for Akron/Family , plans to release his own album, Summer Bodies , in May under the name Dana Buoy . Janssen (or Buoy?) just released a song off that album, Call to Be . Reminiscent of Animal Collective, Janseen draws on African beats mixed with synthesizer. Check out the song below. Call To Be - Dana Buoy

• Dana Buoy - 08 Call To Be

Dana Buoy, better known as Dana Janssen of Akron/Family , released "Call To Be," the first single from his upcoming album Summer Bodies . Listen to Janssen's single below and grab the album May 8, via Lefse Records . Dana Buoy - Call To Be by Bears and Bullets

In a couple of months, Akron/Family percussionist Dana Janssen, recording under the name Dana Buoy, will release his solo debut Summer Bodies . Below, download a track from that album: the pulsating, synthetic "Call To Be." Read More...

• Dana Buoy - 08 Call To Be

Over the last few years HT faves Wilco have launched their own music festival, started their own label, played innovative tours in their hometown of Chicago and even sold their own brand of coffee, but the one thing that they haven't done, at least since 1999, is make a music video. That changed yesterday as Jeff Tweedy & Co.  released a new animated video for the tune Dawned On Me, but this isn't your straight up clip. For their first video in over a decade the band teamed up with the folks at King Features  for [...]

Akron/Family might have just made the wrong enemy. The psych-folk band recently started selling a T-shirt on its website that shamelessly uses an extremely recognizable image: The skull logo of Man Is The Bastard, the '90s band that pioneered the hardcore punk subgenre known as power violence. And as Brooklyn Vegan points out , Man Is The Bastard frontman Eric Wood isn't happy about it. Wood has taken to leaving incendiary comments on Akron/Family's Facebook page and encouraging his fans to do the same. (Akron/Family: "We play Subkirke in South Bend, IN tonight!! See you [...]

[iphone photo by PP] Its hard to fully describe the complete manic communal energy at Saturday night's Akron/Family show at 285 Kent . On the night after the band received the great gift of being able to perform with the Sun Ra Arkestra (in Philly) , it seemed as if A/F wanted to reach that kind of high on their own - and to a great extent, they succeeded. The crowd was quite animated from the very outset of the show, a superb opening set from Bad Weather California . By the [...]

Dangerous Ponies will be opening a big night at The Blockley with the tranquil experimental folk sounds of Dead Oceans' Akron/Family and Colorado's Bad Weather California with their vintage doo-wop vibe that contains modern rock undertones. Dangerous Ponies will surely be supplying the good times as they journey through their repertoire of upbeat melodies, bouncy rhythms and infectious sing-along hooks. Glitter is probably mandatory (though you might just have to bring your own these days), and dancing is definitely a must. It's a hometown show for them so spread the love y'all! The Blockley, 3801 Chestnut St., 9pm, [...]

DOWNLOAD: Dustin Wong - "Here We Come 2012" (MP3) Dustin Wong As mentioned , Akron/Family are currently on a tour with Bad Weather California that brings both bands to NYC on Saturday (1/21) at 285 Kent . Since the Brooklyn show was announced, Dustin Wong (ex-Ponytail) was added to the bill and advanced tickets went on sale. [...]

• Dustin Wong - Here we come 2012