This week, we'll be taking a look at several WXPN/XPN2 staff members' Best Of 2011 lists. Today, XPN's Helen Leicht—host of Middays and XPN Local —tells us her five favorite local albums of the year. 1. Amos Lee, Mission Bell (Blue Note Records) 2. Matt Duke, One Day Die (Rykodisc) Listen to Matt Duke's Key Studio Session 3. Hoots And Hellmouth, Salt (self-released) 4. Andrew [...]
Photo by Joe Del Tufo Matt Duke performing at the 2011 XPoNential Music Festival Today, during the noon hour, Helen Leicht will have local singer-songwriter Matt Duke in the studio for a live interview and performance. Click here to listen online. You can listen Duke's performance at this year's XPoNential Festival here . Earlier this year, he came into the WXPN studio to record a Key Studio Session, which you can find here ; he also appears on our new Key Studio Sessions 2011 XPoNential Music Festival Sampler (which also features exclusive tracks [...]
Photo by Madeleine Lesperance The Key Studio Sessions Compilation Volume 2 —which you can download for free here —features one exclusive track recorded at the WXPN studios by 17 local acts, including Arc In Round, Dutch, The National Rifle, Denison Witmer, Hop Along, Matt Duke, Catnaps, Penrose, Arches, Lantern, Nicos Gun, Restorations, Ages, Sisters 3, The War On Drugs, Sonni Shine And The Underwater Sounds, and Work Drugs. Want to hear more? Click here to listen to the full sessions by all 17 local acts. You can also download [...]
Last year a serious hand injury made Matt Duke put down his guitar, forcing the 25-year-old to wonder if he might ever play again. That period of reflection and fear followed by the possibilities of new beginnings fuel the lyricism and adventurous spirit engrained in his fine new album One Day Die . "As strange as it sounds, that was a blessing in disguise," explains Duke, "because it was something of an enforced break that made me reconsider everything. When I started again, I found myself taking a completely fresh [...]
The second artist on the Marina stage this year, Matt Duke brought his cool mix of rock, jazz, and folk to hardy XPoNential attendees. Raised in Philly and first signed to the local Drexel label, Duke has been building a large following after signing to major label Rykodisc and releasing some highly acclaimed LPs and EPs. Today, he's playing from his latest, pulling out some great melodies on his acoustic guitar. Not a bad way to beat the heat–Matt Duke has some awfully cool tunes here at XPO. —Bekah Larsen You can listen to the [...]
Today at 5:30PM the WXPN XPoNential Music Festival starts with performances from two local bands, Johnny Miles and the Waywards and Nicos Gun (whose 2 part interview you can read here . There are 13 local bands (our of 31 bands all together) on the bill this weekend. Both of tonight's opening bands along with Andrew Lipke, Matt Duke and Kuf Knotz (also performing this weekend) have each done Key Studio Sessions and we've picked two tracks from each of their sessions to put on a Key Studio Sessions 2011 XPoNential Music [...]
Fans of Pete Yorn would be wise to check out Matthew Mayfield's performance at Rumba Cafe on Saturday night. The Alabama singer-songwriter fronted Moses Mayfield (2002-2008) before embarking on a solo career that has yielded a couple of EPs and a full length, Now You're Free , which contains 11-tracks of mid-America somber/soundtrack pop. Snag four free tracks through NoiseTrade.com in exchange for your email address. Saturday night's show is a co-headling gig with Matt Duke [...]
Series: No Cover Episode 4: Sharp Dressed Man - This week, Randy makes yet another unorthodox move in his strategy...he hunts down a manager. Premieres: Matt Duke - "Love You Anymore" - A noir-style music video complete with choreography that involves a bed. Music Videos: Other Lives - "For 123 - It's just like 2001: A Space Odyssey but way shorter, not as boring, and has beautiful psychedelic indie backing it up. Max Burgundy - "Life [...]
Photo by John Vettese For better or worse, South Jersey's Matt Duke is a guy who sings and plays guitar, often acoustically. This makes his songs very direct, and his performances portable—he can work a traveling musician schedule like a five-piece band might not be able to. But this also means he's got perceptions to fight; that of being yet another earnest guy who sings and plays acoustic guitar. His third LP, the new One Day Die , goes a long way toward breaking down that wall, exploring the range and potential that [...]
Matt Duke photo complments of his family This month in honor or Mother's Day, XPN Midday and Philly Local host Helen Leicht has launched a five-part series called "M.O.M.s: Mothers On Musicians." Helen recently interviewed Sylvia Thornton (Kuf Knotz's mom) and Joanne Anderson (Brian Kenneth of Fooling April's mom) that you can listen to here . Upcoming interviews include Amos Lee and Mutlu. Click here to listen to Helen's interview with Angela Duke, mother of singer-songwriter Matt Duke . And don't forget that Matt will be joining us [...]
Left: Kuf Knotz and his cousins (courtesy of the family). Right: Kuf with his mother, Sylvia Thornton (photo by Helen Leicht) In honor of Mother's Day, XPN Middays host Helen Leicht has launched a five-part series called "M.O.M.s: Mothers On Musicians." Helen spoke with the mothers of local musicians, including Amos Lee , Kuf Knotz , Mutlu , Brian Kenneth Anderson (of Fooling April ) and Matt Duke . The first interview is with Sylvia Thornton, Kuf Knotz's mom ; you can listen to it here [...]
This just in: A partial lineup for 2011 XPoNential Music Festival—WXPN and Camden County Board Of Freeholders' annual three-day festival (running from Friday, July 22, to Sunday, July 24, at Wiggins Park on the Camden Waterfront)—has been announced. So far, the confirmed list of performing acts includes Ben Folds, Booker T., Shemekia Copeland, North Mississippi Allstars Duo, Ted Leo And The Pharmacists, Hayes Carll, Ra Ra Riot, Carbon Leaf, and Jukebox The Ghost; local acts include Susan Werner, Sun Airway, Johnny Miles And The Waywards, David Uosikkinen's In The Pocket, Nicos Gun, Hezekiah Jones, Andrew Lipke, Matt Duke, Kuf [...]
Matt Duke returns with more stories to tell in song, utilizing the many musical tools at his disposal
Last year a serious hand injury made Matt Duke put down his guitar, forcing the 25-year-old to wonder if he might ever play again. That period of reflection and fear followed by the possibilities of new beginnings fuel the lyricism and adventurous spirit engrained in his fine new album One Day Die . "As strange as it sounds, that was a blessing in disguise," explains Duke, "because it was something of an enforced break that made me reconsider everything. When I started again, I found myself taking a completely fresh approach – [...]
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 29 Jedi Mind Tricks performs Oct. 29 at The Trocadero Jedi Mind Tricks' Vinnie Paz has had a busy 2010. As co-owner of the new Philly-based hip hop label Enemy Soil , Paz has had a hand in putting out records by acts such as Dutch, Reef The Lost Cauze , and Army Of The Pharaohs (as well as Vinnie's own solo material). So, we're glad that JMT was able to squeeze a local show in before heading across the [...]
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Planeta Pop cierra por vacaciones, pero antes, un segundo especial dedicado a repasar parte de la música más destacada que ha pasado por el programa en esta primera mitad del año. Disfrutaremos de las canciones de Wilco, Animal Collective, Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Yonlu, Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, Telekinesis, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart, La Familia Del Ärbol, Camera Obscura, God Help The Girl, Dent May, Deastro, Discovery o PT Walkley, entre otros. Además escucharemos los nuevos discos de Arctic Monkeys, The Dodos, The Clientele, Generationals o The Drums. [...]
Today's free and legal mp3 downloads: Aspects of Physics : "Default Actions" [mp3] from Marginalized Information Forms, Vol. 3: Other (out July 14th) other Aspects of Physics posts at Largehearted Boy Black Mold : "Tetra Pack Heads" [mp3] from Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz (out August 11th) Black Mold : "Metal Spider Webs" [mp3] [...]
"When I first started out, I didn't know what style I was," says Matt Duke , a South Jersey-born, Philly-based, 24-year-old singer-songwriter. "I still don't and probably never will." Matt stands out in an industry that loves to categorize. His second full-length album and first for Ryko, 'Kingdom Underground' , came out in 2008 and rocked a fairly big sound. However, Matt tours primarily as a solo acoustic singer-songwriter, so his fans have come to expect a slightly quieter fare from him, which is how the 'Acoustic Kingdom Underground' EP came about. [...]
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