
Chicago based band Occidental Brothers Dance Band International will be performing TOMORROW with Congoloese musician Samba Mapangala . After taking a listen to this at work, you might want to head down to the venue where dancing and head-bopping are much more appropriate. Here's the deets: What : African Guitar Music Concert Who : Occidental Brothers Dance Band Int'l feat Samba Mapangala and Chiwoniso Where : Le Poisson Rouge . 158 Bleecker St. New York, NY When : Thursday, July 22 (Next Week!) [...]

Starting the week today is a 6 piece African music selection that I've been distilling in the last few days. First up two songs off the seminal Nigeria 70's compilation which is to be re-released on Strut soon. Third song "Circle! Circle! Circle!" is by Occidental Brothers Dance International and it's supposed to capture the chaotic atmosphere of Nkrumah Circle, the crossroads of the capital city of Ghana. Senegalese Starband Number One de Dakar 's Guajira Van is more in the afro-caribbean vein with its brasswork and psych guitar sprinkled on top of latino percussion. [...]
* Thrill Jockey's 2008 Advent Calendar . Free tracks everyday during the holiday season from acts like The Dead Science , Occidental Brothers Dance Band International . * Hear a podcast of Jean-Jacques Perrey and Dana Countryman's new CD "Destination Space" and a nice skype conference of them talking about the album. * WFMU presented Switched-on Basic Hip a 28 track compilation of retrofuturistic moog music, Gil Trythall , Mort Garson , Christopher Scott , Dick Hyman, Enoch Light [...]

Do you want to hear the grimy Drums of Death remix "Starlight" by Escort ? Sure we all do. Downloadable: "dodfucksupanescorttune" (box.net mp3) Buy the vinyl... here . Official myspace placeholder is here . Civil Music is here . Greco Roman is here . Consider CLICKing - Best of 2008: eMusic started posting it's best of list... here . - New New Daytrotter Daytrotter session from brklyn indie rockers Takka [...]

The Dodos, Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, Spiritualized, and Spoon. July 20th, 2008 at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago, IL. After exhausting myself the previous day, I had a late start to the fest on Sunday. I was planning on arriving early enough to catch the Dirty Projectors, but that proved to be a little too early for my tired head -- I had to re-charge my batteries at some point. Once I finally did get down, there weren't any artists in the afternoon that I was interested in. But this was [...]

Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. This week we are featuring songs from bands that will be performing at Engine Studios during our broadcast in Chicago on July 16-18 . Today's featured selection, chosen by Afternoon Show host Cheryl Waters, is Circle Circle Circle by Occidental Brothers Dance Band International from the forthcoming album Odo Sanbra . [...]