Wild Belle's Natalie Bergman; photo by Joe del Tufo | http://www.joedeltufo.com/ More videos of performances from WXPN's Non-COMMvention are rolling in. You can watch videos from Phoenix and Steve Martin and Edie Brickell here . Below, watch Wild Belle and David Wax Museum at the Non-COMM via The Top 22 . Listen to the full audio archive of Wild Belle's Non-COMM set here . Listen to the full audio archive of David Wax Museum's Non-COMM set [...]
David Wax Museum brought its lively blend of traditional Mexican music and Americana rock to a packed crowd in Non-COMM's upstairs cafe last night. Drawing heavily from their 2012 offering Knock Knock Get Up , the seven-piece group played a variety of instruments including horns, accordion and a percussive jawbone. Check out the setlist below and listen to the performance in its entirety here (via the WXPN media player). Setlist The Rumors are True Vivian, Won’t You Take Me In? Yes, Maria, Yes [...]
This Wednesday, May 15 through Friday night May 17, the 13th annual Non-COMM industry and music conference is being hosted at WXPN. Many of the bands performing over the three days will be broadcast and webcast on XPN. Below is the schedule (subject to change). Wednesday, May 15 7 – 7:25 p.m. Gabriel Kelley 7:30 – 8:10 p.m. Steve Martin & Edie Brickell (video webcast) 8:10 – 8:35 p.m. John Murry 8:40 – 9:20 p.m. Tom Tom Club (video webcast) 9:25 – 9:55 p.m. Kurt Vile 10:00 – [...]
Lee Fields & The Expressions, Joe Pug, Bindlestick Family Circus, Los Hacheros, Flying Clouds Of South Carolina, You Black Kettle, Hex Net, Rattletrap Stringband, Leah Nairn join the lineup for the 2013 Nelsonville Music Festival!!! Stuart’s Opera House presents the 9th Annual Nelsonville Music Festival, May 30-June 2, 2013 at Robbins Crossing on the campus of Hocking College in Nelsonville, Ohio. Nelsonville Music Festival is headlined by Wilco, Cat Power, John Prine, Gogol Bordello, Mavis Staples, Sharon Van Etten, Calexico, Jonathan Richman, Screaming Females, David Wax Museum, Wooden Indian Burial Ground and many more all weekend long. [...]
British punk rock band Palma Violets stage a return to Philadelphia tonight with a show at Johnny Brenda's . The South London-bred four-piece is touring in support of their debut album 180 , named for a venue in Lambeth, London where the band got its start. To get a sense of their raucously wild live show, check out a recap of Palma Violet's SXSW house party here . Tickets and information for tonight's 21+ show with The Orwells can be found here . Watch their Beatles-esque video for "Last of [...]
There are bands that make songs that sound like they've thrown the kitchen sink at it. Unfortunately this can often end up like a kitchen sink filled with greasy delf and cutlery. But not when you have an act as practised and crafty as the David Wax Museum (yeah, one of them is called David Wax and he just added the 3rd word for fun). They have a style all of their own, so self-styled in fact that they've actually called it 'Mexo-Americana'. Makes sense and its hardly surprising that they've drawn comparisons to that equally motley sounding Calexico. 'Will [...]
I've talked about my love for the David Wax Museum quite a bit , but they are truly special. Their show at the Landmark on Main Street in Port Washington was no exception. Their music is exciting and complex - as evidenced through several joyous sing-a-longs with unexpected lyrics. "Oh I know, it's going to get harder, before it gets easier" might seem like an odd choice for a crowd to cheerfully sing, but it worked quite well. And as I have always witnessed at a David Wax Museum show, the crowd absolutely [...]
16. Cory Branan – Mutt It seems like every review of Mutt talks about there being this style, then this style, then another, and what they never say is that every song on Mutt is incredibly well written. Every song on Mutt is incredibly well written, I said it twice to make up for other’s neglect. Badman 15. The Sparklers – Crying At The Low Bar The review of this album generated a good bit of positive feedback. I was surprised people liked it [...]
GRAPHIC BY TERRA SCHNEIDER Happy New Year, folks! For January's mixtape theme, I chose motion. Even though the new year is an arbitrary date and resolutions are hard to stick to and America is a hungover mess today and yadda yadda yadda, I still get really amped about the fresh start, and I'm sure I'm not alone. This playlist is meant to get your blood pumping and infuse your brain with happy vibes. Think of it as waking up on the right side of the bed, like, 31 times in a row. Of special note, "Rooftop", [...]
As 2012 comes to an end, we are taking a look back at some of our favorite posts of the year by our guest editors. Rhett Miller cut his teeth with the alt-country Old 972s, but years before the band released Too Far To Care, the catchiest and most compelling distillation of its cow-punk-meets-Brit-Invasion template, [...]
The energy and excitement was on high for the David Wax Museum when they played to a packed Mercury Lounge. This was their largest headlining show in NYC to date, and the crowd adored them. Though I've mentioned before that they have been on a seemingly perpetual tour in support of their latest record, Knock Knock Get Up , this served as the album release show for New York. I've seen quite a few variations of the band, including the rare fiddle-less duo show in Connecticut when they opened for Josh [...]
Allow me, for a moment, to state the obvious: the weather in Seattle's winter months can be shitty—rain, wind, dead rats in gutters, the sun peeking out from behind the clouds just long enough to flip you off and spit on your hope, etc., etc. Fortunately, David Wax Museum , with their cheerful and flawless blend of Latin rhythms, folk instrumentation and energetic harmonies, are setting up shop tonight at Ballard's Sunset Tavern to inject happiness, bright colors and fun directly into your beating heart, after it has been thoroughly prepped by [...]
December starts off with a full week of fantastic new shows to tell you about. Monday sets the bar high for one of our favorites bands - Simian Mobile Disco at Neumos. On Thursday, Neumo's hosts another must see show with Charles Bradley and The Mehanan Street Band , and you can also check out John Cale and Cass McCombs at Showbox at the Market. On Friday, make sure you don't miss Allen Stone and Lemolo at Paramount Theatre. You can also go support a great cause [...]
A little over a year ago, I saw Pearl and the Beard and the David Wax Museum play together in New Jersey, and it easily ranks as one of my all-time favorite shows. While the universe is not granting me that gift again, I am so incredibly excited that this weekend I will see the David Wax Museum at the Mercury Lounge on Friday and Pearl and the Beard at The Bell House on Saturday. Please, go see these bands! If not in New York, then in a city or town near you. [...]
XPN welcomes Artist to Watch The David Wax Museum to Johnny Brenda's tonight. The Americana/Mexican roots duo of David Wax and Sue Slezak released Knock Knock Get Up in August and have since been receiving lots of love from blogs and music publications. Tickets and more information for tonight's show with Radio Jarocho can be ... Continue reading
Just over a year ago, Jen and I went into Manhattan on a bright October morning, heading to the Bowery Electric. It was the last day of the CMJ Festival and we were there to see Pearl and the Beard play a short set at noon. We were going to see them a few weeks later as the opener for the David Wax Museum and decided to go see them that day without having listened to any of their songs before. Not knowing what to expect, we went from the warm, bright sunshine to the cool, [...]
We got to gab with Suz Slezak of Boston’s David Wax Museum while the South-of-Americana group inched closer to Philadelphia for its November 29 show at Johnny Brenda’s. We talked mostly about the origin of things - from Mexican folk music to the group’s instrumental choices to the funding for it’s newest self-released album, Knock ... Continue reading
If you’ve been reading Nine Bullets you might remember me praising the David Wax Museum last year. Their album Everything Is Saved was in my top ten for the year and “The Least I Can Do” was my favorite song. Needless to say, when I got an email about their Pledge Music campaign for the next album I found the twenty bucks to send over. It seemed like months and months between the time I sent some money and the email showed up with the download and I hadn’t been blown away with the snippets I [...]
I’ve mentioned before that I love Housing Works as a music venue. It is intimate, and there is just something special about the space. Maybe it is being surrounded by books, donated by so many generous New Yorkers. Maybe it is the fact that every dollar spent - even on beer - goes to help those affected by AIDS and homelessness. Maybe it is the fact that they consistently book amazing performers. It’s just special, and at every show that I have been to, both the performers and the audience have grasped on to that energy. It was [...]
Here's the playlist from today's My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS XMU , Channel 35! Tune in to channel 35 on either SIRIUS or XM at 12am ET/9pm PST tonight to listen to the show again! Listen online with a free trial here . Fort Knox Five vs. Young MC vs Dynamo Production - Dynamo Bust a Move (DC's Finest Remix) Alt-J - Fitzpleasure Charli XCX - Nuclear [...]
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