Recent blog posts about WOOM from music blog aggregator, Elbo.ws http://elbo.ws/artist/woom/ 2013-05-23T07:25:16+01:00 text/html 2011-11-10T03:31:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3851328/mp3s-the-november-2010-mix/
Time for a little bit of aural time travel. Let's look back, reflect, and contemplate... what were we listening to one year ago? You can stream (and scrobble ) all the songs in this mix using the ex.fm player at the bottom of the page OR you can just download any or all of the tracks at your leisure and play them using a digital media player of your choice. Listen to the November 2010 Mix and find out. Downloadables: With Fangs [...]]]> text/html 2011-05-16T11:48:02+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3443405/q-and-also-a-talk-normal/
Andrya of Talk Normal sent us these answers to our questions in this next installment of the q and also a series. q: What is the last song you (really) heard? a: The Tides of Manaunaun by Henry Cowell . He's a piano man; early 20th century. It's like an earthquake with the most rewarding melodies on top. Deep stuff. Streamable: The Tides of Manaunaun (youtube) q: What is your [...]]]> text/html 2011-04-18T14:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3373526/an-interview-with-sara-from-woom/
The story of how I "discovered" this two piece from NYC was through a friend who, in every sense of the word, has devoted his life to music. So when I asked him what he was listening to blaring in the background his response was an intense mixture of pure exhilaration and panic. He told me he had a single track, but could not find anything else by this mystery band ... although there was a bartender who apparently held to coveted copy of the album. I boldly ventured into Swig (the bar) and snatched up what could [...]]]> text/html 2011-02-27T19:19:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3239289/video-killed-the-radio-star-27th-february-2011/
Here are the videos that caught the Devil's eye this week... Melody Klyman In Limbo Ex Libras Teenage Eyes Haunting! Ideals Significant Other Poly Styrene Virtual Boyfriend [...]]]> text/html 2011-02-17T21:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3212509/all-hands-on-deck/
I've often joked that it would be totally clutch to eat a bunch of shrooms and check out Sesame Street Live or have a Nick Jr. viewing party. This has not actually taken place of course, since the idea is probably more interesting than the result. So to that end, much respect for WOOM taking such an approach in this Matthew Thurber directed video for "Quetzalcoatl's Ship." You can find that jam from Muu's Way , an album we unintentionally slept on at the end of 2010. Correcting that now... as should you, via the good hombres [...]]]> text/html 2011-02-16T20:26:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3209153/woom-quetzalcoatls-ship-video/
Dir. Sara Magenheimer]]> text/html 2011-02-15T20:56:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3205660/wooms-new-video/
Woom recently relocated from NYC to LA - they just released this video for the Xiu Xiu remix of their song 'Quetzalcoatl's Ship'. Welikey! Quetzalcoatl's Ship from Sara Magenheimer on Vimeo .]]> text/html 2011-02-15T20:50:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3205618/woom-quetzalcoatls-ship/
WOOM presents the video for "Quetzalcoatls Ship", taken from their debut record Muu's Way . http://www.myspace.com/woomtim e http://www.badabingrecords.com /current/woom/]]> text/html 2011-02-15T19:00:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3205351/woom-debuts-new-video/
Watch 'Quetzalcoatl's Ship' below. Be certain to visit WOOM on MySpace. Click here to view the embedded video. MP3: WOOM - Quetzalcoatl's Ship (Xiu Xiu Mix)]]> text/html 2011-01-05T16:59:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3090975/woom-with-a-view/
Woom From: Los Angeles , California , United States Woom is Eben Portnoy and Sara Magenheimer a duo who used to be called Fertile Crescent and were both members of Flying . They play lo-fi pop that's cuter than a kitten in a santa hat and is a perfect reminder of a better world, a world far removed from [...]]]> text/html 2010-12-24T18:22:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3069935/best-of-201k-favorite-remixes/
Next up in our best of 2010 coverage is our list of favorite remixes. Enjoy. Crawl Back In ( Baths Remix) (mp3) by Brad Laner Wide Eyes ( Suckers Remix) (mp3) by Local Natives (d/l the stems @ stems.heroku.com ) Silverfish ( Junk Culture Remix) (mp3) by Signals I'd Be Insane To Say It ( Ape School [...]]]> text/html 2010-11-22T17:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2991316/woom-muus-way-remixed/
The Oakland pair simply known as WOOM is so enchanting in their pop quirky-ness I feel like hugging them when I listen to Muu's Way . Their songs remind me of a friend of mine who's obssessed with Iceland and sweaters. I don't know why. All it is is Sara on synthesized sounds and main vocals and Eben on guitars. Sounds like a simple set-up but their tracks can range from the ridiculously minimal folk pop to extensively layered sound scapes that fill up your room, your head and the universe. [Video: WOOM - The [...]]]> text/html 2010-11-21T18:46:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/3036505/woom-muus-way-remixed-and-the-hunt-video/
Since the release of WOOM 's debut album Muu's Way back in July, there have been a bunch of remixes that include the works of Greg Saunier of Deerhoof, Xiu Xiu, BJ Warshaw (Parts and Labor, Shooting Spires), Lucky Dragons, Talk Normal, Japanther, and Butchy Fuego (Pit er Pat, The Boredoms). BaDaBing Records recently announced that they are going to release this "slew of remixes" as an EP entitled Muu's Way Remixed . Check out two of the tracks below and definitely watch this new video for their original release of The Hunt . [...]]]> text/html 2010-11-20T23:47:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2987650/woom-the-hunt-video/
No text]]> text/html 2010-11-19T18:29:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2988236/woomthe-hunt-vidomp3/
WOOM : The Hunt - Vido/MP3 MP3 - WOOM: The Hunt]]> text/html 2010-11-16T00:56:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2973913/backwards-beach/
MP3: Woom - Judith (Lucky Dragons Remix) First sightings of LA duo Lucky Dragons in a while and the first we've heard from WOOM who seem to feel for a similarly effervescent vibe in pop. Lifted from this Muu's Way remix comp the polyrhythms pile up here in particularly tranced-out style (w/ whistle) for something kinda High Placesy that I'm digging on my first zoned out/jetlagged Spring day back in Christchurch, NZ woaahhh. myspace / soundcloud / buy]]> text/html 2010-11-15T18:15:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2972696/a-heart-is-a-spade-exclusive-woom-quetzalcoatls-ship/
Muu's Way Remixed will be available for free via eMusic tomorrow. Visit WOOM on MySpace. MP3: WOOM - Quetzalcoatl's Ship (Xiu Xiu Mix)]]> text/html 2010-11-12T20:51:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2966921/mp3-premiere-woom-the-hunt-shooting-spires-remix/
Sara Magenheimer and Eben Portnoy are WOOM . The duo is following up their debut album, Muu's Way with a free remix EP on Ba Da Bing Records . The Muu's Way Remixed EP will be available for download next Tuesday via eMusic . We are super excited to have the first track from said EP to hit the internets. Here is BJ Warshaw (of Parts & Labor fame) remixing under his solo proj moniker Shooting Spires . This quite literally destroys. Listen. Downloadable: The Hunt (Shooting [...]]]> text/html 2010-08-20T11:50:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2767818/down-down-down/
WOOM - Quetzalcoatl's Ship I recently moved home again. I've lived in more than ten places now, which is odd. I'm only now getting over that sense of new-place, being unsure about filling the space there, like trying to be careful with the words you put on a page. It's by the sea, so the air is different - it'll rust you if you don't keep moving. So far I haven't stopped. Anyway, this is a great seaside song. It's got the same push to keep moving carrying it along like a tide, sailing it [...]]]> text/html 2010-08-18T01:07:00+01:00 http://elbo.ws/post/2759197/recommended-shows-august-17th-august-22nd/
Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros Recommended Shows :: August 17th August 22nd Tuesday, August 17th Darker My Love with Wounded Lion @ Bootleg Theater Cotton Jones with Roadside Graves & The Parson Red Heads @ The Echo Wednesday, August 18th Rodrigo Y Gabriela with Xavier Rudd @ Greek Theatre AdeLine & the Philistines with Rad Clouds & Old Toy Trains @ Echo Curio Haroula [...]]]>