David Garza and Chepo Pena were on Chillville this morning, and even played 3 new songs from David’s latest album entitled, Dream Delay. Check out the clips below to hear the interview and the exclusive acoustic tracks.
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three – “2 Sinners in the Garden”
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six – “Ye Olde Dream Delay”
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eight – “Just the Bass”
Chris Trew, Emma Holder, and Cortnie Jones were live in the studio with us this morning. All three are part of the Coldtowne Theater group and spoke about the Coldtowne Theater Fun-Razor event that will be today at Cafe Mundi from 3:00 to 7:00 PM. Check out the clips to hear more about the event, and their next festival that begins on January 15th.
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So it was about 2 1/2 years ago when I started doing the “Catch of the Day”, and that first track was “LDN” by Lily Allen. Well, I am happy to say that she is back, and today will be the second time I have chosen her as my exclusive pick. Lily has had a rough off-season with the loss of her unborn child, media tiffs with Elton John, and paparazzi images of her as the young party girl. But when it comes down to it, she is still extremely charming and is a talented pop musician. She has also been working hard on her follow up album to 2006’s hugely popular Alright, Still. It’s Not Me, It’s You is set to release in early February, and today’s catch is the first single off the LP entitled “The Fear”. I have also linked the video so you can see Lily looking really good. She has gone back to the dark hair color and is just as cute as a button. Enjoy!
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Today we will have David Garza & Chepo Pena live in the studio. We will also have Chris Trew, Cortnie Jones, and Emma Holder from Coldtowne Theater. Check out all of the clips in our A/V Vault.
We’re all working on our Best of 2008 lists, but while you’re breathlessly anticipating that, you should go see some shows!
Tonight: You’ve heard of Medeski Martin and Wood, right? Funky jazz trio whose End of the World Party (Just In Case) album is pretty much the definition of hip party music? Well, Stubb’s indoors is hosting the Wood Brothers, whose relation to the aformentioned group seems pretty self-explanatory, even if their work falls more on the folk and blues side. Or if you’re more in the mood for rocking out, Emo’s has got a free show for you: Red Leaves, Elv!s, Coma in Algiers, and the Gospel Truth will bring the dirty, gritty garage rock, the psychadelic, and post-punk insanity to spare.
Other options: The Crackpipes and Bankrupt and the Borrowers at Mohawk, Hollywood Gossip album release party at Club DeVille with Built by Snow. Haven’t listened to the Crackpipes, but Bankrupt have been great, funky blues every time we’ve caught them live.
Saturday, if you like face-destroyingly awesome electro/indie/post-rock and jaw-dropping guitar skillz any tiny bit, do yourself a huge favor and check out El Ten Eleven at Beauty Bar. We saw them there a few months back, and were totally impressed; drummer Fogarty had a kit he needed to climb into, and Dunn’s line of pedals for his three guitars (including one double-neck with bass and guitar together) stretched a good five feet. Go to their show for something completely different, and a chance to see some musicians show some real mastery of their craft.
So the Grammy Nominees were just announced recently, and this was the first time where they actually held a live concert broadcast to release the list. However, tonight’s show only focused on the main group of awards. Coldplay had the second highest amount of nominees with 7, which is one less than the current top nominee – Lil Wayne. I think one of the biggest showdown will be in the Album of the Year category, which has Radiohead and Coldplay going head to head. But my guess is that Lil Wayne and Robert Plant & Allison Krause will be the front runners since the Grammy’s always favor high album sales mixed with radio/video airplay (Lil Wayne) and legendary seasonal artists (Plant & Krause). An interesting category is the Best Short Form Music Video, which has two of the most amazing videos that came out this past year – Gnarls Barkley’s “Who’s Gonna Save My Soul” and Radiohead’s “House of Cards”. You can check out the entire list of nominees here.
Coldplay
Radiohead
Duffy
Gnarls Barkley
Daft Punk
Death Cab for Cutie
Peter Gabriel
Hot Chip
Brazilian Girls
Moby
Beck
Kenna
Thievery Corporation
Aimee Mann
Danger Mouse (Beck, Gnarls Barkley)
Nigel Goodrich (Radiohead)
Justice (MGMT)
Deadmau5 (Morgan Page)
There are so many good shows going on this week that it’s going to take at least two posts to cover it all; this one gets you through Thursday, and in the next few days we’ll post another for the weekend.
If you stay in tomorrow night, you’ll almost certainly regret it; Deerhunter is playing at Emo’s. You may have heard of them; their October release, Microcastle, has already landed on quite a few Best of 2008 lists. Their post-punk, experimental style is endearing and immediately appealing, and their live show is supposed to be one of the best around.
Wednesday night is all about the Motts’ residency at the Belmont from 7-10. A What Made Milwaukee Famous side-project, these guys are all about goofing off on-stage and relaxing during breaks with friends, food and drinks. Aside from some pretty nifty covers ranging from the Eagles to Nina Simone to Dwight Yoakam, you get the Belmont’s laid-back atmosphere (though the drinks are a bit pricey) and the always-impressive vocal stylings of Michael Kingcaid.
The two shows you’ll have to decide between for Thursday are far enough apart that you can’t run between venues and catch them both. Silent Land Time Machine (pictured above) plays with the Indian Queen Medley and Balmorhea at the Parish, and Mellow Owl (aka Peter and the Wolf), {{{Sunset}}}, Reverse X-Rays, and School Police (with Cari of Belaire!) are at Creekside.
These are both really stellar local lineups, so it’s really about what you’re in the mood for that evening. If you head Parish-ward, you’ll get modern classical, new folk, and one-man post-rock multi-instrumentalist loops. At Creekside you’ll rock out, in an indie and occasionally experimental fashion. Both shows are completely worth seeing, but luckily they’re all local, so you can catch whoever you miss some other time.
