HUGE news from KEXP and WNYE: this will change everything

Somebody at KEXP asked me to keep an important secret for them when they came to New York for CMJ. I was able to do it, only telling my wife; but it was the toughest secret I have ever had to keep. It was an incredible honor to be trusted like that.

KEXP and Brooklyn radio station WNYE 91.5 are embarking on a historic collaboration which will give New York bands unprecedented access to KEXP's worldwide audience, as well as exposing the great KEXP programming to many more people in our area than ever before.

The press release was Monday, the link is on this page:

KEXP/Radio New York alliance

As a passionate KEXP member, listener and volunteer I am extremely excited about this news. I believe it will have a seismic effect on our music scene. This will give new opportunities which were previously unattainable to many bands, especially those who aren't yet in a position to spring for a trip to Seattle for a precious John Richards in-studio. Now those sessions can take place in Williamsburg much of the year!

Reaction from Seattle is of course mixed:

Seattlest

The Stranger

Please offer your congratulations to both stations, KEXP and WNYE. This is great news for New York.

you gotta check this out

Found on BrooklynVegan, always credit where credit is due:

Songerize

Have fun with this. Share your finds.

In the words of one of my favorite two dj's: "Holy shit that's good."

It can be creative, and it's pretty amazing and will remind you of a different day...

EDIT: it seems to be down sometimes

Lots going on

Been very busy with my new project. I am finally making my move into the music business with my first band website; I have been working with the Shackeltons. From what I can tell they are now the first ever band to have a mobile website. If you access the site from a mobile web device/smartphone, you will see a version of the Shackeltons website designed specifically for these devices.

My company is called When I'm Mobile, watch for more on this soon.

I am probably going to 5 nights in a row of music this week now that I am done with the website; it was launched today along with the Shackeltons new CD. It's great, give the songs a listen at their website.

Tonight: Vampire Weekend CD release party at Bowery
1/30: Jeffrey Lewis at Mercury Lounge
1/31: seeing a friend play his new music (I get to be the first outside his band to hear this, very exciting! I know KEXP will be playing these songs when they are released)
2/1: Shackeltons at Club Midway
2/2: Hot Chip at Highline Ballroom

Holy Cannoli! 2 of my favorite Seattle bands are coming!

Blue Scholars - 2/15 at Mercury Lounge

Presidents of the United States of America - 3/24 at Bowery - OH MY GOD!!!

Don't miss these if ya know what's good for ya

2 shows this weekend at Mercury Lounge

Big music weekend for me, Dan Le Sac vs Scroobius Pip late show at Mercury Lounge tonight, and Friction NYC featuring Yeasayer tomorrow night. I have posted about both these acts before (here and here) and expect both shows to be very memorable.

Vampire Weekend, Big Head Todd in 2008

The Sondre Lerche show at Bowery Tuesday night was way cool. Sondre is an amazing talent, he was up there solo and captivated the crowd. Definitely catch him if you can; btw, he composed the entire soundtrack to the new Steve Carrell movie Dan in Real Life (which I want to see real soon).

Dan Wilson put in a great performance as well, his solo work is as strong as his work with Semisonic. I suggested that he sing Secret Smile, he said that's a great idea and that he would play it at Maxwell's. Bummer for me, bonus for others.

I just added two new shows to my schedule for '08: Vampire Weekend 1/29 and Big Head Tood and the Monsters 2/27. I saw Big Head Todd a few years ago at Irving, they always put on a great show and it's a nice fun West-Coast-centric crowd.

Saturday night was tribute night @ Bowery

I really had a blast Saturday night at Bowery Ballroom. Decided to go at the last minute because a new friend of mine, Dave Godowsky, was in the headliner, Mr. Brownstone. Awesome GnR tribute band with CYHSY member Sean Greenhalgh as Axl and my friend Dave as Izzy. They really rocked the place until way too late. Great crowd, everyone was very friendly.

Just before them was Tragedy, an all-metal BeeGees tribute band, they were a hoot. Ramones tribute band Pet Sematary was there too, they wore out my legs with their dead-on covers.

Next up for me is Sondre Lerche Nov 27 and my buddy Hank's band Wormburner on Dec 20, both at Bowery Ballroom.