Well shit the bed, the show’s on time this week! And with new music from the likes of Andrew Jackson Jihad, Red City Radio, Dead Mechanical, Loom and others, it’s destined to go down in history as one of the least horrible episodes of the WWH Podcast in history!
Again, just a brief programming note: Updates may be scant for the next few weeks as I prepare to not only move, but look for job(s). And if you’re an editor looking for a writer, hire me! Let’s talk!
wwhpodcast@gmail.com is where you can send music for us to play, requests for next week’s show, suggestions on how I can be less awful on the mic, or anything else. If you’re still into sending out physical copies of records, though, our mailing address can be found on the Contact page.
Don’t forget, if there’s a show you’ve missed, you can catch up at the Podcast page.
Stream or download the show after the jump. read more…
Yours truly was recently hired by Examiner.com as the Orlando Metal Music Examiner. Seemed like a decent opportunity, seeing as how we don’t cover much metal here at WWH, and especially don’t cover a lot of local music, regardless of genre. It’s the first of what hopefully will be several paid writing gigs as I transition myself from an unpaid (but passionate!) blogger to a legit (but equally passionate!) journalist type [for the record, it feels weird just typing that].
Anyway, my first article is up now, and I’d greatly appreciate it if you gave it a look; it’s a band spotlight on local metal act Empyrean. I’m hoping to post interviews, videos, and other media there in the future, but until I move to Orlando (which should be happening in the next month or so) or until band dudes answer my e-mails (too busy smoking and scoping groupies, I’m sure), these types of features will be the bulk of my content.
My pay at Examiner.com is based solely on page views (and all told, said pay isn’t very much) so again, check it out. I’ll be posting there at least three times a week, possibly more.
Apologies for the extreme lateness, but there’s a shitload of new music on the show this week to make up for it. New music from the likes of Gray Young, Rapid Cities, Certain People I Know, Slingshot Dakota, and more.
Speaking of the lateness, just a brief programming note: Updates may be scant for the next few weeks as I prepare to not only move, but look for job(s). And if you’re an editor looking for a writer, hire me! Let’s talk!
wwhpodcast@gmail.com is where you can send music for us to play, requests for next week’s show, suggestions on how I can be less awful on the mic, or anything else. If you’re still into sending out physical copies of records, though, our mailing address can be found on the Contact page.
Don’t forget, if there’s a show you’ve missed, you can catch up at the Podcast page.
Stream or download the show after the jump. read more…
Oh, like you really cared.
Yup, I’m discontinuing What We Ate, because I scored a paid restaurant reviewer job at the Examiner.com I’m a sell-out and therefore, you all love me. Check out my new gig.
I’ll still be writing the occasional music review from time to time. Fear not, I have not left you forever!
This is a special record. Oceans demonstrate their very own, very personal, take on sprawling instrumental rock, filtered through the positivity and purpose of DIY. This is a long record, and most of their tricks – genre signifiers – are reused multiple times. So we get lots of pensive guitar noodling and explosive rockouts. The reason this record is so successful is the personality and sense of fun (yes, nine-minute EITS worship can be fun) these Urbana punks have imbued it with. read more…
We are a truly democratic band, devoid of ego, unshackled to trend or style with no chief songwriter, no dominant personality, no unilateral decisions. Only solidarity and truth.
The above quote is pulled from Red City Radio’s myspace page under their ‘About’ section, and it sums up everything I want in a band that I love, and in a band that I choose to give coverage. No drama. No inconsequential bullshit. Everything’s real, raw and relatable; nothing’s held back, from the screams, to the shouts, to the chords, to the cymbal crashes. You don’t just hear the music, you feel the music because well, you are the embodiment of the music. We all are. And unless you’re without a pulse, it’s impossible not to feel it.
Possessing a contagious working class fury, utilizing soaring melodies and gruff, passionate vocals, Red City Radio are destined to become one of the heavy hitters in the scene before the last drop of whiskey hits the floor. The Oklahoma City, Oklahoma quartet recently inked a deal with Eyeball Records and released an EP entitled To the Sons and Daughters of Woody Guthrie.
Don’t scoff just yet: While the band’s sound and aesthetic may fall into the arguably over-saturated, semantics-heavy category of ‘orgcore’ and/or ‘gruff pop-punk’, the guys in Red City Radio set themselves apart from the pack with all four members of the band seamlessly contributing sizable vocal parts to complement those aforementioned soaring melodies and rounding it out with impressively tight-but-not-flashy musicianship. Many bands of this ilk sound sloshy (and sometimes, endearingly so) but that’s never the case with Red City Radio. Every moment sounds calculated, but never cold. Do yourself a favor and head over to the band’s myspace page to stream three songs — try not to get goosebumps once “We are The Sons of Woody Guthrie” kicks in.
The band has a bunch of tour dates coming up, and is one of the first bands to self-confirm for THE FEST 8 this fall in Gainesville, Florida.
Florida is full of beach-themed restaurants and one of our local Brevard establishments is Long Doggers, a hungry surfer’s paradise. There’s a few locations around the area, beachside and mainland. They all look pretty much the same – a small beach house with a big screened in porch.
I’ve been to Long Doggers too many times to count, so I figured it was high time for a review. Inside Long Doggers, surfboards, posters of surfers, beach artwork, neon beer signs, and Long Doggers tee shirts line the walls. The booths are huge – they could probably seat eight people in one alone. The menu is traditional beach bum food – chicken tenders, wings, burgers, fries, onion rings, fish, sandwiches, and salads. But of course, their most popular menu item is their variety of hot dogs. They have every kind of hot dog you could think of, from the traditional M.O.R.K. dog (mustard, onion, relish, ketchup) to bratwurst with peppers and onions. They also have weekly specials on beer and 35 cent wing night on Mondays. Back in my high school days, Long Doggers would be absolutely packed with my fellow classmates on wing night.
I usually get a sandwich or wrap, but last time I went, I tried something new. I ordered the spicy black bean veggie burger. It was topped with chopped onions and lettuce and came with a pineapple wedge and pickle. You can get a side of fries for $1.95 more. Long Doggers is the only restaurant I’ve been to around here that offers more than one type of veggie burger. The other option was a soy burger. My burger was pretty spicy, as the name promised and I loved the onions on top.
I’ve never been disappointed with Long Doggers. Their food is cheap, delicious, and quick. It’s the perfect place to sit back with a beer and a basket of wings on a hot Summer night.
This week on the show: new music from Broadway Calls, Shook Ones, 10-4 Eleanor, Higher Giant, Greater Visions, and much, much more.
wwhpodcast@gmail.com is where you can send music for us to play, requests for next week’s show, suggestions on how I can be less awful on the mic, or anything else. If you’re still into sending out physical copies of records, though, our mailing address can be found on the Contact page.
Don’t forget, if there’s a show you’ve missed, you can catch up at the Podcast page.
Stream or download the show and check out the playlist after the jump. read more…
Philadelphia, PA’s Restorations, a new side project featuring three-fourths of the members of Jena Berlin, have posted two recordings on their Myspace page.
“Of Trees” and “Frankford” will be available on a soon-to-be released 7″ record. For now, they can be streamed at the band’s ‘Space.
One of my Punknews.org colleagues, Brian Shultz, did an ‘Editors’ Picks’ post about this band on Sunday (when do I get to do one of those?) and the band in question, Greater Visions, have been passing around a link to download their debut EP, Greater Themes, for free. Being the philanthropic man that I am (and knowing full well that good, legitimately and legally free music is difficult to come by), I thought I’d pass it along.
Greater Visions hail from Michigan and play that sort of intense, passionate post-hardcore that’s seemingly all the rage these days. There’s virtually no information on the band or its history to be found, be it with the band itself or with the members, but for a debut EP from a new band, Greater Themes is an infinitely more focused, polished and accomplished record than most bands with multiple releases under their belt can manage. Fans of Polar Bear Club, Comeback Kid and Make Do And Mend ought to be stoked on Greater Visions.
“My Fight Club”
