Listen: Dead Wax – Dec. 5, 2013

In the penultimate installation of Dead Wax, I play and discuss eleven big and small new songs. Most of them are small.

Playlist

“Full Circle” – Half Moon Run
“South” – Racing Glaciers
“Roving Gambler” – Billie Joe and Norah
“Me and You” – Jake Bugg
“here comes the sweater weather” – Lullatone
“Take Me To Church” – Hozier
“Boogeyman” – Black Casino and the Ghost
“Heart of Gold” – Demarest
“Medusa” – GEMS
“Weird Circle” – Tera Melos
“Storms All The Time” – Some Gifts
“Sweatpants” – Childish Gambino

Listen: Dead Wax – Nov. 23, 2013 (rescheduled from Nov. 21)

This week Dead Wax returns with a list of underground, small-time, and independent artists that have released new music this year and that deserve bigger audiences. Check it out.

Playlist:

“March Over To Me” – Little Scout
“Kingdom on Fire” (feat. Elevator Jay) – Jocelyn Ellis

“Dog Physics” – Ings

“Better Man or Ghost” – Logan Vath

“Paia” – Wild Ones

“Sun Babies” (Eric Wright Remix) – Deja Me

“Days Like This” – Paul Ruske

“Down Not Out” – The Hollow Legs

“Quit Pulling Me Down” – Secret Someones

“Elliptic” (radio edit) – Vessels

“Money” – Mystery Skulls

Listen: Dead Wax – Nov. 7, 2013

Dead Wax returns with a survey of some of the momentous releases of the last fourteen days.

Playlist:

“Provider” – Midlake
“Holding On For Life” – Broken Bells
“We Exist” – Arcade Fire
“Shut You Down” – Caveman
“Home Again” – Elton John
“Ethel” – Russian Circles
“Bring The Noize” – M.I.A.
“We Are Explorers” – Cut Copy
“North” – Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
“Plunge” – The Melodic

Bonus Birthday Song: "Carey" – Joni Mitchell

Listen: Dead Wax – Oct. 24, 2013

The music in this episode comes from many different places around the world, but all of it is new, interesting, exciting, and very unique. One of my favorite playlists to date.

Playlist:

“Closer” (with Kurt Hugo Schneider) (Acoustic) – Tegan and Sara
“Long Time Coming” (Live) – Saints of Valory

“I’m Not Myself” – Boardwalk

“Speak a Little Louder” – Diane Birch

“Tiff” (feat. Justin Vernon) – Poliça

“Easy” – Son Lux

“Animal Keeper” – George Barnett

“3005” – Childish Gambino

“Long Time Gone” – Billie Joe and Norah

“Wenu Wenu” – Omar Souleyman

Listen: Dead Wax – Oct. 17, 2013

This episode, the "interesting" part of the show description is in full swing, as we survey an eclectic mix of new, and often strange, songs. Some familiar artists, some brand new, but high-quality music all around.

Playlist:

“Swallowed Whole” – Pearl Jam
“South” – Racing Glaciers

“New” – Paul McCartney

“Cuckoo” – Dr. Dog

“Scar” – Cloud Control

“The Seeds” – The Men

“Apart From Me” – Avett Brothers

“Crescent” – Children & Lions

“Brighton” – swelo

“Houdini Crush” – Buke and Gase

Listen: Dead Wax – Oct. 10, 2013

"Americana" is the name of the game in this episode, as I discover a bunch of great new music, (almost) all of which seems oddly to fit into this narrow-yet-dynamic genre. We hear a lot of various takes on the classic American traditions of roots, rock, folk, country, and blues. We also hear a couple of songs that have absolutely nothing to do with those traditions. Overall, we have fun.

Playlist:

“The Shoals of Herring” – Oscar Isaac with Punch Brothers (Inside Llewyn Davis OST)
“The Auld Triangle” – Chris Thile, Chris Eldridge, Marcus Mumford, Justin Timberlake, Gabe Witcher (Inside Llewyn Davis OST)
“Indonesia” – Amos Lee
“Don’t Be A Stranger” – Blitzen Trapper
“Not Dead Yet” – The Blow
“Midnight Moon Pt. 1” – Kan Wakan
“Shake” – The Head And The Heart
“Part Of Me” – Tedeschi Trucks Band
“Fake Arms” – Foreign Fields
“The Road I Take” – Fletcher

Listen: Dead Wax – Oct. 7, 2013

Last Thursday, due to unforeseen circumstances, I missed the show. So I performed it today. A great variety of mostly newish music from a great variety of artists.

Playlist:

“Take Back The Night” – Justin Timberlake

“The Wire” – Haim

“Buzzcut Season” – Lorde 

“Becoming The Gunship” – Islands

“Rudimentary Tool” – Metric

“Oh I Know” – Monroe

“Come A Little Closer” – Cage The Elephant

“Heart On Fire” – Spectator

“Bloom” – Boreal Sons

“Dear Dad” – Turin Brakes