Carol Bui : Live on MOKB SIRIUS Blog Radio, Left Of Center, Channel 26

I was telling Jeff the other day, that we really needed to get more female-fronted acts in to record MOKB SIRIUS Blog Radio/91.7 WEEM sessions. We'd had a couple cancellations/re-schedules with female artists and I was feeling a little cursed. Carol Bui stepped up though and saved me from my whining. I caught up with her and her band after a looooong and fun night, and it took us a few takes to lock in, but once she did, we all got to experience some excellent female-led punk-infused rock.

Everyone Wore White was released this past October 2nd on 54^o40' or Fight! Records. It was recorded at Inner Ear Studios, birthplace of the classic Fugazi, Minor Threat and Bad Brains albums.

Tune in to My Old Kentucky Blog Radio on SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Left Of Center, Channel 26 every Tuesday at 12pm EST and 12am EST to hear more.

Is your band, or a band you rep or manage, interested in recording a session for MOKB's weekly show on SIRIUS Satellite Radio, Left Of Center? If so, email Jeff and/or Dodge and let us know.

Carol Bui - Modern Dance (Live on MOKB SIRIUS Blog Radio)
Carol Bui - Quan Am (Live on MOKB SIRIUS Blog Radio)
Carol Bui - The Year After (Live on MOKB SIRIUS Blog Radio)






Album Versions:

Carol Bui - The Year After
Carol Bui - 1

Previously On MOKB:

Carol Bui : Everyone Wore White
Carol Bui : LUNA Music In-Store

Past MOKB Blog Radio sessions:

Session with Nada Surf - go here
Session with Grampall Jookabox - go here
Session with LoveLikeFire - go here
Session with Deadly Syndrome - go here
Session with Deadstring Brothers - go here
Session with White Rabbits - go here
Session with Tim Williams - go here
Session with John Vanderslice - go here
Session with Via Audio - go here
Session with David Dondero - go here
Session with Rock Plaza Central - go here
Session with The Dodos - go here
Session with The Bowerbirds - go here
Session with Sea Wolf - go here
Session with John P. Strohm - go here
Session with Xavier Rudd - go here
Session with Dappled Cities - go here
Session with Tokyo Police Club - go here
Session with Poison Control Center - go here
Session with Seymore Saves The World - go here
Session with Petticoat, Petticoat - go here
Session with Cabin - go here
Session with The Eames Era - go here
Session with The Mudkids - go here
Session with Cary Brothers - go here
Session with Tom Thumb - go here
Session with Backyard Tire Fire - go here
Session with David Vandervelde - go here
Session with Mancino - go here
Session with The Whigs - go here
Session with Odawas - go here
Session with Gran Bel Fisher - go here
Session with The Broken West - go here
Session with Birdmonster - go here
Session with Catfish Haven - go here
Session with Arrah & The Ferns - go here
Session with Panda & Angel - go here
Session with Margot & The Nuclear So & Sos - go here
Session with Aqualung - go here

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Tim Fite : Free Halloween EP

MOKB loves Tim Fite - just check the links below. It's a great day because Tim is giving away a free Halloween EP today and today only! Tim Fite's MySpace.



Click here and download a .zip of It's Only Ketchup!

Previous Tracks:

Tim Fite - No Good Here
Tim Fite - BitchISaid
Tim Fite - Camouflage

Previous Tim Fite on MOKB:

Tim Fite : Over The Counter Culture
Tim Fite : 011006
Tim Fite : 071905

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Asthmatic Kitty Halloween ft. Castanets, Cryptacize, Deer Tick, and Bronze Float

Locals! What are you doing tonight!? Asthmatic Kitty Records and Kangaroo Press are putting on a fantastic Halloween show at the Harrison Center Underground if you're at a loss. Even if you're not at a loss for things to do, this is going to be better. Castanets are out touring their new album, so if that isn't reason enough, they'll be joined by AK noobs Cryptacize as well as Deer Tick and Bronze Float.

The show celebrates the opening of a new specialized gallery at the Harrison Center. The Unusual Animals Project Space will promote installation art from aspiring and established artists, local and national, and will be the first of its kind in Indianapolis.

Doors open tonight at 7pm. Admission is $6.

Castanets - Westbound, Blue
Castanets - Sway
Cryptacize - We'll Never Dream Again
Cryptacize - Cosmic Sing-A-Long
Deer Tick - Ashamed
Deer Tick - Nevada

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Bon Iver Signs To Jagjaguwar

MOKB was one of the sites that introduced you to Bon Iver in June and has been pushing him at you ever since. I'm so happy many have listened. Justin Vernon aka Bon Iver, following his new management partnership with Billions, has now signed to Jagjaguwar for the official release of his debut For Emma, Forever Ago early next year!

I couldn't be happier about this signing. Jagjaguwar is an imprint of the Bloomington, Indiana-based Secretly Canadian, so Justin will surely be touring this way in support of the album's release!

If you've yet to hear it, stream it at his VIRB site.

Bon Iver - Skinny Love (highest rec!)
Bon Iver - Blindsided
Bon Iver - For Emma

Bon Iver previously on MOKB:

100407 : Bon Iver : Pitchfork Gives For Emma, Forever Ago an 8.1
090407 : MOKB Interviews Bon Iver
083007 : MOKB & Bowerbirds talk a little Bon Iver
072607 : Bon Iver : Revisited
060107 : Bon Iver : For Emma, Forever Ago

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Voodoo Music Festival : Recap Three

Well, let's just keep the ball rollin'...Voodoo Music Festival take three...


There were fantastic banners and artwork everywhere

One of Matt Picasso's many wonderful Wilco shots...stay tuned to his site for more.

Brit Daniel of Spoon

Pumpkins played a lot of classics, which made me really happy. Photo by Matty Picasso

Zach De La Rocca of RATM

Ben Harper

Zach De La Rocca of RATM

Pete kept talking about diamonds.

80 degrees and Sunny

Common

Chris Robinson of The Black Crowes

Thanks to GvB, I got to take some polaroids too. Go see the rest over there...


Brit & Spoon in a golf cart. Dodge to Brit: "You ready?" Brit to Dodge: "I don't know."


Not so close!


He wanted to know if I'd ever met a caveman


Sinead said she was in a hurry...but only to drink and hang out

See loads more pictures after the jump...


The Black Crowes

Common

The Black Crowes

Rage Against The Machine

The Black Crowes

The Black Crowes

Common

Ben Harper

The Black Crowes

The Black Crowes

If I didn't have to make these so small, you could see the crowd in his sunglasses

Fall Out Boy

Paolo's Drum

Paolo Nutini kept singing about shoes...

...and was clearly in love with his mic stand.

Plenty of Drunkards, only one Aquarium

Horsin' Around

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Voodoo Music Festival : Recap Two

As I said previous, we started each day of the Voodoo Music Festival in the French Quarter and the surrounding areas. With all the time at the festival, we never had entire days to wonder around - we had to kinda jam it all in. I'm sure there are hundreds of places we could have gone, but that's what return trips will be for.

The great thing about this city, and this being my first time there and all, is that it was obvious there was more than one could explore in even a couple weeks. Beyond the Quarter, there were amazing places to eat, see music, relax and just enjoy on every corner it seemed. I'll definitely be heading back in the near future. Every local made sure to tell me that while they were happy that Voodoo had come back and was growing, there was no substitute for the Jazz Fest.


A city rich with history.

Picasso in the Quarter


Tour the French Quarter

Sit in the street!

Artists and performers everywhere.

Great balconies.

More great balconies.

There were lots of fortune tellers, but Ms. Lena was the only one I believed.

Beautiful plants everywhere.

For Jax

Trapped by a train...

...so let's play music with the locals.

So many colors and creepies.

Justin learned the long and the short of it.

Fun for everyone.

Voodoo, reverends, zombies and Che

Chopper

Balloons in the park

Cemetaries close kind early, but we found a couple



Tipitina's bust

Tipitina's was a fantastic venue to see music in.

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Voodoo Music Festival : Recap One

I have a lot I want to cover, so I think I'll break it up into a few posts.

I enjoyed the Voodoo Music Festival as much as any, but I was equally as interested to spend some time with the city. We started each day in the French Quarter and the surrounding areas. We wondered around, debated which house belonged to Brangelina (we think we worked it out), talk to lots of locals - some "normal", some not-so-much - all treated us fantastically well.

I ate one too many beignets. I had some fantastic shrimp ettoufee on two separate occasions, drank a Hurricane, a cafe au lait and an Abita Beer or ten. I ate a huge cheeseburger at Port Of Call, my first piece of red meat in over eight months. I have Justin Drunkard to thank for that, and I'm not disappointed about it one bit.

The festival itself wasn't over-crowded. The security was really friendly and let some rules bend at times without being careless. The food was tasty, and not overly-pricey. Most all of the bands and artists were available for a quick interview or photo op. Make sure to check GvB's upcoming polaroids because we got some great ones.

My favorite afterparty show all weekend was easily Galactic with Chali 2na and Boots Riley.

I've got to thank Craig from Ice Cream Man and Matt Picasso for all their photo-taking advice. My "big camera" skills started weakly, but I was pretty happy by the end of the fest with all I'd learned.

Here is a first pass at the weekend. We'll focus on the music this time and then the city and then a little bit of all it in an upcoming post or two...


A set I was actually pretty giddy for

Dodge taking polaroid for GvB: "Ben I need to get up kinda close"
Ben: "Not that close! No one needs to see my fillings."

MJ: "Damn, Common is smooooooth"

Chris Farley jams with Fall Out Boy...oh wait...

I actually almost walked directly into Ashlee Simpson before MJ told me it was Ashlee Simpson

Ghostland Observatory

Ghostland Observatory

I couldn't get enough JJ Grey & Mofro

More JJ Grey & MOFRO

Toots & The Maytals had the crowd going nuts!

One of the better Spoon sets I've seen


This dude...wait, I mean Sinead still has a great voice

But kind of a boring set. She did let me take her polaroid though.

RATM was intense!

Rage Against The Machine

Rage Against The Machine

Rage Against The Machine

Oddly, a lot of talk about Paolo getting pudgy

Kicked in the family jewels?

Paolo Nutini

Cafe Au Lait & Beignets from Cafe Du Monde

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Margot Goes Major

I was out of town and sadly didn't get to throw this out there first, but regardless, the news is great. Indianapolis-based band Margot & The Nuclear So & Sos signed with Sony's Epic label last week. The band returned from Chicago, after recording three songs with Modest Mouse/Iron & Wine producer Brian Deck, and signed the paperwork.

The band was very excited upon their return from Chicago and working with Deck. They're hitting the road again this December for a small tour and will continue working on the new record, Animal, anticipating a Spring/Summer 2008 release date.

Get all your Margot mp3s now because Sony don't give sh!t away for free.

Margot & The Nuclear So & Sos - Tall As Cliffs (demo)
Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos - Children's Crusade On Acid (Live on MOKB SIRIUS Blog Radio) (new song!)
Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos - Untitled (Live on MOKB SIRIUS Blog Radio) (new song!)
Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos - The Ocean (Live on MOKB SIRIUS Blog Radio) (new song!)

Upcoming Margot Tour:

12/7 Lexington, KY The Dame
12/8 Cincinnati, OH Mad Hatter
12/9 Cleveland, OH Beachland Tavern
12/10 Washington, DC The Black Cat
12/11 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
12/12 Boston, MA Middle East
12/13 New York, NY Mercury Lounge

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Voodoo Music Festival

Thanks to the Louisiana Office of Tourism, I'm heading down to cover the Voodoo Music Fest today.

Voodoo will have three distinct stages, Le Ritual, LE Flambeau and Le Carnival. Le Ritual will feature your standard indie fest-type bands, Smashing Pumpkins, Rage Against The Machine, M.I.A., Kings Of Leon, Spoon but also with more mainstream MTVers mixed in like Fall Out Boy and Gym Class Heroes.

Le Flambeau will be a more regionally-centric lineup - Dr. John, JJ Grey & MOFRO, Zap Mama, Toot and the Maytals, etc.

Le Carnival will be just that - Ghostland Observatory, Ska Cubano and all sorts of other exciting craziness. You can view the full lineup here.

This will be my first time in NOLA, so I'm pretty excited to experience as much as I can. I'll be joined by some of your and my favorite bloggers who have a little more experience in the city, so Im hoping they can show me the ins and outs.

Spoon - The Underdog
Galactic ft. Lyrics Born - I Got It (What You Need)

How about you guys? Where are the must-visit places?

Outside of Le Ritual, who are the must-see bands?

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The Weakerthans : Reunion Tour

I've been listening to The Weakerthan's Reunion Tour off and on for a few weeks now, and I gotta tell you, this record just makes me feel good and relaxed. Lyrically the narratives are not all full of feelings of warmth - more melancholy, yearning and disorientation really. We can all relate at times, so maybe that's what I like. Throughout the tunes though, there is a steady uplifting feeling. It's got the feel of Fall record - a season I love.

Before Reunion Tour it had been quite a while since I'd thought of or listened to The Weakerthans. Their previous album, Reconstruction Site, came out over four years ago - an eternity in this high-speed internet come-and-gone era. This time around, lead singer John K. Samson's narritives cover all things Canadian...everything from the NHL to curling to Bigfoot. Virtute the cat even makes a return this album. Reunion Tour came out last month on Anti-/Epitaph and is well worth the listen.

The Weakerthans - Sun In An Empty Room
The Weakerthans - Night Windows



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Pop Dee-Lite : Anna Ternheim : Anna Ternheim EP

Anna Ternheim is sad. But the way she communicates that sadness with such simple, poetic beauty on her self-titled EP makes me happy. In truth, I didn't have any expectations when I popped her EP into my car's CD player one evening. I knew nothing about her. One listen and I wanted more - a full-length album to be exact. I'll have to wait until March for that.

In the meantime, let's get to know Anna Ternheim. She's a 28-year-old who has been wowing fans and critics in her native Sweden for three years - releasing two albums and winning three Swedish Grammys. You can get a taste of what our Swedish friends have been keeping as their deliciously sad little secret on her EP, out Oct. 30 on Decca. This very pretty pity party serves as her U.S. debut and features a mash-up of songs from various albums and EPs she released overseas. It gives us a chance to revel in her mournful voice, which resembles Natalie Merchant, and her powerful lyrics, all paired perfectly with a fairly sparse acoustic arrangement. Her reserved take on David Bowie's China Girl is an extra perk. Fans of Imogen Heap and Sia should add this EP to their collection and be first in line to get her new album next spring. Look for her to announce a tour soon.

Anna Ternheim - Lovers Dream

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Asthmatic Kitty Halloween ft. Castanets, Cryptacize, Deer Tick, and Bronze Float

Locals! What are you doing on Halloween? Asthmatic Kitty Records and Kangaroo Press will be putting on a fantastic show at the Harrison Center Underground if you're at a loss. Even if you're not at a loss for things to do, this is going to be better. Castanets are out touring their new album, so if that isn't reason enough, they'll be joined by AK noobs Cryptacize as well as Deer Tick and Bronze Float.

The show celebrates the opening of a new specialized gallery at the Harrison Center. The Unusual Animals Project Space will promote installation art from aspiring and established artists, local and national, and will be the first of its kind in Indianapolis.

Doors open at 7pm on October 31st. Admission is $6.

Castanets - Westbound, Blue
Castanets - Sway
Cryptacize - We'll Never Dream Again
Cryptacize - Cosmic Sing-A-Long
Deer Tick - Ashamed
Deer Tick - Nevada

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MOKB Covers Project : When Doves Cry

I was seven years old in 1984 and my older brother, Chris, played Prince's Purple Rain album to death. It was still all vinyl in our house at that time and mixed in between the Black Sabbath, Quiet Riot, Ratt, Judas Priest and Bruce Springsteen, the Purple Rain soundtrack was in heavy rotation.

This was the last song Prince wrote and recorded for the album and movie.