Band Members:

Dan Boeckner
Spencer Krug
Hadji Bakara
Arlen Thompson
Dante DeCaro

Wolf Parade will get together in October 2009 to work on their third album.

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Metaphoric Radio is looking for a new DJ.
We have two open time slots each week and we would like you to DJ.
It’s easy all you need is a 4 hour playlist of music, you can live DJ if you like or just upload your playlist.

If you would like to be considered please email us  Yo (at) Metaphoric.me a sample playlist, at least 1 hour long.

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“I want to reach people and hopefully touch them in some way.” That’s how Benjy Davis describes his mission, and music is his medium. It’s always been that way for him, since he was a young teenager in Louisiana, listening to everything on the radio, taking it all in until it would be his time to step up and become an artist. He formed the Benjy Davis Project in 2001, which began as a simple folk-rock duo but soon grew into one of the most popular bands in Baton Rouge. Eventually expanding into a six-piece group, the Project has recorded three albums prior to “Dust,” each a big leap from the one before, and played across the country as headliners and support act on shows with John Mayer, Better Than Ezra, North Mississippi All-Stars and others, as well as events like the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. All this experience has brought them to that place where they can become the next band to take their Southern-based sound to a new level of national popularity.

In the wide world of American music, certain bands have a way of building an exciting life for themselves away from the glare of national attention. Much of that is because of the relationship the group has with its fans. It usually starts in small clubs or even backyards in their hometown, then spreads to nearby cities, neighboring states and soon across entire regions, until the band finally comes into its own as a national presence.

The Benjy Davis Project is poised to take on that presence. They’ve spent the past seven years building fan strongholds around the U.S., releasing three albums that capture their unique force. Davis’s songs speak to the ability of music to move an audience, as seen in countless nights of touring and performing. There comes a point in a breakthrough band’s career where they finally turn that corner into greatness. With the release November 4th on Rock Ridge Music of the Benjy Davis Project’s album, “Dust,” this Baton Rouge, Louisiana-based band now moves into that moment.

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Chiwawa A’s music can be labeled as alternative/pop/rock. The musicians’ wide musical background however, constantly drives Chiwawa into prolific, rich and seductive territories. The infectious grooves and luscious melodies, topped by Laurie’s unforgettable, five octave range voice, define Chiwawa’s unmistakable sound. Some call it post modern post punk electronic hybrid. Others call it simply Pop.

In studio, Chiwawa plays vocals, bass, guitars, synths, drums and percussion. They can be experimental at times in their songwriting, but always have an ear for a good catchy pop tune.
On stage, Chiwawa electrifies as a duo as well as a full 4-5 piece band.

Chiwawa’s core is Laurie, the daughter of Hungarian immigrants, and Krassy, born and raised in communist Bulgaria. The two first met when Laurie unwittingly auditioned for a newly arrived in Canada, Bulgarian band, called Ping-Pong (later becoming The Clouds).
Within 3 months of their meeting, Krassy was being deported and Laurie had no choice but to save the band. What started out as a “greencard marriage” blossomed from desperate measures into true love and the couple settled into the Bohemian culture of Montreal, Canada.

The band’s debut album, The Sick World Of Yona, was released in 1998 and swiftly became a hit with the critics. The album was produced by Steve Whitfield, who has worked with artists like The Cure and The Mission. Despite a diagnosis with early breast cancer a week before the debut release, Laurie continued to perform and front Chiwawa. Writing songs and releasing Chimeres (2002) and Bright (2005) Laurie came through louder and bolder than ever and made a full recovery.

Chiwawa continued to write songs (not all released) with different songwriters and musicians including Camelle Hinds (Paul Weller) Russ Broom (Jann Arden) and UK garage king Mikey Benn; and also produced several short animation clips with Ryan Larkin for MTV Canada.

Since its formation, the band has recorded 4 full-length albums and several EPs. Their latest album is called Bus Stop Chinese Buffet. It is scheduled for release in early 2009. Four songs from the upcoming CD (Overcast Skies, Do It For Me, Hell Sweet Hell and God’s Children) are the soundtrack for Spare Change – a short animation film written and directed by Oscar nominee, NFB wunderkind, Ryan Larkin. Laurie is the producer and co-director of this famous animator’s comeback film.

Chiwawa was also featured on a couple of compilation releases (CHOM’s Esprit, Darkcell).

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Woods‘ latest Captured Tracks 7″ — the b-side in particular are really good — and the band’s stellar new full-length, Songs of Shame, is more of the same simple, breezy, and consistently awesome lo-fi pop (the label calls it road worn/windblown “skeletal psychedelia”). Highlights include the group’s killer Graham Nash cover, and the fuzzy, pensively sad backwoods psych-folk ballad “Rain On“:

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Songs of Shame comes out April 14 on Woodsist. You can also purchase their 7″ here; in case you missed this one the first time around:

Hit The Heartbrakes by Black Kids (Indie Electronic Playlist 1.0)

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Animal Collective is a music collective of avant-garde musicians originally from Baltimore, Maryland. Animal Collective consists of Avey Tare (David Portner), Panda Bear (Noah Lennox), Deakin, or Deacon as spelled on Strawberry Jam (Josh Dibb), and Geologist (Brian Weitz). Records released under the name Animal Collective may include contributions from any or all of these members; the lineup is not uniform. The band members met in school and started recording together in various forms of collaboration from a young age. Although the band is often classified as psych folk or noise rock, it is hard to define the Animal Collective sound as they often experiment with diverse styles and ideas from album to album. The group also runs the record label Paw Tracks on which they have released their own material as well that of other artists.

On an interview with Avey Tare and Panda Bear on NPR, it was stated that Animal Collective were working on a movie with Danny Perez, who directed the music video for the single “Who Could Win a Rabbit?”. The movie feature visuals to accompany their music. Panda Bear stated they would like to “create a movie that would have visuals similar to what somebody would see if they closed their eyes while listening to Animal Collective’s music”. As well Geologist stated that “it’s the most experimental stuff we’ve ever done.” According to a March 2009 interview the film will debut in the summer of 2009.

Starting with the first tour dates in 2009 the band introduced a new song, “What Would I Want Sky”, to the audience. This song was also part of a BBC Session recording.

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