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| Artist Of The Week -- Andrew Paul Woodworth |
![]() Solidly anchored in the 90's L.A. scene, Andrew Paul Woodworth founded the post-Grunge band Elephant Ride. Their first album was produced by John Paul Jones, the legendary bass player from Led Zeppelin, who hailed him the best lyricist he had ever worked with. Though the feedback was decidedly positive, the album didnt fulfill Sonys commercial expectations. The result: no second album with a major label. In addition, internal problems within the band led to a split-up. In 2002, Woodworth brought the band Virgil to life, equally clearly Rock-oriented, and certainly an above-average Indie success: Movie theatres across the US presented Virgil in their audio programmes and screened the videos on Top 50 markets. The band played at SXSW, and at the LA Music Awards 2005 the Virgil album My Paradise received the award for the Independent Rock Album of the Year. Nearly simultaneously, Andrew began recording his first songs of his own together with producer Christian James-Hand. While working, it was more of a mood that led to the creation of Fight For Your Right, but the feedback came right away for example from the producers of One Tree Hill, who immediately featured the track in their TV series. At this point it became clear to Andrew that he was already in the midst of kicking off a solo career. He began writing songs like a man obsessed. Together with James-Hand he completed the EP I Hate Music, which promptly became a small Indie hit in a very limited edition. The next logical step: a full-scale album. Produced by Evan Frankfort (The Wallflowers, The Jayhawks, Rancid), Eddy Ate Dynamite displays the diversity Andrew Paul Woodworth has to offer on 12 songs and 3 interludes; not to mention his love of both melody and painstakingly arranged instrumentation. So its no surprise that real strings can be heard on the album, two violins and one cello. Besides that, theres a horn player, a banjo, a harmonica and all kinds of little sound gimmicks that turn the album into an ear-catching trip. APW's voice is emotional and entranced by melody, but never soft or powerless. Eddy Ate Dynamite reveals Woodworth as a man addicted to harmony through and through. It presents a kaleidoscope of different styles of playing within Pop and Songwriting. From light-on-its-feet and radio-worthy to introverted and melancholy and on to playfully complex harmony lines enhanced by suggestive horn arrangements, Woodworth pulls out all the stops time and again in order to find new approaches for his songs. Remarkably, a certain lightness weaves its way through all the tracks that enables listeners to lean back and enjoy. Check out the featured track of the week "Ropemaker's Daughter." Download: "Ropemaker's Daughter" www.myspace.com/andrewpaulwoodworth |
| Passport Approved Playlist 08,30.08 |
| NOAH AND THE WHALE 5 Years Time (Mercury, UK) THE BOXER REBELLION Move On (Kyodo, Japan) TEDDYBEARS Little Stereo (Sony, Sweden) BOYS IN A BAND Rest Of The Time (Unsigned, Faroe Islands) KING BLUES My Boulder (Field, UK) JENSEN Someone Like Me (unsigned, UK) * KIWI FM NEW ZEALAND WEEKLY IMPORT SELECTION W/DJ KARYN HAY SEANY B Everybody (white label, Australia) BRYN CHRISTOPHER Sour Times (Polydor, UK) GLASVEGAS Geraldine (Columbia, Scotland) EMILIANA TORRINI Me And Armini (Rough Trade, Iceland) PISTOL YOUTH When I Go Out (Phase 5, New Zealand) SAM SPARRO 21st Century Life (Modus Vivendi/Island, UK) COSMO JARIVS Maxine (unsigned) BOY KILL BOY Promises (Vertigo, UK) PENDELUM The Otherside (Breakbeat Kaos, Australia) IDA MARIA Louie (Waterfall, Norway) SHO Battitude (import) WINONA Celebrity (IE, Europe) AUDIO BULLYS Give Me That Punk (import) KONGOS Into The Music (Unsigned, South Africa) CAJUN DANCE PARTY Colorful Life (XL, UK) The Steeples Loosy Lucy (Easy Money, UK) YOUNG LOVERS Talking In French (Fur, Australia) AKSHAY KUMAR FEAT. SNOOP DOGG Singh Is King (import, India) SKYBOMBERS Always Complaining (Alberts, Australia) POLARKREIS 18 Allein Allein (Universal, Germany) Kidda Strong Together (Skint, UK) BIG LINDA Golden Girl (Ursa Major, UK) GRAND AVENUE Bullet (EMI, Denmark) THE TING TINGS - Fruit Machine (Columbia, UK) THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR The Golden Age (IE, Europe) PETE & THE PIRATES The Understanding (Stolen Recordings, UK) MISS LI Oh Boy (Nacional, Sweden) THE COSHERCOT HONEYS Were All Lions (unsigned, New Zealand) |
| Artist Of The Week -- The Wolfmen |
The Wolfmen are made up of UK rock legends Marco Pirroni and Chris Constantinou who began collaborating in 2004. Marco was a lynchpin of the original UK punk scene, whose first gig was as guitarist in Siouxsie and The Banshees as a 17 year old in 1976. As lead guitarist and co-songwriter in Adam And The Ants, he penned five number one singles and a further four top ten hits between 1979 and 1982, when the Ants disbanded. Marco remained Adam Ants co-writer and musical director until 1995, starting straight off with a number one single (Goody Two Shoes) and album (Friend Or Foe), followed by a further nine more top 40 hits. In the 90s Marco begin to work with other artists, not least Sinead OConner, with whom he scored a global number one album, I Do Not Want What I Havent Got, and a string of worldwide hit singles. The 00s have seen Marco increasingly cited as an authority on the punk movement, both on record and in print. He consulted on two major compilations - Punk and Dread Meets The Punk Rockers Uptown, and compiled and produced the acclaimed SEX: Too Fast To Live, Too Young To Die and Biba: Champagne and Novocaine compilations on his own label, Only Lover Left Alive. He has also acted as contributing editor to some key books about the punk scene, including Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs, Vacant, Vivienne Westwood: An Unfashionable Life, Punk and Jon Savages Englands Dreaming, which The Times deemed A monumental surveythe definitive work on the subject.Chris first emerged in 1977 as co-writer and bassist in the critically acclaimed rock band Drill, who signed to RCA Records and released several singles produced by Chas Chandler (The Animals, Jimi Hendrix) and toured extensively with Slade before imploding. In 1982 he joined the Adam Ant band as bass guitarist and backing vocalist, and alongside Marco, Chris was part of every Adam Ant TV appearance, video and tour (including Live Aid in 1985) until 1986. Under the pseudonym Chris De Niro, he became an integral part of the mid-80s Ants line up, vinyl highlights including the top 20 single Apollo 9 and the Vive Le Rock album, both of which were produced by Tony Visconti. He later joined forces with ex-Bow Wow Wow singer Annabella Lwin and their band scored several hits, not least Do What You Do in 1994, and then began a songwriting partnership with Guy Chambers, now well known for his work with Robbie Williams. In the late nineties he took centre stage as lead singer, bassist and songwriter, in post-punk outfit Jackie Onassid, who released two albums - 2001s 4Play and 2002s Zip Me Up and toured Europe three times. In 2003, they recorded the soundtrack for Brit filmmaker Paul Hills movie The Poet and then toured extensively supported Iggy Pop. Since the formation of the band in 2004 The Wolfmen have released 2 full albums and 3 singles. Check out the featured track of the week "If You Talk Like That." Download: "If You Talk Like That" www.thewolfmen.net |
| Passport Approved Playlist 08.23.08 |
| THE BOXER REBELLION Move On (Kyodo, Japan) ROTATING LESLIE - STOP THE WORLD I WANT TO GET OFF BRYN CHRISTOPHER The Quest (Polydor, UK) BOYS IN A BAND Rest Of The Time (Unsigned, Faroe Islands) THE RYES Hideaway (14th Floor, UK) NOAH AND THE WHALE 5 Years Time (Mercury, UK) NEW GIRL - TOMORROW WHEN * KIWI FM NEW ZEALAND WEEKLY IMPORT SELECTION W/DJ KARYN HAY WE SEE LIGHTS Bright Lights (import, Scotland) JACK SAVORETTI - NORTHERN SKY (nick drake cover) Bianca Story Paper Piano (Rodeostar, Germany) GLASVEGAS Geraldine (Columbia, Scotland) THE CHILD - THINK LOUD (check might be a fuck in there) PISTOL YOUTH When I Go Out (Phase 5, New Zealand) SAM SPARRO 21st Century Life (Modus Vivendi/Island, UK) Hello Saferide My Best Friend (Razzia, Sweden) BOY KILL BOY Promises (Vertigo, UK) LATE OF THE PIER - MAD DOGS AND ENGLISHMEN Kidda Waiting For The Light (Skint, UK) CAJUN DANCE PARTY Colorful Life (XL, UK) SHO Battitude (import) Hey Ocean A Song About California (Pop Machine, Canada) PENDULUM "VIOLET HILL" (UK) WINONA Celebrity (IE, Europe) IDA MARIA I Like You So Much Better When You are Naked (Waterfall, Norway) BRYN CHRISTOPHER Sour Times (Polydor, UK) James Yuill This Sweet Love (Moshi Moshi, UK) NOMAD JONES - SLOW DOWN YOUNG LOVERS Talking In French (Fur, Australia) The Beautiful Girls I Thought About You (Controlled Substance Sound Labs, Australia) |
| Artist Of The Week -- Noah and The Whale (UK) |
![]() The band is from Twickenham, London, England and consists of Charlie (vocals, guitar), Doug (drums), Tom (fiddle), and Urby (bass), and after a handful of singles, have released their first album, Peaceful The World Lays Me Down in August 2008. Laura Marling and Emmy The Great were members of the band before going solo, although they both continue to perform with the band occasionally. They have been compared to The Magic Numbers, The Little Ones, The Postal Service, and Belle & Sebastian. Their name is a marriage of the title of one of the band's favorite films, "The Squid and the Whale," and the name of the director (Noah Baumbach). They are avid fans of the film director Wes Anderson, who helped produce "The Squid and the Whale" alongside Noah Baumbach. Their e-mails, and many of their MySpace blog posts, are signed "Sic Transit Gloria". The band performed on Jeremy Warmsleys internet television show, Welcome to our TV show, and have made several appearances at festivals including Leeds, Latitude, SXSW, Glastonbury, and Lollapalooza. Download: "5 Years Time" www.Noahandthewhale.com |





