Indie-Pendent Dance Party – 10.7.17

October 9, 2017 | Web Team

Franz Ferdinand – Take Me Out
The Ting Tings – Shut Up And Let Me Go
Foster The People – Houdini
Nirvana – Smells Like Teen Spirit
Ghostland Observatory – Sad Sad City
Grouplove – Tongue Tied (Gigamesh Remix)
Capital Cities – Safe And Sound
The 1975 – The Sound (Sneaker Snob Remix)
Yeah Yeah Yeah\’s – Heads Will Roll (A-Trak Remix)
Icona Pop – I Love It
White Stripes – Seven Nation Army
Warpaint – New Song
Bastille – Pompeii
Foals – My Number
Arcade Fire – Rebellion (Lies) (Junior Sanchez Edit)
Walk The Moon – Shut Up And Dance
The Rapture – House Of jealous Lovers
Fitz and The Tantrums – The Walker
Blur – Song #2

Le Tigre – Deceptacon
Billy Idol – Dancing With Myself
Ramones – Blitzkrieg Bop (Snippet)
TV On The Radio – Wolf Like Me
The Postal Service – Such Great Heights
MIA – Paper Planes
Sleigh Bells – Kids
Florence and The Machine – Dog Days Are Over
The Killers – Mr Brightside
Bloc Party – Banquet
Kings Of Leon – Sex On Fire
Nathaniel Rateliff and The Night Sweats – S.O.B
The Orwells – Who Needs You
The Strokes – Last Night
Phoenix – Lisztomania
Mark Ronson featuring Amy Winehouse – Valerie
Passion Pit – Little Secrets
M83 – Midnight City
MGMT – Time To Pretend
LCD Soundsystem – Dance Yrself Clean

10.8.17 – Alt_Backspace

October 9, 2017 | Web Team

1. Pearl Jam – State Of Love And Trust
2. Split Enz – Six Months In A Leaky Boat
3. Garbage – Special
4. Stone Temple Pilots – Plush
5. The Church – Under The Milky Way
6. The Verve Pipe – Cup Of Tea
7. Pavement – Cut Your Hair
8. The Smiths – Bigmouth Strikes Again
9. The Verve – Lucky Man
10. Bush – The Chemicals Between Us
11. XTC – Senses Working Overtime
12. Elastica – Stutter
13. INXS – Listen Like Thieves

1. Radiohead – High & Dry
2. ABC – The Look Of Love
3. Breeders – Divine Hammer
4. The Offspring – Pretty Fly (For A White Guy)
5. When In Rome – The Promise
6. The Damned – Neat, Neat, Neat
7. The Posies – Dream All Day
8. O.M.D. – Dreaming
9. Talking Heads – And She Was
10. Buck-O-Nine – My Town
11. Smashing Pumpkins – Never Let Me Down Again
12. Yaz – Don\’t Go
13. Social Distortion – Ball And Chain

WATCH: The Killers, Chili Peppers, & Cage Remember Tom Petty

October 9, 2017 | Eric

It’s been a week since Tom Petty passed away.  Kevin and I were just scrolling through the tribute played by 101WKQX artists and here’s what we found in terms of tribute at recent concerts:

The Killers – “American Girl”

Brandon Flowers and crew opened up their set at Austin City Limits with this:

The Killers – “The Waiting”

Later in the set, they hit up another tune:

Cage The Elephant – “Mary Jane’s Last Dance”

Honestly, is there anything better than that harmonica?

 

Red Hot Chili Peppers/Josh Klinghoffer – “Face In The Crowd”

This seems to be Josh’s thing with the band, paying tribute in the past to Chris Cornell.  At Austin City Limits, he tackled Full Moon Fever:

R.I.P. – [eric] & Kevin

Brian & Lou 10.09.17

October 9, 2017 | Nicci

What You Missed – What Kind Of Weirdo Wears Socks While Having Sex – Marathon Recap – Did Anyone Get The Sauce – Is It Florida – Real American Douche Bag – Do You Pregame Before Work?

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VIDEO 4/PACK: Pick The ‘Very Best’ of Weezer

October 8, 2017 | Eric

So, of this Video 4/Pack…which is (ahem)….the “King Of The World” for Weezer?

Buddy Holly

It’s 90s nostalgia….with a 70s nostalgic video…about 50s nostalgia.  What will the band do for THIS decade?

Keep Fishin’

Not EVERY band gets to have the Muppets appear in their music video.

Beverly Hills

R.I.P., Hef.  And I don’t even care if the Hugh Hefner/Playboy thing skews the voting.

Pork And Beans

Want to remember what the internet was “meme-ing” back in 2008?  Here is your official archive.

So now you’ve seen the contestants.  Now vote.  If you could only live with one of these Weezer videos while excluding all others FOREVER….which of these do you choose?  GAH….why do we even have to choose?!?  — [eric]

 

CHVRCHES singer Lauren Mayberry shuts down a marriage proposal at a show

October 8, 2017 | Kevin

Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES shut down a random proposal for marriage like she was Luke Longley of the 90’s Bulls blocking a shot. At a show IN 2015, Mayberry had a random voice in the crowd shout out “MARRY ME! NOW!” to which Mayberry responded with the following shut-downs in front of a large crowd no less.

She was not fond of the question being popped, and sighted her grumpiness. It was also funny for her to ask how often something like this actually works. No matter what, it made for a very funny concert moment which you can see play out in the video above.

Check out Lauren’s interview with CHVRCHES backstage at LOLLA 2014 where they do not appear to be grumpy.

Foo Fighters, Liam Gallagher, & Joe Perry crush a Beatles cover at CalJam

October 8, 2017 | Kevin

The Foo Fighters brought the party out west last night at their stacked one-day festival CalJam with Queens of the Stone Age, Cage the Elephant, Wolfe Alice and more but their headlining set had a memorable collaboration. The Foos were joined by former Oasis front man Liam Gallagher (who also played CalJam) and Aerosmith gutarist Joe Perry for a rousing cover of the Beatles track ‘Come Together’. You can watch the party break out here with Gallagher leaping into the crowd for a surf. He seemed quite into it.

The Foos set also feature guest spots from 80’s soul pop singer Rick Astley to cover “Never Gonna Give You Up” and the Kill’s Allsion Mosshart who contributed to the new ‘Concrete & Gold’ song ‘La Dee Da’. Videos of those collabs are below.  Thanks to Consequence of Sound for clueing us in on these.

NEW JUSTICE LEAGUE TRAILER looks really good

October 8, 2017 | Kevin

Warner Bros posted the latest trailer for the most anticipated superhero movie of the year, Justice League just a few hours ago and it’s already the number 1 trending video on Youtube. The interest is there, but does it look good? Can this superhero team-up bounce back from the negative criticism that was piled on ‘Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice’ and deliver the goods? It looks like it can.

This latest teaser features Lois Lane enduring a pretty moving dream, the world’s fallout of Superman passing on, and the bad-ass assembling of a pretty formidable squad of super-people inlcuding Cyborg, Aquaman, Wonder Woman, the Flash, and grey-haired Batman. The surgary sweet comedy at the end of this trailer is enjoyable and shows the young lion hero poking the old lion in an endearing way. There is an on-point soundtrack here with yet-to-discovered band covered David Bowie’s ‘Heroes’.

Warner Bros has gone through a lot with the production of ‘Justice League’ due out next month. The film’s director Zach Snyder left the project after the tragic death of his daughter during re-shoots and was replaced by acclaimed movie master Joss Whedon who previously deliver Marvel’s epic ‘Avengers’ films. Then there was the rumors that Ben Affleck was itching to get out of the Batsuit over creative pressure pinned on his solo Batman movie, and how about the box-office busting of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman? That’s a lot for a movie that fans have been waiting years for.

And if this was enough movie nerdery, there is reportedly a fresh trailer due out soon for ‘Star Wars: the Last Jedi’

 

Washington Nationals security confiscating Cub fan’s W flags

October 7, 2017 | Kevin

The Cubs have a 1 game lead going into tonight’s NLDS playoff game and their opponents the Washington Nationals are making some adjustments to bounce back with a win to even the series. The biggest adjustment may be off the the field as their ballpark security is reportedly confiscating the famous ‘W’ flag from Chicago Cubs fans  in attendance. Some have stated security officials took the flags before fans could get into the game. Several fans had the W flags out at Friday’s game which the Cubs won. This news was reported earlier today by several outlets including Yahoo Sports, and several fans have tweeted about the nasty experience.

The argument on the side of the Nationals is that this could be a distraction and disrupt the game in the stands for anyone watching, but what about those red towels they whip around during a strike out? Yeah, this is really childish and petty on the part of the Nationals. I am a White Sox fan, and I am saying that. Don’t worry we will continue to FLY THE WKQX on our socials.

This first tweet shows National security having Cubs fans (WHO PAID TO COME TO THEIR BALLPARK) have their flags confiscated and filling out paperwork.

Body over Brains

October 7, 2017 | Mishell Livio

I get that we all need affection sometimes but from a HEADLESS CAT?!?!  WITH NO LIMBS?!?!

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Comedian Ralphie May dies at 45

October 6, 2017 | Kevin

One of the most talented comedians of his generations Raplhie May passed away of cardiac arrest in his home in Las Vegas this week. May had been battling pneumonia which forced him to cancel some shows so he could recover,  his body was found today and his death was confirmed by his management to Variety.   Just this past Wednesday, May was awarded Casino Comedian of the Year at the Global Gaming Expo following his successful residency at the Harrah’s Casino.

May’s stand up career started at 17 when he won a contest to open for one of the most popular comics of all time, Sam Kinison. May came to national fame in 2003 in the first season of NBC’s ‘Last Comic Standing’ which launched him into bigger live shows around the country, television specials for Comedy Central, and performances on ‘the Tonight Show’.

May performed many times in Chicago, including last year at the Copernicus Center in a benefit for the families of local Firefighters. Here is his interview on WCIU’s ‘You, Me, & This Morning’.

He crafted his unfiltered Southern charm into 4 Comedy Central specials with Girth of a Nation (2006), Prime Cut (2007), Austin-tatious (2008), and Too Big To Ignore (2012), as well as two Netflix specials, Unruly (2015) and Imperfectly Yours (2015).

The entertainment and comedy world has reacted to the sad news today.

WATCH Foster the People nail this cover of Weezer’s ‘Say it Ain’t So’

October 6, 2017 | Kevin

 

You gotta love when a great band covers another band? I came across this piece of Youtube gold, it’s a fan-filmed video from the 2011 Outside Lands Festival in San Francisco. It shows off a chocolate meets peanut butter moment of musical; wonder as Foster the People covers Weezer’s ‘Blue Album’ classic ‘Say It Aint So’. The song is one of Weez’s all-time best songs and to hear Mark Foster elegantly deliver the lyrics of Rivers Cuomo is a real treat for the years.

It’s the perfect video to bridge our Nights We Stole Christmas energy from last year when Weezer headlined a night to this year when FTP will play the Aragon for Night 2 of TNWSC on December 1st, get your tickets here. 

Weezer felt the love in the past few years adding a funky cover of FTP’s ‘Pumped Up Kicks’ to their set on occasion.

 

Walt interviews Rivers Cuomo backstage at Riot Fest in 2014

NEW MUSIC ALERT! Listen to Weezer sing for their ‘Weekend Woman’

October 6, 2017 | Kevin

Weezer continue the march to their new album ‘Pacific Daydream’ due out October 27th with the release of a new single this week called ‘ Weekend Woman’. The song has this smooth and sweet chorus that plays like classic Weez with Rivers Cuomo pining for his lover who seems somewhat far away. The debate of the Weezer universe is can they keep churning out loveable alternative like this? This song is an astounding yes, yes they can and they are doing it.

Does anyone else hear Beach Boys on this song? I get 60’s California layered vocal sound on last year’s ‘White Album’ but looks like Rivers had some of that exact vibe. Well that continues in another new track from the W boys, it’s a song dedicated to Brian Wilson and company. This ‘Pacific Daydream’ song was released online last month and cements the summer-in-the-west aesthetic that we should expect.

Check out the other songs released off ‘Pacific Daydream’ here.

Helping Puerto Rico

October 6, 2017 | <3 Lauren

My friends Jeremy and Danielle have a deep love for Puerto Rico.  I have seen their exuberance when they visit and the frustration they have felt since Hurricane Maria wanting to help our fellow citizens and neighbors.

They have already made two shipments of desperately needed supplies to the island.

They have started a go fund me, with the proceeds going towards food and supplies that are going DIRECTLY to the hands of people who need it the most.

“This “go fund me” account is set up in support of the harder to reach areas of Puerto Rico. Donations will be used to purchase supplies and transportation to deliver them to Puerto Rico. As we can clearly see, San Juan is getting aid first, ( Which is great!), however the rest of the Island is struggling in extreme, life threatening conditions, with little to no aid at all. I am hearing from my friends that bugs, rats, dead animal cracasses, unsafe drinking water, extreme lack of food and electricity, dehydration, infection, and critical illness are the major issues. Food without the need for refrigeration, water or heat is necessary. We are seeking funds to purchase the following items for an emergency supply drop…” (more HERE)

Please consider donating HERE, even just $5 may help save a life.

<3 @laurenoneil

📷: Jeremy Scheuch

AOL DISCONTINUING AIM

October 6, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(from mashable.com)

When we think about the spectacular collapses of once untouchable Internet properties, companies like MySpace and Pets.com come to mind. The rise and fall of AOL Instant Messenger rivals them all. Once the dominant force in digital messaging and a source of innovations other companies spun off into billions of dollars of businesses, AIM is now mostly dormant. Mashable sat down with three of the early engineers of the program to learn about its origins, why AOL never quite embraced the concept of a free messaging service, getting hacked by Microsoft and the features that never quite made it to users. The 1990s belonged to America Online.

It had risen above competitors in Prodigy and CompuServe to become the dominant Internet service provider for American households. Millions of subscribers paid AOL monthly for the ability to sign online. Its disks could be found almost anywhere. The “You’ve got mail” notification became the sound Americans associated with their first email accounts, as well as a movie with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. (MORE HERE)

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WATCH How ‘Fire’ ignited Barns Courtney’s career

October 6, 2017 | Marconi🍕

(from ap.org)

After years of trying to get a break as a solo artist, everything happened at once for Barns Courtney thanks to his hit single, “Fire.”

The first time Barns stopped by it was in our temporary studios on State Street. Listen to this amazing acoustic version of “Fire” (below)

Barns is basically part of the family here. So we are always happy to get to play his music. Check out the video for his latest single “Golden Dandelions” (below)

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