Episode #39 is up NOW!

Episode #39 of the Fro Show is up now on iTunes, Stitcher Radio and Soundcloud.

Episode #39 features tracks from:

Ronny Cary - "Magnificent Desolation"

Anitek & Tab - "Placebo"

Arcade Island - "Travelers"

Episode 38 is up NOW!

Episode #38 of the Fro Show is up now on iTunes, Stitcher Radio and Soundcloud.

Episode #38 features tracks from:

LNG - "Dame Tiempo"

Andy Heller - "Prowl"

Snowflake & Love Shadow - "Miss You"

Thank You!!!

I just wanted to say a big THANK YOU to all of you who have been listening to the show.  The Fro Show has been getting over 1000+ listens a week for the past few weeks.  This may not seem like a big deal to some of you but it feels awesome for me, and I just wanted to say thanks!

I hope you all continue to listen and enjoy the music!

Episode #37 is up now!

Hey everyone! Episode #37 of the Fro Show is up now on iTunes, Stitcher and Soundcloud.

Episode #37 features tracks from:

Kate Nash - "Fri-end?"

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Kate Nash is a multi-instrumental recording artist from London. With a platinum selling album and a BRIT Award tucked firmly under her belt, Kate is known across both the music and fashion industries as a forthright songwriter, unabashed feminist and front row style icon.

Kate released her first single Caroline’s A Victim on vinyl back in 2007, before storming to chart success with her second hit, Foundations a few months later. To satiate demand, the launch date of her debut album Made of Bricks was brought forward by four weeks, skyrocketing straight to number one and crowning her ‘Best Female Artist’ at the 2008 BRIT Awards.

In the wake of Kate’s second album My Best Friend Is You, Kate set about using her influence to shift gender perceptions and inspire a new generation of female musicians, writers, producers and technicians, launching the Rock ‘N’ Roll for Girls After School Music Club. She also worked with young self-harming women at The Wish Centre in Harrow. Kate was also recently appointed Global Ambassador of the Because I am a Girl initiative by Plan USA, charged with empowering women and girls in developing countries.

Making her musical comeback in 2012 with Under-Estimate the Girl – a song written and recorded in 24 hours – Kate stepped away from the piano previously underpinning her songs, and took to the bass guitar. The track sparked controversy on a global scale and notoriously opened London Fashion Week’s Felder Felder show for the spring/summer 2013 season, marking a significant change in direction for Kate.

Layering her profile with fashion, acting and writing gigs, the last three years have seen Kate star in feature films such as Syrup, Greetings from Tim Buckley and Powder Room, DJ at London and New York Fashion Week’s most exclusive events (including for Vogue and PPQ), as well as writing with Willow Smith and moonlighting as Music Editor for breakthrough London-based fashion magazine, PHOENIX.

This has all built up to the highly anticipated launch of Girl Talk earlier this year, Kate’s third album. Produced with Grammy Award winning, Tom Biller at the infamous Paramour Mansion in LA, Kate has described the work as her best to date, an emotional purge and a mission statement for women the world over.

Kate is currently on a global tour with her all-girl band.

Whalers - "Pixel in your Picture"

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Over the last three years, Whalers have been taking cues from the past four decades of classics filtered through a solid enjoyment of early 60’s surf rock. They’ve been recognized by the LA blog Rollo & Grady as their “Artist to Watch,” taken part in their own Daytrotter release, seen many a glowing review of their previous EP releases and sold out residencies at Lambert’s BBQ.

Whalers’ unique musical formula has garnered this “talented Austin indie rock band” a considerable amount of national attention. “They are damned good.” (Indie Rock Café).

 Stylistically, their music reflects a collective appreciation of simplicity, as well as their disdain for wasted notes. Whalers make it a point to “get the most out of their instruments” with “songs that are transportive in nature… Everything fits and each song is tight.” (The Steam Engine).

Past releases include 2010’s How The Ship Goes Down and 2011’s Paddle Easy. Both self-recorded and self-released EP’s received unanimous critical praise, solidifying their legitimacy as a band that should be noticed. HTSGD was mixed by My Morning Jacket’s sound engineer, Kevin Ratterman, and mastered in Jim Eno’s (Spoon) Austin studio, Public Hi-Fi. After one listen, don’t be surprised if you find yourself experiencing “one of those moments where you get to the end and say to yourself ‘how good was that?’ before hitting repeat.” (The Mad Mackerel). Paddle Easy, mixed and mastered at The Bubble in Austin, is full of “… infectious ode(s) to surf rock…” and “perfectly poplicious track(s) that should an ‘indie hit”…” (Indie Rock Café).

State Shirt - "Fell out of the Sky"

Website/Facebook/Jamando

My real name is not State Shirt (it’s Ethan Tufts), but I do wear a lot of state shirts. I spend as much time as humanly possible writing, recording, and producing music. And creating music videos. And being a nerd.

I’ve been told my music is kinda like if The Postal Service, Radiohead, Beck, Elbow, and Folk Implosion all got in a bar fight then make up over frosty Newcastle Ales.

All of my music is open source and available for free. Download any or all of my songs, share them with friends, use them for youtube videos, grab the source files and create your own remixes or mash-ups.

I don’t have a marketing department or a publicity team. So if you like what you hear, please spread the word and consider buying a CD, MP3, or a t-shirt. It allows me to continue to make music. And I appreciate that so much.

Captain Squeegee Release New Album

Arizona's own Captain Squeegee have just released their newest album release "To The Bardos" recorded at Flying Blanket Studios in Mesa, AZ with Bob Hoag (The Ataris, The Format, Dear and the Headlights).

The album embodies all that make Captain Squeegee a unique staple in the Arizona music scene taking you on an intergalactic adventure but at the same time making you feel secure with its smooth progressive jazz undertones.

Check out Captain Squeegee's website for more information and past releases from this highly talented band.

...And we're back!

Hello Internet-world. It's been awhile since I've updated this site and that is completely my fault, but we're back so here we go.

First off please check out all previous episodes on any of the podcast streaming services out there in the world.  The Four Eyed Radio Network has recently started posting their network shows on Soundcloud and also Spreaker.

An all new episode of the Fro Show is up now on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Soundcloud, etc.  Episode #36 features tracks from:

LM - "A Better Way"

Website/Jamendo

The LM Group, more than a decade of existence for the rock band Ardèche, with remarkable stage performances attracting a wider audience.

These talented musicians looking in LM the opportunity to meet and indulge in a tasty mix pop-funk-rock, alternating times and composed, English and French, sometimes acoustic, with their own style, their "paw" result of years of practice and experience in both individual and common ...

It exudes a contagious energy that can be found on stage in concert and on their six titles.

Sweet Play - "Flight"

Website/Jamendo

Trip Hop from Paris, France.

 Josh Woodward - "Memory Replaced"

Website/Jamendo

Josh Woodward is a live wire acoustic rock musician from Ohio. Taking the musical road less traveled, he's chosen to freely offer his entire collection of over 170 passionate songs featuring vivid stories and dark humor on his website.

Episode #21 is up NOW!

Episode #21 of The Fro Show is up now on iTunes and Stitcher. 

This episode features tracks from:

Eyeshine - "Modern Guns"

Website

Formed in 2004 by front man Johnny Yong Bosch and Maurice Salmin, Eyeshine first found success in 2006 with a unique blend of pop punk and post grunge called Edge Rock. The band gained a modest audience with its debut EP, "How About That" and their first full length album, "Red Stripes White Lights" but it was their sophomore effort, "My Paper Kingdom" that officially opened the flood gates in 2009. MPK featured their award winning song, "ALONE," whose honest and simple lyrics made a connection to a steadily growing fan base. The band has continued to self produced 7 more albums: "Tone Of Echoes" (features the Elfenworks Foundation sponsored song "Hope Is So Far Away"), "Afterglow" (acoustic album), "Sonosis" (instrumental album), "Sansvox" (karaoke album), "XMAS" (Christmas album), their latest album "Revolution Airwaves," and their latest acoustic album "Like Yesterday." 

Eyeshine won the worldwide Ford sponsored competition "Gimme The Gig II" in May 2012. They recorded a single and filmed a music video with the Legendary Don Was (President of Blue Note Records and 7 time Grammy Award winning Producer - Rolling Stones, Elton John, John Mayer, etc) and Krish Sharma (Producer/Engineer - The Rolling Stones, Counting Crows, Hilary Duff, Jesse McCartney, etc) out of the "Ford Focus Studio." Which is a Mobile Studio that was built into a Ford Focus by "Mad" Mike Martin (Pimp My Ride). KTLA (West Coast News Stations affiliated with The CW TV Network), filmed and aired the one-hour special on west coast television (KTLA, KTVU, and KICU).

Julandrew - "Wait A Little Longer"

Website/Jamendo

 Boston to Austin transplants, Julie and Andrew began writing songs together in early 2008.  Following their move to Texas, melodies and lyrics started popping into Julie's head.  She began filling up her time writing songs and playing guitar.  Andrew had been playing in bands for over a decade and was instantly inspired to create music to complement her vision.  The two spent most of their time building the songs together and recording them at home.  

 

    After recording their first songs, they decided to put them on Jamendo, a free music website where it only took a few months before their songs were used for streaming internet radio, documentary and short film projects, commercial websites, YouTube videos, as well as background music for over 300 public places throughout Europe and even one television commercial pilot.  Their song "Crazy As" remains in the top 15 out of over 200,000 songs on the website.

 

    Realizing the fans they generated throughout Europe and now in the United States, it was time to get a band together.  Keyboardist Katherine Courtney, native Austinite, joined the band in 2009 adding the sound the Julandrew Band needed.  They now play select shows around the Austin area while concentrating on their sound.

 

    Julie is known for her straight forward singing melodies, style, and diction, swooning listeners into her point of view and her inner self.  Andrew's no frills instrumentation is a perfect combination and hits home with Julie's musical intentions.  Julandrew's quirk-pop style is derived from a lifetime of love of music, from the A&M records days to today's indie rock movement, resulting in a sound all their own. 

Anny Sky - "Max"

Website/Jamendo

Anny Sky is an Ukrainian pop singer, songwriter, composer.

DJ Spooky - "Check Your Math"

Website/Jamendo

Paul D. Miller, aka DJ Spooky That Subliminal Kid, is a conceptual artist, writer, and musician working in New York. His written work has appeared in The Village Voice, The Source, Artforum, Raygun, Rap Pages, Paper Magazine, and a host of other periodicals. Miller's first collection of essays, Rhythm Science, was published by MIT Press in April 2004, and was included in several year-end lists of the best books of 2004, including the Guardian (UK) and Publishers Weekly. Sound Unbound, a collection of writing about sound art, digital media, and contemporary composition with writings from Brian Eno, Jonathan Lethem, Chuck D, Steve Reich, Cory Doctorow, Saul Williams, Pierre Boulez, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Jaron Lanier, Moby, and many others, edited by Miller, came out on MIT Press early 2008.

Miller's work as a media artist has appeared in a wide variety of contexts such as the Whitney Biennial; The Venice Biennial for Architecture (year 2000); The Venice Biennial of Art 2007 (Africa Pavilion), the Ludwig Museum in Cologne, Germany; Kunsthalle, Vienna; The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and many other museums and galleries. His 2004 solo show at the Paula Cooper Gallery in New York, Path Is Prologue, echoed his live music/theater/film performance, DJ Spooky's Rebirth of A Nation, which ran simultaneously at the Lincoln Center Festival after premieres in Vienna and at Spoleto USA in Charleston, SC and continues to tour globally. 2007 finds him working with internationally acclaimed stage director and playwright Robert Wilson, and preparing to travel to Antarctica to being research and production on his next large scale multimedia performance piece The Antarctic Suite.