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January 7, 2013 | 3:50 PM | By

Download The Key Studio Sessions Vol. 6 (feat. Reef the Lost Cauze, Kingsfoil, Bad Braids + more)

The latest edition of our Key Studio Sessions compilations is out today – now streamable and downloadable from Soundcloud! Check out highlights from fall of 2012 with The Key Studio Sessions Vol. 6, including some hard-hitting hip-hop from Ethel Cee and Reef the Lost Cauze, expressive Americana from The Districts, bright pop-rock from Kingsfoil, dense shoegaze from Nothing and more. Special thanks to guest engineer Chris Williams and production assistants Beth Ann Downey, Fred Knittel, Madeleine Lesperance, and Dan Malloy as well as photographers Laura Jane Brubaker, Kyle Costill, Shamus McGroggan, Marley McNamara, and Julie Miller for sharing their work.

Looking for more? Visit WXPN’s Soundcloud page to download The Key Studio Sessions Vol. 1 through Vol. 5.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Downloads, Recordings, Ape School, Artic Splash, Aspiga, Bad Braids, Cold Fronts, Ethel Cee, Gracie, I&I, John the Conqueror, Kingsfoil, Nothing, Our Griffins, Reef The Lost Cauze, Roomtone, The Districts, The Key Studio Sessions Volume 6, Tommy Conwell, XVSK
January 3, 2013 | 9:30 AM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: Aspiga with Ex-Friends at North Star Bar, Ominous Ominous Ominous at The Trocadero

South Jersey punk band Aspiga will be rocking out with Ex-Friends at the North Star Bar tonight.  Aspiga released their second full-length Every Last Piece a couple of months ago via Paper + Plastick Records and found some time between East Coast tour dates to record a crushing Key Studio Session (listen back here).  Aspiga will be joined by Ex-Friends (bassist Joel Tannenbaum of the recently re-banded Plow United), Relatives and Goddamnit.  Tickets and information can be found here; below, stream and download “On The Defensive” from Aspiga’s Key Studio Session.

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FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Events, Scene, Aspiga, Come and Get It, Ex-Friends, Goddamnit, North Star Bar, Ominous Ominous Ominous, Relatives, The Ridden Fifths, The Trocadero
December 12, 2012 | 6:00 PM | By

The Week So Far: Eight must-read stories on The Key

Bing & Ruth’s David Moore on the ambient performance he brings to The Barnes Friday [link]

The new LP from The Fleeting Ends, Our Eyes are Peeled, gets the Unlocked treatment [link]

Dave Hartley, bassist for The War on Drugs, launches his sports column From The Key [link]

South Jersey pop-punks Aspiga treat us to a song from each release in their Key session [link]

Roots collaborator Truck North releases Our American Cousin free EP [link]

Does cover art make the album? We ponder this and look at some great local album covers [link]

Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore and drummer John Maloney tonight at Space 1026 [link]

Brooklyn duo She Keeps Bees is features on this week’s Folkadelphia session [link]

FILED UNDER: Artist Profiles, Artists, Concert Previews, Downloads, Events, Interviews, Recordings, Aspiga, Bing and Ruth, Dave Hartley, Nightlands, She Keeps Bees, Sonic Youth, The Fleeting Ends, The Roots, The War On Drugs, Thurston Moore, Truck North
December 12, 2012 | 10:06 AM | By

The Key Studio Sessions: Aspiga

If you didn’t already know, South Jersey is a hotbed of pop-punk talent. Today’s Key Studio Session guests, Aspiga, just released their second full-length, Every Last Piece, via Florida label Paper and Plastick Records, and spent the last month on tour, playing DIY shows in basements along the east coast (as well as proper shows at more formalized venues) in support of it. The band has a sound that’s at once melodic and accessible like 90s favorites NoFX, but also jagged and aggressive, a la Hot Water Music. In other words, if you spent any amount of time going to see suburban VFW hall shows with lineups of a half-dozen bands selling pins and 7″s, Aspiga is right up your alley. The band is playing its belated album release show for Every Last Piece at Studio Luloo in Oaklyn, NJ on December 22; more information on the show can be found here. Below, dig into the five live recordings Aspiga made in our studio – one song from each of their releases.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Concert Previews, Downloads, Events, Recordings, Aspiga, Studio Luloo, The Key Studio Sessions
November 11, 2012 | 12:32 PM | By

Tonight’s Concert Picks: The Sweetback Sisters at PSALM Salon, Ani Di Franco at the Keswick Theatre, Aspiga at The Balcony at the Troc, Frank Fairfield at Johnny Brenda’s, Lisa Marie Presley at Chameleon Club

Brooklyn rockabilly group The Sweetback Sisters are performing tonight at the PSALM Salon. The group’s 2011 album Looking For A Fight has a classic throwback sound to country legends like Carl Perkins with retro harmonies and lively melodies. Tickets for their all-ages show tonight can be found here. Below, watch the video for their single “Be Back Home Tonight.”

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FILED UNDER: Concert Previews, Events, Ani Di Franco, Aspiga, Chameleon Club, Craig Ventresco, Fleet Foxes, Frank Fairfield, Johnny Brenda's, Keswick Theatre, Lisa Marie Presley, Meredith Axelrod, Psalm Salon, The Balcony at the Trocadero, The Sweetback Sisters
October 10, 2012 | 4:32 PM | By

Listen to two new songs from New Jersey punk band Aspiga

Aspiga, the New Jersey punk band that was just signed by Paper + Plastick Records, has a new album called Every Last Piece coming out on November 20th.  To gear up for the record’s drop date the trio announced today that two of the album’s tracks, “Save Your Spit” and “Welcome to the Sympathy Party,” are streaming over at AbsolutePunk.net (and below).  You can also have some fun pre-ordering the album here; it will be pressed in a limited edition run of 500 copies with three color choices.

FILED UNDER: Artists, News, Recordings, Aspiga
October 2, 2012 | 11:00 AM | By

Aspiga Returns to North Star on Thursday; Prepares for Release of Every Last Piece


South Jersey pop punk band Aspiga, who just ended their tour with Broadcaster, will be opening for The Ataris, Red City Radio and The Scandals this Thursday, October 4th at North Star Bar. Aspiga, who was just picked up by Paper + Plastick Records, also announced the November 20 release of their upcoming album, Every Last Piece, which will feature seven new songs. Their 21+ show at North Star begins at 8 and more information can be found here. Below, watch Aspiga’s performance of “Thanks, But I Can Throw Myself Out” at North Star Bar last New Year’s Eve.

FILED UNDER: Artists, Aspiga, Broadcaster, Every Last Piece, North Star Bar, Paper + Plastick Records, Red City Radio, The Ataris, The Scandals