This week, the Brooklyn-based, garage-punk quartet, Parquet Courts paid a visit to World Cafe for a live session, during which, amongst playing one previously released tune, they debuted three new tracks: “Dear Ramona”, “Got Me Wondering Now”, and “The More I Use It The More It Works.” The band’s most recent release, the excellent Light Up Gold, came out earlier this year via What’s Your Rupture. The band will be returning to Philly later on in the summer, on July 24th, for a free show at Morgan’s Pier. Tickets and info for that 21+ show can be found here. Find the link to the session here and listen to the track, “Stoned and Starving”, from Light Up Gold, below.
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Watch Rhye perform for World Cafe at Le Poisson Rouge
Photo from Brooklyn Vegan
Los Angeles-based downbeat electro-soul outfit Rhye played a set at New York venue Le Poisson Rouge this April that will be featured in a segment of World Cafe with David Dye later on this year. NPR was on hand to shoot video of the performance and, keeping in step with Rhye collaborators Mike Milosh and Robin Hannibal’s preference for being “visually enigmatic”, the performance was filmed mostly in the dark, with only candlelight casting silhouettes across the screen. Watch (and listen) to the video below.
Revisit Sea Wolf’s World Cafe Session (playing a free show on Wednesday)
After releasing his third full-length Old World Romance last year, Sea Wolf‘s Alex Brown Church stopped by World Cafe to talk with David Dye about what makes the new album different from his previous releases, an important lesson he learned regarding backing up hard drives and his time spent in Montreal. The conversation is paired with live recordings from Sea Wolf’s Free at Noon concert, which includes performances of album single “Old Friend,” “Priscilla” and more. XPN welcomes Sea Wolf to the Camden County Sundown Music Series for a free show on Wednesday, June 5th. More information can be found here. Listen back to the World Cafe appearance here and watch a live performance of “Old Friend” below.
Listen to Dawes on World Cafe (playing XPoNential Music Festival in July)
Dawes was on World Cafe today. You can listen to the Michaela Majoun’s interview with Taylor and Griffin Goldmmsith and performance from the band here. During the session they performed “From A Window Seat,” “Most People,” “Just My Luck,” and “Someone Will.” Dawes are on the lineup at this year’s XPoNEntial Music Festival July 26-28th. Go here for weekend passes to the show which includes lawn passes to see The Lumineers, Dr. Dog, Polica and Wake Owl at Susquehanna Back Center on Saturday evening, July 27th and the AmericanaramA Festival of Music with Bob Dylan, Wilco, My Morning Jacket and Ryan Bingham at the SBC on Sunday evening, July 28th. Below, watch the video for “From A Window Seat.”
Download a World Cafe session with Jim James (playing a sold-out show at Union Transfer tomorrow night)
So somehow you weren’t able to get tickets to see Jim James at Johnny Brenda’s last month and
My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James recently appeared on World Cafe after releasing his debut solo effort Regions of Light and Sound of God. Discussing a transitional period he went through following a 2008 tour and the inspiration he drew from Lynd Ward’s graphic novel God’s Man, James and World Cafe host David Dye move through the musicians’ thought process and songwriting techniques for this latest album in between performances of “State of the Art,” “Know Til Now,” “Dear One” and “New Life.” Stream and download the episode of World Cafe’s Words & Music podcast below. Don’t miss a single episode of the weekly podcast of a World Cafe session. You can subscribe here.
Jim James/My Morning Jacket play this summer on Sunday, July 27 at the XPoNential Music Festival with Bob Dylan, Wilco, and Ryan Bingham as part of the AmericanaramA Festival of Music. Weekend passes are available here.
Get to know Escondido – download a World Cafe: Next podcast (playing Johnny Brendas on May 15)
Escondido is the Nashville, TN based duo of Jessica Maros and Tyler James. James, a solo artist and member of Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros met Jessica (a musician and clothing and jewelry designer) through mutual friends. Bonding over their love for 70′s music and Ennio Morricone, they recorded their debut album, The Ghost Of Escondido, at the Casino Studio in Nashville. Recorded in a single day, the album brings together dusty country, rock, the sound of the desert sky and spaghetti westerns. “We wanted it to be like Clint Eastwood playing pop songs at one of the honky-tonks downtown,” says James. “But we’ve been told it sounds like desert sex.” This week, Escondido are World Cafe host David Dye’s World Cafe: Next artist. You can download a segment from the show that includes two songs from Escondido’s debut album.
The band plays Johnny Brendas on Wednesday, May 15th, opening for The Staves.
