Little mix of old and new

His grandfather wrote "Peter and the Wolf". Have fun.

Tops popped at nine

A spritz of soda, a twist of lime
A fancy fez or a stole of mink
Tonight, we celebrate a time
When everybody spoke in drink

Maht's Year in Music: 1958 and Ugly's New Music with an Old Soul: Rockabilly Inspired Tunes

Tonight from 6 pm to 8 pm SLT, Maht spins the best music of 1958, the year that Jerry Lee Lewis’s “Great Balls of Fire” reached #1 on the Billboard.

From 5 pm to 6 pm SLT, I’m spinning tunes inspired by Rockabilly sounds, like this tune by PowerSolo, “New Fashioned Girl.”

Tuesday Vendetta

This song by the young Ruen Brothers has a great Roy Orbison feel.

Spinning tonight:
Wise 3 to 5 pm

Doors open at seven

Yo-yo's out, I'm filling in
With garage from around the globe
All those bands that might have been!
Lost in time, yet not grown old.

Show starts at nine

And now the room is growing dark
A vision alights on the screen!
And with the music, we embark
Into a journey, to a dream.
And it doesn't matter where,
If at the movies or TV,
The moment you sit in your chair
It's what you feel, you hear, you see.



Holy crap, I almost posted the trailer for the film Town Without Pity. That is some bleak, bleak stuff.

Monday Breather

This tune by Cherokee Red, “The World is My Oyster,” is perfect for a few minutes of getaway time.

Spinning tonight:
Cajsa 5 to 7 pm
YoYo 7 to 9 pm

New group that I'm following

Postmodern Jukebox. 

This multimember, rotating cadre of musicians group is lead by Scott Bradlee.  They cover popular contemporary tunes in jazzy and swing styles.

PMJ already has five albums out including Selfies on Kodachrome released in January 2015. Electro Swing remixers have already taken advantage of this groups stylings.




Postmodern Jukebox is currently on a European tour and will begin it's 38 city North American tour on April 30.  You can find tour dates on PMJlive.com.

See you soon at the Velvet, where music matters.

An odd trio at nine

Bongos are just fun to play,
So it should be no surprise
They're the instrument of choice
For physicists with a Nobel prize.

Organs are interesting as well
And saxophones are alright
So it's a little of all three
That I'm playing tonight.

Happy Friday

This new tune from Azure Blue, "Tragedy & Changes," has a happy new wave sound for your Friday (think When in Rome in the late 80's).  Enjoy!

The World Ender

Lord Huron departs from the indie folk feel of their first album with this catchy new tune, “The World Ender.”  The combination of surf, western and outlaw sounds is fantastic.

Maht's Year In Music: 1957 and Ugly's New Music with an Old Soul: Buddy Holly Inspired Tunes

Tonight from 6 pm to 8 pm SLT, Maht spins the best in music from the year 1957.  It was in this year that Buddy Holly released what is considered by many to be his best recording, "Peggy Sue."


From 4 pm to 6 pm SLT, I'm spinning tunes inspired by Buddy Holly, like Andrew Bird's song "Fiery Crash."  This song came to me as I listened to Holly's 1957 single "Peggy Sue."  The opening chords of these two songs have a strikingly similar sound.

New Wave Tuesday with Wise

Today from 3 to 5 pm SLT, Wise brings back New Wave Tuesday.  This song, "Late Risers" by Surf Rock is Dead, sounds strikingly similar to the Cure.

Robotics

Both Echo Somerset and Shona Black spinned robot themed sets this weekend, which inspired this selection.  I heard "Ramble On" by Pacific! at Koi Madzuko's set last week, and have been listening to it ever since.  It has a cool, robotic feel along with some new wave sounds.  Enjoy!

Spinning tonight:

Cajsa 5 to 7 pm
YoYo 7 to 9 pm

Shona Black's 24 Hour Pub Crawl to Benefit the Electronic Frontier Foundation

Today Velvet DJ Shona Black will be spinning a 24 hour pub crawl.  Donations will go to benefit the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org).  Hope to see you there!

Give it a whirl at nine

Tonight I'm going to take a chance
And try something amusing.
I'd like to see if we can dance
To good old lounge music.

Some Fun for Your Thursday

 I heard this wonderfully fun tune, "Bills" by Lunchmoney Lewis, at Shona Black's most recent set at the Velvet.  This Saturday and Sunday, March 7 and 8, Shona will be DJing a 24 hour indie pub crawl to benefit the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org).  It will be great music for a great cause.  Hope to see you there.

Maht's Year in Music: 1956 and Ugly's New Music with an Old Soul

Tonight from 6 to 8 pm SLT, Maht spins the best music of 1956.  Check out this early version of "Fever" by Little Willie John.

From 4 to 6 pm SLT, Ugly spins new tunes made with old sounds.  Tonight's focus will be doo wop inspired songs, like Lily So & The Bellow's "Smokin' Gun."

See you there.

Tuesday Grunge

I love the combo of grunge and pop in this new tune by Black Honey, "Madonna."

Good Music for a Good Cause

Velvet DJ Shona Black is DJing for 24 hours to benefit the Electronic Frontier Foundation (eff.org) this Saturday/Sunday, March 7 & 8, 2015. Enjoy some good music for a good cause!

Some Pep For Your Monday

Here's a song to put some pep in your step this Monday, "Voodoo Doll" by Diamond Rugs.

Spinning Tonight:
Cajsa 5 to 7 pm SLT
YoYo 7 to 9 pm SLT 

Lazy Sunday

"Sea Creatures" by SOAK is perfect for a lazy Sunday.