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WNRN is presenting its first members only show during the Spring Fund Drive. Peter Bradley Adams will be playing an exclusive event for members from the next fund drive. Ensure yourself a pair of tickets now!
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Listeners’ favorite albums of 2009. Check out our countdown from New Year’s Eve!
Our signal in Richmond is weaker than usual due to some damage from the most recent snow storm. We are working on fixing the problem and will have it repaired this week.
Tonight’s song comes from Outernational and their album “Eyes on Fire”. Give a listen to the title track below and vote in our poll. Tonight at 8, be sure to listen and call in to have your chance to win a Rate at Eight Prize!
Enjoy Tuesday’s performance of “Looking West” in the clip below!
Hear the full interview with Melissa Goode here!
Them Crooked Vultures plan to do a second album when the time is right. Josh Homme tells BBC’s “6Music,” quote, “There isn’t a reason not to [record again]. We love playing in this. We have such a good time together and it’s fun and it feels like we’re obligated to risk and challenge ourselves. It’s such a rewarding risk to take you know, it’s like high tension wire.” Homme says the band is enjoying playing live as well, and he gets a kick out of watching the audience reactions when they go on lengthy jams within a track. He adds, quote, “You see the audience as it resolves into this finale. When you finally get there and you see people get goose bumps, you finally tie it up in a bow and go ‘bam.’ People just go ‘Wow,’ and it’s great.”
The Specials are expanding on their recently announced Coachella appearance. The reunited ska outfit will play “Late Night With Jimmy Fallon” on April 13th. That date is followed by stops in Los Angeles on April 15th at Club Nokia, Toronto on April 19th at Sound Academy, and in New York on April 21st at Terminal 5. In addition, fans can look for a new DVD shot during a show in Wolverhampton last November during their initial U.K. reunion dates. The video arrives March 1st.
After a false start, The Strokes are ready to get down to business recording in 2010. The band’s web site reports that the group has found a home at New York’s Avatar Studios where they are currently working with producer Joe Chiccarelli and engineer Gus Oberg on their next disc. The band has already booked an appearance at the Isle Of Wight festival in June, and the plan is to have their next album done and ready for a summer release.
Grab a beverage and someone you like, it’s gonna be a looong couple of nights!
Be careful this weekend with all of the snow. NBC29 has all of the latest closings.
Tonight on the Rate at Eight, we have a song from Violet Soho. “Jesus Stole My Girlfriend” is the title track from their album. Listen to the clip below and let us know what you think of it. Be sure to call us tonight at 8 to tell our DJ what you think of the song and have your chance to win a Rate at Eight prize!
From Pitchfork.com: Baltimore’s Beach House are singer/organist Victoria Legrand and guitarist Alex Scally. Because they come from such a well-defined tradition– the boy-girl duo making lovesick, narcotized rock with lots of depth and sweep– it’s pretty much impossible to listen to this, their debut, without making certain connections. Bands like Mazzy Star, Galaxie 500, Spiritualized, and Slowdive will come to mind, but this is neither pastiche nor homage. While a lot of their sounds and shapes are the same, Beach House’s recipe of fairground waltzes, ghosted lullabies, and woodland hymnals feels more intimate than those of their forerunners. The Hope Sandovals and Jason Pierces of the world mostly wanted to make their songs bigger than their heartaches, to rub out messiness with beauty; Beach House play their songs for a much smaller room, and aren’t afraid to stare down a mistake if it comes bounding back in echoes.
On October 10th, 2010, a very special live musical event will take place, highlighting the top artists of the decade as selected by the viewers of MTV, Vh1 and CMT, the networks announced via a joint press release yesterday. For the first time ever, these powerful music brands will come together to celebrate the decade in music on one big night, across all three networks. Further details will be announced in the future but as the press release noted, “You know how we can’t resist these numerical plays: 10-10-10!” Stay with MTV News as this unique event develops.
According Pete Wentz, Fall Out Boy might be done. The bassist commented on the group’s current hiatus on Twitter stating, “Can’t imagine playing in FOB again. Something would have to change in my head or my heart – not my wallet. It’d have to be real.” Wentz later posted on his blog some more details, “I don’t know the future of Fall Out Boy. It’s embarrassing to say one thing and then have the future dictate another. As far as I know, Fall Out Boy is on break (no one wants to say the ‘h’ word). As much as I don’t have a solo project, I also can’t predict that I’d ever play in Fall Out Boy again. Not due to personal relationships as much as a band we grew apart. In this statement, I’d like to include the possibility that FOB will play again without me or I will be a part of it when everyone is on the same page.”
The Dead Weather is already developing a new album. Jack White told Australia’s Triple J,” We’re finishing recording the last couple of songs and then I’m going to start mixing in the next two weeks.” White expects the new album in stores in April. The spring month is just in time for the group to hit the road as The Dead Weather have announced a 13-city tour coming this spring. The band’s dates will include stops at Coachella and the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival. The U-S shows kick off April 15th in San Francisco and wind down on March 2nd at the New Orleans Jazz Fest. Learn more at TheDeadWeather.com.
Producer QUINCY JONES and singer/songwriter LIONEL RICHIE, the producer and co-writer of the iconic 1985 philanthropic anthem We Are The World have confirmed that they have teamed with producer/musician WYCLEF JEAN and Grammy-winning producer REDONE and producer/musical director RICKY MINOR in association with AEG Pres./CEO, AEG LIVE RANDY PHILLIPS, to record a contemporary version of the song to benefit the Haitian earthquake relief.
The world premiere of “We Are The World — 25 For HAITI” will air during NBC’s coverage of the Opening Ceremony of the VANCOUVER WINTER OLYMPICS on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12th.
We Are The World – 25th Anniversary Recording For Haitian Earthquake Relief Artists Roster
QUINCY JONES: Executive Producer LIONEL RICHIE: Executive Producer WYCLEF JEAN: Executive Producer RICKEY MINOR: Producer CARLOS SANTANA , ORIANTHI, JENNIFER HUDSON, JAMIE FOXX, SUGARLAND , ADAM LEVINE, JASON MRAZ , EARTH WIND & FIRE, NATALIE COLE, THE JONAS BROTHERS, T PAIN, BRIAN WILSON, JUSTIN BIEBER, NICOLE SCHERZINGER, INDIA.ARIE, JULIANNE HOUGH, MARY MARY, MELANIE FIONA, BEBE WINANS , MYA, TYRESE GIBSON, ANTHONY HAMILTON, RAPHAEL SAADIQ, GLADYS KNIGHT, KERI HILSON, JOEL & BENJI MADDEN, HEART, BRANDY, PINK, MUSIQ SOULCHILD, MILEY CYRUS, AKON, JORDIN SPARKS, CELINE DION, ROB THOMAS, KATHARINE McPHEE, JEFF BRIDGES, RANDY JACKSON, PATTI AUSTIN, KID CUDI, USHER, WILL.I.AM, KANYE WEST, LL COOL J, ISAAC SLADE (aka The Fray), SNOOP DOGG, NICOLE RICHIE , TREY SONGZ, ETHAN BORTNICK, TARYLL JACKSON, TAJ JACKSON, TJ JACKSON, VINCE VAUGHN, DRAKE, FREDA PAYNE, FAITH EVANS, ROBIN THICKE, RASHIDA JONES, BARBRA STREISAND, JIMMY JEAN LOUIS, ENRIQUE IGLESIAS, ZAC BROWN, LIL WAYNE, TONY BENNETT, JOSH GROBAN, SEAN GARRETT, HARRY CONNICK, JR., AL JARDINE, BONE THUGS AND HARMONY (BIZZY BONES), AR RAHMEN
After nabbing three GRAMMY’s on Sunday night, Kings of Leon told MTV Radio that there is new stuff coming. The guys are already working on a follow-up to 2008’s Only By the Night release. There is no release date set for the in-progress album; but just be happy that the Nashville band is hard at work.
Believe it or not but Bad Religion has been around for 3 decades. This March the band will hit road for a 30th Anniversary tour. The majority of shows will be in their native California. Bad Religion front man Greg Graffin has this to say about the anniversary, “The greatest feeling about this anniversary is that it is happening at all. I’m mostly uplifted by the fact that a vibrant and evolving punk scene still inspires young people all over the world. If Bad Religion somehow serves as a symbol for the lasting importance of punk, then I am satisfied beyond words by reaching this milestone.”
A whole list of who’s who in the music biz are getting together to aid Haiti in a very familiar way. Lionel Richie and Quincy Jones are teaming up to produce a new version of the 1985 song We Are the World. Other reported contribuitors to the new version include Bono, Lady GaGa, Usher, Jason Mraz, Enrique Iglesias, Carlos Santana, Toni Braxton, Trey Songz, and Jennifer Hudson.
Tonight, we’re going to hear from The Features and their song “Lions”. Listen to the clip below and cast your vote in our online poll. Remember to call in and vote again tonight at 8PM and you will have your chance to win a Rate at Eight prize!
Phil Lesh and Bob Weir are playing Hampton Coliseum on Friday, February 12. Want to go? WNRN has two ways for you to win. Email us at contest@wnrn.org to enter into our drawing. Be sure to tune into Grateful Dead & Phriends this Saturday for your chance to win tickets, too. Marc and Edmund will be giving away tickets all morning!
Last night the 52nd annual GRAMMY Awards took place in Los Angeles. Kings of Leon were big winners scoring Record of the the Year, and Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group and Best Rock Song for Use Somebody. Green Day picked up the trophy for Best Rock Album for 21st Century Breakdown. French act Phoenix won the GRAMMY for Best Alternative Rock Album for their disc Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix.
