Wednesday MidDay Medley
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Produced and Hosted by Mark Manning

Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Music From The Middle +
Chris Haghirian & Nathan Reusch
+ Claire Adams & The Crowded Stage

1. Sleepy Kitty – “Don’t You Start”
from: Single Release / Independence / Aug. 25, 2012
[Indie-Pop-Art-Rock from St. Louis based band via Chicago, featuring Paige Brubeck on vocals/guitar/keys, and Evan Sult on drums/vocals/tapes. Recorded by Jason McEntire at Sawhorse Studio in St. Louis, MO Written by Sleepy Kitty. More info at: sleepykittymusic.com.]

[Sleepy Kitty play Gusto Lounge, Saturday, April 6, at 12:15 AM, for the Middle of The Map Festival.]

2. Fullbloods – “Split It Up The Middle”
from: Making Face [EP] / Golden Sound Records / March 19, 2013
[Ross Brown, Alex Chapman, Bill Pollock, & Glenn Shipps.]

[Fullbloods play Westport Coffeehouse, Thurs, April 4, at 7:30pm as part of The Golden Sounds Records Showcase w/ Millions of Boys, Empty Spaces, Hidden Pictures, and The Caves, for MOTMF.]

10:13 – Underwriting

10:14

3. Deerhoof – “There’s That Grin”
from: Breakup Song / Polyvinyl / September 4, 2012
[12th self-produced album from the unpredictable noise band originally from San Francisco. Formed in 1994, Deerhoof has maintained that they never knew what kind of music they would create next, nor that they even had any idea what they were doing when they created it. The members of Deerhoof are: Satomi Matsuzaki, John Dieterich, Ed Rodriguez and Greg Saunier.]

[Deerhoof play the recordBar, Friday, April 5, at Midnight, for the Middle of The Map Festival.]

4. Grizzly Bear – “Speak In Rounds”
from: Shields / Warp Records / September 18, 2012
[Shields is the 4th studio album by Brooklyn-based indie rock band, composed of Edward Droste (vocals, guitar, omnichord, keyboard), Daniel Rossen (vocals, guitar, banjo, keyboards), Chris Taylor (bass, backing vocals, various instruments, producer) and Christopher Bear (drums, backing vocals, glockenspiel). ]

[Grizzly Bear play The Uptown Theater, on Friday, April 5, with The Joy Formidable, Owen Pallett, and Cowboy Indian Bear, for the Middle of The Map Festival.]

5. Hospital Ships – “Come Back To Life”
from: Destruction In Yr Soul / Graveface / June 18, 2013
[Follow up tho the band’s 2011 release Lonely Twin. This is Jordan Geiger’s Lawrence based band with Nathan Dixey, Taylor Holenbeck, Nathan Wilder. Jordan Geiger is the keyboardist for The Appleseed Cast and the occasional member of Shearwater and Minus Story. The choir on “Come Back To Life” is by Cowboy Indian Bear and the HIPS, by the way of The Record Machine.]

[Hospital Ships play the recordBar, Friday, April 5, at 9:00 PM, for the Middle of The Map Festival.]

10:30 – Interview with Chris Haghirian & Nathan Reusch

Chris Haghirian has worked for The KC Star for 13 years and helped launch INK in April of 2008. Chris works on the marketing side of INK and puts together all of the music promotions. Chris has been instrumental in the organization of The Middle of The Map Fest. In addition he has helped organize The MidCoast Takeover of SXSW Music Festival featuring KC and Lawrence area bands. Chris also is a regular co-host and contributor to The Mailbox, a weekly podcast radio show produced and hosted by Michael Byars that is available the the Midwest Music Foundation’s website: midwestmusicfound.org.

Nathan Reusch is co-founder and manager of The Record Machine, an Independent KC based record label, founded in 2003. With Chris Haghirian, Nathan is the co-mastermind, of The Middle of The Map Festival. Nathan also DJs in clubs from time to time and like Chris is a Passionate lover of music.

Chris Haghirian and Nathan Reusch join us to talk about Ink’s Middle of the Map Fest curated by The Record Machine. Now in its third year The Middle of The Music Fest will take place April 4th through 6th, featuring over 130 Local and national Emerging bands, performing in the Middle of The Map, at the recordBar, Riot Room, The Uptown Theater, Union, Gusto Lounge, and Westport Coffeehouse. More info at: middleofthemapfest.com

141 bands participating in this year’s festival, of those bands over 80 have KC connections, and I’m proud to say, that we have played from over 66 of these bands on Wednesday MinDay Medley in the past weeks.

Deerhoof, Grizzly Bear, The Joy Formidable, Tennis, Own Pallett, Iceage, Jeff The Brotherhood, Divine Fits… these are a few of the national bands participating with local and regional bands Nathan talked about how the festival comes up with that special mix of local and national.

Venues include: RecordBar, Riot Room, Uptown Theater, Union, Gusto Lounge, Westport Coffeehouse, Open Fire Pizza.

Besides venues, there are showcases involving Golden Sound Records, Money Wolf Music, High Dive Records, The Buzz, The Bridge, i Heart Local Music, MOKAN Twang, tell us about the showcases and day parties.

Venues, & showcases, are sponsored by: Westport, Kanrocksas, Seen Merch, Chevy Music Showcase.

At middleofthemapfest.com fans can create their own schedule to share with friends.

This year the Festival is expanded to include the Forum AND a Film Fest.

The Middle of The Music Fest will take place April 4th through 6th, featuring over 130 Local and National Emerging bands, performing in the Middle of The Map, at the recordBar, Riot Room, The Uptown Theater, Union, Gusto Lounge, and The Westport Coffeehouse. More info at: middleofthemapfest.com

10:48

6. Scratch Track – “Change It Up”
from: Brake Lights [EP] / Eclipse Partnership / August 19, 2011
[Alternative experimental hip hop rock soul from Kansas City , founded by Jason Hamlin who plays Guitar and sings, and David “DJ” Lee who performs beat-boxing and sings.Written by Jason Hamlin and David “DJ” Lee. Recorded at the Groove Kitchen in Greenville, IL. Produced by Scratch Track and Luke DeJaynes. Mixed by Luke DeJaynes. Mastered by Ben Kesler at Soulthink Productions, St. Louis MO.]

[Scratch Track play Gusto Lounge, Saturday, April 6, at 1:15 AM for the Middle of The Map Festival.]

7. Soft Reeds – “Pregnant Actress”
from: Blank City / The Record Machine / April, 2013
[Ben Grimes, Josh Wiedenfeld, Beckie Trost, John Mitchell, and Jeffrey Harvey. “The brainchild of Ben Grimes (The Golden Republic on Astralwerks Records), a Chicago native whose roots grip firmly in the ’77 Berlin sounds of Brian Eno, David Bowie and Iggy Pop, while embracing the ethos and attack of early American and English indie rock.” Originally started as Grimes’ post-The Golden Republic solo project, Soft Reeds became a full band in late 2009, and released the critically acclaimed ‘Soft Reeds are Bastards’ in 2010 which ranked #2 on our list of the 100 Best Recordings of 2010.

[Soft Reeds, play The Outdoor Stage, Saturday, April 6, at 7:00 PM for the Middle of The Map Fest.]

8. Radkey – “Pretty Things”
from: demo from their SoundCloud page / Radkey / February, 2013
[Winner of The Deli’s Best Emerging Kansas City Artist of 2012. Radkey is a band made up of three teenage brothers Darrion, Isaiah, and Solomon. Their influences include The Who and Nirvana. Tim Finn wrote in the KC Star, on Thursday, March 21, that The St. Joe band band traveled to New York, in February, to record their new EP at the Wreckroom. Radkey played several show for the SXSW Music Festival and were written about in the New York Times and the Atlantic.]

[Radkey plays The Outdoor Stage, Saturday, April 6, at 4:00 PM for the Middle of The Map Fest.]

11:00

9. Akkilles – “Leave Your Love”
from: Something You’d Say / The Record Machine / May – June, 2013
[Akkilles is the experimental project of singer/songwriter David Bennett. Bennett started the project in the summer of 2011. His debut full-length recording will be released early Summer 2013.]

[Akkilles play Gusto Lounge on Saturday, April 6, at 10:15 PM, for the Middle of the Map Festival.]

10. David Burchfield – “The Beginning”
from: The Beginning / Independent / 2011
[Produced, engineered, mixed and master by Mike Crawford at the Impossible Box in Kansas City, with David Burchfield’s band, The Great Stop, consists of David Burchfield on guitar and lead vocals; Leslie Hammer on fiddle, banjo, and viola; Devon Russell on piano, autoharp and vocals; and Seth Jenkins on upright bass.]

[David Burchfield & The Great Stop play Gusto Lounge, Thurs, April 4, at 8:00 PM for the MOTMF.]

11. Clairaudients – “Dixie Is Dead”
from: Single Track Release / Independent
Also on: Midwestern Audio Vol. 1 / Midwest Music Foundation / Sept 23, 2012
[Patrick Robinson (Vocals/Guitar), Brandon Gardner (Guitar), Eric Fain (Bass), Jordan Thompson (Guitar/Vocals) and M. Blaire Geenens (Drums) are the Kansas City based quintet that after 5 years under the name of “The Atlantic” in the summer of 2012 they changed their name to Clairaudients. The band is currently wrapping up work on their new release which they say is coming this Spring/Summer.]

[Clairaudients play Riot Room Patio, Saturday, April 6, at 2:00 PM for the MOTMF.]

11:14 – Underwriting

11:15

12. Claire and the Crowded Stage – “I Saw It All” (LIVE)
This song will be available on their new EP coming in July, 2013
[Performed LIVE by half of The Crowded Stage: Claire Adams, Katy Guillen, Peter Lawless, & Teri Quinn]

11:18 – Interview with Claire Adams & Katy Guillen, Peter Lawless, and Teri Quinn.

Kansas City based singer, songwriter, and musician, Claire Adams, is an integral part of multiple area bands including: Claire & The Crowded Stage, Appropriate Grammar, Hidden Pictures, The Katy Guillen Trio, and Quirk & Ruckus. Claire Adams grew up in Topeka and went to college in Nashville.

Claire & the Crowded Stage play CODA Friday, March 29, at 9:00 PM with Rev Gusto.

Hidden Pictures play Middle of the Map Fest, April 4 at 9:40 PM at the Westport Coffee House.

Claire talked about how one of the reasons she ended up being in so many bands, was because when she first moved to KC, three years ago, she wanted to make friends.

Claire grew up in a small farming town in Kansas. She went to High School in Topeka, went to college in Nashville. Claire lived in Nashville for 7 years before coming to KC.

Claire talked about how it would cost $2000.00 a night, for The Crowded Stage to happen in Nashville. Claire talked about the KC Music Scene, and the generous spirit of collaboration that exists between all of these musicians.

Among members of Claire & The Crowded Stage, many other bands are represented including: The B’Dinas (Peter, Katy, Katelyn), Dream Wolf (Katelyn Boone, Brent Jamison), The Katy Guillen Trio (Katy, Stephanie, Claire), Quick & Ruckus (Katy, Claire), Genessee (Jerod Rivers), Appropriate Grammar (Claire), Hidden Pictures (Claire), The Cave Girls (Stephanie), Found A Job (Peter), with all of you switching around on keyboards, bass, drums, guitar, lead vocals.

11:25

13. Claire and the Crowded Stage – “Night Side of Day” (LIVE)
This song will be availavle on their new EP coming in July, 2013
[Performed LIVE by half of The Crowded Stage: Claire Adams, Katy Guillen, Peter Lawless, & Teri Quinn]

11:30

Claire & The Crowded Stage are currently working on a new EP at Sangha Studios, with Jerod Rivers. Sangha Studios is also where Quirk & Ruckus are recording music and also where Vi Tran is working on his new recording.

When did you discover music, when did you start playing?

Claire (like everyone in The Crowded Stage) is a multi-instrumentalist, switching between bass in Appropriate Grammar, Ukulele in Quirk & Ruckus, and Hidden Pictures, you also guitar, piano and drums.

You are all multi-instrumentalists, but do you have a love of one instrument in particular?

Claire & the Crowded Stage play CODA Friday, March 29, at 9:00 PM with Rev Gusto.

Hidden Pictures play Middle of the Map Fest, April 4 at Westport Coffee House.

11:36

14. Appropriate Grammar – “Rights and Wrongs”
from: upcoming full length release / June 15, 2013
[Nick McKenna-Guitar/Vox, Alex Dunsford-Lead Guitar, Claire Adams-Bass/Vox, & Steve Gardels-Drums.]

[Appropriate Grammar play Side Door Lounge in Omaha, Saturday, March 30, at 9:00 PM with Claire & The Crowded Stage, Tenderness Wilderness, and Aly Peeler.]

15. Schwervon! – “Cougar Pride”
from: Courage / Olive Juice Records / September 28, 2012
[Schwervon! is a two piece rock band. Nan plays drums and Matt plays guitar and they both sing. They lived in NYC for 15 years and have just relocated to Kansas City. Schwervon! have produced 5 full length albums, 2 seven inch vinyl only singles, in addition to touring the world and performing with: Belle and Sebastian, The Vaselines, The Wedding Present, Kimya Dawson, The Thermals, Grass Widow, Jeffrey Lewis, The Essex Green, Comet Gain, and Veronica Falls. They recorded Courage with Memphis-based engineer Doug Easley who has worked with Pavement, Sonic Youth, Cat Power.]

[Schwervon! play Union on Saturday, April 6, at 10:15 PM, for the Middle of the Map Festival.]

11:45

16. Drew Black and Dirty Electric – “Grave”
from: Dead Kings & Queens / Independent / January 26, 2013
[Starting as a solo project with the early 2012 release Wanderlust, Drew Black (formerly of The Belated) soon enlisted frontmen from two other dynamic local bands (Terra Peal of The Quivers and Zach Hodson of Dolls on Fire) and multi-band drummer Michelle Bacon to create this new band. Their debut ED was mixed & mastered by Duane Trower at Weights & Measures SoundLab in Kansas City. ]

[Drew Black and Dirty Electric play Union on Sat, April 6, at 9:15 PM, for Middle of the Map Festival.]

17. The Hearts of Darkness – “Come Forward”
from: Shelf Life / Shipshape Records / August 25, 2012
[The 15 piece ensemble welcomed 6 additional musicians to record “Shelf Life” their 2nd full-length release, 2 years in the making. Recorded live at the Cooler Studio in Kansas City, Kansas, with Chad Meise, and mastered by Collin Jordan at the Boiler Room in Chicago, using both vintage analog and modern digital technologies. Contributing musicians to “Shelf Life” include: Bob Asher – Trumpet, Sean Branagan – drums and percussion, Rachel Christia – Vocals , Andrew Ford – Trombone, Brandy Gordon – Vocals, Richard Gumbel – Rhythm and Lead Guitar, Sam Hughes – Baritone Saxophone, Les Izmore – Vocals, Pete Leibert – Bass Guitar, Jolan Smith – Tenor Saxophone and Vocals, Miko Spears – Congas, Erica Townsend – Vocals, Ken Walker – Valve Trombone, Brad Williams – drums and percussion, Hermon Mehari – Trumpet, Shawn Hansen – Alto Saxophon, Phil Keegan – Bass Guita, Chris Meck – Rhythm Guita, Josh Mobley – Keyboards, Guitar, Alex Smith – Tenor Saxophone, Mark Vick – Rhythm Guitar.]

[The Hearts of Darkness, play The Outdoor Stage, Sat, April 6, at 2:00 PM for MOTMF.]

18. The Joy Formidable – “This Ladder is Ours”
from: Wolf’s Law / Atlantic Records / January 22, 2013
[Welsh alternative rock band, formed in 2007 in North Wales and currently located in London, England. The band consists of Rhiannon “Ritzy” Bryan (lead vocals, guitar), Rhydian Dafydd (bass, backing vocals), and Matt Thomas (drums, percussion). Their follow up album, Wolf’s Law is their second full length release.]

[The Joy Formidable play The Uptown Theater, on Friday, April 5, with Grizzly Bear, Owen Pallett, and Cowboy Indian Bear, for the Middle of The Map Festival.]

11:59:30

19. Noel Coward – “The Party’s Over Now”
from: Noel Coward in New York / drg / 2003 [orig. 1957]

Sources for notes: artists websites and wikipedia.org

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