Or is it a Static Dial Teaser? We had a sudden opening and asked good friend Alex Karasinski to prep us for next month's performance by The Static Dial. You know Alex, ingenue bassist and all around cool dude. He sat in alright, WITH his axe. Since it was just the two of us, no engineers, we waded through the technical glitches and brought you this chat session, preview, and glimpse into the mind and talent of a young monster in the making. Catch him now before Downbeat & Bass Player take him away. At the best place for local legends in the making, the Motor Live Drive @ 5.
Swell Times, Dude are a pop-punk/post hardcore 5 piece that GRIND! Coming out of Southgate, MI, they blend their influences (Dance Gavin Dance, A Day to Remember, Beartooth, Fall Out Boy, Issues, Of Mice & Men, Blink 182, Atreyu, RIse Against, Alexis on Fire) into their own spin and really know how to put on a show as well. Musicians AND showmen. You'll learn why they're worth going to see live after you download this podcast and fell their motivation. Band your head and dance, with the Motor Live Drive @ 5.
Three young bodies entered Studio J. But three wizened souls banged out bluesy rock far beyond their years! You've GOT to listen to Joe Worrall (Vocalist/Guitar), John Juco (Bass), and Brianna Ray (Drums/Backup Vocals), as they show you the youngest generation HAS been paying attention. Give them YOUR attention, on Motor Live Drive @ 5
We can't tell you how glad we are to have these guys back in Studio J! And with a new CD, too? Pared down for the stage to three, but still four in spirit, and recording studio, Archaic Spadium bring their self-titled release to WHFR to crank the hard rock levels back up where they belong. This is melodic. This is grunge. This is in your face, take no prisoners, Detroit rock at its best! Where? Motor Live Drive @ 5, of course.
Poor Player is a five piece band that takes to the stage with barrel house rambles, neo Dustbowl yodels, Tecumseh strums, and a hopped up grab bag of American riddles and laments. Saluting the guy flying a sign beside the highway exit, zigzagging through the post-industrial prairie, Poor Player is all about finding the roots beneath the rubble, the green beneath the ruin, the country blues in the pothole concrete, and the beauty in the city gone to seed. This is folk rock, Americana, alt-country at its finest. This is Motor Live Drive @ 5.
Hometown Hamtramck Hero Danny D shares music from his newest CD, Last Call. Americana, country, rock, and one heckuva all around pop-soul singer. Don't squint your eyes at a live show, you'll wonder how you got Rod Stewart tickets! Fast forward seventeen minutes, the guys had quite a time finding the station. But when they got here, oh the music was great, moving, and oh so much fun. That's what Danny D brings! And he brought it to you, courtesy of Motor Live Drive @ 5. Still the only station making waves, WHFR.
Please enjoy this selection of classical music as we enjoyed sharing music DIRECTLY with our families this day.
The band Terminus came it to Motor. They WANTED to play live, but mother nature got in the way. One of the members plows and salts the roads so You can drive safely while listening to Motor Live. So the rest of the band came on in and sat down with Scott Boatright to talk about their music, and what the future holds for a heavy metal band in the modern era. If you love banging your head, or just local music in general, tune in to the November 20th edition of Motor Live Drive @5. We dedicate this podcast to all the road crews that keep the rest of us motoring.
We got off to a bit of a late start, so just download this one and fast forward fourteen minutes. Then you'll hear the truest hard edged alternative Detroit rock. These guys have a truly original sound. Finely honed, aggressive sound, with Ashley Beavers melodic vocals compelling you to give rapt ear, TMPW share their EP, What It's Like To Live. Get your chance to go the range with The Most Powerful Weapon, here on the only station making waves.
Synth-pop duo Ex-American turn us inside out like no other. The retro-futuristic dance duo talk about influences, art, and MTV. A few of the things that led them to come together and make music that, lyrically, will take you on a journey, as sonically, they simply make you dance. Join singer-synthesist Courtney Spivak and percussionist James Donovan for a mix of chat and dance, this Motor Live Drive @ 5 podcast.
For All Hallow's Eve we kept it simple and spun from the near and dear localities as all the ghouls and goblins roamed Terra Firma this night. So download the podcast, or just stream it direct, and reminisce on what YOU got into when the moon shone bright in the night sky.
Death to labels, clichés, and preconceived notions. Chosen By Fate has LIBERATED such idioms as progressive, industrial, and alternative. Diversity Incarnate is their maxim. Five minutes into this podcast and you'll be glad you clicked play. Fifty-five minutes later and your brain will say, "click it again." How can it not, when four authentic musical explorers absorb Pink Floyd, Queen, Ministry, Alex Clare, Nine Inch Nails, and produce original rhythms and intricate melodies bound to hold you rapt. That's Chosen By Fate.
Fate (Craigslist) brought together this unique musical experience. Zombie Jesus and the Chocolate Sunshine Band use a simple, fun, yet secret recipe to combine heartfelt pain, happiness, and humor, with unpretentious rock ‘n’ roll. Yet that still doesn't sum up the passion and intellect you're about to hear. Un-scrunch the face you made when you saw the name for the first time. Free your mind and let your ears have all the fun; just don't be surprised when your toes start tapping. When your booty joins in, so much the better. That's what the Motor Live Drive @ 5 is all about.
Some of us never had the privilege of meeting Victor Wooten when he was in his early twenties. Or hearing him amble into his neighborhood radio station and plug his axe straight in to their board say "Here's what I've got; want more?" Well here's your chance to witness history. In a few years you'll say you heard Alex Karasinski on Motor. The first time, he was the driving force behind Neuro Sonic. The second time, well, he just plugged straight into our board, a man and his axe. Want more?
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R.J. Spangler is well known to Detroit blues and jazz fans, having created, produced, and performed with his numerous groups over the past decades, from the Sun Messengers to today's Planet D Nonet (jazz) and the RJ Spangler Trio (blues), represented in more than 50 recorded albums. In addition, besides gigs with dozens of the most famous blues and R&B artists, RJ was the bandleader for Johnnie Bassett, the current manager/drummer for Alberta Adams, as well as the current President of the Detroit Blues Society.
The Beggars drop a new album, The Beggars, and give you Every reason to know you've got to get it. Fun, rocking, make you bop your head, dance; if you don't have a good time, something's wrong witcha! Get with The Beggars, maybe the most fun to come across your speakers in Motor history!
Tip your hat to Roger & Margaret as they find these fellows, freshly releasing Feverish Dreams As Told By..., their first full length LP. Hot wax, hot tunes, four "musicy" guys from Ferndale. Bringing 'em back only serves to whet the appetite for the newest and greatest their hearts INSIST on releasing to this day! And thank goodness they do. This is GREAT STUFF, Maynard!
Formerly known as Bowlscraper, SOLDIERS OF SCRAPE pound the earth with nothing but the raw! This is why Detroit will forever be Rock City, Bubba. We revisit the day Studio J trembled in their presence. Download this podcast when you're ready to bang your head!
Carolyn Striho, of the Carolyn Striho Band, HAS NO BAND! Listen as she strips her sound down to her six strings, our well-regarded piano, and her vocals.
Authentic. Sincere. Motor City.
Stream the bare music from WHFR.
Jarrod Champion, hands so very full, (playing with The Sights, The Brunswick Brawlers, The Barrel Brothers Street Band, AND, Mr. Champion and Mrs. Morgan), finds time to bless our piano with his rock and roll, jazz, blues, and traditional country and folk playing fingertips with nobody to his left or his right! Whew.
That's how it is when http://jarrodchampion.com/home drops by Motor. Tune in.
Liz Larin celebrates the release of Hurricane, her new CD, with an intimate sit-down with our own Scott Boatright. Catch up with Detroit's Goddess of Rock and hear great music. Harkening back to the earliest days of motor, sometimes an artist just needs to LET THE MUSIC DO THE TALKING.
Lizerrd has taken many turns and changes along the way. From their early influences Jesus Lizard, as well as The Stooges, they thrash some serious hard core riffs. Traveling everywhere there's a stage, they're growing their name with a following that'll tell ya, these guys are for real!