Wych Elm are a band that LIVE fun. You cannot keep a dour, sad, or grim countenance when Wych Elm play. Don't get the wrong impression, they include serious themes when the mood strikes, but their execution is just most vibrant, joyous affair.
This was a special treat. All kinds of elements came together, SUCCESSFULLY. AS disparate as Roxy Music, Jesus and Mary Chain, and Public Image Limited, yet those are just ingredients. The execution, the love, is everything. Warhorses have been schooled! From right here at Henry Ford College to Berklee College of Music. These four are far more than individuals. Eric, Kristin, Nathan, and Mike gel. Pooling real experiences, real passion, now it's your chance to hear them really rock.
Kenny Lang, singer, songwriter, storyteller, stops in to share heartfelt acoustic guitar and vocals. In the vein of so many great nights at so many open mics, such as The E. River Folk Society, No Boys Aloud's own Lynn makes quite the exception for this good ole boy, interviewing him about his music, commitment to community, inspiration, and plans for the future. Hear Kenny talk about meeting his heroes, Kris Kristofferson, Billy Joe Shaver, and his father-in-law. You'll get to know a soul who's lived full out. And this is available for you to stream or download at your leisure.
The Gasoline Gypsies had been touring all over. They saw fit to take a break from both the road, and the studio where they're working a new release, just long enough to grace Motor with what they have to offer. Americana squarely summarizes this amalgam of rock, country, and bluegrass. Their emphasis on having a good time, one that'll inspire you to get up and dance, is reason enough to stream this gem. Your desire to have a piece of history, AND get ready before jamming at any one of their shows, is a Great reason to download the podcast, from WHFR. We're the only station makin' waves.
Just prior to the release of their album Folderol, Nigel & The Dropout come in to display just how much two talented, imaginative souls can produce when they put their all into it. Guitars, samplers, percussion, great vocals combine for alternative rock that includes pop sensibilities that can move any dance floor. Stream, download, groove, dance. This is Nigel & The Dropout. As presented by Motor Live Drive @5. Stay tuned, cause after 30 years, we're just getting started.
It's been awhile trying to summarize this performance. It was rather like sharing something between friends with the whole wide world. But that's what we're supposed to do on Motor. The whole White Russians couldn't be here, it was Jackie and harpist Bernard Staples, fresh off their release of USED, and Jackie's turn on drums with Jennifer Westwood and The Handsome Devils. They combined to take the Durty Americana sound down to the bare metal. The results will leave you hearing and feeling something personal. Jackie Stahl & The White Russians. Motor Live Drive @5.
Yeah, this happened. Bronze Mambas played live Wednesday night, came into Motor, shredded the tiles off the rafters, and then went right back out Thursday night and did it all over again! We heard these guys were the real thing, they just had to prove it with a solid aural assault. Three pieces: percussionist, maniacal guitarist, and hold-nothing-back lead vocalist. With a commitment to staying on stage on the regular, their chops have done nothing but grown. If you haven’t seen them live yet, prepare yourself by jamming this podcast of Bronze Mambas on the rise.
OLD EMPIRE has a genre mashing style that is hard to put your finger on, yet you want to get your hands all over it. With snappy lyrics, great harmonies and songs that take you back then bring you back. And the music is played with so much passion. Gabe, Laura, Charlie, Mark and Oak make up OLD EMPIRE. They are a fine band that you need to experience for yourself. They were a hoot to have on this edition of Motor. Listen in and see for yourself, the Motor Live Drive @ 5 will keep bringing you just such classics.
The Devil's Cut bring the twang, the doghouse, and plenty of energy to one full hour of Motor. Hailing out of Lansing, they bounce between country and punk with so much fun you'll never know it happened, you'll just enjoy it! That's what Motor podcasts are for, enjoying shows like these well after the band has gone on to the next gig, and making you want to CATCH that next gig. Steam, or download, The Devil's Cut, from April 16, 2015. You'll be looking forward to their next show. You'll look forward to the next Motor Live Drive @ 5.
Electric Lion Soundwave Experiment. ORIGINAL, authentic heavy shoegazer, noise. If you must get away from anything that resembles the TOP 400, you need to seriously tune in to this Motor City amalgamation. They're not trying to emulate anyone, they care only to go into the uncharted depths with no light but that which their ki create. This is one of the most challenging bands Motor has ever hosted. And this podcast will live on as the archive that it actually happened; this is no urban myth. This is why Motor Live Drive @ 5 thrives- Electric Lion Soundwave Experiment.
This was LONG overdue, but well worth the wait! case managerz, cm3 and cm84, just came in here and rocked the house off the FOUNDATION. Oh these guys delivered. We're not talking about just scratching turntables, not that there's anything wrong with that by any means. They brought some classic analog synths no one has seen since the 1980s in here, along with their laptop, and just ripped it. I mean they could have given The Gorillaz lessons they were getting off so hard.
Forgive our tardiness and fast forward this twenty minutes. Gravity Club are a band that have a sound you'll wrap yourself up in like an old comforter, they're just that homespun, yet cutting edge. That's what we bring you on the Motor Live Drive @ 5.
Start this one at the 8 minute mark. We got off to a late start. But you'll find Five Pound Snap well worth the wait. We did. Their sound defies pigeon-holing. They rock, alternatively, straight-ahead, from the blues, from the islands, THEY ROCK!! Featuring music from their EP Five Pound Snap, we highly recommend you check out their Facebook, or http://fivepoundsnap.bandcamp.com. But best of all, keep tuning in to Motor Live Drive @ 5, to keep getting jams like these, and we'll keep bringing 'em to ya!
Bill Gerazounis and Alex Karasinski brought PHENOMENAL talent into WHFR February 26. As The Static Dial these two do things with guitars that can be fairly compared to Steve Vai or Billy Sheehan. But the beauty is- they put the songs first. Be it alternative, hard-rock, or something soulful, they will put just that into it. And you'll hear it in this acoustic set. Download The Static Dial as they shared both their early releases and their latest, Audio Nomad. Learn why you should see them live. And why you should keep tuning into The Motor Live Drive @ 5 on WHFR at 89.3FM.
Valley Hush are the very embodiment of ethereal, atmospheric, and experimental. But best of all, they just sound great! The core of the band, vocalist/songwriter Lianna Vanicelli, and multi-instumentalist/producer Alex Kaye, warm this mid-February offering with thoughtful prose and haunting rhythms that just might make you wistful, just might make you dance. Should make you glad you tuned in to Motor Live Drive @ 5.
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.