What do Nirvana, the Pixies, and Sparklejet have in common? They have all worked with legendary Chicago recording engineer Steve Albini! And where does Sparklejet differ from those other two little-known groups? Well, Sparklejet is the Twirl Radio Artist of the Month for June, 2007! Okay, okay. So maybe you have heard of Nirvana and [...]
Featured Artist May 2007: Jeff Heiskell (Former Judybats Frontman)
Each month, Twirl Radio scours the country (and sometimes the globe) to bring the finest musical talent to the airwaves. As you might recall, last month we landed in Knoxville, Tennessee. Well, this month, for the first time, we just stay put–and keep ourselves parked in Knoxville–because we are celebrating Jeff Heiskell, and his new [...]
Featured Artist April 2007: Scott Miller (and the Commonwealth)
I recently discovered a time machine! This fabulous device can take you back to when music used to sound good. It can also take you back to the battlefields of the Civil War, or across Appalachia on an Amtrak train as recently as last year. The time machine has a name–it’s called Scott Miller and [...]
Featured Artist March 2007: Winzenried (aka Hollywood Drunks)
Winzenried–the band, and the singer/songwriter (Eric Winzenried)–is the Featured Artist of the Month for March, 2007, as announced on Twirl Saturday, March 3. What does that mean? Well, it means we’re going to be featuring a whole lot of their great music on the show this month. It also means that I got to do [...]
Featured Artists February 2007: The Taters
Quick question–who are the luckiest people on earth? Quick answer–the people who live in and around Richmond, Virginia. Why? Because they can go see The Taters play live any time they like. Oh sure, California’s got the beach, mountains, nice weather, movie stars, blah blah blah. But what good is any of this if we [...]
Featured Artists January 2007: Boswalos
Real alternative music is back. Not grunge, not angry rap-metal. Alternative. The purveyors of this sound are Boswalos, a quartet from Canada. These guys just put out their debut album, Boswalos, and were nice enough to send me a copy in the hopes that it might catch some airplay on Twirl. Never a doubt–little did [...]
Featured Artist December 2006: Raistalla
The next big thing is here. Period. And her name is Raistalla! Let’s get the categorization out of the way. She does techno music, or perhaps you could call it dance music. True. Okay, now let’s get the disclaimers out of the way. I’ve checked out what the other reviewers are saying about Raistalla, and [...]
Featured Artist November 2006: Lionel Lodge
I’m getting the biggest kick out of singer-songwriter Lionel Lodge’s live album with Rens Newland and their Rock Quartet. It’s all cover tunes, performed in one of the local vineyards/winebars in Vienna, Austria, where this Canadian expatriate calls home. It starts off with a rollicking version of the Beatles “With A Little Help From My [...]
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