People often ask what it is we’re listening to at the OT. We’ve decided to start highlighting some of the stuff we’re really into on the blog. Once or so a month, we’ll be updating this. We’re open to recommendations, as always.
Here’s some artists that we love right now with recommended albums (embedded from Bancamp [...]
We are firm believers that if you can’t waste time on the internet, you’re doing it wrong. We’re here to help. Here are some videos that are making us less productive this month.
Oberhofer on Audiotree Live
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Typhoon performing The Honest Truth on Letterman
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Desert Noises perform Oak Tree
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The Dodos perform Fables on KEXP inStudio
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More to come…
Fall is in full swing. You should probably soundtrack it with these albums.
Prussia – Poor English, Pt 2
Last month, we were all about Poor English, Pt 1, and I’m sure next month Poor English, Pt 3 is gonna make our list. Prussia’s newest album, released in three parts on three separate ten-inch records is so [...]
This was possibly the most difficult thing we’ve ever done. We had an amazing year of entertainment, and the bands that passed through put out an outstanding collection of music. What started as a list of about 150 releases (that we could think of or remember) was painstakingly whittled down to this list of 25 [...]
Phantom Limb Syndrome
Post-psychedelic rock from Toledo
My Special Agent
Eclectic nerd rock from Toledo
[ May 18, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Elliot Street Lunatic
Indie Rock from Lansing, MI
The Cutthroat Drifters
Rock and roll from Denver, Colorado
A Cat’s Chance in Hell
[ May 19, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Desert Noises
Indie Rock from Provo, UT
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=165msBbDaAU
The Faux Paus
Indie Folk Pop from Toledo
The Strong Talk
Indie rock from Toledo
[ May 24, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Andy D.
Pop rap/electro-funk from Bloomington, IN
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIKYLiQt7y4
The Saturday Giant
Loop-heavy indie pop from Columbus, Oh
httpv://vimeo.com/33752501
[ May 25, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Les Tres (Joseph Anthony Camerlengo)
Catchy acid pop from Columbus, Ohio
Mary Lynn
Indie pop from Columbus, Ohio
[ May 26, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] You Won’t
Folk-pop from Cambridge, MA
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sodLvGcgD4&feature=youtu.be&t=16s
httpv://youtu.be/aFdBMmsaVVw
Jack & the Bear
Foot-stomp folk rock from Ann Arbor, MI
The Stranger Amongst the Loyal by Jack and the Bear
[ May 31, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Shovels & Rope(Carrie Ann Hearst & Michael Trent)
Sloppy Tonk from Charleston, South Carolina
httpv://vimeo.com/22580269
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydU2j_MZg3c
Small Houses
Folk from Kalamazoo, MI
httpv://youtu.be/S_hK2qyGlQc
Michael Corwin
Folk from Toledo
[ June 2, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Porch Knights
Rock from the Twin Cities, MN
[ June 3, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Blayer Point-du-jour and the Rockers Gallore
Reggae/hip-hop/pop from Philadelphia, PA
[ June 5, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Filmstrip
Psychodelic slacker punk from Cleveland, OH
[ June 8, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Flamtronic
Electronic nonpop from Toledo
Speed Governor
Indie rock from Columbus
[ June 9, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] The Fight Within
Punk rock from Bowling Green, OH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqDW7L5lT18
Let Me Run
Punk from New Brunswick, NJ
[ June 10, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Dolfish
Acoustic pop from Cleveland/Columbus
httpv://vimeo.com/26130287
httpv://youtu.be/51z89tTGBlM
The Miracle Vitamins
Folk-inflected indie rock from Toledo
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wTya7zhdV4
[ June 14, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] River Whyless
Baroque folk from North Carolina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WM0LiHEvD5E
Jeremiah Akin
Folk noir from Moscow, ID
[ June 15, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Mind Fish
Nerd pop from Athens, OH
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rPHSsc07PF8
The Strong Talk
Indie rock from Toledo
The Miracle Vitamins
Folk-inflected indie rock from Toledo
[ June 21, 2012; 10:00 pm; ] Doug Mains and the City Folk
Indie folk from Lansing, MI
The Saw Had Eyes That Sea
Psychedelic drone folk from Southern MI