WMNF Most Played CDs during 2008

WMNF 88.5 Tampa : Top 50 Most Played "CDs during 2008



1) Radiohead - In Rainbows - ATO



2) Various Artists: Cheatin’ Heart: Tales of Lies and Love - BAAMO



3) Alejandro Escovedo - Real Animal - Back Porch



4) Have Gun, Will Travel - Casting Shadows Tall As Giants - self release



5) Amanda Shaw - Pretty Runs Out - Rounder



6) Hayes Carll -… Continue

No flashy lights or big fuss. There was a small crowd, good music and an entertaining night at Lola's on Sunday as The Redwalls crooned their songs from past and present albums.

Dressed in their skinny jeans, tight jackets and mop-styled hair, brothers Logan and Justin Baren took over the stage along with Rob Jensen with oomph despite guitarist Andrew Langer leaving the band this year. But Justin Baren quickly introduced the crowd to… Continue

Americana music is rarely as jumping and reviving, skittery and sweaty, as that put out by our aptly named, home-grown Hoots & Hellmouth.

Theirs is a real "kitchen sink" approach to twangy music making, at times earthy as bluegrass, folked up with tradition or gospel pure, but also speaking to today with its aura of righteously rocking, poke-your-eyes-out indignation.



No surprise, I also got an earful recently from the… Continue

SATURDAY:

The various handlers of Mad Dragon Records’ Andrew Lipke have literally beaten my inbox into submission this week, letting there be no doubt whatsoever that his CD release party is at the North Star. So I finally just went and listened to some of his stuff, only to find that, lo and behold, you just can’t make a straight Rufus Wainwright. Sorry,… Continue

Drexel's student-run record label, Mad Dragon Records, was just nominated for three 2008 Independent Music Awards in the "College Label of the Year" category for releases by The Swimmers and The Redwalls, and in the "Best Rock/Pop Song" for the Redwalls song "Modern Diet." Mad Dragon, part of Drexel's Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design, won "Best College Label" at the 2007 IMAs for Hoots & Hellmouth's self-titled debut… Continue