Hissing Fauna is NOT the Destroyer

Last Monday, I conducted a brief interview with Of Montreal frontman and rising indie-pop darling Kevin Barnes via telephone, as he was then in Oklahoma at a stop in the band's current tour. I was told that I had ten minutes to conduct the on-air interview. I totally took fifteen. BOO-YAH! Over the course of those minutes, a largely uninterested/uninteresting Barnes and I chatted about Prince and his phallic guitar, the recent success of the band, the new album, and of course, the Outback Steakhouse commerical (much to Kevin's chagrin). Anyways, for those of you that missed it, you can download it here.

If you're interested, check out the new album, "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?" out now on Polyvinyl (and in XYC's playbox), and don't forget the band's stop in Chapel Hill on Monday, March 5 at the Cat's Cradle.

Feedback Farm Loves You, Part II of II (or, In Which the Feedback Farmers Ruin that Romantic Valentine's Day Mood)

Here we see what happens when four maladjusted males try to give advice and share anecdotes about a topic best reserved for discussion by mature, sociable adults.

Download the Valentine's Day Feedback Farm Programme here (31MB MP3). The MP3s from the last post are in there somewhere.

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Feedback Farm Loves You, Part I of II (or, Lovin' Music Men Ain't Always What It's S'posed To Be)

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On "Carolina Breakdown," Irish fiddlin'... Carrboro's "Workclothes"

This week on "Carolina Breakdown," the show we do in concert (literally) with the Arts Center in Carrboro and the Curriculum in Folklore, we feature music from near and far.

Near, as in "Carrboro," as Jennie and Lee Waters bring their band Work Clothes to the show, and talk with us the texture of the Southern indie rock scene. It's great music and much introspective thought behind it.

Then it's "far" as in "far and away," as in County Galway, Ireland, as the Gavin Brothers -- Irish fiddle and accordion virtuosos -- stop in along with UNC graduate Pat Sky. It is, as Sean says, "grand, just grand," and if you've ever played air guitar, let alone air fiddle, the sounds these guys get from their instruments will blow you away.

So celebrate St. Patrick's Day early, Friday at 4 p.m., when we bring you another "Carolina Breakdown," another hour of Southern music, the people who make it and, uh, this week, the people who like it. And in two weeks, DJ and folklorist Jessica Klinke hosts a rousing show with Durham-based folk singer Alice Gerard. You can get the Breakdown on iTunes as a podcast as it spreads the WXYC gospel to places near and far. We've got listeners in Italy and Central America, even -- and this week, we're thinking we'll pick up a few in Ireland. Be well... John H.

FEEDBACK FARM SUSPECTED OF DELETING WXYC BLOG POSTS

Although details are a litle hazy at this point, members of the Feedback Farm have been suspected of practicing "web terrorism" on this very blog by deleting posts that they deemed "not fit to live ." The action was self-righteous at best, and just downright diabolical at its dark core. They already hijacked the WXYC Best of 2006 show last Wednesday, providing their own fake countdown filled with obscure field recordings, Joanna Newsom manipulations, and a double-tracked White Album in order to clutter up the airwaves with a bunch of crap that no one cared about. But this new charge finds the Farmers stooping to new depths, and begs us to ask the question, "How low can these bastards go?"

Unfortunatley, someone was dense enough to let these terrorists have a new season of their show this semester, which airs on every other Wednesday at 9pm on WXYC. Hopefully, they will clear up some of these accusations on their show next week, and address these unholy acts. When will the fear end? When?!?!?

Chapel Hill's punk rock trio Hazerai played three songs from their recent The Castle EP live on WXYC's news show yesterday. Thanks to them, to XYC jock Matt Berginski, and to Edith from the Daily Tar Heel for taking some pictures while they cranked out "Photo shoot." [g/v] [b] [d]

192k mp3s:
1. Reel ghosts break in
2. Black-eyed Susan
3. The ribbon
4. Photo shoot

Expect another strong musical guest or interview when WXYC News airs again on Sunday, February 18 at 5pm.

I Am Not Making Any Accusations

However, for the record, I did this and this last fall.

Then someone else did this.

Like I said, I'm not making any accusation, but you can judge for yourself. I guess it's just another episode in Dave Eggers' vendetta against me. What can you do?

WXYC's Official Best of 2006

Last night, the charming and hilarious Feedback Farmers returned to the airwaves for the first time this semester. They were back to their old antics as they duped us all with their Best of 2006 Hoax Programme. A perplexed and disappointed public were treated to the following countdown, "as selected by 75 WXYC DJs."

10 Tim Hecker - Harmony in Ultraviolet (Kranky)
09 Le Volume Courbe - I Killed my Best Friend (Honest Jon's)
08 Folke Rabe / Jan Bark - Argh! (Tjaft)
07 Geir Jenssen - Cho Oyu 8201m: Field Recordings from Tibet (Ash International)
06 Luc Ferrari - Son Memorise (Sub Rosa) and Far-West News (Blue Chopsticks)
05 Various Artists, Compiled by Jacob Smigel - Eavesdrop: A Wealth of Found Sound (jacobsmigel.com)
04 Lionel Marchetti - Red Dust (Crouton)
03 Anla Courtis - Tape Works (Pogus)
02 HB - Weird CD that some guy named HB sent to WXYC (self-released)
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And at #1, the best album of 2006 was from 1968...
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01 The Beatles - The Beatles (Capitol/EMI)

Of course it was all a hoax. The real countdown is happening right now, in fact, and is being hosted by David and P@. The Feedback Farmers apologize to P@ who did a lot of work compiling the real WXYC list and hope they didn't step on his toes too hard.

Download last night's Feedback Farm programme here (30MB MP3). More happened than just the countdown, so even though you've read the list above you should still download the file!