Archive | June, 2012

WHOA’s Formula for Success; The Crossroads where Indie and Paradise meet

Siesta Key Beach has been ranked the #1 beach in the U.S. May 27, 2011: Siesta Key Beach Named the Nation’s Best! As the AP put it, “After years as a head-turning bridesmaid in the best-beach rankings, Sarasota’s Siesta Beach is finally the bride.” The wide slice of brilliant white sand and warm, emerald water [...]

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Hip Trip of the Week The Red Rock City

Located at the base of Oak Creek Canyon Sedona is renowned for its stunning red buttes and monoliths, as well as its surrounding lush forests. Sedona is located in both Coconino and Yavapai Counties and is completely surrounded by the Coconino National Forest. Sedona has become a center for traditional and contemporary arts and offers [...]

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Sucker For Lights are Shining on WHOA 100

SuckerForLights is a Dreampop duo from Portland, Oregon. The band was started in 2008 by vocalist Olivia Voss and guitarist Bryan Brunt. Their self-titled 5-track EP, released March 2011, was produced by Jeremy Sherrer (The Dandy Warhols, Hockey) at the Odditorium, Spooky Electric studios, and the Family Farm. While listening to SuckerForLights’ EP, you’ll enjoy [...]

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Kevin McWha Steele on WHOA 100

Today on WHOA 100 “Recently cited as ‘a cross between (Bowie’s) Ziggy Stardust and Serge Gainsbourg’ in Veglam Magazine, Steele brings his own unique blend of French-Anglo pop, folk, rock and jazz to the stage. Recent releases include a 21-track self-titled LP (February 2012) and a glam rock concept album “Ki & The Arrowtooth Waltz” [...]

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Tini Grey on WHOA 100

This Morning at 9:15 am EST The progeny of musical icons have always had it tough, forced to carve out distinct musical lives separate from the oftentimes iconic careers of their parents. Think Jacob Dylan of the Wallflow-ers or celebrity-mainstays like Lisa Marie Presley. The results can be mixed, but every once in a while, [...]

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WHOA 100 is up and running at it’s New Home

Hi everyone the station is back up and running We have moved to our new HQ. We thank you for your continued support.

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Lauren Harding is Shooting Stars at WHOA

Hailing from the small town in Massachusetts, this Singer/Songwriter made her move to LA to attend The American Musical and Dramatic Academy, where she honed her craft as a singer and an actor. Being raised in a predominately musical family, it seems as though Lauren has been preparing to conquer the music world since she [...]

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Birds of Night have landed

The Birds of Night are a band that make nostalgically glazed Rock and Roll. Inspired by the sounds of the sixties, their music is made from sun-drenched guitars, haunting vocals, and well tightened drums. They fit nicelywith bands like Tennis, Ty Segall, Beach Fossils, and The Walkmen. The Birds of Night are a Rock and [...]

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WHOA Label’s First Release from Bus Stop Poets Beautiful Day is Chevy’s Choice for the Traverse

Check out the commercial href=”http://www.strivecreative.com/clients/bus_stop_poets”> Detroit’s Metro Chevy Dealers chose Beautiful Day as the song for the 2012 Chevy Traverse commercial. Be on the lookout Detroit, Bus Stop Poets are on the move and it’s a Beautiful Day all we can say is WHOA! “Beautiful Day” exemplifies the crisp summertime garage rock of the early [...]

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Normandie Wilson puts a Pencil to Paper at WHOA

Normandie Wilson’s 7″ single Saturday Night Girl/Paper and Pencil definitively announces her arrival as the bohemian glamour girl of the indie scene. Her refreshingly wide eyed take on 60′s pop has been pressed into this playful A & B side, the physical nature of this release only adding to it’s nostalgic appeal. Recorded in only [...]

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Crystal Yates

“..powerful, inspiring, magical…” these are just some of the words used to describe the voice and music of Crystal Yates, a recording artist and singer/songwriter from McKinney, TX. Being in the music industry for nearly 10 years, Crystal is no stranger to writing, performing, and recording, having played across the US and Western Europe in [...]

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Anna Madorsky Triumph & Symphony

In late 2011, independent singer-songwriter/musician and performer Anna Madorsky introduced her third studio album, Triumph & Symphony. Self-produced and spanning seventeen tracks that are as cinematic in their sound as they are in their scope, the record can be best described as what would happen if you took the intelligent vitality of Kate Bush, the [...]

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Casus Incipiunt for Falls Start

Tune in 9:15 am EST www.whoa100.com Casūs Incīpīunt – For FallsStart, it’s more than just an album title, it’s the physical manifestation of the group’s hard work and dedication to their craft; the realization of a musical vision by way of fierce guitar work, pounding rhythms, and searing vocals. “When I finally had the finished [...]

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Memphis College of Art Student Wins Prestigious Graduate Scholarship Award

NEWS RELEASE
 Contact: Cara Sievers Director of College Communications csievers@mca.edu (901) 272-5111 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
 June 6, 2012 Memphis College of Art Student Wins Prestigious Graduate Scholarship Award Yeinier Gonzalez Recognized for Work Documenting His Family’s Pursuit of the American Dream MEMPHIS, Tenn. – Memphis College of Art is proud to announce that graduating [...]

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EndAnd is in the house.

Tune in at 9:15 am EST www.whoa100.com EndAnd was the first self proclaimed record Daniel Fern pseudo-released at 2006. Moved to Brooklyn from “who cares”, and recorded and preformed with The Stoics for most of 2007 and 2008. After two years of writing, and over a year of King Killer, Daniel Fern now registers with [...]

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WHOA is On The Road to Bonnaroo

Tune in tomorrow 9:45 am EST the Lovely Ladies of WHOA call in fro the road. Leah and Brittany are off to Bonnaroo and they will be Documenting this journey for the WHOA fans. You can expect live correspondence through Twitter, live interviews for the web, and we will have them on WHOA 100 as [...]

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Brooklyn Close-Up Today @ BAM Rose Cinemas

Celebrating nine decades of Brooklyn film history and revealing how filmmakers since the silent era have been inspired by the County of Kings, BAMcinématek presents Brooklyn Close-Up, a series of Monday night screenings that coincides with BAM’s 16-month sesquicentennial anniversary celebration. Starting on Halloween, on the last Monday of every month through December 2012, take [...]

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Rooftop Film Festival is a must do

ABOUT ROOFTOP FILMS Rooftop Films is known internationally as one of the most dynamic film festivals in the world. In 2011, we screened more than 25 feature films, almost all of which are New York, U.S. or World Premieres. We showed over 150 short films in themed programs which have received accolades for being smart, [...]

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Use Your Illusion

By Hilarie M. Sheets In the legendary contest of artistic ability in ancient Greece, Zeuxis thought he had won a victory when his painted grapes looked so real they attracted birds—that is, until Parrhasius moved to unveil his own painting and revealed the curtain itself to be an illusion. The age-old idea of trompe l’oeil—fooling [...]

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Radio Fallout lands at WHOA 100

Tune in 9:15 am and meet Radio Fallout www.whoa100.com In less than two years Radio Fallout went from being a brand new alternative rock act in the vein of Weezer, the Toadies and Nirvana to headlining festivals, signing publishing deals, touring the Midwest, and playing the premier venues in the live music capital of the [...]

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