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Walter Parks, solo artist, guitarist for the now-late Richie Havens, leader of Swamp Cabbage, and all around nice guy stopped by the station finally. We’ve only been trying to make that happen for 4 years… It seemed that something always came up when we tried to make it work so when we finally got the stars to align, I wasn’t going to let him leave after a few questions. Fortunately Walter (and his lovely wife Margo) stuck around for over an hour playing and talking.

Walter pulled out his rare Guild guitar (serial number 1) for “The Lid” from the first Cabbage album, then did the unreleased debut of an instrumental “Sugarhouse” which may finally be released this summer. Finally he pulled out the acoustic and played a great version of the Allman Brothers “Little Martha” which also appears on the latest Swamp Cabbage CD by the full electric trio.

We recorded it all, well not all because I didn’t start the recording initially…d’oh. Now you can listen just in case you missed it the first time through.

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Woody Lissauer stopped by to chat and play some of his songs with DJ Chris Sweeney. Just ignore the bonus echo effect on the discussion… Woody routed everything through his pedal systems and it created an interesting effect on their chat. On the plus side the music sounds great!

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Hey, WLOY listeners! It’s our last Top 40 of the year, but don’t let that dissuade you from checking out some of the awesome new adds we have for you, here! Have a great summer, everyone.

	Artist	Album	iTunes	Amazon
40	Thao & The Get Down Stay Down	We The Common
39	Minus The Bear	Infinity Overhead
38	Hammock	Departure Songs
37	Converge	All We Love We Leave Behind
36	Dead Can Dance	Anastasis
35	Boy Friend	Egyptian Wrinkle
34	Liars	WIXIW
33	Hop Along	Get Disowned
32	Andrew Bird	Hands Of Glory
31	Passion Pit	Gossamer
30	The Tallest Man On Earth	There’s No Leaving Now
29	Menomena	Moms
28	Four Tet	Pink
27	Bat For Lashes	The Haunted Man
26	A Fine Frenzy	Pines
25	Jamie Lidell	Jamie Lidell
24	Nowherenauts	Warned You
23	Josh Ritter	The Beast in Its Tracks
22	Lyke Giants	Fires Thieving Time
21	Kavinsky	Outrun
20	The Knife	Shaking the Habitual
19	The Men	New Moon
18	Pinback	Information Retrieved
17	Kalweit and the Spokes	Mulch
16	Local Natives	Hummingbird
15	Yo La Tengo	Fade
14	Lapalux	Nostalchic
13	Justin Timberlake	The 20/20 Experience
12	Frank Turner	Tape Deck Heart
11	Panthu du Prince & the Bell Laboratory	Elements of Light
10	Ra Ra Riot	Beta Love
9	Kate Nash	Girl Talk
8	Mudhoney	Vanishing Point
7	Laura Stevenson	Wheel
6	Youth Lagoon	Wondrous Bughouse
5	Atoms for Peace	Amok
4	Lotte Kestner	The Bluebird of Happiness
3	Frightened Rabbit	Pedestrian Verse
2	James Blake	Overgrown
1	Bonobo	The North Borders

RAMS HEAD LIVE
04.26 Dru Hill
04.27 Several Species – The PINK FLOYD Experience
05.17 Alkaline Trio w. Bayside, Off With Their Heads
06.07 Metric
06.09 Social Distortion w. Cheap Time, Dave Hause
06.10 Foals w. Surfer Blood, Blondfire
06.11 The Vaccines
06.16 Say Anything w. Eisley
06.22 Get The Led Out
06.23 Fitz and the Tantrums
07.12 Mike Pinto, Natural Vibrations and Three Legged Fox w. Nine Mile Roots
07.23 Dawes w. Shovels and Rope
07.26 Xavier Rudd w. Nahko and Medicine for the People

PIER SIX PAVILION
05.03 Foreigner
05.05 Earth Wind and Fire
05.19 ZZ Top w. Ben Miller Band
07.06 Daughtry & 3 Doors Down w. Halestorm, Bad Seed Rising
07.17 Sublime With Rome w. Pennywise
07.20 The Beach Boys
07.24 Steve Miller Band
08.08 Peter Frampton & B.B. King w. Sonny Landreth
08.11 Slightly Stoopid & Atmosphere w. Budos Band
08.13 George Thorogood & Buddy Guy
08.22 The Family Reunion Tour feat. Gladys Knight & the O’Jays
08/23 Styx & REO Speedwagon

Stay tuned to the station, connect with us on Facebook and Twitter in order to win!

• Of Monsters and Men – Tuesday, June 11th
• The xx & Grizzly Bear – Sunday, June 16th
• The Postal Service – Tuesday, June 18th
• Belle & Sebastian – Friday, July 12th
• O.A.R. – Thursday, August 1st

Listen all summer and keep up with our Facebook page so you don’t miss your chance to win. If you’re still feeling nervous, click on any of the links above for your own guaranteed set of tickets. We’ll see you at the show!

ALSO, be sure to enter the FREE raffle onsite for a chance to win Crystal Castles tickets.

Bring a friend, your roommates, your mom, EVERYONE, and head over to the Reading Room this Thursday for an event you don’t want to miss!

Acts included: Sweet Leda, Wendell Patrick, Swampcandy, Caleb Stine, Karyn Oliver, Mark Hopkins and Claire Anthony!

Thank you everyone for making it an incredible evening!

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The event will be taking place between 9pm-11pm and we will be offering FREE cupcakes. In addition, we will be hosting a free raffle where you will have the chance to win FREE tickets to see Crystal Castles perform at Rams Head Live. All are welcome so feel free to bring any friends, acquaintances or estranged family members that you haven’t spoken to in decades. We look forward to seeing you there!

We’ll announce our final award winners of the year in approximately 26 days… hold onto your hats!

We have been waiting for this return for quite some time now! After some time off, Justin Timberlake is back and better than ever. His new album, The 20/20 Experience, hits shelves this week and I just listened to an advanced copy of it. One word…incredible! The lyrics, music and vibe are very reminiscent of the JT we all know and love with a bit of a fresh, modern twist. I will warn you, some of the songs are on the lengthier side (including three songs on the album over 8 minutes each), but he only recorded 10 tracks. A majority of the songs are mid to up tempo (“Mirrors”, “Spaceship Coupe”, and “Pusher Love Girl”) while a few are club hits. His first single “Suit and Tie” has already taken radio stations and the party scene by storm and other tracks, such as “That Girl,” are sure to heat up the dance floor pretty soon! JT is still the lover boy we all know (but, let’s be honest, could we have it any other way??). And with his recent marriage to Jessica Biel, the lyrics bring his romantic side to a new level! Listen to A Double Dose of Entertainment on Fridays from 7-9pm to hear some of these new tracks!

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WLOY participated in Loyola’s annual Relay for Life event by selling tickets for concert raffles and song requests.

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Thanks to all the amazing artists that came out: Sahffi, Caleb Stine, Claire Anthony, Ruben Dobbs, Matt Hutchison, Karyn Oliver, Kevin (Wendel Patrick) Gift and band, Sweet Leda, and Ken Gutberlet. What a great night! continue to photos

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We have all been waiting with baited breath for Beyoncé to release new music. After multiple Instagram posts of Bey in the recording studio, the announcement of a world tour and Baby Blue Ivy as fresh inspiration, all of her fans have been wondering when the new album will come out and what will the first single sound like. Will it be a ballad about the birth of her adorable new daughter? Or maybe a club hit like Run the World or Party? After another post to Instagram the world knew Bey was up to something! The picture was of young Beyoncé in a pink ball gown standing in front of what appeared to be a collection of beauty pageant trophies and medals with the words “Bow Down” in white across the middle. The caption of the picture included a link to her website iam.beyonce.com. When fans went to the site, they could hear what they had all been waiting for: her latest track. After listening to it myself I have a few words about it: huge disappointment!! Bey, this is not what anyone expecte d! With the use of expletives more frequently than some rap songs and a very pompous message “Bow Down” completely contradicted the confident, yet humble Bey we have seen recently at events like the Presidential Inauguration and her exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey. Lines such as “But don’t think I’m just his little wife,” shocked me because I don’t recall anyone referring to Beyoncé as just Jay-Z’s wife except for her tour being named Mrs. Carter World Tour; which Beyoncé named herself! The song then changes to a totally different beat which sounds like it could be a song by Rick Ross. As one of Beyoncé’s biggest fans, I have to say that I am very disappointed in this “Rihanna-like” single. Where is the sweet Beyonce we know from songs like Halo, Dangerously in Love and Flaws and All. Or even the sassy, yet kind girl we heard in Irreplaceable and Best Thing I Never Had? Bey has a lot of explaining to do before she gets me to buy a $200 concert ticket!