iCast: Willoughby

The band had a great time out in Pomona last week with all their fans and Band Of Horses. Was great to be playing with these guys - their set was amazing.

Cool blog Speed Of Dark was at the show and did a nice review of the show, with photos of Gus and Charlie, but sadly not even a mention that Jake Blanton was on stage with the band on bass, or that John Wood was on keys, but we can forgive her that!

You can read the review here.

Also, John Wood’s own band, Learning Music, recently did a remix project, which included a remix of Willoughby's Intentions. Check it out on Learning Music's website.

Wanted to make sure you all know the timings for tonight - Willoughby will be taking the stage at the Bootleg Theater at 2220 Beverly Blvd in Los Angeles tonight at 10pm.  Obi Best will be on afterwards, at 11pm.  Tickets $8 at the door.

Also, some great blogs have been discovering Willoughby recently - check out the latest from Mojophenia in the UK at http://mojophenia.blogspot.com/2009/07/willoughby-release.html

You can also see the latest blog posts by following this link:

http://blogsearch.google.com/blogsearch?hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&q=willoughby+%22i+know+what+you%27re+up+to%22&scoring=d

Here’s a special Friday bulletin.  Brilliant blog losanjealous has teamed up with Limewire - yes, the program you can use to steal music. (Limewire have gone legit, incase you didn’t know, and are now like Napster.  You pay a fee, you get lots of music. And they’re really supportive of independent music.  Which is cool.) Limewire do a sampler series called Ear To The Ground. They feature cities - Brookyln, Seattle, Berlin, San Francisco - and they’re top indie bands. The great thing is, the sampler is free. Always. You just have to (cause we want you to check them out too) go to losanjealous.com (click here now) and follow the link.
Lots of great music from friends, bands we like, and bands we are discovering here. 
They’ve done an LA Sampler and it’s now out.  We are honored to have been asked to be on it.  Thanks! And you should check it out cause while you hopefully have Frankenstein already (our contribution), there are lots of great songs by great people on there - check out our good friends Inara George and the brilliant, social Van Dyke Parks, Daedelus, a great song from Princeton, Kenan, Henry Clay, really loads - don’t want to just list them all so go get it. You have to register with Limewire, but it’s free.

PLUS... Willoughby will be playing a show on Tuesday, July 28 at the Bootleg Theatre with our good friends Obi Best headlining.  We’ve been recording some new songs, and getting them ready for the Band Of Horses show in Pomona at the end of August, so this will be our first chance to play some of those for you. Some you already know from the live shows. Tickets for the show are $8 - looks like they’re available at the door. 2220 Beverly Blvd.

http://www.losanjealous.com/2009/06/24/limewire-store-losanjealous-present-ear-to-the-ground-a-free-sampler-of-los-angeles-sounds/

http://www.store.limewire.com/store/app/pages/ettg/ETTGAlbums/

http://www.inarageorge.com/

http://www.vandykeparks.com/

http://www.myspace.com/daedelusdarling

http://www.myspace.com/princetonmusic

http://kenanbell.com/

http://www.thehenryclaypeople.com/

http://www.myspace.com/obibest

We have little surprise for all of you in LA right now.  Willoughby are going to take to the stage on Monday night at The Silver Lake Lounge.  They've been asked to play with TD Lind who is on at 9:30pm and Mia Maestro and Aaron Robinson who take to the stage at 10:30pm.  Willoughby will be last up, at 11:30.  Always a good place for a drink and hang with friends on Monday night, the night is free, so come down.

http://www.myspace.com/tdlind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyTu7dwa6F8

Band Of Horses have announced a special one-off concert in Pomona this summer, with Willoughby appearing as their guest.  We’re looking forward to playing new songs in such a great venue (the Fox Theatre), and with a great band asking us to join them.  It’s worth the trip to Pomona folks - come on out for a great Saturday night (August 29). There is a special ticket presale starting tomorrow at 10:00am. The password is, cleverly, HORSES.

The folks over at RCRD LBL heard the new live version of Center of Sleep, one of the tracks the band are working on for their sophomore release, which Gus recorded live in Hamburg on ByteFM and wanted to feature it themselves.  Thanks to everyone at ByteFM for working out this international deal, allowing RCRD LBL to release the brand new track as a download.

So, head to: http://www.rcrdlbl.com/2009/04/29/download_willoughby_center_of_sleep_live_bytefm_

And you can grab a copy for yourself, your friends...  

A couple more European shows still - Glasgow on May 3 and Dublin on May 7 - hope to see you there.  Plans afoot for a trip back soon.

Recorded (and broadcast) live in the Byte.FM studios in Hamburg, you can check out this new version of Center Of Sleep, a new song from the second album.  It’s online here.

Thanks to Hannes.

This video is a combination of Wes Johnson's fantastic film "powerlinerflyers", found on his Vimeo page here: vimeo.com/wesjohnson [http://vimeo.com/wesjohnson

This is just a haunting and beautiful film and when we saw it we wanted to fit a Willoughby piece to it. With Wes' kind permission, we are able to share it with you.

We have several Willoughby related events happening over the coming weeks, and wanted to keep you in the know.

First up, tonight, Sunday, February 15, 2009, Willoughby play at the 8th Street Taproom in Lawrence, Kansas.
http://eighthstreettaproom.com/

Then, Charlie Wadhams gets out to a few events around SoCal in the coming weeks.  He’ll be playing in Long Beach, Hollywood and Santa Monica.
February 16: Long Beach, CA / Fingerprint's Records, 7PM w/ Lonely Dear
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Everloving/11878604917?ref=ts#pages/Long-Beach-CA/Fingerprints-Music/39650638629

February 17: Hollywood, CA / Hotel Cafe, 7PM www.hotelcafe.comnbsp;

March 1: Santa Monica, CA / Chris Darrow Tribute at McCabe's, 7PM
w/ Ben Harper, Akron/Family, Howlin' Rain, & more info www.mccabes.com

Need more things to do? Willoughby’s own Gus Seyffert will be joining Inara George and Greg Kurstin (aka The Bird & The Bee) for “Gimme A Steak” Hour at the newly renovated Home in Silver Lake.  The show is Friday, February 27 and Free if you get to home before 10pm.  Expect jazz standards and guest spots from some of LA’s best.
http://www.foldsilverlake.com/framesschedule.html

Image from Zazzle.co.uk – where you can buy a whole array of Willoughby Family Crest items! http://www.zazzle.co.uk/willoughby+crest+gifts