Athens, GA rockers The Whigs are preparing their new studio album, In The Dark, for an early 2010 release. The group are heading out on tour shortly and they're giving everyone a preview of the album with a free download of the title track.Get your MP3 here:"In the Dark"- MP3The Whigs' websiteThe Whigs' Myspace
If you’ve read this site for a while, you’ll already know how much I dig the Whigs. They play pretty straight-forward, melodic garage rock, but something about their sound just grabs me.After nabbing a killer slot playing to huge crowds while opening for Kings of Leon this summer, Parker Gispert and crew are headed back [...]Related posts:Vampire Weekend Fall 2009 Tour Dates, New Track Release
Athens, GA garage rockers The Whigs are very excited to hit the road this month and premiere songs from their upcoming album, In The Dark (ATO Records). The headlining tour covers 29 cities in seven weeks and The Features, The Dead Trees and Mean Creek will support the run at different stages.Set for an early [...]
From The Whigs' official mailing list:As many of you may have heard by now, the legendary Georgia Theatre in Athens was destroyed by fire last Friday morning. Employees of The Theatre now unexpectedly find themselves unemployed and we (The Whigs) and our buddies Dead Confederate have decided to help these ...
Music News Bits Friday Wrap-up -* Sony Music Sales Slip - To add to Sony corp's ills, during the period ended Dec 31, Sony Music Entertainment generated only105.2 billion yen ($1.16 billion), a 22% decrease on a dollar basis compared with the same quarter of the previous fiscal year. Sony attributed the sales drop to the decline of the physical music market . * THE WHIGS report they've been th...
These guys are on heavy rotation on my Zune. You just can't beat big drums and guitar. If you do torrents, there's this:http://www.mininova.org/tor/1131419Listen to it once and then go buy it. It's always good to support your favorite bands any time you can.I think someone on Multiply posted them when it first came around. But, to be honest, I cant' remember where I got turned on to them. I jus...
In honor of my growing anticipation for the 2008 Bonnaroo lineup, I've updated my concert history page, not just with new artists, but with some select photos from the last 3 Bonnaroos. The galleries aren't exhaustive, but they have a few pics I've taken of a handful of bands.http://www.skewedperspective.com/musica/musicaDean.htmlPlus, I updated Musica with my last Whigs show and the upcoming ...
That whoever organises the music for The Letterman Show is certainly welcome to organise my music library...No more java required for me, just had my hit for the day..
Have you ever suggested to some friends, friends that you have the utmost respect for their opinions, to join you for a show from band you love and are pretty sure they'd like too? Did you feel some trepidation that the band may not measure up, that your friends may wonder what in the blasted Hell were you thinking? Or maybe even worse, your friends would be just meh…and you know that they.
I've spent the last week in the Great Northwest... Seattle, Portland and finally... the Sasquatch! Music Festival at The Gorge in eastern Washington (the most stunning site for a concert I've ever experienced... well-worth checking out!)The good folks from the Festival had 72 different artists create a poster for each of the 72 bands playing at the three-day event. I was given The Whigs. (poste...
Athens, Georgia must be a hot bed of talent. I've already waxed poetic about Dead Confederate and now get ready for gushing for "The Whigs":http://www.myspace.com/thewhigs. I had heard their latest album and enjoyed it, which put them on the "must see" list for Sasquatch. What I didn't expect was to be so entralled by their set. Lead singer, Parker Gispert, has a baby face and a big rocker ...
(for when you just want to rock.) Today's song comes from The Whigs, a band hailing from the musical hotbed of Athens, Georgia. The trio currently have two albums out and have embarked on several cross country tours for various bands. I've seen them twice, once with The Kooks and then with Kings of Leon. They've gotten better each time, as their tour-de-force performance is a throwback to Th...