In-Studio – Communiqué

Cold Court’s ‘Frankensteined’ EP Is Finally Leaving the LAN Basement

By Gabby McIlhinney

Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel
Photos by Seven Finckel

DJ Gabby Mack, host of Fish Food, sat down with Cold Court after their live studio session at WKDU Philadelphia to talk about their debut EP, \ (^_^) / (aka: HANDS UP), their constantly evolving writing process, Minecraft nostalgia, and their first tour kickoff.

DJ Meow On Next Eras

By Gabby McIlhinney

If you were tuned into WKDU recently, or packed into the studio, you may have caught DJ Meow’s boiler room-style set. Which, for the blog’s record, we do not usually do here at WKDU, though maybe we should start…

“I only prepared half of that,” she told me right after, also visibly overheating. “The other half was just vibes.”

With only about a year into DJing, DJ Meow, aka Jess Urwiler, is weirdly natural on the decks. Originally, Jess was supposed to come in for an acoustic Fish Food set to spotlight her debut EP Roots, which dropped back on September 26 (and is available on all streaming platforms, nudge, nudge). That project lives firmly in the singer-songwriter world, with acoustic guitar and intimate lyrics from songs she’s been sitting on since high school.

Interview with Cassie Ramone

By DJ Gabby Mack – Host of Fish Food

Cassie Ramone is a songwriter, musician, and visual artist who first came onto a lot of people’s radars as a founding member of Vivian Girls, starting in the late 2000s, and later with The Babies, as well as through her solo work. She grew up in New Jersey, moved to Brooklyn in the early 2000s, and has spent years moving between different scenes, projects, and ways of making music.

Her most recent record, Sweetheart, has felt like a really reflective moment in that long arc. Cassie was able to stop by WKDU ahead of her show at Philly Style Pizza with Colleen Green and Jess Urwiler, so we caught her for a quick in-studio and interview!

Kevin Devine Live @ WKDU 2/07/15

Singer/songwriter Kevin Devine stopped by the studio a few weeks back before his show with Into It. Over It. and Laura Stevenson at the Church Sanctuary. Listen to the three-song set below!

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Some photos of Kevin at the Church are below. For more, see Under The Gun Review.

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Needle Points Live In-studio

Click below to hear a live session we did with Philly-based psychedelic experience Needle Points in April!

“Let the boogie lick your lips. Let the jangle, shake your soul. Let the light shine on your third eye. And may your visions bring you back to love. Love which is…. Needle Points.”

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Preview: Jack Deezl and Aaron Ruxbin Live @ WKDU (2/20/14)

Jack Deezl &Aaron Ruxbin — Jack Deezl & Aaron Ruxbin

By Chris Burrell

Drexel Alumni Jack Deezl and Aaron Ruxbin approach the craft of DJing from two extremely different angles, but both coalesce at the intersection of passion and obstinacy. Refusing to succumb to the pressures of conformity both within the stigma and equipment typically associated with being a popular disc jockey, these men find themselves on the polar opposite spectrum of what defines DJing: one playing only vinyl records, the other [mostly] originals. One pure analog preservation, the other digitally manipulated live. The unifying factor being an emphasis on challenging the listeners expectations, advancing an amalgamation of sounds new and old, and digging for the deepest cuts; whether unearthed from years ago or synthesized earlier today. You won’t hear any top 40 in these sets, but you will hear something brand new, every time, guaranteed. Two special live in-studio sets from across the sonic spectrum. Put on your thinking caps and lay out your disco pants, Jack Deezl and Aaron Ruxbin are going VAHN DEEEEPEEERRRR!

Jack Deezl and Aaron Ruxbin will be performing with RJD2 at Union Transfer on February 21. Tune in to The Halfway House on February 20th to catch their Live @ WKDU session.

In-Studio: Joie De Vivre Live @ WKDU (November 22, 2010)

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In the final months of 2010, Midwestern Emo group Joie De Vivre stopped in to perform a few tracks for us. The music is an excellent showcase for the genre–the songs are lush, featuring trumpet and glockenspiel, and come replete with the emotive singing the genre is named for.