Shaking Through
An Online Music and Video Series
Shaking Through is an online music and video series that showcases and fosters select independent musicians. Through the production resources of Weathervane Music and the radio and online distribution and marketing reach of WXPN, this series is made possible and promoted in a unique, community-supported public forum.
Participating Shaking Through artists are given the opportunity to make high-end audio and video recordings of their original music. It is then released on the web at WeathervaneMusic.org and XPN.org, and promoted on the radio by WXPN. The purpose of this series is to support and advance the careers of select independent Artists, particularly in this day when the conventional music industry rarely affords such opportunities.
Discover Ben + Vesper
Ben + Vesper
"Hot Thunder" was recorded for Shaking Through on June 10 and 11, with curator, producer and friend, Daniel Smith of the southern New Jersey band Danielson.
From Orange, NJ, the husband and wife duo of Ben and Vesper Stamper are a fresh, strange and increasingly important voice in the indie music world. They are joined by Steve Oyola and Jon Mosloskie on bass and drums (both from the band Holler, Wild Rose), along with Ben's older brother, Joshua Stamper who plays guitar and created the oddly cartoonish, perfectly executed orchestral arrangements that grace this song.
The Stampers are artists, through and through, utilizing every medium they encounter and creating something amazing every time. Whether it's tattoo design, painting, film, video, illustration … and of course, music, Ben + Vesper are a well spring of creative energy.
Since joining up with Daniel Smith's label, Sounds Familyre in 2005, Ben + Vesper have recorded, performed and collaborated with Sufjan Stevens, Kurt Weisman (Feathers), Asa Irons (Feathers, Witch) and Chris Weisman (Happy Birthday). Their new album, Honors, produced by Daniel Smith with help from Brian McTear and Amy Morrissey, will be released in January 2011.
Read more, Listen, Watch, and Download at ShakingThrough.com.
Discover Springs.
Springs is the new brainchild of guitarist and vocalist Mike Visser. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa he spent 8 years in California playing with the band Frank Jordan and touring the United States. After that project dissipated, he bounced from Sacramento, CA to Shwanksville, PA before settling in Brooklyn and setting to work on new material.
During his time on the road he developed a friendship with guitarist/vocalist Scott McMicken now of the band Dr. Dog. A fan of Visser's solo work, McMicken asked Springs to be the sixth Shaking Through artist for 2010, an experience that had a big impact on Visser....Read more, Listen, Watch, and Download at ShakingThrough.com.
Discover Floating Action, "Dead Reckoning"
Hailing from the small mountain town of Black Mountain, NC, Floating Action is the project of multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, and producer Seth Kauffman. Blending an unusual array of genres — dub, folk, blues, garage-rock, soul, reggae, gospel, bossa nova, and country — the music of Floating Action is unique in its ability to combine cross-cultural elements from various periods into one cohesive, body- and mind-warming sound. It's music that could fit comfortably in many decades, many places, but always feels right in the moment, right now, right here. Read more, Listen, Watch, and Download at ShakingThrough.com.
Assembled by curator Scott McMicken, The Man Suits are a one-time collaboration of friends of the Shaking Through seriies.
Performing on “Spirit Oh Spirit” are:
Aaron and Michael Weiss of MeWithoutYou
Nick Kinsey of Elvis Perkins in Dearland
Brian Christinzio of BC Camplight
Charlie Hall of The Silver Ages
Toby Leaman and Zack Miller of Dr. Dog
Strapping Fieldhands
See Shaking Through artist Strapping Fieldhands perform at Fishtown’s Shadfest on Saturday, April 24, 2010!
The third Shaking Through project featuring Philly's own reunited Strapping Fieldhands debuted on March 16, 2010. Their Harbinger, Dark Herald is the second of three projects curated and produced by Daniel Smith (of Danielson). More...
Sonoi
The first of three sessions curated by Danielson's Daniel Smith. Sonoi is from Chicago, IL. "Micro-Coliseum" was recorded December 14 - 15, 2009, and you can listen to it here. Video, a download, and more from Sonoi.
Sharon Van Etten
Sharon Van Etten’s debut full-length Because I Was in Love is a complete package of her strongest qualities - a little less lo-fi and a far more introspective. With guitar in hand, she is the first featured artist in the Shaking Through music series from WXPN and Weathervane Music. Here's video and more from Sharon Van Etten.
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