Hi folks! Many of you have asked about shirts, and we are excited to announce that we have partnered with the fine folks at Port Merch to get some of our favorite Wussy shirts online for mail-order! We're starting with the deer and Frankenstein radio. Check it out at the link below or at the “Merch” link here on the site.
Wussy announce a new LP + two new EPs! Cincinnati Ohio, The Great Divide, and Cellar Door all come out November 15th on Shake It Records, with the tracks “The Great Divide” and “Cellar Door” available today!
Preorder on Bandcamp or through Shake It Records. (Bundle all three here.)
From Stereogum: https://www.stereogum.com/2280028/wussy-the-great-divide-cellar-door/music/
Great American rock band Wussy have a new album on the way. The main band will return in November from a six-year hiatus with the aptly named Cincinnati Ohio, their first LP since the death of guitarist John Erhardt. Opening track “The Great Divide” is out today, a droning and propulsive heartland rocker that sounds like waking up from Lost In A Dream.
Hi, folks! Our first official Forever Sounds show is archived below:
Listen as we stumble over our words and play a little of everything - from The Orb to The Method Actors to Guy Clark. We snuck in a few French-themed tracks, since we’ve heard so much great French music at the Olympics and Paralympics ceremonies this year. (Oh but Visage are English, not French. What was I even thinking!? 😳). We even threw in an almost-live Wussy Duo cover for the the livestream listeners. Full playlists in the images below.
Forever Sounds Playlist - RADIO #1 - 9/03/24
Engineers - “Clean Coloured Wire” (from Three Fact Fader, 2009, KScope)
The Fall - “Hit the North, Pt. 1” (from The Frenz Experiment, 1988, Beggars Banquet)
The Orb - “Little Fluffy Clouds, Dance Mix 2” (from U.F. Off, The Best of the Orb, 1988, Island)
Air - “Radio #1” (from 10,000 Hz Legend, 2001, Source)
Horsegirl - “Anti-Glory” (from Versions of Modern Performance, 2022, Matador)
Luna - “The Alibi” (from Close Cover Before Striking, 2002, Jetset)
Fontaines D.C. - “Roman Holiday” (from Skinty Fia, 2022, Partisan)
The Method Actors - “Do the Method” (from This Is It, 1980, Armageddon)
Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever - “Fountain of Good Fortune” (from The French Press, 2017, Sub Pop)
Kavinsky w/Angele and Phoenix - “Nightcall” (live version from the 2024 Olympics Closing Ceremony)
Leonie Pernet - “Les Chants de Maldoror” (from Le Cirque de Consolation, 2021, Crybaby)
Stereolab - “French Disko” (1993 Single, from Refried Ectoplasm, 1995, Drag City)
Unrest - “Isabel” (from Isabel Bishop, 1993, 4AD)
Cush - “Heaven Sent” (from Cush, 2000, Northern Records)
Robyn Hitchcock - “The Ghost in You” (from The Man Upstairs, 2014, Yep Roc)
Ty Segall - “I’m a Man” (from Fudge Sandwich, 2018, In the Red)
Sharon Van Etten, Angel Olsen - “Like I Used To” (single, 2021, Jagjaguwar)
Doves - “The Cedar Room” (from Lost Souls, 2000, Heavenly)
Andy Bey - “River Man” (from Shades of Bey, 1998, Evolution)
The Verve - “So It Goes” (from A Northern Soul, 1995, Hut/Vernon Yard)
Wussy Duo - “The Dawntreader” (unreleased, 2024)
Guy Clark - “That Old Time Feeling (from the Heartworn Highways soundtrack, 1981)
Ry Cooder - “Paris, Texas” (from Paris, Texas soundtrack, 1985, Warner Bros)
More info at: https://www.mixcloud.com/ForeverSoundz/forever-sounds-sept-3-2024/
From Stereogum (Chris Deville):
Lisa Walker and former Ass Ponys frontman Chuck Cleaver have been co-leading the esteemed Cincinnati rock band Wussy together for well over two decades. Sometimes they go out on tour, just the two of them, under the name Wussy Duo. In that configuration, Walker and Cleaver have shared a new track today, and it’s a beaut. Released ahead of a Wussy Duo tour of ticketed house shows, “I Hear You Calling” is a dreamy, elegant cover of “I Hear You Calling,” the same Bill Fay classic covered by Kevin Morby in 2021.
A statement from Walker:
I first heard this song on BBC Radio 6, played by Gideon Coe I think. And I remember it just devastated me on the spot. It was my first introduction to the music of the great Bill Fay. I played a cover of it for Chuck and Mark on a livestream sometime in 2020, and the secondhand version had a similar effect on them. It later became a live Duo staple for our Undertow shows.
We do the best version we can, but we’re definitely not trying to top the original, which is perfect as is – a really beautiful, mournful work. Lyrically, it’s just stunning – simple and singable, like an old hymn. For me, it shares a hallowed space with songs like Candy Says, Paris 1919, Kentucky Avenue, Nebraska. We recorded this DIY at my home ‘studio’ called Pompatus of Sound (which is a laptop on a rolling kitchen cart), and kept it pretty close to our live version. Chuck and I both play guitar, with Chuck on piano; then I added vocals, some rhythm, a little mellotron/synth. Turned up the delay as always. I hope we do it justice.
Check out Wussy Duo’s tour dates. Tickets are available here.
TOUR DATES:
10/10 – Lexington KY
10/11 – Columbus OH
10/12 – St. Louis MO
10/13 – Rockford IL
10/15 – Evanston IL
10/16 – Berwyn IL
10/17 – Cleveland OH
10/18 – Dayton OH
10/19 – Cincinnati OH
https://www.stereogum.com/2278038/wussy-duo-i-hear-you-calling-bill-fay-cover/music/
Attention all you night owls! FOREVER SOUNDS Radio - featuring hosts Lisa Walker and Chuck Cleaver - starts next week, September 3rd, in the wee hours after Labor Day.
Tune in every week as Monday turns to Tuesday here in the Eastern Time Zone. (That’d be 9pm Monday on the West Coast, and 5am Tuesday in the UK).
In Cincinnati, you can listen over the airwaves at 88.3 WAIF FM. Anywhere else in the world, tune into https://www.waifradio.org/ to listen live. Past shows will be archived and posted on this site!
We’ll be playing a mix of new discoveries, old favorites, rare finds, and everything in between. A little rock, post-punk, country, jazz, electronica, rocksteady and lots more.
Hello all! We are very excited to announce a WUSSY (FULL BAND) show scheduled for November 9th at The Woodward Theater in Cincinnati, OH. Our first headlining show with the full band in over four years! Opening will be the Chris Brokaw Rock Band, featuring Chris Brokaw (Codeine, Come) + Clint Conley (Mission of Burma) + Luther Gray.
Wussy Duo will be releasing some demo and cover videos in Spring/Summer 2024, in anticipation of the more official Wussy releases coming later this summer and fall! Here’s the first: an early version of our new song, “Indiana Wants Me, Too”. Get your line-dancing shoes on and step along!
PS: Thanks to Cincinnati’s Inhailer radio and WAIF’s Trash Flow Radio for the early airplay! <3
Here’s the latest in a series of unofficial cover and demo releases by Wussy Duo. A very loose version of The Velvet Underground’s “Oh! Sweet Nuthin”. Enjoy!
Please enjoy this very unofficial Lisa solo demo cover of Guided by Voices’ “I Am Produced” - in honor of Wussy's upcoming show with GBV on April 26.
Hi everyone!
The Wussy Duo Undertow house show tour starts TONIGHT! There are still a few tickets left for Dayton, Indy, Rockford, Detroit and Columbus (but not many). We have some new merch for the occasion (see photos), including some super soft black tees with red and blue skulls. You’ll be the envy of all your pals.
Our goal for this tour is to play one or two songs from each Wussy LP, some selections from things to come, a couple of old favorites, and maybe even some requested covers from the livestreams.
We are excited to get back out there! :)
Snag any remaining tickets here: https://undertowshows.com/collections/wussy
(Only get ‘em through Undertow folks. Unfortunately any commenters or dm-ers offering tix are scammers.)
Wussy Duo is teaming up with Undertow once again, and playing a tour of living room shows in October and November 2022. Shows start at 8pm unless otherwise noted. Tickets are available at https://undertowshows.com/collections/wussy
Oct 28 - Cincinnati (SOLD OUT)
Oct 29 - Cleveland
Oct 30 - Buffalo (early show)
Nov 1 - Montpelier
Nov 2 - Brooklyn (SOLD OUT)
Nov 3 - Philadelphia (SOLD OUT)
Nov 4 - Baltimore (SOLD OUT)
Nov 5 - Pittsburgh
Nov 6 - Columbus (SOLD OUT)
Wussy Facebook Livestream: August 5, 2022.
Wussy Livestream #63: July 8, 2022
Wussy Livestream #62: April 29, 2022
Wussy Livestream #61 - Jan 14, 2022
Wussy Livestream #60 / Nov 12, 2021
Wussy Livestream #59 / Sept 24, 2021
Wussy Livestream #58 / Sept 3, 2021
