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Soundcheck / September 21, 2006

Soundcheck

Thursday, September 21, 2006
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  • Lambchop
    Lambchop

    Perfect Pitch

    Led Zeppelin is out and Hip Hop is in. That’s what one automobile ad campaign wants you to believe. Today on Soundcheck, how ad agencies use music to sell their products...and break new bands. Also: Lambchop was arguably the most consistently brilliant and unique American group of the 1990s with their unclassifiable hybrid of country, soul, jazz, and avant-garde noise. The band plays live in the studio.

Perfect Pitch

Today's up-and-coming bands are more likely to be heard in a TV commercial than on commercial radio. So how does the right music help spike sales? And are ad execs the new A&R people? We speak with Josh Rabinowitz, Senior Vice President of Music for Grey Worldwide. We also talk with LA Times writer Charles Duhigg, and with musician and songwriter Dan Messe, of the band Hem, whose song "Half Acre" is making waves...selling life insurance.
» Hem's website

Lampchop

Lambchop, one of Nashville's most outrageous country bands has released a new record, Damaged. We'll speak with bandleader and songwriter Kurt Wagner about how the little things in life inspire some of the greatest songs. And, the band will play live in the studio.
Lampchop's website

Introducing our Video Contest

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John Schaefer gives the lowdown on Soundcheck's music video challenge with the Fiery Furnaces.

In Studio: Los Amigos Invisibles

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The Venezuelan funk-rock band "Los Amigos Invisibles" was discovered by David Byrne in a Manhattan record shop. They perform live on Soundcheck.

In Studio: Angel Deradoorian

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The 22-year-old multi-instrumentalist performs live in our studio.

Cucu Diamantes Performs Amor Cronico

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Cucu Diamantes went from a tough childhood in Havana, Cuba, to an art school in Rome to underground New York City, where she co-founded the Latin alternative band Yerba Buena.

The Decemberists

In Studio: The Decemberists

The Portland, Ore., band's latest album, "The Hazards of Love," is a concept album with a mythological flair. They joined Soundcheck to play live for a studio audience in WNYC's Greene Space.

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Sound Off

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Throughout May, Soundcheck presents “Sound Off” a Friday series on the many aspects of noise in music and our lives. The series -- which coincides with “Better Hearing and Speech Month” -- looks at issues like New York’s noisiest neighborhoods, the latest research on iPods and hearing loss, and what happens when noise becomes a musical ingredient.