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Wussy at NXNE with Mudhoney, Man or Astro-Man, and more

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010

PrintHey everybody, we recently wrapped up an east coast tour and are hard at work on full-length #4. So we’ve been lax in the web department. Our apologies. In the meantime, check out this Chunklet Showcase we’re about to do at NXNE in June.

Friday 18 June 2010
Horseshoe Tavern
370 Queen St West / Toronto ON / Canada
www.horseshoetavern.com
Brutal Knights 8PM
Twin Stumps 9PM
The Poison Arrows 10PM
Wussy 11PM
Man or Astro-man? 12AM
Mudhoney 1AM

Also, Village Voice previewed our April NYC show calling us “one of the best bands in the world”. Whoa…

Thanks for sticking with us. We’ll release more info soon. Oh, also, be sure to check out the main wussymusic.com if you haven’t lately.

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popmatters and pazz-n-jop

Friday, February 5th, 2010
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2009 Pazz and Jop Poll

Wussy made a good showing in the 2009 Pazz and Jop poll, compiled by the Village Voice and the almost 700 critics who contribute their votes. The self-titled album ranked #109 out of 1934 albums in the poll. Well within the top 10%. Check out the link to the right to see the complete list.

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Wussy on PopMatters

Recently PopMatters did a feature on Wussy. Robert Loss writes: “Perhaps the question isn’t why “keep on keepin’ on,” but how? You can begin by making a record as good as Wussy, an effortless-sounding album full of spit, regret, and, at times, a damn-near spiritual beauty.” Link to the full article is to the right.

While we work on the new record, we’re playing regionally across the Midwest and East Coast throughout the spring. We’ll keep our  tour page updated with new dates as they’re added. There’s lots in the works for summer. But for now, here’s what we’ve got.

Ultrasuede (photos by John Curley)

Ultrasuede (photos by John Curley)

FEB
19th Melody Inn, Indianapolis
26th Cleveland, Beachland
27th Columbus, Tree House

MAR
6th Detroit, Majestic Theater (duo)
20th Cincinnati, Northside Tavern
25th Chicago, Darkroom
26th Winona, Ed’s Bar
27th Minneapolis, Sauce

APRIL
1st Cincinnati Zoo
10th Dayton, South Park Tavern
14th Pittsburgh, The Smiling Moose
15th Philadelphia, The Fire
16th Manhattan, Cake Shop
17th Brooklyn, Spike Hill

The Cleveland, Columbus, and East Coast dates will be with our good friends The Fervor. We’re thrilled to get to hit the road with these guys and we know you’ll love them, too. We also got word that Shake It just sent off the new “Breakfast in Bed” Wussy single for pressing. It should arrive very soon. Stay tuned.

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state of the band

Thursday, January 14th, 2010

wussymusic2Happy New Year once again.. We are gearing up for a busy winter and spring so keep your ears peeled. Right now we’re planning spring tour dates and working on a new record. We’ll have a single (vinyl-only) on Shake It Records coming out this spring as part of their Dangerous Highway series, a tribute to Eddie Hinton. The A-Side is our take on the classic “Breakfast in Bed” made famous by Dusty Springfield. More news on that soon. The Drive By Truckers and Greg Dulli 45’s are out now (see shakeitrecords.com for more info).

In the meantime, we’re also working on a live album and a collection of Wussy remixes from other artists.

In other news, Wussy’s self-titled album was #10 on Christgau’s 2009 Dean’s List!

Thanks sincerely to Wussy folk everywhere for sticking with us into 2010!
Chuck, Joe, Lisa, Mark

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year end news

Friday, December 18th, 2009


UPCOMING SHOWS
We’ve added a couple of holiday shows and posted some preliminary info on our 2010 tour. Lots more to follow!
Tues 12/22: Beachland Tavern, Cleveland OH (10pm)
Sat 12/26: Northside Tavern, Cincinnati OH (10pm) w/Sundresses
Sun 12/27: Canal St Tavern, Dayton OH (9:30pm) w/Heartless Bastards

WOXY Best of 2009
Wussy’s self-titled was #26 on WOXY’s annual 97 Best List! Click here to see the full list. Thanks to the folks at WOXY and the listeners for helping make it such a great year for us.

THUMBS UP FROM CANADA
Check out this article in the Travel section of the Toronto Star about a road trip to see Wussy in Ohio. Even with the flight, they said it was a great value! "It’s been raining as we drive through the rolling hills into Cincinnati. The sun fights to come out, but we know it won’t make it – and by nightfall, the rain will be falling hard once again. Now, you might think that’s a pretty depressing way to start a fast trip into the American heartland to take in a band at a local bar, but if you’ve ever heard the music of indie heroes Wussy, you’d know the pathetic fallacy is perfect.” Read the Rest.

MISC NEWS
We got a nice mention in a year-end top ten list from a paper in Mass.: "On their third album, these Cincinnati weirdos deliver something that’s above all loaded: country-laced alt-rock and pop and a jet-black sense of humor that leaves front-people Lisa Walker and Chuck Cleaver sounding like a twisted, more sinister Linda and Richard Thompson. They’re much more in line with the Velvet Underground, though, than Fairport Convention."

Did you see our new splash? We’ll continue to add new stuff to it here and there and special downloads and such. Credits: Splash Photo by Brian Niesz, design by Lisa. Tavern Photo above from 11/25 ‘Funeral Dress’ show by Michael Kearns. Which reminds me, we haven’t forgotten about that live recording. But it’s probably not coming out until early 2010. We’re back in the studio working on full length #4 right now and got sidetracked with that. We’ll keep you posted.

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wussy vinyl update!

Tuesday, November 17th, 2009

KBR008coverfinalThe Green Belt (2nd of The Belt Series)/ Wussy & The Fervor
Karate Body Records
Longtime pals and tourmates Wussy and The Fervor cut some of their most earnest, blistering rock material yet for this, the second installment in the Belt Series. A true, bare-knuckled statement. Pressed on limited edition green vinyl, and supplies are already running low. It’s available online from Karate Body or you can also pick it up at Shake It Records,  earXtacy, and other fine independent record retailers. Limited to 500 copies, these will be on wax only, no digital. Keep an eye out for a Wussy / Fervor tour in early 2010.

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Dangerous Highway Series / Wussy, Greg Dulli, Drive By Truckers, Heartless Bastards and more..
Shake It Records
We just finished our next single which will be part of Shake It’s “Dangerous Highway: A Tribute To The Songs of Eddie Hinton” series. Ours in gonna come out in Jan or early Feb of 2010 –  but in the meantime, if ya want you can grab the first two 7″s. Vol. 1 is from Greg Dulli (he does “Cover Me” & “Hard Luck Guy”), Vol. 2 features Drive-By Truckers covering “Everybody Needs Love” & “Where’s Eddie”. You can order then online at shakeitrecords.com. For the Wussy single, we are covering two Eddie Hinton / Donnie Fritts songs: ”Breakfast In Bed”  and ”300 Pounds of Hongry”. Read more about the Hinton series from CityBeat and Blurt.

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wussy nominated for four cea awards!

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

20091030-NSTwebimage_72Thanks to CityBeat for nominating us for four Cincinnati Entertainment Awards! Artist of the Year, Album of the Year, Best Musical Ambassador for the City, and Best Alternative/Indie.
You can vote on some of those awards here.

Don’t forget to come see us, along with fellow nominees The Seedy Seeds, for our Halloween Eve show on Friday Oct 30 at the Northside Tavern (Cincinnati). Each band will be playing two sets, and there is talk of a final showdown at the end where they face off together on stage. Guess we’ll have to see what happens.

More CEA Info
Winners of the “big three” categories (Artist of the Year, Album of the Year and New Artist of the Year) are chosen by a panel of local music experts. Awards will be handed out Nov. 22 at the Madison Theater.

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shows coming up

Saturday, September 19th, 2009

IMG_0702We just finished recording a few songs for some new releases and will be back in the studio to work on the new record this fall! Come see us this weekend at Midpoint, next weekend at Popopolis, or at the end of October at the Tavern. There’s all kinds of stuff in the works. Thanks to JD and crew for spreading some Wussy love at All Tomorrow’s Parties last week.

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what’s cookin

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

louisvilleHey there, Wussy friends. The end of summer is rapidly approaching, so it seemed time for an update. We just wrapped up several shows in Louisville and St. Louis with our friends The Fervor. (See review of the St. Louis show from No Depression.) We’ll be teaming up with them again soon – for future shows of course, but ALSO a split single on Karate Body Records. Look for that in October. A second vinyl release will be coming later in the fall on Shake It… but more on that later. We have a few shows planned in the coming months: Chuck and Lisa are the Lounge artists in residence at Southgate House for the month of August, and we’ll be graced the final week with a rare appearance by My Wife the Tiger. You won’t want to miss it. Then Wussy is heading back to Chicago on August 29 for a free show at the Bucktown Arts Fest (6pm). There’s lots more in the works – stay tuned, and we’ll keep you in the loop. Thanks to all the fine folks who we’ve met at shows, and who are kind enough to write and support the band. Thanks for staying up for the late shows, bringing the kids, offering us places to stay, dancing on stage, defending us on message boards, helping carry our gear, taking pictures, being so nice… We appreciate it far more than you know. (lw)

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