Authentic Records is proud to announce Benjamin Wagner’s new album, ‘Live at Rockwood Music Hall.’ You can get it for a whole ten bucks at the Authentic Records online store. We know. That’s a pretty good deal if we don’t say so ourselves.
And if you’re not familiar with Benjamin Wagner, go check out his artist page. You can become friends with him on MySpace, follow him on Twitter…Benjamin has pretty much gone every route for you to be able to properly stalk him and keep in touch with the happenings fo his music world, so have at it!
November 19th, 2008
Ahhh the smell of newness…
Well, we have a historic election behind us and now the real work begins – preparing rock shows. We’re busting our bootys in getting ready for the next run of shows in December, which entails getting our new drummer, new lead guitar slinger, and new keyboard/sax/guitar/flute/whateverthehellelse player familiar with all the tunes. After only a couple o’ practices, I’ve been leaving rehearsals with a giant smile on my face ‘cuz this configuration is quite the boon. It’s pretty much the pinnacle of talent, and I’m the charmed lad who gets to share the stage with ‘em, folks.
If you’re in the Chicago area, then pop out to the Double Door on December 4th to see the inaugural performance of the new group. And for the Iowa contingency, we’ll be taking our wares to Des Moines’ People’s Court on December 12th and Davenport’s Redstone Room on December 13th. …
November 18th, 2008
You’ve been teased by the EP “Mix Tape;” you had an idea of what was coming; you’ve heard the songs played live and thought to yourself, “this sounds awesome!” Well now you can get awesome buy purchasing the third full-length album from our own Josh Davis Band, “Get Awesome.” Just click here and buy the download OR get more for your money and buy the CD – it contains two bonus tracks not available with the download. The choice is yours, but either way today is the day to Get Awesome.
September 30th, 2008
I’m winding this summer down with one last stint in Iowa before the leaves make their colorful exodus and I’m able to once again sport my adored scarves, for which I must admit, I have a bit of an odd affection toward. What the fall also brings is a chance for me to begin holing up in the studio every few weeks to pop out a fresh song for your ears to (hopefully) warm up to. I’ll keep you posted when you can hop online and download them.
For the good folks in Decorah, IA and the surrounding area, swing out this Saturday night to hear yours truly open for the Nadas at Marty’s CyberCafe on the Luther College Campus. And for those fine people of Des Moines, I’ll be playing a solo acoustic show at AK O’Connors in Beaverdale on Sunday – your last chance to …
September 6th, 2008
Authentic Records’ own The Nadas will be featured on WHO TV13′s 10PM newscast this Thursday, August 28; possible teasers will run on the 5 and 6PM newscasts. The segment is part of reporter Andy Fales’ “Iowa Icons” series. Fales did extensive interviews with the band and filmed an entire night at the Iowa State Fair. After the piece airs this Thursday it will be available for viewing on the WHO TV13 website. If you’re in central Iowa, be sure to tune to WHO this Thursday night for the 10PM newscast. And don’t forget to thank Andy for choosing The Nadas for this special feature.
August 27th, 2008
She Swings, She Sways has spent the last four weeks on the great American highway. Starting out in our hometown of Ottumwa, Iowa we have worked our way across the Midwest, the deep South, and we are currently holed up in a friends apartment which is located a quarter-mile from the Pentagon in Washington D.C.
And what exactly, have we been doing with ourselves? Why playing shows, of course. From packed bars in Memphis, to open-mic nights in Charlotte, SC. With a metal band in Houston, to all by ourselves for a four hour show in Athens, GA.
There have been a few highlights along the way – Wes broke two strings in one night; he swears he’s never broken a guitar string in his entire life. John has made it a goal to climb something in every state. Jason got pulled over by the local fuzz along the back roads …
August 11th, 2008
Benjamin Wagner played the Rockwood Music Hall in New York City last week, providing us with this tasty little video of the track Boys of Summer, which is on his latest album The Invention Of Everything Else. Transitioning back into MTV News VP mode, Ben is taking a break from gigging until September. In the meantime, he’s headed to San Diego for ComicCon, to Indianapolis for the Brickyard 400 and then on to the Democratic and Republican National Conventions and the MTV Video Music Awards.
August 6th, 2008
“I’m preparing for the Des Moines show this Saturday night, August 2nd, with The Envy Corps at the Simon Estes Riverfront Amphitheater. Very psyched to see and hear these guys – checked them out online and I’m honestly an instant fan. Extremely talented. Also, on Saturday morning around 9 a.m. I’ll be on WHO TV13 (Des Moines) to have a chat and play a tune. Let’s hope my sleepy voice has worked itself out of me. I’m gearing up to start touring more this fall and looking forward to releasing some new tunes for you all to hear as the months roll into the winter. I hope a new tune each month will keep folks satiated until any further full-length release. And thanks to Coca-Cola for having me on their jukebox for their mycokerewards.com promo.”
August 1st, 2008
“I’m still chilling out after completing the tracking on my upcoming solo album. I’m at the beach with my family and my wife’s family. I just finished book #1… The Ruins. It was awesome and we’re going to watch the movie tonight, but i’m sure it’ll suck. Jason and I (Life in General) spoke yesterday about the Authentic Records release of our upcoming 21 track (!?) cd. We’re going over the contracts sent by the label. There appears to some clause about “ownership of 1st born children.” We’re not sure if FedEx or UPS is the best way to accomplish this.”
July 31st, 2008
Hello, all… the summer is fairly tame and should continue to be so for a spell. Last year’s summer was full of recording and shows, so I’ve asked the powers that be to allow me a little down time over the next month or so to get my bearings, get back to writing, and to just generally live a brief sloth-like existence.
Folks have been receiving the latest record well and I’m anxious to venture into some new territory/venues this coming fall and to start rolling out what will hopefully be a new record in ’09. I’ve recently become obsessed with ‘70s Paul Simon stuff, baroque music, Imogen Heap, and the Arctic Monkeys (yes, I’m a little late), so who knows what is going to fall out of my head when it comes to writing and recording. Maybe manically orchestrated accessible acoustic pop that works best when driving really fast …
July 15th, 2008
