{"id":2227,"date":"2009-03-16T12:18:41","date_gmt":"2009-03-16T20:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evolvingmusic.wordpress.com\/?p=2227"},"modified":"2009-03-16T12:18:41","modified_gmt":"2009-03-16T20:18:41","slug":"trakz-artist-spotlight-longwave-%e2%80%9dsideways-sideways-rain%e2%80%9d","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/2009\/03\/16\/trakz-artist-spotlight-longwave-%e2%80%9dsideways-sideways-rain%e2%80%9d\/","title":{"rendered":"Tra.kz Artist Spotlight: Longwave (\u201dSideways Sideways Rain\u201d)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align:center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/viewmorepics.myspace.com\/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&amp;friendID=19128879&amp;albumID=2045443&amp;imageID=42707507\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2228 aligncenter\" title=\"longwave\" src=\"http:\/\/evolvingmusic.files.wordpress.com\/2009\/03\/longwave.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"longwave\" width=\"300\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/longwave.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/03\/longwave-300x258.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>New York born indie rock band, <a title=\"Longwave\" href=\"http:\/\/www.longwavetheband.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">Longwave<\/a>, was formed in 1999 by guitarist, songwriter and vocalist <span class=\"new\">Steve Schiltz<\/span>, guitarist <span class=\"new\">Shannon Ferguson<\/span>, bassist <span class=\"new\">Dave Marchese<\/span> and drummer <span class=\"new\">Jeremy Greene<\/span>. While <a title=\"Some say\" href=\"http:\/\/www.answers.com\/topic\/longwave-band\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">some say<\/a> their early music was influenced by <a title=\"shoegaze\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Shoegazing\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">shoegaze<\/a> pioneers and post-punk icons, the current Longwave sound is very distinct, perhaps due to their <a title=\"numerous lineup changes\" href=\"http:\/\/morecowbell.net\/2008\/12\/11\/more-cowbell-presents-longwave-the-silent-years\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">numerous lineup changes<\/a> over the years. Their most recent release, <a title=\"Secrets are Sinister\" href=\"http:\/\/popwreckoning.com\/2008\/10\/29\/longwave-secrets-are-sinister\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\"><em>Secrets are Sinister<\/em><\/a>, debued in November 2008 on <a title=\"Original Signal Recordings\" href=\"http:\/\/originalsignalrecordings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"xLink\">Original Signal Recordings<\/a> (the same label that supports the likes of Ingrid Michaelson and David Ford, whom <a title=\"we interviewed last year\" href=\"http:\/\/evolvingmusic.wordpress.com\/2008\/06\/10\/david-ford-interview\/\">we interviewed last year<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>Longwave is now releasing a new single, &#8220;Sideways Sidesways Rain&#8221; exclusively on tra.kz! Check it out <a title=\"here\" href=\"http:\/\/tra.kz\/lw\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York born indie rock band, Longwave, was formed in 1999 by guitarist, songwriter and vocalist Steve Schiltz, guitarist Shannon Ferguson, bassist Dave Marchese and drummer Jeremy Greene. While some say their early music was influenced by shoegaze pioneers and post-punk icons, the current Longwave sound is very distinct, perhaps due to their numerous lineup [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[23,25,39],"tags":[1085,1347,1643,1653,2048],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2227"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2227\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2227"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2227"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mixmatchmusic.com\/evolvingmusic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2227"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}