Hello All!
Welcome to the first music director update of the semester!!
I hope you all have been enjoying your shows these past few weeks, and that you’ve been playing your Hotbox songs :):):). It’s super important that you guys are logging HOTBOX next to the Hotbox songs you play, so that I can tell who is playing what!
The Hotbox is off to a great start so far, so hopefully you guys have been perusing the Box as well as the epic Spotify playlist. The point of these music director updates is to keep the WSPN community in the loop on what the music directors have been adding to the Hotbox, and what we are specifically LOVING. These are albums we’re reporting to NACC as our top adds as they’re being released each week.
Since these updates are starting a bit late, I’m going to include in this email the top adds from last week AND this week! Here are the albums we’ve been loving:
Week ending 9/26:
THE SEXTONES — Love Can’t Be Borrowed (groovy soul)
JENNY LEWIS — Joy’All (indie/alt rock)
RATBOYS — The Window (rock)
NEVER — No Guarantee (soft rock)
LAURENCE-ANNE — Oniromancie (art pop)
SLAUGHTER BEACH, DOG — Crying, Laughing, Waving, Smiling (alt country/folk)
BENET – Can I Go Again? (indie pop)
GRRRL Gang – Spunky! (punk)
LOW CUT CONNIE – Art Dealers (rock)
APOLLO SUNS – Departures (funk)
Week ending 10/3:
SARAH KINSLEY — Ascension (indie pop)
SEA LEMON – Stop At Nothing (indie)
LYDIA LOVELESS — Nothing’s Gonna Stand In My Way Again (rock)
ANIMAL COLLECTIVE — Isn’t It Now? (alt indie)
BRISTON MARONEY — Ultrapure (indie)
NATION OF LANGUAGE — Strange Disciple (electronic)
LILY AND MADELEINE — Nite Swim (folk)
MYKKI BLANCO — Postcards From Italia (indie pop)
SCOTT FISHER — Kingdom Of Ego (rock)
SLOW PULP — Yard (alt rock)
Check out those albums (or whichever artists/genres speak to you) to see if you’d wanna play their songs as your Hotbox songs! and stay turned for more music director updates in the future. As always, continue to log your shows (especialllyyyyyy your Hotbox songs >:))
Let me know if you have any questions or comments about the Hotbox, and have a great Tuesday!
Best!
Tess, Cori, Bella, Varun, and Marc
Featured image: Sarah Kinsley
Oct. 3 2023