The April 1 edition of the radio show also featured new songs by The Change, Organissimo, Rachel B, Andy & The Pandy’s and Charlie Darling. Read the story, listen to the podcast.
Heading Out on Tour: Jake Down hits the road next week on a Midwest solo tour. (Photo/Local Spins)
Grand Rapids singer-songwriter Jake Down has spent a good part of the past year writing music for his first full-length album, along with getting married and taking time off from touring.
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The alt-rock/indie-folk artist who fronts Jake Down & The Midwest Mess with a rotating cast of musicians recently released a single, “Locust,” as he prepares to hit the road on a short Midwest tour later this month.
Down chose to play an acoustic version of that introspective, insightful single — as well as the original tune, “Sand and Sieve” — during his visit this week to Local Spins on WYCE. Listen to his performance and the entire April 1 show podcast here.
PODCAST: Local Spins on WYCE with Jake Down
Inspired by the likes of Dustin Kensrue from Thrice, Rocky Votolato, The Mountain Goats, Neutral Milk Hotel and “weird indie-acoustic-but-rock bands,” Down said the “real push” this year is to get his full-length album ready to record. (He and his band released the EP “Shipwreck” in 2013 and a follow-up EP, “Ghost-Ship,” in 2014).
For more information and to follow Down on his tour, visit his band’s Facebook page.
April’s first episode of Local Spins on WYCE also featured the debut of new tracks by Nathan Kalish & the Lastcallers, The Crane Wives, The Change, Andy and the Pandy’s, Glassfield, Organissimo and American WiFi, along with songs from The Legal Immigrants, Charlie Darling and Rachel B.
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