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X Levitation Cult

About Me


Why X Levitation Cult? Because a band needs a name, but there is more to it than that. The band is the mind's eye of alternative rock singer/songwriter Joie Calio with the studio help of Portland based producer/guitar player Rob Daiker.

"I met Rob a few years ago when his manager recognized me at a concert and suggested we try recording together, he thought we'd be a good musical match. He's a kick-ass guitar player, and an amazing writer" says Calio. The recordings caught the ear of Baria Record's President, Eugene Bari.

"When I started writing these songs in Seattle, I wanted to do something that was a bit different from what I had done with dada, and not the same singer/songwriter thing I had done on my first solo CD. I wanted this to be a bit more rocking, sort of Weezer-ish, but still influenced by like, early Bowie."

Why call it X Levitation Cult? "A friend of mine gave me the idea after I told her about a big levitation party I was at on New Year's Eve...for real, it was weird."


My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 7/9/2007
Band Website: www.xlevitationcult.com
Band Members: BAND ON THE ROAD:
-Joie Calio: vocals, acoustic guitar
Studio members:
- Joie Calio: vocals, bass, acoustic guitars
- Rob Daiker: guitar, vocals, drums, keyboards

All songs written by: Joie Calio

Photos by Ronnie Dennis/ Smith Eliot www.smitheliot.com
Influences: David Bowie
Interpol
The Smiths
Weezer
The Stones
Beck
T Rex
Brian Wilson
Lennon/McCartney

Sounds Like:
"A great disc sure to be criminally ignored by the masses.":
- The Phantom Tollbooth:

... read full review

Record Label: Baria Records (Baria/Contraband Records in U.S.)
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

every picture tells a story don't it?

Ive been writing new music for my next joie calio solo record that will be a heavy on the acoustic, singer/songwriter affair. I really want this grouping of songs to reflect the spirit of what has ...
Posted by on Sat, 23 May 2009 13:42:00 GMT

bitchin summer

Working on songs 11 and 12 now; getting closer to the coveted 15. These songs will all stay far more acoustic in their final state of being than either XLC or dada songs end up. I usually start all of...
Posted by on Sat, 09 May 2009 13:24:00 GMT

Bron-Y-Aur Stomp

I am a bad myspacer. I sometimes wish that I was one of those types who is always updating their myspace, my facebook, my non existing twitter, etc. but in the end I am an artist who goes through faze...
Posted by on Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:48:00 GMT

slip sliding away

At 5:45 am the morning of my flight to Norfolk Virginia (via Chicago) I looked out of my still drawn Levolor style blinds to see if the impending snow storm had shown up in the Puget Sound region yet....
Posted by on Mon, 02 Mar 2009 17:12:00 GMT

A music business post mortem:

.. ..        Being a kid in the seventies was obviously different than it is today.  Other people will tell you all about the statistical differences but I cannot help but notice one change in the soc...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 22:05:00 GMT

Happy New World!

wow, i really haven't posted a blog in a while, my apologies to you for that. i have been busy though, writing new music, and editing the hell out of my book. i'm in the process of triming 15-20k word...
Posted by on Fri, 30 Jan 2009 21:51:00 GMT

Check your ballot carefully!

Watch for flipping ballots on touch screen machines. So, I have been informed by one of the smartest people I know, JT, that the facts re the abortion rates are that they have been declining since 199...
Posted by on Mon, 03 Nov 2008 21:51:00 GMT

undecided?

Undecided? Really? Me too. I can't decide if I could live in this country if it hires another pro war wanna-be tough guy who would have the power this time to take the last wheel we have left on the r...
Posted by on Sat, 01 Nov 2008 17:54:00 GMT

Hannah with an "h"

What the hell just happened? And I'm not referring to the exquisitely lame republican convention. After playing a perfectly hosted house concert in Chicago (big basket in hotel room with Brunello di M...
Posted by on Mon, 08 Sep 2008 01:12:00 GMT

I dont know why you say good-bye...

I would love to hear from some of you who have purchaced and received the XLC CD Happiness In Hell. Why? Because I'm betting that you ALL will be more than happy, perhaps even moved by the music. And ...
Posted by on Thu, 21 Aug 2008 22:46:00 GMT