“What is Happening...” is the first production of Big Whup Industries. Inspired by Rebecca Inducil's CREATE/COLLABORATE VENDING MACHINE and curated by Geoff Geis and Drew Denny, this 22-track CD mixes songs from some of the finest musicians at CalArts – marked with an (*) - with some of our favorite local and semi-local musicians.

Adrian the Mighty (*) “How Long?”
Big Whup (*) “¡Yaaay!”
Pizza! “Griffith Park Fire”
Voice on Tape “Sister May I”
So Many Wizards “Fly a Kite”
Jonesin' “Bummer Summer”
AM “Roce et Roule”
Puppy Dog “Harmoniums”
Avacaderia (*) “Sri Ganesa”
Facts on File “Keep it Together”
Julia Holter (*) “In the Same Room”
Girl Band “The Word”
Dnonkong “In the Oceanery”
American Gil and the Major Dudes f/ John Thill and Golden Boots “Lunchtime Riverside (Tucson version)”
Dirt Dress “An Introduction”
Okie Dokie (*) “Capital Glad Passion”
God=Genocide (*) “Crazy”
Nicole Kidman "Popular"
No Paws (No Lions) “Robert"
Ancient Crux “Strange Situation”
Big Whup (*) “Trim”
Audacity “the Feds”
Uli & the Gringos “Parara”

This compilation (c) 2009; Individual songs are all owned by the artists who made them.

09/16/2009: LA Weekly wrote this nice preview of the show we're doing this Saturday at the Smell. Check it out here.

09/10/2009: KUCI added us to their airwaves and gave us this nice shout on their website.

09/06/2009: LA Record reviewed our compilation in their print edition. Here is an online version of the review, with a free download of compilation track "Lunchtime Riverside" by American Gil & the Major Dudes.