While Cage the Elephant’s monster one “Ain’t No Rest For the Wicked” arrived a few years ago, it was my anthem. Even now, I still include the idea on many a mix mp3. It just has this self-assurance, this mojo, that makes me really feel empowered when I hear it. I used to be very [...]
That playful use of punctuation within the band name tUnE-yArDs is no blunder. Meill Garbus, the one-woman force known as tUnE-yArDs, has been breaking all the rules considering that she stepped out on the particular scene with her debut record “BiRd-BrAiNs” in 2009. This lo-fi ramshackle garage neo-tribal psych good ole’ album (yes, all of [...]
Playwright Richard Montoya rose to fame within the acclaimed Chicano performance troupe Culture Collide. He’s outspoken and passionate about almost everything he does and music is not any different. He sat down together with DJ Anthony Valadez to talk about his faves on the Guest DJ Venture.“I’ve been in L.A. about 20 years and there’s [...]
Echo Park’s very own husband and wife duo, Danny and also Tiffany Preston share their distinct model of music as the band Rainbow Arabia. They recently introduced the full length “Boys and Diamonds” (Kompakt), offering a considerably evolved sound, while staying true to their own progressive tendencies.On this record especially, they carved out there that [...]
On a Friday morning about a month ago, I became the lucky recipient of an additional “mix-tape” style CD kindly authored by our Music Librarian, Eric J. Lawrence, presenting some of the new or thrilling music that had recently been included with KCRW’s music library.One of the paths that stood out to me was obviously [...]
All of our DJs receive hundreds of Cd albums a month to consider for airplay. On this regular feature, KCRW DJ Get rid of P catalogues his musical technology bounty from the Post Office weekly.Nursing your Coachella hangover? You’re not the only one. A friend I spoke in order to yesterday greeted me having a [...]
Just lately I came upon a wedding ring from England that nabbed my attention called Prize Wife. They are a three-piece wedding ring from Oxford that released their own debut single “Microlite” at the end regarding last year.Stream “Microlite”:Audio cut: Adobe Flash Player (version Being unfaithful or above) is required to play this specific audio [...]
Ok, now I’m REALLY excited about My own Morning Jacket’s new album. Whenever Jason played this track this morning, it caught my own ear immediately but I didn’t put it as an MMJ song — which is one of the biggest compliments I can give a group who is usually so well-known with Jim James [...]
From KCRW Volunteer Taryn OlsenThis morning on Early morning Becomes Eclectic, Jason Bentley congratulated The Royal Bangs on the nice live sound seized on their new album “Flux Exterior,” noting that he liked the way it didn’big t sound overly produced. The group graciously accepted the compliment along with defeed to the warm, homey area [...]
I have a confession: I had to spend a while to appreciate Henry Rollins’ KCRW show. It wasn’t until My spouse and i went to see his Unusual Cuts & Conversations evening on the Echoplex last year that I finally Reached it.Henry is a mesmerizing storyteller along with host. He’s the only one who can [...]
