The Avengers star Mark Ruffalo is our Guest DJ

Written on April 1, 2012 – 6:12 am | by admin |

Mark Ruffalo has always been someone I’ve observed being described as an “actor’s actor.”  For what it’s worth, I’m not an professional and yet have been a big lover of his for a long time.  The particular Brothers Bloom remains considered one of my all time favorites. I really tried to keep my great when [...]

The Boxer Rebellion continue to exist KCRW – Step Out of the Car

Written on March 9, 2012 – 3:03 pm | by admin |

From KCRW You are not selected Taryn OlsenI had the pleasure involving talking to some of the people waiting in range to get into The Boxer Rebellion’s soldout night at The Roxy on Weekend. It was clear that the type of happy ticket holders were quite excited at the prospect of getting to see The [...]

Review: Beats, Rhymes & Existence: The Travels of a Group Called Quest

Written on February 29, 2012 – 7:10 pm | by admin |

Gemma Dempsey, producer in the Treatment here at KCRW, came back through Sundance raving about the new Indigneous group Called Quest documentary, “Beats, Songs & Life: The Travels of the Tribe Called Quest”.  It will be on the Tribeca Film Festival this week, nevertheless it won’t be in theaters until summer season (July 8 in [...]

Cage the Elephant Live on KCRW – Back Against the Wall

Written on February 23, 2012 – 1:53 am | by admin |

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 [...]

Artist You Should Know: tUnE-yArDs

Written on February 6, 2012 – 9:16 pm | by admin |

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 [...]

Richard Montoya Gives Props to Jack port White, Zack de la Rocha about Guest DJ Project

Written on February 1, 2012 – 3:24 pm | by admin |

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 [...]

Rainbow Arabia: Local Groups We Love

Written on January 24, 2012 – 2:24 pm | by admin |

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 [...]

The Low Anthem: Artist You Should Know

Written on January 19, 2012 – 4:16 pm | by admin |

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 [...]

What I Got at the Postal service Today by Chuck R

Written on January 13, 2012 – 10:58 am | by admin |

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 [...]

Trophy Wife: Artist You Should Know

Written on January 8, 2012 – 1:16 pm | by admin |

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 [...]