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SXSW Preview: Puro Instinct
Tuesday, March 13th, 2012
From KCRW Disk jockey Chuck P:Puro Instinct is often a band from Los Angeles offering sisters, Piper and Skylar Kaplan (ages 12 & 16, respectively).Formally referred to as Pearl Harbor, they’ve just released a new album soon enough for SXSW called “Headbangers In Ecstasy” in Mexican Summer records, as well as it’s steeped in Eighties (read more...)
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KCRW’s Top 50 Most Played Records
Saturday, March 10th, 2012
KCRW’s Top 50 Many Played Records for the Few days of 03/21/20111 RADIOHEAD == King Regarding Limbs >> [Tbd]2 TORO Y MOI == Within the Pine >> [Carpark]3 DALE EARNHART JR JR == Horse Power Ep >> [Quite Scientific]4 Tv set ON THE RADIO == Nine Types Of Light – Sampler >> [Interscope]5 LYKKE LI (read more...)
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Badly Drawn Boy Survive KCRW – “Is There Nothing We Could Do”
Wednesday, March 7th, 2012
Coming from Morning Becomes Eclectic manufacturer Ariana Morgenstern:Badly Drawn Boy is a favorite performer on MBE. While he joins us we catch up like old close friends revealing intimate moments that have occued in each other’s absence while using added bonus that he explains to you new songs with us.Our session at The Village was (read more...)
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SXSW Day 6: Wolf Gang, Little Comets, Liz Phair
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
On my final day, I had very few plans to discover specific bands. Sometimes that’s an attractive thing because you can float about and respond to text messages which say “I’m watching a great group right now!”Which is exactly how I identified Little Comets, an excellent UK take band. I literally happened to run a (read more...)
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SXSW Preview: Chapel Club
Wednesday, February 29th, 2012
I had been talking to DJ Anne Litt about how certain bands hit you “below your waist” – and Chapel Club is among those bands. (as is Ould – Calvi, as artist Anne will be showcasing in the weeks to come).Just what else can I say – the sexy music! It has just the right (read more...)
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Destroyer: Artist You Should Know
Sunday, February 12th, 2012
(Since Destroyer’utes show at the Troubadour tonight comes out, those who missed out on seat tickets can enjoy a couple tunes and some choice words from KCRW Disk jockey Raul Campos)I have to give credit where credit is due. Eric J Lawrence, each of our trusty KCRW Music Librarian and human music encyclopedia, turned me on (read more...)
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Support Japan with The Morning Benders
Tuesday, February 7th, 2012
By Betsy Moyer, Interactive Producer and also Social Media ManagerI have a massive music crush on The Morning hours Benders. Naturally after reading the asking from TMB front man Chris to support Japan, his host to birth – I have to pass along the message.Donate and download the Japan Echo EP such as some great (read more...)
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Badly Drawn Boy, Toro ful Moi, Sharon Van Etten and More on KCRW
Saturday, January 28th, 2012
Future Live Performances on Morning hours BECOMES ECLECTIC with host JASON BENTLEYTuesday, March Twenty-two, UK singer Badly Drawn Boy has a knack coming from storytelling, weaving his thoughts and suffers from into intimate songs hefty with emotion. He’ll conduct new tracks when he joins Morning Becomes Contemporary .Wednesday, March 23, Chaz Bundick, most widely known (read more...)
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DJ Valida’s SXSW Wrap Up
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
From Disk jockey Valida:This having been my very first SXSW, I am happy to say it had been one of the best experiences ever and I can’t wait for next year. All of my expectations were met triple-fold — the amount of amazing music I got to hear, the new people I fulfilled and the (read more...)
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SXSW Preview: DJ Anthony Valadez’s “Bands to Watch”
Monday, January 23rd, 2012
Below are a few of the bands on my radar with regard to SXSW 2011:1) Foster & People — They have a great fun pop audio. I have listened to a few of their information so it will be really enjoyable to see them live!Supply Foster the People’s “Helena Beat”Audio clip: Adobe Expensive Player (version (read more...)
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