If you’re not driving up to the weekender, this Saturday is the 11th annual Eagle Rock Music festival.

Click the flyer for more info…

EAGLE ROCK MUSIC FESTIVAL 2009
SAT., OCT. 3
ON COLORADO BLVD. BETWEEN EAGLE ROCK BLVD. AND ARGUS

WITH THE EMERGING STAGE w/ L.A. RECORD DJ set and KXLU LIVE STREAM

THE DUBLAB-CURATED FUTURE ROOTS STAGE

THE KINGSIZE SOUNDLABS + THE SHIP STUDIO‘S “EAGLE ROCK BLOCK” STAGE

PEHRSPACE “remix” COLLABORATIVE STAGE @ SWORK

RAZORCAKE + ZOCALOC CURATED ELA+SOUTH BAY CNX PUNK STAGE

ELECTRO INTERNATIONAL PSYCH HIP HOP FUNK BY SOUL IN THE PARK + FUTURE
MUSIC

CLASSICAL, JAZZ, LOCAL POP-ROCK COVER BANDS, KIDS’ STAGE, WELCOME INN ZYDECO + more….

AND THE COMPLETE LINE-UP OF BANDS…

Artichoke
AM/FM Band
Andrew Lynch
Amateurs
Bali and Beyond Gamelan Ensemble (LIVE EXPANSIVE INTONATION)
Bonne Musique Zydeco
Black Dynamite
Blank Blue
Buyepongo
Carnage Asada
Computer Jay DJ Set
DJ NOBODY Set
Suckapunch DJ Set
Dusty Rhodes and the River Band
Dubclub Echodelic Soundsystem w/ Guest Vocalists
Eagle Rock High School Latin Jazz Band
The Faraway Places
The French Semester
Free Moral Agents
Fol Chen
The Gaslamp Killer
The Gears
The Happy Hollows
The Ignorant
Jail Weddings
The Joe Johnston Band
Juan Vega and Friends
Julia Holter (Human Ear Music/HIGHLY ELEVATED LIVE SET)
KoTolan
Kutmah
Leslie and the Badgers
Linus of Hollywood
Mas Exitos DJ Set (CENTRAL & SOUTH AMERICAN DANCE PARTY)
Michael White Quintet Featuring Vocalist Leisei Chen
Mochilla DJ Set
Morning Glory
Mumpo
Nanny Cantaloupe DJ Set (FAR-OUT DJ SET)
Nico Stai
No Age
Ollin
Our Future
Ovideo
Patrick Park
Peanut Butter Wolf
Pocahaunted
Random Patterns
Robedoor
Sam Mellon and the Skylarks
Sandra Sandia
SASSAS (Society for the Activation of Social Space Through Art + Sound)
Tim Yalda Quartet
That’s Incredible!
The Tracs
Trova: Esteban Leon and friends
Underground Railroad to Candyland
U-N-I
Woolly Bandits
WonderGround
Wounded Lion

Eagle Rock is a short drive from USC. You can get there by driving up the 2 freeway and exiting Colorado Blvd.

How much is a ticket, you may ask? It’s absolutely free.

My favorite Black Flag release.  This is the only record to feature Chuck Biscuits on drums as well as the tracks “Yes I Know” and “What Can You Believe?”  Other than that, you get a handful of alternate versions of tracks from My War and Slip it In.  Everything just sounds awesome here–more rawness, more energy, and more aggression.  This is the definition of hardcore punk.  For Black Flag fans it’s an absoulte must have.

What Can You Believe

Yes I Know

So good.  You can’t really buy this anywhere, but I hear you can download the full album on the internets…

Disclaimer: Same as always, email if there’s a problem to publications@kscr.org

I just discovered this band.  They were another underlooked 70s band that played strange and dark psychedelic/progressive folk rock (or something weird like that).  Supposedly they only released two albums and this is their good one.  I haven’t quite wrapped my head around this one… although it’s good.  Unusual for its time to say the least.

Diana

Give it a few listens… it’ll start to grow on you.

Buy it!

Disclaimer: Same as before.  This is meant to be promo material only!

Glitchy electronic influenced post-rock.  Not sure what more to say.  It has its moments.

Drove Through Ghosts To Get Here

23kid

Buy IT!

Disclaimer: Promo only, if the band doesn’t wish to have their work posted email us at publications@kscr.org

Perhaps the best solo Wu-Tang release?  It’s debatable, but this record is definitely up there.  Anyways, this album has some real bangers and does a pretty good job mixing in some pretty bad ass samurai movie samples.  RZA’s production and GZA’s rapping are both really solid (although GZA does sound a bit tooooo relaxed at times).  Plus, the art work is beyond dope.  Check it out if you haven’t already:

Liquid Swords

4th Chamber

Yeah.  You should buy it too.

Disclaimer: Same as the rest of the posts… promo only 

I’m trying my best to keep the blog musically diverse… so here we have one of the finest technical death metal albums ever, by a band that is unsurprisingly named Death.  I’m not even a big death metal fan, but this is a sweet album (actually pretty much everything released by Death is awesome).  This album, along with Human and Individual Thought Patterns, really helped established thinking man’s metal.  While both of those are great records, the thing about Symbolic is that it’s actually catchier.  Human and Individual Thought Patterns have alot of awesome jazzy riffs and complex song structures and whatnot, but let’s face it, as great as some of those tracks are, they just aren’t as catchy as say, “Crystal Mountain.”  You guys decide:

Crystal Mountain

Without Judgement

Pretty good?  Hopefully you dig it, even if you aren’t a fan of the genre.  Buy it anyways. 

And… the disclaimer: this is for promotional use only.  If the band does not wish for their material to be posted please let us know at publications@kscr.org so we can take it down.

Shoegaze/dream pop anyone?  This is a relatively new band from the Phillipines.  I haven’t heard much about them, but they released this EP last year and it was pretty dope.  Check it out if you’re a fan of Slowdive or Beach House.

What is Left Unsaid

Unfortunately, this EP seems to be sold out pretty much everywhere… so you should probably hit up ebay if you want a copy.

Disclaimer:  Song is for promotional use only.  If the band wishes to have this song removed, please email us at publications@kscr.org.