Fellow Trojan and singer/songwriter Alyssa Suede comes into the Live Show on February 27th. Tune in 1-2pm.

Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti is coming to play the Live Show on KSCR this Friday February 20th from 1-2pm. The L.A. five-piece will be opening for Animal Collective next Thursday the 26th at the Henry Fonda (a very, very sold out show). Tune in for a live set and interview.

Has anybody been feeling a little dicked around by Ticketmaster? If you purchased a ticket for the Henry Fonda show with Animal Collective, Lucky Dragons, and Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti, then you may have received an alert via e-mail/phone yesterday that the show was re-scheduled for Monday 2/23. If you changed your schedule, then you may like me be totally pissed off that another alert arrived this morning that the show was re-scheduled again to the date AC has on their Myspace, Thursday the 26th.

We’ve already been through so many uncertainties and date changes. Ticketmaster really needs to get it together. I feel like I should at least be refunded my convenience fee.

Winter is still in full swing, and east coast musicians are being drawn in by Los Angeles’ (literal and figurative) warmth. A few days in January will undoubtedly inspire conflict:

• January 20 - Crystal Antlers at the Smell OR The Walkmen and Beach House at the Henry Fonda
• January 22 - Chromeo at the Key Club OR High Places at the Echo
• January 23 - Jay Reatard at the Echoplex OR Animal Collective at the Henry Fonda?

I have highlighted my choices, although it should be noted I would much rather see AC at the Troubadour, and catch Jay Reatard on the 23rd. …And were in not for already seeing Crystal Antlers twice, the 20th would have undoubtedly been a difficult call. Worry you not if you should miss a great show; Coachella is coming up…

If you are holding back on shows because you spent $45 on an Animal Collective ticket or are saving for Coachella, here’s one exception that you should consider. On Thursday, experimental Los Angeles duo Gangi (undoubtedly one of my favorite emerging L.A. bands) will be headlining a show at Spaceland with Daedelus and Gaslamp Killer (KXLU/L.A. Record Presents… 8:30pm, 21+). This should be a spectacular show.

Tuesday: The Cinematic Orchestra (at the Troubadour)
I cannot express how incredible they are live, you will have to experience it for yourself. If you aren’t familiar with their music, its jazzy, electronic, and soothing. My favorite album of theirs, Man with a Movie Camera was written as a soundtrack to the 1929 Russian silent film of the same name. Somewhere on the internet you can find the movie with the soundtrack applied to it (here’s a preview on youtube, where you can watch the whole thing in 9 parts) -it’s the coolest thing ever. Everything lines up perfectly. But I digress, go see them live, you will not be disappointed. 

Wednesday
The Low End Theory is a night at a club called The Airliner in Downtown LA. If you haven’t caught on yet, it is hip hop based yet many electronic artists DJ there frequently. Resident DJ’s incude Daddy Kev, Nobody, Gaslamp Killer, D-Styles among others. This week they are celebrating Big Dada rapper K-the-I???’s (yes that’s his name) release party. Next month, Flying Lotus will be making an appearance that you will not want to miss. (18+) 

Thursday
El Guincho is playing at the echo. He’s a crazy dude from Spain who makes tribe-like worldly pop music. Guaranteed to give you a good show and a fun time.

And for those 21+, a bit of a party will be going down at the Roosevelt Hotel with a pop-up store from my favorite vintage/designer clothes store, Apartment 3. There will be music, swimming, and shopping and it will be happening weekly. Here’s the info. 

Friday 
The one and only DAEDELUS (+  Busdriver, etc) at the one and only Ground Zero Coffee House brought to you by us, KSCR. $5 donation would be nice, yes. And if you can’t appreciate Daedelus’s music, please get yourself checked, and if you haven’t heard him, check him out!!!

Saturday: Hauschka and Tom Brosseau at Largo (i think its 21+)
I’m going to have to oppress my ridiculous fan-girl excitement but OH MY GOD. Tom Brosseau has the most beautiful voice ever. He goes around with a guitar and serenades the world with his woeful songs. And Hauschka put out one of my favorite albums this year - Ferndorf. A mix of classical, ambient, electronic beauty. If there was a genre for him, it would be “experimental piano.” 

And that is all I know of so far. Have fun and be safe people.
 

(Other Lives in Chicago. Photo from Flickr via Robert Loerzel)

Yesterday, KSCR brought in Other Lives from Stillwater, Oklahoma to our studios for a live set, a little guest DJing, and an interview. The ultra-charming, super nice five piece rocked our tiny, yellow Studio B with authentic folk. (I’ll try uploading an MP3 later) The show at the Echo with What Made Milwaukee Famous for the Little Ones CD release party, complete with balloon animals and cotton candy, was ultra fun as well! The three bands play again tonight at the Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa.

Make sure you listen to our Live Show every Friday at 2pm!

(No Age courtesy of Sub Pop)

Shockhound is handing out FREE tickets to see No Age at the Troubadour on Tuesday December 2nd with Titus Andronicus. I have had no reason to go to the Troubadour in over a year, but would gladly take the opportunity to trek to West Hollywood to see these Obama lovers get wild.

Here’s the link.