The last Pixies album before the subsequent breakup and often the most overlooked.  It gets a lot of slack, for being more linear, more generic rockish, and lacking Kim Deal.  While these may be true,  nothing changes the fact that this record is pretty awesome.  It’s no “Surfer Rosa” or “Doolittle”, but c’mon, it’s the still the fucking Pixies. Even at their “worst”, their putting out some really solid if not some of their best material. Get on this.

Alec Eiffel

Bird Dreams of the Olympus Mons

Or buy it.

Disclaimer: Same as last time

Note: A late post… but it’s still going up to promote Do LaB!

The Do LaB Presents Lucent L’Amour 2010 on Friday, February 13, 2010 at the Shrine Expo Hall! Do Lab is graciously offering a special student discount at www.lucentlamour.com/student. Tickets will only be $45! All week, KSCR will be playing tracks from the artists!

Some information regarding the event & Do Lab:

LOS ANGELES, CALIF. - The Do LaB brings its fantastical vision of Valentine’s Day to Los Angeles with the return of the fifth annual art and music festival, Lucent L’Amour 2010. Building on its growing popularity, this year’s festival is expanding to include both the indoor and outdoor areas of Shrine Expo Hall with over 5,000 expected attendees. The event will feature two stages of live music, top DJs, burlesque and vaudeville performances, as well as live art creations and installations.

Celebrated for their one-of-a-kind interactive art environments, The Do LaB has put its signature imaginative experience design stamp on festivals all over the world, including Coachella and Lightning in a Bottle. This year’s expanded festival will include:

* Two Stages of Music featuring Bassnectar, N.A.S.A., Stanton Warriors, Yard Dogs Road Show, Beats Antique, Ana Sia, Lazer Sword, Lynx & Janover and Patricio

* Art Installations throughout the festival:
- A large scale live painting by The Mac and Retna and live digital painting by Andrew Jones of conceptart.org
- Art Gallery curated by Mike Russek, and Deborah Vogt featuring Ekundayo, L Crosky, Liz Brizzi, Luis Sanchez, John Park, Hans Haveron, Kofie One, Shrine, Julio Sanchez, Man One, Walt Hall, Chris Berg, Gareth Stehr, Jocelyn Marsh, Danni Shinya Luo, Izumi Yokoyama, Stefano Novelli, David Haskell, Spectr, Glenn Campbell, Ryan Wegner, Chris Leavens, Michael Pukac, Shira Loa, Brion Topolski, Ando Pndlian, Myong Kurily, Adam Mostow and Motion One

* Lightning in a Paintcan Project: Local artists will transform large mural panels set up throughout the event grounds, using 100% used and recycled paint, into art pieces to be auctioned off through a silent auction with the proceeds going to benefit Sonic Muze, a non-profit that provides underfunded schools with music instruments and art supplies.

* Live performances by Lucent Dossier Experience, The Yard Dogs Roadshow, Suddenly Dapper, as well as numerous fire dancers, circus acts, and general mayhem instigators

Don’t Miss Lucent L’Amour 2010 this Valentine’s Weekend!

Lucent L’Amour
Saturday, February 13, 2009
Shrine Expo Hall at USC
700 West 32nd St. Los Angeles, Ca 90007
8 pm - 4 am / 18+ only
Advanced Ticket: $65
Student Discount tickets @ http://lucentlamour.com/student

Electronica/house.  Described as being like Justice but a bit darker.  This is a fairly new act that you should probably start digging…

11H30

14h54

I’m not sure where you can buy this, but be sure to check out his website for the latest news.

“The View From Nowhere” - Spinning an eclectic mix of House Music & Electro, spanning the most soulful to the most distorted

Before Outkast got big and released hits like “Aquemini” and “Stankonia”, they dropped this gem of an album.  “ATLiens” has been my jam for the past few weeks now.  It’s a great album, featuring top notch rapping and dope jazzy beats.  The first five or six songs are perfect, but really the entire album is awesome.  Do yourself a favor and give it a listen.

ATLiens

13th Floor

Buy this shit.  You’ll be glad you did.

Disclaimer: if the artist does not wish to have his work posted on this site, email us at publications@kscr.org and we’ll be sure to take it down.

I apologize for the rather long delay.  It’s been a while since anything has been uploaded…

To kick things off, here’s stoner/doom metal band, Electric Wizard. This is probably their most acclaimed album.  Expect heavy riffage and tons of Black Sabbath worship.  The vocals could probably be better, but it’s not that big of a deal.  What it lacks in the vocals department, it makes up with sheer noise and heaviness.  Best listened to with a nice pair of headphones or speakers, and probably after smoking a joint.  This is stoner metal after all.

I, the Witchfinder

Vinum Sabbathi

Enjoooooooooy. Or better yet… buy it

Experienced super-alts know that vinyl is super hip, super pretty to look at and makes you seem super pretentious in front of all yr entry level alt friends. Thus, being the extremely experienced super-alt that I am (HAH), I present my newest (and final) KSCR on-air endeavor to all our loyal listeners:

That’s right — for my final semester on-air at KSCR, I’ve decided to dig deep into my extensive vinyl collection of first-press editions and put them on air for your listening pleasure.

So heads up vinyl junkies; tune in every Sunday from 6-8pm this semester to hear full album sides, various 7″ records and musical criticism and pop theorizing mumbo-jumbo right here on KSCR.

I’ll also track what albums I’ll play each day on KSCR’s Twitter. If you aren’t already, make sure to hop on the social networking bandwagon and follow us!

When In Rome – Movie Premiere (1/27)

Often times, the expression “When In Rome” is misused by powerful celebrities like Ron Burgundy.

Well, we here at KSCR are not in the business of misinforming. Instead, we have Red Carpet Tickets for the Disney movie, “When in Rome” starring Kristen Bell (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Veronica Mars) and Josh Duhamel (Transformers) that we’re looking to give away!

Trailer:

The Premiere is on Wednesday, January 27th at 7:00pm. If anyone is interested, please respond via the blog or the KSCR Twitter with your name and e-mail address no later than Monday morning (1/25). 2 pairs of tickets to the red carpet premiere (actors will be there) await for the first listeners to respond. But it doesn’t end there, there are also another 5 pairs of tickets for runner-ups for an advanced screening so hit us up!

Drew Carey Benefit Show at The Hollywood Improv (1/24)

Movies not your thing? Well then, how about a comedy show at the legendary Hollywood Improv this Sunday (1/24) with Drew Carey (Whose Line Is It Anyway?, The Price Is Right) and 6 other really funny comedians! All proceeds will be donated to Relief International in aid of Haiti. Enjoy an evening of laughs while raising funds for a great cause!

Again, reply either to this message with your name and e-mail address or via the KSCR  Twitter.

And finally, since KSCR loves music, why not end this post with an appropriate song?

When In Rome – The Promise

Get Ready for Another Great Season of Programming here at KSCR.