Tuesdays with Maura

6/29/10 Playlist

2010-07-01T17:31:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's July already.

Dum Dum Girls play 7/1 at the Echo, 7/3 in Costa Mesa with Crocodiles, Dunes

Asura plays 7/2 at Echo Curio with Ana Caravelle, So Many Wizards, and Owl

Shlohmo plays 7/2 at PooBah Records Beat Soup with Jon Wayne and others

Magic Bullets play 7/4 at the Echo with The Tartans, Hungry Beat Crew

6/29 set list

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Asura - I've Seen You in Vice (Anenon Bday Mix) - Asura - Non Projects
Daedelus - The Open Hand Avows - Righteous Fists of Harmony - Brainfeeder
Shlohmo - Hot Boxing the Cockpit (Tokimonsta Remix) - Shlomoshun Deluxe - Friends of Friends
Sharon Jones & the Dap-kings - The Game Gets Old - I Learned the Hard Way - Daptone Records
Betty Davis - You and I - This Is It! - Light in the Attic
Sister Crayon - Ixchel, the Lady Rainbow - Enter Into Holy (Or)ders - Manimal
Cocorosie - Here I Come - Grey Oceans - Sub Pop Records
The Bird & The Bee - Private Eyes - Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates - Blue Note
Dum Dum Girls - Blank Girl - I Will Be - Sub Pop
Ólöf Arnalds - Englar Og Darar - Við og við - 12 Tónar Ltd.

Teenage Fanclub - The Back of my Mind - Shadows - Merge
Felt - Rain of Crystal Spires - Bubble Gum Perfume - Creation
Magic Bullets - A Day Not So Far Off - Second Glance - Mon Amie
Fubura Sekibo - Psychedelic Baby - Nigeria Special Volume 2: Modern Highlife, Afro Sounds & Nigerian Blues, 1970-6 - Soundway
Honny & the Bees Band - Sisi Mbon - Modern Highlife Afro - Sounds & Ghanian Blues - Sound Way
Orquesta De Armando - Samba Calypso - Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz & Cumbia Tipica on the Isthmus 1960-75 - Sound Way
Sun Ra - Space Aura - College Tour Vol. 1: The Complete Nothing Is... - ESP
Fol Chen - The Holograms - Part II: The New December - Asthmatic Kitty
Portishead - Machine Gun - Third - Island

06/22/10 Playlist

2010-06-23T17:55:00.000-07:00

Here's the Playlist.

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Here We Go Magic - Casual - Pigeons - Secretly Canadian
Magic Bullets - A Name Sits Heaviest on My Heart - Second Glance - Mon Amie Records
Menomena - Five Little Rooms - PDX Pop Now! 2010 - PDX Pop Now!
Soft Machine - Chloe and the Pirates - NDR Jazz Workshop - Cuneiform Records
Poirier - 90's Backyard - Running High - Ninja Tune

Moses Campbell - Saturday - Who are You? Who is Anyone? - Olfactory Records
Light Pollution - Fever Dreams - Apparitions - Carpark
The Drums - Forever & Ever Amen - Album Sampler - Downtown
Health - Before Tigers (CFCF RMX) - Disco 2: You Will Love Each Other - Lovepump
Casiokids - Finn Bikkjen! - Topp stemning på lokal bar - Polyvinyl
Sleigh Bells - Treats - Treats - Mom + Pop
Twinkranes - Put Up A Light - Spektrum Theatre Snakes - Finders Keepers / B-Music
Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti - Bright Lit Blue Skies - Before Today - 4AD
Avi Buffalo - Truth Sets In - Avi Buffalo - Sub Pop
Flying Lotus - ...And The World Laughs With You - Cosmogramma - Warp

06/15/10 Set List

2010-06-15T20:04:00.001-07:00

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Foals - Black Gold - Total Life Forever - Sub Pop
Hey Marseilles - Hold the Morning - To Travels and Trunks - Onto Entertainment
Sonya - En Mi Nube (Get Off My Cloud) - Absolute Belter - B-Music
Teenage Fanclub - The Back of my Mind - Shadows - Merge
Sleigh Bells - Run the Heart - Treats - Mom + Pop
Indian Jewelry - Look Alive - Totaled - We Are Free
Kurt Vile - Hey, Now I'm Movin - Square Shells EP - Matador
Woods - Blood Dries Darker - Echo Lake - Woodsist
Devo - Step Up - Something for Everybody - WB
Beck & Bat for Lashes - Let's Get Lost - Eclipse OST - Chop Shop
Wolf Parade - Cloud Shadow on the Mountain - Expo 86 - Sub Pop
The Like - Square One - Release Me - Downtown

Stars - Fixed - The Five Ghosts - Soft Revolution
M.I.A. - XXXO Featuring Jay Z - XXXO - The Remixes - Interscope
Crystal Castles - Birds - Crystal Castles (II) - Fiction
Tame Impala - Alter Ego - InnerSpeaker - Modular
Brian Jonestown Massacre - Golden Frost - My Bloody Underground - A Records
Kutmah - Part 2: Mountaintops - Cities to Mountaintops - Dublab
Hot Chip - And I Was A Boy From School - The Warning - Astralwerks/DFA

06/08/10 Playlist

2010-06-09T00:02:00.000-07:00

Shorter show due to summer school today. Regular summer hours of 12noon-2pm from now on!

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Teenage Fanclub - When I Still Have Thee - Shadows - Merge
Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Lost Saint - Say No To Love Single - Slumberland
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Can't Hear My Eyes - Before Today - 4AD
Ratatat - Bilar - LP4 - XL
Hey Marseilles - To Travels & Trunks - To Travels & Trunks - Onto Entertainment
Chief - My Love Is Gone - Night & Day [10'] - Domino
Broken Social Scene - Art House Director - Forgiveness Rock Record - Arts & Crafts
Neil Young - Look Out for My Love - Comes A Time - Reprise
Michael Rother - Sternlater - Sternlater - Water
The xx - Hot Like Fire (Aaliyah cover) - xx - Young Turks
Kurt Vile - I Wanted Everything - Square Shells [EP] - Matador
The Hold Steady - The Weekenders - Heaven Is Whenever - Vagrant
Dntel - After Parties - http://soundcloud.com/dntel - Sub Pop
Oval - oh! - Oh - Thrill Jockey

06/01/10 Playlist

2010-06-05T17:31:00.000-07:00

This week I brought in an old tape Brandt Larson made called 18,000 Days on Robot Hill and played a couple tracks. Peep the Sun Ra record, for reals.

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Sun Ra - The Satellites Are Spinning - College Tour Volume One: The Complete Nothing Is... - ESP-Disk
Indian Jewelry - Touching the Roof of the Sun - Totaled - We Are Free
UNKLE - Falling Stars - Where Did The Night Fall - Surender All
Faust - Jennifer - Faust IV - EMI
Konitz / Cheek / Furic Leibovici - Tomorrow I Shall Dance For You - Jugendstil II - ESP - Disk
Michael Gregory Jackson - Ab Bb 1-7-3¬∞ - Clarity (1976) - ESP-Disk Reissue
The Fall - Funnel of Love - Your Future Our Clutter - Domino
LCD Soundsystem - Dance Yrself Clean - This Is Happening - DFA
Karen Elson - The Ghost Who Walks - The Ghost Who Walks - XL
Cookie Crew - Secrets of Success - Fly Girls (Disc 1) - Soul Jazz
Gonjasufi - She Gone - A Sufi and A Killer - Warp Records
Flying Lotus - Satelllliiiiiteee - Cosmogramma - Warp
Ras G - Discipline09-1 - El Aylien - Leaving Records
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the dark - Dreaming (12' Extended Mix) - Dreaming 12' - A&M

Iron Virgin - Rebels Rule - 18,000 Days on Robot Hill Mix Tape - Brandt Larson
Pagliro - Lovin' You Ain't Easy - 18,000 Days on Robot Hill Mix Tape - Brandt Larson's Personal Collection

05/26/10 Playlist

2010-06-05T16:30:00.000-07:00

The second set was full of tracks from artists playing at the UCLA Jazz and Reggae Festival over Memorial Day Weekend.

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

The Black Keys - Tighten Up - Brothers - Nonesuch
Jamie Lidell - She Needs Me - Compass - Warp
The Flaming Lips & Stardeath And White Dwarfs - The Great Gig In The Sky - Dark Side Of The Moon - WB
Delta Spirit - Bushwick Blues - History From Below - Rounder
The National - Runaway - High Violet - 4AD
Woods - Blood Dries Darker - Echo Lake - Woodsist
The Dead Weather - Blue Blood Blues - Sea of Cowards - Third Man Records
Massive Attack - Pardise Circus - Heligoland - Virgin
Magic Bullets - Lying Around - Lying Around 7' - Mon Amie Records
Distant Relatives - Land of Promise - Distant Relatives - Republic

A Tribe Called Quest - Find A Way - The Love Movement - Jive
The Foreign Exchange - Daykeeper (feat. Muhsinah) - Leave It All Behind - Hard Boiled
Georgie Anne Muldrow - Child of the Sun - Early - 139th Broadway
Quadron - Slippin - Quadron - Plug Research
Raphael Ssadiq - I Know Shuggie Otis - As Ray Ray - Pookie Entertainment
Q-Tip - Gettin Up - The Renaissance - Universal Motown
J Dilla - Remember (feat. Bilal) - Pay Jay - Unreleased (MCA)

Baths - Apologetic Shoulder Blades - MySpace/BathsMusic - Anticon

First Summer Show 05/18/10

2010-05-19T23:38:00.000-07:00

I pretty much just played things off KSCR's new wall with a few extra goodies here and there. We've got some good stuff!

Playlist 05/18/10

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Wu Tang Clan - Strawberries & Cream - Return of the Wu & Friends - Gold Dust Media
Sharon Jones & the Dap-kings - If You Call - I Learned the Hard Way - Daptone Records
Flying Lotus - ...And The World Laughs With You - Cosmogramma - Warp
Ras G and the Afrikan Space Program - Yesterday - Ghetto Sci-Fi - PooBah Records
Nosaj Thing - Fog - Drift - Alpha Pup
Crystal Castles - Suffocation - Crystal Castles - Fiction Records
Growing - Camera '84 - Pumps! - Vice
CocoRosie - R.I.P. Burn Face - Grey Oceans - Sub Pop
Ólöf Arnalds - Moldin - Við Og Við - 12 Tónar Ltd.
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang - With Cornstalks or Among Them - The Wonder Show of the World - Drag City
New Pornographers - We End Up Together - Together - Matador
The Fall - Hot Cake - Your Future Our Clutter - Domino
Tobacco - Sweatmother - Maniac Meat - Anticon
Baths - Hall - Cerulean - Anticon
Jónsi - Go Do - Go - XL
The Radio Dept - A Token of Gratitude - Clinging to a Scheme - Labrador
Caribou - Hannibal - Swim - Merge
Love Is All - The Birds Were Singing With All Their Might - Two Thousand And Ten Injuries - Polyvinyl
Daedelus - The Open Hand Avows - Righteous Fists of Harmony - Brainfeeder
Toro y Moi - Lissoms - Causers Of This - Carpark
LCD Soundsystem - I Can Change - This Is Happening - DFA/Virgin
Faust = It's A Bit of A Pain - Faust IV - Blue Plate Caroline
Dum Dum Girls = Oh Mein M - I Will Be - Sub Pop
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - War Machine - Beat the Devil's Tattoo - Vagrant
Gayngs - False Bottom - Relayted - Jagjaguwar
MF Doom - Sniper Elite (J. Dilla & Doom) - Unexpected Guests - Gold Dust Media
First Aid Kit - In The Morning - The Big Black and the Blue - Wichita

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 04/13/10

2010-04-14T18:05:00.000-07:00

Recommended shows:

Wednesday 04/14

Low End Theory w/ (my cousin's boyfriend) DNAE Beats, Tokimnsta, GLK @ The Airliner

Thursday 04/15

Pavement @ Fox Theater, Pomona

Caetano Veloso @ The Greek Theatre

Buffy Sainte-Marie @ The Bootleg Theater

Saturday 04/17

SISU w/ Katie the Pest @ Pehrspace

April 13th Set List

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Pavement - Gold Soundz - Quarantine The Past - Matador

Sharon Jones & the Dap-kings - She Ain't a Child No More - I Learned the Hard Way Daptone Records
The White Stripes - Icky Thump - Under Great White Northern Lights - WB
Very Be Careful - La Broma - Escape Room - Barbes
Daedelus - An Armada Approaches - Righteous Fists of Harmony - Brainfeeder

Matt Pond PA - Starting - The Dark Leaves - Altitude Records
Goldfrapp - Hunt - Head First - Mute
SISU - Shotgun Running - Demon Tapes - Self Released
Elliott Smith - Drive All Over Town - Roman Candle - Kill Rock Stars
Harlem - Someday Soon - Hippies - Matador
Ólöf Arnalds - Klara - Við og Við - 12 Tónar Ltd.

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 04/06/10

2010-04-06T22:54:00.000-07:00

There were lots of new adds at the station this week.

Check out Eliot Lipp, Egadz, Edison at Low End Theory Wed 4/07/10 @ The Airliner!

Also the Very Be Careful CD Release Party for "Escape Room" on Friday 04/09/10 @ The Monte Cristo

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Goldfrapp - Rocket - Head First - Mute
Sharon Jones & the Dap-kings - I Learned the Hard Way - I Learned the Hard Way Daptone Records
Very Be Careful - La Furgoneta - Escape Room - Barbes
Clorofila - Discoteca Nacional - Corridos Urbanos - Nacional
Free Energy - Young Hearts - Stuck on Nothiing - Astralwerks
A Weather - Third of life - Everyday Balloons - Team Love Records
Broken Bells - The Ghost Inside - Broken Bells - Sony
Jonsi - Animal Arithmetic - Go - XL
James Murphy - Photographs - Greenberg Soundtrack - EMI

White Hinterland - Begin Again - Kairos - Dead Oceans
Eluvium - The Motion Makes Me Last - Similes - Temporary Residence
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy & The Cairo Gang - Teach Me to Bear You - The Wonder Show of the World - Drag City
Etienne Jaumet - For Falling Asleep - Night Music - Domino
Daedelus - Fin De SieCle - Righteous Fists of Harmony - Brainfeeder
Ron Contour & Factor - Hop Scotch - Saffron - Fake Four Inc.
Namo - Signals - Long Walks Off Short Piers - Dirty Chi Music
Awesome Color - Transparent - Massa Hypnos - Ecstatic Peace
Fela Ransome Kuti & The Africa - Who're You? - Nigeria Afrobeat Special: The New Explosive Sound in 1970s Nigeria - Soundway
Eliot Lipp - The Meaning - The Outside - Mush

3/30/10

2010-03-30T14:36:00.000-07:00

UPCOMING LA MUSIC

TUESDAY 3/30

Erykah Badu @ The El Rey

Paul McCartney @ The Hollywood Bowl

Field Music @ Amoeba Music- Hollywood

WEDNESDAY 3/31

Low End Theory's Free the Robots Record Release Party @ The Airliner

Zola Jesus, Tearist, Zombelle @ Echo Curio

Paul McCartney @ The Hollywood Bowl

THURSDAY 4/1

I'm sure there's something good. :)

FRIDAY 4/2

Beat Soup with Take, Dak and matthewdavid @ PooBah Records

The Wedding Present, Ringo Deathstarr @ Troubadour

Breakestra, Fitz and the Tantrums @ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

SATURDAY4/3

Bell Gardens, Nudge @ Bootleg

SUNDAY 4/4

Non (aka Boyd Rice), Cult of Youth @ The Echo / Part Time Punks

MONDAY 4/5

The Church (acoustic) @ The Roxy

3/30/10 SET LIST

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Dum Dum Girls - Baby Don't Go - I Will Be - Sub Pop
Dr. Dog - Shadow People - Shame, Shame - Anti
Acrtic Monkeys - The Afternoon's Hat - My Propeller Single - Domino

Rova & Nels Cline Singers - Head Count - The Celestial Septet - New World Records
Mulatu Astatke - Boogaloo - Mulatu Steps Ahead - Strut
Nicole Wray - Why Can't I Forget Him - BlakRoc - BlakRoc
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Beat the Devil's Tattoo - Beat the Devil's Tattoo - Vagrant
MF Doom - Angels (Doom & Ghostface) - Unexpected Guests - Gold Dust Media
Surfer Blood - Swim - Astro Coast - Kanine Records
Love Is All - The Birds Were Singing With All Their Might - Two Thousand And Ten Injuries - Polyvinyl
Malachai - Blackbird - Ugly Side Of Love - Domino
Paul McCartney - Blackbird - Good Evening New York City - Hear Music
She and Him - Ridin' In My Car - Volume Two - Merge Records
Field Music - See You Later - Measure - Memphis Industries
Erykah Badu - Window Seat - Return of the Ankh - Universal Motown
Happy Birthday - Eyes Music - Happy Birthday - Sub Pop
Black Tambourine - Heartbeat - Black Tambourine - Slumberland
Chasing Kings - Empathy - The Current State of Our Future - Self-released
Aloha - Building A Fire - Home Acres - Polyvinyl
Crime - 4-bit Hearts - Kills Kids - Hit and Run
The Church - Lunar - Untitled #23 - Second Motion Records

Elliot Smith - A Fond Farewell - From a Basement on a Hill - Kill Rock Stars

3/23/10 - with Special Guest Mahssa from Finders Keepers

2010-03-30T14:28:00.000-07:00

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Hot Chip - One Life Stand (Instrumental) - One Life Stand (The Remixes) - Astralwerks
Forro in the Dark - Nonsensical (Uproot Andy Dub) - Perro Loco Remixes - Nublu
Big Star - Way Out West - #1 Record / Radio City - Fantasy
Joanna Newsom - Does Not Suffice - Have One On Me - Drag City
The Bird & The Bee - I Can't Go for That - Interpreting the Masters Volume 1: A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates - EMI
Gorillaz - Glitter Freeze (Feat. Mark E Smith) - Plastic Beach - Virgin
Gonjasufi - She Gone - A Sufi and A Killer - Warp Records
Free the Robots - Select/Start - Ctrl Alt Delete - Alpha Pup
Eluvium - Bending Dream - Similes - Temporary Residence

Zia - Kofriam - Pomegranates - Finders Keepers
Ramesh - Sharm-e Boos-e - Pomegranates - Finders Keepers
Mohammad Nouri - Biya Bar-e Safar Bandim - Pomegranates - Finders Keepers

Golden Triangle - Rollercoaster - Double Jointer - Hardly Art
The Soft Pack - C'Mon - The Soft Pack - Kemado Records
Liars - No Barrier Fun - Sisterworld - Mute
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Stay Alive - The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Slumberland

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 03/09/10

2010-03-12T23:42:00.000-08:00

A lot of these bands played in town this week or will be playing in the next couple of days.

Gonjasufi Record Release Party at the Echo Monday 3/15!

SET LIST 03/09/10

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Gonjasufi - Holidays - A Sufi and A Killer - Warp Records
His Orchestra - Attached - Field Guide to the Wilds - self released
James Pants - Thin Moon - Kadohadacho - Exponential Records
jj - My Life - n 3 - Secretly Canadian
Free the Robots - Jupiter - Ctrl Alt Delete - Alpha Pup
Liars - Scissor - Sisterworld - Mute
A Place to Bury Strangers - It Is Nothing - Exploding Head - Mute U.S.
The Big Pink - Velvet - A Brief History Of Love - 4AD
Free Moral Agents - Sound At Sea - From L.A. With Love - Milan
Fan Death - Soon - A Coin For The Well EP - Last Gang
Pavement - Fight This Generation - Quarantine The Past: The Best of Pavement - Matador
Lee Renaldo & Christian Marclay - CM-LR-1 - http://www.sonicyouth.com/dotsonics/lee/sound

LA Fog - Flute Meditation - www.myspace.com/thelafog - unsigned
Learning Music - Catch - LMM 2.2 - Matchstick Monument - Vosotros
High Places - The Most Beautiful Name - High Places Vs. Mankind - Thrill Jockey
The Cave Singers - Summer Light - Welcome Joy - Matador
The Moondoggies - 'ol Blackbird - Don't Be A Stranger - Hardly Art
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club - Done All Wrong - Twilight: New Moon - Atlantic
The Dutchess & The Duke - I Don't Feel Anything - Sunset / Sunrise - Hardly Art

The Ruby Suns - Sun Lake Rinsed - Fight Softly - Sub Pop
Daniel Merriweather - Not Giving Up - Love and War - J Records
Field Music - Measure - Measure - Memphis Industries
The Temper Trap - Love Lost - Conditions - Glass Note Entertainment
Abe Vigoda - Don't Lie - Reviver - Post Present Medium
These New Puritans - Time Xone - Hidden - Domino
A Sunny Day in Glascow - Daytime Rainbows - Nitetime Rainbows - Mis Ojos Discos

03/02/10

2010-03-03T14:29:00.000-08:00

::UPCOMING SHOWS::

TUESDAY 3/02

The Magnetic Fields @ Wilshire Ebell Theatre

WEDNESDAY 3/03

Midlake @ El Rey Theatre

El Perro Del Mar, Taken By Trees @ Troubadour

Low End Theory with TAKE, MONO/POLY, JONWAYNE @ The Airliner

THURSDAY 3/04

The Growlers, Woman, Gestapo Khazi, Some Days @ The Prospector

FRIDAY 3/05

Mike Watt & The Missing Men, Lite, The Mormons @ The Bootleg Theater

The Bird and the Bee, Juliette Commagere @ El Rey Theatre

Calling All Kids with Kutmah, Teebs, Jon Wayne @ The Hyperion Tavern

The Cool Kids, Pac Div @ Key Club

The Clientele, The Wooden Birds, Spain @ Spaceland

SATURDAY 03/06

The Clientele, The Wooden Birds, Devon Williams @ Spaceland

An 826LA Benefit Show with The Submarines, The Growlers, The Pity Party, Summer Darling @ The Echo

Meho Plaza, SISU, No Paws No Lions, Back To The Future The Ride @ The Smell

Light Asylum, Tearist, Sister Crayon, The Nocturnes, Black Church @ Pehrspace

Hungry Beat @ La Cita

SUNDAY 3/07

Part Time Punks tribute to The Cure Night @ The Echo

MONDAY 03/08

David Scott Stone @ Echo Curio

Moonrats @ Spaceland

::SET LIST 03/02/2010::

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me - Have One On Me - Drag City
Ben Sollee & Daniel Martin Moore - Dear Companion - Dear Companion - Sub Pop
Golden Triangle - Eyes to See - Double Jointer - Hardly Art
Rogue Wave - Sleepwalker - Permalight - Brushfire Records

The Bird and the Bee - Baby - Ray Guns Are Not Just the Future - Blue Note
Taken By Trees - Day By Day - East Of Eden - Rough Trade
Sisu - Fountain - Demon Tapes - Unsigned
El Perro del Mar - A Better Love - Love Is Not Pop - The Control Group
The Clientele - I Know I'll See Your Face - Bonfires on the Heath - Merge
The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Know What to Say - Realism - Nonesuch
Air - So Light Is Her Footfall (Breakbot Remix) - So Light Is Her Footfall (Remixes) - Astralwerks
Sister Crayon - (in) Reverse - Bellow - Manimal Vinyl
Tearist - Lo-V - myspace.com/teariststst - Manimal Vinyl
Cool Kids - A Little Bit Cooler - The Bake Sale - Chocolate Industries
The Growlers - Something Someone Jr. - Are You In Or Out? - Everloving
Eluvium - Leaves Eclipse the Light - Similes - Temporary Residence
Loscil - Endless Falls - Endless Falls - Kranky

Midlake - Fortune - The Courage Of Others - Bella Union
Judee Sill - Lady-O - BBC In Concert - Asylum
J Mascis - Leaving on a Jet Plane - Sub Pop Singles Club 7" 2001
David Scott Stone - La Queue Du Chat Manquant - DSS Plays The Modular Synthesizer - Post Present Medium
A Sunny Day In Glascow - Nitetime Rainbows - Nitetime Rainbows - Mis Ojos Discos
Sade - Morning Bird - Soldier of Love - Epic

Upcoming Events 02/23/09

2010-02-23T09:50:00.000-08:00

I couldn't make it to the station this morning, but here's my picks for upcoming LA events with a few links.

::TUESDAY FEB 23::

Dinosaur Jr. @ The Troubador (first come, first serve)

Mas Exitos @ the Verdugo Bar

Buzz Bands LA presents Glacier Hiking, Haim, Kitten & Go West Young Man @ The Echo

::WEDNESDAY FEB 24::

Dublab presents A Labrat Matinee VII @ USC School of Cinematic Arts, 7pm

Low End Theory with Fulgeance and Deru @ The Airliner

Madame P. Coquette and The Rag Dolls present Le Spectacle de Frissons Venteux @ Aura Nightclub, Studio City

Soul in the Park night with GB (Gifted and Blessed) @ Footsie's Bar

::THURSDAY FEB 25::

Cheap Trick @ House of Blues Sunset Strip

My Hollow Drum presents Geekdown with Kutmah, Fulgeance and Tokimonsta @ The Crosby, Santa Ana

The Henry Clay People, Le Switch, Olin And The Moon @ The Prospector, Long Beach

::FRIDAY FEB 26::

Timonium, Silian Rail, Summer Darling, Powerdove @ Pehrspace

Strange Boys, Chain and the Gang, Neverever @ The Echo

The Hellfyre Club Showcase Party with Nocando and Intuition @ The Crosby, Santa Ana

Calling All Kids with Ariel Pink and Falcor (DJ Sets) @ The Hyperion Tavern

::SATURDAY FEB 27::

Four Tet, Nathan Fake, Active Child @ The Echoplex

Scout Niblett, Dirt Dress @ Spaceland

Evan Dando @ The Hotel Cafe

Goodie Mob, B.O.B. @ Club Nokia

Dirty Projectors (with LA Philharmonic) @ Walt Disney Concert Hall

RITUAL/MUSIC : Part 2 with music by Golden Hits, Julia Holter and matthewdavid, projections by Jesselisa Moretti and Diego Herrera @ Sea and Space Explorations

2010-02-16T17:16:00.000-08:00

Happy Year of the Tiger!

UPCOMING LA SHOWS

TUESDAY 2/16

Mia Doi Todd, Becky Stark, F.D. Scher @ Spaceland

The Magic Kids, Pearl Harbor, Dunes @ The Echo

CLIPSE, Gift of Gab, Hottub @ The Roxy

Rickie Lee Jones @ Vista Theatre

Dios, The Henry Clay People, Signals @ Troubadour

WEDNESDAY 2/17

Friends of Friends Night at Low End Theory with SHLOHMO + ERNEST GONZALES + SODAPOP + LAZYBROW @ the Airliner

Alkaline Trio, Cursive @ House of Blues Sunset Strip

THURSDAY 2/18

Cold Cave, The Smith Westerns, Best Coast @ The Echo (Echoplex)

Imaad Wasif, Lou Barlow & The Missingmen, Avi Buffalo @ Spaceland

FRIDAY 2/19

howardAmb, Vaginals, Farraday Trippers, Sleepwalkers Local, Missincinatti, La Fog @ Synchronicity Space

KRS One @ The Roxy

SATURDAY 2/10

The Entrance Band, Lights, Pocahaunted @ Bootleg

SUNDAY 2/21

Mirah @ Bootleg

SET LIST 02/16/10

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Ernest Gonzales - When You Are Lost I Will Find You - Been Meaning to Tell You - Friends of Friends
Shlohmo - 7am - Shlohmosun Deluxe - Friends of Friends
Mia Doi Todd - Who Knows Where the Time Goes (Sandy Denny cover) - Live at Spaceland 02/09/10 - Carey's iPhone
Lavendar Diamond - Oh No - Imagine Our Love - Matador
Farmer Dave Scher - Flash Forward to the Good Times - Flash Forward to the Good Times - Kemado
The Magic Kids - Hey Boy - 'Hey Boy' b/w 'Good to Be' - Goner
Pearl Harbor - California Shakedown - Wish We Were Here - Mexican Summer
Rickie Lee Jones - On Saturday Afternoons In 1963 - Duchess of Coolsville - Rhino
Tineke Postma - The Line - The Traveller - Etcetera Records

Dios - Stare at Wheel - We Are Dios - Buddyhead
The Henry Clay People - Something In the Water - For Cheap or For Free - Autumn Tone
Signals - Spector - the blogosphere - s/r
Gift of Gab - Stardust - 4th Dimensional Rocketships Going Up - Quannum Projects
Massive Attack - Pray For Rain - Heligoland - Virgin
Cursive - Nonsense - Saddle Creek 50 - Saddle Creek
Clipd Beaks - Visions - To Realize - Lovepump United
Cold Cave - Youth and Lust - Love Comes Close - Matador
Best Coast - When I'm with You - When I'm with You Single - Black Iris
Surfer Blood - Swim - Astro Coast - Kanine Records
Avi Buffalo - What's It In For? (Live at KSCR) - KSCR Live Show - KSCR
Sebadoh - Beauty Of The Ride - Harmacy - Sub Pop
The Entrance Band - Sing for the One - The Entrance Band - Ecstatic Peace
KRS-One - Ya Feel Dat - Ya Feel Dat? // How Bad Do you Want It - KOCH Records
Jack Splash - King of the Beats - King of the Beats Vol. 1 Mixtape
Son Lux - WEAPONS IV (Nico Muhly Remix) - WEAPONS EP - Anticon
Mirah - Generosity - (a)spera - K Records

Local Natives - Wide Eyes - Gorilla Manor - French Kiss
Xiu Xiu - This Too Shall Pass (For Freddy) - Dear God, I Hate Myself - Kill Rock Stars
Chiara Mastroianni - Eye of the Tiger (Survivor cover) - Persepolis OST - Caroline

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 02/09/10

2010-02-09T21:36:00.000-08:00

...upcoming LA shows...

TUESDAY February 9

Wildness Pre-hiatus Party @ The Grand Star, 943 Sun Mun Way

Mia Doi Todd and Friends @ Spaceland

Mas Exitos @ The Verdugo Bar

WEDNESDAY February 10

Nocando Record Release Party at Low End Theory with Dntel & King Cannibal @ The Airliner

Rag Dolls Burlesque Troupe in Le Spectacle des Frissons Venteux @ Aura Nightclub, 12215 Ventura Blvd. Studio City

Wild Beasts, Still Life Still, Magic Bullets @ The Troubadour

Soul in the Park with Coleman and Sacred @ Footsie's Bar

THURSDAY February 11th

Editors, The Antlers @ The Wiltern

The Thermals, Thao With The Get Down Stay Down, Slang Chickens @Troubadour

MeShell Ndegocello @ Largo

FRIDAY February 12th

Myka 9 W CHARLIE CHAN,PROP ANON, DJ NEMOS,BOOM BAP BULLIES AND MORE @ The Airliner

Pearl Harbor @ Space 15 Twenty, 6pm

Chicago Underground Duo, Pit Er Pat @ Bootleg Theater

SATURDAY February 13th

James Lavelle, UNKLE @ the Echoplex

SUNDAY February 14th

Van Dyke Parks, Clare & the Reasons @ McCabe's

My Bloody Valentine night at Part Time Punks
The Echo

...set list 02/09/10...

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Wild Beasts - Two Dancers (I) - Two Dancers - Domino
The Magic Bullets - The Book Is Closed - Lives For Romance - Mon Amie Records
Dntel - In the Process - Starving But Happy Compilation - Simballrec
Ernest Gonzales - Purple Heart - Been Meaning to Tell You - Friends of Friends
Nocando - Skankophelia - Jimmy the Lock - Alpha Pup
Nneka - Showin Love - Concrete Jungle - Decon Inc
Natalia Lafourcade - Ella Es Bonita - Hu Hu Hu - Columbia
Isan - Lop Helston Conceipt - The Bubbly Blue and Green Sampler - Bubbly Blue and Green

Mia Doi Todd - Johnny Appleseed - The Ewe and the Eye - City Zen
The Antlers - Sylvia - Hospice - frenchkiss
Editors - No Sound but the Wind - The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Atlantic
My Bloody Valentine - Blown a Wish - Loveless - Sire
Pink Martini - Sympathique - Sympathique - Heinz Records

The Thermals - Now We Can See - Now We Can See - Kill Rock Stars
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Fixed It! - Know Better Learn Faster - Kill Rock Stars
Pearl Harbor - Luv Goon - Something About the Chaparrals - Mexican Summer
Me'Shell Ndegocello - Hair of the Dog - Devil's Halo - Downtown/Mercer Street
Magic Heart Genies - Cardiac Arrest - Cardiac Arrest - We Are Young Money
Gil Scott-Heron - Your Soul and Mine - I'm New Here - XL

Face Value - Face Value - Rode Hard, Put Away Wet: Cleve HC '89-'93 - Smog Veil Records
Rob Zombie - Werewolf Women of the SS - Hellbilly Deluxe II - Roadrunner
Beach House - Used to Be - Teen Dream - Sub Pop
Hot Chip - Alley Cats - One Life Stand - EMI
The Go Find - Stay - Everybody Knows It's Gonna Happen Just Not Tonight - Morr Music
Clare & The Reasons - This is the Story - Arrow - Frog Stand Records

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 02/02/10

2010-02-03T00:04:00.000-08:00

Upcoming Shows:

Wednesday February 3 - Prefuse 73, Gaslamp Killer, VOICEsVOICEs @ Troubadour

Wednesday February 3 - Low End Theory with AWOL ONE + KONE + INTUITION @ The Airliner

Thursday February 4 - Beat Cypher Collective with Ravage Beats @ Kaos Network, 4343 Leimert Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90008

Friday February 5 - Yeasayer, Warpaint @ Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County

Friday February 5 - Daedelus, Nosaj Thing, Jogger @ The Echoplex

Friday February 5 - The Chapin Sisters, Sands @ Synchronicity Space

Tuesday February 9 - Mia Doi Todd w/ Michel Gondry, Correatown @ Spaceland

SET LIST Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Charlotte Gainsbourg - Le Chat Du Cafe Des Artistes - IRM - Because Music
Gigi - The Hundreth Time - Maintenant - Tomlab
Atlas Sound - Quick Canal w. Laetitia Sadier - Logos - Kranky
Mia Doi Todd - Open Your Heart - Youtube - City Zen
Inara George - Where to Go - Accidental Experimental - Everloving Records
Warpaint - Stars - Exquisite Corpse - Manimal
Nouvelle Vague - Dance With Me - Bande A Part - Luaka Bop

Four Tet - Sing - There Is Love In You - Domino
Toro y Moi - Low Shoulder - Causers Of This - Carpark
Pantha Du Prince - Im Bann - Black Noise - Rough Trade
Buraka Som Sistema - Aqui pra Voces (Buratronic Remix) - Fabriclive 49 - Fabric

Daedelus - Magical Mix - http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=166332805030 - Magical Properties
Nocando - Exploits and Glitches - Jimmy the Lock [Clean] - Alpha Pup
Prefuse 73 - Gaslamp Killer Feedback Text - Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian - Warp
AWOL One - Memowrecks - Self Titled - Image Entertainment
Kone - iklig remix - http://www.myspace.com/therealkone - Broke Folk

Bon Iver & St. Vincent - Roslyn - The Twilight Saga: New Moon - Atlantic
Glass Rock - Golddigger - Tall Firs Meet Soft Location - Ecstatic Peace
Midlake - The Courage of Others - The Courage Of Others - Bella Union
Yeasayer - I Remember - Odd Blood - Secretly Canadian
The Album Leaf - We Are - A Chorus Of Storytellers - Subpop
The Chapin Sisters - Hey - (Youtube) Live at the Echo Mar. 24, 2008 - Plain Records
Cold War Kids - Audience - Behave Yourself EP - Downtown Music

01/26/10 Set List

2010-01-26T17:04:00.000-08:00

I played some new stuff and music from folks playing in LA this week, such as

Tuesday 1/26 Mas Exitos @ The Verdugo Bar

Wednesday 1/27 Rats, Missincinatti, and Just-Intoned Voices @ The Pasadena Library 6pm

Wednesday 1/27 Low End Theory presents 1320 RECORDS SHOWCASE featuring NALEPA DUB ORCHESTRA + VIRTUAL BOY + ST. ANDREW + FUZZ @ The Airliner

Wednesday 1/27 Sisu, Asbury, Twilight Sleep @ Spaceland

Wednesday 1/27 Soul in The Park honoring AYITI @ Footsie's

Thursday 1/28 Fruit Bats, Citay @ the Echoplex

Thursday 1/28 Abe Vigoda, Silk Flowers, Bronze, Pearl Harbor @ The Smell

Friday 1/29 Boomsnake, Slang Chickens, Superhumanoids @ Echo Curio

Friday 1/29 Polysics @ The Roxy

Friday 1/29 Figurine, Psychic Powers, Suzanne Kraft @ Pehrspace

Saturday 1/30 Asura Record Release Party with Sequins and Skeletons, Wild Mountain Time, Anenon @ Echo Curio

Saturday 1/30 Hungry Beat @ La Cita

The Pee Wee Herman Show runs through February 7th at Club Nokia!

Set List 1/26/10

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

The Magnetic Fields - Better Things - Realism - Nonesuch
The Magnetic Fields - The Dreaming Moon - Get Lost - Merge
The Album Leaf - Falling From The Sun - A Chorus Of Storytellers - Subpop
Danny Elfman - Breakfast Machine - Pee Wee's Big Adventure OST - Varese Sarabande

Aztec Camera - We Could Send Letters - High Land, Hard Rain - Reprise
Los Campesinos! - A Heat Rash In The Shape Of The Show Me State; Or, Letters From Me To Charlotte - Romance Is Boring - Arts & Crafts
Figurine - Way Too Good - The Heartfelt March
Ólöf Arnalds - Englar Og Darar - Við Og Við - One Little Indian
Lali Puna - Remember - Our Inventions - Morr Music
High Places - On Giving Up - High Places Vs. Mankind - Thrill Jockey

Bob Dylan - If You See Her, Say Hello - Blood on the Tracks NYC Version - Columbia
Los Silvertones - Up Tight - Panamá!3 (Calypso Panameño, Guajira Jazz & Cúmbia Típica on the Isthmus (1960-75) - Sound Way
Pucho & The Latin Soul Brothers - Walk On By - DJ Hoseh's Poppy Sol Mix - Dublab
Los Super Elegantes - Africa - Nothing Really Matters - Self Released

Polysics - Shout Aloud! - Absolute Polysics - MySpace Records
Slang Chickens - Tropics - Slang Chickens - Psychedelic Judaism
Fxxxed Up - Generation - Couple Tracks - Matador
Fruit Bats - My Own Usual Friend - The Ruminant Band - Sub Pop

Citay - Dream Get Together - Dream Get Together - Dead Oceans
Spoon - Trouble Comes Running - Transference - Merge
Abe Vigoda - Don't Lie - Reviver - Post Present Medium
Beach House - Real Love - Teen Dream - Sub Pop

Angel Echoes (BBC session) by Four Tet

Four Tet - Angel Echoes - There Is Love In You - Domino
Grasscut - Muppet (Nathan Fake mix) - Ninja Tune January Sampler - Ninja Tune
Molina and Johnson - Wooden Heart - Molina and Johnson - Secretely Canadian
St Andrew - Cosmic Terror - Cosmic Terror EP - 1320 Records
The Magnetic Fields - Always Already Gone - Realism - Nonesuch

First Show of Spring 2010

2010-01-19T22:42:00.000-08:00

I played some new things and music from bands playing in LA in the coming week, such as...

Tuesday 1/19 White Denim, Brazos @ The Troubadour

Wednesday 1/20 Jel & Odd Nosdam & Jeremy Ellis @ Low End Theory at the Airliner

Wednesday 1/20 The Ettes, The Blood Arm and more @ The Echo

Thursday 1/21 The Idaho Falls Record Release Party @ Spaceland

Friday 1/22 Calling All Kids One Year Anniversary Party @ The Hyperion Tavern w/ guest DJs Dntel, Jel & Odd Nosdam

Friday 1/22 Manimal Vinyl Presents a Benefit for Haiti w/ NICO VEGA, ADANOWSKY, JENNY O., CORRIDOR, SOKO, PIZZA!, LA Ladies Choir, Marc Ribot @ The Echo

Saturday 1/23 Lucky Dragons, Mi Ami, Foot Village, VNC, Misscincinnati @ The Smell (NHY/Smell Anniversary Fest Day 2)

Saturday 1/23 The Black Lips, Nobunny, Jemina Pearl @ The El Rey

Sunday 1/24 The Minor Canon, Rademacher, Andrew Lynch, Quiet Americans @ Spaceland

Sunday 1/24 Ports O’ Call presents… John Thill, Pizza!, I.E., Musical Charis, Aristides @ The Smell

Monday 1/25 The French Semester, Team Abraham, Le Switch, Wonderground @ The Echo

January 19 2010 SET LIST

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Small Factory - Everyone's Happy for the First Time in Weeks - For If You Cannot Fly - Vernon Yard Recordings
Laurie Anderson - Born, Never Asked - Big Science - Nonesuch Reissue
Mayer Hawthorne - Your Easy Lovin' Ain't Pleasin' Nothin' - A Strange Arrangement - Stones Throw
The xx - Islands (Nosaj Thing Remix) - http://keepreal.org/2009/12/19/the-xx-islands-nosaj-thing-remix/
Dntel (featuring Mia Doi Todd) - Your Song - From the Heart - Syn Records
Shlomo - 7am (devonwho Remix) - Shlomoshun Deluxe EP - Friends of Friends
Animal Collective - Doggy - Campfire Songs - Domino Reissue
Jeff the Brotherhood - Pleasure Center - Heavy Days - Infinity Cat
Vampire Weekend - California English - Contra - XL
Mayer Hawthorne - The Ills - A Strange Arrangement - Stones Throw
Mi Ami - Cut Men - Cut Men Single - Thrill Jockey

Lucky Dragons - Typical Hippies - Dream Island Laughing Landscape - Marriage
White Denim - Say What You Want - Fits - Downtown
A-Frames / Climax Golden Twins - New Punk 27 - AFGCT - Sub Pop
Jemina Pearl - I Hate People (feat. Iggy Pop) - Break It Up - Ecstatic Peace
The Ettes - Take It With You - Do You Want Power - Take Root
Black Lips - Again & Again - 200 Million Thousand - Vice

The Minor Canon - If Wishes Were Horses - Emptiness Is Form - Tenderness Records
SISU - Harpoons - Demon Tapes EP - s/r
The Idaho Falls - Cloudy Day - The Spark - s/r
Owen Pallett (formerly Final Fantasy) - Midnight Directives - Heartland - Domino
The French Semester - The Large Bouquet - Forces Afield EP - s/r
The Watson Twins - Tell Me Why - Talking to You Talking to Me - Vanguard
Pizza! - Be A Man - myspace.com/honkifyoulovepizza - Manimal Vinyl

Blockhead - Only Sequences Change - The Music Scene - Ninja Tune
Odd Nosdam - ZONE COASTER - T.I.M.E. Soundtrack - Anticon
Paul McCartney - Something - Good Evening New York City - Hear Music
Nirvana - All Apologies - Live At Reading - Geffen
The Big Beats - Mi Nsumoo Bo Donn - Ghana Special: Modern Highlife Afro-Sounds & Ghanian Blues 1968-1981 - Sound Way
Passion Pit - Moth's Wings - Manners - Frenchkiss
Follow That Bird! - The Ghosts That Wake You - V/A / Casual Victim Pile: Austin 2010 - Matador

Top 8 Shows of 2009

2010-01-10T14:54:00.000-08:00

These were the most memorable live sets of 2009 for me.

1. Animal Collective, Henry Miller Library, Big Sur, CA, late May - the outdoor forest setting made for a fun dance party

2. Bonnie Prince Billy, El Rey, Los Angeles, CA April - it was the first time I saw Will Oldham live after being a fan for a long long time, and olivia and laura were there to share it with me

3. The Raincoats, Part Time Punks Festival at the Echoplex, October - they played "No one's Little Girl" and it was even better than expected

4. Camera Obscura, Henry Fonda Theater, Los Angeles, CA June - i seemed to run into every indie-pop friend I'd made over the past 10+ years in LA and Anh's dancing made me smile.

5. Nosaj Thing with Light Show by Fair Enough, Brainfeeder Sessions at the Independent, Los Angeles, CA, December - it was great to see so many friends and witness the presentation of projects i'd heard were in the works a while back

KSCR shows are kind of a separate category of favorite shows. These two were especially rad:

KSCR FEST w/ Crystal Antlers / Mika Miko / The Happy Hollows / Blank Blue / Avi Buffalo / Tijuana Panthers, sunken garden next to Annennberg School of Communication, USC Campus, March

KSCR Presents Nosaj Thing / Rainbow Arabia / Ras G / Mr. Dibiase, Ground Zero Coffeehouse, USC Campus, October

Rachel's festival planning and execution were inspiring and it was super fun to host a beats related show at school.

ok. the Linda Perhacs event, Redcat Theater, Los Angeles, October belongs here too - it was especially fun to be there with Sandra, Julia, Laura and Kristina

LINDA PERHACS- HEY, WHO REALLY CARES? from LINDA PERHACS on Vimeo.

Julianna Barwick on KSCR Radio 11/18/09

2009-12-06T20:44:00.001-08:00

I had the pleasure of hosting Julianna Barwick's KSCR visit at the end of her recent West Coast tour this November. We recorded a live set and short interview.

Download here: https://www.yousendit.com/download/MVNlb2VFNXZVbStGa1E9PQ

Julianna raised funds through KickStarter to produce a limited run of her Florine EP on white vinyl. You can order it through her website.

Here's some pix. Ed G helped engineer the session.

Please Support www.Dublab.com Fund Drive

2009-11-18T13:34:00.000-08:00

The fine folks at dublab are trying to raise funds for continued awesomeness. Go to www.dublab.com to find out how you can donate and check out their many tantalizing incentives.

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 11/17/09

2009-11-17T14:23:00.000-08:00

This week I played the new Themselves and a different cousin's boyfriend (Dnae Beats)'s band, Gift of Gab along with other fine things newish to the station.

Julianna Barwick opens @ The Silverlake Lounge Tues 11/17

Ghislain Porier headlines Low End Theory @ The Airliner Wed 11/18

KSCR presents Nite Jewel, Pocahaunted & More 12/4 @ Gallery 1018 - get tix at www.thesonicgun.com

Also of note in town this week:

Tuesday 11/17 Sketchbook with Kutmah & Friends @ The Verdugo Bar

Friday 11/20 Boomkat, The Smart Set, Golden Years, Ryan Smith & the Voyage @ HOTEL CAFE
Friday 11/20 When You Awake Presents A Tribute To Neil Young - A Fundraiser in Support of the Children's Music Fund @ The Bootleg Theater
Friday 11/20 The Minor Canon, Repeater, Atlantic Line, & Romance @ Labrie's
Friday 11/20 My Name is Dalloway & Magic Fingers & SISU @ P7

Saturday 11/21 EUREKA! - West Coast, Left Coast Festival Opening Event with Kronos Quartet, Terry Riley, Matmos, Mike Einziger - Disney Concert Hall

Sunday 11/22 SASSAS presents soundShoppe @ Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock
Sunday 11/22 Lilys @ Spaceland

Sunday 11/22 LIGHT NIGHTS presents: BLACK ORPHEUS @ The Downtown Independent

11/17/09 Set List:

Annie - My Love Is Better - Don't Stop - Smalltown Supersound
Matias Aguayo - Ay Ay Ay - Ay Ay Ay - Kompakt
Pretty Lights - Can't Stop Me Now - Passing By Behind Your Eyes - Pretty Lights Music
Gift of Gab - Light Years - Escape 2 Mars - Quannum Projects
Themselves - Daxstrong - CrownsDown - Anticon
Max Richter - Europe After the Rain - Memoryhouse - Max Richter

Mission of Burma - After the Rain - The Sound the Speed the Light - Matador
The Mountain Goats - Romans 10: 9 - The Life of the World to Come - 4AD
Chuck Prophet - Let Freedom Ring! - Let Freedom Ring! - Yep Roc
Sleepy Sun - Golden Artifact - Embrace - Atp Recordings
Cold Cave - Love Comes Close - Love Comes Close - Matador
Ghislain Porier - Blazin ft. Face-T (Modeselektor Remix) - You (Don't Know Ninja Cuts) - Ninja Tune
Nite Jewel - Bottom Rung - Good Evening - Human Ear Music
Television Personalities - Dream the Sweetest Dreams - My Dark Places - Domino

Julianna Barwick - Cloudbank - Florine - self release
tUnE-yArDs - Sunlight - BiRd-BrAiNs - 4ad
Michael and the Mumbles - Need Your Love - Michael and the Mumbles - De Stijl
Fiery Furnaces - Take Me Round Again - Take Me Round Again - Thrill Jockey
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Burn You Up - Know Better Learn Faster - KRS
Volcano Choir - Youlogy - Unmap - Jagjaguwar

Lightning Bolt - S.O.S. - Earthly Delights - Load Record
Between the Buried and Me - Mirrors - The Great Misdirect - Victory Records
Pants Yell! - Frank and Sandy - Received Pronunciation - Slumberland
Pavement - Slowly Typed - Brighten the Corners: Nicene Credence Ed. - Matador Records
The Apples in Stereo - The Bird that You Can't See - #1 Hits Explosion - Yep Roc
Light FM - Heart is an Antenna - Let There Be Light FM - Space Humpin
Little Girls - Imaginary Friends - Concepts - Paper Bag
Massive Attack - Splitting the Atom feat. Horace Andy - Splitting the Atom EP - Virgin
CFCF - Half Dreaming - Continent - Paper Bag

11/10/9

2009-11-10T17:06:00.000-08:00

This week's highlights included a metal set of Nuclear Blast releases and my cousin's boyfriend's band Fused from Seattle. I talked up the My Hollow Drum takeover of Low End Theory this Wednesday along with the usual playing of new stuff at the station.

Via Tania plays Wednesday night at The Bootleg Theater. Final Fantasy play Sunday at the Henry Fonda with the Mountain Goats, thus my mountain themed song choices below.

Tuesday 11/10/09

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

White Denim - I Start to Run - Fits - Downtown
Pixies - Gouge Away - Doolittle 20th Anniversary live EP - N/A

Girls - Laura - Album - True Panthers
Graveworm - The Reckoning - Diabolical Figures - Nuclear Blast
Hackneyed - ...After Reaping - Burn After Reaping - Nuclear Blast
Agathodaimon - Throughout the Fields of Unshaded Grace - Phoenix - Nuclear Blast
Fused - Profit Out of Me - The Obliquity of the Ecliptic - Aguafria Records
Bahwee - My Hollow Drum oneTRACKMIND -http://www.myspace.com/myhollowdrum

Tegan & Sara - Someday - Sainthood - Sire Records
Julian Casablancas - Left & Right In The Dark - Phrazes For The Young - RCA
The King Khan & BBQ Show - Animal Party - Invisible Girl - The Red
The Velvet Underground - I'll Be Your Mirror - VU & Nico - Polygram Records
Taken By Trees - Anna - East Of Eden - Rough Trade
Pregnant - For Sometimes - Liquidation On Swans - Life's Blood Flow
Correatown - Fascination - Spark.Burn.Fade - Another Room Music
Cold Cave - The Laurels of Erotomania - Love Comes Close - Matador
Avi Buffalo - Where's Your Dirty Mind? (Live at KSCR) + KSCR Live Show + Studio Tracks
Via Tania - Wonderstranger - Moon Sweet Moon - Hours Entertainment

Teebs - WLTA - http://www.myspace.com/myhollowdrum - My Hollow Drum
Psychic Ills - Go to the Radio - Mirror Eye - The Social Registry
Final Fantasy - Blue Imelda - Spectrum, 14th Century - Blocks Recording Club
Susanna and the Magical Orchestra - Condition of the Heart - Melody Mountain - Rune Grammofon
Dan Deacon - Of the Mountains - Bromst - Anticon
The Ghost Is Dancing - Stick Together - Battles On - Sonic Unyon
Javelin - Radio - Javelin - Thrill Jockey
Learning Music - Electric Letter - This May Also Be It - Vosotros
Elvis Perkins in Dearland - Weeping Mary - The Doomsday EP - XL Recordings
Me'Shell Ndegeocello - Hair of the Dog - Devil's Halo - Mercer St.
Oscar McClure - Augusting Sampler - Augusting - Leaving Records
Brilliant Colors - Should I tell You - Introducing - Slumberland

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 11/03/09

2009-11-03T23:11:00.000-08:00

Here's some shows this week related to music I played on Tuesday's show. I need to add links and such. Hopefully I'll get time later today.

Upcoming LA shows:

WEDNESDAY 11/4
Mia Doi Todd at the Bootleg Theater, early show - she's on at 9pm sharp

Low End Theory - FREE Ableton workshop at 8pm (sign up at http://www.abletonbeats.com)
followed by headline performances from THAVIUS BECK, SWEATSON KLANK (a.k.a. TAKE), MATTHEW DAVID

Pixies at the Hollywood Palladium

Club London Calling with guest DJ Tita at the Bigfoot Lodge

THURSDAY 11/5

Hearts of Palm UK, Yellow Fever, Still Flyin' at Spaceland

Crystal Castles, Neon Indian at Siren Studios @ Orange in Hollywood - early show

Vampire Weekend - Pioneertown CA US - Pappy & Harriets in Pioneertown - Joshua Tree

Nortec Collective Presents Bostich+Fussible @ The Echoplex

Friday 11/6

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble at the Echoplex w/ J. Rocc & More

Múm at the El Rey

SATURDAY 11/7

Fool's Gold & Janelle Monae at Siren Studios @ Orange in Hollywood - early show

SUNDAY 11/8
Brainfeeder Sessions at the Downtown Independent w/ Daedelus, Jogger & More

Setlist:

Artist - Title - Recording - Label
Jason Lindner - Friendship and Love (AKA Pretty Three) - Now vs Now - Anzic Records
Jogger - Superman (live) - This Great Pressure - Magical Properties
Fuck Buttons - Rough Steez - Tarot Sport - ATP
Neon Indian - Psychic Chasms - Psychic Chasms - Lefse
Hearts of Palm UK - Goodbye - For Life - Hypnote
White Rainbow - Tuesdays Rollers and Strollers - New Clouds - Kranky
Hudson Mohawke - Tell Me What You Want From Me - Butter - WARP
Mulatu Astatke - Yegelle Tezeta - New York - Addis - London: The Story of Ethio Jazz 1965-1975 - Strut Records
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - War - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - VTech Music

Mia Doi Todd - Set Sail [Outtake] - Remixes, Rarities, & Radio Edits - Columbia
Maps - Valium in the Sunshine - Turning the Mind - Mute
Múm - Show Me - Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know - Euphono Records
Kings Of Convenience - 24:25:00 - Declaration of Dependence - Astralwerks
Devendra Banhart - First Song For B - What Will We Be - Warner Bros.
Nirvana - Molly's Lips - Bleach Reissue- Sub Pop
A Place to Bury Strangers - Smile When You Smile - Exploding Head - Mute U.S.

Hypnotic Brass Ensemble - Ballicki Bone - Hypnotic Brass Ensemble -VTech Music
Jimi Tenor / Tony Allen - Against the Wall - Inspiration Information - Strut
Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich + Fussible - Tijuana Sound Machine - Tijuana Sound Machine - Nacional Records
Thavius Beck - Go! - Dialogue - Big Dada
The Heavy - Oh No! Not you Again!! - The House That Dirt Built - Counter Records
Hornet Leg - Ribbon of Fear - Ribbon of Fear - K Records
Pixies - I've Been Waiting For You - Velouria - 4AD

The Dutchess & The Duke - I Don't Feel Anything - Sunset / Sunrise - Hardly Art
Get Back Guinozzi! - Where Are You? - Carpet Madness - FatCat
Fool's Gold - Night Dancing - Fool's Gold - IAMSOUND
Matthewdavid - Talahassee tapes - MySpace.com/matthewdavid - Leaving Records
So Many Wizards - My Friends Are Nice - The Tree EP - Self
Suckers - Beach Queen - Suckers EP - IAMSOUND
Hearts of Palm UK - Portugal - For Life - Hypnote

Rainy Tuesday Set List 10/13/09

2009-10-13T16:38:00.000-07:00

This week I played songs by some amazing ladies I saw perform during the previous week, played new and recent stuff that's come through the station, along with some old favorites. I talked up the Rats (Sundays) and Mad Gregs (Saturdays) Echo Curio October residencies. I forgot to talk up Light FM, but you should tune in to http://KSCR.org this Friday 10/16 at 1pm for their appearance on KSCR's Live Show.

Please please please come see Nosaj Thing, Rainbow Arabia, Ras G and Mr. Dibiase for free this Saturday 10/17 on the USC campus! Doors open at 7:30 pm.

Set List 10/13/09

Sian Alice Group - First Song / Angelina - Troubled, Shaken, Etc. - Social Registry
Mount Eerie - (something) - Wind's Poem - P.W. Elverum & Sun
Boredoms - Ant 10 - Super Roots 10 - Thrill Jockey

Built to Spill - Nowhere Lullaby - There is no Enemy - WEA/Reprise
Bauchamp - Tchumu - Friends of Friends Vol. 2 - Friends of Friends
Flight of the Conchords - Hurt Feelings - I Told You I Was Freaky - Sub pop
The Flaming Lips - The Impulse - Embryonic - WEA/Reprise
Fairport Convention - Autopsy - Live at the BBC - Universal UK
Linda Perhacs - Sandy Toes - Parallelograms - Sunbeam Records
The Raincoats - No One's Little Girl - Moving - Geffen

White Hills - Oceans Of Sound (Antrønhy Øh Remix) - Dead - Thrill Jockey
Ras G - Alkebulan - Brotha from Anotha Planet - Brainfeeder
Mr. Dibiase - May The Force - Low Limit/Mr. Dibiase 7" - Fat City
Rainbow Arabia - I know i see i love i go - Kabukimono - Manimal Vinyl

Jason Urick - Strides - Husbands - Thrill Jockey
Bill Callahan - Too Many Birds - Sometimes I Wish We Were an Eagle - Drag City
Orange Juice - Untitled Melody - You Can't Hide Your Love Forever - Polydor
Arthur & Yu - There Are Too Many Birds - In Camera - Hardly Art
Denim - Bubblehead - Back in Denim - Boy's Own
Fairport Convention - Si Tu Dois Partir - Live at the BBC - Atlantic UK

Nosaj Thing - 1685 / Bach - Drift - Alpha Pup
Atlas Sound - Walkabout w. Noah Lennox - Logos - Kranky
A Place to Bury Strangers - I Lived My Life to Stand in the Shadow of your Heart - Exploding Head - Mute U.S.
Kurt Vile - He's Alright (Hidden Track) - Childish Prodigy - Matador
Thao with the Get Down Stay Down - Fixed It! - Know Better Learn Faster - Kill Rock Stars

Rats - We Have No Name Strange Woman Soundtrack - MySpace.com/RatsTheBand
Echo And The Bunnymen - I Think I Need It Too - The Fountain - Ocean Rain
Mad Gregs - Safe In Sound - Big Nun - Fake Four Inc.
Flight of the Conchords - Hurt Feelings (Reprise) - YouTube - HBO
Air - Love - Love 2 - Astralwerks

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 09/29/09

2009-09-29T18:05:00.000-07:00

This week I talked up Hope Sandoval's upcoming 9/29 performance, Tokimonsta at Low End Theory 09/30, Elvis Perkins in Dearland at the Troubadour 10/03 & The Eagle Rock Music Festival 10/3. I forgot to talk up the Manimal Vinyl Weekend in Joshua Tree 10/3&4, but it looks pretty fun, too.

Here's the Set List:

Blue Scholars - Hi (Hi 808 Instrumental) - Oof! - Massline
The Stone Roses - Waterfall - The Stone Roses (20th Anniversary Reissue) - Silvertone
Small Factory - Everyone's Happy For the First Time In Weeks - For If You Cannot Fly - Vernon Yard
The Shaky Hands - Gonna Hold You Tonight - Let It Die - Kill Rock Stars
Elvis Perkins - I Heard Your Voice In Dresden - Elvis Perkins In Dearland - XL
The Dutchess & The Duke - Let It Die - Sunset / Sunrise - Hardly Art
The Cave Singers - Summer Light - Welcome Joy - Matador

The Clean - Loog - Mister Pop - Merge
The Pastels / Tenniscoats - Sodane - Two Sunsets - Domino
The XX - Stars - XX - XL Records
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Higher Than the Stars (Saint Etienne Visits Lord Spank remix) - Higher Than The Stars EP - Slumberland Records
YACHT - Summer Song - See Mystery Lights - DFA
Rival Consoles - Milo - IO - Erased Tapes
Nosaj Thing - 1685 / Bach - Drift - Alpha Pup

Os Mutantes - Neurociencia Do Amor - Haih or Amortecededor - Anti
Amadou & Mariam - Welcome to Mali - Welcome to Mali - Nonesuch
Illes A Bolond Iany Well Hung - 20 Funk Rock Eruptions From Hungary B Music
Yim Yames - Long, Long, Long - Tribute To - ATO Records
No Age - Genie - Losing Feeling EP - Sub Pop
Tokimonsta - Tweet Call Me Remix - MySpace.com
The Gaslamp Killer - Birthday Music - My Troubled Mind EP - Brainfeeder
The Vampires of Dartmoore - Crime And Horror - Dracula's Music Cabinet - Finders Keepers
The Horrors - Whole New Way - Whole New Way EP - XL
Free Moral Agents - Sound At Sea - From L.A. With Love - Milan

Islands - Vapours - Vapours - Anti
Golden Silvers - Magic Touch - True Romance - XL
The Feelies - Fa Ce La - Crazy Rhythms - Bar None
Vivian Girls - I'm Not Asleep - Everything Goes Wrong - In the Red Records
The Twilight Sad - Scissors - Forget the Night Ahead - Fat Cat
Hope Sandoval & the Warm Inventions - Satellite - Through the Devil Softly - Nettwerk
Richard Hawley - For Your Lover Give Some Time - Truelove's Gutter - Mute

Feeling Fall Set List 09/22/09

2009-09-22T17:53:00.000-07:00

For the season opener, I threw in some favorite Fall tracks, all of the instrumental Felt album Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death, spun some recent releases by local folks, a couple of my little brother's favorite songs des jours and played the hits from new additions to the station. I also talked up the Bon Iver sunrise performance this Sunday morning at Hollywood Forever and the sure-to-be-killer guest appearance by Mary Anne Hobbs at Low End Theory this Wednesday 9/23 at The Airliner in Lincoln Heights. Here's the set list.

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Felt - Song for William S. Harvey - Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death - Creation
The Fall - Repetition - 50,000 Fall Fans Can't Be Wrong (Disc 1) - Beggars Banquet

The Raveonettes - Bang! - In and Out of Control - Vice
Pastels / Tenniscoats - Song for a Friend - Two Sunsets - Domino
Mum - Ladies of the New Century - Sing Along to Songs You Don't Know - Euphono
Taken By Trees - Anna - East Of Eden - Rough Trade
Girls - Hellhole Ratrace - Album - True Panthers
Felt - Ancient City Where I Lived - Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death - Creation

The Envy Corps - Kid Gloves - Kid Gloves EP - Tempo Club
Farmer Dave Scher - Flash Forward to the Good Times - Flash Forward to the Good Times - Kemado
Le Loup - A Celebration - Family - Hardly Art
The Big Pink - Velvet - A Brief History Of Love - 4AD
HEALTH - We Are Water - Get Color - Lovepump United
Pens - I Sing Just for You - Hey Friend, What You Doing? - DE STIJL
Why? - Into the Shadows of My Embrace - Eskimo Snow - Anticon

Fool's Gold - Yam Lo Moshech - Fool's Gold - IAMSOUND
The Entrance Band - Lookout! - The Entrance Band - Ecstatic Peace
Division Day - Reservoir - Visitation - Dangerbird
The Happy Hollows - Faces - Spells - The Happy Hollows
Sea Wolf - Orion & Dog White Water, White Bloom - Dangerbird
The Minor Canon - Silence By Your Side - Emptiness Is Form - Tenderness Records

Nosaj Thing - Fog - Drift - Alpha Pup

Boys Noize - Kontact Me - Starter EP - Last Gang
Simian Mobile Disco - Pinball - Temporary Pleasure - Witchita
Sally Shapiro - Swimming Through the Blue Lagoon - My Guilty Pleasure - Paper Bag

To Kill A Petty Bourgeoisie - In Peoples' Homes - Marlone - kranky
The Fall - Stepping Out - Psykick Dance Hall - Eagle Records
Felt - Voyage to Illumination - Let the Snakes Crinkle Their Heads to Death - Creation
Julianna Barwick - Choose - Florine - self released

Thanks for the flyer Sandra!

2009-09-21T18:55:00.000-07:00

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 06/02/09

2009-06-03T01:51:00.000-07:00

Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Piano Magic - Trick of the Sea - Trick of the Sea 12' - Darla
Mika Miko - Keep On Calling - We Be Xuxa - Post Present Medium
Dreamdate - Best Friends - Patience - Skywriting Records
Talulah Gosh - Escalator Over the Hill - Backwash - K Records
Au Revoir Simone - Take Me As I Am - Still Night, Still Light - Our Secret
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career - My Maudlin Career - 4AD
Grizzly Bear - Hold Still - Veckatimest - Warp
The Vaselines - Son of a Gun - Enter The Vaselines - Sub Pop
Comet Gain - Love Without Lies - Broken Record Prayer - What's Your Rupture?
Depeche Mode - In Sympathy - Sounds of the Universe - Capitol
The Field - Everybody's Got to Learn Sometime - Yesterday and Today - Kompakt
Dirty Projectors - Stillness Is the Move (mixed by Jimmy Douglas) - Domino
Bill Callahan - Too Many Birds - Sometimes I Wish I Were An Eagle - Drag City
Pallette All Stars - After School Special - Fabric 44 - Fabric
Ear Pwr - Tripodium - Super Animal Brothers III - Carpark
Tiga - Beep Beep Beep - Ciao! - Last Gang / Turbo
Busdriver - Split Seconds (Between Nannies and Swamis) - Jhelli Beam - Anti
Deastro - The Shaded Forests (Gift Giver's Version) - Moondagger - Ghostly
Leonard Cohen - Hey, That's No Way to Say Goodbye - Live in London - Columbia
Cryptacize - Mythomania - Mythomania - Asthmatic Kitty
The Movies - Jacaranda - Based On A True Story - The Movies
Viva Voce - The Slow Fade - Rose City - Barsuk
New York Dolls - This is Ridiculous - 'Cause I Sez So - Atco
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Smile the Day After Today - Eating Us - Graveface
The Minor Canon - If Wishes Were Horses - Emptiness Is Form

First Spring Show 2009 (note the new time)

2009-01-20T17:17:00.000-08:00

Today, along with the beginning of a new presidency for the USA (Thanks Aunt Renee for the daft Punk clip), Spring semester programming began on KSCR and I have a new time slot, 2-4 p.m. PST. There was a ton of great stuff that came out today or between today and the last week of Fall programming in November. If you haven't heard Surf City or The Pains of Being Pure at Heart yet, check 'em out for sure. Here's some cool LA shows this week and the set list.

1/20 Beach House, The Walkmen at The Henry Fonda Theater

1/21 Exile Radio record release party at Low End Theory at The Airliner

1/22 High Places at The Echo
1/23 Department of Eagles at The Troubadour
1/23 Animal Collective at Henry Fonda Theatre

1/24 KSCR presents Gangi, Other Lives, Army Navy - Free All Ages show at Ground Zero Coffeehouse on the USC campus (try to park on Figueroa)

1/24 Raveonettes at The Henry Fonda Theatre
1/24 Animal Collective at The Troubadour

SET LIST 01/20/09: Artist - Title - Recording - Label

Gaby Hernandez - The Tropics - When Love - Armed Orphan
Animal Collective - In the Flowers - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Domino
Deerhunter - Cicadas - Weird Era Cont. - Kranky
Cat Power - Fortunate Son - Dark End of the Street - Matador
A. C. Newman - There Are Maybe Ten or Twelve - Get Guilty - Matador Records
The Magnificents - Ring Ring Oo Oo - Year of Explorers - Mush Records
Roger O'Donnell - In Your Hands Now - Songs from the SIlver Box - Great Society
Sparks - Intro - Exoctic Creatures of the Deep - Lil' Beethoven
Surf City - Headin' Inside - EP - Morr Music
Glasvegas - Flowers & Football Tops - Glasvegas - Columbia
Susanna - Dance On (Prince) - Flower of Evil - Rune Grammofon
The Pains of Being Pure at Heart - Contender - S/T - Slumberland
Gangi - Commonplace Feathers - A - self-released
Army Navy - Get Right Back (Where We Started From) - Army Navy - The Fever Zone
Chairlift - Garbage - Does You Inspire You - Kanine
Antony and the Johnsons - Another World - Another World - Secretly Canadian
Ras G and the Afrikan Space Program - Intro & Sunrise - Ghetto Sci-Fi - PooBah Records
Exile - Sound Is God - Radio - Plug Research
Charles Spearin - Anna - The Happiness Project - Arts & Crafts
Learning Music - Contagious - The Greatest Hits So Far - Vosotros
Matt and Kim - Lessons Learned - Grand - Fader Label
Los Campesinos! - Heart Swells / Pacific Daylight Time - We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed - Arts & Crafts
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park - In Ear Park - 4AD
Beach House - Turtle Island - Devotion - Carpark
High Places - You in 40 Years - High Places - Thrill Jockey
Bon Iver - Woods - Blood Bank - JagJaguwar
Animal Collective - No More RUnnin - Merriweather Post Pavilion - Domino

2008 Top Tens

2008-12-20T21:17:00.000-08:00

What's a blog without year end top ten lists?

So the first 10 are all LA-based peeps (Andres Renteria deserves props for appearing on at least 3 of them) and the other 10 are the albums released in 2008 that, upon reflection, most ended up on repeat in my car or headphones this year. I spent a while finding YouTube videos and such, so try the links!

LA Top Ten

1. Flying Lotus, Los Angeles, Warp

FlyLo gets top bill because he named the album Los Angeles.

2. No Age, Nouns, Sub Pop

No Age brought the Smell Scene to the pages of The New Yorker and beyond.

3. Health, //Disco, Lovepump United

Health //Disco brought the Smell Scene to dance floors across the globe.

4. Hearts of Palm UK, For Life, Hypnote

I guarantee this album will gain momentum in 2009, especially after the remixes drop.

5. Daedelus, Love to Make Music To, Ninja Tune

"Fairweather Friends" was the summer jam and "My Beau" was the slow jam of '08.

6. Ras G & The Afrikan Space Program, Ghetto Sci-Fi, PooBah Records

This is the debut full length from South L.A.'s biggest sweetheart and dopest beat maestro.

7. Nobody Presents Blank Blue, Western Water Music Volume II, Ubiquity

One of my favorite things about this album has been watching the trip hop production on the album evolve into performances built around a live rhythm section, psychedelic guitar and Space-Echoed vocals.

8. The Little Ones, Morning Tide, Chop Shop

The world is a better place now that this album is out in it.

9. Mia Doi Todd, Gea, City Zen

2008 saw a lovely release from L.A.'s favorite guitar strumming, harmonium playing chanteuse.

10. Gaby Hernandez, When Love, Armed Orphan

Rhumba tinged "The Tropics" was my favorite song of 2008.

Reefer by Reefer (Alpha Pup) gets honorable mention!

Maura's Top 10 Most Listened to, 2008

1. Nomo, Ghost Rock, Ubiquity
2. School of Seven Bells, Alpinisms, Ghostly International
3. Karl Hector and the Malcouns, Sahara Swing, Now-Again
4. Dr. Dog, Fate, Park the Van
5. Four Tet, Ringer, Domino
6. Department of Eagles, In Ear Park, 4AD
7. Hercules & Love Affair, S/T, DFA
8. Portishead, Third, Mercury
9. Spiritualized, Songs in A&E, Fontana
10. Lykke Li, Youth Novels, LL

Part Time Punks on Tuesdays with Maura

2008-11-13T23:43:00.000-08:00

This week, Michael Stock and Nico were guests on Tuesdays with Maura to promote the Part Time Punks Festival Sunday 11/16 at the Echo & Echoplex from 2pm-2am.

Here are some of the tunes Michael played:

Ariel Pink & The Haunted Grafiti - Evolution's A Lie - Unreleased
Savage Republic - Hanging Garden (Cure cover)
Nervous Gender - People Like You
A Certain Ratio - I Feel Like - A Mind Made Up (comes out 11/20)
Medium Medium - So Hungry, So Angry
Pylon - Cool
Nightingales - Idiot Strength - 7" - Rough Trade
The Muslims - Brightside
Vivian Girls - Tell the World
Softboiled Eggies - October Days
Grimble Grumble - It's A Rainy Day (Faust cover)

And these were the songs in Nico's Beach Boys set:

Diamond Head
Do You Wanna Dance
Dance, Dance, Dance
When I Grow Up
Help Me Ronda
Girl Don't Tell Me
Little Saint Nick

11/4 Set List

2008-11-13T17:14:00.000-08:00

I was a little out of it on election day and here's what I played while the early returns came in.

The Magnetic Fields - All You Ever Do is Walk Away - Holiday - Merge
Sonic Youth - The Neutral - Rather Ripped - Geffen
Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To - Vivian Girls - Mauled by Tigers/In the Red
Hearts of Palm UK - More Than This - For Life - Hypnote
oRSo - To Be Held - Ask Your Neighbor - Contraphonic
The Sea and Cake - Aerial - Car Alarm - Thrill Jockey
Love Is All - Wishing Well - A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night - What's Your Rupture
Rainbow Arabia - Omar K - The Basta - Tiny Man
Bjork - Dull Flame Of Desire Modeselektor Rmx For Girls - Dull Flame of Desire EP - One Little Indian
Gaby Hernandez - The Tropics - When Love - Armed Orphan
School of Seven Bells - My Cabal - Alpinisms - Ghostly International
Gang Gang Dance - Blue Nile - Saint Dymphna - Social Registry
Dokkemand - Kanaria - Hons! - Other Electricities
El Guincho - Fata Morgana - Alegranza! - XL / Young Turks
Vampire Weekend - The Kids Don't Stand A Chance (Chromeo Remix) - The Kids Don't Stand a Chance EP - XL Recordings
Reefer - Let It Go (Flying Lotus remix) - Reefer - Alpha Pup
Sounds From The Ground - Restless - Brightwhitelight - Waveform
Department of Eagles - In Ear Park - In Ear Park - 4AD
Antony and the Johnsons - Sing for Me - Another World - Secretly Canadian
The Pica Beats - Hikikomori and the Rental Sisters - Beating Back the Claws of the Cold - Hardly Art
Crystal Stilts - The City in the Sea - Alight of Night - Slumberland
Deerhoof - The Tears and Music and Love - Offend Maggie - Kill Rock Stars
Crystal Antlers - A Thousand Eyes - EP - Touch & Go
Lady Dottie and the Diamonds - I Ain't Mad at Ya - Lady Dottie and the Diamonds - Hi-Speed Soul

This is my favorite Obama song:

Support Dublab's Proton Drive

2008-11-13T15:01:00.000-08:00

The folks at dublab are in the midst of another fund drive. Check them out and support, yo.

10/28 Set List

2008-11-13T14:45:00.000-08:00

10/28 I tried to play bands I'd seen at CMJ and some new things at the station.

This Mortal Coil - With Tomorrow - Blood - 4AD
Antony and the Johnsons - Another World - Another World - Secretly Canadian
Lykke Li - Everybody But Me (diskJokke Remix) - Little Bit Remixes - LL Recordings
Friendly Fires - Strobe - Friendly Fires - XL Recordings
Shugo Tokumaru - Hindamari - EXIT - Almost Gold / Startime
School of Seven Bells - My Cabal - Alpinisms - Ghostly International
Madlib - Yo Yo Affair Pt. 1 & 2 - Frezna - WLIB AM: King Of The Wingflip - BBE
Yo Majesty - Get Down on the Floor - Futuristically Speaking... Never Be Afraid - Domino Records
Squarepusher - The Coathanger - Just A Souvenir - Warp
The Tough Alliance - 1981 - A New Chance - Modular
Raphael Saadiq - Calling - The Way I See It - Columbia Records
The Little Ones - Waltz - Morning Tide - Chop Shop
Deerhunter - Never Stops - Microcastle - Kranky
Crystal Stilts - Verdant Gaze - Alight of Night - Slumberland
edIT - Ltlp - Crying Over Pros for No Reason - Planet Mu
Blakk Rasta - Barack Obama Dub Mix - Barack Obama Single - Director
Reefer - Hit and Run (Dntel Remix) - Reefer - Alpha Pup
Department of Eagles - Herring Bone - In Ear Park - 4AD
Hearts of Palm UK - Portugal - For Life - Hypnote

CMJ 2008

2008-10-29T21:52:00.000-07:00

I have a somewhat lifelong love affair with the art of college radio. It started in high school, led me to DJ at KXLU and then sat in the back of my mind for a while until I ended up in grad school and the music director of a college radio station - USC's student run KSCR. And so, 10 years after having a crush on a boy who attended the conference/music marathon and dating him for the three years following his return, I enjoyed the music-related networking extravaganza that is CMJ the week before last in new York City. I hadn't been there in a while and it was awesome to see so many people I haven't seen in a long time. Plus I got to sit around and listen to music for hours on end and ask George Clinton, members of the Funkadelic, a producer from Public Enemy and a producer from the Wu-Tang Clan about Afrofuturism.

George ended the conversation by saying, "One nation under groove" and I handed them the stickers Steven Serrato designed for the cover of Ghetto Sci-Fi by Ras G and the Afrikan Space Program.

I'm basically going to present my itinerary with links.

Saturday 10/18 I landed and was picked up by my friend Bruce and went for a big Greek dinner in Astoria with his family and friends.

Sunday he drove me out to Irvington in Westchester County where I visited with my Aunt, Uncle and cousin. My sister's father-in-law picked me up and drove me back to Wanaque, NJ where I had a big Italian dinner at their place with their other son and his family. So great to finally see the town where my brother-in-law grew up!

On Monday he drove me to the hostel in the City where I met up with the other representatives of KSCR. We followed Barry's recommendation and had pizza at John's of Bleeker Street in Greenwich Village ("My mom used to life above a shoe store around here with some guys in the late 60s"). We headed to Arlene's Grocery for Punk Rock Heavy Metal Karaoke ("I think I read a journal article based on an ethnography of that venue"). Check out Jeff's post on the KSCR blog Bandwith.

Tuesday I did some work for school at a Starbucks on Broadway on the Upper West Side and then picked up my CMJ badge near Washington Square and went with Team KSCR to the college radio mixer at The Delancey co-hosted by New Zealand in some way, with meat pies and some free kind of vodka at the bar.

The rest of the gang went to see bands they were interested in and I checked out the Spectre party at the Bowery Electric and quickly left - stumbling across Carlos Niño on my way out - for the Allido Records showcase at S.O.B.'s with Wale, Daniel Merriweather, The Rumble Strips and Mark Ronson DJing. I mostly sat on an amp in the corner and listened enough to keep me awake (thanks AAM Robb for helping me in the door). Somewhere along the way I had visions of a travel neti-pot and purchased one at the Whole Foods on the L.E.S. between events.

Wednesday I got up in time to see a panel called "The Stinging Reach of the RIAA" to meet up with a colleague teaching at NYU. We got sandwiches at a nearby Deli and he showed me his office and gave me the perspective of someone 4 years ahead of me in school. I headed straight to Cake Shop from there for the Terrorbird showcase. Highlights were: Mona's DJ set upstairs; Shugo Tokumaru downstairs, with their accordion, glockenspiel and distorted Japanese and English vocals; and Tobacco's electro ways. I met some folks for dinner and headed for the Stones Throw party at The Gallery Bar. I caught a bit of Edan the DJ and met some cool folks and ran into Dru but had made plans to see Ashes of Time Redux with the friend of a friend.

Thursday I made it to NYU for College Day just in time for the Music Director's summit and a free lunch before heading to the Brooklyn Vegan event at Pianos. SK's vegi-burger and fries looked really good but I'd just had the free lunch. Highlights were: Friendly Fires with their 80s Korg, MPC and rocking drummers wearing ties; San Diego's The Muslims; and Merge's Wye Oak doing an upstairs set. I left around 5:30, allowing for time to get lost on my way to Lolita Bar for the girlgroup anniversary party. It was rad but I felt shy and headed to meet up with SK at Webster Hall for the Who Made Who / Fujiya & Miyagi / Crystal Castles show. We had trouble finding each other so I stopped by the Barsuk:Merge:ReadyMade magazine:Sub Pop:Suicide Squeeze:Touch & Go party at the HiFi Lounge as it was getting started and decided to check out the Global Hip-Hop Throwdown at Drom down the street. I caught the end of South Korea's DJ Soulscape's set and the beginning of a set by France's Too Many Fish. I stopped by the Hi-Fi again but it was full of free-drinking badge-holders of varying sorts. Deciding to call it a night, I hailed a taxi and recognized the Mali cab driver's accent and he turned the volume up on some West African music on the stereo as he drove me up town.

Friday I caught up on sleep and got to NYU in time for much of the One Nation, One Groove Panel on the Changing Role of the Producer before hitting up the Choueette showcase at Cake Shop. Running into Ami Spishock on the street was one of the highlights of the trip. Juliana Barwick was the upstairs highlight and while I waited to see The Castanets downstairs, I chatted with the current KXLU music director, which was rad. I got a text about happy hour at Pianos a few doors down before the Sub Pop / Hardly Art showcase and was excited to have my chance at the bar food that had been on my mind the past 24 hours. I caught Hardly Art's Pretty & Nice upstairs but didn't realize the downstairs had filled up so tried to catch the Social Registry event at Santo's Party House but the line looked long so we were early attendees of the Beggars/Matador afterparty at Stanton Public with DJs from bands such as Times New Viking, where I ran into Ian MacKinnon, which was rad.

Saturday I met up with a friend from high school. It was the first time we'd seen each other since graduation. She suggested Sarabeth's for brunch, which was yummy. We headed to The Music Hall of Williamsburg for the AAM extraveganza, caught the end of The Ruby Suns, some of A Place to Bury Strangers, and the incredible live show of Monotonix (who my friend described as Borat meets The Wedding Singer). In between bands I purchased a hat. My friend wanted to take advantage of Williamsburg and, as a fan of Diner Journal, suggested an excursion through rain and wind to Marlow and Sons where we started with soup, continued by splitting the potato tortilla and ended up sharing a salad, too. Since she isn't often across the bridge from Manhattan, we decided to check out another spot on her Williamsburg to-do list and visited Pete's Candy Store. We caught a beautiful set by Matt Bauer on banjo, accompanied by friends on an upright bass, guitar and glockenspiel. After a couple acts that didn't match our post-Matt Bauer expectations, my friend decided to head home and I headed to The Blender Theater at Gramercy to meet up with the KSCR crew at the Fanatic showcase. The Octopus Project was rad. The boys had matching outfits and as Aisah noted, the girl manning the electronic elements had a dress that matched her hair. She was also very impressive with a Theramin, something you don't see everyday. Yo Majesty were rad. Shunda K's brilliant delivery of fast paced rhymes and Jwl B's harmonizing, singing and dancing were inspiring and a great last act for my week. I decided to take the train down the street and catch Lee Perry's set only to find he'd canceled and I'd extended my evening a couple hours waiting around for the subways that would bring me back to the hostel.

On Sunday 10/26 I packed and dashed to The Whitney for a 15 minute run through the Calder exhibit and thought of my mother, my writing class last Fall, and the words I'd found through it, about the sources of inspiration connecting my childhood, the people I'd seen on this trip and the work I still wish to pursue. I bought a Calder Tshirt for my brother and a chocolat chaud for myself with Macaroon gift boxes from the La Maison de Chocolate I passed on Madison Avenue. I gave one box to Bruce for his family when he and his son picked me up. They got me safely to the airport with plenty of time, even with a stop at Bruce's high school to demonstrate a story he was telling on the way.

Hopefully I'll go back to New York in March '09. I can't wait.

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 10/14/08

2008-10-14T22:29:00.000-07:00

There were so many great adds this week. See below for links about the artists.

Top Event Picks for the week:

Hearts of Palm UK Record Release Party at the El Cid on Sunset Blvd. 10/15/08

Low End Theory 2 Year Anniversary Party with Free Moral Agents, also 10/15/08

Ernesto LaClau at the Redcat Theatre 10/16/08

Set List for 10/14

Hearts of Palm UK - Trust - For Life - Hypnote
Ghostland Observatory - Stranger Lover - Paparazzi Lightning - Trashy Moped Recordings
Mercury Rev - Senses on Fire - Snowflake Midnight - Yep Roc
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam - Saint Dymphna - Social Registry
Her Space Holiday - Sleepy Tigers - Sleepy Tigers EP - Mush
of Montreal - An Eluardian Instance - Skeletal Lamping - Polyvinyl
Ra Ra Riot - Can You Tell - The Rhumb Line - Barsuk Records
Stereolab - Jenny Ondioline - Jenny Ondioline Single - Duophonic
The Little Ones - Waltz - Morning Tide - Chop Shop
Vivian Girls - Where Do You Run To - Vivian Girls - In the Red
Heavenly - And the Birds Aren't Singing - Le Jardin de Heavenly - K
Tiger Trap - Words and Smiles - Tiger Trap - K
Comet Gain - Stay With Me Til Morning - Casino Classics - X-mas Records
Marnie Stern - Roads? Where We're Going We Don't Need Roads - This Is It And I Am It And You Are It And So Is That And He Is It And She Is It And It Is It And That Is That - Kill Rock Stars
High Places - The Tree With The Lights in It - High Places - Thrill Jockey
Herman Dune - Next Year In Zion - Next Year In Zion - Everloving
Pretty & Nice - Wandering Eye - Get Young - Hardly Art
I'm From Barcelona - Mingus - Who Killed Harry Houdini? - Mute
Gregory & The Hawk - Doubtful - Moenie and Kitchi - Fat-Cat USA
Little Joy - Evaporar - Little Joy - Rough Trade
The Sea and Cake - Weekend - Car Alarm - Thrill Jockey
Lettuce - Blast Off - Rage - Velour
Parts & Labor - Satellites - Receivers - Jagjauwar

Last Week's 9/30 Set List

2008-10-07T19:29:00.000-07:00

I wasn't able to make my show this week, but it seems like a good time to post my set list from last week. There were some exciting new releases and some recent ones I hadn't played yet. My favorite new things I would have played today are Department of Eagles, El Guincho, Echo Park locals Rainbow Arabia, Larytta, The Japanese Motors and a new Antony and the Johnsons EP. Those of us from KSCR heading to NYC for the CMJ conference later in the month are getting excited. I am also excited to host Herman Dune in studio during KSCR's weekly Live Show this Friday 10/10 at 2pm PST, so please tune in at www.kscr.org.

My event picks for the upcoming week are:

Low End Theory's 10/8 Scottish Invasion with Hudson Mohawke, Mike Slott, Rustie, and Dom Sum Wednesday at The Airliner in Lincoln Heights

The Best Music Writing Live Reading at Skylight Books in Los Feliz on 10/10 at 7:30

9/30 Set List

Land of Talk - Got a Call - Some Are Lakes - Saddle Creek
Deerhoof - The Tears and Music and Love - Offend Maggie - Kill Rock Stars
The Ettes - I Heard Tell - Look at Life Again Soon - Take Root Records
Lady Dottie and the Diamonds - I Ain't Mad at Ya - Lady Dottie and the Diamonds - Hi-Speed Soul
Yo Majesty - Get Down on the Floor - Futuristically Speaking... Never Be Afraid - Domino Records
Women - Sag Harbor Bridge - Women - Jagjaguwar
Pivot - O Soundtrack My Heart - O Soundtrack My Heart - Warp
Blank Blue - Blank Blue (Flying Lotus Remix) - Dive EP - Ubiquity
Madlib - Ratrace w Murs - WLIB AM: King Of The Wingflip - BBE
The Bug - Angry - London Zoo - Ninja Tune
Koushik - Buttaflybeat - Out My Window - Stones Throw
Roots Manuva - Kick Up Ya Foot - Slime & Reason - Big Dada
Restiform Bodies - Ameriscan - TV Loves You Back - Anticon Records
Dub Gabriel - Cheree (feat. Michael Stripe) - Anarchy and Alchemy - Massive Music
Herman Dune - An Afternoon Dance Party - Next Year In Zion - Everloving
Lambchop - A Hold of You - OH (Ohio) - Merge
Cold War Kids - Against Privacy - Loyalty to Loyalty - Downtown Records
Killer Mike - Can You Hear Me - I Pledge Allegiance To The Grind Pt. 2 - SMC
Gaby Hernandez - The Tropics - When Love - Armed Orphan
Mayra Andrade - Dimokransa - Navega - Sterns
David Mccallum - The Edge - Droppin' Science: Greatest Samples From the Blue Note Lab - Blue Note
Jay Reatard - See / Saw - Matador Singles '08 - Matador Records
Crystal Antlers - Until the Sun Dies (Part 2) - EP - Touch & Go
The Spinto Band - Later On - Moonwink - Park The Van Records

Marion, Gaby, KSCR Presents, HoPUK & This Mortal Coil

2008-09-25T17:17:00.000-07:00

This week marked the debut of a collaboration between USC's journalism school and KSCR, in which the first 20 minutes Tuesdays with Maura will be a live broadcast of Annenberg Radio News programs produced and hosted by journalism students. You can find out more about Annenberg Radio News and their coverage of neighborhoods near USC on their website, www.annenbergradio.org.

I kind of fell in love with This Mortal Coil's Blood last week, so I wove some favorites of it into my brief set of new releases. Here's what I played and the guest set by Marion Hodges in honor of the first Hungry Beat dance night at Pehrspace this Saturday. Before heading there, don't forget to swing by USC's Ground Zero coffeehouse for a free show presented by KSCR featuring Abe Vigoda, Moonrats, and Hard Place.

This Mortal Coil - You and Your Sister - Blood - 4AD
Jenny Lewis - Pretty Bird - Acid Tongue - Warner Brothers
This Mortal Coil - Several Times - Blood - 4AD
Raphael Saadiq - Sure Hope You Mean It - The Way I See It - Columbia Records
Ed Laurie - Julia - Meanwhile In The Park - Dangerbird
Hearts of Palm UK - Trust - For Life - Hypnote
Gaby Hernandez - Love Will Find A Way - When Love - Armed Oprhan
This Mortal Coil - Help Me Lift You Up - Blood - 4AD
Mogwai - Thank You Space Expert - The Hawk Is Howling - Matador Records
Abe Vigoda - Bear Face - Skeleton - Post Present Medium

Marion's set:

fire engines - hungry beat - hungry beat - code

intro

the tartans - my baby doesn't care for you - 7"
the velvelettes - lonely, lonely girl am i - best of
sharon jones & the dap kings - your thing is a drag - naturally
the cashmeres - showstopper - 45
the pastels - million tears - suck on
another sunny day - you should all be murdered - in this place called nowhere
mccarthy - frans halls - cd86

(back announce)

cineplexx - tirados - picnic
the hit parade - crying - sound of the hit parade
horowitz - tracyanne - 7"
action painting - these things happen - in this place called nowhere
josef k - (pictures of) cindy - entemology
orange juice - blokes on 45 - the glasgow school
last shadow puppets - calm like you
television personalities - a girl called charity - yes darling, but is it art?
tullycraft - josie - the singles

Saturday 9/27 KSCR Presents...

2008-09-21T02:08:00.001-07:00

9/16 Set List - try the links for youtube gems

2008-09-18T09:13:00.000-07:00

The Wedding Present play Los Angeles at the Troubador Friday 9/19, supported by Earlimart. In their honor, I rebroadcast the interview and live acoustic set they recorded with me over the summer. I ran out of time to play my Rain Parade LP in honor of the Paisley Underground, though I did throw in "Salvador Dali's Garden Party" by the TVPs because it mentions wearing "a brand new paisley shirt" and it's one of my favorite songs ever. I played Blank Blue to celebrate the release of the Dive EP on Ubiquity with Flying Lotus remixes.

Next week I'll broadcast a guest DJ set by Marion to promote the new Hungry Beat soul and indie pop dance night at Pehrspace that kicks off this Saturday 9/27. I'll also be playing music by bands playing the KSCR sponsored concert on the USC campus that same night 9/27.

Oh, and The Hearts of Palm UK album For Life is set to drop at college radio stations across the country 9/23, so I'll be giving it love, too, of course.

Anyway here's the setlist from 9/16. I tried to fit in lots of new things at the station including a new Mogwai single:

Peace, Maura

Wedding Present - Kennedy - Bizarro - BMG
Maura & The Wedding Present - David & Terry talk and sing - Interview Summer 2008 - KSCR
The Wedding Present - The Thing I Like Best About Him is His Girlfriend (Santa Monica Blvd. & La Brea Mix) - El Rey - Manifesto
Earlimart - Teeth - Hymn and Her - Major Domo
Vetiver w/ Vashti Bunyan - Sleep A Million Years - Thing of the Past - Gnomonsong
Aaron Parks - Into the Labyrinth - Invisible Cinema - Blue Note
Inara George - Accidental - An Invitation - Everloving
Horace Silver - Cool Eyes - Live at Newport '58 - Blue Note
Nobody presents Blank Blue - Up - Western Water Music Vol. II - Ubiquity
Karen Dalton - Something On Your Mind - In My Own Time - Light In The Attic
Chad Van Gaalen - Phantom Anthills - Soft Airplane - Sub Pop
Balla et Ses Balladins - Wilikabo - The Syliphone Years (CD 2) 1972-1980 - Sterns Africa
The Moondoggies - 'ol Blackbird - Don't Be A Stranger - Hardly Art
Dungen - M√ÖLER√ÖS FINEST - 4 - Kemado
Mogwai - Bat Cat - Bat Cat EP - Matador
Horse Feathers - Father Reprise - House with No Name - Kill Rock Stars
Blitzen Trapper - Echo / Always on / Ez Con - Furr - Sub Pop
Adventure - Crypt Castle Cult - Adventure - Carpark
Starfucker - Florida - Starfucker - Badman
Miles Benjamin Anthony Robinson - Woodfriend - S/T - Say Hey
High Places - You in 40 Years - High Places - Thrill Jockey
The Broken West - Perfect Games - Now or Heaven - Merge
The Television Personalities - Salvador Dali's Garden Party - Privilege - Fire UK

The Return of Tuesdays with Maura

2008-09-14T17:21:00.000-07:00

On 9/9, Tuesdays with Maura's Fall season on KSCR began with some of my favorite tracks from the summer and things even more recently added at the station. You can check out the set list below.

This week I'm giving out tix to see The Foals at The El Rey Theatre on 9/18 and also tix to see Tokyo Police Club at The Henry Fonda Theatre on 9/18. I'll also be promoting a Paisley Underground Listening Party at the LACE gallery Tuesday 9/16 and the Blank Blue show at Low End Theory at the Airliner Wednesday 9/17.

Note the new time of Tuesdays with Maura 4pm-6pm PST. Let me know if you'd like to come be a guest on the show. During the show, you can reach me via IM at the screen name KSCRlive.

9/9 Setlist:

All Night Radio - Sad K. - Spirit Stereo Frequency - Subpop
TV On The Radio - Dancing Choose - Dancing Choose Single - Geffen
godheadSilo - Elephantitus of the Night - Elephantitus of the Night 7'- Kill Rock Stars
Stereolab - Valley Hi! - Chemical Chords - 4AD
Bjork - Dull Flame of Desire (Modeselektor's RMX for Boys) - Dull Flame of Desire Remixes - One Little Indian
Four Tet - Ribbons - Ringer - Domino
Nomo - All The Stars - Ghost Rock - Ubiquity
Au - Are Animals - Verbs - Aggoo
Ras_G - Track 14 - 'I of the Cosmos' Tour CD - Self Released
oRSo - To Be Held - Ask Your Neighbor - oRSo
Beat Happening - Godsend -Crashing Through Sampler - K/Sub Pop
Mogwai - Stanley Kubrick - EP + 2 - Matador
Ratatat - Mi Viejo - LP3 - XL
dan le sac vs. Scroobius Pip - Beat that My Heart Skipped - Angles - Strange Famous Records
The Ettes - I Get Mine - Look at Life Again Soon - Take Root Records
Josh Martinez - Fight or F*ck - The World Famous Sex Buffet - Camobear
Lancelot Layne - Yo Tink It Sorf - Calypsoul 70: Caribbean Soul & Calypso Crossover 1969-1979 - Strut
Blakk Rasta - Barack Obama Dub Mix - Barack Obama Single - Director
Tricky - C'Mon Baby - Knowle West Boy - Domino
Michna - Do What You Want To Do - Magic Monday - Ghostly International
Shugo Tokumaru - Sanganichi - EXIT - Almost Gold / Startime
Human Highway - I Wish I Knew - Moody Motorcycle - Suicide Squeeze
Mayra Andrade - Comme S'il En Pleuvant - Navega - Sterns
Nico Muhly - Wonders: III. A Complaint Against Thomas Weelkes - Mothertongue - Bedroom Community
Calexico - Falling From Sleeves - Carried To Dust - Quarterstick
Lesser Gonzalez Alvarez - Mostly A Friend - Why Is Bear Billowing - Carpark
The Walkmen - If Only It Were True - You & Me - Gigantic

Maura on Dublab.com

2008-09-09T10:34:00.000-07:00

So earlier this summer my friend Marion had my friend Laura and I as guests when she recorded a special edition of her Not Quite Punk show on www.Dublab.com. Laura and I form the dynamic duo known as The Auras. We teamed up to bring to the world "A Creation Records Story" in which we gush about all things Creation Records related.

Here's a permanent link: http://www.dublab.com/dubstream?id=1527

Here's the setlist. Right now "Not Quite Punk: A Creation Story" in between sets by Take and Angel Baby.

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MARION WITH THE AURAS - NOT QUITE PUNK: A CREATION STORY - 06.07.08

The Creation - Biff Bang Pow (1966) - Painter Man - Edsel

The Pooh Sticks - I Know Someone Who Knows Someone Who Knows Allen McGee Quite Well (1988) - Orgasm - 53rd & 3rd

Revolving Paint Dream - Flowers Are in the Sky - Flowers Are in the Sky - Creation 1984

Biff Bang Pow - She’s Got Diamonds in Her Hair (Demo version) - The Acid House Album - Creation 1989

The Times - Heaven Sent Me an Angel - Beat Torture - Creation 1988

Ed Ball - Controversial Girlfriend - Catholic Guilt - Creation 1997

Television Personalities - A Girl Called Charity (1986) - Yes Darling, But Is It Art? - Seed/Fire

Primal Scream - Velocity Girl (1986) - CD86 - Castle

Jesus & Mary Chain - Upside Down - 7″ - Creation 1984

Primal Scream - Shine Like Stars - Screamadelica - Creation 1991

talk talk: we heart creation records…

The Pastels - Baby Honey - Million Tears 12″ - Creation 1984

International Airport - Cyclonic Lanes - Nothing We Can Control - Overcoat 2000

The Boo Radleys - Wish I Was Skinny - Giant Steps - Creation 1993

Weather Prophets - Like Frankie Lyman (1986) - CD86 - Castle

Teenage Fanclub - Ain’t That Enough - Single - Creation 1997

BMX Bandits - I Wanna Fall in Love - Theme Park - Creation 1996

Phil Wilson - Waiting for a Change - 12″ - Creation 1987

Razorcuts - Snowbound (1989) - A is for Alphabet - Matinee

Felt - Rain of Crystal Spires (1986) - Creation Soup Vol. 4 - Creation

Ride - Twisterella - 12″ - Creation 1992

My Bloody Valentine - When You Sleep - Loveless - Creation 1991

Slowdive - Good Day Sunshine - Souvlaki - Creation 1993

bye bye for now…

Summer Hits

2008-09-02T22:57:00.000-07:00

The station's general manager set this up for KSCR's music department. I've added some of the summer favorites at the station. The guy from Sterns Music sent us the Balla et ses Balladins compilation, The Syliphone Years along with the beautiful Mayra Andrade release Navega.

Check this link and listen the KSCR Summer Hits mix.
http://staff.kscr.org/whatsnew/

Tuesdays with Luke & A Whole Bunch of LA Events This Week

2008-08-05T18:49:00.000-07:00

This week my brother came to the show and helped with the song selection and announcing. He played Brian Eno, The Flaming Lips, James Figurine and an oldies set. I did not let him play Maroon 5. We played some new music at the station and music related to events here in Los Angeles this week. There's a whole bunch going on Friday 8/8/8 alone.

Event Summary:

Tuesday 8/5
Dublab Vision Version & Hecuba at The Silent Movie Theater

Wednesday 8/6
Low End Theory with Daedelus, Matthewdavid, & Leo 123 @ The Airliner

Thursday 8/7
Musicology 204: A Brass Band Odyssey @ The California Plaza
Beat Cypher Collective @ HUBERT H. HUMPHREY MEMORIAL PARK, Pacoima 91331
The Faint @ The Henry Fonda Theatre

Friday 8/8
PooBah Night @ Pasadena Museum of California Art
Platinum Pied Pipers & Mushinah @ The Echoplex
Boredoms & 88 Drums @ the LaBrea Tar Pits
Dr. Dog @ The El Rey Theater

Saturday 8/9
Hit & Run + Little Radio = Hit Stereo @ The Plant, 1214 S.LONG BEACH AVENUE, LA 90221

Sunday 8/10
Part Time Punks w/ Indian Jewelry and Weave @ The Echo

Set List

Brian Eno - This - Another Day on Earth
Four Tet - Ribbons - Ringer
Flaming Lips - Free Radicals - At War with the Mystics
Daedelus - My Beau (feat. Paperboy & Erika Rose) - Love to Make Music To
Carlos Nino and Lil Sci Present What's The Science - What's The Science - Elevation

Mr. Loco - Religious Man - Nacho Libre Soundtrack
Oxford Collapse - The Birthday Wars - Bits
The Beatles - She Came In Through the Bathroom Window - Abbey Road
Roy Orbison - Only the Lonely - The Essential Roy Orbison
Friend & Lover - Reach Out In The Darkness - Jeff's 60's Compilation
Busdriver - Unemployed Black Astronaut (Nobody Remix) - Revisions Revisions
Ras_G - Track 11 - 'I of the Cosmos' Tour CD
Mo/Larengo - Mo/Larengo - Maura + Luke
The Faint - The Geeks Were Right - The Geeks Were Right
Bright Eyes - The Calendar Hung Itself - Fevers and Mirrors
Conor Oberst - Get-Well-Cards - Untitled

James Figurine - All the Way to China - Mistake Mistake Mistake Mistake
The Chap - Carlos Walter Wendy Stanley - Mega Breakfast
The Faces - Tug Of War - Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump
Clinic - Corpus Christi - Do It
Ponytail - Beg Waves - Ice Cream Spiritual
No Age - Ripped Knees - Nouns
Au - All My Friends - Verbs
4 Bonjour's Parties - Magpie Will Peck a Hole in My Plaster Cast - Pigments Drift Down to the Brook

Hecuba - Baltimore - Sir
Lackthereof - Chest Pass - Your Anchor
Paul Simon - Obvious Child - Rhythm of the Saints
Grizzly Bear - Little Brother - Friend EP
Gangi - Waiting on the Line - A
Indian Jewelry - Seasonal Economy - Free Gold

Earthquakes = Funny Radio: 7/29/08 Set List and More

2008-07-30T12:42:00.000-07:00

I didn't do a show last week as I was in Seattle visiting family. Music-related highlights included: The Capitol Hill Block Party and spontaneous bowling with George from Terrorbird, Mona from Sub Pop and Megan from KUSF; the books attached to headphones at the Geoff McFettridge installation near the Seattle Art Museum's Sculpture Garden; a visit to the EMPSFM in which I actually took in the exhibits and played with pedals and a sampler; Janet Cardiff's 40 Part Motet installation at the Tacoma Art Museum; and reading more of The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century by Alex Ross.

It was cool to come back to KSCR and find in the mail a signed poster from No Age, promo goodies from Dr. Dog (let me know if you'd like tix to their 8/8 show in LA), the new Sebastien Tellier and the arrival at last of this summer's albums by The Silver Jews and The Dutchess & The Duke.

Towards the end of my show this week, as I began to interview guest Marion Hodges, there was a sizable earthquake and luckily for all, I left Karl Hector & the Malcouns on continuous play as we left the building and hung out for a bit before deciding things seemed alright enough to head back. I'm glad things were alright for just about everybody in SoCal despite the size of the quake. Sandra told me she listened to my show under her desk while the house shook.

Marion came by, excited to announce the upcoming monthly club night Hungry Beat that will be taking place at Pehrspace starting in September. Go add them as a friend on MySpace.

Three local shows I'd like to promote are:

Hearts of Palm UK @ Spaceland 7/30/08, opening for The Virgins & Friendly Fires

Low End Theory @ The Airliner 7/30/08 - Thavius Beck, Ras G, Take, Computer Jay (See below for more info)

Nomo @ Spaceland Sunday 8/03/08
I heart their instrumental album Ghost Rock on Ubiquity. "All the Stars" sounds a bit like Miles Davis's In A Silent Way.

Here's the set list for 7/29/08:

CSS - Give Up - Donkey - Sub Pop
Sebastien Tellier - L'amour et la Violence - Sexuality - Record makers
Nomo - All The Stars - Ghost Rock - Ubiquity
Yo! Majesty - Break Bread - Kryptonite P*ssy EP - Domino
Matmos - Les Folies Francaises - Supreme Balloon - Matador
Doomtree - Gameshow Host - Radio Edits - Doomtree Records
Jovian feat. 10z - Conscience Observer - Solos In Stereo II - Solos

The Duchess and the Duke - I am Just a Ghost - She's the Duchess, He's the Duke - Hardly Art
Silver Jews - My Pillow is the Threshold - Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea - Drag City
Vetiver (featuring Vashti Bunyan) - Sleep A Million Years - Thing of the Past - Gnomonsong
Bonnie 'Prince' Billy - You Remind Me Of Something - Lie Down In The Light - Drag City
Dr. Dog - Hang On - Fate - Park the Van

Burial - Shell of Light - Untrue - Hyperdub
Flying Lotus - Breathe . Something/Stellar STar - Los Angeles - Warp
Hercules & Love Affair - You Belong - Hercules & Love Affair - Mute
Starting Teeth - xxDone - I Continue In The Nude EP - Creaked
Telepathique - Love and Lust - Last Time on Earth - Urban Jungle
Presto - Pour Another Glass Ftr Blu - State of the Art - Concrete Grooves
Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Sahara Swing - Sahara Swing - Now Again

**earthquake**

(Marion's set)
Fire Engines - Hungry Beat - Hungry Beat - Acute
Big Flame - Why Popstars Can't Dance - CD86
Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings - My Man is a Mean Man - Naturally - Daptone
Otis Redding - Satisfaction (I Can't Get No) - Otis!

More on the beat spectacular at Low End tonight:

On Wednesday, July 30th, Low End Theory is back to the beats, highlighting some of the brightest stars from the L.A. beat scene. First off we have birthday boy and general monolith Thavius Beck, who will be debuting a slew of his newest beat creations. We will also feature sets by Poo-Bah mainstays Ras G and Take, plus your favorite Atari twiddler Computer Jay. Truly, this line-up exemplifies what Low End Theory is about. All residents on deck (yes, D-Styles is back from Hong Kong). We're also back inside this week, so early arrival is highly suggested for this special event:

THAVIUS BECK
[Lab Waste]
He started as a saxophonist/bassist with a sampler, who later morphed into the beatmaking behemoth that sits before your monitor. Ten years, two groups, and ten solo records later (as well as production for Saul Williams, Busdriver, Subtitle, various film scores and remixes), and Thavius Beck has become de rigeur listening for electronic music fans worldwide. Happy birthday holmes!
http://www.myspace.com/thavius

RAS G
[The Afrikan Space Program]
With a handful of records, some blunts and an MPC, this L.A. producer has been making beats for five years now and has released a handful of EPs on the Poo-Bah label. With dub heavy bass and dusty synth beats, Ras G is a Low End favorite and we can't wait for him to bring the noise.
http://www.myspace.com/rasg

TAKE
[Poo-Bah]
Take makes music that makes love. His intricate melodies are hugged by warm bass shaking tingling textures from kissing trees. He is foraging a brand of deeply listenable instrumental hip-hop. Hypnotic, psychedelic, laidback -- in other words, thoroughly West Coast.
http://www.myspace.com/takeisme

COMPUTER JAY
[Version 2.0]
Computer Jay was born in the late 70s with some complications. Fortunately It was a time when technology was being developed at an expediant rate, and several experiments were taking place on infants. The result: the beat maestro/cyborg known as Computer Jay. It's on like Tron!
http://www.myspace.com/computerj

Screening in the movie lounge:
BLADE RUNNER + THX 1138

Low End Theory goes down every Wednesday
@ The Airliner, 2419 N. Broadway, Los Angeles, CA 90031
18+ | $10 guests, $5 members | 10PM-2AM | Fully stocked bar

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 7/15/08

2008-07-15T22:18:00.000-07:00

This week I played some things we added this week at KSCR. I also promoted the Tonalism show taking place in LA this Saturday 7/19 at the Santa Monica Pier from 7:30 pm til dawn.

The album I'm most excited about adding is Sahara Swing by Karl Hector & The Malcouns on Now and Again. 4 Bonjour Parties reminds me of Sugarplant, but with horns. KSCR's new hip hop director Duane added Presto and the Cool Kids. The Daedelus track is my new summer jam. Leila's "Norwegian Wood" is my new slow jam. I put Spiritualized and Destroyer together in the set and thought of OwleyPatrol.

I've been talking up some excellent future guests, so that's something to look forward to. Here's the set list:

Junior Boys - Like A Child (Carl Craig Remix) - Fabric 34: Ellen Allien - Fabric67 Radio
Twine - Violets - Violets - Ghostly International
4 Bonjour's Parties - Magpie Will Peck a Hole in My Plaster Cast - Pigments Drift Down to the Brook - Mush
Sigur Ros - Straumnes - Med sud i eyrum vid spilum endalaust - XL Recordings
Leila - Mollie - Blood, Looms and Blooms - Warp
Styrofoam - Final Offer - A Thousand Words - Nettwerk
Daedelus - Fair Weather Friends - Love to Make Music To - NinjaTune
Hercules & Love Affair - Hercules' Theme - Hercules & Love Affair - Mute
A Number of Names - Sharevari (instrumental) - Disco Not Disco - Strut
Karl Hector & The Malcouns - Sahara Swing - Sahara Swing - Now Again
The Hold Steady - Constructive Summer - Stay Posative - Vagrant
¡Forward, Russia! - A Prospector Can Dream - Life Processes - Mute
The Dandy Warhols - And Then I Dreamt of Yes - Earth to the Dandy Warhols - Beat the World Records
The Shys - Spanish Village by the Sea - You'll Never Understand This Band The Way That I Do - Aeronaut Records
Alice Coltrane - I Want to See You - A Monastic Trio - Impulse!
Presto - What's What Ftr Fatlip & Kim Hill - State of the Art - Concrete Grooves
Jackson Conti - Tijuca Man - Sujinho - Mochilla
Cool Kids - What Up Man - The Bake Sale - Chocolate Industries
Kail - Wendy - True Hollywood Squares - Alpha Pup
Kudu - Playing House [Ling Ling Remix] - Back For More: A Remix Collection - Nublu
James Pants - Finger On The Knife - Welcome - Stones Throw
Spiritualized - Sweet Talk - Songs In A & E - Fontana Universal
Destroyer - Foam Hands - Trouble in Dreams - Merge
Matthew Dear - Sound & Vision - Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered - Rapster Records
Leila - Norwegian Wood - Blood, Looms and Blooms - Warp
Nobody presents Blank Blue - Up - Western Water Music Vol. II - Ubiquity
Sally Shapiro - Find My Ghost [Dntel Remix] - Remix Romance Vol. 2 - Paper Bag Records
Beck - Orphans - Modern Guilt - Geffen / Interscope
Tangerine Dream - Phaedra - Phaedra - Virgin Records

Go to this 'cause I can't.

Set List 07/08/08

2008-07-08T18:38:00.000-07:00

This week I promoted Hearts of Palm UK's show at The Echo here in Los Angeles on Wednesday 07/09. I also played something off the fabulous new Daedelus LP Love to Make Music To. If you're in LA this Saturday, don't miss the record release party. Also, I celebrated 20 years of Sub Pop by playing a bunch of stuff they've released recently and in years past, too.

Here's the set list. Hopefully next week I'll have a guest.

Nomo - Ghost Rock - Ghost Rock - Ubiquity
Daedelus - My Beau (feat. Paperboy & Erika Rose) - Love to Make Music To - NinjaTune
Flying Lotus - Auntie's Lock/Infinitum (Featuring Laura Darlington) - Los Angeles - Warp
No Age - Teen Creeps - Nouns - Sub Pop
Sebadoh - Happily Divided - Bubble & Scrape Reissue - Domino / Sub Pop
Mudhoney - And the Shimmering Light - The Lucky Ones - Sub Pop
Wolf Parade - California Dreamer - At Mount Zoomer - Sub Pop
Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood - Fleet Foxes - Sub Pop
Beachwood Sparks - Ponce de Leon Blues - Make the Cowboy Robots Cry EP - Sub Pop
The Postal Service - Suddenly Everything Has Changed - District Sleeps Alone Tonight Single - Sub Pop
Low - Remember - A Lifetime of Temporary Relief - Chairkickers
Constantines - St. You - Constantines - Sub Pop
All Night Radio - All Night Radio - Spirit Stereo Frequency - Subpop
Hearts of Palm UK - Goodbye - For Life - Hypnote Recording Concern
CB Radio - Muevete - Solos in Stereo II - Solos
The Chap - Proper Rock - Mega Breakfast - Ghostly International
Heartbreak - Loving the Alien - Life Beyond Mars: Bowie Covered - Rapster Records
Health Triceratops (Acid Girls Rmx A) - Health//Disco - Lovepump United
Portishead - Machine Gun - Third - Island
Hearts of Palm UK - More Than This - For Life - Hypnote Recording Concern
The Little Ones - O-A (There's A Sun) - Terry Tales & Fallen Gates - Branches Recording Collective
Panda Bear - Bros - Person Pitch - Paw Tracks

Set List July 01, 2008

2008-07-01T18:35:00.000-07:00

Sian Alliance Group – Days of Grace III – 59.59
Neu! – Wave Naturelle – Neu! 4
Flying Lotus – Breathe. Something/Stellar Star - Los Angeles
Ras_G – Track 11 – “I of Cosmos” Tour CD
Yo! Majesty – Break Bread – Kryptonite P*ssy EP
Daedelus – Put A Spell – Live at Low End Theory
Dibia$e – The Bad – Mr. Dibia$e MySpace
Nina Simone – I Can’t See Nobody – To Love Somebody
Jackson Conti – Papala – Sujinho
The Wedding Present live at KSCR recorded 06/27/08
The Wedding Present – The Best Thing I Like About Him Is His Girlfriend – El Rey
Sebadoh – Two Years, Two Days – Bubble & Scrape Reissue
Bonnie Prince Billy – You Want That Picture - Lie Down in the Light
Bonnie Prince Billy – You Remind Me of Something - Lie Down in the Light
Dr. Dog – My Friend – Fate
Frightened Rabbit – Old Old Fashioned – The Midnight Organ Fight
Lykke Li – Everybody But Me (diskJokke Remix) – Little Bit Remixes
SJ Esau – Depth Perception Lack – Small Vessel
Herman Dune – Your Name My Game – 1-2-3 Apple Tree
Ify Jerry Crusade – Everybody Likes Something Good – Nigeria 70: Lagos Jump
Galaxie 500 – Fourth of July – This Is Our Music

Check out the KSCR database to see what we've added this week. You can also browse by release date and pick a genre or browse them all at once. This comes in handy when making requests via IM during shows. Screen name = kscrlive.

The Wedding Present on Tuesdays with Maura

2008-06-29T12:38:00.000-07:00

So last Friday David Gedge and Terry de Castro from the Wedding Present came by KSCR and I recorded a little interview and they played a few songs. They've got a new album out and will be touring soon. When I was seventeen Ben Knight made me this tape that had Bizarro on one side and Poem of the River by Felt on the other side (both albums feature kick ass long instrumental sections on certain songs) and it was a staple when I used to drive around in high school and marvel about the world. Olivia shared my Wedding Present enthusiasm in those days and it was awesome to have her be part of the interview, too.

I'll be airing the interview/performance this Tuesday July 1st during my show which is broadcast live on the interweb on www.KSCR.org from 10am-12pm PST. If you can't tune in then, try this.

I'll also be playing selections from the new Dr. Dog and Silver Jews plus some stuff the folks at Social Registry sent, among other things.

Set List: Tuesdays with Maura 6/24/08

2008-06-25T15:01:00.000-07:00

my first show of the summer:

Nomo – All the Stars – Ghost Rock – Ubiquity
Lykke Li – Dance, Dance, Dance – Little Bit EP
Seun Kuti – Fire Dance – Seun Kuti & Fela’s Egypt 80
The Chap – I Saw Them – Mega Breakfast
Hercules & Love Affair – Iris - Hercules & Love Affair
CocoRosie – God Has a Voice and She Speaks through Me – Single
Daedelus – Make It So – Make It So EP
Four Tet – Wing Body Wing – Ringer EP
Sigur Ros – Gobbledyguk – Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endelaust
The Wedding Present – I lost the Monkey – El Rey
Portishead – The Rip – Third
Mia Doi Todd – Old World New World – GEA
Vetiver – Hurry On Sunshine – Thing of the Past
The Last Shadow Puppets – My Mistakes Were made For You – The Age of Understatement
Odd Nosdam – Dayvan Cowboy – Pretty Swell Explode
Nobody presents Blank Blue – Up – Western Water Music vol II
Sonantes – Miopia – Sonantes
Jackson Conti – Brasilian Sugar – Sujinho
Adem – Tears Are In Your Eyes – Takes
The Minor Canon – A False Start – No Good Deed Goes Unpunished
Spiritualized – Soul on Fire – Single Edit
Indian Jewelry – Seventh Heaven – Free Gold
Effie Briest – Long Shadow – 7”
Lucky Dragons – Desert Rose – Dream Island Laughing Landscape
The Notwist – Good Lies – The Devil, You & Me
Cineplexx – De Picnic Sin Mi – Picnic
Tickley Feather – Lookout What’s Next – S/T
Twine – Endomie - Violets

Some Kid on KXLU Just Made My Day

2008-05-23T17:27:00.000-07:00

omg! i pushed the button in the car for KXLU and this kid james was back-announcing and he said he played Curtis Brunk with "Speed Heals."

WHA??? i thought to myself and called the station as he ended the air break.

…when i was in high school i hoped to combine my mother's dream of me getting a scholarship to college with my dream of starting an indie label with a plan of releasing a comp and then writing about it for my college application essay. plus it would give me an excuse to write to my favorite bands and see if they'd be on the comp. i was really into writing letters to strangers at the time…

i will fill in more of this story later, but let's just say my efforts at starting a label resulted in my orchestrating the "mass production" of Curtis Brunk 7"s in 1995 before my mother forbade me from continuing the pursuit for fear of being sued on account of the samples on it. I think I had 300 made, the minimum at the pressing place in Nashville, 25 of which had handprinted covers by Slater Bradley, one of which ended up hand delivered to KXLU and probably got played a total of 10 times, including the times i played it on my own shows there, some of which ended up at No Life Records on Santa Monica Blvd. with a homemade display that read "check me out", and most of which ended up being thrown in the garbage by me when my mom moved in 1998...

i asked the KXLU dj if the song had been a request and the kid said he'd bought it at amoeba for 50 cents recently and liked it and brought it to the station to play. awesomeness! this is what's so rad about KXLU. and record collecting.