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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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