Nic Harcourt and I popped into NPR member station KPCC to spin some tunes and talk shop. Alex Cohen hosts, and I give dap to BJ the Chicago Kid (who lives in L.A.) and AMTHST (Nite Jewel and E-40’s son Droop-E). Not sure if my crack reference made the cut. Lemme know?
We’re late, so there’s only one this week, but it’s a damn good one. Click “details” for more info on the gig.
Nite Jewel, amidst balls
We’re getting caught up on two weeks of intense blogging for West Coast Sound, and we now present to you some tasty MP3 and/or streaming works. This is Groove Edition (think “fun-kay”).
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
* “Nite Jewel, keyboard queen Ramona Gonzales, is a quintessential artist of the L.A. underground and has now produced a collaboration with a young group that’s starting to catch buzz, Teen Inc.”
Quick bloggy bits* from around the L.A. underground (and up).
Durlin Lurt's 'Him Jenson'
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.
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Care to hear the best songs from the L.A. underground in 2009? Click on over to KPCC, where I visited last week in order to talk to All Things Considered host Alex Cohen about three of my favorites. Discussed: Foreign Born’s “Vacationing People,” Nosaj Thing’s “Coat Of Arms,” and Nite Jewel’s “Artificial Intellience,” as well as the scenes/movements each artist represents. Listen to the audio by clicking the little play button at the top of the article, and feel free to download each song via the side panel.
Foreign Born take a victory lap.
Further reading:
– An interview with Foreign Born’s Matt Popieluch (via The A.V. Club)
– A feature on Nosaj Thing (via LA Weekly)
– Various items about Nite Jewel (mostly via LA Weekly)
Quick bloggy bits* from around the L.A. underground (and up).
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.
A short list of recommended L.A.-area shows for the coming week (plus videos for instant gratification). Click “details” for descriptions.
Friends, vinyl junkies, music fans, lend me your eyes. The latest installment of INCHES has landed and you can read it here. One of the strongest sets I’ve had the pleasure of featuring in some time, wiht the free MP3s to back it up. I can’t recommend the My Estrogeneration comp enough. Enjoy.
Omar Rodriguez Lopez, Xenophanes
Quick bloggy bits* from around the L.A. underground (and up).
(all stories via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.
Quick bloggy bits from around the L.A. underground (and up):
(via West Coast Sound, via LA Weekly)
*If you like it, then you better put a tweet on it.
Chris Writes Things 