By Gage Allen Taylor    I'll be the first to admit that I was slow to jump on the Purity Ring hype-train. I heard "Ungirthed" and "Belispeak," and thought they were good but definitely not great. "Fineshrines" finally made…
Youth Lagoon Concert Review El Rey – April 17 By Mac Crane http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=te76K1l3Lok Ever since The Fall of Hibernation dropped in the fall of 2011, Youth Lagoon has become one of my favorite up-and-coming bands. With the recent release…
"Nightworks" - Caught A Ghost (self-released EP) This EP, from LA band Caught A Ghost, is way more enjoyable to listen to than it has any right to be. Normally, when someone recommends a CD to me and calls it…
Be sure to tune in to The Basement this Wednesday between 10pm-midnight, for an instudio recording of Cock E.S.P., who stopped at the station as part of their 20th Anniversary Tour. Cock E.S.P. are an experimental music/performance art group hailing…
Hey there! Here are our charts this week: Â Â Â Â TOP 30 1 DEVENDRA BANHART Mala Nonesuch 2 YOUTH LAGOON Wondrous Bughouse Fat Possum 3 BLEACHED Ride Your Heart Dead Oceans 4 CALVIN LOVE New Radar Autumn Tone 5 PARQUET…
All these pictures are taken by Daniel Torres. Thanks Daniel!! by timothy lee by paul urena All the pics: http://www.flickr.com/photos/slipstipstaps/sets/72157633235028867/ SO many bands played, it was an awesome weekend (including the Comadre show inbetween these two shows) Night…
Thee Commons, an awesome PUNK CUMBIA(/SWAMP SURF!?) band from EAST LOS ANGELES, plays a set at KSPC! Check out their facebook and bandcamp to hear more music and find out about upcoming shows! Caliban Rope Dancer Rabbit and Rattles En…
Jah Faith and the Hashishans perform on the Reggae Connection with Junor Francis (Monday, 6-8pm). More info on the band here! Westbound Assassin Friends for Life Silhouette Thin Line Sweet Trinidad Bun a One Extra cut
Hey there! Here are our charts for the week. Enjoy! Â Â TOP 30 1 PARQUET COURTS Light Up Gold What's Your Rupture 2 COLLEEN GREEN Sock It To Me Hardly Art 3 DEVENDRA BANHART Mala Nonesuch 4 GROWLERS Hung…
2d Annual Jazz Roundtable on "All that Jazz" with Larry the Fox In celebration of National Jazz Appreciation Month, the 2d Annual Jazz Roundtable will be aired on DJ Larry the Fox's show, "All that Jazz" at 5:00 pm…
The many faces and cultural embraces of Pomona college came about in a big way this weekend... By Vivian Ponte-Fritz If you happened to meander by the Walker Beach area of Pomona College's campus, the many beautiful smells, sights and…
Hope you aren't plagued by pranks and practical jokes today... here are some charts to take your mind off this day of fools. Â Â Â Â TOP 30 1 UNKNOWN MORTAL ORCHESTRA II Jagjaguwar 2 SUUNS Images Du Futur Secretly Canadian 3…
Merchandise Review By Eric Markovits  I had been excited to see Merchandise for a while. After last year’s Children of Desire brought them to everybody’s attention I was excited to see if they could bring the album’s bursting-at-the-seams-ness to…
TOP 30 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpyKIc_kCdI 1 FOXYGEN We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace And Magic Jagjaguwar 2 CALVIN LOVE New Radar Autumn Tone 3 UPSIDE DROWN Mood Music Antiquated Future 4 NIGHTLANDS Oak Island Secretly Canadian 5 RADICAL FACE Always Gold [EP] Nettwerk 6 THE MEN New Moon Sacred Bones 7 VERONICA FALLS Waiting For Something To Happen Slumberland 8 GROWLERS Hung At…