For those of us stuck at the office in Los Angeles, we can live vicariously through dublab, streaming live from Austin for the next few days. dublab.com will be web-casting live audio & video via Yowie from inside Domy Books, Austin’s amazing creative culture-hub/bookshop/gallery, during SXSW. The whole Domy space will be activated with awesome [...]

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photo courtesy of KCRW Anne Litt has been involved with KCRW for fifteen years, and has earned critical acclaim not only for her on-air talents, but also her supervision of the Little Miss Sunshine soundtrack. She’s also the one responsible for the recent appearance of the Black Keys and Sean Hayes on Subaru commercials. Litt [...]

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Picture Con Secuencia: A Show of Exquisite Corpses Presented by walt! productions and Eraser Zine Free opening reception November 12th, 2010 8pm with DJ sets from KXLU DJ Molly Echo Curio 1519 Sunset Blvd. Echo Park, CA 90026 Featuring a (not so) silent auction to benefit Echo Curio. Missed Connections cassette presented by No Girls Allowed [...]

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LMU’s Mason Stockstill tells us “It’s a victory for KXLU, perhaps the only radio station in Los Angeles that will play indie artists like most of those in LA Record.” Here’s his official statement on behalf of Loyola Marymount University & KXLU: LMU Radio Station Prevails in Frequency Dispute LOS ANGELES – Student-run radio station [...]

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For fourteen years, Reverend Dan Bueler’s “Music for Nimrods” has been bridging the gap between the freeform FM radio shows of the 60′s and 70′s and the anything-goes looseness of college radio. An old anti-drug PSA might be followed by a radio spot for a Fifties sci-fi movie, followed by a skit from a vintage comedy record, followed by an interview with the Mau Maus or your friend’s power pop band, culminating in a half-hour set of uninterrupted music.

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“Daniel’s got his marbles in a row right now so I guess that’d be all right,” Daniel’s dad, Bill, told me. “Daniel’s a regular person, you know, like you and me.” “That might be so,” I said, “but Daniel’s done some things I’ve never done that I’m real curious about—plus I think we might have a fun time talkin’ to each other.” We did. This interview by Drew Denny and Chris Ziegler.

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Farmer Dave Scher is almost the Chris Darrow of his day, thanks to collaborations with Elvis Costello, Jenny Lewis, Nobody and the Mystic Chords of Memory, dios, Miranda Lee Richards and more. He is currently basking in the happy after-effects of his new solo album Flash Forward To The Good Times. This interview by Thomas McMahon.

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Demolisten sends out the following to alert people that it’s time to donate and deserves a few bucks just for brutal personality. (“I grew up Catholic and can hold a grudge for a long time…”) Please listen and donate if you can. Dear friends, family, bands, fans, listeners, volunteers and stragglers of KXLU: This coming [...]

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The pink-polo shirted Regan Farquhar commanded the stage, spouting rhymes I didn’t even try to keep up with while his heroic sidekick, Anti MC, calmly manipulated a swath of drum pads and synth sounds, an electric guitar and pedals without breaking a sweat. I was having a hard time keeping my cool ’cause a pair of teenage lesbians were getting’ freaky right in front of the stage, grabbing each others’ crotches and grind dancing. Oh, how happy I am to see the ’90s coming back!

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Alejandro Cohen wants to put you to sleep. Today, Ale and friends from L.A.-based collective dublab will take over the Henry Miller Library in Big Sur to create an night of ambient music event aptly titled “Tonalism”—a term Ale appropriated from late-19th-century painters who tried to capture the mood of nature by representing it with misty atmospheres. This interview by Drew Denny.

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