Aural Life

Video(s) of the Week: 3/5-3/11

2010-03-05T14:01:00.000-08:00

Hello all!

It is that day again!

So last week's Video of the Week was The Happy Hollows "Death to Vivek Kemp", and in case you missed that, the post is below this one because this was a ~~lazy~~ busy week. There will also be a VotW Archive page!

This week, I have for you TWO Video(s) of the Week. Now, both videos are for the same song, but are completely different videos and versions of the song. So, this week, we have:

OK Go "This Too Shall Pass"

Now, I am going to assume they really love this song because there are two videos for this song that took a while to make. We'll start with the first one. Embedding is disabled by request on the video so I'll just link it here.

The first version of the video was directed by Brian L. Perkins, who works on kids cartoons for Nick Jr. and has directed a couple other videos for OK Go, and OK Go. It features the Notre Dame Marching Band and is actually an alternate version of the song arranged for the marching band. The presentation of the video is spectacular. The development and growing marching band throughout the three minutes and fifty-three seconds of the video is amazing. It starts with the four members of OK Go in ND Marching Band attire playing the beginning of the song and it sounds very modest. They begin marching and, like any good Navy Seal, previously unseen brass and woodwinds come out of cover, adding more to and building the sound, and more members just keep adding and the sound grows. The big refrain "Let it go, this too shall pass" is then spelled out in black and white by a large number of the band, who then put the signs away and proceed to join the band into a very loud, very amazing final outro to the song. Just, watch it.

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass (Marching Band Version)

The second video is absolutely amazing. OK Go, being who they are, never cease to amaze. If you are not aware of what a Rube Goldberg Machine is (I'm sure you know what it is but may not know that is what it is called) then head over to Wikipedia and read up (I conveniently linked it for you above where it says Rube Goldberg Machine, also just then)... Now that your "aaaahhh, yeeeeessss" moment is done with, the collaborative powers of OK Go, director James Frost, who has directed many great videos like Silversun Pickups "Panic Switch" and Radiohead's "House of Cards" just to name a couple, and Synn Labs, people who have what must some of the coolest jobs ever, regardless of this being their job or not, bring you the Rube Goldberg Machine version of this video. Now, it's not just music playing while you're watching a RGM, and an amazingly spectacular one at that, but the machine had to go throughout the entire three and a half minutes of the song, not mess up or stop for any reasons, parts of the machine had to match rhythms in the song and there's a portion where part of the machine actually PLAYS part of the song. It took several months to make and a little under four minutes for the machine to go through its cycle. Enjoy this amazing video.

Check back next week for another Video of the Week!

Thanks!

Video of the Week: 2/26-3/4

2010-02-26T15:40:00.000-08:00

Starting today, I am bringing back Video of the Week. It used to be Live Video of the Week, but I figure I'd just make it more broad and give a little background on each of Video of the Week.

This week's video of the week is the music video for The Happy Hollows "Death to Vivek Kemp" off of their debut full-length, Spells. I have written a few articles on here about The Happy Hollows and I love these people, their band and their music. This music video was created and directed by Ben Hoste and is an amazing video. First, watch:

Now, the amazing thing about this video is that it was not made using Adobe Flash or Illustrator or anything of that sort, but is literally 2,200 (that's TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED) sheets of paper that have the video drawn on them, as you can see here.

That's animation the old-fashioned way. Amazing job, Mr. Hoste.

Check back next week for a new Video of the Week!!!

Broken Social Scene - Forgiveness Rock Record

2010-02-23T11:09:00.000-08:00

As many may, or may not, know, the amazing Broken Social Scene are releasing a new record on May 4th entitled Forgiveness Rock Record.

Yep, that's it. It will be released on May 4th, 2010, but Broken Social Scene have released "World Sick" off of the album as a FREE DOWNLOAD on their website!!!

It's a great song!

Download it NOW!
(It will ask for your e-mail, then send you a link to the download.)

02/20/10

2010-02-23T10:44:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all who tuned in to the show this past Saturday, in which my good friend Marcus put together a little over the first hour of music, YAY a la Kermit the Frog.
PLAYLIST!

Sonic Youth - No Way
Mogwai - Batcat
The Murder City Devils - Idle Hands
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Asco Que Conmueve Los Puntos Erogenos
Pixies - Isla De Encanta
Public Image Ltd. - Fishing
Nick Drake - Parasite
The Stooges - Shake Appeal
Rollins Band - Going out Strange
Muse - Micro Cuts
Sunny Day Real Estate - In Circles
Gorillaz - O Green World
Zechs Marquise - Chase Scene
Prodigy - Serial Thrilla
PJ Harvey - Down By the Water
mewithoutYou - We Know Who Our Enemies Are
Spiritualized - The Waves Crash In
Islands - Volcanoes
The Velvet Underground - Who Loves the Sun
Flight of the Conchords - Carol Brown
M. Ward - Epistemology
Modest Mouse - Beach Side Property
Tiny Tim - Living in the Sunlight, Loving in the Moonlight
Vampire Weekend - California English
Bran Van 3000 - Feline Fantasy
Serge Gainsbourg - Avant de Mourir
The Flaming Lips - Sunship Balloons

02/13/10

2010-02-23T10:37:00.000-08:00

DAYTROTTER SHOW PART DEUX!

Little Joy - No One's Better Sake
Vampire Weekend - M79
Anya Marina - Move You (SSSPII)
Ra Ra Riot - Dying is Fine
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Cold Spring
Grizzly Bear - Little Brother
Death Cab for Cutie - Styrofoam Plates
Cursive - Donkeys
Japandroids - Rockers East Vancouver
Earlimart - For the Birds
Architecture in Helsinki - Debbie
Tokyo Police Club - La Ferrassie
The Local Natives - World News
Voxhaul Broadcast - Mouth Full of Dry Sand
Velvet Teen - 333
Grand Ole Party - Next Day Nightmare
Daniel Johnston - Fake Records of Rock and Roll
Department of Eagles - Phantom Other
Okkervil River - You Can't Hold the Hand of a Rock and Roll Man
Avi Buffalo - What's In It For?
Dear and the Headlights - I'm Not Crying You're Not Crying...
The Swell Season - Fantasy Man
Minus the Bear - Knights
Margot & The Nuclear So and So's - Broadripple is Burning
Zee Avi - Honey Bee
Thee Oh Sees - Ruby Go Home
My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realize (not daytrotter)

02/06/10

2010-02-23T10:27:00.000-08:00

This is the playlist for the February 6th, 2010 episode of Aural Life. This episode was made up of entirely http://daytrotter.com sessions!
(The show was cut off early due to some technical issues)

Har Mar Superstar - Sunshine
Deerhunter - Dr. Glass
Beach House - Zebra
Telekinesis - All of a Sudden
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Optimist Vs. The Silent Alarm (When the Saints Go Marching In)
Tokyo Police Club - Be Good
Sondre Lerche - Say It All
Zee Avi - Bitter Heart
Of Montreal - Requiem for OMM 2
Fucked Up - Crooked Head
Avi Buffalo - Remember Last Time
Two Gallants - The Hand That Held Me Down
Daniel Johnston - Speeding Motorcycle
Tim Fite - Line By Line
Rain Machine - Hold You Holy
We Barbarians - No One's Better Sake

01/23/10

2010-02-23T10:20:00.000-08:00

This is the playlist for the January 23rd, 2010 episode of Aural Life.

PLAYLIST!

Cursive - Opening the Hymnal/Babies
Vampire Weekend - White Sky
Sebastien Grainger and the Mountains - Love is Not a Contest
Azure Ray - Dragonfly
The Crimea - Lottery Winners on Acid
Albert Hammond, Jr. - In My Room
Portugal. the Man - Elephants
She & Him - This is Not a Test
Beach House - Holy Dances
Death Cab for Cutie - I Was a Kaleidoscope
Dusty Rhodes and the River Band - Magic Words
Good Old War - Just Another Day
Sondre Lerche - Dead Passengers
Massive Attack - Dissolved Girl
Idiot Pilot - The Day in the Life of a Poolshark
The Strokes - Hawaii
Beep Beep - Seppuku
Torches in Trees - Carnivora (Live on isgoodradio.com)
Flight of the Conchords - The Most Beautiful Girl (In the Room)
Francis and the Lights - Strawberries
The Chemical Brothers - Burst Generator
Hot Chip - No Fit State
Phoenix - Too Young
The Swell Season - High Horses
The Kinison - American Collectibles
Russian Circles - Enter
The Flaming Lips - Are You a Hypnotist?

Coachella 2010

2010-01-18T23:49:00.000-08:00

We waited forever and it is finally here! The line-up for Coachella 2010.

Enjoy it, folks.

01/16/10

2010-01-14T22:47:00.000-08:00

January 16th, 2010 PLAYLIST!

Grizzly Bear - Two Weeks
The Beach Boys - I Just Wasn't Made for These Times
Arctic Monkeys - From the Ritz to the Rubble
Bright Eyes - Touch
Japandroids - Crazy/Forever
The Buzzcocks - Why Can't I Touch It?
Campfire Songs - Doggy
Cat Power - The Moon
Cold War Kids - Every Valley is Not a Lake
The Happy Hollows - High Wire
Earlimart - Gonna Break Into Your Heart
Eulogies - Little Davie
Lightspeed Champion - Waiting Game
Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts
Davenport Cabinet - Thieves
Torches in Trees - An Empty Face
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Wild Phoenix (Proper Name)
Magen Melancholy - Happy Hop
Kinky - Maria Jose
Gang Gang Dance - Dust
Portishead - Humming
Sonic Youth - The Diamond Sea

Featured Release Friday

2010-01-13T23:24:00.000-08:00

Hello all.

I am returning something I did maybe once last year. Featured Release Friday!!! Every Friday, I will be doing a Featured Release article about an album that was released the Tuesday preceding that Friday. Sometimes I may even do two albums, but of course, it depends on the releases and what I can get my hands on that Tuesday.

Now, just to clarify, I am not going to be scoring these albums with any kind of rubric, bracket, scoring scheme or otherwise and these are not necessarily going to be album reviews. Now, I will give my own personal opinion of the album, but that does not in anyway represent a general review of the album, nor does it in anyway represent a review of the album by Aural Life. It will be my [Erick] personal opinion of the album and nothing more.

I believe that musical tastes and opinions on the quality of music is subjective. There are bands/artists that people like and others don't, so I'm not big on actual "Album Reviews." Also, I've listened to albums that got bad reviews and I loved them, so there we go.

Anyway, that being said, I am going to start this up again this Friday with Vampire Weekend's sophomore release Contra, which was released yesterday.

If you'd like to know more, check back on Friday and check out the return of Featured Release Fridays !

Also, I may occasionally to a Retro Feature or Retro Featured Release for an album that was released on a day that week or just something that I personally feel deserves some recognition.
Now, I use the term "retro" loosely. It could refer to something released a year ago, three years ago, or thirty years ago. So be on the lookout for updates and thanks to all who check out Aural Life.

Also, don't forget to tune in to Aural Life [Radio] on http://radio23.org every Saturday evening from 4pm-6pm PST.

Thanks everyone.
Peace&Love
Erick

NBC's Late Night Controversy: I'm With Coco

2010-01-12T16:13:00.000-08:00

As many of you may know, the past couple of weeks have been filled with talks and rumors of the fate of NBC's late night line-up. Seems like the only solution would be to put Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien "in a pit with sharpened sticks and the one who crawls out alive gets to leave NBC" as Conan joked the other night. So far, NBC already has already said they will cancel Jay's one-hour "The Jay Leno Show" at 10:00 in favor of a half-hour version of the show to air at 11:30 and push "The Tonight Show" back to 12:05. Conan has released public statement that does not disguise how upset he is about the situation, as you can tell by the statement itself.

People of Earth:

In the last few days, I've been getting a lot of sympathy calls, and I want to start by making it clear that no one should waste a second feeling sorry for me. For 17 years, I've been getting paid to do what I love most and, in a world with real problems, I've been absurdly lucky. That said, I've been suddenly put in a very public predicament and my bosses are demanding an immediate decision.

Six years ago, I signed a contract with NBC to take over The Tonight Show in June of 2009. Like a lot of us, I grew up watching Johnny Carson every night and the chance to one day sit in that chair has meant everything to me. I worked long and hard to get that opportunity, passed up far more lucrative offers, and since 2004 I have spent literally hundreds of hours thinking of ways to extend the franchise long into the future. It was my mistaken belief that, like my predecessor, I would have the benefit of some time and, just as important, some degree of ratings support from the prime-time schedule. Building a lasting audience at 11:30 is impossible without both.

But sadly, we were never given that chance. After only seven months, with my Tonight Show in its infancy, NBC has decided to react to their terrible difficulties in prime-time by making a change in their long-established late night schedule.

Last Thursday, NBC executives told me they intended to move the Tonight Show to 12:05 to accommodate the Jay Leno Show at 11:35. For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting. The Tonight Show at 12:05 simply isn't the Tonight Show. Also, if I accept this move I will be knocking the Late Night show, which I inherited from David Letterman and passed on to Jimmy Fallon, out of its long-held time slot. That would hurt the other NBC franchise that I love, and it would be unfair to Jimmy.

So it has come to this: I cannot express in words how much I enjoy hosting this program and what an enormous personal disappointment it is for me to consider losing it. My staff and I have worked unbelievably hard and we are very proud of our contribution to the legacy of The Tonight Show. But I cannot participate in what I honestly believe is its destruction. Some people will make the argument that with DVRs and the Internet a time slot doesn't matter. But with the Tonight Show, I believe nothing could matter more.

There has been speculation about my going to another network but, to set the record straight, I currently have no other offer and honestly have no idea what happens next. My hope is that NBC and I can resolve this quickly so that my staff, crew, and I can do a show we can be proud of, for a company that values our work.

Have a great day and, for the record, I am truly sorry about my hair; it's always been that way.

Yours,

Conan

Now many people would think "he's not gonna lose the show, it'll just be later", but our favorite red-headed, pomp-sporting late night personality feels that 'The Tonight Show' at 12:05 just isn't 'The Tonight Show'. If NBC goes through with the change, which they plan on doing at the start of the Winter Olympics on February 12th, then Mr. O'Brien said he would be leaving NBC. Now, while Jay's supporters may feel like Conan should just suck it up and do the show a half-hour later (this is only how I imagine people who dislike Conan feel; not to mention they also hate kittens and America), Conan is nowhere near out of the line with how he feels and what he said. We cannot forget that not only Conan, but his "Late Night" crew up and moved to California to do the 'Tonight Show'. Have you ever moved? It's not easy moving to a different city let alone another state on the opposite side of the country. Conan has done absolutely wonderful with 'The Tonight Show' and it would be insane of NBC to let Conan go like that. I can honestly say that if they do let Conan go, I will never watch NBC again (Scrubs is on ABC now, so I wouldn't be missing much) and I wouldn't be surprised if many people took the same route. Okay, perhaps that is a bit drastic (I like the Winter Olympics; bobsledding and those dudes who sweep the ice, curling...I know), but I won't watch Leno. His time on the 'The Tonight Show' is up, has been for a few months now. If Fallon stands his ground, I'll stick with him.

This pic has been floating around lately and puts it simply. In layman's terms, whatever goes down, "I'm With Coco"

01/02/10

2010-01-02T16:11:00.000-08:00

Happy 2010 (that's twenty-ten) to everyone! Thanks to all who listened to my first broadcast of the year and decade! Keep on listening to Aural Life and all the fine programming on http://radio23.org. Here is the playlist for today's show.

Death Cab for Cutie - The New Year (Live) (Daytrotter Session - 4/28/2008)
The Smiths - The Queen Is Dead
TV on the Radio - The Wrong Way
Sia - Little Black Sandals
Silversun Pickups - Comeback Kid
Radiohead - Dollars & Cents
The Church - Reptile
Rodrigo Y Gabriela - Diablo Rojo
PJ Harvey - Long Snake Moan
Bjork - Pagan Poetry
The Beatles - Helter Skelter
The Murder City Devils - Get Off the Floor
The Mae Shi - Lamb and Lion
RX Bandits - ...And the Battle Begun
The Dismemberment Plan - Spider in the Snow
Nirvana - Do Re Mi
Nina Simone - Sinnerman
Earth Wind & Fire - September
Islands - Kids Don't Know Shit
Good Old War - Weak Man
Vampire Weekend - Horchata
Minus the Bear - Hey! Is That a Ninja Up There?

Thanks again everyone. I will not be broadcasting next Saturday for I will be seeing Sonic Youth at The Wiltern, but see you guys on the 16th. Thanks!

peace&love
Erick

12/26/09

2009-12-26T19:45:00.000-08:00

Hello all!

Here is the playlist for today's show. Thanks to all who tuned. Podcast will be up later on tonight or tomorrow!

The Flaming Lips - Worm Mountain
Drive Like Jehu - Here Come the Rome Plows
Fugazi - Last Chance For A Slow Dance
mewithoutYou - O, Porcupine
Sonic Youth - Drunken Butterfly
Frank Zappa - Wowie Zowie
Love You Moon - Screams In a Vacuum
Muse - Yes Please
Hella - Biblical Violence
Gogol Bordello - I Would Never Wanna Be Young Again
Pixies - The Sad Punk
Tom Waits - Such A Scream
Smashing Pumpkins - Hello Kitty Kat
Portishead - Mourning Air
Brainiac - Fresh New Eyes
The Stooges - Your Pretty Face Is Going to Hell
Modest Mouse - Bankrupt on Selling
Thrice - In Exile
Islands - Swans (Life After Death)
The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer
Sea Wolf - Leaves in the River
Circa Survive - On Letting Go
BLK JKS - Kwa Nqingetje
Silversun Pickups - Substitution

Thanks to everyone who tuned in today! Hope you all have a Happy Holidays and Happy New Year. First show of 2010 is next Saturday! Remember, keep checking out and listening to http://radio23.org!

peace&love
Erick

12/19/09

2009-12-26T19:37:00.000-08:00

Thanks to all who tuned in to the "Christmas" show.

Playlist.

Death From Above 1979 - Cold War
Animal Collective - Winter Wonder Land
Asobi Seksu - Merry Christmas (I Don't Want to Fight Tonight)
Of Montreal - Christmas Isn't Safe for Animals
Les Savy Fav - Patty Lee (Live)
Sufjan Stevens - Holy Holy, etc.
The Flaming Lips - A Change At Christmas (Say It Isn't So)
Regina Spektor - 20 Years of Snow
Bob Dylan - Do You Hear What I Hear?
The Buzzcocks - What Do I Get?
Silversun Pickups - Common Reactor
Sufjan Stevens - Angels We Have Heard on High
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Mew - She Came Home for Christmas
Colour Revolt - A Siren
No Age - Loosen This Job
Sea Wolf - Winter Windowx
Queen - Thank God It's Christmas
Pavement - Western Homes
Ra Ra Riot - Winter '05
Liars - Drum and the Uncomfortable Can
Sufjan Stevens - Hark! The Herald Angels Sing!
The Sound of Animals Fighting - On the Occasion of Wet Snow
Alvin and the Chipmunks - The Chipmunk Song
Jackson 5 - Up On the House Top
The Dismemberment Plan - Gyroscope
Sufjan Stevens - O Come, O Come Emmanuel
At the Drive-In - Winter Month Novelty
The Mae Shi - I Get (Almost) Everything I Want
Thom Yorke - Hearing Damage
John Lennon - Happy Christmas (War Is Over)

Thanks for listening.

peace&love
Erick

South Pasadena's Finest: Torches in Trees

2009-12-25T20:32:00.000-08:00

Photo by Keith Skelton

From the town of South Pasadena, CA located in Los Angeles County and out of the 9,862,049(and growing) individuals that reside in the county comes a collective of 5 of these individuals. Azad Cheikosman, Taylor Sickler, Eric Fabbro, Bridgette Moody and Julian Nicholson are the individuals of the aforementioned collective that is better known as Torches in Trees.

Drawing inspiration from the likes of The Beatles to Radiohead and much more, springing like a phoenix[see: mythical creature(not band)] from the ashes of their former selves (i.e. Siamese Guns), Torches in Trees is a band whose sound is as versatile as elastic is, well...elastic. Not only is this true of their sound, but each member as well. While the band's setup may consist of the basic elements of a rock band (vocals, two guitars, bass, drums and a keyboard), in no way does any one member serve one primary function in the band(well, other than Eric, but then again, not everyone in the band can be a superb drummer/percussionist, either of those titles being somewhat redundant with the other present). Each member plays different instruments pretty much every other song. Azad sings lead vocals and plays guitar, but will go guitar-less to lend his hand to play some percussion. Taylor will switch from guitar to bass to percussion. Bridgette (wo)mans the keys, but will jump on guitar, bass, percussion, backing vocals and even takes the lead in some songs. Julian plays bass, but at times will jump to guitar and even plays some glock[enspiel]. The quintet of talented multi-instrumentalists manages to produce sounds that blend together to create what can be described as the musical equivalent of a drug injected directly to your brain as sound waves through those aural receptors we call ears.

So far, this musical "drug" comes in the form of a six-track EP entitled New Blood, New Sight, which once you have begun (and keeping with the drug metaphor) you are sent on a trip you cannot stop until you have been released at the end of the disc. It grabs you and pulls you in from the very beginning with a very crisp drum intro, joined shortly thereafter by guitar that travels in ambiguous directions, that leads into the first track, "Satchel". A fast-paced track, "Satchel" begins you on your trip and does not let go of you until the EP's closer "Bloody Hands". As your make your way through this journey, you will encounter various visions in the forms of songs. From "Satchel", you are taken to the melodic, dream-like "Pillars Fall", which then turns somewhat nightmarish (i.e. fast, lots of effects, reversed delay, reverb, absolutely wonderful, etc.) with "Good Samaritan". The mellow "Thunderstorms Have Stayed" follows and is another superb track, and the point in your trip where you are actually sitting in on a rock in the rain amidst a bunch of trees. "New Life" (the track which houses the EPs namesake in its lyrics) is another melodic episode that has (in my interpretation) our subject searching for himself, beginning to see things differently, in a new light, finally finding himself and commencing his "New Life". (See what I did there?) The disc ends with "Bloody Hands", a song that punches you in the face from the get-go, watches you bleed on the ground as it wipes the blood off of its hands [am I good at this, or what?(see: sarcasm)], picks you up, has you dance with it and then apologies you and fuses its life force with you.

Having realized I just concept-ed their EP, I tell you, whatever you do, do not take my word for any interpretations. In fact, just check Torches in Trees out, buy the EP and listen for yourself. Also, if you happen to live in the Los Angeles area, check them out at one of their shows (and also buy the EP at that show). If the EP doesn't speak for itself(which it does), their live show does(as well, even better in fact). The band has played at many LA venues such as The Troubadour, The Smell, The Cocaine, L'Keg, are adding Silverlake Lounge to the list this coming Wednesday and even more! Their live show has intensity, energy, passion, musicianship, quality; everything about their live show is great. Live videos of their set at The Smell on June 6th, 2009 can be found on YouTube(linked below).

To sum it all up, Torches in Trees is a quintet of extremely talented young adults (all of whom are under 21) who create a melodic soundscape of layered guitars with effects-a-plenty, keyboard lines that fit into the songs like the perfect puzzle piece, a bass that not only holds the foundation but paints it wonderful colors, drums that seem to sing with the music, amongst other instrumental treats here and there, all topped off with the sincere vocals of Azad Cheikosman and the beautiful harmonies and backings provided by Bridgette Moody. Torches in Trees is definitely a band to watch as they expand their horizons and surely, even if slowly, march up the musical ladder.

In response to the first five words that are heard on the EP, "What will become of this...?" The way I see it, whatever Torches in Trees want it to.

- Erick Barrientos

Here is a video for "Satchel" that is a montage comprised of live footage and was filmed and directed by my friend Marcus Clayton(who also edited it) and myself.

I have conveniently set up their set at The Smell on June 6th, 2009 in a playlist for your viewing pleasure: 06/06/09 Torches in Trees, Live @ The Smell

Here's the info for their next few shows:

Dec 30 2009

10:45P

Silverlake Lounge! (21+)

Los Angeles, California

Jan 11 2010

8:00P

Tribal Cafe

Echo Park, California

Jan 23 2010

8:45P

isgoodmusic.com presents @ Mr. T’s Bowl

Highland Park, California

Feb 5 2010

8:00P

L’Keg w/ Bastidas, Collisions and more (all ages!)

Echo Park, California

Feb 12 2010

8:00P

Juanita’s w/ Seasons (21+)!

Highland Park, California

For tunes, show dates and more info, check them out and follow them on these various social networks:
MySpace
Facebook
Twitter

Happy Holidays!

2009-12-25T01:16:00.000-08:00

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and (soon) a Happy New Year from all of me here at Aural Life!
Hope all is wonderful and continues to be as we say goodbye to a decade and welcome in a new one that is sure to be filled with tons of great music, movies, literature and everything wonderful in the world!

peace&love
Erick

Playlist and Podcast Archive

2009-12-25T00:19:00.001-08:00

HOME
PODCASTS
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SUBSCRIBE TO PODCAST
RSS
iTunes

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(To save podcast: Right-click link and select "Save link as...")

2010
FEBRUARY
-February 20th, 2010
-February 13th, 2010
-February 6th, 2010
January
-January 23rd, 2010 [Podcast]
-January 16th, 2010
-January 2nd, 2010
2009
December
- December 26th, 2009
- December 19th, 2009
- December 5th, 2009 [Podcast]
November
- November 7th, 2009
October
- October 10th, 2009
September
- September 26th, 2009
- September 19th, 2009
August
- August 8th, 2009
July
- July 18th, 2009
- July 11th, 2009
- July 4th, 2009
June
- June 27th, 2009 [Podcast]
- June 15th, 2009 [Podcast]
May
- May 30th, 2009 [Podcast]
- May 23rd, 2009 [Podcast]
- May 16th, 2009 [Podcast]
- May 9th, 2009
- May 2nd, 2009 [Podcast]
April
- April 25th, 2009
- April 11th, 2009
- April 4th, 2009
March
- March 28th, 2009
- March 14th, 2009
- March 7th, 2009
February
- February 28th, 2009
- February 21st, 2009
- February 15th, 2009

(Also, be patient when downloading, the files are anywhere from 150MB-180MB, so it may take a while depending on your connection, however, Enjoy =] )

New Homes for Playlist and Podcast Archives

2009-12-24T16:08:00.001-08:00

Since the ever-growing playlist and podcast archives are going to eat up the sidebar of the blog, making everything else on the sidebar impossible to get to without scrolling down the equivalent of 14 nautical miles (that doesn't make any sense...good), I have decided to have only the 5 most recent playlists and the the 3 most recent podcasts (or something like that) on the sidebar. Now, that being said, the entire archive is going to get moved to a singular blog post, which will be linked on the sidebar and it will become the sort of pseudo-site for the archives (which are the posts above this one).

Hope everyone is having a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

peace&love
Erick

Facebook Page and Twitter/2010

2009-12-24T03:25:00.001-08:00

So, I guess it was about time I made one of these. The twitter account has existed for a while, but I should probably update it a bit more, as well as this blog.

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Anyway, as the year and decade are ending, I'm thinking of ways to completely make this blog a billion times better in 2010. Will I accomplish it? Hopefully, yes. But that will only be seen come 2010...which is only like a week and a half away. Anyway, remember to listen to http://radio23.org and Aural Life, which broadcasts live every Saturday at 4pm PST/7pm EST on Radio23.

peace&love
erick

12/05/09

2009-12-06T15:43:00.000-08:00

Thanks to everyone who listened to yesterday's show. Here is the playlist, and the podcast can be listened to/downloaded here: PODCAST.

Sebastien Grainger & the Mountains - (I Am Like A) River
Death Cab for Cutie - Lightness
Colour Revolt - Swamp
Gogol Bordello - Supertheory of Supereverything
Beirut - Elephant Gun
The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize?? (T.P.S. Mix)
Cat Stevens - Matthew & Son
Dusty Rhodes and the River Band - All One
Band of Horses - Is There a Ghost
Grizzly Bear - Slow Life
Modest Mouse - Out of Gas
Pixies - Bone Machine
Cold War Kids - Dreams Old Men Dream
Elliott Smith - King's Crossing
At the Drive-In - Ursa Minor
Eulogies - Running in the Rain
Radiohead - 15 Step
BLK JKS - Lakeside
Amazing Baby - Deerripper
Noisettes - Atticus
Passion Pit - Seaweed Song
James Figurine - You Again
Interpol - Leif Erikson
Liars - Broken Witch
Of Montreal - The Frozen Isnald
TV on the Radio - Family Tree
Q And Not U - We Heart Our Hive

Thanks again for listening everyone. The next Aural Life will be on Saturday, December 19th at 4pm PST on http://radio23.org.

peace&love
.erick.

Playlist Archive Super Update

2009-12-06T15:03:00.000-08:00

So, I don't know how or why I haven't updated playlists for like 3 months, but here are a bunch of em!

8/8/09

Modest Mouse - The World At Large
Crystal Antlers - Vexation
Cage the Elephant - Judas
Friendly Fires - Lovesick
The Chemical Brothers - All Rights Reserved
The Blood Brothers - Cecilia and the Silhouette Saloon
Black Moth Super Rainbow - When the Sun Grows on Your Tongue
Flying Lotus - Breathe.Something/ Stellar STar
Q And Not U - The More I Get the More I Want
Sonic Youth - Thunderclap (For Bobby Pyn)
The Jesus Lizard - Now Then
The Kills - Fuck the People
Bauhaus - The Sanity Assassin
!!! - Yadnus
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin'
Shellac - This is a Picture
Cymbals Eat Guitars - And the Hazy Sea
Arcade Fire - Black Wave/ Bad Vibrations
Crystal Stilts - Shattered Shine
Yo La Tengo - Moby Octopad
The Buzzcocks - Breakdown
Francis and the Lights - Night Watchman
Regina Spektor - Hotel Song
The Beatles - The Word
Pavement - Some Way of Saying
Ataxia - Hands
The Unicorns - tuff ghost
Manchester Orchestra - My Friend Marcus
As Tall As Lions - Ghosts of York
The Postal Service - This Place is a Prison
Rilo Kiley - Spectacular Views
The Faint - Posed to Death
Minus the Bear - Pony Up!
Idiot Pilot - Strange We Should Meet Here

Big interval between shows because I had some things that prevented me from broadcasting, but yes...

9/19/09

Black Moth Super Rainbow - The Afternoon Turns Pink
Imogen Heap - Earth
As Tall As Lions - Circles
Earlimart - Unintentional Tape Manipulations
The Flaming Lips - My Cosmic Autumn Rebellion
Idiot Pilot - Arrhythmia
Japandroids - Wet Hair
The Vines - Anysound
Talking Heads - Girlfriend is Better
Matt & Kim - Lessons Learned
Land of Talk - It's Okay
Modest Mouse - Workin' on Leavin' the Livin'
Prefuse 73 - Detchibe
No Age - Sun Spots
The Mae Shi - Young Marks
Adult. - Scare Up the Birds
Shellac - Mouthpiece
Radiohead - These Are My Twisted Words
Sufjan Stevens - All Good Naysayers, Speak Up! Or Forever Hold Your Peace!
Sondre Lerche - To Be Surprised
Beirut - Un Dernier Verre (Pour La Route)
The Sound of Animals Fighting - Another Leather Lung
Friendly Fires - Skeleton Boy
TV on the Radio - Hours
Okkervil River - Pop Lie
Cymbals Eat Guitars - Some Trees (Merritt Moon)
Anthony Green - Devil's Song (This Feels Like a Nightmare)

9/26/09

Lightning Bolt - Megaghost
Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
The Unicorns - sea ghost
Adult. - Herd Me
Death Cab for Cutie - Death of an Interior Decorator
Grizzly Bear - While You Wait for the Others
Beirut - My Night with the Prostitute From Marseille
Broken Social Scene - Love and Mathematics
Crystal Antlers - A Thousand Eyes
Desaparecidos - Greater Omaha
Cage the Elephant - Soil to the Sun
Conor Oberst - Cape Canaveral
Coconut Records - Slowly
Minus the Bear - Drilling
The Dead Weather - 3 Birds
Flying Lotus - Sleeping Dinosaur
Kinky - Léon
Cursive - The Recluse
Yo La Tengo - Autumn Sweater
My morning Jacket - Touch Me I'm Going to Scream Pt. 2
Dirty Projectors - Fluorescent Half Dome
Jean-Michel Bernard & Kimiko Ono - Thème Générique Fin "Golden The Pony Boy"
Sonic Youth - Disconnection Notice
Architecture In Helsinki - Neverevereverdid
Sufjan Stevens - Year of the Boar

10/10/09

The Mae Shi - Lamb and Lion
The Happy Hollows - We Will Find You
RX Bandits - Hope Is a Butterfly, No Net Its Captor...(Virus of Silence)
Karen O and the Kids - Rumpus
The Album Leaf - Into the Sea
The Happy Hollows - High Wire
Elliott Smith - Amity
Conor Oberst - Souled Out!!!
Cursive - Some Red Handed Slight of Hand
The Happy Hollows - Monster Room
Beirut - Elephant Gun
mewithoutYou - The Fox, the Crow and the Cookie
Animal Collective - Chores
The Happy Hollows - Faces
Tokyo Police Club - Graves (Bunnies With Human Faces Remix)
John Lennon - Give Peace a Chance
Bright Eyes - Going for the Gold
Grizzly Bear - Knife
Crystal Castles - Reckless
Imogen Heap - Tidal
Torches in Trees - Feeling of a Figure (Slight)
Little Joy - Don't Watch Me Dancing
The Happy Hollows - A Man, a Plan, a Canal
Theresa Anderson -Hi-Low
Good Old War - Weak Man
Fleet Foxes - English House
She & Him - Black Hole
Monsters of Folk - His Master's Voice

11/7/09

The Horrors - Mirror's Image
BLK JKS - Skeleton
Earlimart - Time for Yourself
Beirut - Nantes
The Dead Weather - I Cut Like a Buffalo
Lightning Bolt - 30000 Monkies
Julian Casablancas - River of Brakelights
The Flaming Lips - Silver Trembling Hands
Deerhunter - Little Kids
Camera Obscura - Away With Murder
Friendly Fires - Strobe
Don Caballero - Rollerblade Success Story
The Happy Hollows - Death to Vivek Kemp
Cursive - The Great Decay
RX Bandits - It's Only Another Parsec...
Modest Mouse - Doin' the Cockroach
Q And Not U - Ten Thousand Animal Calls
Julian Casablancas - 11th Dimension
Circa Survive - Stop the Fucking Car
Karen O and the Kids - Animal
Grizzaly Bear - Ready, Able
Mellowdrone - Bone Marrow
Land of Talk - Got a Call
Minus the Bear - Fine + 2 Pts
Pavement -The Hexx
Monsters of Folk - Dear God (sincerely M.O.F.)

Long time no update.

2009-10-11T20:38:00.000-07:00

Okay, being busy/lazy, I haven't updated. Really, no excuse. Here comes a slew of updates, YES!

Belligerent Electronics/Short Hiatus

2009-08-15T13:47:00.000-07:00

Hello all.

Thanks to any and all who listen to and support radio23, and subsequently Aural Life and all the other fine programming. I did not broadcast last week. I am not broadcasting today. I will not be broadcasting next week (for a slightly different reason), for technical difficulties have rendered me unable to properly do what I love to do here every week on radio23. I hope to be back by the week after next, and I believe that shall be so. The plan after this short hiatus is to start everything up again and hit it with full force. That means: more updates, more album features, the album release calendar is coming back and much more!!

So, I'm going to get everything all sorted out and what not, and I'd like to thank those who support Aural Life and radio23 once again. Very much so.

peace&love
Erick

7/18/09

2009-07-20T10:21:00.000-07:00

Greetings all!
Thanks to any and all who listened to the show this past Saturday.
Podcast will be up soon, so patience, young Padawans.

For now, here's the playlist.

James Figurine - White Ducks
Vampire Weekend - Mansard Roof
Beck - We Dance Alone
Dinosaur Jr. - Sludgefest
Datarock - Amarillion
The Kills - Cheap and Cheerful
Blitzen Trapper - Gold for Bread
Cursive - Big Bang
Devendra Banhart - Lazy Butterfly
Minus the Bear - The Fix
Liars - We Live NE of Compton
Kinky - My God is So Quiet
Frou Frou - Psychobabble
Don Caballero - Rollerblade Success Story
The Hives - A Little More For Little You
Hercules and Love Affair - This Is My Love
The Flaming Lips - The Wizard Turns On...
Broken Social Scene Presents...Kevin Drew - F--Ked Up Kid
Sondre Lerche - All Luck Ran Out
John Frusciante - After the Ending
Los Campesinos! - ...And We Exhale and Roll Our Eyes In Unison
Phoenix - Lasso
Q And Not U - End the Washington Monument (Blinks) Goodnight
Portugal. the Man - Horse Warming Party
Mew - Special
mewithoutYou - Brownish Spider
Sufjan Stevens - Enjoy Your Rabbit
Maps & Atlases - Ted Zancha
TV on the Radio - Staring at the Sun

Thanks to any and all who listened.

Remember.

Aural Life
Saturdays
***NEW AND IMPROVED TIME***
6pm-8pm PST (technically PDT right now)
Visit http://radio23.org, often.

peace&love
Erick

7/11/09

2009-07-20T10:17:00.000-07:00

(another overdue) playlist time!

Coconut Records - West Coast
Arcade Fire- The Well and the Lighthouse
Albert Hammond, Jr - Hard to Live (In the City)
The Beach Boys - Here Today
Ben Folds - Time
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
The Crimea - White Russian Galaxy
Asobi Seksu - Nefi+Girly
Death Cab for Cutie - Photobooth (Live)
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
Passion Pit - The Reeling
MGMT - Weekend Wars
The Dismemberment Plan - That's When the Party Started
Art Brut - The Passenger
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Drippy Eye
The Black Keys - Goodbye Babylon
The Horrors - Scarlet Fields
Fugazi - Repeater
Land of Talk - Got a Call
Doves - Compulsion
Regina Spektor - Machine
Gang Gang Dance - House Jam
Modest Mouse - Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
Los Campesinos! - Sweet Dreams, Sweet Cheeks

Thanks for listening.
Visit http://radio23.org, often.

7/4/09

2009-07-20T10:13:00.000-07:00

(overdue) Playlist time!

M.I.A. - World Town
MSTRKRFT - The Looks
Holy Fuck - Royal Gregory
Daft Punk - Crescendolls
TV on the Radio - Golden Age
Kinky - Lay Back
Digital_Divide - Snakes
Passion Pit - Little Secrets
Justice - Let There Be Light
Chromeo - Tenderoni (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Crystal Castles - Vanished
Flight of the Conchords - Inner City Pressure
Coconut Records - Nighttiming
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Weird Science
Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands (Justice Remix)
Girl Talk - Overtime
Girl Talk - Peak Out
MSTRKRFT - Vuvuvu

6/27/09

2009-06-29T22:57:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!
Thanks to anyone and everyone who listened to the show this past Saturday and in case you missed it, here's the podcast!!! (click the link or right-click and "Save Link As..." to download)

As always, here's the playlist.

Blonde Redhead - In Particular
Broken Spindles - Move Away
Rilo Kiley - Accidntel Deth
Albert Hammond, Jr. - Spooky Couch
Bat For Lashes - Trophy
Massive Attack - Tear Drop
Bloc Party - Hunting for Witches
Late of the Pier - Mad Dogs and Englishmen
The Mars Volta - Cotopaxi
Michael Jackson - Bad
Radiohead - The National Anthem
Broken Social Scene - Canada Vs. America
Passion Pit - Folds In Your Hands
Torches in Trees - Pillars Fall
Cursive - Art Is Hard
Anthony Green - The First Day of Work at the Microscope Store
Bright Eyes - Nothing Gets Crossed Out
We Are Scientists - Textbook
Kinky - Una Linea de Luz
Regina Spektor - Two Birds
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Epic Last Song
Wolf Parade - Fancy Claps
Battles - Bad Trails
William Shatner - Has Been
mewithoutYou - O, Porcupine

Thanks to all for listening.
Until next time.

peace&love
Erick

6/15/09

2009-06-14T20:40:00.000-07:00

Hello all.

Thanks to those who listened, and in case you couldn't catch the show, here's the podcast! (click the link or right-click and "Save Link As..." to download)

Here's the playlist:

Radiohead - Bangers + Mash
Grizzly Bear - Cheerleader
Beirut - My Wife, Lost in the Wild
Land of Talk - Death By Fire
Cursive - Driftwood: A Fairy Tale
mewithoutYou - Every Thought a Thought of You
Deerhunter - Lake Somerset
Torches in Trees - Good Samaritan
Minus the Bear - Knights
Pistolita - Metronome
Mew - The Zookeeper's Boy
James Figurine - All the Way to China
Sondre Lerche & Regina Spektor - Hell No
Animal Collective - Unsolved Mysteries
Manchester Orchestra - Where Have You Been?
Passion Pit - Moth's Wings
Georgie James - Cake Parade
Kate Nash - Skeleton Song
Death Cab for Cutie - I Was a Kaleidoscope
The Faint - Machine in the Ghost
Dntel - Dreams
Zoé - Human Space Volt
Mellowdrone - Fashionably Uninvited
The Sound of Animals Fighting - Another Leather Lung
Broken Social Scene - Backyards
The Dismemberment Plan - I Love a Magician
Battles - Tonto

Again, I think I may be gone this upcoming Saturday, so see you next week.

peace&love
Erick

5/30/09

2009-06-01T22:50:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

Here's the playlist from Saturday night's show. Thanks to Marcus for joining me for this week's episode and thanks all who tuned in! And in case you missed it, here's the Podcast! (just click the link or right click and "Save Link As..." to download)

Mew - The Seething Rain Weeps For You (Uda Pruda)
Built to Spill - Conventional Wisdom
Deerhunter - Nothing Ever Happened
Q And Not U - District Night Prayer
Portugal. The Man - The Devil
The Album Leaf - Wherever I Go
Tera Melos - Melody 7
Phoenix - Girlfriend
Hot Chip - Arrest Yourself
Lamb - Five
No Age - Semi-Sorted
Les Savy Fav - Reprobate's Resumé
Holy Fuck - Choppers
Mahavishnu Orchestra - Noonward Race
Flight of the Conchords - Foux Du Fafa
Slowdive - Celia's Dream
Regina Spektor - Pound of Flesh
mewithoutYou - Timothy Hay
Mellowdrone - Whatever the Deal
Bran Van 3000 - Willard
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Kinky - Mirando De Lado
Say Hi - We Lost the Albatross
Neon Blonde - Love Hounds
Don Caballero - Well Built Road
The Sound of Animals Fighting - Uzbekistan

Once again, thanks to everyone who tuned in.
I will not be broadcasting Saturday, June 6th, but I will be back the following week on June 13th.
Remember.

Aural Life
Live from South Gate, CA
Saturdays 8pm-10pm PST
http://radio23.org (Channel A)

peace&love
.erick.

Interviews: Nick Beard of Circa Survive/Dan Lyman of Halos

2009-05-27T23:14:00.000-07:00

So, a little bit before I decided to start Aural Life, I went to see Circa Survive a few times in February and did a couple of interviews on 02/06/09 on behalf of my friend Gabby's blog, Avant-Noise. Now, since I have my own blog, I'll post them here, and I'm sure Avant-Noise will have them posted up somewhere as well. These are a bit overdue, but better late than never, I always say.

Here they are, enjoy:

Nick Beard of Circa Survive

Dan Lyman of Halos

peace&love

5/23/09

2009-05-23T20:10:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone! Thanks to all who tuned in to the show this weekend. Aural Life was celebrating the 10th Anniversary of The Flaming Lips The Soft Bulletin by playing the album in it's entirety. Along with it, we also had some other great music. Here's the playlist, and if you missed it, here's the PODCAST! (just click that link or right-click and "Save Link As..." to download)

The Flaming Lips - Race for the Prize (sacrifice of the new scientists)
The Flaming Lips - A Spoonful Weighs a Ton
The Flaming Lips - The Spark That Bled (The Softest Bullet Ever Shot)
The Flaming Lips - Slow Motion
The Flaming Lips - What Is The Light? (An untested hypothesis suggesting that the chemical [in our brains] by which we are able to experience the sensation of being in love is the same chemical that caused the "Big Bang" that was the birth of the accelerating universe)
The Flaming Lips - The Observer
The Flaming Lips - Waitin' for a Superman (Is it gettin' heavy??)
The Flaming Lips - Suddenly Everything Has Changed (Death anxiety caused by moments of boredom)
The Flaming Lips - The Gash (Battle Hymn for the wounded mathematician)
The Flaming Lips - Feeling Yourself Disintegrate
The Flaming Lips - Sleeping on the Roof (excerpt from "Should We Keep The Severed Head Awake??")
The Flaming Lips - The Spiderbite Song
The Flaming Lips - Buggin' (The buzz of love is busy buggin' you)
The Postal Service - Suddenly Everything Has Changed
The Happy Hollows - Lieutenant
Torches In Trees - Bloody Hands
Colour Revolt - A New Family
Theresa Andersson - Japanese Art
mewithoutYou - Goodbye, I!
Grizzly Bear - On A Neck, On A Spit
Of Montreal - My British Tour Diary
Camera Obscura - The Sweetest Thing
Vampire Weekend - Walcott
Metric - Twilight Galaxy
Phoenix - Fences
Passion Pit - Little Secrets
Maps & Atlases - Daily News

Hope everyone tunes in next week.

Remember:

Aural Life
Live from South Gate, CA
Saturdays 8pm-10pm PST
http://radio23.org (Channel A)

peace&love
.erick.

Theresa Andersson: One-Woman Band

2009-05-20T13:58:00.000-07:00

So, recently, I've been hearing about Theresa Andersson, mostly from Jason Bentley, DJ and host of Morning Becomes Eclectic on KCRW, while listening to the program. I first heard about Theresa Andersson when I was listening to KCRW, NPR...one of those listener-supported stations. They were playing some music from a live performance of hers, and it was good jazzy-alternative music. Then they started discussing her performance...and mentioned that she did everything herself using loops recorded live. I was very intrigued, so I checked her out online and I was amazed.

Theresa Andersson is a woman from New Orleans, though she was born and raised in Sweden and lived there until she was 18. The music she plays is great. Not only is she a multi-instrumentalist, playing guitar, violin, dulcimer, glockenspiel, percussion (you name it, she could probably play it) and using her voice as a percussive instrument and to sing, but she, in her own repsect, is somewhat like a DJ. With arsenal of 40 or so pedals in front of her, Theresa is a one-woman-band. All of her songs are full of life and sound that she produces herself. Drums, guitars, violin, dulcimer, glockenspiel, everything she does herself. Her own vocal harmonies, even down to a duet with, well, herself. Nothing is prerecorded when she performs, everything she does is live, recorded live using a ton of looping pedals. This not only requires an internal sense of the tempo of the song, but full attentiveness and even balance. From cueing loops while playing, twisting knobs with her toes (she performs barefoot), multitasking barely scratches the surface of what she does when she performs and she does it so flawlessly and makes it look so simple. She knows how to do what she does, and she does it well. Not only is what she does visually astonishing, but sonically, it is great. Her music is wonderful and once you find out how she does it all live, that it is not a band backing her but HER backing her, you are even more amazed.

But don't just take my word for it, check her out for yourself:

MySpace

Facebook

Here are the videos from her youtube channel of her performing her songs "Na Na Na" and "Birds Fly Away":

"Na Na Na"

"Birds Fly Away"

Also, I highly suggest that you watch her Morning Becomes Eclectic In-Studio Session. You can watch it here: Theresa Andersson on KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic
You can also stream just audio, but I highly suggest you watch it.

Her album, Hummingbird, Go! is available now.

You can purchase it via:

eMusic
Amazon
Basin Street Records
Shockhound

Radiohead: Did you like In Rainbows?

2009-05-18T18:45:00.001-07:00

Then you'll love In Rainbows 2: Electric Boogaloo!!!

No, but seriously, the good ole blokes at the BBC say that Radiohead has entered the studio and have started work on the follow up to 2007's In Rainbows (oh my, has it really been that long?). Knowing Radiohead, this will definitely not be In Rainbows part two, but something more amazing than we can even begin to fathom (I hope.)

FIND OUT MORE!

5/16/09

2009-05-17T10:58:00.001-07:00

Hello all!

Thanks to everyone who listened this last show, hope you enjoyed the music and in case you missed it...PODCAST! (just click that link or right-click and "Save Link As..." to download)

And of course, here's the playlist for the show.

Chromeo - Me and My Man
Say Hi - Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
Animal Collective - Lion in a Coma
Paper Route - Wish
El-P - Tasmanian Pain Coaster
The Kills - Murdermile
Bat for Lashes - Sarah
E.L.O. (Electric Light Orchestra) - Mr. Blue Sky
Cage the Elephant - Free Love
Land of Talk - Give Me Back My Heart Attack
Cursive - Shallow Means, Deep Ends
Gogol Bordello - Supertheory of Supereverything
Mogwai - The Sun Smells Too Loud
The Flaming Lips - She Don't Use Jelly
The Postal Service - There's Never Enough Time
Torches In Trees - Thunderstorms Have Stayed
We Barbarians - Walls
Amazing Baby - Supreme Being
The Happy Hollows - Labyrinth
Q And Not U - X-Polynation
!!! - Heart of Hearts
Bloc Party - This Modern Love
Bright Eyes - Arc of Time (Time Code)
The Sound of Animals Fighting - The Heretic
Silversun Pickups - Common Reactor

Thanks once again to everyone who tuned in to the show, hope you all tune in again next week! Tell your friends, tell your parents, tell your dog!

Aural Life
Live from South Gate, CA
Saturdays 8pm-10pm PST
http://radio23.org (Channel A)

peace&love
.erick.

5/14/09 Afternoons/The Happy Hollows/warpaint

2009-05-15T02:17:00.001-07:00

Greetings everyone!

This is my first real post (see previous post) in a WHIIIIILE, but I just got back from a show a little while ago and want to give my brief synopsis of it.

Tonight/Last night, after sitting through traffic for about an hour in the afternoon, I finally made it to the Troubadour where I was privileged to see The Happy Hollows (again!! =]!) To be honest, they are the main reason I went to the concert, but the other two bands were very good as well.

The concert got going at about 8:30 to a barely 1/5-full Troubadour, (which, if you don't know, is a rather tiny venue, max cap. being probably in the 300s), if that. At this time, warpaint began their set. Luckily, as they began, the place started filling up a little more.

warpaint is a great 4-piece from...well...somewhere here in California. Their mostly mellow, shoegazey Indie rock was quite pleasant on the ears. Beautiful melodies, very often harmonized beautifully, produced by the two female vocalists above the 2-guitar, bass and drum (or sometimes guitar, keyboard, bass, drum and even for one song keyboard, bass, drum) very harmonious music. The band is very ambient, using a gratuitous amount of reverb on vocals and instrumentation. The drums were quite dynamic; the softs and the accents were delivered so well, that it helped a lot with the outer shape of the songs. Overall, warpaint are a very enjoyable band who put on a great live show. Check them out here: http://myspace.com/worldwartour

Afternoons, although they were the headliners, I am going to put next. Afternoons are a septet (I don't think I've ever used that...or anyone ever uses that), or seven-piece, from here in Los Angeles. The band while performing most often has this as their instrumental line-up, two guitars, bass, keyboards, two drum kits and a vocalist/percussionist. Although, some songs do vary in instrumentation, one of the drummers also plays trumpet during some songs, and actually joins in on guitar in one. Afternoons seem somewhat like they picked up an "Arcade Fire" stencil and drew themselves out. The performance is very reminiscent of Arcade Fire's performances, not in that the sounds are the same, but the fact that there are so many people up on stage at once. Afternoons have a very great, big sound to their music. The use of two drum kits is not redundant at all, while the drummers do play unison parts at times, most of the parts polyrhythmic drum patterns that would otherwise require a couple of extra arms. The music itself is very catchy and well composed, with vocal harmonies, accompanying horn parts as well as some extra percussion such as tambourine and even a Concert Bass drum (such as those used in wind ensembles.) The songs range from somewhat heavy, fast and punchy to slow, melodic and very nice to listen to. Afternoons should be checked out by you! Here you go: http://myspace.com/afternoonsmusic

And of course, The Happy Hollows. I don't think there is much more I can say that I didn't say about them in the post about the Silversun Pickups show except, really, there is soooo much more I can say about The Happy Hollows. Once again, their talent is displayed in their music. They are such great, energetic performers that love being up there. They performed a few more songs than they did at the Glass House, including a new one or two, I can't quite recall, but it was great. Pheonomenal job by a phoenomenal band. Not to mention, they are some of the most awesome people ever. To sum it up, I pretty much just really can't wait until the next time they play a show (that I can go to). I got to hang out with The Happy Hollow peeps a bit before the show and after the show, and they are aboslutely amazing people. Also, Brian and Joe from Silversun Pickups were at the show. They are big fans of The Happy Hollows and I think it is so great to see members of established bands actually take an interest in local bands they become fans of. So, if you haven't already, check out The Happy Hollows on MySpace or Facebook. Also, you can check out my featured article on them here.

Awesome show. Amazing people. Amazing time.
That is all.

BUSY LIFE

2009-05-15T02:04:00.000-07:00

So, I've been pretty busy recently, the past few weeks really. End of the school year. I haven't even done this month's album release calendar and we're already past the second Tuesday of the month. I will still do a belated album release calendar, but really, I dislike the lack of posts. THe last three consecutive posts have been playlists, and I only do those once a week, so yeah... Summer is coming soon, which means even though I am taking a summer course at school, I should have a bit more time.

So be on the look out for:

This past Saturday's Podcast up LATE, but up, and all other Podcasts ON TIME.
Album Release Calendars (on time, hopefully)
A LOT more "Featured Release" articles (I think I'm gonna try to stick to Fridays, so I know when I'll be doing one, but it may be randomly)
More Featured Local Band articles
More posts about concerts (assuming I have ways to go to them often enough)
More news posts in general.
Also, keep posted for other things as well...

Thanks to all who read the blog.
Remember to listen to the show on Saturday nights, from 8pm-10pm PST (California/West Coast United States) or whatever time in your respective area of the world.
http://radio23.org

peace&love
.erick.

5/9/09

2009-05-09T17:36:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!
Thanks to all who tuned in to the show tonight, hope you enjoyed the music. Here is the playlist:

Portugal. the Man - How the Leopard Got Its Spots
Dear and the Headlights - I'm Not Crying. You're Not Crying, Are You?
Coheed and Cambria - The Willing Well II: From Fear Through the Eyes of Madness
Crystal Antlers - Parting Song for the Torn Sky
Test Icicles - Circle Square Triangle
Les Savy Fav - Dishonest Don Part II
Doves - The Outsiders
Art Brut - Alcoholics Unanimous
Does It Offend You, Yeah? - Let's Make Out
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Passion Pit - Live to Tell the Tale
Sea Wolf - Song for the Dead
Little Joy - No One's Better Sake
Zoé - Asteroide
Asobi Seksu - Strings
Torches In Trees - Good Samaritan
The Happy Hollows - Tambourine
Vivian Girls - Damaged
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Radiohead - No Surprises
Sondre Lerche - My Hands Are Shaking
No Age - Things I Did When I Was Dead
Adam Green - That Sounds Like a Pony
Silversun Pickups - Sort Of
Vampire Weekend - Arrows
TV on the Radio - The Wrong Way
Death Cab for Cutie - Talking Like Turnstiles
Sonos - Everything In It's Right Place (A Capella Cover)
Circa Survive - Kicking Your Crosses Down

Hope to have you all tuning in next week.

Remember:

Aural Life
Saturdays
8pm-10pm PST
Live on http://radio23.org

peace&love
.erick.

5/2/09

2009-05-02T23:27:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all who tuned in to the show. As always, I had a great time doing it.
Here is the podcast: 05/02/09 Aural Life
And below is the playlist:

Dntel - Life is Full Of Possibilities
Of Montreal - Eros' Entropic Tundra
Animal Collective #1
The Beatles - Blue Jay Way
Camera Obscura - The False Contender
The Postal Service - Natural Anthem
The Sound of Animals Fighting - My Horse Must Lose
Wilco - Walken
Lykke Li - Little Bit
Cat Power - The Greatest
Bright Eyes - June on the West Coast
Anthony Green - Miracle Sun
Albert Hammond, Jr. - Blue Skies
Ataxia - Dust
-Comedic Relief featuring- Stephen Lynch - Superhero
Amazing Baby - Head Dress
Torches In Trees - New Life
Colour Revolt - Mattresses Underwater
Say Hi to Your Mom - I Think I'll Be A Good Ghost
Tera Melos - Melody 1
Crystal Castles - Tell Me What to Swallow
Kinky - Sambita
Arcade Fire - Haiti
Zoé - Paula
mewithoutYou - In A Sweater Poorly Knit

Once again, thanks to all who tuned in and hope you enjoyed the show. Be sure to tune in next Saturday, same time, same place.

Aural Life
Live from South Gate, CA
8pm-10pm PST, or whatever time it is in your part of the World.
http://radio23.org

peace&love
.erick.

4/25/09

2009-04-26T02:14:00.000-07:00

Last night, or rather...a few hours ago, was a special 3-hour broadcast of Aural Life! Thanks to all who tuned in, and a special thanks to my buddy Marcus, who has joined me for a couple of shows and joined me again today for ALL THREE HOURS!!! I (and maybe Marcus) will be back same time, same place next Saturday. Here's the playlist:

TV on the Radio - Halfway Home
The Kills - Love is a Deserter
Q And Not U - Black Plastic Bag
The Smiths - How Soon Is Now
My Bloody Valentine - You Made Me Realise
The Mars Volta - Roulette Dares (The Haunt Of)
Gang Gang Dance - Desert Storm
Coconut Records - Nighttiming
Justice - D.A.N.C.E. (MSTRKRFT Remix)
Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands (Justice Remix)
Metric - Blindness
Prefuse 73 - Storm Returns
Animal Collective - My Girls
Cursive - The Great Decay
Silversun Pickups - Growing Old Is Getting Old
Liars - The Garden Was Crowded and Outside
Minus the Bear - The Fix
Cage the Elephant - Tiny Little Robots
Torches in Trees - Satchel
Halos - Helium
We Barbarians - War Clouds
The Happy Hollows - Lieutenant
Death Cab for Cutie - I Was a Kaleidoscope
Bloc Party - This Modern Love
Bat For Lashes - Glass
John Frusciante - Unreachable
Bright Eyes - Loose Leaves
Matt Costa - Cigarette Eyes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Black Tongue
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - Population Council's Wet Dream
Radiohead - Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Broken Social Scene - KC Accidental
Sonic Youth - Little Trouble Girl
Bear Vs. Shark - Buses/No Buses
Black Flag - Rise Above
Les Savy Fav - Je T'aime

Once again, thanks to everyone who tuned in. I shall be back again next week. Also, (hopefully) starting next week, I will begin podcasting the show. I should have that all set up and worked out by then, so I'd say yeah, I should be good to go.

Until then, remember...

Aural Life
Saturday
8pm-10pm PST
Live on http://radio23.org

peace&love
.erick.

Greetings from Coachella!

2009-04-19T12:58:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone!

This is Erick. I am currently sitting in the AT&T Cool Down and Charge Up tent in between the Gobi and Mojave tents at Coachella on this, Sunday April 19th, the final day of Coachella. The experience so far has been epically amazing. Friday was much fun and ended at 1a.m. after Sir Paul McCartney did a two-and-a-half hour set that included two encores and a ton of Beatles repertoire. Yesterday, I spent most of the day in front of the mainstage until M.I.A., which was intense, then I ended last night with MSTRKRFT. It's about 1p.m. here and the events are just getting started, so after I return home tomorrow, I will have detailed blogs of the past three days. Thanks everyone, hope you are all well.

peace&love
.erick.

The Happy Hollows

2009-04-14T00:03:00.000-07:00

The badasses above are none other than The Happy Hollows, if not apparent enough by the big blue letters underneath them. They are from, well...I haven't quite figured that out yet, Los Angeles, I can easily assume, specifically, I'm not sure, but from a place they like to call Negahdariland, CA. The Happy Hollows is comprised of the beautiful and talented guitarist/vocalist Sarah Negahdari (makes sense now, right?), bassist/keyboardist/vocalist Charlie Mahoney and drummer/backing vocalist Chris Hernandez. Their music is nothing short of raw, awesome (dare I say rawesome? yay for port-manteaux), energetic and just great. I was fortunate enough to catch them live opening for the Silversun Pickups, and their performance speaks for them to an even further extent. Sarah's performing almost made me think of Karen O (of Yeah Yeah Yeahs) if she played guitar on stage. Charlie's performing reminded me somewhat of when I saw Q And Not U perform. Chris is a very talented drummer and his performance makes it seem like his drumming is effortless and he enjoys himself A LOT. In fact, you can tell they all love playing. I can easily say that now, I love listening and watching. So far, The Happy Hollows have released 2 EPs and a Limited Edition 7-inch (or..at least that's what I know). One entitled Bunnies & Bombs, available through iTunes, and various other digital musical outlets (or, um...these: Emusic, Napster and Rhapsody. ), and the other entitled Imaginary, available for FREE! (or pay what you want), but free if you put 5 of your coolest, raddest, most awesomest, closest friends' e-mail addresses (because you're no friend if you don't introduce them to The Happy Hollows) into the little widget thing that can be found below, then you will receive the album via e-mail. Also, if you like vinyl, you can buy the 7-inch! (which I would have done at the show had I money. Damn economic recession, otherwise known as the American Economy's scapegoat.) Before I go off on a tangent, LISTEN TO THE HAPPY HOLLOWS, NOW!

Tell your friends about them. Tell your parents about them. Tell your grandparents about them. Tell your professors, your coworkers, your dog, your cat, your chinchilla, that one relative you haven't really talked to in 12 years but call occasionally to borrow money that you never pay back and tell them about The Happy Hollows!!!

Add them on myspace.com/thehappyhollows.

Here's the Imaginary EP download thingy.

For those in the Los Angeles area, catch them at the Troubadour on May 14th w/ Afternoons and warpaint

4/12/09 Silversun Pickups/The Deadly Syndrome/The Happy Hollows @ Glass House

2009-04-13T16:35:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone.

So, last night I went to see Silversun Pickups at the Glass House in Pomona, CA, and the openers were a couple of bands that I heard the names of but had never really listened to: The Deadly Syndrome and The Happy Hollows.

I'll start with...

THE DEADLY SYNDROME

Picture courtesy of (or rather, taken from) http://stereogum.com

The Deadly Syndrome is comprised of four talented guys that make some good music. Personally, they had me dancing, and I rather enjoyed myself. I had never really listened to their music beforehand, but I was pretty pleased with what I heard. They had some very infectiously catchy songs. One that started with keyboard and had and old west saloon "piani" kinda feel, and the one right after was a straight forward disco-rock dance song that had the drummer dancing behind the kit as he was playing. They were really into it, and I enjoyed myself as much as they enjoyed themselves, but, what I couldn't help but do was keep thinking back to what had just happened before they played, and what happened was this.

THE HAPPY HOLLOWS

Picture courtesy of (or rather, taken from) http://stereogum.com

The Happy Hollows are (the beautiful and amazingly talented) Sarah Negahdari, (the also very talented) Charles "Charlie" Mahoney and (very talented as well) Chris Hernandez. To be honest, I had never really listened to their music, although after looking through their myspace pictures and seeing old flyers from the now radio airwave defunct Indie 103.1's Check...One...Two local band showcases, I can remember hearing the name, and perhaps a song on the radio. Sarah (guitars/vocals/awesomeness), Charlie (bassman/keys/cool) and Chris (drums/backing vocals/radguy) took the stage in front of an impatient crowd of people wondering when the show was going to start. Frankly, my peers, I didn't give a damn (you see what I did there?). I could wait, but wait no longer did we, because here they were, The Happy Hollows. Now, I'm not saying this personally, but generally, the way it usually goes, you don't expect much from the opening bands unless it was an established band opening for a world-renowned rock icon at Dodger's Stadium or something. It felt this way when The Happy Hollows came on. The seemingly shy Sarah took the stage, picked up her Gibson SG, as did her fellow bandmates with their respective instruments/sticks, and very timidly greeted the crowd. Her voice seemed nervous, as she asked her bandmates if they were ready. Four clicks of the drum sticks later and they explode into a song, and it's as if the band just broke out of a shell, because any even the slightest hint of any kind of nerves was automatically gone. They knew what they were doing and the knew how to do it. I, myself was dancing uncontrollably and sporadically (which may sound redundant, but that's how it went.) Every song was a hit, and there wasn't even a second of miss. Along with each songs, the talent of each member seemed to grow, until they reached the point before their closing song where the overall raw rock feel of the music took a prog-rock turn with Sarah doing some very impressive tapping riffs and the band doing chromatic passages. A fast-paced song that started at a moderate speed, got faster and later got slower and more melodic until the end, which sporadically gets quick for the last couple of seconds. I later found out this song is called Lieutenant, and it seemed proper. They closed the set with what seems like they're personal "single" Tambourine. Needless to say, I became very disappointed in myself for not having checked them out before the moment they started playing, and EXTREMELY disappointed in myself for the same reason long before they finished, in fact, only moments after they started. I easily fell in love with this band and after the show when I got to talk to them, found out they are not only an awesome band, but awesome people as well. I look forward to seeing them again a.s.a.p.

Well, that leaves me with only one band...

SILVERSUN PICKUPS Picture courtesy of (or rather, taken from) http://stereogum.com

I think this goes without being said, but they put on one hell of a show. This was unfortunately my first time seeing them and I say that because I'd rather it be one of the several times I've seen them. After roadies set up the equipment and us in the crowd waited for probably about 15 minutes, out come the Pickups. The crowd went wild as Brian, Nikki, Joe and Chris got all of their respective instruments ready to go and broke out into There's No Secrets This Year, the opening track off their sophomore effort Swoon, which comes out this tomorrow, April 14th. It was recognized and/or known by some people in the audience, I obviously recognized it. But it was only shortly after that song finished that they immediately broke out into Well Thought Out Twinkles, a particularly well-known (it's a single...), yet amazing song off of their debut Carnavas. From then on, the songs went back and forth from songs we all knew and songs off of Swoon, which I personally thought was really awesome. After a performance of Lazy Eye, their biggest single, yet still a great song (even though some people seem to think that because a certain song is a single, that takes away the song's value as a song), they went into a new song and stepped off stage, the lights still dim and roadies still tuning. The crowd chanting redundant chants for an encore, because 9.8 out of 10 bands encore when they headline (hell, some even encore several times), and the lights would have come back on, but I guess it's the energy of it all that promotes this. So the Pickups come out, play another new one and close with Common Reactor, the closing track of Carnavas. The show was amazing. Silversun Pickups were amazing. I cannot wait to check them out again, although I will most likely not be in the front on the barrier this time around for it will be this weekend at Coachella that I will be seeing them again. They bring raw energy and a more than apparent love of being on stage playing music not only for themselves, but for their fans. Even Nikki, who was dressed in jeans and a t-shirt earlier on when they arrived, dressed very formally, and beautifully, in a long, elegant red dress. Great band. Great performance due to being great performers. I will see them again after Coachella, most definitely.

Tomorrow, I am going to see TV on the Radio at The Glass House and I will have a post about that as well afterwards. Not to mention next week, when I will post three posts detailing my experience at each day of Coachella. A post for each day, because I don't feel like making one super long post, and also I feel it makes more sense that way.

peace&love
.erick.

Radio 23 Official Launch

2009-04-13T11:13:00.000-07:00

FROM RADIO23.org:

Radio23.org emerges April 23rd as a new breed of community radio station. Currently based in Brooklyn, NY, but with broadcasters covering the globe, Radio23 is a non-commercial, freeform radio station dedicated to providing an international platform for innovative and creative home broadcasters.

With the launch of our first channel, anyone with high-speed internet can hear a potpourri of music and culture from all parts of the globe, created by over five dozen weekly live broadcasters. Every two hours, a new live broadcaster takes the reigns from a distant land and offers a view of what's happening in their community.

Since underground broadcasting and unknown music are some of our specialties, Radio23 has partnered with Radioactivity.fm and WFMU's Free Music Archive to ensure that, although dynamic DIY content may sometimes be obscure, our listeners will not only find new music, but easily connect to the artists they hear.

If you are reading this using a high speed internet connection, it's possible to broadcast a live radio show from this computer. Join us.

The live broadcast & launch celebration starts at 5pm April 23rd 2009

***all times Brooklyn, NYC -> GMT -5

5:00PM

DJ Sotusura broadcasts every week on R23 from Amman, Jordan ARCHIVE

6:30PM

DJ Thanksgiving Brown broadcasts live from a new location each week.

8:00PM

Live from The Bell House (149 7th St) in Brooklyn, New York, with performances by:

Grade 13

Grade 13 is a group of teenage girls from New York who - through the viBeSongMakers program and under the direction of Young People's Katie Eastburn - met last August to write and record a collection of original songs in collaboration with professional musicians. The resulting album, "Sidewalk Chalk," was recently released with the girls, ranging in age from 15 to 18. They wrote all the songs for Sidewalk Chalk themselves, tackling themes of self-acceptance, poverty, sexual identity, broken families and the pain and confusion of young love with insight and playfulness, unflinching honesty and at times a surprising sense of maturity. (vimeo)

Nine 11 Thesaurus is a group of middle schoolers who broadcast every week on R23 from IS 291 in Bushwick, Brooklyn. They are the newest group formed through the Representing NYC program, presenting Brooklyn’s most fearsome and irreverent rap.

Tiny Toones from Phnom Penh, Cambodia makes their 1st NYC appearance

Tiny Toones Cambodia uses breakdancing, Hip-Hop music, and the contemporary arts as creative tools to empower the youth of Cambodia to live healthier lives free of HIV and drugs, build a more promising future by furthering their educational opportunities, and become positive role models for their community. Seven of the peer mentors of Tiny Toones, former street kids who have matured into the role models of the program, will be performing a breakdancing routine and several of their songs.

Blast Off!!!

Blast Off!!! improvises music for brain melting and feet dancing.

GOD

GOD could be compared to folks like AMM or the Improvised Music From Japan crew, due to the meticulous attention paid to the construction of even the most minute sounds in their pieces. Bryan Eubanks and Leif Sundstrom have been playing music together for more than a decade.

Alexis O'Hara

Alexis O'Hara is a trilingual performance artist with a penchant for experimentation: Producing street theatre in Toronto, making dirty movies in Vancouver, frying her ass for the art-hungry hordes in Geneva, and singing in a myriad of musical projects from jazz combos, to all-girl punk outfits and improv electronic jam collectives. (maple music)

Roberto C. Lange + David Ellis

Over the past couple of years, Roberto has teamed up with visual and sound artist David Ellis to compose his kinetic sculpture creations - the most recent being a 25 foot catfish with paint cans for teeth and fly swatters for taste buds. The catfish is skinned with 12" LP records and beat boxes. Currently, Roberto is working with prolific music producer Guillermo Scott Herren (Prefuse 73), helping to produce and create a new palate of sounds for the forthcoming Prefuse 73 album. (vimeo)

Ellis' work continues to interpret music and sound. His paintings are often recorded in a form of digital time-lapse animation Ellis calls motion painting. Like jazz, these works provide Ellis with an opportunity to combine ideas with collaborators or work solo within a form that promotes improvisation and spontaneity. For a recent commission the artist painted a truck from sunup to sundown over five consecutive days. Ellis often stages events when exhibiting his motion paintings, inviting musicians, performers, and sound artists to interpret the work live. His motion painting, Paint on Trucks in a World in Need of Love was recently exhibited at MoMA.

Prefuse 73

(aka: Guillermo Scott Herren) is nothing if not proven. It’s hard to think of a name that carries as much weight in both hip-hop and avant-rock circles as Prefuse 73, who in the past year alone has been asked to remix TV On The Radio, Pelican, BLK JKS and Cornelius, not to mention his early collaborations with School of Seven Bells and Battles. These interactions have clearly helped to shape the evolving Prefuse 73 sonic aesthetic, which has expanded to include Herren’s twisted visions of prog-rock, “machine funk” and global psychedelia. From Delarosa & Asora to Savath & Savalas, through to Prefuse 73 and Diamond Watch Wrists, there’s no way to underestimate the reach of Guillermo Scott Herren’s influence and 2009 appears to be a significant culmination of the artist’s most resounding material.

DJ Marty McSorley might just be the best DJ at WFMU

We wish thank our very special guests:

The Metasynergistics Evaluative Media Experience

1:00AM

ROB WALMART MOBILE ONE

Rob Walmart will be Adventurizing the streets of Portland from their a/v broadcast mobile unit/sound system/venue/van/ portable bootleg emporium aka "THE CUBE" via WiMAX provided by Stephouse Networks

ROB WALMART broadcasts live every week on R23 from Portland, Oregon

LISTEN andre - lionel - waterskiing and read the XLR8R article

2:00AM

The Fix takes the Bell House celebration home with a live broadcast from The Someday Lounge in Portland, Oregon.

THE FIX presents A special live broadcast from Portland's legendary Someday Lounge: The Fix takes the celebration home with Hip-Hop/Rare Groove/Afrobeat/Baile Funk/Soul/Funk +++, hosted by the city's beloved DJs Rev. Shines (Lifesavas), Ohmega Watts, Kez & Dun Diggy

FIN

from http://radio23.org/launch.html

4/11/09

2009-04-13T11:01:00.000-07:00

Thanks to all who tuned in to this past Saturdays show. This show was Aural Life: Coachella, and consisted entirely of music from bands playing Coachella this upcoming weekend.

Band of Horses - Islands on the Coast
Devendra Banhart - I Feel Just Like a Child
Jenny Lewis with The Watson Twins - The Big Guns
Okkervil River - Singer Songwriter
Conor Oberst - Souled Out!!!
Beirut - Carousels
Fleet Foxes - Ragged Wood
Franz Ferdinand - Jacqueline
Peter, Bjorn and John - Blue Period Picasso
Late of the Pier - The Enemy are the Future
Crystal Castles - Courtship Dating
MSTRKRFT - Paris
M.I.A. - Bucky Done Gun
Girl Talk - All Eyes on Me
My Bloody Valentine - Soon
The Black Keys - Modern Times
We Are Scientists - Dinosaurs
Liars - Broken Witch
Dear and the Headlights - I Know
Silversun Pickups - Future Foe Scenarios
TV on the Radio - Playhouses
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Skeletons

Thanks to everyone who listened. I will be at Coachella this weekend, so I will not be broadcasting, but remember: a week from Friday Radio23's OFFICIAL LAUNCH!!!! YAY! The launch party will be broadcasted LIVE on http://radio23.org. So tune in!

I'll be back next saturday.

Aural Live
Saturdays
8pm-10pm PST
Live on http://radio23.org

Thanks.
peace&love
.erick.

Album Release Calendar: April 2009

2009-04-06T22:18:00.000-07:00

Heeeeeeeeeerrrree's APRIL!

April 7th
Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
Bob Mould - Life and Times
Casiotone for the Painfully Alone - Vs. Children
Crystal Antlers - Tentacles
Doves - Kingdom of Rust
The Hold Steady - A Positive Rage (Live Album)
Neil Young - Fork in the Road
Telekinesis! - Telekinesis!
The Thermals - Now We Can See
Zoé - Reptilectric

April 14th
The Boy Least Likely To - The Law of the Playground
Death Cab for Cutie - The Open Door EP (Physical Release)
Ida Maria - Fortress Around My Heart
Metric - Fantasies
Prefuse 73 - Everything She Touched Turned Ampexian
Silversun Pickups - Swoon

April 21st
Art Brut - Art Brut vs. Satan
Cage the Elephant - Cage the Elephant
Camera Obscura - My Maudlin Career
Depeche Mode - Sounds of the Universe
Manchester Orchestra - Mean Everything to Nothing
Pet Shop Boys - Yes
Tinted Windows (Feat. James Iha of Smashing Pumpkins and Taylor Hanson of, well..Hanson) - Tinted Windows

April 28th
Bob Dylan - Together Through Life
Gomez - A New Tide
Great Northern - Remind Me Where the Light Is
I Monster - A Dense Swarm of Ancient Stars
Pilot Speed - Wooden Bones
Samantha Crain and the Midnight Shivers - Songs in the Night
Thee Oh Sees - Help
Young Love - One of Us

I put up quite a bit more this month than I did for last month.
If there are any mistakes or something I missed that you think I should put up there, feel free to let me know, either through comment or e-mail me at auralliferadio@gmail.com.

4/4/09

2009-04-05T11:24:00.000-07:00

Hello everyone.

Thanks to all who tuned in to the show last night. Here's the playlist:

mewithoutYou - Wolf Am I! (And Shadow)
Cursive - Excerpts from Various Notes Stewn Arond the Bedroom of April Connolly, Feb. 24 1997
The Dismemberment Plan - One Too Many Blows to the Head
Minus the Bear - Spritz!!! Spritz!!!
Les Savy Fav - Blackouts
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez - La Tirania de la Tradicion
Death From Above 1979 - Losing Friends
Q And Not U - X-Polynation
Death Cab for Cutie - My Mirror Speaks
We Are Scientists - The Great Escape
Regina Spektor - Your Honor
Pavement - Flux=Rad
Sonic Youth - Youth Against Fascism
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Shame and Fortune
Blonde Redhead - Falling Man
TV on the Radio - New Health Rock
At the Drive-In - Invalid Litter Dept.
Bloc Party - Positive Tension
Torches in Trees - New Life
We Barbarians - War Clouds
Maps & Atlases - Witch
!!! - Dear Can
The Faint - Machine in the Ghost
Idiot Pilot - A Day in the Life of a Poolshark
Don Caballero - In the Absence of Strong Evidence to the Contrary, One May Step Out of the Way of the Charging Bull
TV on the Radio - Shout Me Out
Crystal Castles - Vanished
Explosions in the Sky - Have You Passed Through This Night?

Thanks everyone who tuned in to the show. Next week, I'll be playing songs from bands that will be playing the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival that is taking place April 17-19 in Indio, CA and that I will be attending. Hope to have you back.

Remember.

Aural Life
Saturdays
8pm-10pm PST
Live on http://radio23.org

Thanks.
peace&love
.erick.

FEATURED RELEASE FRIDAY (FRF) Yeah Yeah Yeah's - It's Blitz!

2009-04-03T16:55:00.000-07:00

So, the past couple weeks have been busy for me, so rather than two weeks ago, this marks the first Featured Release Friday article.

Today's featured release is...

Yeah Yeah Yeahs

It's Blitz!
Released: March 31st, 2009

Well, here we are. Three years since Show Your Bones, Yeah Yeah Yeahs' mellowed out (compared to their debut Fever To Tell) sophomore release, comes It's Blitz!. Much like Show Your Bones took YYYs sound in a different direction, bringing in quite a bit of acoustic guitar and all but dropping the in-your-face, we'll kick your ass attitude that was apparent in the sound of Fever To Tell, It's Blitz! yet again brings some new definition to the name Yeah Yeah Yeahs. From punching each other in the face (FTT) to apologizing for it (SYB), now the YYYs believe it's time to dance. The first single, "Zero" sounds like the band found all their Tears for Fears and New Order albums, popped in The Breakfast Club and channeled their memories of the '80s to write this one. It's difference than what we've heard from YYYs on any album or EP prior, but it's a good thing, I think. The second track "Heads Will Roll" starts off with some synth organ/string sounding chords and Karen O comes in a few moments later with "Off with your head/Dance 'til your dead/Heads will roll on the floor" then proceeds to go into a full-on dance song. The song has potential to be a Pop hit, if not for Karen O's vocal style, Nick Zinner's raw guitar and Brian Chase's interesting touch in the drum beats. The next few tracks mellow it out a bit, especially "Skeletons", which has Karen O comforting her love with the words "Love, don't cry/Skeleton me." Although, I must say, I rather enjoy "Skeletons". The album then picks up again after that with "Dull Life" which is a bit more reminiscent of Fever To Tell, yet does somewhat sound like it was left off of Show Your Bones. A couple tracks later, we come across "Runaway", another song that starts of pretty slow, but picks up a little near the end. "Dragon Queen" is a catchy track that will have you moving, definitely. The last couple tracks of the album are pretty good to come to a close. The very last track "Little Shadow" is another slower one, but a good one to end the album with. If you want, you can pretend you are the "Little Shadow" as Karen O and gang close out with "Little shadow, to the night, will you follow me?" Why, yes, Karen O. I will.

Overall, I enjoyed the album, but am the kind of person who waits for YYYs to return, not completely, but at least somewhat to the hard-hitting rawness that was most of Fever To Tell, but that's not to say I am not going to enjoy this album until their next effort.

So, I'd recommend you go buy it, or at least borrow it from a friend and see what YOU think of it.

Aural Life score: Ha...tricked you. I don't rate albums.

thanks everyone.
peace&love

3/28/09

2009-03-29T23:19:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone!

Here's the playlist from this past Saturday's (March 28th) show.

Animal Collective - Also Frightened
Beck - The New Pollution
Don Caballero - A Lot of People Tell Me I Have a Fake British Accent
Ataxia - The Sides
PJ Harvey - Kamikaze
Radiohead - Meeting in the Aisle
Radiohead - Palo Alto
Torches In Trees - Thunderstorms Have Stayed
The Sound of Animals Fighting - On the Occasion of Wet Snow
mewithoutYou - Leaf
Pavement - Unfair
As Tall As Lions - Summer
Say Hi (to Your Mom) - Poor Pete is a Bit Self Conscious
Modest Mouse - Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
Cursive - The Rhyme Scheme
Cold War Kids - Tell Me in the Morning
TV on the Radio - Red Dress
Q and not U - Busy Lights Busy Carpet
Medications - Safe and Sorry
The White Stripes - Little Room
The White Stripes - I Think I Smell A Rat
Bear Vs. Shark - Don't Tell the Horses the Stable's on Fire
The Dismemberment Plan - Memory Machine
Explosions in the Sky - With Tired Eyes, Tired Minds, Tired Souls, We Slept

Thanks to all who tuned in to this weeks show. Hope to have you tune in again next week. Until then, remember:

Aural Life
Saturday 8pm-10pm PST
Live on http://radio23.org

Thanks everyone.

peace&love
.erick.

Where the Wild Things Are

2009-03-26T00:25:00.000-07:00

Sooooo....probably the billionth blog about this, buuuut...

It is here.
Finally.

So long have I waited for this to be released and finally it is. The official "Where the Wild Things Are" trailer. A film that's vision was almost destroyed by a stupid film company that almost made Spike Jonze scrap the entire film and film it again. *cough*warnerbros.*cough* Anyway, enough of that.

My (and perhaps everybody's) favorite book as a child is finally coming to life with a live action movie that has been in the works for some time now. Since it's announcement, I have been patiently waiting for some sign of life and a while back when test footage was "leaked" onto the internet, I was super excited. This film has to be great, it just has to. Spike Jonze has always done pretty damn good things with his talents and music co-written by Karen O for the film, it must deliver. Not to mention Arcade Fire's "Wake Up" in the trailer.

Ah. I'm very excited.

Enjoy.

3/14/09

2009-03-15T22:23:00.000-07:00

A bit late, but, as this week's show, better late than never.

I had physical computer problems this week and was lucky enough to have it all right before my show, buuuut, i got it fixed and was able to start, albeit a bit late.

I'd like to thank everyone who listened and also my friend Marcus for joining me for the broadcast.

Here's the playlist,

Les Savy Fav - The Equestrian
At the Drive-In - Chanbara
The Mars Volta - Ouroborous
The Dismemberment Plan - Academy Award
Cursive - The Lament of Pretty Baby
Shonen Knife - Tomato Head
Crystal Castles - Loving and Caring
Gogol Bordello - American Wedding
Torches In Trees - Good Samaritan
Q And Not U - Wet Work
Bloc Party - Positive Tension
The Flaming Lips - Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Pt. 2
The Faint - Let the Poison Spill From Your Throat
-Comic Relief- Mitch Hedberg (R.I.P.) "Cookies" from his album Strategic Grill
Matt & Kim - Someday
Say Hi (to Your Mom) - A Hit in Sweden
Sonic Youth - Death Valley '69
Silversun Pickups - Comeback Kid

Thanks to everyone who tuned in. I won't be here next week, but you should listen to all the great shows on http://radio23.org.

See you guys in a couple of weeks.

peace & love
.erick.

Featured Release Fridays

2009-03-11T15:07:00.000-07:00

Hello all.

So, every month I will have a new album release calendar, and to accompany that, I've decided that every Friday, I will be doing a Featured Release article about an album that was released the Tuesday preceding that Friday. Sometimes I may even do two albums, but of course, it depends on the releases and what I can get my hands on that Tuesday.

Now, just to clarify, I am not going to be scoring these albums with any kind of rubric, bracket, scoring scheme or otherwise and these are not necessarily going to be album reviews. Now, I will give my own personal opinion of the album, but that does not in anyway represent a general review of the album, nor does it in anyway represent a review of the album by Aural Life. It will be my [Erick] personal opinion of the album and nothing more.

I believe that musical tastes and opinions on the quality of music is subjective. I am not a fan of bands or artists such as Katy Perry or Fall Out Boy, nor do I have anything remotely close to something positive to say about their music, but that doesn't mean I'm going to say Fall Out Boy cannot and does not sell out entire stadiums that are later filled with screaming prepubescent boys and girls who believe they have some sort of cool pre-teen "angst", because that does happen. Main point, there are bands/artists that people like and others don't, so I'm not big on actual "Album Reviews."

Anyway, that being said, I am going to start this Friday with Cursive's Mama, I'm Swollen, which was released yesterday and which I have been hyping up a lot since I believe Cursive is an amazing band and they have yet to let me down, and Mama, I'm Swollen does not change that.

If you'd like to know more, check back on Friday and check out the first of Featured Release Fridays !

Also, I may occasionally to a Retro Feature or Retro Featured Release for an album that was released on a day that week or just something that I personally feel deserves some recognition.
Now, I use the term "retro" loosely. It could refer to something released a year ago, three years ago, or thirty years ago. So be on the lookout for updates and thanks to all who check out Aural Life.

Also, don't forget to tune in to Aural Life [Radio] on http://radio23.org every Saturday evening from 8pm-10pm PST.

Thanks everyone.
Peace & Love
.erick.

3/7/09

2009-03-08T01:50:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone!

Thanks to all who listened to the show.
Here's the playlist, which contained select tracks off of Cursive's new release, "Mama, I'm Swollen", that comes out on March 10th and I also have a blog post about it here.

Idiot Pilot - Losing Color
Cursive - In the Now
The Dismemberment Plan - Gyroscope
Fugazi - Burning Too
Be Your Own Pet - Adventure
Cursive - I Couldn't Love You
Albert Hammond Jr. - Victory at Monterey
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Graveyard
Death From Above 1979 - Blood On Our Hands
Clinic - Family
Torches in Trees - Pillars Fall
We Barbarians - Walls
Cursive - Donkeys
TV on the Radio - A Method
The Faint - Casual Sex
Zoé - Asteroide
Tokyo Police Club - Nature of the Experiment (RAC Mix)
Death Cab for Cutie - We Laugh Indoors
Halos - A Rowboat in the Perfect Storm
The Breeders - Drivin' on 9
Cursive - Mama, I'm Satan
At the Drive-In - Doorman's Placebo
Blonde Redhead - Elephant Woman
Broken Social Scene - Looks Just Like the Sun
Bad Brains - Big Take Over
Davenport Cabinet - Thieves
Dinosaur Jr. - Tarpit
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen
Bear Vs. Shark - Bloodgiver
TV on the Radio - Love Dog

Thanks to everyone who listened. Hoped you all enjoyed the show. Be sure to listen next weekend, same time, same place.

Aural Life
Saturdays, 8pm - 10pm PST
http://radio23.org

Thanks everyone,

Peace & Love
.erick.

Album Release Calendar: March 2009

2009-03-03T16:15:00.000-08:00

So, here are some albums that are coming out this month.
It's obviously not every album coming out this month, but the one's that I thought were fairly important or worth noting.

March 3rd
Bela Fleck - Throw Down Your Heart, Tales from the Acoustic Planet, Vol: 3 Africa Sessions
Prodigy - Invaders Must Die
Say Hi (formerly Say Hi to Your Mom) - Oohs & Aahs

March 10th
Cursive - Mama, I'm Swollen (currently available for digital download from store.saddle-creek.com)
David Bowie - Live in Santa Monica '72
Razorlight - Slipway Fires
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (Digital release)

March 17th
Les Claypool - Of Fungi and Foe
MSTRKRFT - Fist of God

March 24th
Decemberists - The Hazards of Love
Stephen Lynch - 3 Balloons

March 31st
Jim Gaffigan - King Baby
Leonard Cohen - Live in London
Peter, Bjorn & John - Living Thing
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz! (Physical release)

If I find more, I'll add them.
Hope there's something exciting on there for you guys.
I know there is for me!

Mama, I'm Swollen

2009-03-03T00:31:00.000-08:00

So I recently received an e-mail from Cursive's mailing list e-mail updates. The subject line of the e-mail reading "$1" and the only thing you saw when you opened it was this image.

Cursive is a band I love dearly and was actually the headlining band I went to see at the very first concert I ever attended. I've loved them for a long while, and they've yet to disappoint. On March 10th, they will be releasing their 6th Full Length album (not including "The Difference Between Houses and Homes" which was just a compilation of old 7" singles and various songs) entitled "Mama, I'm Swollen."

Now, I have already required the mp3 of this album. Illegally, you assume. But alas, NO! But for the great price of just $1. Of course, I will be purchasing a physical copy of the album after its release on March 10th. Now, to explain the aforementioned e-mail and image, Cursive and Saddle-Creek have made "Mama, I'm Swollen" available for the great price of not $1 (anymore...), not $2 (anymore...) but at this point, $3! Everyday until it's March 10th release, "Mama, I'm Swollen" will be available to download for the dollar amount corresponding to the day of the month. So today, March 3rd, it will be available to purchase for $3, tomorrow, March 4th for $4 and so and and so forth until March 9th, where it will be $9, then I believe it'll be permanently available at the regular download price of $9.99 from March 10th onward.

I snagged my download for a dollar, cause I couldn't wait to hear new Cursive! If you are a Cursive fan, and/or have a few bucks to spare, DOWNLOAD THE ALBUM!

I haven't listened to it in it's entirety, or at least not attentively, yet, but what I have listened to, I really enjoy.

That being said, I will be playing some tracks off of Cursive's new album, "Mama, I'm Swollen" this Saturday on Aural Life. So if you haven't downloaded it or don't have the money to spare right now, you can get a preview of it before it comes out this upcoming Tuesday, March 10th.

So, those who wish to purchase a download can do so here. It's only three bucks today! C'mon!...and it's CURSIVE!!! YAY!

Well, hope to have you guys tune in to Aural Life this Saturday from 8pm - 10pm PST, and don't forget to tune in to my good friend Gabby on Avant-Noise Radio a few hours before my show from 4pm - 6pm PST.

Thanks everyone.
Peace & Love.
.erick.

2/28/09

2009-03-01T10:48:00.000-08:00

Hey everyone,

I enjoyed doing last nights show. I decided to pick some music I truly enjoy, and I hoped a lot of you who listened enjoyed it as well.
As per usual, here is the playlist from last night's programme.

1. The Dismemberment Plan - A Life Of Possibilities
2. Les Savy Fav - The Year Before the Year 2000
3. Cursive - Sink to the Beat
4. Desaparecidos - What's New For Fall
5. Tokyo Police Club - Box
6. Georgie James - Look Me Up
7. Q And Not U - Hooray For Humans
8. Broken Social Scene - Almost Crimes
9. Colour Revolt - Circus
10. Torches In Trees - Satchel
11. Wolf Parade - I'll Believe In Anything
12. Sonic Youth - Skip Tracer
13. Of Montreal - Requiem for O.M.M.2
14. Sondre Lerche - Airport Taxi Reception
15. We Are Scientists - It's A Hit

-=Comic Relief=-
Demetri Martin
Comedy from his album, "These Are Jokes"
Watch "Important Things with Demetri Martin"
Wednesdays at 10:30pm.

16. Bloc Party - Trojan Horse
17. Crystal Castles - Alice Practice
18. Broken Spindles - Events & Affairs
19. TV on the Radio - Poppy
20. Silversun Pickups - Future Foe Scenarios
21. The Crimea - Opposite Ends
22. At the Drive-In - Ticklish
23. mewithoutYou - Tie Me Up! Untie Me!
24. ¡Forward Russia! - Two
25. The Willowz - Ulcer Soul
26. Death From Above 1979 - Do It!
27. As Tall As Lions - Ghosts of York

To those who listened to the show last night, thank you very much. For those who didn't, tune in when you can! =]
Thanks to all and continue to listen and support http://radio23.org! =]

Peace & Love
.erick.

Late Night with Conan O'Brien Goodbye

2009-02-22T02:10:00.000-08:00

Conan's last show as the host of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and also his last show with New York as the show's home was a very emotional one. His very last musical guest chosen was The White Stripes, doing a slightly different, yet very emotional version of "We're Going to Be Friends" to help Conan bid farewell to his 12:35am "Late Night" spot. After the performance, Conan walks to the performers, as per usual after a performance, but you can hear him thanking both Jack and Meg and also telling Jack, "That meant the world to me."

Here is a video of the performance

An mp3 of the performance can be downloaded here (thanks to Stereogum)

Taking over for Mr. O'Brien (as many may already know) is Jimmy Fallon. So, soon, everyone will say hello to "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon", but not without being preceded by "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" (that felt awkward to type...)

Conan has served late night, as well as his "Late Night" spot, amazingly for the past 16 years. I am hoping that when Conan comes here to L.A., his style and the comedic genius of his show is preserved, as well as the great musical guests he has on oh, so often.

Conan begins his new 11:35am "Tonight Show" run on June 1st.

2/21/09

2009-02-22T00:33:00.000-08:00

This was Saturday's, 2/21/09, rather eccentric playlist, as far as some of these songs finding a home together. Today's show had kind of a theme going, which was called "Numeric Life". All the songs have numbers in the title.

1. James Figurine - 55566688833
2. Q And Not U - 7 Daughters
3. Sunny Day Real Estate - 47
4. OK Go - 1000 Miles Per Hour
5. Cafe Tacuba - 24 Horas
6. John Lennon - #9 Dream
7. Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
8. The Vines - 1969
9. The Stooges - 1970
10. mewithoutYou - January 1979
11. Death Cab for Cutie - Expo '86
12. Saul Williams - 1987
13. Crystal Castles - 1991
14. Modest Mouse - 3rd Planet
15. Arcade Fire - Neighborhood #2 (Laika)
16. Interpol - Obstacle 2
17. Bloc Party - Waiting for the 7.18
18. MGMT - 4th Dimensional Transition
19. Arctic Monkeys - 505
20. The White Stripes - 300 M.P.H. Torrential Outpour Blues
21. At the Drive-In - 198d
22. Circa Survive - 1,000 Witnesses
23. The Dismemberment Plan - 8.5 Minutes
24. Blonde Redhead - 10 Feet High
25. The Prize Fighter Inferno - 78
26. Radiohead - 2+2=5 (The Lukewarm)

Thanks to everyone who tuned in or wanted to but couldn't. =]

Same time, same place.
Saturday 8pm-10pm
http://radio23.org

Tune in next week for some music that I personally love and I hope you will to, whether you have heard of it or not.

Peace & Love
.erick.

Live Video of the Week

2009-02-21T23:18:00.000-08:00

Hello everyone!

Today is Saturday (barely, almost over...stupid non-compliant internet) and that means today I put up the Live Video of the Week!!!

Today's video is probably my favorite live Radiohead performance captured on camera. I'm not sure where it's from or what year, but I think it's Paris in 2001...I am unsure though. However, what I am sure about is this is such an amazing performance of "Everything In It's Right Place"

Enjoy, my friends!

Thank you.
Peace & Love
.erick.

02/15/09

2009-02-15T22:27:00.000-08:00

Here's the play list for my broadcast on Sunday, 02/15/09, which was an hour long.

1. The Crimea - Lottery Winners on Acid
2. Wolf Parade - Grounds for Divorce
3. Silversun Pickups - Melatonin
4. Albert Hammond, Jr - In Transit
5. Arcade Fire - (Antichrist Television Blues)
6. Bright Eyes - Happy Birthday to Me (Feb. 15)
7. Elliott Smith - Junk Bond Trader
8. Les Savy Fav - Pots and Pans
9. OK Go - Oh Lately It's So Quiet
10. Of Montreal - Gronlandic Edit
11. Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Pin (Remix)
12. The Shins - Pink Bullets
13. Vampire Weekend - Bryn
14. Tilly and the Wall - Sing Songs Along

Thanks to everyone who tuned in.
I will be on again this coming Saturday night (02/21/09) from 8pm - 10pm.
Thanks for listening to Aural Life and continue to support http://radio23.org

Peace and Love
.erick.

Welcome to Aural Life!

2009-02-15T15:24:00.000-08:00

Aural Life is the blog created for and as part of Aural Life (Radio) that will be broadcasting on Saturdays from 8pm-10pm, Live on http://radio23.org. I will posts each week's show topic/subject and the play list from that show on here. As well as updating with some music news, etc.

So, thanks everyone and enjoy Aural Life.