Archive for category: Best New Music

Warpaint Live on KCRW

30 January, 2012 (19:03) | Best New Music | By: admin

Warpaint has been one of LA’s most effective rising bands over the last few years. I remember when I first started discovering them — I’m always intrigued by an all female band, so what can I say – but it was their own cover of David Bowie’s “Ashes to be able to Ashes” that cemented [...]

What I Got at the Post Office Today by Chuck P

16 January, 2012 (08:04) | Best New Music | By: admin

All of our DJs receive hundreds of CDs a month to consider for airplay. With this regular feature, KCRW DJ Toss P catalogues his music bounty from the Post Office every week.Warm days and cool days. In winter. I love this area. ’nuff said. Got a great deal of health benefits from the post office [...]

KCRW’s Top 50 Nearly all Played Albums

12 January, 2012 (08:15) | Best New Music | By: admin

KCRW’s Prime 50 Most Played Albums for the Week of 02/21/2011One particular HARVEY, PJ == Let England Shake >> [Vagrant]Only two ADELE == 21 >> [Columbia]3 TORO Y MOI == Beneath the Pine >> [Carpark]4 JAMIROQUAI == Rock Dirt Light Star >> [Mercury Uk]5 SAADIQ, RAPHAEL == Gemstone Rollin – Sampler >> [Columbia]6 GANG OF [...]

Adele Live on KCRW

31 December, 2011 (01:10) | Best New Music | By: admin

Not only was every person buzzing all week with regards to Adele stopping by KCRW for Morning Becomes Eclectic but, since your woman played this morning, I’ve gotten plenty of  emails, texts, etc… about how great your woman sounded. AND a ticket free gift to see her tonight clogged up KCRW’ersus phone system! I don’t [...]

Automelodi + Plastic Flowers: Playing in Prefix

30 December, 2011 (01:24) | Best New Music | By: admin

Playing on Prefix is a attribute on KCRW’s Music Blog in which writers from the diverse music site Prefix hip that you what’s coming out of their pc speakers each week.Much has been manufactured of a late-’00s goth revival, and in his or her typical cringeworthy fashion, Internet hype artists coined the term “severe wave” [...]

Gold Panda — Maiage Remix EP + Tour Days

13 November, 2011 (10:19) | Best New Music | By: admin

Gold Panda had so much blog site hype last year that I actually avoided listening to it for some time.  Sometimes the overwhelming words and phrases of praise scare me personally away and I prefer to wait around and listen, even if I’mirielle a little late to the celebration.Well, guess what – the  UK company [...]

Duran Duran’s New Album – A Encouraged Return?

9 November, 2011 (21:08) | Best New Music | By: admin

From DJ Eric L Lawrence:First developing my musical technology awareness in the late 1970′s & early 80s, it was impossible to avoid Duran Duran.And why can you want to?  Despite their pretty-boy graphic that had all the girls swooning over their Tiger Beat publications, endlessly debating over which fellow member was cuter, Duran Duran’s music [...]

SXSW Preview: Tristen

2 November, 2011 (09:55) | Best New Music | By: admin

Nashville-based singer Tristen sounds consequently sweet, even when she’s singing regarding things that aren’t very sweet in any respect.Jason started spinning her record in October this past year, right before CMJ, and though my take instincts led me to enjoy the catchy chorus associated with “Matchstick Murder” right off the bat, I started gravitating a [...]

Maceo Plex: Artist You Should Know

29 October, 2011 (05:05) | Best New Music | By: admin

From our NYC coespondent DJ Jason Eldredge:The winter’azines chill becomes a distant memory this month with the comfortable full-length debut of Valencia, Spain-based DJ and producer, Maceo Plex.Otherwise known as Eric Estornel (and more lately traveling under the moniker Maetrik), Plex generates electronica at is finest, citing references as diverse since Moodymann, Isolee, Kenny Larkin, [...]

SXSW Preview: Phantogram

21 October, 2011 (06:40) | Best New Music | By: admin

Phantogram’s “Mouthful of Diamonds” ended up being unquestionably one of last year’utes sweetest album openers.With a sputtering drum never-ending loop that suggests that the album may not take off, this upstate NY duo dramatically reel you within, to suddenly propel you on a stratospheric flight that is fun, but driven, and by some means bubbly while intimating menace.Using a tried and tested [...]