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Wednesday, February 15, 2012
Radio Re: Happy Phil Collins Day!
Posted by Anna Minard on Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 2:23 PM
Thanks, Megan! You reminded me of this: Remember that time Starlee Kine from This American Life decided to try and write a torch song after a painful breakup, and then she decided to call Phil Collins for help, and he actually called back? Hilarity! No better way to celebrate the day after Valentine's/Phil Collins Day than listening to that for free right here.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Radio / Interview Erik Davis Interviews Alan Bishop on Expanding Mind
Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 12:11 PM
On the Progressive Radio Network show Expanding Mind, writer Erik Davis explores various states of cultural consciousness and global sound archeology with Seattle-based musician/Sublime Frequencies label co-owner Alan Bishop (formerly of Sun City Girls, Alvarius B.). Bishop reveals that some of the SF projects on the horizon include a Malaysian comp, a collection of Moroccan folk, and something unspecified on Malian music by co-honcho Hisham Mayet. He also discusses dealing with grim, suspicious Burmese (Myanmarese?) police searching his room at 3 am.
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Friday, January 27, 2012
Tonight / Radio DJ Self-Administered Beatdown on KCBS's Uncle Meghabhuti Show
Posted by Dave Segal on Fri, Jan 27, 2012 at 9:44 AM
One of the city’s savviest spinners of funk and soul jams, DJ Self-Administered Beatdown (aka Triple Door talent buyer Scott Giampino), will be subbing for regular hosts Lila Kitaeff and Antoine da Funkscribe on KBCS’s Uncle Meghabhuti show from 7-9 tonight. You can tune in at 91.3 FM in the Seattle area or via www.kbcs.fm. Expect to hear dope, rare cuts like the one below.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Radio Sandrider Play KEXP Tonight at 8 pm
Posted by Grant Brissey on Sat, Jan 7, 2012 at 12:31 PM
If you don't know Sandrider by now, your rock cred is officially revoked. The jet-propelled Seattle heavy rock trio is comprised of Jon Weisnewski and Nat Damm of Akimbo and Jesse Roberts of The Ruby Doe/Kid Congo & The Pink Monkey Birds. Their self-titled debut sports streamlined, steamroller chord progressions and tig-welded riffs that take turns driving and flying over Nat Damm’s notoriously unflappable beat. It’s hard rock, but you can write to it. (Which is nearly impossible with most rock records.) You could do lots of things to this forceful and sophisticated avalance of sound: World domination. Fortress building. Ruling your kingdom. Fishing. Turn on KEXP tonight at 8 pm to hear the business.
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Lists / Radio KEXP DJs' Top-10 Albums Lists
Posted by Dave Segal on Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 12:25 PM
Because you’ve not yet had your fill of year-end lists this month, we present to you the top-10 albums lists of Seattle radio station KEXP’s programmers. If there’s one conclusion we can arrive at from this, it’s that KEXP's on-air talent (nine of 'em) loves Shabazz Palaces’ Black Up. (By the way, this is the only album that my top 10 has in common with KEXP’s DJs.) Black Up—along with James Blake’s self-titled full-length—are the great uniters among the station’s jocks. Peruse the lists here.
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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Hey You Fucking Kids! / Crap / Radio This Damn Song
Posted by Anna Minard on Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 8:59 AM
After hearing a song for at least the third or fourth time over the Thanksgiving weekend (in grocery stores, in commercials), I sent my brother a text about it. When it comes to contemporary popular music, I often prefer picking his brain to googling.
To: [Little Brother]
Sent: Sat, Nov 26, 7:34 pmWhat is this “something something in the house tonight/everybody gonna have a good time” song? “Every day I’m shufflin’… wickawickawheeewheeeeeee” etc. ?
The song, he immediately informed me, was “Party Rock Anthem,” by LFMAO.
It has now been stuck in my head for three days, and I am slowly losing my mind. I went to Damn You Autocorrect! for unrelated laughs and there was a (comically autocorrected) conversation about having that song stuck in your head. This morning I started uncontrollably humming it. When I googled "party rock anthem stuck in my head" there were over 200,000 hits. Then (because of the googling) I found myself watching approximately a trillion YouTube videos of 10 year old girls' gymnastics routines/marching band performances/little kids sitting on their mom's laps, all doing their thing to this song, and now I really can’t escape it. My new plan is, of course, loudly humming ’50s TV theme songs, the only surefire ohrwurm-removal method. (And double grrrr: LMFAO always serves to remind me of LFO, a band name I would like to forget. Fie!)
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Tonight / Radio / RIP Tizzy T RIP - Tribute @ Skybox Tonight
Posted by Larry Mizell, Jr. on Thu, Nov 3, 2011 at 5:42 PM
Late notice: any Line Out readers that are also lovers of local hiphop and want to show support for the late Tizzy T, hit up the Skybox Lounge this evening and sprinkle his family with some help and good vibes.
A couple weeks ago I had DJ Topspin and The Note come through Street Sounds and do an hour-long tribute to their lost comrade, have a listen:
RIP TIZZY T - STREET SOUNDS 10/23/11 HOUR 2 by lar206
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Right Now / Radio SBTRKT Plays Live on KEXP @ 3 PM
Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 2:53 PM
London-based, post-dubstep soul man SBTRKT performs live on KEXP at 3 pm on Kevin Cole's Afternoon Show. Tune in here or at 90.3 FM on the radio dial. Later tonight, SBTRKT does another set at Neptune Theatre. Rumors abound that Shabazz Palaces might make a cameo appearance.
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Friday, October 7, 2011
Radio / Upcoming Jackie-O Motherfucker's Tom Greenwood and Others Live on Hollow Earth Radio Saturday
Posted by Dave Segal on Fri, Oct 7, 2011 at 3:48 PM
Local DIY, freeform internet radio station Hollow Earth Radio is hosting a free all-ages show at its HQ Sat. Oct. 8, 9 pm. Headliner and Jackie-O Motherfucker mainstay Tom Greenwood will be improvising his distinctive form of avant-Americana music and showing the film The Salem Singers. Also performing live on the webbage: Dull Knife, My Printer Broke, (Garrett Kelly [WaMü], Rachel LeBlanc [WaMü], and Zack Shaw [Kuru Cult, Prawnyxx], and Portland's Sun Foot, who include visual artist Chris Johanson.
More info here.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Band / Radio Hear Olivia Tremor Control Live on NPR
Posted by Dave Segal on Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 1:29 PM
Did you miss Olivia Tremor Control at Vera Project earlier this month? Well, NPR has partially made up for that oversight by making OTC’s show at Le Poisson Rouge in New York City last night available for streaming.
Even if you did catch the Athens, Georgia psych-pop nonet’s Vera set, you might want to tune in. These guys didn’t lose any of their fiery inventiveness or whimsical charm during their lengthy hiatus. OTC’s pyschedelia has the rare ability to flirt with madness and also to plunge headlong into shaggy amiability—and sound equally adept at both modes.
(Also, be on the lookout for Chunklet’s reissues of Dusk at Cubist Castle and Black Foliage, out Nov. 15.)
Friday, August 12, 2011
Radio / Upcoming Midday Veil to Play on KEXP's Audioasis
Posted by Dave Segal on Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 10:52 AM
Seattle psychedelic multimedia ensemble Midday Veil will play a live set on KEXP's Audioasis show (90.3 FM; kexp.org) Sat. Aug. 13 at 8 pm. In addition, they're making their new EP, Subterranean Ritual II (Translinguistic Other), available for free streaming here. You can also purchase it on a cassette, which comes with a download card. I wrote about SR2 on Line Out last month. I quite liked it. Midday Veil launch a West Coast tour—with said cassette in tow—Aug. 17, culminating with an Aug. 26 show at the Comet. (See itinerary after the cut.)
Monday, August 8, 2011
Radio / Teh Internets Schnitzler Tribute on Hollow Earth Radio Today
Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 11:33 AM
DJ Agnes Fidget (aka Domenica Clark) is planning to pay tribute to the late Conrad Schnitzler on her The Inland Buoy today from 2 pm-4 pm (the Con segment will likely be in the first hour). She plans to spin a bunch of Schnitzler's solo work and possibly his stuff with the early incarnation of Cluster (then known as Kluster). You can tune in at www.hollowearthradio.org.
Here's my recent Line Out tribute to Schnitzler. I should also add that Schnitzler has a posthumous album coming out Aug. 30 on M=minimal titled Con-Struct, which features his huge storehouse of analog-synth sounds collated and reconfigured by Borngräber & Strüver. It's a relatively understated affair compared to Con's more turbulent '70s efforts, but it does bear a fascinatingly enigmatic and lunar aura.
Monday, August 1, 2011
Radio / Teh Internets Medical Records' Dr. Troy on Hollow Earth Radio Today
Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 12:31 PM
Dr. Troy (Wadsworth), head of the outstanding reissue label Medical Records (recently profiled in The Stranger), appears on Hollow Earth Radio today from 2 pm-4 pm at hollowearthradio.org. He'll be joining host DJ Agnes (aka Domenica Clark) on her program The Inland Buoy. "We are going to be playing selections from the Medical Records catalog along with our favorite synth-centric songs, of the disco, wave, Italo and Electro variety," Agnes says. "We will also be talking about the records in question and enthusiastically going on about them." Which is a good thing: Dr. Troy is a loquacious, very knowledgeable fellow with excellent taste in synth music.
(Ogi's self-titled LP from 1980 is Medical Records' latest release.)
Friday, June 24, 2011
Homo / Pod/Vod / Radio KEXP Launches DJ El Toro's Big Gay Podcast 2011
Posted by Kelly O on Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 1:24 PM
This is so cool! And you can download the podcast for free! God Bless Gaymerica!
KEXP Launches DJ El Toro's 3rd Annual Big Gay Podcast
Celebrating National LGBT Pride Month
Seattle, WA — Seeking a change of pace from Lady Gaga during this year's LGBT Pride festivities? Listener-powered KEXP 90.3 FM is proud to announce the launch of its 3rd Annual Big Gay Podcast, 75 minutes of eclectic programming cherry-picked by KEXP on-air host DJ El Toro (aka author and entertainer Kurt B. Reighley).
This year's program spans a wide gamut of sounds by queer artists, from conscious Seattle hip-hop and wig-flipping garage rock to 8-bit electronica, neoclassical chamber music, and a rarity by Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields. Reflecting its commitment to championing local music, this Big Gay Podcast includes select cuts by Seattle artists THEESatisfaction and Noddy, Portland troubadour Holcombe Waller, and Light Asylum (featuring Emerald City expatriate Shannon Funchess, formerly of Seattle Afro-punk combo IMIJ).
The complete podcast is available to download for free RIGHT HERE.
Track listing after the jump!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
Radio / Teh Internets Hollow Earth Radio Show Seeks Strange Music
Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:55 PM
Chris Bradbury, a DJ for the locally operated Hollow Earth Radio, is looking for weird music/sounds to air on his program Gunpowder Suite (Tuesday nights 9 pm-11 pm PST). Here's your chance to get your sonic art heard some great exposure, thanks to the open-minded and aesthetically acute Mr. Bradbury. Let's let Chris (aka Zimbo) tell you exactly what he's in the market for.
This is a call for music, sound, noise, field recordings, etc. for play on Hollow Earth Radio's program Gunpowder Suite. The focus is on electronic and experimental music, noise and field recordings, with some genre blur/drift.
What I am looking for/hoping to find:
- experimental/abstract/listening music from the Pacific Northwest, especially from Seattle
- material from female producers
- field recordings focused on neighborhoods/aspects of Seattle (or the general Pacific Northwest)If you are interested in contributing, you can check out specifics of
the program, including playlists, here and here.Downloads would be best (Soundcloud is great), and you can send information to gunpowdersuite@gmail.com. I suggest making sure any mp3 tags are correct/accurate.
Disclaimer: While I love dance music, I likely for now will not be playing a lot of it on the program. I am more than happy to pass music to Hollow Earth Radio's general library (which I will also do with any other music submitted to the program).
Monday, June 13, 2011
Tonight / Radio / Tip Late Notice: Neighbors Live on Hollow Earth Tonight
Posted by Jason Baxter on Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 5:48 PM
Tune in to Hollow Earth Radio tonight at 8 pm for a live set by DIY throwback-rockers Neighbors. You can read my review of their self-released Puros Exitos here.
Tuesday, May 31, 2011
Tonight / Radio Benoit Pioulard to Play Live on KEXP at 1 am
Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, May 31, 2011 at 11:59 AM
Portland-based producer Benoît Pioulard will be doing an in-studio session on DJ Shani's show on KEXP (90.3 FM; kexp.org) tonight (technically Wednesday at 1 am). He'll be previewing new material specially created for his set at the experimental/drone-oriented Substrata Festival, happening July 15-17 at Chapel Performance Space.
Thursday, May 19, 2011
Radio James Blake Is Live on KEXP at 1 pm
Posted by Dave Segal on Thu, May 19, 2011 at 11:40 AM
UK post-dubstep phenom James Blake is slated to play live on KEXP (90.3 FM/www.kexp.org) at 1 pm today. The introspective soul singer/producer performs at the sold-out Tractor tonight, with Nite Jewel. Read my feature on Blake in this week's paper here.
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Radio / Upcoming He Whose Ox Is Gored on Audioasis May 7
Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, May 4, 2011 at 12:13 PM
High-IQ'd Seattle hard rockers He Whose Ox Is Gored will perform an in-studio session on KEXP's Audioasis show (hosted by Hannah Levin) Sat. May 7 at 8 pm. You can tune in at 90.3 FM in Seattle and kexp.org worldwide. More info here.
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Tit Pig Play Live on Sonic Reducer Tonight
Posted by Grant Brissey at 8:23 PM in Radio
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Mary Anne Hobbs Is Live on KEXP at 3 pm Today
Posted by Dave Segal at 11:53 AM in Radio
Tuesday, April 5, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Pat Thomas Discusses Black Power-Inspired Music on Hollow Earth Radio
Posted by Dave Segal at 2:06 PM in Tonight / Radio
Saturday, March 26, 2011
No Witchcraft Tonight at Ballard Mine, and Gripes About Student Radio's Rep
Posted by Jason Baxter at 12:41 PM in Tonight / Radio / Tip
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
kikiilimikilii and Nathan Wheeler to Play at Hollow Earth Radio Feb. 23
Posted by Dave Segal at 1:48 PM in Radio / Upcoming
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Friday, January 7, 2011
KEXP's Quest to Become Popular on New York Mornings Seems to Be a Success...
Posted by Brendan Kiley at 8:53 AM in Radio
Sunday, December 12, 2010
Jon McMillion and Nuearth Kitchen's Jeremy Grant on Expansions
Posted by Dave Segal at 6:16 PM in Tonight / Radio
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Derek Erdman Is on Hollow Earth Radio Right Now
Posted by Grant Brissey at 10:15 AM in Crap / Radio
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Which Do You Switch the Quickest?
Posted by Trent Moorman at 12:14 PM in Song / Radio
Monday, October 25, 2010
Thanks, Miss Ashley, for Playing Lou Bond's "Come on Snob" at 5:24 This Morning
Posted by Dave Segal at 4:26 PM in Song / Radio
Friday, October 22, 2010
Stretch Armstrong & Bobbito's 20th Anniversary Show
Posted by Larry Mizell, Jr. at 3:23 PM in Radio
Tuesday, October 19, 2010
Das Racist on Mudd Up! with DJ/Rupture on WFMU
Posted by Eric Grandy at 9:19 AM in Radio / Love
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