SXSW: Show-hopping on a Wednesday
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Photographer Scott Dudelson sends along this gallery from his show-hopping adventures on Wednesday at SXSW.
Interpol’s bright lights show signs of flickering
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Interpol sounded less like a band geeked out about the release of its fourth album and more like a band in the throes of a mid-career crisis on Monday night. At a semi-private show for KCRW-FM at Berkeley Street Studio, the New Yorkers performed two four-song sets that bookended an interview conducted by the radio […]
Henry Rollins back on the FM airwaves, on KCRW
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Henry Rollins is going to have watch his language again. The songwriter/spoken-word artist/author and former Black Flag frontman returns to the FM airwaves with a weekly show from 6 to 8 p.m. on Saturday nights on KCRW-FM. Rollins hosted a show on the late, great Indie 103.1 until the station changed formats in January. He […]
Visceral reactions and valentines
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[Afternoon quickies while I listen to the rain and the nice new album by Elvis Perkins in Dearland … and if you need some accompaniment whilst reading this, here’s a stream of” Jason Bentley’s take on West Indian Girl’s “All My Friends,” one of a series of remixes the band just completed. WIG plays the […]
Bentley to succeed Harcourt at KCRW-FM
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Jason Bentley will succeed Nic Harcourt as music director at KCRW-FM and will assume duties as host of “Morning Becomes Eclectic” on Dec. 1, the station announced today. As Danceblogga points out, Bentley, 38, is one of the foremost radio proponents of electronic dance music, as well as a leading DJ, producer and remixer. His […]
