| Various Artists / Kxlu Live Vol 6 (2CD) |
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| Album: | Kxlu Live Vol 6 (2CD) | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Various Artists | Added: | Mar 2004 | |
| Label: | Kxlu | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2004-05-31 | Pull Date: | 2004-08-02 |
| Week Ending: | Jul 18 | Jul 11 | Jun 27 | Jun 20 | Jun 13 | Jun 6 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 28, 2015: | Breakaway Bluff Live on Glossolalia | 4. | Apr 13, 2005: | Strange Attractor None of the Above | |
| 2. | Dec 02, 2006: | Biff Bang Pow Days of Wine and Roses | 5. | Oct 15, 2004: | I once was canadian The Doctor and the Dj, Title Track | |
| 3. | Nov 18, 2006: | Biff Bang Pow The Doctor and the Dj | 6. | Jul 15, 2004: | Hello Kitten Telephone |
| Album Review |
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| pat blue ribbon Reviewed 2004-05-15 | ||
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KXLU Live Vol. 6 Indie rock/pop/math rock/hip-hop/experimental --Compilation of bands playing line on KXLU in LA -- mostly indie rock but also good math rock and hip-hop and a few good experimental/noise tracks. To their credit, indie rock tracks often deviate from well-worn formulae -- and the noise/experimental tracks were especially good (CD1: 3, 16) PICS: CD1: 1, 3, 4, 10, 11, 13, 15, 16 CD2:1, 3, 6, 10, 12, 14, 15, 17 CD1 1. The Mooney Suzuki - goofy banter, then harmonica solo, hipster blues romp 2. The Blue Balls - nice name! driving catchy punk/indie rock, scratchy voice 3. Dinosaurs with Horns - samples, loops + feedback, evolves into noise, blips, vocal samples, GREAT! 4. The Convocation of... - quiet beginning, fugazi-esque punk 5. The Mercury Program - groovin bass line + vibrophone, instrumental indie/math rock 6. Slug and Eyedea - hip-hop - double team freestyle rhyming + beats 7. Dear Nora - indie rock, female vocalists, cute 8. Her Space Holiday - slow, sensitive indie pop, atmospheric keyboards 9. Beans - instrumental electronica/indie rock + trumpet, spacey, downtempo 10. At the Drive-In - indie rock/punk, guitar feedback and beginning, distorted spoken/yelled vocals, 11. Tak and 4zone - hip-hop, freestyle rhymes, + beatbox solo! 12. Irving - off-key female vocals, tripped-out guitar & trumpet, weird 13. The Dylan Group - great xylophone solo then math rock-y drums and bass come in 14. Steve Wynn - acoustic guitar + voice, energetic, 15. Mascott - sweet indie pop, female vocals, tambourine 16. Kitten Sparkles - swirling dark feedbacky noise, ominous distorted screams and voices CD2 1. Oma Yang - instrumental indie/math rock, rises in intensity at end 2. Tracker - indie rock, voice + guitar at beginning, drums come in later 3. Yume Bitsu - epic indie rock, sad vocals at beginning then long instrumental rock-out 4. Illyah Kuryahkin - creepy whispered vocals + guitar, spooky indie singer-songwriter 5. Slumber Party - slow, female harmonized vocals, dark, wandering electric guitar 6. Of Montreal - acoustic guitar, sweet out-of-tune vocals, beatles-esque 7. Death Cab for Cutie - slow guitar, sad, indie pop heartbreakers 8. LA Symphony - hip-hop, head bobber, catchy hook 9. FCS North - sampled cello+keyboards+drums+spoken japanese samples, somewhat ambient electronica 10. Lftr Pllr - math rock, shouted beat-poetry vocals, good 11. Ascaris - driving punk, stops and starts 12. Selby Tigers - uptempo driving rockin guitar, lyrics about west coast vs. east coast, rocks 13. The Salteens - bright peppy keyboards + driving midtempo indie rock 14. Mates of State - indie rock sing-along, super catchy, male+female trade-off vocals 15. The Vogue - great! dark electro keyboards, crazy wheezing vocals 16. The Good Life - dark keyboards + drum machine + guitar, dramatic falsetto indie vocals 17. The Weakkerthans - sweet midtempo indie rock, lyrics about truck stops, | ||
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