Friday, May 30th, our friends Dead Meadow return to the Little Radio warehouse to record their next Matador Record's release, Dead Meadow Live at Little Radio. We'll be filming and recording their entire set in front of 600 of their biggest fans. They'll be joined by local Los Angelenos Entrance and Winter Flowers.
There will be a limited number of tickets made public for $13.00, so get them HERE now. Tickets include free drinks all evening. The show is 21+ only.
"yo, you goin to that foot patrol show dawg?"
1. If sports are involved, fist bumping is always acceptable.
2. If you are wearing a suit, you may only fist bump if you are drunk. Or if you have just wrapped part of your suit around your forehead.
3. You may not fist bump under any circumstances, in a hospital. Unless Rule #1 (or Rule #2) applies.
4. Do not fist bump someone else's misfortune, even if it helps you. Just look down, furrow your brow, and nod sternly.
5. No fist bumping between the hours of 7am and 10am. And if you're watching sports at this time, it's probably soccer or NASCAR, and then you should really not be fist bumping. High fives will suffice for both.
6. Do not fist bump in a meeting. Even if you are drunk.
7. Do not fist bump your children. Unless you're drunk, then it's OK.
8. Girls can fist bump anytime they want. And yes, guys think it's cute.
9. Do not refuse a fist bump. If you, as a bumpee, believe the bumper is violating a rule, speak to him afterwards. Refusing his bump is not going to help anything.
10. Do not fist bump yourself
-From somewhere on the Interwebs
Back in 2004 Little Radio began broadcasting worldwide online and as a pirate radio station in Los Angeles. One of our most popular shows was Zoe Radio, with 13 year old Zoe. She was discovered after her father posted a playlist that included everyone from Treepeople to Stevie Wonder and impressed me so much I asked her dad if she'd like a show.
Every Sunday her father Ian would drive her down to the station and she'd launch into 2 hours of music while she discussed the past weeks happenings at school. Her amazing musical taste and confidence on the mic earned her a story in Spin after only 3 months. (written by our own Kate Sullivan before she had her own radio show) She was also dubbed "Badass of the Month" in Elle Girl and listed in NME as one of the "Best Podcasts" on the net.
Her musical knowledge comes from growing up with a music geek dad who worked for the Beastie Boys for years and even created the first band/artist website on the internet. I mean, the guy had a website up in 1993. We couldn't even spell "email" back then. He's recently left Yahoo Music and is currently CEO of an amazing new company Top Spin Media.
4 years later Zoe is 17 and has been accepted to a little college out east called MIT. She finds time to do shows when she can and recently checked out the college station at MIT. Go Zoe!
Check the podcast section for many of her old shows.
The Wedding Present
El Rey
2008 | Manifesto Records
The Wedding Present falls under the category of one of those work horse
bands. They've been around forever, slowly churning out album after
album, and for the most part ranging from good to stellar. El Rey is
their 8th studio release, helped along with Steve Albini in the studio,
and with more than a handful of references to Los Angeles thrown about.
You can keep reading after this, but I'll just state it now- this album
is stellar.
The
songs on El Rey are just chock full of that self hating, girlfriend
hangup lyric writing that David Gedge seems to have been put on earth
for. While he's singing "I thought you'd always be beside me" you have
to wonder how much a man can take. And yet, The Wedding Present doesn't
make it awkward to listen to it all pour out, it's an expected trait
with this band, and without I think I'd feel slightly stunned. There is
a healthy balance between slow, shoe gazing melodies ("The Trouble with
Men", "Boo Boo"), and tambourine clapping, almost wanting to call it
Pop songs ("The Thing I Like Best About Him is His Girlfriend"). Maybe
perhaps Gedge had a bit too much sun out here in California, but there
are definite warmer, poppier overtones weaving through several of the
tracks ("Soup", "Don't Take Me Home Until I'm Drunk"). However, that
aspect helps the overall album, although still sounding like the
Wedding Present I'm fond of, feel more modern and not falling into the
trap of playing like a band still in the decade the were formed.
El
Rey, for fans of The Wedding Present, should feel like an old familiar
friend, while those of you out there trying them for the first time can
easily slip into the album. I would suggest checking out "Santa Ana
Winds", "I Lost the Monkey", and "The Thing I Like Best About Him is
His Girlfriend".
-Elana Rintala
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The Rosewood Thieves from NY, NY stopped by the Little Radio studio on May 9th for a live performance. They are currently on a US tour and be on the lookout for their new Rise and Shine EP due out this summer.
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