Tune in this Sunday, August 2nd at 9pm to hear singer-songwriter Sal Filipelli live on “I’m in a Band..” – the BEST in Unsigned Music.
Send any qustions over via AIM during the show and DJ Octoon will either ignore them or ask the artist.
Meanwhile, check out Sal’s MySpace page. Seriously
Indie Rock slugs, the Black Heartthrobs triumphantly return to UCLA radio to play an acoustic set of new songs from their forthcoming album. David and Jane actually met at UCLA and played their first show on Rox Populi 3 years ago. Since then they have been crafting their songs and sound while playing hospitals, weddings, and bear caves.
Sounds like the Beatles and Pavement with milkshakes.
Listen to them LIVE August 4th 11-noon PST!
Check out local LA rapper Eyetel on his website and on Myspace.
Timothy Baggett, better known as Eyetel, was born January 1, 1985 in Chicago Illinois. He moved out to the west when he was 18 months. He has lived all over from Long Beach, South Central, Watts to even Moreno Valley.
As a kid he was really into drawing & playing basketball & never really had an interest in rapping. During the summer of 1999 he first decided he wanted to be a rapper after being heavily influenced by Eminem. He even called himself Tim Shady which was an obvious rip off to Eminem’s “Slim Shady”. After writing his 1st rhyme that summer, he left the paper laying around & his cousin Josh found it and told him that it was the wackest rhyme ever so little Tim Shady quit rapping & went back to playing basketball.
While Timothy attended Crenshaw High School he decided to rap again & eventually took on the name Eyetel after going through a few others. His 1st MC Battle was with Siqsteen Barz. The battle was 2 rounds to a beat box & the cipher called it a draw. Siqsteen Barz would later pick Eyetel up as an artist for Hallway Enertainment & produced Eyetel’s 1st album, “Rap Book” in 2003. Also around this time, Eyetel started wearing a sign around his neck that read, “Will Rap For Money” & would literally rap to anyone on the streets that would pay & listen to him.
Since his start at Crenshaw High, Eyetel has been moving non stop. He has been in MC Battles, performed live thoughout Los Angeles, has opened up for the lengendary Too Short, spit live on Power 106’s Wake Up Show, built his own home studio, released 3 full albums, a mixtape & an EP titled, “Back 2 Tha Crib” which is now available on iTunes and other online retailers.
Check out singer/songwriter Jane Lui as she performs, chats, and hangs out – live in studio this Sunday at 8pm on UCLAradio.com!
Be sure to visit her homepage and her uber-cool YouTube site!
DJ Octoon will take on-air questions or comments for Jane via AIM (BruinRadio) during the show.
See ya Sunday!
Don’t miss Hood Hustlers Entertainment rising star J-Mo live on The Cool Down tonight (Monday, July 13) at 8p PST on UCLAradio.com. The Detroit native and Los Angeles transplant will talk about his career thus far, his current album, a new track, and give away tickets to performances at The Knitting Factory with Devin the Dude (July 17) and The Key Club with E-40 (August 20).
Tune in for a chance to win tickets as well as for the illest in hip-hop on R&B tonight on The Cool Down at 8p PST! Don’t miss it.
Here I am stuck binging on The Who, and then I come back to this song and I’m suddenly tired of listening to The Who Sell Out 32 times a day. Must be the LCD monitors for mouths or the uptown evening formal dress code. Very sharp fellas, very sharp.
For more Tanya Morgan, check out their Myspace or get their music on iTunes and tune in to Nuevas Sensaciones every Friday from 12 – 2 PM for more Tanya Morgan, as well as the jazziest jazz, proggiest prog, and eclecticest eclectic on UCLAradio.com.
–DJ Unibomber
It’s about that time…that time to shamelessly promote some sites I’m connected with in one way or another…with “another” meaning most of these sites are run by a good friend and/or my girlfriend.
But you should check out the below sites anyway. I’m biased, but they’re still really really good.
DJ Octoon’s Blog – The Best in Unsigned Music now has a blog! Check it out.
The Literary Brothel - They air out their deepest, darkest, and funniest emotions (guilt!) for a little bit of internet fame.
FashionbyDA – Wholesale hats and handbags. I know what you’re thinking – random! Yes! You are correct!
The Fiction Advocate – A blog about books…cool books. By a cool writer. Check it out.
A Lotus Grows in Brooklyn – Vegan blogs about her vegan ways, annoys friends. Kidding! Love this site.
Script Doctor Eric – Produced screenwriter helps you make that bad script good. And maybe even great.
And here’s a pic of Angelina Jolie. Just because.
-DJ Octoon