Do you want to have your own radio show on UCLAradio.com?  Would you like to learn more about music production? Would you enjoy covering sporting events? Would you like the opportunity to report on relevant issues on a radio news program? If so, then attend our Info Meeting and learn more about the opportunities available at UCLAradio.com this quarter!

The Info Meeting will last about one hour.  Anyone interested in joining the station should plan on staying after for a quick interview.

Third Eye Gathering
at The Roxy
April 10, 2010 @ 7:30pm
All ages downstairs (”The Roxy”)
21+ upstairs (”On the Rox”)

~$15 presale
~$20 @ the door

Third Eye Gathering will be bringing an armada of culture to the Roxy on Sunset boulevard April 10. Get your tickets now to see West Indian Girl, Armenian Space Station, The Axia and Deadbolt Zen perform downstairs beginning at 7:30pm. In addition, upstairs at the Roxy, “On the Rox” will feature a dj set provided by UCLAradio.com’s very own Charles Fox (Wednesdays 10pm-2am on UCLAradio.com – think psychonautical deep tech house) and an acoustic set by Austin Hastings along with LIVE painting and original art by The Hive Live. Visit http://events.3eg.org for more details and a link to buy tickets!

Live painting and original art featuring:
Tony Koehl
Tom Denney
Alex Ruiz (Digital painting)
Mikolaj Wyszynski
Alex Schaefer
Paul Torres
Max Neutra
Brian Smith
Em Scott
Erick Rodriguez
Kelly Matten
Frank Hansen

Listen to some of the artists playing at 3EG

West Indian Girl
Armenian Space Station – Art of Rebellion
Armenian Space Station – Commence Primary Ignition
Axia – Boiler Maker
Axia – The Morning Light
Deadbolt Zen
Deadbolt Zen – “Fanatica”
Deadbolt Zen – “Untouchable”
Deadbolt Zen – “Organon”

Buy 3EG music on iTunes

West Indian Girl
Axia
Deadbolt Zen

Watch 3EG music videos

Manchester Orchestra and friends provided Los Angelian fans with some good tunes at the Troubadour.  In support of their latest album, “Mean Everything to Nothing,” the Georgian band decided to give Los Angeles two dates instead of one.  On March 9th and 10th, fans crowded into the Troubadour for the sold-out shows for a few hours of good music.  The headliners brought along three opening bands – O’Brother, Biffy Clyro, and The Features – that ranged along the rock-music spectrum.  Despite technical difficulties that plagued all of the bands for the night, it was a good show.  Read more of the review and see some photos after the jump.

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Here at UCLA Radio, the first word that springs to any DJ’s mind upon hearing the quintessential inquiry, “What type of music do you like?” is of course, eclectic. A sampling of the canon from each genre, perhaps. And when it comes to checking the box off “world music,” MIA and El Guincho must work, right? And the tinges of Africa in Vampire Weekend gotta count for something. Admittedly, I won’t pretend I’m much more “worldly” than said imaginary DJ. I just happened to stumble across this album in my routine web foragings, and thank God for that, as otherwise this blogpost wouldn’t exist.

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With a full head of steam from a very successful show across the Atlantic in their home country of Armenia, Armenian Space Station is preparing to take off in the United States with their first show at the Roxy on April 10^th. When I first heard about them, they were described to me as “Metallica meets Mozart.” Despite my skepticism, after my first listen, I could understand why. Almost effortlessly, they combine the in your face energy of heavy metal with the immaculate technical craftsmanship of classical music and add in a pinch of prog rock experimentation to create a sonic experience that is simultaneously familiar and comfortable yet new and refreshing.

I got to sit down with the primary song writers of the band last week, drummer Barrett Yeretsian and keyboardist Greg Hosharian, to learn more about their band, their sound, their album release show coming up on April 10^th at the Roxy and, of course, how their now famous catch phrase “Take it the Ease” came to be.

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Tune into UCLAradio.com this Wednesday from 2:30-3:30 PM to hear an exclusive live interview with Janelle Monae.

Finals week is coming to a close, and most of us are already in Spring Break mode.  If you’ve been locked up under a book, or are still lost in Powell Library, you might have missed the perfect weather we’ve been having.  It’s time to get the party on, and what better way to get it started than with Erick ARC Elliott’s new video for his song Plane: the perfect after finals jam.

Click here for more info about Erick ARC Elliott.

Cordell Joker Pace of the weekly sports program THE BIG PROGRAM lays down his righteous picks for the NCAA Men’s B-BAll tourney 2010…”read ‘em and bet on em baby, cause there guaranteed to come thru”!

I was goin to make picks on the women’s tourney but the UConn ladies r so good they should be n the WNBA

I look out my window and I realize that the days are getting longer and longer and fortunately there is a direct correlation to my enthusiasm for music, for it continues to blossom as Spring is staring at us directly in the eyes. Oh man we’re almost there… Introducing alternative hip hop of a deeper, darker, funkier, and psychedelia mashing place that produces a beautiful genre of sound that can and will be defined by the highly highly respected emcee, as well as record producer EDAN.  Edan (prounounced eee-dawn) is a bi-product of the very reputable Berklee School of Music in Boston majoring in production.  Since his departure from the school in 200o Edan has produced 3 brain blowing mixtapes as well as three self-recorded albums transcending all thoughts of what was possible from hip hop.  I have the utmost respect for the album I am about to share with you, as does the rest of the hip hop community constantly.

Edan aka Edan Portnoy

Edan took his form of hip hop and took it from experimental in other’s eyes and incorporated as well as established his sound to be forever incorporated with hip hop itself.  Beauty and the Beat will blow your mind with its 60s rock samples, french over dubs, and the idiosyncrasy brought by the sensational linguistics on the album. The album was released in 2004 and got Edan and Lewis Records on the map. Kick of your shoes, do what you do and immerse yourself in this beautiful collaboration of sound.CLICK FOR BEAUTY AND THE BEAT

Here it is ladies and gentlemen…I could be way off, I could have just gotten the first perfect bracket in human history, who knows.

Have fun watching the tournament, and make sure to keep listening to The Big Program!

-John The Intern (The Big Program, 6-8 PM)

Tune in to F-Word TODAY from 6-8pm. Chantal Claret of Morningwood will be calling in at around 6:30 for an interview! We will also be playing some music from their album Diamonds &  Studs  so you do not want to miss this!

Feel free to IM us at bruinradio during the interview if you have a question to ask Chantal!

epic

“When the truth is found.  To be lies.  And all the hope.  Within you dies.  Then what?  Grace Slick.  Marty Balin.  Paul Kanta.  Jorma…something.  These are the members of the Airplane.” – Rabbi Marshak/Jefferson Airplane

If you were one of the handfuls of people like me that went to see Joel and Ethan Coen’s latest film when it was in limited release last October, then more power to you.  But if you’re like most people that didn’t catch it on the big screen, I suggest you check out the DVD (which hit stores Feb. 9th).  The film is a black comedy set in 1967, focusing on Larry Gopnik, the patriarch of a Midwestern Jewish family.  Larry’s a physics professor, whose life takes an unpleasant turn when his wife asks for a get (document of divorce in Hebrew), his tenure becomes threatened by anonymous letters, and he begins to question anything and everything around him, including Hashem.

Although the film is considered to be one of the Coen brothers’ more personal and darker comedies, the film is a lot of fun at times, with an awesome score and soundtrack fueled by the genius composer Carter Burwell (The Blindside, Where the Wild Things Are, No Country for Old Men), and great tracks by Jefferson Airplane, including “Somebody To Love,” the definitive song of the film.  And when you watch the film, be sure to not miss the track “Machine Gun” from Jimi Hendrix that plays during the strange story that a divorce lawyer shares with Larry.  That track is not included in the film’s movie soundtrack, which is sacrilegious, because quite frankly that song is bada**.

Bonus Features of the Film Include:

Becoming Serious – a behind the scenes look into the film with commentary from the Coen brothers.  They talk about how the movie is the most close to home film they’ve made yet.

Creating 1967 – another behind the scenes with commentary from the cast and crew.  Jess Gonchor (Production Designer) is given a chance to shine, showcasing all the detail he put into the film’s visual design.  What’s also cool is that the abandoned school they were filming at also served as a soundstage, and housed a few of the sets (bedrooms, hotel room).

Hebrew and Yiddish for Goys – a fun little short, providing definitions to Hebrew terms used throughout the film.

Examples:

masel tov: congratulation and good luck

goy: gentile or non-Jew

tsuris: aggravating trouble

- DJ Loki Stokes

Noise Pollution! Thursdays 10pm-12am

Saturday, March 13 2010

Droid Behavior presents:

Jimmy Edgar
Richard Devine

9:00pm - 4:00am
$10//$20 | 21+

Temporary Spaces 2
4658 Melrose Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90004

RSVP: droidbehavior@gmail.com
INFO: 323.960.5037

http://www.groovetickets.com
http://www.droidbehavior.com
http://www.myspace.com/droidbehavior
http://www.twitter.com/droidbehavior

music by:
Jimmy Edgar (Live) - Warp : Detund : Items & Things :
http://www.jimmyedgar.com // NYC + Detroit
Richard Devine - Warp : Schematic : Sub-light :
http://www.richard-devine.com // ATL
(special techno + acid set)

atmosphere:
w/ live visuals by CPU

along with:
Mike Gervais - Timefog  // MPLS
Ed Isar - Get The Curse // FR

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ABOUT JIMMY EDGAR

Street-smart and wise-beyond-his-years, Jimmy Edgar wanders the
desolated streets of junky occupied steaming sewers, an urban ghost
town under deconstruction. Reeling through a jungle of industrious
landscapes, abandoned buildings, isolated alley ways and homeless
people. In the midst of which lies intense feelings of jadedness and
despair that makes the city all the more musical in its thriving
evolving decay, and being the inspiration to a unique style which
critics rant as being: Songs with "a richly textured character –softly
softly blending a hazy arrangement of static with an engrossing
nighttime beat. Scratches galore and moody electronic pulses… via some
glorious Detroit Neon," Boomkat 2002.

Poster child of sound couture Jimmy Edgar, who dropped studies in
fashion and design to concentrate on making music, has a background of
art production and style which reads much like an urban landscape
dissertation. Snatching all kinds of influences from his Detroit
dwelling: the city's decay, urban fashion, and the city's eclectic
music scene, Edgar manufactures unique and provocative ultra modern
sound environments.

ABOUT RICHARD DEVINE

Richard Devine is one of the most talented (if not prolific) of the
producers organized around the Miami neo-electro haven of Schematic
Records. Based in Atlanta, Devine's productions have the rigid
breakbeat swing of prime electro recordings, but also a high degree of
DSP (digital signal processing) magic in keeping with Schematic's
acknowledged heroes, Autechre. After EPs for a sublabel of Woody
McBride's Drop Bass Network and the Devine EP on Schematic, the
producer began getting a reputation in advanced electronics circles
with remixes (of material by Aphex Twin, Chris Deluca, Slicker, and
Schematic's own Phoenecia) as well as compilation appearances
(Ischemic Folks and Lily of the Valley, both on Schematic). Turned on
to Devine's work by praise from Autechre and his remix of Aphex Twin's
"Come to Daddy," Britain's Warp Records hired him in 2000 to record a
full-length. The results, Lipswitch, were jointly released one year
later by Schematic and Warp.

ABOUT MIKE GERVAIS

For over twelve years DJ/producer/designer Mike Gervais has blazed an
artistic trail ahead of his peers. Through the avid exploration of
modern music technologies, his technique is constantly evolving.  His
performances deliver an extraordinary range of superlative sounds,
swarming with bursts of real-time composition, looping, sampling, and
effects. His DJ sets and original compositions have earned him
critical acclaim from international producers and performers, earning
him gigs across the United States and Canada. Mike serves as creative
director for Timefog and has releases on Solar Cathedral Recordings
and Timefog.  As a promoter, producer, performer, programmer, and
designer he has been a driving force behind legendary Minneapolis
events put on by Intellephunk, Klik Musik, SecretTechno, and
Convergence. From 1999-2003 he also contributed to Drop Bass events in
Wisconsin and Richie Hawtin?s events in Detroit.   Now Mike stands,
armed with his own creative ferfor and clairvoyance, at the edge.
Timefog, his visionary archetype, unfolding and expanding unto
infinity.

ABOUT CPU

Freelancing in Los Angeles as an audio programmer and visualist,
Bryant Places has been developing highly specialized
workflow-enhancing audio systems for Droid Behavior and other high
profile multi-media event organizers over the past few years. He has
worked with the integration of multiple industry standard digital
audio workstations; the development and implementation of seamless
real-time media systems; become an expert of MIDI tracking, editing
and synchronization and become skilled in emerging network-based
protocol OpenSoundControl. Lately, his efforts have been focused in
the area of generative, audio reactive visuals through Derivative’s
Touch Designer.

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DROID BEHAVIOR
additional information, websites, flyer links, etc

DATE, TIME, COST, AGE:
March 13th 2010 :: 9pm - 4am :: $10 / $20 :: 21+

DROID ONLINE:
http://www.droidbehavior.com
http://www.myspace.com/droidbehavior
http://www.twitter.com/droidbehavior

EVENT RSVP:
droidbehavior@gmail.com

INFORMATION LINE:
323.960.5037

Only Revolutions

Before listening to Biffy Clyro’s new record I was able to see them live on March 10th, a day after the record came out, when they opened for Manchester Orchestra at the Troubadour. The moment these three men walked on stage I was hooked. They walked out without shirts and their skin was covered in tattoos. The set started and after the first few songs I knew that I would be buying anything and everything that this band has released.

Biffy Clyro formed in Scotland in 1995. Their music is a mix between a little bit of metal with some alternative rock. You shouldn’t trust me on that description though because when it come to genres I get confused. Back to the music, after the concert I knew that I had to go to my room and buy their newest album on itunes. If I weren’t so lazy I would’ve taken the bus to Amoeba and picked up a physical copy but I’ll settle with just having a digital copy of this amazing record.

The album opens with “The Captain” a song that I fell in love with on Wednesday night. It starts with stomping feet and a yell that prepares you for a great song. With lines like “Somebody help me sing can anybody hear me?” and “We’re gonna make a scene” you can’t help but want to sing along with Simon Neil (lead singer) even if you don’t know the words. The album slows down with the fourth song “God & Satan” The writing in the song is relatable, to me anyway, and Neil’s voice and accent just make the song stand out from the other faster paced songs. This song is followed by “Born On A Horse” in which Neil’s accent is more pronounced. The song is catchy and it makes me want to dance a little. Another slow song on the album is “Many of Horror” This is what I think a song should sound like. It should start off slowly and build up until the final moments of the song. The album as a whole is unique and well done. The lyrics of each song are simply perfect. I can’t wait until this band comes back to Los Angeles for another show I will be sure to buy tickets the moment they go on sale.

Sounds Like: I can’t quite explain what this album sounds like to people who haven’t heard it. It’s like nothing I’ve heard before, but that may just be because of the lead singer’s Scottish accent. The album sounds a bit like  something Ville Valo might do, except slightly different and a bit more upbeat.

Songs I Recommend: I recommend the whole album, only $9.99 on itunes! It’s worth it. But if you want to just have a taste of what this band sounds like then I recommend “The Captain” – I guarantee that you will be hooked after listening to just this one song.

-Laura Benitez
Totally Rad!!! Thursdays 8pm – 10pm

Has anyone else heard Spanish Sahara or watched this music video yet? This new music video came out on March 2nd. The name of the song alone gave me tingles down the spine. The setting for the music video just reminded me my last summer when I went to South America. I spent July on the Chilean side of the Andes snowboarding and in August on the Argentine side sledding and getting in a real snow fight for the first time in my life. On top of the ethereal colors of the video, the movement of the waters in the video is mesmerizing…

I really loved their Antidotes album from 2008, so this new single from the UK is just a taste of what’s to come. If you liked this, keep your eyes open for the new record dropping on May 10th, Total Life Forever.