Hey everyone, here is the playlist from last night’s show. Thanks to all those who listened!

Hour 1:

• Sittin’ on the Dock of the Bay – Otis Redding
• That Lady – Isley Brothers
• Tired of Being Alone – Al Green
• Reasons – Earth, Wind & Fire
• Turn Off the Lights – Teddy Pendergrass
• All Night Long – Mary Jane Girls
• Never Too Much – Luther Vandross
• Make Me a Fool – Foreign Exchange
• Kiss and Say Goodbye – The Manhattans
• There’s a Moon Out Tonight – The Capris

Hour 2:

• Could It Be I’m Falling in Love – The Spinners
• Ain’t No Sunshine When She’s Gone – Bill Withers
• Sitting in the Park – Billy Stewart
• Hey There Lonely Girl – Eddie Holman
• Shorty Swing My Way – KP & Envyi
• I Do Love You – GQ
• Be Thankful for What You’ve Got – William De Vaughn
• Europa – Santana
• Oh Girl – The Chi-Lites
• Angel Baby – Rosie & the Originals
• Between the Sheets – Isley Brothers
• I Wanna Get Next to You – Rose Royce

*Italics denote listener requests.

Remember to join us every Sunday night from 10pm to Midnight!

When The Format disbanded back in 2008, teenagers across America were crushed. But a man as talented and filled with ideas as Nate Ruess, ex-lead singer of The Format, couldn’t be out of the limelight for too long. As soon as the band chose to split, Ruess called up touring mates Andrew Dost (ex member of Anathallo) and Jack Antonoff (of Steel Train) to begin a new project. This collaboration of three extremely talented musicians was an endeavor that went beyond any other side project any of them had imagined. While the monotony broke apart high school friends in The Format, Ruess and the gang took a different approach to this new group. And they called themselves “fun.”

After their debut release, Aim & Ignite, made top album lists all over in 2009, fun. has not slowed down in 2010 touring non-stop and writing new music like crazy. The guys have developed one of the most unique pop formulas around combining present day modern rock with the intricacy and downright catchiness of classic 70s pop. This isn’t The Format 2.0; it’s way beyond that. They throw around swing beats, horned sections, gospel choirs and pulsing drums on the regular, essentially making a modernized show tune. In my opinion, it sums it up perfectly to call them a modern-day Queen. With a voice that reminds of Freddie Mercury, I can picture Ruess belting “Fat Bottomed Girls” without any mental reservations. Their music simply takes you on a pop adventure.

This Thursday, October 28^th, the guys take their headlining tour through our region for a night of fun. at The Music Box at Henry Fonda Theatre in Hollywood. They are known to put on an incredible performance and countless websites have said their live show will make a run at the top spot on anyone’s “Best Concert Everrr” list. So do yourself a favor and go have some fun this Thursday night.

Steel Train and Jarrod Gorbel open. Tickets are $22 and can be purchased at www.ticketmaster.com or the Henry Fonda Box Office.

Guest DJ Anthony Gambardella

The selections underlined are the tracks that Anthony brought in. The rest are my recommendations:

Kid Cudi – Soundtrack to My Life

OnCue – Crashing Down

Sam Adams – Just Love Here

Chiddy Bang – Truth

Chiddy Bang – Here We Go (f/ Q-Tip)

The Dean’s List – Repeat

Hoodie Allen – So Much Closer

The Naked and Famous – Young Blood (Chiddy Bang Remix) BANGER OF THE NIGHT

Miike Snow – Animal (Treasure Fingers Remix)

Animal Collective – Daily Routine (Phaseone Remix)

Passion Pit – Moth’s Wings

Lo-Fi-Fnk – Marchin In

Miike Snow – Cult Logic

Hungry Kids of Hungary – Wristwatch

The Temper Trap – Fader

Rock Kills Kid – Hideaway

Local Natives – World News

The Morning Benders – Hand Me Downs

Julian Casablancas – 11th Dimension

Wolf Gang – The King and All of His Men

Wolf Gang – Lions in Cages [US RADIO DEBUT!]

Phoenix – Armistice

Polock – Fireworks GUEST DJS FAVORITE DISCOVERY OF THE NIGHT

MGMT – Love Always Remains

The Pass – Trap of Mirrors

The Sleepy Jackson – Work Alone

Frightened Rabbit – Swim Until You Can’t See Land

Mumford & Sons – Little Lion Man

Plushgun – Just Impolite

Stars – Elevator Love Letter

Phantogram – Mouthful of Diamonds

Each and every week, I bring in a new playlist to the station and completely run with it. Wanna get involved? All you gotta do is make a 30-40 min playlist and send it to pwardell@ucla.edu. From there I’ll compile an hour and 20 minute playlist of songs that you will like based on your musical taste. It’s like having your own person iTunes Genius but with a bunch of obscure stuff you’ve never heard. So go on, give it a shot.

If you’ve been keeping tabs on the Voice of Our Generation, you know that in addition to his G.O.O.D. Friday project and his new album that finally has a name (and hilarious album art), Kanye West has been working on a short film called “Runaway”. “Runaway” premiered tonight on MTV and, thanks to the magic of the internet, you can watch it here. What follow are my thoughts as I watched the film for the first time. (Warning: Slightly NSFW language and pictures below the fold) (more…)

Last Tuesday, I got a call from my friend, John, who is also an intern at Radio. He’s like, “Hey, I can’t find anyone else, want to go to Eels?” I have the most terrible habit of not being able to say no to a free concert, so with two hours until the show started, I rushed through dinner and met up with John to get on the bus. Great decision.

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SIX DEGREES knows how much you love free concert tickets, so that’s why we keep ‘em coming: this week we’re giving out a pair of tickets to see Built To Spill at the El Rey this Thursday 10/28, and another pair to Portugal. The Man at the El Rey on Saturday 10/30.

Wanna win the tickets? Just tune in to SIX DEGREES at UCLAradio.com, this Sunday night, 8pm-10pm PST!

It’s never been easy to get started in the music biz, but wait, along came Hello Music offering services that can powerfully help your career.

Delta Airlines, AOL radio, Yahoo! radio, and AudioMicro, along with many more – Hello Music works with em all.

Hello Music believes all great music should be heard. Who can disagree with that? A team of expert screeners will first listen to your music, and send you a feedback report with insightful knowledge regarding it. Hello Music offers opportunities to under-resourced artists, opportunities that few bands could find on their own.

As a true music enthusiast, I know Hello Music can help your career. Labels, publishers, ad agencies, and music supervisors all team with Hello Music. With all the music out there, it’s hard to sift through to the good stuff. Acting as expert sifters, the 2010 founded company connects your music to the outlets you need to be successful. BOOM!

Basically, I encourage all artists out there to explore the site. Check out Hello Music on Facebook or at their website. Sign up, upload some music, and see what happens for you. Spread the word to your friends. You all have the DJ red guarantee, Hello Music is legit.

If you listened to I’m in a Band.. – The BEST in Unsigned Music on Tuesday, I mean, really listened, all the way until the end, then you heard this indie-trippy track by Shout Magic, a small band out of Philadelphia by way of Portland and/or Amsterdam.

Their origins and/or present condition is a bit confusing.  I think they do a lot of stuff by mail – here, check out this riff, cool, I’m gonna lay something on top of that – sort of thing, which is cool.

But whether it’s cool or not doesn’t really matter. All that matters is if it sounds good.

Well, go to Shout Magic’s Homepage and decide for yourself.

And we’ll see ya Tuesday for more of the BEST in Unsigned Music.

-DJ Octoon

So it’s a Thursday afternoon, you’re hungry. A pizza could make do, but what you really have a craving for is Heath Ledger’s soulful rendition of “Can’t Take My Eyes Off Of You” from the bleachers in 10 Things I Hate About You. You don’t have Heath, but Muse’s version will make due. It sounds like there’s one thing you need…………….All That Jazz!

I mean obviously, listening to this show is best thing you can do on a Thursday between the sweet hours of 12 and 2 P.M. The first hour we have Broadway and theater hits with Little Miss. Every week she covers a new decade and gives fun facts about each musical. The second hour is hosted by me (Melinda), and I play jazz, especially badass covers of old songs and live performances (like Amy Winehouse’s rendition of “Tenderly” at Jools Holland), and some music from upcoming UCLA and local artists as well.

Here’s a little bit of what we’ve played recently on our show: (more…)

This week’s handclapping playlist dips a little out of the typical pop-clapping-because-we’re happy material we covered last week. We started with a recap and then delved into the realm of the electro clap-drum machine beat, and much much more…

Tune in to Pop Sensible Tuesdays 12-2pm on UCLAradio.com

In Particular – Blonde Redhead – Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons
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Where It’s At – Beck – Odelay
Eight Days A Week – The Beatles
Young And Dumb – Neverever – Angelic Swells
Get Over It – OK Go – OK Go
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Back To The Life – Spoon – Kill the Moonlight
Summer Grof – Spinto Band – Moonwink
Clap Your Hands! – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Collarbone – Fujiya Miyagi – Transparent Thing
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Psychic City (Voodoo City) – YACHT – See Mystery Lights
Heartbeats – The Knife – Deep Cuts
House of Jealous Lovers – The Rapture – Olio
Dirty Harry – Gorillaz – Demon Days

What do Broken Bells and Arcade Fire have in common?  Virtually nothing — outside of some neat music videos that are doing their best to redefine what we thought the medium was possible of translating through the wonders of the internet and technology.

First on deck, Arcade Fire.  Their music video for “We Used to Wait” has gotten a lot of press for its creative use of HTML5 and Google Maps & Street View instead of standard Flash to create a multi-media adventure of a faceless person (which is you) running through the streets of your hometown.  The video ends by providing the viewer the opportunity to write a post-card to your childhood self.  A quick search on Google News about the video actually resulted in a LA Times blog post which explained how this virtually experience translates into real life. If you chose to “send your postcard downtown”, it’s received by a machine that writes your message out on a post-card and spits it out wherever it’s currently installed on the Arcade Fire tour so someone can pick up your message and respond to it – completing this crazy circle.

Similarly, Broken Bell’s video “October” is attempting to break the mold by moving into 3-D.  You don’t need to break out your 3-D glasses quite yet, but you are allowed to fly through space and explore this world of shapes and mountains with the line of your mouse.  Its leaps and bounds more simplistic that “We Used to Wait,” but interesting in its own way for where it could lead.

Check out both videos below and enjoy the beginnings of the reinvention of the music video:

Broken Bells “October”

http://www.brokenbells.com/october

Arcade Fire “We Used to Wait”

http://www.thewildernessdowntown.com

Enjoy!

Lady Downstairs

The Backseat

Mondays 8-10pm

This past week at the University of California – Los Angeles was nothing short of spectacular with the arrival of some very important public figures and the commemoration of a True Bruin.

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So I have to review the Gogol Bordello show at Nokia Live?

To put it simply: One of the best live shows out there, if it’s your cup of tea. And that cup of tea means a cross between punk music, traditional Ukranian music, and Latin and reggae dance beats. What that really means is that it’s the kind of music that you can dance to and mosh to at the same time. At least that was my experience. When I wasn’t dancing, I was moshing, and when I wasn’t moshing…I was trying to get out of the pit because I busted my lip…

Let’s face it, it’s Gogol.

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That’s right! Our favorite Icelandic wonder Jonsi (from Sigur Ros) is playing this Monday (10/18) at the Fox Theater in Pomona, and SIX DEGREES is hooking you up with a free pair of tickets. With his incredible voice and an intricately constructed live stage setup, Jonsi’s show will be a concert you won’t soon forget.

As if that weren’t enough, we’re also giving out a free pair of tickets to see Ra Ra Riot at the Music Box this Wednesday (10/20). Touring in support of their new album The Orchard, this group’s beautifully-composed orchestral melodies are definitely worth experiencing live.

So don’t forget to tune in to SIX DEGREES on UCLAradio.com this Sunday 8pm-10pm PST to win tickets!

Today’s show was called SWAMP DATE. Thanks to all who joined me. For past playlists/updates on happenings, go to rmuffin.wordpress.com

Playlist: Artist – Song – Album – Label  (*new)

Coolrunnings – Road To Nowhere (Talking Heads cover) – single – web

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Twinn Connexion – Summer Sadness – S/T – M&M

Sore Throat – I Don’t Wanna Go Home – Zombie Rock – Albion ION 3

Cinema Red and Blue – Same Mistakes – S/T – What’s Your Rupture *

Michael Yonkers – Swamp of Love -  Swamp of Love – Secret Seven reissue

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Kurt Vile – Heart Attack – Childish Prodigy – Matador

Fresh and Onlys – Waterfall – Play It Strange – In The Red*

Arcade Fire – Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) – Suburbs – Merge *

Xray Eyeballz – Egyptian Magician-Let’s Get High – Demo – web *

Golden Triangle – Cold Bones – 7″ split w/The Fresh and Onlys – Hardly Art

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The Vaselines – I Hate the 80s – Sex With An X – Sub Pop *

The Vaselines – You Think You’re a Man – Sun of a Gun EP – 53rd and 3rd

Sonny & The Sunsets – Planet of Women – Tomorrow is Alright

She – Roll On – Outta Reach – Causeway

The Liminanas – Funeral Baby – S/T debut – Trouble In Mind *

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Belle & Sebastian – Electronic Renaissance – Tigermilk – Matador

Prince Rama – Raghupati – Shadow Temple *

The Tandoori Knights – Bandstand – Curry Up It’s The Tandoori Knights *

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Makeup Monsters – As You Waited – Clint Queen Original Dream

Wounded Lion – Pointed Sticks – Split with Muppet Babies *

El Guincho – Hindou – Piratas de Sudamerica – Matador

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Magic Kids – Candy – Memphis – True Panther *

The Zombies – Tell Her No – Begin Here

Bare Wires – Dancing On A Dime – Seeking Love – Castle Face *

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Catwalk – Comely – Yay! 7 7″ – Yay! Records

Makeup Monsters – Magical Tauruses – January songs

–Ragamuffin, Notes from the Cosmic Overground Fri 10am-noon