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Featured Article 2018-07-25 11:53:07
New in the KUCI Punk Library
July 25, 2018
No Better - It Felt Like Glass - (No Sleep Records)
No Better is an Indie/Emo band from Redlands, CA. Their highly anticipated debut album entitled It Felt Like Glass, which is set to be released on July 27th courtesy of No Sleep Records, is a ...

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Featured Article 2018-07-03 16:45:26
New in the KUCI Punk Library
July 3, 2018
by: Tommy DeSilva

Self Defense Family - Have You Considered Punk Music? - (Run For Cover Records)
Self Defense Family is a Post-Hardcore band/collective from Cohoes, NY. Their highly anticipated new record entitled Have You Considered Punk Music?, which is set t...

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Featured Article 2018-06-20 10:54:00
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
June 20, 2018
by: Jarret Lovell

Low End Dub Meets Marcus I - Creation Stepper e.p. - (Back In The Days)
Operating under the moniker “Low End Dub”, Fernando Izquierdo crafts electronic reggae/dub ripe for the club. This new e.p. contains the vocal track, a beautiful Sax ...

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Featured Article 2018-03-14 11:50:51
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
March 14, 2018
by: Jarret Lovell

Roots of Creation – “Grateful Dub” - (2018: Bombshell Records)
There has always been a strange meeting of the minds between fans of the Grateful Dead and fans of reggae music. Perhaps it’s the organic sound; perhaps it’s the laidback...

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Featured Article 2018-02-18 09:34:39
New in the KUCI Goth - Industrial Library
February 18, 2018
by: Valerie

The Rain Within - Atomic Eyes - (Negative Gain Productions)
This is the second full length album from The Rain Within. This synthpop and synthwave heaven for your ears and your heart brings some 1980's feel paired with heartbreak. RIYL: The Mi...

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Featured Article 2017-09-15 16:51:31
The National: Sleep Well Beast
by: Stephan Andrew Masnyj

When The National released their previous record, Trouble Will Find Me four years ago, it felt like an outlier in the band’s discography. Compared to their previous achievements Boxer and High Violet, Trouble Will Find Me operated in an almost self awar...

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Featured Article 2017-08-01 13:34:07
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
August 1, 2017
by: Jarret Lovell

Lord Echo - Harmonies - (Soundway Records)
Instrumentalist, producer, and engineer at World of Sound Studios, Echo's sound combines elements of reggae/dub, soul, Latin and disco. Harmonies opens with a beautiful, slow, soulful piece as a subtl...

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Featured Article 2017-07-09 19:28:54
New in the KUCI Punk Library
July 8. 2017
by: Tommy DeSilva

Lee Bains III + the Glory Fires - Youth Detention (Nail My Feet Down to the Southside of Town) – (Don Giovanni Records)
Solid rock out of the South singing about whitewashing history, decolonialism, antiracism, and "radical notebook scribbles...

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Featured Article 2017-05-19 17:41:09
New in the KUCI Punk Library
May 19, 2017
by: Tommy DeSilva

Charly Bliss - Guppy - (Barsuk)
I love this album. Love, love, love. I don't know where to start: incredibly energetic, singer Eva Hendricks' high, wonderfully weird vocals, the stellar syncopation, the not-exactly-punk-but-that-makes-it-even-m...

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Featured Article 2017-05-16 14:27:40
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
May 16, 2017
by: Jarret Lovell

Five Alarm Funk - Sweat - (Factor)
The opening track on Sweat is called “Widowmaker,” and given the strength and speed of the opening bass guitar, one certainly understands the track name.  This is heavy funk/rock coming from a nine-piece ...

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Featured Article 2017-05-03 12:57:24
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
May 3, 2017
by: Hobart Taylor

Ryan Blotnick - Kush - (Songlines)
Composer/guitarist Blotnick's melodies are alluring not because they are attached to various traditions such as African, South Asian, dreamy Americana country (Frizzel, Metheney), or the avant garde. Th...

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Featured Article 2017-04-30 10:51:39
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
April 30, 2017
by: Hobart Taylor

Nicholas Payton - Afro-Caribbean Mixtape - (Paytone Records)
A perfect blend of head and heart. Composer/trumpeter Nicholas Payton has a rigorous commitment to analyzing African inspired musics and a commitment to the passionate performance...

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Featured Article 2017-04-20 16:10:36
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
April 20, 2017
by: Hobart Taylor

Vinnie Sperrazza - Juxtaposition - (Positone)
Drummer/composer Sperrazza's tunes feel comfortable in their own skins. Smart but not nerdy, charming, but not ingratiating, subtle and yet deeply substantive. This release of all original...

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Featured Article 2017-04-03 12:12:58
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
April 3, 2017
by: Hobart Taylor

Christian Sands - Reach - (Mack Avenue)
Christian Sands in his own words admires musicians "coming from the tradition of bringing people into the music, but also moving it forward into new directions". This 27 year old composer/pianist/virt...

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Featured Article 2017-03-29 15:04:47
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
March 29, 2017
by: Hobart Taylor

Billy Mintz - Ugly Beautiful - (Thirteenth Note Records)
Some records are just profound. The melodies seem true. The playing seems ethereal and heartfelt and egoless. Drummer Mintz along with his life partner, astute pianist Roberta Pike...

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Featured Article 2017-03-23 06:56:59
Figuring out What’s Next with Sylvan Esso
by: Stephan Masnyj and Shay Mehr

“It’s too hot in here to think,” Amelia sighs. We had retreated to her and Nick Sanborn’s tour bus in hopes of finding a quiet place to record our conversation, but we unfortunately had to compromise comfort for silence. Amelia and Nick are in the...

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Featured Article 2017-03-20 12:35:15
Flashback Reviews
March 20, 2017
by: Ash Kumra

Dante - Roaming Empire – (HAVOC)
If you are into a real lyrical gritty style hip hop on real life experiences this album is for you. It is similar to the genre(s) J-Five, Digable Planets and others. This album will stand out to the lovers of...

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Featured Article 2017-03-12 09:41:27
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
by: Jarret Lovell

Here Lies Man - 'Here Lies Man' - (Ride Easy Records)
As this album is outstanding and simply one of the most genre-bending releases in some time, I have decided to draw extra attention to it. Their press release asks and answers the followin...

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Featured Article 2017-02-17 16:04:05
Hamilton Leithauser Interview
“I Had a Dream That You Were Mine” Tour
by: Stephan Masny

Hamilton Leithauser recently played in the Constellation Room in Santa Ana to promote his record with Rostam Batmanglij, “I Had a Dream That You Were Mine.” Throughout his tenure as...

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Featured Article 2017-02-13 17:10:11
New in the KUCI Reggae - Dub - Downtempo - Soul Library
February 13, 2017
by: Jarret Lovell

Thievery Corporation - “Temple of I & I” - (ESL Records) [Digital New Release]
Thievery Corporation are a modern-day success story. As the website Exclaim! notes, “They've had no commercial radio hits, no high-end, big-budget videos, no...

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Featured Article 2017-01-20 16:21:39
In-Studio Recap: Zella Day
by: Andy Milligan and Molly Naudi

The talented Zella Day took time away from working on her forthcoming album to spend some time with our DJ Trip during his Sonic Roulette Radio program. Zella treated us to two brand new tunes and...

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Featured Article 2016-12-22 17:43:00
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
December 22, 2016
by: Jarret Lovell

Amlak Redsquare - Book of Judges - (True Lion Sound) DIGITAL RELEASE
Part of the Red Square Production Crew, Amlak is the nephew of Spragga Benz. His sound is crisp and rooted in political themes. Nothing cheesy here. Think Jah Mason - root...

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Featured Article 2016-12-06 17:12:26
Nick Valensi’s New Skin
A Conversation about CRX
by: Stephan Masnyj

For nearly 20 years, Nick Valensi has been the lead guitarist of The Strokes; a band that (at times unfairly so) has been seen...

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Featured Article 2016-11-13 10:26:07
New in the KUCI Punk Library
November 13, 2016
by: Tommy DeSilva

Touché Amoré - Stage Four - (Epitaph Records)
Touché Amoré is a Hardcore/Emo band from Los Angeles, CA. Their highly anticipated new album entitled Stage Four, which marks the band’s 1st full length release to put out by Epitaph Records (...

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Featured Article 2016-11-10 08:16:40
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
November 10, 2016
by: Jarret Lovell

Lee Fields & the Expressions - Special Night - (Big Crown Records)
Funk/soul/R&B has seen a resurgence in recent years. Today, artists like the Budos Band and labels like Now Again Records are soaring. In an era when computers are musicians a...

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Featured Article 2016-10-22 07:21:28
New in the KUCI Punk Library
October 22, 2016
by: Tommy DeSilva

NOFX - First Ditch Effort - [Fat Wreck Chords]
NOFX is a Punk Rock band from Los Angeles, CA that now resides in San Francisco, CA. Their new album First Ditch Effort, which marks the band’s 13th full length release to be put out during thei...

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Featured Article 2016-09-27 16:40:31
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
September 27, 2016
by: Jarret Lovell

Joseph Israel - Paradise - (S/R)
Born and raised in Tulsa, OK – Joseph Fennel was raised on reggae. When others his age were listening to metal-rap or boy bands, Fennel was grooving to Bob Marley, Peter Tosh, and Burning Spear. It wasn’t ...

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Featured Article 2016-09-12 13:59:36
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
September 12, 2016
by: Jarret Lovell

The Frightnrs - "Nothing More to Say" - (Daptone Records)
Clear your CD player, put away all other clutter, and get ready to have this one in your deck for some time. "Nothing More to Say" is so beautiful, so authentic, so vintage sounding, it...

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Featured Article 2016-08-21 13:41:32
Best Thing I Heard This Week
Bon Iver
by: Stephan Masnyj

Over Soon [Bob Moose Extended Cab Version]/ 10 d E A T h b R E a s T (Extended Version)

Justin Vernon’s music has always been a pairing of human emotion with synthetic qualities; the sad autotune crooner with a guitar on For Emma,...

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Featured Article 2016-08-08 16:56:54
Emily King Concert Review
The Queen of Soul and Sass
by: Lili Do

“If there’s something I need I don’t already have, I know I get it from my good friend,” and that good friend is Emily King.
If I may be so bold to put this out there, King definitely has a grace to her that reminds you of great artists like P...

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Featured Article 2016-08-02 12:29:55
New in the KUCI Alt County Library
August 2, 2016
by: Wanda Espy

Boo Ray - Sea of Lights - (self)
Southern rock vibe in the vein of Shooter Jennings, Waylon, and Drive By Truckers. Recorded in downtown LA with just enough hipster cred to be annoying, but it's so damn good you can't hate.

Angie a...

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Featured Article 2016-07-24 09:07:37
Dixie Chicks, Augustana, and Smooth Hound Smith
Irvine Meadows / July 20, 2016
by: James Carroll

Here we go again with free concerts. “What’s with these free concerts?” you might ask. Well, if I told then they wouldn’t be free, would they? Yes, they would still be free. So I sees the Dixie Chicks I did. But, before I saw the famous count...

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Featured Article 2016-07-19 19:11:09
Santa Monica Pier Twilight Concert Series
Alina Baraz / Mayer Hawthorne
by: DJ Foxy Lady

July 7th, 2016 was the official start of the Santa Monica Pier Twilight Concert Series with performances by Alina Baraz and Mayer Hawthorne that drew a crowd of 26,000 people! Concerts run from July 7 through September 8th from 7 to 10 p.m. every Thursda...

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Featured Article 2016-06-16 13:28:55
Kevin Morby on Getting Famous, Los Angeles, and What It Means to Be an Artist
by: Stephan Masnyj

“Hey sorry I missed your call” is the first thing that slips out of Kevin Morby’s mouth as we begin our phone conversation. It’s Memorial Day and Kevin is getting ready to begin his US tour at The Observatory in Santa Ana. The tour will take him t...

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Featured Article 2016-06-03 16:23:46
New in the KUCI Punk Library
June 3, 2016
by: Tommy DeSilva

Praise - Leave It All Behind - (REACT! Records)
Praise is a Melodic Hardcore band from Baltimore, MD. Their highly anticipated new EP entitled Leave It All Behind, which was produced by Will Yip and just released courtesy of REACT! Records, is...

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Featured Article 2016-05-24 09:19:39
New the KUCI Reggae/World Library
May 24, 2016
by: Jarret Lovell

Baaba Maal - The Traveller - ( +180 RECORDS)
During the 1990s, Canadian producer Michael Brook teamed up with Peter Gabriel's RealWorld label to produce some of the world's finest musicians in an effort to render the music "accessible" to a wes...

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Featured Article 2016-05-05 09:45:52
New the KUCI Reggae Library
May 5, 2016
by: Jarret Lovell

Roots Zombie - Unknown Station - (Sound Rising Records)
Its always fun to discover a new artist; less fun when you realize the artist has been around for some time and youve been missing out. Such is the case with Roots Zombie a French art...

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Featured Article 2016-04-18 20:55:17
New the KUCI Reggae Library
April 18, 2016
by: Jarret Lovell

Big Youth - Screaming Target w/ Bonus Tracks - (Trojan Records)
This debut album by Jamaican deejay "Big Youth" was released in 1972, and it today stands as a classic in the reggae "deejay" genre. For those unfamiliar with the reggae deejay,...

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Featured Article 2016-03-02 13:09:37
New the KUCI Reggae/Funk/Soul Library
March 7, 2016
by: Jarret Lovell

Chuck Foster Looks Like Trouble - (Catch Me Time Records)
If Southern California can be said to have a reggae scene and it does it surely owes its cultivation to Chuck Foster. His credentials are solid: Longtime host of Reggae Centr...

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Featured Article 2016-02-05 17:43:25
New the KUCI Reggae Library
February 5, 2016
by: Jarret Lovell

Big Youth - Dreadlocks Dread - (Frontline)
Like U-Roy, Big Youth made his name as a special kind of performer - a DJ who would engage in toasting, a vocal style somewhere between speaking and rapping. In the early days of dancehall, DJs played...

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Featured Article 2015-12-12 09:40:49
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
December 12, 2015
by: Jarret Lovell

The Reggae Bubblers Oh Yabba Yabba - (Reggae Bubblers)
From St. Croix, Virgin Islands the Reggae Bubblers is a roots reggae band that plays, well, roots reggae. This means that the sound is organic and the lyrics are politically-consciou...

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Featured Article 2015-12-01 09:47:51
New the KUCI Punk Library
December 1, 2015
by: Tommy DeSilva

Light Years Ill See You When I See You (Rude Records)
Light Years are Pop Punk band from Cleveland, OH. Their highly anticipated new album Ill See You When I See You, which marks the bands first full length release on Rude Records (and t...

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Featured Article 2015-11-22 08:57:50
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
November 22, 2015
by: Jarret Lovell

Joe Higgs - Godfather of Reggae - (Jobby LLC)
Joe Higgs is a name that isn't too familiar to casual reggae music lovers. His sound leans heavily acoustic, without the strong bass that produces recognizable "riddims" and without the quirky pers...

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Featured Article 2015-11-04 09:30:53
New in the KUCI Punk Library
November 4, 2015
by: Tommy DeSilva

Motion City Soundtrack Panic Stations (Epitaph Records)
Motion City Soundtrack is a Pop Punk/Indie Rock band from Minneapolis, MN. Their new album Panic Stations, which marks the bands first new full length release in over 3 years. as well...

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Featured Article 2015-10-30 20:29:23
New the the KUCI Hard Rock Library
October 30, 2015
by: Chris Rigney

Eskimo Callboy Crystals - (Spinefarm)
This is easily one of the most amusing (and one of my recent favorite) releases. They combine a kind of post-hardcore ala iwrestleabearonce with pop music to create a kind of mish-mash of styles that com...

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Featured Article 2015-10-28 10:44:29
New the the KUCI RPM Library
October 28, 2015
by: Stephanie Bang

Tone of Arc - Urgent Turquoise (Om Records)
Tone of Arc brings a glimpse of real musicality to the underground scene by mixing techno, punk, funk, 80's and nameless styles into a colorful explosion of sounds. 'Urgent Turquoise' is their first...

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Featured Article 2015-10-24 12:39:23
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
October 24, 2015
by: Jarret Lovell

Collie Buddz - Blue Dreamz - (Sony Music)
One of the biggest reggae tracks of 2008 and arguably one of the biggest reggae tracks in the past 10 20 years is Come Around by Collie Buddz. The song is stellar, hitting the listener over th...

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Featured Article 2015-10-16 11:01:48
Caspian w/Circle Takes The Square at Club Bahia 10/8/15
A Sea of Soundwaves and Serenity
by: Chris Torrey

Tucked away at the north end of downtown Los Angeles lies a very small, unimposing venue. Club Bahia, known for hosting primarily Hispanic DJs and live acts, seemed like a peculiar choice to host Georgian screamo/post-hardcore opener Circle Takes the Squa...

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Featured Article 2015-10-01 09:35:11
Ross Blomgren of Becoming the Lion
An Interview
by: Marmar

Marmar, of KUCIs World Without Words was lucky enough to get into contact with Ross Blomgren, the one and only man behind the supreme post-metal, post-rock, progressive act New in the KUCI Classical Library">
Featured Article 2015-09-27 16:34:16
New in the KUCI Classical Library
September 27, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

Arvo Part - Musica Selecta A Sequence by Mannfred Eicher - (ECM)
Perhaps the world's foremost composer,conductor, and arranger of Choral music and one of the principal proponents of serialism and minimalism in modern composition,Estonia's Ar...

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Featured Article 2015-09-17 08:29:12
New the the KUCI Jazz Library
September 17, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

Tad Britton - Cicada - (Origin Records)
Drummer/composer Britton Jeff Johnson on bass who also composes, Hans Teuber on saxes, and guitarist Peter Fogle make spacious and witty music basically from the Ornette Coleman school. Wonderfully p...

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Featured Article 2015-09-02 07:30:15
Foals
Artist of The Month
by: Nathalia Fagundes

Ive been a Foals fan since their first album, Antidotes, came out in 2008. Like most of the bands I fall in love with, when I discover them, no one knows who they are. I had to jam to Red Socks Pugie", and sing Electric Bloom by myself for what felt l...

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Featured Article 2015-08-21 11:42:24
New the the KUCI Punk Library
August 21, 2015
by: Tommy DeSilva

Forced Order Vanished Crusade [Revelation Records]
Forced Order is a Hardcore band from Los Angeles, CA that is made up of members from many other well-known hardcore bands around Southern California including: Twitching Tounges, Soul Sear...

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Featured Article 2015-08-08 09:59:33
New the the KUCI Punk Library
August 8, 2015
by: Tommy DeSilva

Refused - Freedom - [Epitaph Records]
Refused is a Hardcore Punk band from Sweeden. Their new album Freedom, which marks the bands first new studio release in over 17 years, as well as their first new release since reuniting in 2014, is a rea...

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Featured Article 2015-07-30 16:16:21
New in the KUCI Punk Library
July 30, 2015
by: Tommy DeSilva

Desaparecidos - Payola - [Epitaph Records]
Desaparecidos is a Punk Rock/Alternative band from Omaha, NE. Their new album Payola, which marks the bands first new full length release in over 13 years, is a really awesome record that can be appr...

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Featured Article 2015-07-21 07:41:01
New in the RPM Music Library
July 21, 2015
by: Stephanie Bang

KOVEN - Sometimes We Are - [Viper Recordings]
Hands down one of the favorites I reviewed so far. Koven is back for another EP set to released 7-24-2015 titled "Sometimes We Are". A talented UK duo (Max Rowat & Katie Boyle) signed by Viper Reco...

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Featured Article 2015-07-07 13:15:25
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
July 7, 2015
by: Jarret Lovell

Barrington Levy - Acoustical Levy - (Tafari Records)
Perhaps one of the most popular performers in reggae today, theres little that this mega-star cannot do. Starting his career as a reggae vocalist in 1977 when he was just 13 years old, he ...

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Featured Article 2015-06-13 10:58:26
New in the KUCI Jazz, Classical, and Folk Libraries
June 12, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

Robert Glasper - Covered - (Blue Note)
Pianist Glasper is a link between young (black and otherwise) musicians.. and trad jazz... deeply rooted in the blues jazz. His improvisations skitter between deeply melodic explorations and pastiches...

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Featured Article 2015-06-06 13:18:33
New the the KUCI Folk and Classical Libraries
June 6, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

The Catalyst Quartet: Bach / Gould Project - Bach-Goldberg Variations & Glenn Gould String Quartet # 1 - (Azica Records)
First...it is daring and revealing to arrange the Goldberg Variations for string quartet, and this young ensemble is dedi...

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Featured Article 2015-05-30 20:14:06
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
May 30, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

Christian Finger - Ananda - (Strikezone Records)
Some tunes have purity and clarity. They seem to link to the old stories told by elders so long ago that they are a part of the genetic code. Sometimes the melodies seem to be folk tune...

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Featured Article 2015-05-20 11:10:57
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
May 20, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

Jacob Shulman - Until Autumn - (Mogold Records)
Saxophonist Shulman was a recognized prodigy at the L.A. High School of the Arts with club and festival dates under his belt, and now in his third year as an undergraduate at Princeton he has...

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Featured Article 2015-05-08 15:49:40
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
May 8, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

Wes Montgomery - In the Beginning - (Resonance Records)
Two Disc Set
This is jazz history. A 22 year old Butler University student recorded Wes Montgomery in Indianapolis in 1956 , an Austrian collector found some old 78's with Montgo...

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Featured Article 2015-05-01 14:21:36
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
May 1, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

Snarky Puppy (with Metrople Orkest) - Sylvia - (Impulse)
As you may have noticed if you've read my previous website reviews, I champion genre busting pastiches that enable listeners to re-imagine old forms and discover new ones.

Well ...

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Featured Article 2015-04-26 18:39:03
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
April 26, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

Troy Roberts - Secret Rhymes - (Inner Circle Music)
Australian tenor saxophonist Roberts along with some of New York's best sidemen, (Jeff 'Tain' Watts, drums, Chris Smith, bass, and pianist Silvano Monasterios), channels the golden age o...

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Featured Article 2015-04-19 12:37:40
New the the KUCI Reggae Library
April 19, 2015
by: Jarret Lovell

The Skints FM (Easy Star Records)
From the very first sound on this record, you know youre in for a treat. Opening with the sounds of a radio tuner finding a station, the dial settles on Skint FM and the deejay announces that the ra...

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Featured Article 2015-04-07 12:02:29
New the the KUCI Punk Library
April 7, 2015
by: Tommy DeSilva

Strung Out - Transmission.Alpha.Delta - [Fat Wreck Chords]
Strung Out is a Punk Rock band from Simi Valley, CA. Their new album Transmission.Alpha.Delta, which marks the bands first new release in over 6 years, is a really awesome an energeti...

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Featured Article 2015-03-28 11:35:39
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
March 28, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

Daniel Rosenboom - Live at the Blue Whale Vol. 1 - (Orenda Records)
This two disc set has an extended improvisation, (Disc 1: Astral Transference), and a suite (Disc 2: Seven Dreams). Los Angeles trumpeter Rosenboom and his colleagues h...

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Featured Article 2015-03-16 10:43:41
Records That Changed My Life: Crass Feeding of the 5000
Part one The Origins
by: Heather McCoy

It maybe hard to believe, but during my time in high school I was pretty much like every teenager that has ever attended a high school. I was awkward. I didnt belong with any well-entrenched social clique found at an American High School. After much e...

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Featured Article 2015-03-07 09:39:07
New in the KUCI Punk Library
March 6, 2015
by: Tommy DeSilva

Adventures Supersonic Home - [Run For Cover Records]
Adventures are an Alternative/Emo band from Pittsburgh, PA. After officially signing to Run For Cover Records and releasing a split with Pity Sex last year, Adventures have finally release...

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Featured Article 2015-02-26 18:17:32
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
February 26, 2015
by: Jarret Lovell

Personal Space: Electronic Soul 1974 1984 - (Chocolate Industries/Numero Group): Sometimes an album comes along that is just a mash of sounds that sonically speaking shouldnt work, and yet it does. In this case, it isnt an album per se ...

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Featured Article 2015-02-18 12:00:00
New in the KUCI Punk Library
February 18, 2015
by: Tommy DeSilva

Title Fight Hyperview - [Anti-Records]
Title Fight is a Melodic Hardcore/Punk Rock band from Kingston, PA. After taking a small break from the studio, Title Fight have reemerged with an awesome new record entitled Hyperview, which marks the b...

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Featured Article 2015-02-09 08:05:20
New in the KUCI Jazz, Classical, and Folk Library
February 9, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

Chris Cortez - Top Secret! - (Blue Bamboo)
You know how Willie Nelson transcends the form "country" by bringing his Texasness to his music, how Lightnin Hopkins and Mance Lipscomb redefined "blues" in the same way? Well Chris Cortez (lik...

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Featured Article 2015-01-24 08:23:46
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
Hobart Taylor
by: Hobert Taylor

George Colligan - Risky Notions - (Origin)
Colligan is a renowned pianist composer who also whetted his chops on trumpet from time to time. On this new outing on Seattle's Origin label he switches to drums. He has worked with the ...

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Featured Article 2015-01-17 12:51:35
New in the KUCI Folk and Classical Library
January 17, 2015
by: Hobert Taylor

Gurf Morlix - Eatin' At Me - (Rootball Records)
Gurf Morlix was the producer/guitarist who helped codify Lucinda Williams sound on Sweet Old World and in 11 years touring with her. He also has extensively covered and championed the songs ...

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Featured Article 2014-12-03 12:56:57
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
December 3, 2014
by: Hobert Taylor

Rich Pellegrin Quintet - Episodes IV-VI - (OA2 Records)
University of Missouri prof Pellgrin's second album is a masterwork The pianist is joined by an extraordinary cadre of musicians, especially tenor player Neil Welch in a Coltra...

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Featured Article 2014-11-14 19:34:02
Anteater Basketball Season is Here
Listen to the games at KUCI
by: James Carrol

I aint never covered a sports event in any capacity. Still, decided to shoot the UCI exhibition basketball games as a press photographer this November 8, 2014. I am not a basketball fan. But there I was, sitting cross-legged on the floor of UCIs Bren...

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Featured Article 2014-11-04 09:13:45
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
November 4, 2014
by: Hobert Taylor

Marcus Roberts - Romance Swing and the Blues - (J-Master)
Pianist Roberts, noted as a sideman for Wynton Marsalis, is a stride player famous for his faithful recreations of the classical styles. Here, with a big band, he writes new music...

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Featured Article 2014-10-24 13:49:53
New in the KUCI Music Library
October 24, 2014
by: Hobert Taylor

Tre Voci - Tre Voci - (ECM)
Trio music (Marina Piccinini, Flute; Kim Kashkashian, Viola; Siven Magen, Harp) featuring Toru Takemitsu's "And Then I Knew Twas Wind", Debussy's "Sonata for Flute Viola and Harp", and Sofia Gubaidulina's ...

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Featured Article 2014-10-17 18:10:32
New in the KUCI Music Library
October 17, 2014
by: Hobert Taylor

Kat Edmonson - The Big Picture - (Sony Masterworks)
A star is born. A protege of Lyle Lovett, Edmonson has produced the freshest sounding retro record you could imagine. Produced by Mitchell Froom, this has a late '50's early '60's pop...

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Featured Article 2014-10-03 18:37:49
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
October 3, 2014
by: Hobert Taylor

Jane Bunnett - Maqueque - (Justin Time)
Soprano saxophonist and flautist Bunnett, a Canadian national treasure, joins an outstanding group of young Cuban women musicians and singers to expand upon the tradition of Cuban jazz. With ...

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Featured Article 2014-09-21 17:11:21
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
September 21, 2014
by: Hobert Taylor

Billy Childs - Map To The Treasure: Reimagining Laura Nyro - (Sony Masterworks
This is an extraordinary work of art. Masterful arrangements accompany these nuanced and deeply personal tunes by one of the most beloved songwriters of the ...

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Featured Article 2014-09-12 13:06:58
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
September 12, 2014
by: Jarret Lovell

Sunken City - Original Motion Picture Soundtrack, music by Next Level Sound System - (sunkencitymovie)
Have you ever had that experience wherein you pop in a new record/tape/CD and sit in your favorite chair ready to read a good book? Only you...

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Featured Article 2014-08-27 13:27:19
New in the KUCI Music Library
August 27, 2014
by: Hobert Taylor

David Basse - The Hero and the Lover - (Cafe Pacific Records)
Drummer and vocalist Basse has a long pedigree of associations with greats, most notably collaborations with pianist Mike Melvoin, (Tom Waits, Frank Sinatra). As a staple on ...

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Featured Article 2014-08-19 11:59:22
New in the KUCI Folk, Jazz, and Funk Library
August 19, 2014
by: Hobert Taylor

David Kilgour and the Heavy 8's - End Times Undone - (Merge)
Since the late '70's New Zealands Kilgour was a major force in the "Dunedin Sound", (his band was The Clean, and there were The Bats, The Verlaines, Straightjacket Fit...

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Featured Article 2014-08-11 14:30:33
New in the KUCI Punk Library
August 11, 2014
by: Tommy DeSilva

Spraynard - The Mark Tom And Patrick Show - [Asian Man Records]
Spraynard is a 3 piece Pop Punk band from West Chester, PA. Their new album The Mark Tom And Patrick Show is a very catchy and upbeat record that fits the mold of todays prototypi...

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Featured Article 2014-07-24 11:49:24
New in the KUCI Punk Library
July 24, 2014
by: Tommy DeSilva

Handguns Life Lessons - [Pure Noise Records]
Handguns are a 5 piece Pop Punk band from Harrisburg, PA. After taking a couple of years off from the studio, Handguns have returned stronger than ever with their latest release Life Lessons, which...

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Featured Article 2014-07-07 08:27:44
New in the KUCI Punk Library
July 7, 2014
by: Tommy DeSilva

Heart To Heart - Dulce - [Purenoise Records]
Heart To Heart is a 5 piece hardcore/punk band from Pismo Beach, CA. After completing an extensive touring schedule, Heart To Heart decided to finally get back into the studio where they recorded th...

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Featured Article 2014-06-27 13:16:00
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
June 27, 2014
by: Jarret Lovell

Rafter - It's Reggae - (Asthmatic Kitty)
"Rafter" is the artist name for Rafter Roberts, an artist with the hip label Asthmatic Kitty. Unfortunately, that's about all I can tell you about this individual, except that he strikes me as a Shawn ...

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Featured Article 2014-06-20 15:38:30
New in the KUCI Punk Library
by: Tommy DeSilva

Makthaverskan - II - [Run For Cover Records] **Re-Release
Makthaverskan are a 5 piece Garage Punk/Post-Punk band from Sweden. After obtaining a large underground following, Makthaverskan was signed to Run For Cover Records, who decided to re-re...

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Featured Article 2014-06-10 09:55:42
New in the KUCI Afro Jazz, Soul, Reggae Library
June 10, 2014
by: Jarret Lovell

Tribal Seeds - Representing - (Tribal Seeds Music): From San Diego, Tribal Seeds are the band to watch, for they will certainly be the next big thing in reggae - if they aren't already. Their sound is smooth, rootsy, dubby, authentic. No gimmicks...

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Featured Article 2014-05-29 17:26:19
New in the KUCI Punk Library
May 29, 2014
by: Tommy DeSilva

Only Crime Pursuance [Rise Records]
Only Crime is a 5 piece Melodic Hardcore band that features well-known punk rockers Russ Rankin (Good Riddance), Bill Stevenson (The Descendents/ALL/Black Flag), and Aaron Dalbec (Bane). After taking an e...

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Featured Article 2014-05-12 09:32:03
New in the KUCI Goth Library
May 12, 2014
by: Valerie

AMBASSADOR21 - Riot Generation - (A21 Records/Restroom Records)
The Belarusian duo hits you hard in the face with their latest onslaught against the corrupt systems in place in the world. They fuse hardcore with the industrial noise that keeps ...

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Featured Article 2014-04-14 17:39:58
New in the KUCI Punk Library
by: Tommy DeSilva

Off! Wasted Years [Vice Records]
Off! is a 4 piece Punk Rock supergroup based out of Los Angeles, CA featuring Keith Morris (Circle Jerks/Black Flag/Flag) on vocals, Dimitri Coats (Burning Brides) on guitar, Steven McDonald (Redd Kross) on ...

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Featured Article 2014-03-25 12:34:04
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
March 28, 2014
by: Hobert Taylor

Clotilde Rullaud - In Extremis - Self Released
A French Sarah Vaughn mezzo-soprano with exquisite taste in musicians, Rulland dips her toes in various jazz sub genres like bop, African, Brazilian, breezy waltzes etc. with stunning succe...

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Featured Article 2014-03-12 20:49:57
New in the KUCI World, Folk, Country & Experimental Library
by: Hobart Taylor

The Blushin' Roulettes - Old Mill Sessions - Self Released
Angie Heimann is a wonderful song-writer with a powerful quaver in her pipes, and with her compadre Cas Sohacki they make jazzy folk and folky jazz. Recorded in beautiful Mendocino ...

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Featured Article 2014-02-21 12:16:11
New in the KUCI Jazz and World Library
February 20, 2014
by: Hobart Taylor

Sax Ruins - Blimmgauss Ipecac Records
Wow. Tatsuya Yoshida percussion, Ryoko Ono, saxes and flute. Ur Zappa....multi-dubbed saxes and percussion played in warp drive with more notes per second than snowflakes on a Minneapolis roof. All ext...

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Featured Article 2014-02-09 16:32:34
New in the KUCI Folk, County, Americana Library
February 9, 2014
by: Hobart Taylor

Driftwood - Driftwood (Driftwood)
Every once in a while a band is fully formed, complete. This is as good as it gets in the nether world of songwriterly charm. precision picking, and earnest vocalization. Every song is a marvel. You could ...

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Featured Article 2014-02-02 09:50:34
New in the KUCI Punk Library
February 1, 2014
by: Tommy DeSilva

Epicycle Youre Not Gonna Get It: 1978 81 [Compilation] [Hozac Records]
Epicycle is a 4 piece Punk band from Chicago that was a prominent force in the punk rock scene during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Although the band never had ...

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Featured Article 2013-12-29 16:05:17
New in the KUCI Punk Library
January 17, 2103
by: Tommy DeSilva

Backtrack Lost in Life [Bridge 9 Records]
Backtrack is a 5 piece Hardcore band from Long Island, NY. Their new album, Lost in Life marks the bands first new release in 3 years as well as their first release on Bridge 9 records. Lost in li...

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Featured Article 2013-12-18 19:55:04
New in the KUCI Funk/Soul Library
December 18, 2013
by: Sean Ziebarth

Eccentric Soul: The Nickel and Penny Labels [various artists]
24 smooth jams from the Chicago soul scene circa '68-'72. From the driving grooves of Jerry Townes' "You are my Sunshine" to the poppy R&B sounds of Voices the range of soul styles ...

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Featured Article 2013-12-10 10:41:13
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
December 10, 2013
by: Jarret Lovell

The Scientist Meets Ted Sirota's Heavyweight Dub (Liberated Zone Records)
Whether you enjoy your dub straight up, or with a little electronic twist, the name Scientist is now legendary. Along with Lee "Scratch" Perry and mentor King Tubby, Ov...

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Featured Article 2013-12-03 09:15:49
New in the KUCI Punk Library
December 3, 2013
by: Tommy DeSilva

Polar Bear Club Death Chorus [Rise Records]
Polar Bear Club is a five piece Post-Hardcore/Pop Punk band from Rochester, NY. On their new full length album Death Chorus, the band shows a major transition in their sound, contributed mostly to ...

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Featured Article 2013-11-29 13:28:22
New in the KUCI Experimental Library
November 29, 2013
by: DJ Pizzazz

You may ask yourself, "what is experimental music?" I might have to ask you that at some point, too. In the meantime, these full-digital compact discs have been added to the library. Enjoy:

Chris Forsyth - Solar Motel [[Paradise of ...

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Featured Article 2013-11-25 18:08:56
New in the KUCI Loud Rock Library
November 25, 2013
by: Chris Rigney

Russian Circles "Memorial" [Sargent House]
These post-rock instrumentalists from Chicago return with another great offering with a hint of shoegaze. The new album is both haunting and heavy, which both fit with the album title. Although they...

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Featured Article 2013-11-19 10:03:01
New in the KUCI Americana, Country, and Jazz Library
November 19, 2013
by: Hobart Taylor

Kal - Romology - Arc Music
Serbian Gypsy garage punk... you know vocals fueled by amphetamines, grain alcohol, and smoke from discarded butts accompanied by the boot crunch on gravel rhythms and circus tango circus music. Waitsian...or rather ...

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Featured Article 2013-11-05 11:21:45
KUCI at CMJ
Music Marathon 2013
by: Martim Galvo

Coke Weed at Union Pool (10/17/13)
It was a decent Thursday night in the heart of Williamsburg. PBR was in the air and mustaches tickled the back of my neck as I squeezed through a crowd of 20 and 30-somethings to make my way towards the stage....

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Featured Article 2013-10-20 09:30:24
New in the KUCI Loud Rock Library
October 18, 2013
by: Chris Rigney -KUCI Loud Rock Director

Devin Townsend Project "The Retinal Circus" [InsideOut]
For those who have enjoyed Devin Townsend's longstanding and wacky career of both truly heavy and progressive material, he has put together a 2-disc live release of his performance under ...

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Featured Article 2013-09-28 13:26:47
New in the KUCI Punk Library
September 28, 2013
by: Matthew Suarez

Potty Mouth - Hell Bent (Old Flame)
Hell Bent inches Potty Mouth towards more profound songwriting than last year's great Sun Damage EP. The lyrics focus primarily on the many facets of what it means to be young-- desire to ditch smalltown life...

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Featured Article 2013-08-29 17:49:02
New in the KUCI Loud Rock Library
August 29, 2013
by: Chris Rigney, KUCI Loud Rock Director

Scale the Summit "The Migration"
This wondrous instrumental group brings you more progressive metal sans vocals. These guys have an excellent track record so far, and this is a great addition to their catalog. Some may find it too short clock...

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Featured Article 2013-08-20 10:49:04
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
August 1, 2013
by: Jarret Lovell

Danakil: "Echos Du Temps" (X Ray Productions)
When I first played Danakil on my program last week, an online listener based in French-Canadian Montreal emailed me. "Thanks for playing. I guess I should really give this band a try. Their albu...

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Featured Article 2013-04-09 08:26:42
New in the KUCI Loud Rock Library
April 9, 2013
by: Chris Rigney, Loud Rock Director

Ancient VVisdom "Deathlike" (Prosthetic)
I think I like this band more every day. These Texans follow up their fantastic debut with a sophomore effort that's more than worthy of checking out. It's their atmosphere and dark subject matter tha...

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Featured Article 2013-04-01 19:14:20
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
by: Jarret Lovell

Barrington Levy Anthology (VP Records)
The best of the best! Barrington Levy is like no other, and he has likely brought more people to reggae music than most other living performers. Indeed, he is among a few Jamaican artists to have scor...

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Featured Article 2013-03-22 11:20:41
Nicole Mitchell's Ice Crystal
by: Hobart Taylor

Standing on shifting shores of kaleidoscopic melodies, hopping time signatures like passing clouds shuttling across some southside mindscape, integrating momentous nervous tics talk tick tock thick talk think clock tuning turning tumbling....

UC...

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Featured Article 2013-03-11 14:37:54
Local Natives Hummingbird
by: Katrina Yentch

After almost a year of a sneaky message gracing the homepage of the Local Natives website (We are making a new record.), the built-up anticipation has finally been released. The follow-up to their debut album, Gorilla Manor, Local Natives decides to t...

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Featured Article 2013-02-19 08:41:02
New in the KUCI Loud Rock Library
February 19, 2103
by: Chris Rigney, KUCI Loud Rock Director

Anaal Nathrakh "Vanitas" (Candlelight)
Anaal Nathrakh have set the course for becoming the frontrunner in extreme music. They have excellent consistency and creativity in their songwriting, and the new release for this UK duo is fantastic. W...

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Featured Article 2012-12-16 08:57:08
New in the KUCI Experimental Library
December 15, 2012
by: Paul McEldowney

Robust Worlds - Emotional Planet (De Stijl)
It took me many times to listen to this album not because it is awful or unlistenable, but because navigating and running itunes 11 is a nightmarish experience inducing constant frustration and rage...

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Featured Article 2012-11-29 07:11:15
The Internet & Friends at The Echoplex
by: Katie Tilford

Once again, the much-hyped Check Yo Ponytail 2 delivered a high-quality showcase of emerging artists November 25th at the Echoplex. Openers Reva DeVito and Roane Namuh out of Portland set the mood for the evening with laid back, yet danceable beats and pr...

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Featured Article 2012-10-02 10:27:58
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
October 2, 2012
by: Hobart Taylor

Mr. Isaac Allen - Don't Smoke (Horizon Records)
OK he has a deep baritone, jazzy arrangements and Zen sensibilities and polaroids of night shadows clutched in his talons so someone is going to say Leonard Cohen/Lou Reed clone. Mr. Isaac All...

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Featured Article 2012-09-13 08:21:55
New in the KUCI Experimental Library
September 12, 2012
by: Paul McEldowney

Can - The Lost Tapes (sampler) (Mute)
Whoa so there's a new box set of a bunch of Can's lost studio work that has been stashed away for years. Unlike other 'lost' albums, this one features some of Can's best material. Unfortunately, all we ge...

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Featured Article 2012-07-17 08:48:36
New in the KUCI Loud Rock Library
by: Chris Rigney

Paradise Lost "Tragic Idol" (Century Media)
Renowned doom metallers Paradise Lost are back with another chapter in their melancholy collection. Very cool band who's been around for a long time. If you're into bands like My Dying Bride and An...

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Featured Article 2012-06-22 22:55:50
New in the KUCI Loud Rock Library
June 22, 2012
by: Chris Rigney

Kreator "Phantom Antichrist" (Nuclear Blast)
Potentially the best album of their career, this is an excellent thrash metal record that is taken to the extremely. The band really took the time to craft interesting compositions and complicated ...

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Featured Article 2012-05-31 10:26:25
New in the KUCI Loud Rock Library
May 30, 2012
by: Chris Rigney

Vaura "Selenelion" (Weird Records)
This one is for fans of Isis, Black Math Horseman, Junius, and Agalloch. Slow to mid-tempo, atmospheric metal with haunting clean vocals and lots of mood. Lots of reverb on vocals and guitar contribute to t...

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Featured Article 2012-04-04 06:27:57
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
April 2, 2012
by: Jarret Lovell

Various Artists Listen to the Music (Pressure Sounds UK)
Listen to the Music is a stellar compilation of 21 Caltone recordings that span the years 1966 to 1969. One spin of this disc takes the listener on a journey from the ska years throug...

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Featured Article 2012-02-05 10:07:30
Mixtapers of the World Unite
An Interview with Brian Dishon
by: Erica M. Medrano

Brian Dishon is the host of The Old Weird America (currently on hiatus) and creator of the Mixtape Preservation Society, a mixtape exchange collective made up of die-hard music lovers and all-around creative folk.

What brought you to t...

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Featured Article 2011-12-08 08:05:44
Reggae Reflections
The Best of 2011
by: Jarret Lovell

Reggae, dancehall and dub music has always been a blend of old and new. Built on a foundation of mento which itself is a creolized fusion of European- and African-derived music, the early sound of reggae also borrowed heavily from American R&B. Ind...

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Featured Article 2011-11-15 17:31:08
New in the KUCI Jazz Library
November 15, 2011
by: Hobart Taylor

Tish Olney - Sweet Youth - (DTG Productions)
Jazz standards and a few originals from this pleasant and carefully calibrated artist... Rosemary Clooney style... great phrasing. She is accompanied by John Chiodini guitarist for the Boston Pops, a...

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Featured Article 2011-08-08 18:29:14
Like a Submarine in the Sky
An Interview with Erika M. Anderson of EMA
by: Erica M. Medrano

The first time I met Erika M. Anderson was by chance. Somewhere in the wee hours of a random Saturday night, our paths crossed on a desolate LA street in line for the only open food truck in town. It was her shoes I saw first --bright red old school ...

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Featured Article 2011-06-30 14:45:33
An Interview with Sarah Green
From the Long Beach band Spare Parts for Broken Hearts
by: Erica Medrano

Sarah Green has been making music and breaking hearts in and around Orange County for nearly a decade, most recently in the Long Beach band Spare Parts for Broken Hearts. Sharing duties on bass/guitars/vocals with seasoned musician Laurita Guaico, and...

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Featured Article 2011-06-06 17:46:38
The Internet Peep Show
The Consequences of Content
by: Kumar Ravind

When you post the latest pictures of you and your friends drunk at a party on Facebook, who do you hope will see them? Friends, family, fellow drunken party-goers? Typically, when you post something to Facebook, there is an underlying assumption that the ...

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Featured Article 2011-05-16 12:30:41
Heavy Metal
Breaking Bonds in the Middle East
by: Chris Rigney, KUCI Loud Rock Director

Although the growing negative publicity and public outrage expressed in the global media over conditions in the Middle East have painted a bleak image of both socially and politically oppressed masses in that region of the world, it has also helped shed l...

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Featured Article 2011-04-25 18:07:25
The Return of Scratch, Lee Perry that is...
by: Jarret Lovell

If you were listening to National Public Radio this past weekend, you likely heard something youve never heard before on the rather staid Weekend Edition program: an 8 minute segment on the (grand)father...

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Featured Article 2011-03-08 10:33:58
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
by: Jarret Lovell

Israel Vibration - "Reggae Knights? (Mediacom)
In an era of computerized riddims, synthesized beats and boasting vocals, few roots reggae acts have endured since the heyday of the 1970s. Israel Vibration proves to be one of the crucial except...

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Featured Article 2011-01-09 19:04:05
Hip-Hop and Youth Activism: The Shining Sons
Interview with Intellect and Jedi
by: Lauren

Many rising hip-hop artists today try to make it big by spitting the same rhymes of fame, fortune, sex and drugs. But once in a while, there are those rare beacons of light that illuminate hope in a very real, anti-MTV trash way.

With their ne...

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Featured Article 2010-12-31 14:24:40
KUCI DJ Picks 2010
Hand-picked with love from your favorite KUCI DJs ? it?s the Best of 2010 list! As always, thanks for supporting community radio.

Unless otherwise noted, these lists reflect the DJ?s Top Albums of the year.


Kyle ? Things that...

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Featured Article 2010-09-27 19:39:08
New in the KUCI Reggae Library
by: Jarret Lovell

The Uniques - "Absolutely Rock Steady" (Pressure Sounds)
One of the most popular and enduring vocal harmony groups of the Rock Steady era, The Uniques occupy a very special place in the hearts of Jamaican music lovers. Ask any reggae aficionad...

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Featured Article 2010-06-07 18:05:52
Italian Babylon
Alborosie's Global Reggae
by: Jarret Lovell

Delivering the keynote address at the February opening ceremony of the 2010 International Reggae Conference in Kingston, Jamaica's Culture Minister Olivia Babsy Grange noted that, with the rise of the Internet and the ease of international travel, "all au...

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Featured Article 2010-05-01 20:10:41
An Interview with British Trance DJ/Producer Lange
by: Arthur Galestian

Arthur catches up with Lange before his weekend gigs in Hollywood with Ferry Corsten, and in New York with the live broadcast of Armin van B...

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Featured Article 2009-12-19 21:30:36
Interview with Free The Robots
by: Kristoner

Think there's no Hip Hop in OC? Free the Robots is changing that. Based in Santa Ana, Free the Robots (aka Chris Alfaro) has been brewing a delicious, head-nodding concoction of funk, w...

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Featured Article 2009-07-15 08:28:40
Iran 2009
Florida 2000 All Over Again?
by: Will Bruzzo

Like everyone, I found the recent images from the Iran protests to be at once inspiring and horrifying: inspiring, in that an oppressed people rose up despite risks and let their anger be known; horrifying, in the images of unarmed peaceful protesters bei...

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Featured Article 2009-07-09 09:35:57
Exercise: What Is It Good For?
by: Dr. Mamak Shakib

Most people think of exercise as either aerobic or strengthening. At the same time, most people only do them to lose weight or when they are concerned about their heart health. Because there is a lot of misconception, this article intends to explore each...

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Featured Article 2009-06-25 09:29:28
Inside the Mind of Zimbardo, Loftus, and Villarreal
by: Ray PorMansor

Inside the Mind is a KUCI public affairs program that focuses on psychological, psychiatric, sociological, technological, and other factors of the mind and mental health bringing you interviews with th...

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Featured Article 2009-06-18 13:52:28
Vice President of Hysteria
by: Will Bruzzo

As Dick Cheney toured the talking circuit a few weeks ago promoting the use of water boarding among other torture techniques and advocating for the continued operation of the Prison at Guantanamo Bay, I could not help but reflect on Mr. Cheneys other sig...

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Featured Article 2009-05-29 06:51:31
An interview with Jes
by: Arthur Galestian

Jes, known as the incredible voice behind tracks like Motorcycle's chart-topper, "As The Rush Comes" celebrates her newly established number-one position on the Billboard dance charts with "Imagination". Jes and I had a chance to catch up via telephone...

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Featured Article 2009-05-23 13:32:21
"Green" or a Shade of Gray
How Safe and Earth-Friendly are Your Cleaning Products?
by: Dr. Mamak Shakib

While you may not be cleaning your room or dorm right now, it is a good idea to know if your cleaning products are safe to use. After all, the cleaning day is just around the corner! The typical American home contains 3-10 gallons of toxic materials. Unbe...

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Featured Article 2009-04-03 14:16:20
Want To Boost Your Brain Function?
by: Dr. Mamak Shakib

If you are like most, you probably want to improve your memory and become smarter. As a huge advocate of holistic health, I believe in the importance of the Triune of Health as it relates to health goals and tasks. The Health Triune is an imaginary equila...

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Featured Article 2009-03-18 17:05:14
DJ or Comedian?
An Interview with DJ Douggpound
by: DJ Intern Sam

Comedian DJ Douggpound has been performing his unique style of DJ comedy for the past few years, both locally in LA and on tour opening for Adult Swim stars Tim and Eric. This last tour, DJ Douggpound put out his first EP, Pound It, which includes al...

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Featured Article 2009-03-11 16:00:42
A Mother's Load
Live Through This: A Mothers Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love by Debra Gwartney
by: Marrie Stone

Amanda was cutting herself. This haunting line opens Debra Gwartneys debut memoir, soon to be featured in People Magazine and on Good Morning America, and the subject of a 2002 This American Life episode.

Following a tumultuou...

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Featured Article 2009-03-04 09:25:30
Benson Interrupted
An Interview with Doug Benson
by: DJ Intern Sam

Doug Benson is a touring comedian. His first Comedy Central Presents aired in early 2009, and he can currently be seen on VH1's Best Week Ever. He is the creator and star of the 2007 documentary Super High Me. He released his first solo CD "Profession...

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Featured Article 2009-02-25 14:56:05
How About a Little Appreciation?
by: Will Bruzzo

Now that Obamas inauguration has come and gone, and a new era has dawned for America, I feel the time is right to express a little disappointment. No, I am not disappointed in Obamas election. Quite the opposite. I campaigned vigorously on his behalf. M...

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Featured Article 2009-02-20 11:34:09
Every Breath You Take
The Numerati by Stephen Baker
by: Marrie Stone

With every swipe of your savings card and click of your mouse, with each text message you send and phone call you receive, the flip of your remote, tick of your toll road transponder, and numerous other activities you do without thinking, youre produc...

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Featured Article 2009-02-13 15:56:05
The Plame Affair Revisted
"What Happened"
by: Will Bruzzo

Take a look at what KUCI is reading this week:

Scott McClellan, the former Press Secretary for George W. Bush from 2003-2006, is the latest member of the Bush Administration to write a tell-all book aptly titled What Happened. Alt...

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Featured Article 2009-02-04 15:44:26
What is Yoga?
by: Coco B

What is Yoga? There are many things that can describe yoga, but my favorite yoga definition is from the first sutra of Patanjali's Yoga Sutras. In this Sutra Pantajali states Atha Yoganusasanam: "Now the exposition of Yoga is being made." It states that ...

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Featured Article 2009-01-23 15:52:46
The Health Cost of Drinking and Driving
by: Will Bruzzo

No matter the time of year, it is valuable to consider the effects of drinking and driving and how you can avoid an arrest or causing an accident. My experience comes from 15 years of legal representation.

Even though the legal limit in Cali...

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Featured Article 2009-01-03 10:34:37
The Best of 2008
KUCI Staff Picks
by: Rita Gennawey

KUCI proudly presents our top albums of 2008

DJ Kyle
Host of Things That Are Square

10. Stephen Malkmus & The Jicks - Real Emotional Trash [Matador]
THE indie rock poster boy takes another step towards his...

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Featured Article 2008-12-03 09:03:55
Tom Waits
Glitter and Doom Siting
by: Kyle Olson

Do you know who I'd kill to see Tom Waits live? You and everyone you've ever cared about. And frankly, I'm thinking it's about to get to that point (so you better get your grandparents into Anne Frank hiding mode).

The man simply does not tour. ...

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Featured Article 2008-08-14 14:14:18
The Chance Theater's Evita
August 2nd through September 7th, 2008
by: Keith David Dillon

Just in time for the conventions, the celebrated Chance Theatre in Anaheim Hills is presenting their take on Evita, Tim Rice & Andrew Lloyd Webbers dramatic oratorio centered on the life and influence of little Eva Duarte, Colonelisimo Juan Perons first...

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Featured Article 2008-07-07 21:00:47
Above & Beyond Interview
June 26, 2008
by: Arthur Galestian

Arthur Galestian Interviews Jonathan "Jono" Grant and Tony McGuinness of Above & Beyond.

Arthur Galestian: Alright guys! Right here in the studio with me, Above & Beyond tonight. Ranked number six according to DJ Mag's Top 100 Poll...

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Featured Article 2008-06-18 11:04:38
A New Brain
Rude Guerrilla Theatre / May 30 through July 6, 2008
by: Keith David Dillon

In the world of the American Musical Theatre, William Finn is something else altogether. In the main, writers in this world take their stories from literature and cinema, but William Finn, with the help of his frequent collaborator James Lapine, finds his...

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Featured Article 2008-04-30 15:08:49
An Interview with Lori Lewis
Operatic Singer for Therion and Aesma Daeva
by: DJ Azrael

Lori Lewis is the lead operatic singer for the metal bands Therion and Aesma Daeva. DJ Azrael had the pleasure of interviewing her on October 16, 2007, outside The Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana. It was the last interview he did at that venue before they...

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Featured Article 2008-03-19 17:10:17
Shuffle, Explain, Ashame
The Chris Rigney Edition
by: Vivian Lee

Lets face it: I am writing this while wearing a sweater with a Magnetic Fields pin. I am very ill equipped to talk metal with KUCIs Loud Rock Music Director Chris Rigney.

For starters, I ask Chris, who does Metalmorphosis from 12-3 A.M. Sunda...

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Featured Article 2008-02-28 10:50:27
Red Herring
The Laguna Playhouse
by: Keith Dillon

"A good marriage is one which allows for change and growth in the individuals and in the way they express their love."
Pearl Buck

"Always get married early in the morning. That way if it doesnt work out, you havent wasted a whole d...

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Featured Article 2008-01-09 09:48:22
The Best of 2007
KUCI Staff Picks
by: Brian Quon

If you're a music enthusiast, 2007 has been a very rewarding year for you. There have been releases from established big names such as Radiohead and Jay-Z, and a plethora of releases that seemingly came out of nowhere to provide us with repeated plays ...

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Featured Article 2007-12-07 09:14:40
Shuffle, Explain, Ashame
The Jack Bartlett Edition
by: Vivian Lee

Each month we ask one of our beloved KUCI DJs to put their iPod on shuffle, hand it over, and 'splain themselves. Today our DJ is beloved Production Assistant Jack Bartlett, who is behind those jazzy PSAs you hear 3 times an hour. You can also hear him mi...

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Featured Article 2007-10-22 20:44:47
Shuffle, Explain, Ashame / The Kyle Olson Edition
by: Vivian Lee

Each month we ask one of our beloved KUCI DJs to put their iPod on shuffle, hand it over, and splain themselves. Today our lucky (first!) DJ is none other than Kyle Olson, whos been putting out some seriously sweet jams every Thursday night on the Thin...

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Featured Article 2007-09-26 13:44:11
An Interview with Sonata Arctica
September 17, 2007
by: Chris Rigney

Kat Spencer and Chris Rigney interview vocalist Tony Kakko and keyboardist Henrik Klingenberg of the Finish band Sonata Arctica at The Galaxy Theater in Santa Ana..

KUCI: The new album, Unia, has a very different sound to it, it's m...

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Featured Article 2007-08-29 13:05:05
Interview with Lange
August 17, 2007
by: Arthur Galestian

Arthur: Hey, this is Arthur Galestian. I'm here with Lange, who has flown in from the UK this weekend for his performance tomorrow night, the 18th of August, at "Space Opera" at the Hudson Theater in San Bernardino.

Ranked No. 54 DJ in th...

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Featured Article 2007-08-15 10:25:14
The Azar Lawrence Quartet & James Love
July 27, 2007 at the Jazz Bakery
by: Keith Dillon

"Its a fact that everything in life is action and reaction. Things evolve, not necessarily consciously. But there are certain elements that are inherent in Jazz, and you must be watching for them. If those elements are there, youll get it."

Thi...

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Featured Article 2007-08-01 21:46:44
Interview with Dallas Toler-Wade of Nile
July 20, 2007 @ The Galaxy Theater / Santa Ana, CA
by: DJ Azrael

KUCI: Although it's pretty early in your tour so far, how's it been? Cuz I know this is like the seventh stop I think?

Dallas Toler-Wade: Yeah. It's been great...it's been great. We've been getting some good responses on Ozzfes...

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Featured Article 2007-03-23 12:45:59
The Knife
Swedish Sibling Pop
by: Ziba Z

The Knife are a brother-sister duo from Stockholm, Sweden, Olof and Karin Dreije, who sing in English. They first caught my ear when I heard Steel Drums in between electro beats! I was so excited! These siblings are far from a Caribbean band, though. The...

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Featured Article 2005-11-30 18:24:11
Digital::Nimbus... The Sounds Of Data
Special Feature courtesy of Socal.com
by: Sergio Martinez

Night cats and vampires need sounds to guide them from hot spot to hot spot. From club to rave, from dive bar to after hours hang out. They crave for the sounds that agitate their skin, for the sounds that lure them to corners otherwise not visited.
...

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Featured Article 2005-08-02 17:46:57
Bumbershoot
A Magical, Multifaceted Festival And Effective Cure For End-Of-Summer Blues--And General Crankiness
by: Duncan Strauss

So, it's the dog days of summer. Its hot, youre cranky. Or, depending on when you're reading this, maybe its not overly hot, but you're still cranky. Or, perhaps you're not cranky at all--maybe its just me whos cranky.

The point i...

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Featured Article 2005-06-06 18:22:10
Jack Dangers / Meat Beat Manifesto
Phone Interview on Digital::Nimbus
by: Pietrobot & Freakquency Modulator

Broadcast Date: May 28th, 2005 (D::N Show #142)
12-3am (PST) on KUCI 88.9 FM, Irvine CA.
Digital::Nimbus :: http://digitalnimbus.com

DIGITAL::NIMBUS hosts Pietrobot & Freakquency Modulator intervie...

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Featured Article 2005-04-05 17:07:19
Anticon Collective Declares "War on Self"
Makes Music in the Process
by: Lovell, Jarret

At a time when the United States is at war with...well... just about everyone, Sole, Pedestrian and Dosh of the Anticon record collective decided to launch the "War on Self Tour." KUCI sat down with these vegan, progressive, hip-hop artists to discuss, w...

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Featured Article 2004-09-21 14:25:00
Rating, Ranking, and Reviewing the Presidents
A Review of Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House, edited by James Taranto and Leonard Leo
by: Douglas E. Hill

Anyone with an interest in American history or politics will enjoy reading Presidential Leadership: Rating the Best and the Worst in the White House. Editors James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal editorial page and Leonard Leo of the Federalist Society...

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Featured Article 2004-06-25 14:53:11
East Meets West Meets East Meets West
Dengue Fever Infects Southland
by: gThomasT

It is a well known fact that in the twentieth century, the century of "Modernism," Western artists sought out to discover the art of non-Western cultures in order to inject fresh inspiration into the incestuous maelstrom of the West's historical influence...

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Featured Article 2004-04-29 19:26:44
Canibus
from the mainstream back to the underground
by: Rahul Reddy

I remember when I first got into underground hip-hop. I used to be a Hot 97 groupie, bought DMX and Mase's albums respectively. Now I cry whenever I think about it. Anyways, after a stint with mainstream obsession, I started to get into underground hip-ho...

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Featured Article 2004-01-08 16:21:51
Radio in the UK
How the British copy KUCI
by: Blake Howerton

I turned on the television to see Donald "Rummy" Rumsfeld's bespectacled face bob to and fro across the screen -- apparently he was being filmed by a hand-held camera. It was early July, and I was watching a news program on England's own BBC while on vac...

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Featured Article 2003-10-23 10:34:45
Rjd2
Yeah he?s that damn good
by: Rahul Reddy

"Once every few years, a hip-hop artist comes along and puts hip-hop on his back," was what Sean "P. Diddy" Combs said in reference to 50 Cent.? 50 Cent started his ascent to fame, fortune and eventual redundancy in 2002-2003.? Underground hip-hop also wa...

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Featured Article 2003-09-18 11:41:59
Circus Animals
Grim Furry Tales
by: Duncan Strauss

If you arrived at the Arrowhead Pond in late July to catch The Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and passed by some kooks protesting the circus on your way into the arena, I have two things to say:


(1) One of those kooks was me. (2) O...

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Featured Article 2003-08-22 12:14:12
Jesus Christ
No Longer a Superstar
by: Stacy Davies

God is not cool. At least not anymore. At least not when it comes to rock & roll. Christian rock, also known as "dork rock," is a laughable genre to those who don't embrace the Good Book. With the exception of some Christian-based bands who hide or deny t...

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Featured Article 2003-07-07 12:00:38
The Magic of Indian Classical Music
by: Larry Momaya, MD

What purpose does music serve? If we look closely, music is usually for more than to just relax. Music evokes emotion in us, be it peace, love, happiness, sadness or even anger. We may even self-medicate with music; when we feel low, we put on something t...

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Featured Article 2003-05-07 19:11:46
You, Too, Can Talk on the Radio
by: Tina "Dr. Romance" Tessina, Ph.D.

If you would like to be a DJ or public affairs host on KUCI, it's more possible than you may think. When I first heard about the training class, I thought I'd never make it to hosting my own show, and I promise you, if a fossil like me can do it, so can ...

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Featured Article 2002-10-08 08:22:42
Why do Classic Rock stations play so few African-American artists?
by: Douglas E. Hill

Classic rock is a music format I enjoy, even though it is not a radio format that we play on KUCI. Classic rock stations typically play some of the best rock-and-roll that I grew up with in the 1970s on AM-radio, as well as the best from FM-radio that I ...

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Featured Article 2002-09-06 13:20:28
WARP:NESH
The Mobius: Los Angeles (08/03/02)
by: Pietro Da Sacco

:: TWO FLOORS OF MUSICAL MASTERS ::

With Warp Records on the bill, the turnout for the first North American tour for Warp's Nesh Session couldn't have been better.

An impeccable and high-quality range of artists from around the country and ...

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Featured Article 2002-04-08 17:10:18
Le Tigre : Chicks on Speed : Erase Errata
A Night at The Glasshouse in Pomona
by: Thaddeous Thadington III

Well, it has been nearly two weeks since I attended the event that encourages the forthcoming descriptions. I would have typed this article sooner, but your humble narrator has a long standing affair with procrastination - the result of which has left him...

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Featured Article 2001-12-12 16:48:31
Pigface and friends...
A nite at the HOB Anaheim
by: KUCI Hooligans

On Tuesday December 4th a bunch of hooligans from KUCI went to the House of Blues in Anaheim to see Pigface perform live with Gravity Kills, Godhead and a "Special guest." In attendance were, from The Necrobotic Dance Party, Pandora Killjoy and Zoe Necros...

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Featured Article 2001-09-06 12:42:41
Internet Radio in 2001:
A Sample of the Many Choices
by: Douglas E. Hill

One of the promises of the Internet is to drastically increase our listening options. There are too many different listening options on the Internet to mention them all in this article. But I will discuss some of them of interest to me. If any of these in...

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