A Place To Bury Strangers
Alberta Cross
Bajofondo
Beirut
Buraka Som Sistema
Cage the Elephant
Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band
Craze and Klever
Crystal Castles
Dear and the Headlights
Felix da Housecat
Franz Ferdinand
Genghis Tron
Ghostland Observatory
Girl Talk
Gui Boratto
Leonard Cohen
Los Campesinos!
M. Ward
Molotov
Morrissey
N.A.S.A.
Noah and the Whale
Patton & Rahzel
Paul McCartney
Peanut Butter Wolf
People Under the Stairs
Ryan Bingham
Silversun Pickups
Steve Aoki
Switch
The Crystal Method
The Aggrolites
The Airborne Toxic Event
The Black Keys
The Bug
The Courteeners
The Hold Steady
The Knux
The Presets
The Ting Tings
We Are Scientists
White Lies
Amanda Palmer
Amy Winehouse
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Atmosphere
Band Of Horses
Billy Talent
Blitzen Trapper
Bob Mould Band
Booker T
Calexico
Cloud Cult
Crookers
Dr. Dog
Drive By Truckers
Drop The Lime
Electric Touch
Fleet Foxes
Gang Gang Dance
Glass Candy
Glasvegas
Henry Rollins
Hercules and Love Affair
Ida Maria
James Morrison
Liars
Junior Boys
Mastodon
Michael Franti & Spearhead
MSTRKRFT
Surkin, Para One (Live)
Superchunk
The Bloody Beetroots
The Killers
Thenewno2
Thievery Corporation
Tinariwen
TRAV$DJ-AM
Turbonegro
TV On The Radio
Zane Lowe
Zizek Club
Antony and the Johnsons
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Christopher Lawrence
Clipse
Friendly Fires
Fucked Up
Groove Armada (DJ Set)
Jenny Lewis
K'naan
Late of the Pier
Lupe Fiasco
Lykke Li
M.A.N.D.Y.
Marshall Barnes
Mexican Institute of Sound
My Bloody Valentine
No Age
Okkervil River
Paolo Nutini
Paul Weller
Perry Farrell
Peter Bjorn and John
Public Enemy
Roni Size Reprazent
Sebastien Tellier
Shepard Fairey
Supermayer
The Cure
The Gaslight Anthem
The Horrors
The Kills
The Night Marchers
Themselves
Throbbing Gristle
Vivian Girls
X
Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Daisy is spinning the 20th Annual Pollstar Awards @ Club Nokia tomorrow night!

More info here:
http://www.pollstarpro.com/cic2009/Awards/pollstarawards-index.html

Little Radio is moving. This is exciting news, but means that we will not have shows until February. In lieu of today's radio show I offer Leonard Cohen and Christian Slater.
"Turn on the truth"
"Guess who? It's 10 o'clock, do you care where your parents are? "
"I say do it. I don't care what, just do it. Jam me, jack me, push me, pull me, talk hard."
"Eat your cereal with a fork and do your homework in the dark."
"Feeling screwed up at a screwed up time in a screwed up place does not necessarily make you screwed up."
"I am everywhere. I am inside each and every single one of you. Just look in and I will be there waving out at ya, naked wearing only a cock ring, heh, heh, heh. Wow, time flies when you're on the run. I'm gonna cut out now with this unusual song I'm dedicating to an unusual person who makes me feel kind of unusual."

From Gawker


The Nederlander Organization, one of the biggest theater owners and producers around, has acquired the rights to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" video. The one with the zombies. Plus, Mary-Louise Parker's very bad Hedda Gabler reviews.

Nederlander runs 'Broadway in Chicago,' so some are suggesting that the extravaganza—based on the 1983, John Landis-directed creepshow homage—could plant its roots in that windswept burg. It doesn't sound as if Nederlander plans to obtain rights to the rest of the songs on the same-titled album, but MJ is broke as an M F'n joke and maybe dying, so maybe he'd sell them at a discount. A rep for the Organization says that Jackson "will be personally and fully involved in the creation of the show," which might mean new tunes. We could make a joke about his involvement simply being as a model for the zombies or something, but that would be too easy.

We could also moan and groan yet again that every musical these days is based on a movie or whatever, but this is based on a music video. The key word there being 'music.' Oh, and there's great dancing! This probably has more potential than, say, Chocolat. [via Observer]

The bottom video was posted on Youtube by "Droompa". Apparently this video is an interpretive dance to "My Girls" recorded while hearing the song for the first time. The top video was posted by the band on their website. The new Animal Collective album is called "Merriweather Post Pavilion". It's really good. "My Girls" (obviously) is my standout song.
www.myspace.com/animalcollectivetheband

I am a total Music Theater nerd (studied M.T. at ESA for 4 years). I've 'done' Gypsy. For those two reasons maybe Patti LuPone's mid-show freak out has special significance for me. Regardless, she is amazing and this 'remix' is fabulous. Enjoy.

Daisy is at Sundance DJing at Brooklyn's Finest's premiere party. The party is hosted by the film's star, Ethan Hawke. To this I would like to raise a toast, and have a moment of silence as we travel back into the 90s:

Dear Ethan, Thank you for playing this dude in Reality Bites so that I would be influenced to date slacker dudes just like the dude you played for nearly my entire adult life. Yours Truly.

More info on Brooklyn's Finest on the wiki.



One more time with feeling:

"Collapsing At Your Doorstep" - Air France
"White Winter Hymnal (Black Dominoes Remix)" - Fleet Foxes
"Sleepy Head" - Passion Pit
"Paris (ft. Au Revoir Simone) (Aeroplane Remix)" - Friendly Fires
"Williams Blood (Aeroplane Remix)" - Grace Jones
"Soul On Fire" - Spiritualized®
"Kim & Jessie" - M83
"Nothing Ever Happened" - Deerhunter
"Lights Out (Miller Remix)" - Santogold
"Heartbreaker" - Metronomy
"Moving" - Pete and the Pirates
"Strange Overtones" - Brian Eno & David Byrne
"Happy House (Lee Douglas Remix)" - The Juan Maclean
"Solid Gold" - The Golden Filter
"Interplanetary Music (Riton Remix)" - Mickey Moonlight
"Machine Gun" - Portishead
"Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!" - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
"Divine" - Sébastien Tellier
"Golden Age" - TV on the Radio
"Gobbledigook" - Sigur Rós

Xo.

D.

From DJ Paul V

:( :( :(

Well,​ well,​ well - have you ever woken​ up late,​
and the first​ thing​ that happe​ns to you is what
feels​ like a 2-​ton anvil​ dropp​ing on your head?​

That'​s me, today​.​ I woke up late,​ fight​ing off this shit flu
that'​s going​ aroun​d.​ I got in my car to get my coffe​e,​
poppe​d on Indie​ 103-​1,​ and.​.​.​.​well - you know the rest

INDIE​ 103-​1 WILL CEASE​ AIRIN​G ON THE FM DIAL

I am basic​ally heari​ng this same news as all of you are -
even thoug​h I've worke​d at the stati​on for 4 years​!​

But, you shoul​d know in radio​:​ When somet​hing gets cance​lled
or goes off the air, they don'​t give you a "​heads​ up" - this kind
of shit just happe​ns - alway​s a "rug pulle​d out from under​ the feet"​
kind of thing​,​ ya know?​

I don'​t even know what to say at this point​.​.​.​
I feel like someo​ne just sucke​d the life right​ out of me.​.​.​

All I know is, is that Indie​ 103-​1FM is/​was

THE BEST FM RADIO​ STATI​ON

WE EVER GOT TO EXPER​IENCE​!​!​!​

Don'​t belie​ve me? Just try - TRY - to liste​n to any other​ FM stati​on
for more than 15 minut​es - let alone​ any longe​r - and see if
you can stoma​ch not only the tunes​,​ but the repet​ition​.​ Not to
menti​on suffe​ring throu​gh DJ's who sound​ like compl​ete
wanke​rs who know NOTHI​NG about​ the music​.​.​.​

When Indie​ came on the scene​ in Decem​ber 2003,​ my
jaw hit the floor​.​ I could​ NOT belie​ve what I was heari​ng.​
And I knew I had to find out who they were,​ and work
for them on ANY level​.​.​.​

I even worke​d for FREE the first​ two years​ at the stati​on,​
when I did the "​Mashu​p Of The Day" featu​re and then
event​ually​ "The Smash​ Mix"​.​ The last time I worke​d for no pay
like that,​ was my first​ job ever in radio​ - answe​ring the reque​st
lines​ at WCOZ in Bosto​n - when I was frigg​in'​ 19 years​ old.​.​.​

But getti​ng paid is NOT the point​.​.​.​.​
Creat​ive,​ artis​tic freed​om IS!

And to be able to be a part of somet​hing as amazi​ng as Indie​?​
There​'​s no price​-​tag you can put on that,​ my frien​ds
(​Jesus​,​ I hate John McCai​n - I can'​t even say "my frien​ds"​
anymo​re witho​ut a sharp​ pain going​ down my spine​.​.​.​)​

Appar​ently​ Indie​ will conti​nue onlin​e,​ as they alrea​dy have
milli​ons of peopl​e liste​ning there​ from aroun​d the world​.​
Peopl​e in bum-​f'​ck small​ US towns​ with no choic​es whats​oever​,​
or serio​us music​ fans on every​ conti​nent,​ reall​y.​.​.​

I still​ haven​'​t gotte​n any direc​t word from my boss or
the stati​on on what this means​ for me. I don'​t even know
if I'm suppo​sed to show up on Satur​day night​ for "​Neon Noise​"​ -
which​ reall​y sucks​,​ becau​se I had Joker​s Of The Scene​
lined​ up to come in and be on the show with me.​.​.​Ugh.​.​.​

And - Janua​ry 24th would​'​ve marke​d the
2nd Anniv​ersar​y of "​Neon Noise​"​.​.​.​.​now,​ I have no idea.​.​.​

Maybe​ we shoul​d all be thril​led we got to have Indie​
for as long as we did? All good thing​s come to an end,
as they say. And we know that'​s 100% true in life.​.​.​

In closi​ng,​ I have to perso​nally​ say THANK​ YOU to anyon​e
readi​ng this,​ who stumb​led upon me BECAU​SE of Indie​ 103-​1FM.​.​.​

I've met some of the nices​t,​ coole​st,​ most passi​onate​ peopl​e
and ferve​nt music​ fans over the last few years​ - and each of
you remin​ded me why I love doing​ what I do!​!​!​

SO - ONWAR​D AND UPWAR​D!​

All my best,​

DJ Paul V. / Indie​ 103-​1FM

Candice Held is based in Los Angeles. In addition to creating one-of-a-kind pieces with recycled materials for Candice Held Vintage, she also designs silhouettes and original prints for her namesake line.

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Listen to Daisy on Little Radio today [2p-4p Pacific Time] + send requests via email or IM.

http://www.littleradio.com/radio/

When I asked Daisy to make a list of her top 10 favorites from 2008, ("Just 10 Daisy. Just 10," I said.) I should have had the foresight to know it would be no easy task for a DJ. That top 10 started out as a top 100, got whittled down to 50, grew to 75, painfully shrank to 20 - but with 45 honorable mentions... and finally I gave in. She truly loves each and every one of these songs, and laments her affinity for those that weren't released between January 1st, 2008 and December 31, 2008. Anyway, with such a bulk of songs, we decided to share the love and record a live set of a mix of her favorite songs for you to enjoy.

Happy New Year!

Download Daisy's mix of 2009 - https://download.yousendit.com/bVlCeFVVNkc1bmpIRGc9PQ

Track list:
Hearts On Fire / Cut Copy
Happy House / The Juan Maclean
Blind (Frankie Knuckles remix) / Hercules & Love Affair
Ready For The Floor / Hot Chip
Paris Is Burning (Cut Copy Remix) / Ladyhawke
Walking On A Dream / Empire Of The Sun
Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix) / The Whitest Boy Alive
That's Not My Name (LA Riots Remix) / The Ting Tings
The Adventures of Pippi Longstrump / Fear Of Tigers
Solid Gold / The Golden Filter
Raquel / Neon Neon
Move (Cut Copy Remix) / CSS
Little Bit (CSS Remix) / Lykke Li
Interplanetary Music (Riton Remix) / Mickey Moonlight
Heartbreaker / Metronomy
Williams Blood (Aeroplane Remix) / Grace Jones
Hercules Theme / Hercules & Love Affair
Machine Gun / Portishead
Golden Age / TV on the Radio
House Jam / Gang Gang Dance
Paris (ft. Au Revoir Simone) (Aeroplane Remix) / Friendly Fires
Moving / Pete and the Pirates
Collapsing At Your Doorstep / Air France
White Winter Hymnal / Fleet Foxes
Beggin' (Pilooski edit) / Frankie Valli
We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed / Los Campesinos!

From college dorm rooms to high school sleepovers, an all-but-extinct music medium has been showing up lately. And we don't mean CDs. Vinyl records, especially the full-length LPs that helped define the golden era of rock in the 1960s and '70s, are suddenly cool again. Some of the new fans are baby boomers nostalgic for their youth. But to the surprise and delight of music executives, increasing numbers of the iPod generation are also purchasing turntables (or dusting off Dad's), buying long-playing vinyl records and giving them a spin.

Like the comeback of Puma sneakers or vintage T shirts, vinyl's resurgence has benefited from its retro-rock aura. Many young listeners discovered LPs after they rifled through their parents' collections looking for oldies and found that they liked the warmer sound quality of records, the more elaborate album covers and liner notes that come with them, and the experience of putting one on and sharing it with friends, as opposed to plugging in some earbuds and listening alone. "Bad sound on an iPod has had an impact on a lot of people going back to vinyl," says David MacRunnel, a 15-year-old high school sophomore from Creve Coeur, Mo., who owns more than 1,000 records.

The music industry, hoping to find another revenue source that doesn't easily lend itself to illegal downloads, has happily jumped on the bandwagon. Contemporary artists like the Killers and Ryan Adams have begun issuing their new releases on vinyl in addition to the CD and MP3 formats. As an extra lure, many labels are including coupons for free audio downloads with their vinyl albums so that Generation Y music fans can get the best of both worlds: high-quality sound at home and iPod portability for the road. Also, vinyl's different shapes (hearts, triangles) and eye-catching designs (bright colors, sparkles) are created to appeal to a younger audience. While new records sell for about $14, used LPs go for as little as a penny--perfect for a teenager's budget--or as much as $2,400 for a collectible, autographed copy of Beck's Steve Threw Up.

Vinyl records are just a small scratch on the surface when it comes to total album sales--only about 0.2%, compared to 10% for digital downloads and 89.7% for CDs, according to Nielsen SoundScan--but these numbers may underrepresent the vinyl trend since they don't always include sales at smaller indie shops where vinyl does best. Still, 990,000 vinyl albums were sold in 2007, up 15.4% from the 858,000 units bought in 2006. Mike Dreese, CEO of Newbury Comics, a New England chain of independent music retailers that sells LPs and CDs, says his vinyl sales were up 37% last year, and Patrick Amory, general manager of indie label Matador Records, whose artists include Cat Power and the New Pornographers, claims, "We can't keep up with the demand."

Big players are starting to take notice too. "It's not a significant part of our business, but there is enough there for me to take someone and have half their time devoted to making vinyl a real business," says John Esposito, president and CEO of WEA Corp., the U.S. distribution company of Warner Music Group, which posted a 30% increase in LP sales last year. In October, Amazon.com introduced a vinyl-only store and increased its selection to 150,000 titles across 20 genres. Its biggest sellers? Alternative rock, followed by classic rock albums. "I'm not saying vinyl will become a mainstream format, just like gourmet eating is not going to take over from McDonald's," says Michael Fremer, senior contributing editor at Stereophile. "But there is a growing group of people who are going back to a high-resolution format." Here are some of the reasons they're doing it and why you might want to consider it:

Sound quality LPs generally exhibit a warmer, more nuanced sound than CDs and digital downloads. MP3 files tend to produce tinnier notes, especially if compressed into a lower-resolution format that pares down the sonic information. "Most things sound better on vinyl, even with the crackles and pops and hisses," says MacRunnel, the young Missouri record collector.

Album extras Large album covers with imaginative graphics, pullout photos (some even have full-size posters tucked in the sleeve) and liner notes are a big draw for young fans. "Alternative rock used to have 16-page booklets and album sleeves, but with iTunes there isn't anything collectible to show I own a piece of this artist," says Dreese of Newbury Comics. In a nod to modern technology, albums known as picture discs come with an image of the band or artist printed on the vinyl. "People who are used to CDs see the artwork and the colored vinyl, and they think it's really cool," says Jordan Yates, 15, a Nashville-based vinyl enthusiast. Some LP releases even come with bonus tracks not on the CD version, giving customers added value.

Social experience Crowding around a record player to listen to a new album with friends, discussing the foldout photos, even getting up to flip over a record makes vinyl a more socially interactive way to enjoy music. "As far as a communal experience, like with family and friends, it feels better to listen to vinyl," says Jason Bini, 24, a recent graduate of Fordham University. "It's definitely more social."

By KRISTINA DELL
TIME.COM

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Original story here:
http://losangeles.metromix.com/music/photogallery/l-a-djs-class/850893/content