It doesn’t feel like I had a lot of time to follow new music this year, but I was able to come up with a list of about 45 songs that I really liked. I whittled it down to 10 favorites. For me, 2009 had plenty of ipod plays for Phoenix, Blind Pilot, YYY, Regina [...]
I saw Telekinesis at the Echoplex yesterday. That venue is perhaps the weirdest venue I’ve ever been to. The Echoplex is actually the basement of the Echo. I had assumed that since it was in the basement, it’d be smaller than the already cramped Echo, but it’s actually bigger and has a more legitimate stage [...]
I knew Scrubs would probably be a show I would like because my brother likes it. However, I never had the drive to sit down and watch it until a friend at work recently loaned me the Scrubs season 1 dvd and forced me to watch it. I finished off season 1 in a few [...]
I’m so pissed about Indie 103.1 going down. It’s difficult to repress the inner music snob in me with this happening. How can anyone be satisfied with Linkin Park, Offspring (KROQ, STAR), Ne-Yo, Katy Perry, Britney Spears (KIIS) T.I., Lil Wayne and Kanye West (POWER) all day long? It’s bullshit. Indie played quality music regardless [...]
Indie Activist:
This is an important message for the Indie 103.1 Radio Audience -
Indie 103.1 will cease broadcasting over this frequency effective immediately. Because of changes in the radio industry and the way radio audiences are measured, stations in this market are being forced to play too much Britney, Puffy and alternative music that is neither [...]
She & Him at the Wiltern was great. Their songs are very lyric-heavy so they mixed the mics nicely to avoid having the instruments drown out the vocals. Another important note: the band whistles really well and Zooey Deschanel plays an impressive fake trumpet. She & Him’s “Volumn One” might be my favorite album of [...]
Good show. Lots of standing. Played new songs and some old songs. New album out September 23rd.
I did some work on theandrewlai.com this weekend. New homepage and new music page.
Jenny Lewis’ new album “Acid Tongue” is coming in September. Currently you can call the number 1-888-717-ACID to hear a recording of the title track.
If you didn’t already know, I didn’t really love Weezer’s recent album. “Pork and Beans”is a pretty good song, but it’s definitely the best song on the album. The rest of the songs I don’t really care for.
The lameness began to grow when I heard a DJ from the newly rocked out Star 98.7 say [...]