Take me to Lima...

Video courtesy of citymusictv

I want to learn to play the Zampoña. This group is called Duchicela and they play music from the Andes. I have one of their CDs. It's so great.

Everything sounds better...

Video courtesy of The Gregory Brothers


The newest episode of Auto-tune the News. These guys are brilliant. I still can't get over Brian Oxman saying he warned people Michael Jackson would "wake up dead". Oh man. The news really does sound better auto-tuned. Enjoy.

Dazzler Interview

INTERVIEW WITH LOS ANGELES ROCK BAND: DAZZLER.

July 2nd 2009

I found out about Dazzler's show at UCLA's Hammer Museum exactly a week prior to the event. I was on Facebook when Dazzler's guitarist, Andy Marlow, posted a status update about the show, and I promptly called my friend asking if she wanted to go. It was then that I realized I had the perfect opportunity to ask for an interview, and so, I very unprofessionally sent Andy a Facebook message asking if he would be interested in speaking with me. Luckily for me he obliged, and I managed to confirm the interview the same day I asked for it (which is an incredible feat, as any journalist will tell you). Not only did I get to interview Andy, but all five members of Dazzler (Neil Schuh, Adam Villacin, Andy Marlow, Michael Gold, and Tyler Thacker) graciously sat down with me after their set, proving just how awesome this band really is. Here's how it went:

Last night in videos...

Dazzler went on first last night. They were awesome. Keytars and vocoders, it doesn't get better than that. They were gracious enough to give me an interview after their set, so look for that to be up here soon. They're also going on a national tour with Anavan so check them out!





After Dazzler came Band of Skulls. They were incredible, but unfortunately this is the only video I got from their set because I left early to do the interview.




Amazing Baby finished the show and they were nothing less than AMAZING, despite being lost in a sea of fog the entire night. During Pump Yr Brakes Will's microphone cut out and no one knew the lyrics to the song. It was hilarious. Of course the second they stopped the song it worked again...I wonder why he didn't just grab someone else's mic? But there's nothing wrong with some instrumentals.




They closed with The Narwhal and kept it going for almost seven minutes. Brilliant. Anyway it was an awesome show. Maybe I'll write a proper review later...but for now this will have to do.