I clearly don't wear enough black.
For those of you in SoCal who haven't noticed yet, LA and OC has new radio: Indi 103.1 . Without a doubt the best radio experience EVER. It's so good it reminds me of the old bad radio adverts they used to play on rock stations in the 80s - "tune us in, turn us up, and tear off the knob!"
It's like album alternative. Only its a REAL alternative and not bubble punk crap or the same "alt rock" singles you have heard daily on every Clear Channel station for the last decade. It's like what KROQ could have been. It's like all the good stuff that you used to know or need to know or really fucking wish you knew.
The only problem is that they don't have any DJs yet so I don't know the names of the artists or most of the songs because frankly, I'm just not that cool. Look, I grew up in Tucson. Give me a break. I’m lucky I don’t have a mullet. I've been in a mad Google search for song snippets for days on end.
One song still eludes me. They have been playing this one Irish folksy type song with mandolins and a largely acoustic start with a big electric crescendo at the end and a chorus that goes something like "if I make it out of this life alive" or "if I get through this alive" or something (I'm always in my car when it comes on).
If anyone knows this song and can email me the artist, I swear to you free oral sex or free iPods or my first born or at least my eternal gratitude or something.
I NEED this song. You don't understand.
Comments
milk & cookies by very unlikely, maybe? i can't find a sample, but it is an indie group with that phrase in the lyrics ( http://veryunlikely.indiegroup.com/lyrics_vu.html#milk ).
Posted by: heather | January 19, 2004 02:08 PM
Band: Flogging Molly
http://www.musicsonglyrics.com/F/Flogging%20Molly/Flogging%20Molly%20-%20If%20I%20Ever%20Leave%20This%20World%20Alive%20lyrics.htm
Posted by: Stuart | January 19, 2004 03:34 PM
stuart. you FUCKING RULE.
RULE.
Posted by: the mighty jimbo | January 19, 2004 04:01 PM
I was going to guess Ashley MacIsaac. I saw him live in Montreal--he came out in a hockey jersey, a pair of oakleys, combat boots and a kilt, carrying a fiddle. Um, ok.
Kinda ironic that 103.1, which is owned by Clear Channel, the biggest bohemoth in radio, calls itself "indie radio" innit? Nonetheless, a decent station for a change. KROQ fell deep into suck years ago.
Posted by: sean | January 19, 2004 05:27 PM
If you listen to indie 103.1 you need to use this link to yes.net , google and a large groups of friends to find out what the hell you just heard sometimes.
http://www.yes.net:8080/yesserver/yesbar-4-0.jsp?no_auto_load=1&align=center&home_page=1&city=2&radio=KDLD&song=7258055-0102-0715&title_area=Olga+Tanon--Asi+Es+La+Vida&vendor=10
I have a friend who got way too excited whan they played a Janes addiction cover of a Grateful dead song off of a 1990 tribute album. Ripple from Deadication.
Posted by: Stuart | January 19, 2004 05:52 PM
"tell us what stuart has won jim!!!"
Posted by: brent | January 19, 2004 06:43 PM
Seriously, Jim, I think you should make with the oral sex for Stuart already.
And take pictures. Thanks.
Posted by: Kat | January 19, 2004 07:13 PM
Yet another reason to get a BMW.....the radio displays the name of the artist and song as it's playing.
(At least that's true in most areas....won't work in rural Oregon.....but works in L.A.! And no, it's not satellite radio.)
Posted by: DogsDon'tPurr | January 19, 2004 08:00 PM
he gets my eternal gratitude.
or oral sex.
if he is hot.
and has a vagina.
Posted by: the mighty jimbo | January 20, 2004 08:37 AM
Wow, thanks for turning me onto that radio station. I live in rural Ohio and the music selection here leaves something to be desired. I can see already I'll be listening to this one a lot. Ciao!
Posted by: Matt | January 20, 2004 11:23 PM
Indie has never been turned off since I discovered it 2 weeks ago! For those of you trying to identify songs or just want to glance at the song list they are using, this is a site to the UNofficial KDLD / KDLE Indie 103.1 playlist I found that's helped me alot (especially now since yes.net is down):
www.geocities.com/flashbackcenter
Posted by: indiegirl | January 30, 2004 11:26 AM
If you like 103.1 try 88.7 KSPC after 2pm
pacific time. Sometimes it's a bit experimental
with the screeching guitars and guttural howls
but sometimes you hear cool stuff. Stuff like
The Minders, The UNicorns, The Salteens, Midnite Movies, Girlsareshort, Her Space Holiday.
I think they're online at kspc.org. I checked
just now. They are at kspc.org and they stream
as well
ENjoy
Posted by: aaron | February 25, 2004 11:12 AM