Tuesday
Oct072008
KSCR Top 30 for 09/29-10/5
Tuesday, October 7, 2008 at 4:42PM Here's your weekly update of the chart KSCR submitted to CMJ for our most played music:
| 1 | COLD WAR KIDS | Loyalty To Loyalty | Downtown | |
| 2 | JENNY LEWIS | Acid Tongue | Warner Bros. | |
| 3 | STARFUCKER | Starfucker | Badman | |
| 4 | FUJIYA AND MIYAGI | Lightbulbs | Deaf Dumb And Blind | |
| 5 | OKKERVIL RIVER | The Stand Ins | Jagjaguwar | |
| 6 | RA RA RIOT | The Rhumb Line | Barsuk | |
| 7 | SPINTO BAND | Moonwink | Park The Van | |
| 8 | HARD PLACE | Get Your Hopes Up | World Famous In San Francisco | |
| 9 | RATATAT | LP3 | XL | |
| 10 | NOAH AND THE WHALE | Peaceful, The World Lays Me Down | Cherry Tree-Interscope |
| 11 | DEERHOOF | Offend Maggie | Kill Rock Stars | |
| 12 | LAND OF TALK | Some Are Lakes | Saddle Creek | |
| 13 | WOMEN | Women | Jagjaguwar | |
| 14 | MOGWAI | The Hawk Is Howling | Matador | |
| 15 | TV ON THE RADIO | Dear Science | Touch And Go-Interscope | |
| 16 | CONOR OBERST | Conor Oberst | Merge | |
| 17 | PINK SPIDERS | Sweat It Out | Mean Buzz | |
| 18 | I SET MY FRIENDS ON FIRE | You Can't Spell Slaughter Without Laughter | Epitaph | |
| 19 | ETTES | Look At Life Again Soon | Take Root | |
| 20 | POLYSICS | We Ate The Machine | MySpace | |
| 21 | EMILIANA TORRINI | Me And Armini | Rough Trade | |
| 22 | ABE VIGODA | Skeleton | PostPresent Medium | |
| 23 | ROY HARGROVE | Ear Food | Groovin' High-Emarcy | |
| 24 | HIGH PLACES | High Places | Thrill Jockey | |
| 25 | LYKKE LI | Youth Novels | LL | |
| 26 | HERMAN DUNE | Next Year In Zion | Everloving | |
| 27 | XX TEENS | Welcome To Goon Island | Mute | |
| 28 | BRIAN WILSON | That Lucky Old Sun | Capitol | |
| 29 | ONE FOR THE TEAM | Build It Up | Militia Group | |
| 30 | CRYSTAL ANTLERS | Crystal Antlers [EP] | Touch And Go |
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The L.A. native rapper known as "Bambu" describes himself as "a dad, a comrade, an organizer, an artist, a worker, a fan, a soldier, a thinker, a do-er and a fighter until death."
In a world where the hip hop chart-toppers continue to sell a superficial story of "riches and bitches," it really can be a struggle for artists of politically conscious hip hop like Bambu to get their voices heard. But on Saturday night at the Knitting Factory in Hollywood, he rocked the stage reflecting on all of these aspects of his life while still maintaining a groove that kept the audience jumping.
His latest album, The Exchange, dropped on Sept. 11, and is available online through his Myspace - (see bottom).
This is Bambu's "I Scream," off of I Scream Bars for the Children:
The show also included performances by a local duo called U-N-I, featuring one MC from Los Angeles, and one from Seattle. They were recently nominated by MTV as an L.A. Breakout Artist. They gave an enthusiastic and goofy performance, with the highlight being their song "Beautiful Day," off of Fried Chicken and Watermelon, which is great to see live, but also has an awesome music video:
The show also featured a Seattle MC-DJ duo called Common Market. Unfortunately, they were unable to perform due to an equipment malfunction. This group is also well worth checking out for those interested in music that promotes a well-crafted and empowering message.
This is "Trouble Is," off their new album, Tobacco Road, released in January:
Overall, the show was well worth its cost ($10), in spite of the equipment malfunctions. The Knitting Factory is a cool little venue to check out for future shows, featuring lots of local up-and-coming artists. Their schedule is available online.