Tag Archives: Torches In Trees
Torches preview of new LP Heads Full Of Rust
Don’t know if it’s the virility of spring or what, but lately we’re being fantastically loaded up with advance albums, EPs, and singles. And we dig it!
South Pasadena psychedelic indie rock band Torches (formerly Torches In Trees) has graciously thrown 3 tracks our way from their forthcoming debut full-length Heads Full Of Rust, which drops May 20, 2012. Details below for the release party.
“Heads Full Of Rust” Record Release @ The Satellite May 20 w/ Manhattan Murder Mystery, Joey Siara [...]
DHR On 88.9FM KXLU Los Angeles – Playlist Archives: 12/2/10
Another excellent Thursday show with DJ Jen of KXLU. Spun lots of new music and some fantastic older stuff, including an Indian-influenced set with a classic cover of “Light My Fire” by Ananda Shankar (none other than Ravi Shankar’s nephew). Here’s what we played…
Lord Huron – “the problem with your daughter” (new add)
The Byrds – “bells of rhymney”
The Cyrkle – “please don’t ever leave me”
The Arbors – “so nice”
Sharon Jones & the Dap Kings – “window shopping”
The Mighty Hannibal – [...]
Silver Lake Jubilee Festival
We want kids to be talking about DHR so much that parents think it must be the latest drug fad. We want our station to make the party like the rug that really ties the room together. We’ll see you at the festival if you’re there, and when we do we’ll give you a cool sticker and a high-five.
Ostentatious Apples
I hate waxed apples. I mean, c’mon, it’s so unnecessary. Are we so narcissistic that we need to see ourselves in the glimmering shine of our polished Whashingtons, Braeburns, and Fujis? Hell no! It’s just another case of overproduced music. Say whaaat? Yeah, I do think of overproduced music when I am forced to eat a (fake) shiny apple. I think of great music, like great fruit, that is spoiled with the over dazzled, superficial festoonery [...]
