Friday, January 04, 2013

show announcement from the sound session

the last edition of the sound session aired on thursday december 27, 2012.

keep in touch with me at my new project, ruby headphones:

rubyheadphones[at]gmail[dot]com


and this will be my final broadcast
you could say we’re switching formats
i’m signing off for one last time, so thanks...

-statistics "final broadcast"


i started my radio career as a sophomore at UCI.  at the time, i thought i would just join the campus radio station to meet some new people and listen to music.  i never imagined i would be writing this letter 12 years later.  it's bittersweet, but i will be hosting my last radio show here at KUCI at the end of december.


this community has some of the most artistic, fun, honestly amazing people i've ever met.  you know who you are, and i'm eternally grateful that you have touched my life.

so what will i be doing with my thursday nights?  i'll be working on my new project, ruby headphones.  launching soon, ruby headphones will feature lots of music, art, food+drink, (sub)cultural events, etc. found in and around OC, LBC and LA.  there will also be the occasional podcast featuring bands and DIY enthusiasts.  this is the stuff i live for and i have to keep sharing my passion for it! 

any interested parties who would like to be featured on ruby headphones (band friends, this means you!), please feel free to contact me directly at rubyheadphones[at]gmail[dot]com.


xoxo always,
rita



Thursday, January 03, 2013

playlist : january 3

mini set after the uci basketball game.  

keep up at ruby headphones! first mixtape coming soon!


tuxedo gleam - 6 days 7 nights - singles
the xx - sunset (jamie xx edit) - http://youtu.be/0DQKrICE97o
active child - his eye is on the sparrow - http://snd.sc/VZRTOa
rhye - the fall (maurie fulton alt mix) - http://snd.sc/XPh21N
alunageorge - diver - body music
free energy - girls want rock - love sign
born ruffians - with her shadow - http://bornruffians.com/
shugo tokumaru - katachi - in focus?
gary clark jr - ain't messin 'round - ain't messin 'round (single)
bahamas - already yours - pink strat
local natives - heavy feet - hummingbird
triads - day off - day off (single)

Thursday, December 27, 2012

playlist : december 27 : finale!

a mix of classic music from the sound session and future sounds you can here at ruby headphones.  thanks for all of the support over the past 12 years.  this has been an experience of a lifetime!


pinback - penelope - blue screen life
the antlers - empty castles (no widows refracted) -
http://snd.sc/Sj1AMM
monahans - diamonds - leveler
kissing cousins - the well (unreleased) - http://snd.sc/TOZvJ9
sleater-kinney - all hands on the bad one - all hands on the bad one
fat creeps - daydreaming - fat creeps/zebu split
dressy bessy - i saw cinnamon - sound go round
pop etc - how will i know (whitney houston cover) - http://youtu.be/xHaiH2-k5tY
fair ohs - la madrague (brigitte bardot cover) - eden rock 7"
the darcys - peg (steely dan cover) - aja interpreted by the darcys
the dismemberment plan - crush (jennifer page cover) - juno/the dismemberment plan split
the promise ring - get on the floor - wood/water
rainer maria - artificial light - a better version of me
spectral park - l'appel du vide - spectral park
my bloody valentine - soon - glider ep
jesus and mary chain - psycho candy - barbed wire kisses
mission of burma - this is not a photograph - signals, calls and marches
wire - on returning - 154
sonic youth - nevermind (what was it anyway) - nyc ghosts and flowers
acid pony - battles x - acid pony

the prids - hide your thoughts - chronosynclastic
gang of four - at home he's a tourist - the peel sessions
radio 4 - start a fire - gotham
the rapture - sister saviour - echoes
pulp with james murphy - after you - http://snd.sc/Vxr5V8
the faint - i disappear - wet from birth
statistics - final broadcast - often lie


Thursday, December 13, 2012

playlist : december 13

announcement: the sound session's last official show will be on thursday december 27 from 8pm-10pm!


pet moon - hold the divide - https://soundcloud.com/petmoon/hold-the-divide
nigel a wilson - winter's fangs - the wellspring
hi ho silver oh - pool party - big rocks
sofa city sweetheart - the things she do - the things she do (single)
king tuff - somewhere out there (fievel goes west cover) - weiner dog benefit comp
wimps - nap - repeat

fathers and suns - realize (real eyes) - mama provides
sunshine factory - we belong together (ritchie valens cover) - realize ep
justin soileau - i'd never lie to you - justin soileau
sweet bamboo - let's go swimming wild - ship
chairlift - take it out on me - something demos
the kettle drivers - madman, man - digital demons and black luck
fryars - in my arms - in my arms (single)
night beds - you were afraid - even if we try (b-side)

sisterland - shadow of a doubt (sonic youth cover) - https://soundcloud.com/sisterland/sisterland-shadow-of-a-doubt
engage the radio - transmitter - https://soundcloud.com/engage-the-radio/transmitter
eraas - at heart (the kvb remix) - http://soundcloud.com/felte/eraas-at-heart-the-kvb-remix
officers - the creeps - the creeps (single)
circa tapes - red flower - https://soundcloud.com/circa-tapes/red-flower
how to destroy angels - ice age (the soft moon remix) - https://soundcloud.com/howtodestroyangels/ice-age-the-soft-moon-remix
mister loveless - blue christmas - https://soundcloud.com/mister-loveless/blue-christmas-ft-meghan
wax idols - sound of a void - discipline and desire
widowspeak - the dark age - almanac
letting up despite great faults - visions - untogether
the horrors - monica gems (daniel avery remix) - higher
lower dens - brains (trentemoller remix) - nootropics remixed
katy b with zinc and wiley - got paid - danger ep
icona pop - we got the world (original mix) - we got the world (single)



Thursday, December 06, 2012

playlist : december 6

the babies - baby - our house on the hill
eternal summers - good as you - correct behavior
strawberry whiplash - what do they say about me - hits in the car
the hermit crabs - stop this now - time relentless ep
beach fossils - careless - clash the truth
ducktails - letter of intent - the flower lane
radar brothers - if we were banished - eight
tanlines - not the same - mixed emotions
nick cave and the bad seeds - we no who u r - push the sky away
cass mccombs - empty promises - bradley manning 7"
haunted hearts - something that feels bad is something that feels good - something that feels bad is something that feels good (single)
julia holter - gold dust woman (fleetwood mac cover) - rumours revisited
the cave singers - have to pretend - naomi
maston - young hearts - shadows
st lucia - all eyes on you (pacific air remix) - 
http://snd.sc/11WD4Sc
django django - life's a beach (the very best remix) - http://snd.sc/120Uz3T
royksopp ft susanne sundfor - ice machine (depeche mode cover) - http://youtu.be/hFPlGDKgiYc
chromatics - ceremony (new order cover) - http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/14647-ceremony-new-order-cover/
mr dream and lizzy plapinger - israel (siouxsie and the banshees cover) - siouxsie ep
trust - sulk (kool thing remix) - 
http://snd.sc/R90tPv
the vss - lunar weight - nervous circuits
farewell republic - lines - young effete titans of industry
vince guaraldi trio - christmas time is here - a charlie brown christmas
low - just like christmas - christmas
dressy bessy - all the right reasons - kindercore: christmas two
earlimart - i'll be home for christmas - plastic snow
the boyish charms - the chipmunks song - kindercore: christmas two
tender trap - leaving christmas day - ten songs about girls
 

Thursday, November 29, 2012

playlist : november 29

the sea and cake - on and on - runner
incan abraham - panama dry - springhouse 10"
echo lake - even the blind (daytrotter session) - http://snd.sc/R7zGmE
veronica falls - teenage - waiting for something to happen
wall - something on your mind (karen dalton cover) - http://snd.sc/11TC4OT
**taken by trees - pacific blue - other worlds
young dreams - feels like we only go backwards (tame impala cover) - feels like we only go backwards remixes

the mary onettes - evil coast - hit the waves
**grizzly bear - a simple answer - shields
jessie ware - what you won't do for love (bobby caldwell cover)  -
http://snd.sc/KjPEnd
the rosebuds - kiss of life (sade cover) -  love deluxe (the rosebuds perform sade)
saint saviour - total eclipse of the heart (bonnie tyler cover) - 
http://snd.sc/WwkD44
chromatics - cherry - after dark ii
zola jesus - diamonds (rhianna cover) -
http://snd.sc/Qhk8fD
featureless ghost - flash - personality matrix
the faint - evil voices (unreleased track)
**a place to bury strangers - mind control - worship
**clinic - you - free reign   
liars - the chain (fleetwood mac cover) - rumours revisited (mojo comp)

amateur best - too much - no thrills
**black marble - limitations - a different arrangement
naomi punk - voodoo trust - the feeling
larry gus - figueroa islands - silent congas

wild cub - straight no turns (kisses remix) - http://snd.sc/R7Ca4e
**bat for lashes - lillies - the haunted man
**teen - why why why - in limbo

Thursday, November 15, 2012

playlist : november 15

paradise - blue flower - http://snd.sc/109GZu0
 

paradise - i love thousands every summer - i love thousands every summer b/w psychic returns 7"
 

field mouse - falling (twin peaks theme) - http://snd.sc/XUNoIu
 

asobi seksu - farewell (boris cover) - asobi seksu/boris split 7"
 

boris - neu years (asobi sesku cover) - asobi seksu/boris split 7"
 

lust for youth - it's you - growing seeds
 

the soft walls - house concern - the soft walls
 

black marble - a great design (eraas sunken remains remix) - http://snd.sc/QniA3z
 

yvette - radiation - radiation (single)
 

msmr - bones (charli xcx remix) - http://snd.sc/109HowI