playlist : november 18 : preacher's sons

marnie stern - nothing left - marnie stern

the radio dept - never follow suit (radio edit) - never follow suit

juliette commagere - eats from the inside - the procession

justin soileau - kevorkian - justin soileau

gram rabbit - candy flip - miracles and metaphors

airlines - colors - colors (single)

**young the giant - my body - young the giant

**eternal summers - pogo - kanine records sampler

**eternal summers - dye - kanine records sampler

the kettle drivers - what a thrill - simpler times

the ivy walls - getaway driver - the elegant universe

northern sky - a knife and its entry - black box

deathday party - ghost pains - ghost pains ep

preacher's sons album preview + acoustic set!
listen to "looks like a flood, feels like a drought" here.

-poison oak

-space and time

-feels like a drought

-antidote (live)

-changed your name (live)

-free (live)

-white paint (live)

-worm food

-then it all went wrong

-looks like a flood

preacher’s sons guest DJ set:

francisco the man - young birds - with friends like you

son of heatwave - blood orange - beware of the red-eyed elk

the fling -

headphones - hello operator - headphones

damian jurado -

sun kil moon -

dr dog -

playlist : november 11

**lily bee - days like these - daydream at midnight
**belle and sebastian - calculating bimbo - write about love
**revolver - a song she wrote - music for a while
**allo darlin' - heartbeat chilli - all darlin'
**gold motel - safe in la - summer house
jolie holland - stubborn beast - springtime can kill you (by request)
**noisettes - ever fallen in love (with someone you shouldn't've) - 50 years of dr martens
**paul avion - stand up, be a man - ru with me
**the russian futurists - golden years - the weight's on the wheels
**the hundred in the hands - dressed in dresden - the hundred in the hands
**bikini - american mourning - ripjds
** lovers - peppermint - dark light
the kettle drivers - what a thrill - simpler times (by request)
**masonic - i won't back down - live like a millionaire
**pomegranates - 50s - one of us
**mini mansions - crime of the season - mini mansions
preacher's sons - space and time - looks like a flood, feels like a drought
preacher's sons - antidote - looks like a flood, feels like a drought
**the hours - see the light - it's not how you start, it's how you finish
**maserati - pyramid of the sun - pyramid of the sun
**grinderman - mickey mouse and the goodbye man - grinderman 2
deathday party - sister - ghost pains
**crocodiles - hearts of love - sleep forever
**zola jesus - sea talk - valusia
**warpaint - warpaint - the fool
adult. - plagued by fear - why bother?

playlist : november 4 : the shape of the earth

catching up with... the shape of the earth!

grandchildren - anthill - everlasting
**frankie rose and the outs - lullabye for roads and miles - frankie rose and the outs
dark dark dark - right path - wild go
**tim kasher - cold love - the game of monogamy
marnie stern - risky biz - marnie stern
the ringers - hello my dear - headlocks and highkicks
gram rabbit - i rest my case - miracles and metaphors
deathday party - light fields - ghost pains ep
**tokyo police club - boots of danger (wait up) - champ
the national - all the wine - alligator
preacher's sons - lay down and die - looks like a flood, feels like a drought
roman williams and the prey - just like the movies - you are the prey
**les savy fav - clear spirits - root for ruin
matt and kim - daylight - grand
**ra ra riot - massachusetts - the orchard
**the walkman - torch song - lisbon
blackbird blackbird - sunspray - summer heart
**the harvey girls - a letter to the bees - i've been watching a lot of horror movies lately
**crocodiles - stoned to death - sleep forever

the shape of the earth

"the romantics" ep:
-romantics
-someone like that
-you can only get so lonely
-not my type
-oh no/cause a scene
-oh, california

**wavves - super soaker - king of the beach
**sufjan stevens - too much - the age of adz
**superchunk - everything at once - majesty shredding
**the intelligence - white corvette - males

playlist : october 28

skeletons are rad.

vince guaraldi (charlie brown) - great pumpkin waltz
the raveonettes - attack of the ghost riders - whip it on
the prids - not even sometimes - love zero
hexham heads - you make me feel like a ghost - you make me feel like a ghost (single)
ceremony - silhouette - rocket fire
deathday party - cold room - ghost pains http://deathdayparty.bandcamp.com/
my bloody valentine - forever and again - this is your bloody valentine
the misfits - some kinda hate - legacy of brutality
the damned - i'm a burglar - sessions of the damned
the cramps - sheena's in a goth gang - big beat from badsville
mission of burma - that's when i reach for my revolver - signals calls and marches
black heart procession - tropics of love - amore del tropico
**grinderman - when my baby comes - grinderman 2
mister loveless - strange and futureless - the old pain
veil veil vanish - anthem for a doomed youth (gomorrah remix) - anthem for a doomed youth
the faint - the conductor (thin white duke remix) - danse macabre remixes

playlist : october 21

the motel life - alva - retreat
**tim kasher - monogamy - the game of monogamy
**the walkmen - blue as your blood - lisbon
gram rabbit - destinies align - miracles and metaphors
marnie stern - for ash - on a tightrope

congrats to our seabear/grandchildren ticket winners!!!
grandchildren - ok i'm waiting - everlasting
seabear - fire dies down - we built a fire
grandchildren - saturn returns - everlasting
seabear - wooden teeth - we built a fire

**superchunk - fractures in plaster - majesty shredding
the shape of the earth - you can only get so lonely - the romantics ep
resa - see you soon - trying to leave
**azure ray - walking in circles - drawing down the moon
**three mile pilot - still alive - the inevitable past is the future forgotten

**no age - shed and transcend - everything in between
hexham heads - i make you feel like a ghost - you make me feel like a ghost
**the hundred in the hands - killing it - the hundred in the hands
the family shocks - happy pills - http://www.myspace.com/thefamilyshocks
**crocodiles - girl in black - sleep forever

**the raveonettes - i wanna be adored (stone roses cover) - 50 years of dr martens
**the duke spirit - if the kids are united (sham 69 cover) - 50 years of dr martens
**the harvey girls - monster - i've been watching a lof of horror movies lately
**grinderman - palaces of montezuma - grinderman 2

**frankie rose and the outs - memo - frankie rose and the outs
toby richardson - kin of all the moves - the stones and the rabbits ep
**nobunny - pretty little trouble - first blood

casxio - boiling point - friends vs lovers
sleigh bells - kids - treats

playlist : october 14 : casxio

casxio album preview + guest dj:

glass candy - hurt - love love love ep
cristina - things fall apart - ze 30: 1979–2009
**chromeo - hot mess - business casual
love grenades - young lovers (sam sparro remix) - tigers in the fire remixes
**breakbot - baby i'm yours (la funk mob remix) - baby i’m yours remixes
chromatics - hands in the dark - after dark
radio 4 - boy meets girl - the new song and dance
**colourbox - breakdown - bustin' out: new wave to new beat v2
casxio - friends vs lovers - friends vs lovers
casxio - i just wanna have sex with you - friends vs lovers
casxio - street interlude - friends vs lovers

casxio - lose control - friends vs lovers
yellow alex and the feelings -
mylo - in my arms - destroy rock and roll
casxio - the way you make me feel - friends vs lovers
shawn shan -
casxio - seventeen - friends vs lovers
casxio - my book - friends vs lovers
casxio/love grenades - summer fun
hot chip - touch too much (fake blood remix) - hold on / touch too much remixes
the faint - i disappear - wet from birth
the movies -
the knife - heartbeats - deep cuts
casxio - counting squares - friends vs lovers
casxio - anticipation - friends vs lovers
ladyhawke - better than sunday - ladyhawke

more info:
casxio on FB
casxio on twitter

playlist : october 7 : revolver from paris!

**the walkmen - victory - lisbon
**the intelligence - the universe - males
**les savy fav - dear crutches - root for ruin
**grinderman - heathen child - grinderman 2
mikey pauker - compass - sim shalom
**the black angels - haunting at 1300 mckinley - phosphene dream
**the vaselines - the devil's inside me - sex with an x

revolver’s music for a while played in it’s entirety!
birds in Dm
leave me alone
balulalow
back to you
untitled #1
do you have a gun?
luke, mike and john
a song she wrote
you drove me home
get around town
untitled #2
it’s alright

revolver guest dj:
**the drums - let's go surfing - the drums
daniel johnston - some things last a long time - welcome to my world
the kills - getting down - midnight boom
sonic youth - little trouble girl - washing machine
department of eagles - in ear park - in ear park
franz schuburt -
op8 - crackin' water - slush
bonnie prince billy - wolf among wolves - summer in the southeast

**blonde redhead - love or prison - penny sparkle



more info:

revolver is one of kuci's featured bands this week!

and if you're going to CMJ, you can catch them at the hiro ballroom on 10/19 and at cake shop on 10/20!

cameron rafati interview!

Cameron Rafati was kind enough to answer some questions for The Sound Session!

Introduce yourself: who are you, where are you from?

My name is Cameron Rafati. I am a singer songwriter/crossover electronic artist. I am originally from Salt Lake City, Utah.

How much does film (and living near Park City, Utah... the home of the Sundance Film Festival) inspire your music? Do you have a favorite film score?
Sundance Film Festival has been a massive help to my career. When I was nominated for best score in '08 I was still a Commercial Real Estate Broker in the Wells Fargo Building on MacArthur and Main in Irvine. I didn’t think about showing up to the ceremony because I thought the award and the pursuit of my dream was not “realistic.” When the Market crashed, I left and knew that was the time to get back into music. Since then I was an Official Artist of Sundance in '09 and was the guitarist this year for PRAS from Fugees as we rocked the Sundance Haiti Fundraiser.

Film has been such a huge influence on my sound because of all this and I am so grateful to be so connected to the festival. I think my favorite scores are Ennio Morricone's “The Good the Bad and the Ugly” and the whole soundtrack for “Last of the Mohicans.”

What have you been listening to lately?

Lately I have been listening to a lot to electronic music. After the popularity of my song “xOx” and after just releasing my new Remix Album, I'm realizing that this is the direction I want to go. It's fun and it fits me more. I'm tired of being another Jack Johnson or Jason Mraz. My voice is loud, I’m 6’6 and I’m a little more flashy and passionate than that genre.

What band/musician, dead or alive, you would love to play with?

I want to one day work with Danger Mouse and Damon Albarn of GORILLAZ. U2, Radiohead and Coldplay are also my heroes. I did get a chance to jam with Hanson [the other] night as I opened for them in Salt Lake and as cheesy as people think they are I was really in the presence of greatness.

Do you have a favorite guilty pleasure band/artist?
HAHAHAHA Celine Dion. I love her song called “I’m Alive.” Sometimes I dance around the house in the morning in my boxers singing it at the top of my lungs.

quote of the week:

to geek is to love.

to be hipster is to hate.

playlist : september 30

**azure ray - signs in the leaves - drawing down the moon
cameron rafati - 53rd story - xox half album
resa - the miles between - trying to leave
**blonde redhead - black guitar - penny sparkle
**dead leaf echo - half-truth - truth
preacher's sons - free - looks like a flood, feels like a drought
dark dark dark - celebrate - wild go
**tim kasher - cold love - the game of monogamy
hooray for earth - surrounded by your friends - http://www.myspace.com/hooray4earth
grandchildren - toss and turn - everlasting
seabear - softship - we built a fire
**the vaselines - mouth to mouth - sex with an x
**the intelligence - chateau bandit - males
**nobunny - gone for good - first blood
**les savy fav - lips n stuff - root for ruin
**les savy fav - high and unhinged - root for ruin
**no age - fever dreaming - everything in between
**the black angels - yellow elevator #2 - phosphene dream
**crocodiles - all my hate and hexes are for you - sleep forever
suicide - dream baby dream - ze 30
hexham heads - you make me feel like a ghost - mirror mirror
helluvah - patriarkill - http://www.myspace.com/helluvah
gram rabbit - hyena - miracles and metaphors
**the walkmen - angela surf city - lisbon
**frankie rose and the outs - don't tred - frankie rose and the outs
i love you but i've chosen darkness - when you go out - i love you but i've chosen darkness
**casxio - lose control - friends vs lovers
**!!! - jamie, my intentions are bass - strange weather, isn't it?

playlist : september 23

special thanks to steve for being a great co-host over the past several months - you will be missed!!!


**of montreal - around the way - false priest
**superchunk - crossed wires - majesty shredding
revolver - get around town - music for a while
ghost lobby - fractured - march
**azure ray - shouldn't have loved - drawing down the moon
tim kasher - strays - the game of monogamy
**the black angels - entrance song - phosphene dream
black rebel motorcycle club - we're all in love - take them on, on your own
spinnerette - valium knights - valium knights
jaguar love - highways of love - jaguar love
soulwax - krack - any minute now
ear pwr - diamonds liquor leather - super animal brothers iii
ladytron - seventeen (soulwax remix)
casxio - counting squares - friends vs lovers
hot chip - over and over (album version) - over and over remixes
high contrast - global love - true colors
**!!! - steady as the sidewalk cracks - strange weather, isn't it?
animal collective - peacebone - peacebone
active child - she was a vision (radio edit) - curtis lane
school of seven bells - chain - alpinisms
**film school - heart full of pentagons - fission
**blonde redhead - my plants are dead - penny sparkle
the xx - crystalised - the xx
the deadly snakes - closed casket - ode to joy
**crocodiles - hollow hollow eyes - sleep forever
the intelligence - estate sales - males
**frankie rose and the outs - that's what people told me - frankie rose and the outs
**the vaselines - sex with an x - sex with an x
**the rebel set - black suit, black heart - poison arrow

playlist : september 16 : another perfect crime

resa - hold steady - trying to leave

vincent minor - the trap - vincent minor

evaline - patterned - patterned ep

the intelligence - like like like like like like like - males

son of heatwave - amy's song - beware of the red-eyed elk

preacher's sons - poison oak - looks like a flood, feels like a drought

**azure ray - don't leave my mind - drawing down the moon

another perfect crime - 95% - get out!

another perfect crime - your voice - get out!

another perfect crime - a warning for marion crane - get out!

another perfect crime acoustic set!

another perfect crime guest dj:

danielli - delivering your frequency - danielli

elba - minnesota - don't be discouraged, little sparrow

elba - safety in numbers - don't be discouraged, little sparrow

the sound of speed - postpunk - light

ghost lobby - my secret spy novel - march

le tigre - eau d'bedroom dancing - le tigre

the quit - captains of industry - stars invisible by day

sleater-kinney - burn don't freeze - the hot rock

she's your sister - sweet sorrow - onetwothreefour

buzzing silence - love is just a game

sleater-kinney - ironclad - all hands on the bad one

another perfect crime - ich bin ein berliner - get out!

**frankie rose and the outs - candy - frankie rose and the outs

bikini kill - reject all american - reject all american

another perfect crime - paris - get out!

cober - no. 8 - the western cutter

evaline interview!

The EVALINE guys took some time out to chat with us during their recent tour.

Rita: Give the KUCI audience a little background info on who you are, where you’re from, etc...

Evaline: We are a band from a small town about a half hour east of the San Francisco bay area. There wasn't much to do while we were younger so we started this band. As we grew up we started taking it a bit more seriously and we figured we could do this instead of joining the every day workforce. Here we are now touring the country and looking to release our first full length album sometime next year.

Rita: You’ve been on tour with Apocalyptica and Dir En Grey for the past few weeks, and will be touring with Placebo later this month. All three bands are based outside of the US. Has that influenced your international presence and/or fan base?

Evaline: Time will only tell with that, but the responses have been overwhelmingly good. We think as things progress, being an international band is not too far out of reach. We have just been thankful for the opportunities we have been given and we are making the most of it.

Rita: What have you been listening to while on tour?

Evaline: Black keys, Elbow, Cherry Ghost, Dredg, Gringos Locos and the new Eminem records seem to be the van favorites. But depending on who is driving it can be anything from classical to hip hop to rock to country. There is a pretty diverse taste between us all.

Rita: What was the first concert you ever went to?

Evaline: That's a different story for everyone but a couple saw Third Eye Blind and even heard Dominic went to a Backstreet Boys show.

Rita: Without thinking too much, what’s your favorite guilty pleasure band/artist and why?

Evaline: The consensus was R Kelly but we really see no shame in that. If you like it, you shouldn't feel guilty about what you dig on.

playlist : september 9

**dead models - little thoughts - dead models ep
**darker my love - dear author - alive as you are
**wake up lucid - e minor - love alive people
**gifts from enola - lionized - gifts from enola
evaline - hours - patterned ep
**les vinyl - graveyard - bright gray
**miniature tigers - bullfighter jacket - fortress
**social studies - run with fever - wind up wooden heart
**land of talk - quarry hymns - cloak and cipher (by request for tan, our awesome music director!)
school of seven bells - wired for light - alpinisms
active child - i'm in your church at night - curtis lane ep
**beak> - pill - beak>
**autolux - spots - transit transit
**film school - meet around 10 - fission
**tears run rings - forgotten - distance
my bloody valentine - thorn - you made me realise
**ra ra riot - foolish - the orchard
**the drums - i need fun in my life - the drums
**your youth - diamond - aloha
**best coast - the end - crazy for you (by request for jeff and kam!)
the clean - thumbs off - anthology (by request for jeff and kam!)
**ceo - come with me - white magic
**blue sky black death - threads of gold - third party
**!!! - am/fm - strange weather, isn't it?
**sleigh bells - treats - treats

playlist : september 2

**best coast – the end – crazy for you
**the drums – skippin town – the drums
**dreamend – where you belong – so i ate myself, bite by bite
**les vinyl – pix – bright gray
**wake up lucid – other side of the road – look alive people
**the books – free translator – the way out
cameron rafati – i'll promise you (when in rome cover) – xox half album
the easies – peach of a gal – http://www.myspace.com/easiesmusic
matt and kim – daylight – grand
**faded paper figures – limelight – new medium
deerhoof – milk man – milk man
**!!! – hollow – strange weather, isn’t it?
**sleigh bells – riot rhythm – treats
**ceo – no mercy – white magic
vincent minor – late night show – vincent minor
preacher’s sons – then it all went wrong – looks like a flood, feels like a drought
azure ray – on and on again – drawing down the moon
**autolux – the science of imaginary solutions – transit transit
**film school – time to listen – fission
**blue sky black death – slow years – third party
**beak> – i know – beak>
**shriekback – my spine is the bassline – bustin' out: new wave to new beat, v2
animal collective – peacebone – strawberry jam
my awesome mixtape – day after day – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMI6HWOzqw8
summer cats – hey you – songs for tuesdays
**your youth – small sparks – aloha
archie bronson outfit – cherry lips – derdang derdang
ocdj – what's good – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRAMLyykk7U
the xx – vcr – the xx
evaline – beneath the fire – patterned ep

playlist : august 26 : son of heatwave

**best coast - each and everyday - crazy for you
the clouds - carry my mind - llorona ep
**social studies - time bandit - wind up wooden heart
**ceo - love and do what you will - white magic
**wavves - baseball cards - king of the beach
**sleigh bells - rill rill - treats
**dead models - tonight - dead models
spirit animal - scars - the cost of living
**someone still loves you boris yeltsin - in pairs - let it sway
tigers jaw - jet alone - balance and composure/tigers jaw split
**tears run rings - reunion - distance
**blue sky black death - call to arms - third party

son of heatwave live set!
son of heatwave - college (by request for liz)
son of heatwave - the smaller sword - beware of the red-eyed elk
son of heatwave - the "is" in christmas - beware of the red-eyed elk
son of heatwave - blood orange - beware of the red-eyed elk

son of heatwave guest dj:
preacher's son - antidote
light music - mercury
slings - gold teeth - the old hopeful trail
all night radio - sad k - spirit stereo frequency
preacher's son - space and time
the microphones - i want wind to blow - the glow pt 2
real estate - fake blues - real estate
**light pollution - oh, ivory! - apparitions
avenue of the giants - dancing in unison - http://www.myspace.com/avenueofthegiantsmusic

son of heatwave - moth - beware of the red-eyed elk
son of heatwave - the red-eyed elk - beware of the red-eyed elk

playlist : august 19

**tender trap - grand national - dansette dansette
**wavves - baby say goodbye - king of the beach
**best coast - bratty b - crazy for you
**bare wires - if its over - seeking love
**social studies - we choose our own adventures - wind up wooden heart
**miniature tigers - tropical birds - fortress
**active child - weight of the world - curtis lane ep
**foals - alabaster - total life forever
**gifts from enola - rearview - gifts from enola
**autolux - kissproof - transit transit
beach fossils - vacation - http://www.myspace.com/beachfossils (by request!)
evaline - hours - patterned ep
**darker my love - trail the line - alive as you are
**the books - chain of missing links - the way out
jeff the brotherhood - u got the look - heavy days (by request!)
son of heatwave - i am a june bug, i am a crayon - beware of the red-eyed elk

playlist : august 13

special thanks to kevin and ziba for hanging out tonight!

the clouds - apples - llorona
wait. think. fast. - covina park - luces del sur
**best coast - summer mood - crazy for you
**tender trap - danger overboard - dansette dansette
son of heatwave - the red eyed elk - beware of the red eyed elk
**may mcdonough - riverside - spilt milk
fugazi - and the same - 13 songs
balance and composure - rope - balance and composure/tigers jaw split
**the get up kids - tommy gentle - simple science
**wake up lucid - words - loke alive people
the soft pack - answer to yourself - the soft pack
autolux - here comes everybody - future perfect
owls - everyone is my friend - owls
maritime - no one will remember you tonight - we the vehicles
harlem - someday soon - hippies
wilco - i'm always in love - summerteeth
owen - abandoned bridges - abandoned bridges ep
atlas sound - walkabout - logos
panda bear - bros - person pitch
cut copy - lights and magic - in ghost colours
**miss tk and the revenge - red lites - the ocean likes to party too
**foals - miami - total life forever
minus the bear - knights - planet of ice
kind of like spitting - passionate - bridges worth burning
the good life - album of the year - album of the year
friction - auburn - hours of operation
dismemberment plan - crush (jennifer page cover) - juno/dismemberment plan split

playlist : august 5 : boris smile

ear pwr - sparkley sweater - super animal brothers iii
ear pwr - cats is people, too - super animal brothers iii
**the books - the story of hip hop - the way out
**tokyo police club - big difference - champ
**born ruffians - blood, the sun and water - say it
**dead models - step aside - dead models ep
**the drums - me and the moon - the drums
**tender trap - 2 to the n - dansette dansette
**bare wires - the last thing on my mind - seeking love
**ariel pink's haunted graffiti - menopause man - before today

boris smile - aurora - rockets ep
boris smile - apollo - rockets ep
boris smile - when we found the truth - young and it feels so good
boris smile - leper king - young and it feels so good
boris smile - beartooth - young and it feels so good

boris smile acoustic set!

boris smile guest dj:
animal collective - my girls - merriweather post pavillion
broken social scene - 7/4 (shoreline) - broken social scene
the mae shi - run to your grave - hllyh
rosie thomas - say hello - these friends of mine
**school of seven bells - windstorm - disconnect from desire
the french kicks - trial of the century - trial of the century
pedro the lion - letter from a concerned follower - the only reason i feel secure
fielding - big surprise - fielding

fannypack - cameltoe - so stylistic
q and not u - soft pyramids - on play patterns
the knife - heartbeats - deep cuts


more info:

count your lucky stars records.

avi buffalo.

playlist : july 29

**the books - i am who i am - the way out
**born ruffians - higher and higher - say it
wait. think. fast. - bad night - luces del sur
**rickolus - photographs - youngster
**to rococo rot - bells - speculation
**mahjongg - la beat - the long shadow of the paper tiger
neon indian - terminally chill - http://www.myspace.com/neonindian (by request!)
**ariel pink's haunted graffiti - beverly kills - before today
**french quarter - where i'm from - it's not just kissing
son of heatwave - i am a june bug, i am a crayon - beware of the red-eyed elk
**wavves - super soaker - king beach
**tender trap - fireworks - dansette dansette
**bare wires - romantic girl - seeking love
**here we go magic - casual - pigeons
boris smile - apollo - rockets ep
boris smile - aurora - rockets ep
**light pollution - ssslowdreamsss - apparitions
**school of seven bells - dial - disconnect from desire
**autolux - census - transit transit
sonic youth - blink - the destroyed room
mister loveless - hidden just enough - three words ep
**nice nice - a way we glow - extra wow
**sleigh bells - riot rhythm - treats
**tokyo police club - boots of danger (wait up) - champ
tigers jaw - jet alone - balance and composure/tigers jaw split
spirit animal - we talk fine - the cost of living ep
**faded paper figures - you know what i mean - new medium
**miss tk and the revenge - cities on the beach - the ocean likes to party too