Nirvana, "School" (Live), Reading Festival, Reading, England, August 30, 1992

Imagine a great venue...

The Carlson Building in Elizabeth, Colorado would be the perfect site for the first Feint Hearts performance. More on Feint Hearts later.

Free War Tapes download

Why the KRFC blog has been so woefully foreshortened lately

Blogger is accepting no blame, but all images posted since 2006 have
mysteriously disappeared. Blogger blames Picasa. Picasa says "Blogger
who?" So we've lost some steam, remain angry and resentful, but are
slowly reconstructing the blog. We've never stopped uploading music, of
course, and shortly will have a recap of all the artists KRFC has
featured over the last few months.

From the DNC at Invesco Field

The mobile blogging experiment is a bust. The camera in my Sidekick 3 mobile phone just doesn't lend itself to capturing what's happening a skidillion miles from the stage. Jennifer Hudson has sung the "Star Spangled Banner" and Sheryl Crow ("A Change Would Do You Good;" "Out of Our Heads"), John Legend and Will.i.am ("Yes We Can"), Stevie Wonder ("Fear Can't Put Dreams to Sleep;" "Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours") and Michael McDonald ("America the Beautiful") have performed one to three song sets. A better camera or seats are a prerequisite next time.

Yonder Mountain String Band has taken the stage

YMSB is out of Nederland, Colorado. This shot was taken left of the stage facing south.

KRFC will be blogging from the DNC tomorrow

Former CheezTones bandmate, Jim Cullom, scored me a ticket for Obama's acceptance speech on Thursday. I will attempt to limit posts to musician sightings. Rumored performers have included Willie Nelson, Kayne West, and Bruce Springsteen, whose "handlers haven't denied the reports that the Boss will play Invesco Field after Obama's speech" acoustically. The Denver Post also reported that "Bon Jovi has no plans--and never had any plans--to come to Colorado during the [DNC, an] artists representative said Tuesday afternoon." I'm not a hater, but that news isn't tearing me up.

(I've been told mobile posts look like hell because text is uploaded using the screen parameters on your device. I'm not certain what that means, so stay tuned).

Further...

Terry Stinnette live!

Singer/songwriter Terry Stinnette performs Saturday in Edwards, Colorado. Should be a large time.

August independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of Amazing Routes, Animate Objects, Charlie Deets, Echo Screen, Funky Kidz, Carla Lynne Hall, High On Stress, Jetsunma, Josephine, Lena, Second Dan, the Dan Sheehan Conspiracy, Eric Shiveley, Terry Stinnette, the Stone Coyotes, and Tequila Mockingbird.

A criticism of Eric Shiveley

Maybe it's a characteristic of talented people, but Eric Shiveley is annoyingly modest. Praise his work, and he's like a shy kid standing in the driveway, eyes downcast, watching his toes move the dirt around, mumbling "Glad you liked it." You know the pretty girl that kindly deflects your compliment by saying, "Oh, you..."? That's Eric. Maybe he finds my fawning quaint or gratuitous...or creepy. Maybe like the pretty girl.

I've tried to keep perspective. It has been suggested by members of Tequila Mockingbird that Eric has a dark side. Wendy Clark has a chilling image in her Facebook photo album cautiously captioned "Eric Shiveley Made Us Do It." I concur with Mark Mauldin that Eric's blind spot is the treatment of his dogs, who he garishly costumes, then, exploits in his website photography. Never mind that Eric's insists on giving them dubbed or captioned speaking roles in his videos and films, often in horribly rendered foreign accents. Nothing is ever way out of line, but you do scratch your head. Who am I to judge?

How, then, can a man on PETA's watch list keep so many creative barrels in the air? Eric is a singer-songwriter, guitar player, drummer, sound engineer, producer, screenwriter, actor, and filmmaker. He not only gets a lot of work done, but often does it grandly.

A case in point is his film, Everyone But You, showcased and lauded at multiple indie film festivals this year and an inspirational touchstone to DIYers everywhere. There's a good 800 bloggers praising the hell out of it, so I've resisted the temptation to pile on. I will say, however, it's my favorite documentary. Certainly, knowing the production travails of the filmmaker may influence my affinity for this film, but, great is great, and a full year after attending its first or second screening, EBY's images and dialogue still linger. The screenplay is brilliant, and Eric is perfect as EBY's protagonist and narrator . If you haven't seen the movie, it is, indeed, too bad for you since mass film distribution details are still in the works.

There is a silver lining. The soundtrack from Everyone But You is available for a pittance at Fuzz.com. In addition to singing and playing all instruments, all of the songs were written, engineered, produced, mixed and mastered by Eric at his studio, Desert Air Recording. This is an exceptional introduction to Eric's music with selections from nearly all of his no-longer-available albums including "When It Begins" and "Go To Pieces" from the 2000 release, Everything Is Good, and the title track from The Way It's Going To Be (2003). The majority of the soundtrack is culled from Eric's spectacular 2005 album, El Diablo (recommended: "Last Time I Called You Baby," "Actual Size," and "Give Up").

If you buy only one digital album this year, make it this one. In a world of uncertainty it's nice to run across a sure thing.

KRFC, RadioFreeColorado, celebrates 8 years of webcasting

KRFC, a founding station on Live365, began webcasting on July 11, 2000. Through yesterday, 52,000 streams have been launched with the average listener tuning in for 138 minutes. Our station page has been visited 50,890 times and total listener hours since inception exceed 119,700 hours. 1,567 people have preset KRFC as one of their favorite broadcasts on Live365, the world's largest internet radio network.

To date, KRFC has featured the work of 312 independent or emerging artists. Some had the support of small independent labels; the majority were self-produced and unsigned. These artists are the heart of KRFC.

KRFC, RadioFreeColorado, is consistenly Live365's number one rated freeform station broadcasting in lo-fi (i.e., at 16 kbps or lower). KRFC's freeform programming takes an idealistic, broad-minded approach to the worth of all types of music. KRFC welcomes, broadcasts, and supports the work of independent artists. For details on getting your music on the air, e-mail us at keithmoonisgod@yahoo.com.

Thanks to all our loyal listeners.

KRFC Facebook

April independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of All Crazy, The Influence, Colin Lake and Wellbottom, Garry Segal, Dave Stein Bubhub, Jennings, Old School Abbey, Organik Time Machine, Laura Reed and Deep Pocket, Sisters 3, Soul Summit, and Louie Zagoras.

• The Influence / "Slippin'" and "The Following" / Pig Radio / 2008
  Rock

• Sisters 3 / "Star Spangled," "Patsy Cline," and "Giggling Gremlins" / Star Spangled / 2008
  Indie / Minimalist / Experimental

Another 50 skidillion free mp3s from SXSW

Download scores of mp3s made available by artists who showcased at SXSW 2008. Search using alphabetical or daily performance listings.

Anti-Records spring sampler

Greyday Records' song-a-week blog

The Song a Week blog contains downloadable mp3s from random artists (e.g., Minmae; Head of Femur) on Portland-based Greyday and Greydawn Records.

March independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of 15-60-75, Josh Fix, Bad Flirt, Susan Krebs and the Soaring Sextet, Jamie Leonhart, Running Still, Arianna Solare, Michael Veitch, The Wagon, and Taj Weekes & Adowa.

• The Wagon / "See You Again" / Match Made in Hell / 2007
  Indie / Rock / Salsa

February independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of Blood Red Sun, Howard Britz, Shauna Burns, Deadbeat Deluxe, Wil Deynes, Fono, Hate Camels, Jude Johnstone, Love Motel, Lovespirals, Darius Lux, Moonalice, Kito Peters, Pilgrim Speakeasy, Rachel Barton Pine, Reality Serum, von Baron, and Yarn.

• Wil Deynes / Stay [EP] / 2007
  Pop / Acoustic / Rock

• Fono / Too Broken To Break / 2007
  Rock / Alternative

• Moonalice / "Blink of an Eye," "Kick It Open," "I'm Glad You Think So," and "I Ain't Ever Satisfied" / www.moonaliceband.com / 2007
  Rock / Pop / Roots Music

• Yarn / Nectar's, Burlington, Vermont, January 31, 2008 / www.yarn.net / 2008
  Alternative Country / Bluegrass / Americana

January independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of Jennie Arnau, Electric Mind Gravy, The Eternal Sunshines, Maleficent, 77 LeSabre, and Tempting Lilu.

2007 Song of the Year: Thank God For Astronauts' "Lollipop"

The fantastic "Lollipop," from the Thank God For Astronauts 2007 album, Bring Us Meat, is power pop resplendent in echo chamber vocals and jangly guitars. The song features a brilliant, head shaking bridge yet clocks in at 2:11 minutes. Wunderbar. Bring Us Meat, distributed by Denver's Needlepoint Records, is Thank God For Astronauts' first non-vinyl/tape release. Unable to convince the interested parties that a free download link for the song would be a good thing for all involved, you are left only with the option to purchase "Lollipop" (a great idea).

December independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of The Beautiful Girls, Great Caesar's Ghost, Kinetix, Makar, Plumerai, and Winzenried.

October / November independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of 1000 Miles From Home, Fools For April, Girls Don't Cry, Rue Melo, Sacha Sacket, Sally, Sea Dragons, Stratospheerius, and The Surefire Way.

Mekons, Swedish American Hall, San Francisco

This evening, my lovely spouse and I spent "A Quiet Night in With the Mekons," front row, dead center; not ten feet away from the band's modestly elevated stage. Brilliant. The band is celebrating their 30th anniversary and promoting their first album of new material since 2002, Natural.

I've included a link to nyctaper's recording of the Mekons' October 3rd show at New York's Blender Theatre at Gramercy. With the exception of the order of the encores, it's the same setlist they used in California.

• Mekons / "Dickie Chalkie and Nobby" / Natural / 2007
  Rock / Pop / Punk

Album of the Month -- "Anamorphic" by Tulipomania

Anamorphic is Tulipomania's newest release on the Sumcorda independent music cooperative. KRFC featured Tulipomania's I Swear EP in 2002, drawn then, as now, by Tom Murray's singular voice and delivery (Tom's voice has been much discussed; an adequate comparison is Modern Lovers era Jonathan Richman in falsetto). This year's album showcases Tom, the guitar, and, that vanishing of breeds, the competent guitar solo. Recommended tracks include "Same Old Song," "The Bum," "Take a Ride," "October," "And Laughed," and "That Bad."

• Tulipomania / "Same Old Song" (alternate version) / www.tulipomania.com / 2006
• Tulipomania / "I Swear" / I Swear [EP] / 2002
• Tulipomania / "More" / Tulipomania / 2002

September independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of The Fading Collection, Kyle Lardner, Leiana, Moses Guest, Nat J.M., Ponyno, Stacie Rose, Sally, Shameless, The Story of Everest, Tulipomania, and Stella Wassermann.

• Moses Guest / "Bird" / Best Laid Plans / 2007
  Jam Band / Rock / Jazz

• Stella Wassermann / "Will to Happiness" / L'Ame de la Lune / 2007
  Ambient / Healing & EasyListening / Psychedelic

August independent artists

RadioFreeColorado is featuring the music of John Balint, Steve Cole, Edible Red, James Eric, Beth Hirsch, John Dee Holeman and the Waifs Band, Stanley James, Charlotte Kendrick, Amber Ojeda, Luke and Jake Peters, Plushgun, Push, The Stone Coyotes, John Taglieri, Thank God For Astronauts, Shea Breaux Wells, and Seth Winters.

• James Eric / "Take Me In" / Every Body / 2007
  Alternative / Pop / Indie

• Beth Hirsch / "Wholehearted" / Wholehearted / 2007
  Folk / Pop / Jazz

• John Dee Holeman / "Little Country Gal," "Sweet Home Chicago" and "Big Boss Man"
  Blues

• Charlotte Kendrick / "Thank You" and "Yellow" / North of New York / 2007
  Acoustic / Folk / Pop

• John Taglieri / "Starring Role" / Wide Awake & Dreaming / 2007
  Powerpop / Acoustic / Alternative

• Seth Winters / "Ella's Tune" / unsigned / 2007
  Rock / Classic Rock

Song of the Month: The Love Story's "Bide"

The Love Story is a trio hailing from NYC with another killer female vocalist, Molly Donahue, laying waste to things. Recommended.

• The Love Story / "Bide" / The Love Story / 2007
  Rock / Indie / Psychedelic

July independent artists

RadioFreeColorado is proud to feature the music of American Babies, Suzy Callahan, Electron Love Theory, Gangly Moose, The Nate Lapointe Band, Last November, Leiana, MWC,
Old Union, The States, and Zegg.

• American Babies / "Invite Your Friends" and "Swimming at Night" / American Babies / 2007
  Indie / Acoustic

• Electron Love Theory / "The Perfect Lie" and "In Your Galaxy" / Colors of the Galaxy / 2006
  Electronica / Pop / Rock

• Gangly Moose / "Northern Town"" / Northern Town / 2005
  Jam Band / Funk / Psychedelic

• Leiana / "Suffer" / No Going Back / 2007
  Indie / Punk / Alternative

• MWC / "Relaxer Elixir" / HEADfirst / 2006
  Funk / Experimental / Jam Band

June independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of Butterfly Explosion, Rick Denzien, Great Caesar's Ghost , and The Love Story.

• Butterfly Explosion / "Sophia" and "Chemistry" / Turn the Sky [EP] / 2007
  Alternative / Rock / Shoegaze

• The Love Story / "Such Love" / The Love Story / 2007
  Rock / Indie / Psychedelic

Dim Mak Records

Founded in 1996, the Dim Mak Media Cartel Headquarters is located in Hollywood, California. Owner Steve Aoki says Dim Mak "release[s] what we think is good regardless of style," including EPs and/or singles from such artists as Bloc Party, the Coup, the Gossip, the Kills, Pretty Girls Make Graves, Soledad Brothers, Tokyo Sex Destruction, the Von Bondies, and Whirlwind Heat.

• About Dim Mak
• mp3s from Dim Mak

Song of the Month: Anne and Pete Sibley's " Will You Walk With Me"

Missed this incredible song when it was released in 2005 by Anne and Pete Sibley. Based in Jackson, Wyoming, this husband and wife duo play both traditional and original folk and bluegrass. Anne, guitarist, writes and sings the majority of their songs accompanied by Pete, a virtuoso clawhammer banjo player, on harmony vocals. This is the song I want played at my funeral.

• Anne and Pete Sibley / "Will You Walk With Me" / Will You Walk With Me / 2005
  
  Folk / Bluegrass / Old-Timey / Traditional

May independent artists

Throughout May, KRFC will be featuring the music of Cosmic Starfish, The Derbys, Darrin James Band, Lewd Buddha, Mista Zell, Petrella, The RoundSquare, Scanners, Sensitive Chaos, Anne and Pete Sibley, Yurko, and The David Zoffer Differential.

Ariel Publicity

For over three years, KRFC has been rotating music from the impressive stable of artists represented by Ariel Hyatt's company, Ariel Publicity. If you're a musician considering hiring a publicist, Ariel's recent Band Letter article, "Nine Critical Things You Should Know About Publicity Before You Make Your First Move," is must reading.

April independent artists

RadioFreeColorado is featuring the music of the Katherine Aelias Band, almost Now, Anthill, The Autumn Defense, Eastern Philosophy, Healthy White Baby, Laurie Larson, and Random Allies.

Higher royalty rates could kill the small webcaster

Internet radio is under attack. Music consumers will be given fewer listening choices and unsigned/emerging artists will lose another exposure source.

KRFC, RadioFreeColorado and other internet radio stations are at risk. Both listeners and musicians can help.

Song of the Month: The RoundSquare's "Stop Freaking Me Out"

The RoundSquare formed in 2005 in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. Their debut album should be completed by autumm 2007. "Stop Freaking Me Out" reminds us of The Glass if fronted by Dolores O'Riordan.

• The RoundSquare / "Stop Freaking Me Out" / unsigned / 2007
  

Rock / Alternative / Pop

Fifty skidillion free mp3s from SXSW

Download scores of mp3s made available by artists who showcased at SXSW 2007. Search using alphabetical or daily performance listings.

New royalty rates threaten small and large webcasters

[The following is the edited text of a recent letter to my congressional representatives]

Re: Save Internet Radio

As your constituent and an internet radio enthusiast, I was alarmed to learn that new music royalty rates were recently determined by the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB) which, if enacted, would certainly silence a great number of online listening services dedicated to webcasts.

I have run a small internet radio station using Live365.com (www.live365.com/stations/115599) for nearly seven years. Using a freeform format, I primarily broadcast independently recorded performances of unsigned or emerging artists from all genres of music.

The new royalty rate structure represents more than 100% of the total revenues for the majority of webcasters (Kurt Hanson, Radio and Internet Newsletter). As a hobbyist, I make NO money from my broadcasts. In fact, I pay a monthly fee to be able to do so.

My listener base is small (< 1,000 loyal listeners per month). The proposed changes would shut down my broadcast and many, if not all, of the other 368 freeform stations who currently broadcast on a purely NON-profit basis via Live365.

My situation is but one example. There are thousands of similar radio stations that would be forced out of the market. Sadly and by default, decisions regarding the music that people can hear would be made by a handful of media conglomerates whose motivation is profit. Internet broadcasting offers myriad choices and should not be singled out and penalized in sole deference to traditional, terrestrial radio stations.

This new ruling does not help the unsigned musician either since independent internet broadcasts are often the only place their music can be heard and appreciated on a recurring basis. Established artists and major record labels are the prime beneficiaries of the legislation.

I respectfully ask you to consider the following positions, hopefully adopt them as your own and persuade your fellow legislators to do the same:

1. Congress void the retroactive $500 per channel minimum that threatens to drive small webcasters out of business.

2. Congress reinstate the Small Webcaster Settlement Act. The CRB declared that the 2002 SWSA would not be extended despite the Small Webcaster contracts SoundExchange offered on its website and signed with Small Webcasters for 2006 and 2007.

3. Stop the retroactive, ex post facto royalty payments for 2006 mandated by the CRB, until all appeals have been heard (as the CRB rate decision is retroactive to January 1, 2006, please understand that time is of the essence).

4. Create a level playing field by bringing the Internet radio per performance rates into parity with traditional and satellite radio. Unlike internet radio, traditional radio does NOT pay royalties to record labels or artists for songs performed over the air.

The shuttering of the webcasting industry would be a loss for not only independent business owners and hobbyists, but also musical artists, copyright owners, and listeners who enjoy and support the wide variety of choices available via internet radio.

I thank you for your attention and consideration of these issues.

See also:

• RAIN (Radio and Internet Newsletter) - daily news and commentary on the key issues involving radio and the internet
• SaveTheStreams.org - recent press coverage of the ruling

March independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of Kemp Harris, Heedoosh, Mardo, and Shameless.

Song of the Month: Pet Buffalo's "The Letter"

Pet Buffalo's independent debut release, Independent Variable, is R&B tinged folk rock with luscious Hammond B-3 organ and Fender Rhodes keyboard noises everywhere. Singer/guitarist Teri Hitt is stunning on so many levels. Recommended.

• Pet Buffalo / "Free Yourself" / Independent Variable / 2006
• Pet Buffalo / "The Real Part" / Independent Variable / 2006
  

Indie / Folk Rock / Other

February independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of Elisabeth Ames and the Countrypolitans, Director, Shawn Hlookoff, The Lava Province, Newcomers Home, Pet Buffalo, Chris Trapper, VEE, and John Wichman.

Songs

Vee / "A Common Problem" / The Smash Hits EP / 2004

January independent artists

Throughout January KRFC will be featuring the music of
Everything Absent or Distorted (a love story), Rabbit is a Sphere, and The Stevenson Ranch Davidians.

Bright Channel: 2006 Artist of the Year

The underappreciated Bright Channel was busy throughout the year beginning with the February release of their second album, the expansive Self-Propelled, which garnered Denver Westword's "Best Recording" of 2006. Besides headlining their own gigs, Bright Channel also showcased at SXSW during 2006 and opened for Dinosaur Jr. and Brian Jonestown Massacre. Favorably reviewed everywhere including Marquee, Kaffeine Buzz, and Big Takeover, the staff at KRFC wishes Bright Channel continued success.

Zappa Plays Zappa, Paramount Theatre, Denver

Tonight, an extraordinary homage to Frank, by his son, Dweezil. Thoughtful song selection from the Mothers' catalog ("Call Any Vegetable, " "Inca Roads," "Oh No!/The Orange County Lumber Truck," "Trouble Every Day," "Who Are the Brain Police?," "Idiot Bastard Son;" "Pygmy Twylyte") and Frank's first solo albums ("Tell Me You Love Me;" "Peaches en Regalia"). Dweezil's guitar work during "Can't Afford No Shoes," "Black Napkins," "I'm the Slime," "Regyptian Strut;" "The Black Page") was note perfect. Dad was proud.

• The Denver Post, October 12, 2006
• Rocky Mountain News, October 16, 2006
• Official Frank Zappa Messageboards

Independent artists: August and September

KRFC is featuring the music of Francis Jocky, Scar'd Sanity, and Slant.

Vinyl rips

• Alice Cooper / "Dead Babies" / Killer [LP] (1971)
• James Gang / "You're Gonna Need Me" / Live in Concert [LP] (1971)
  
• Jefferson Airplane / "Milk Train" / Long John Silver [LP] (1972)
• David Johansen / "Flamingo Road" / In Style [LP] (1979)

• Mahavishnu Orchestra / "Trilogy: The Sunlit Path/La Mere de la Mer/Tomorrow's Story Not the Same" / Between Nothingness and Eternity [LP] (1973)
• The Moonrakers / "Baby Please Don't Go" / [single, Tower # 239] (1966)
• Nine Below Zero / "Helen" / Don't Point Your Finger [LP] (1981)
• The Tail Gators / "I Need Love" / Mumbo Jumbo [LP] (1988)
• The Rolling Stones / "Salt of the Earth" / Beggars Banquet [LP] (1968)
• Steppenwolf / "Draft Resister" / Monster [LP] (1969)
• Link Wray / "Walk Away From Love" / Live at the Paradiso [LP](1980)
• X / "Drunk in My Past" / More Fun in the New World [LP] (1983)

Other albums

The Aggrolites / The Aggrolites
Frank Black / Fast Man / Raider Man
Brightblack Morning Light / Brightblack Morning Light
Camera Obscura / Let's Get Out of This Country
Coachwhips / Double Death
Darondo / Let My People Go
Kimya Dawson / Remember That I Love You
Dr. Octagon / The Return of Dr. Octagon
Ramblin' Jack Elliott / I Stand Alone
The Format / Dog Problems
Greg Graffin / Cold as the Clay
Halou / Wholeness & Separation
KRS-One / Life
Mr. Lif / Mo' Mega
Mojave 3 / Puzzles Like You
Shooting at Unarmed Men / Yes! Tinnitus!
Sufjan Stevens / The Avalanche: Outtakes and Extras from the Illinois Album
Scott Walker / The Drift

Album of the Month -- "Self-Propelled" by Bright Channel

"Self-Propelled, Bright Channel's new, home-recorded full-length, not only outshines the group's Steve Albini-produced debut, but...obliterate[s] borders between shoegazer, stoner rock and the realms of perception and death itself."
--Jason Heller, Westword, February 23, 2006

• Bright Channel / "In the Red" / Self-Propelled / 2006
• Bright Channel / "New Observation" / Bright Channel / 2005

Rock / Indie / Shoegaze

July independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of Judith Avers, Bishop Allen, Brazz Tree, Bright Channel, Cowboy Curse, (die) Pilot, Little Fyodor, Moreality, Spaceape Experiment, Thank God For Astronauts, Jeff Tuohy, and Voices Underwater.

• Judith Avers / "Are You Better Off?" / Strong Hands / 2005
  Alt-Country / Folk
• Little Fyodor / "Oh God I Feel Like Sh*t" / Dance of the Salted Slug / 1994
  Punk / Experimental / Garage
• Voices Underwater / "The Blueprint Song" / Trip the Light Fantastic / 2005
  Indie / Rock / Pop

Songs of summer

• (die) Pilot / "Sideshow (radio edition)" / The Louse and the Flea / 2006
  

• Kinetic / "Incandescent" / Sun & Glacier / 2006
• Eric Shiveley / "Give Up" / El Diablo / 2005
  

More albums II

Beirut / Gulag Orkestar
Blowoff / Blowoff
Bright Channel / Self-Propelled
Built To Spill / You in Reverse
Bump / Incredible Consequence
Neko Case / Fox Confessor Brings the Flood
Danielson / Ships
Daylight's for the Birds / Troubleeverywhere
The Disco Biscuits / The Wind at Four to Fly
Ellery / Lying Awake
Extra Golden / OK-Oyot System
Donald Fagen / Morph the Cat
Feathermerchants / Last Man on Earth
The Futureheads / News and Tributes
The Golden Dogs / Everything in 3 Parts
Grandaddy / Just Like the Fambly Cat
Guster / Ganging Up on the Sun
Ben Harper / Both Sides of the Gun
Jolie Holland / Springtime Can Kill You
Isolée / Western Store
Danko Jones / Sleep is the Enemy
Richard Julian / Slow New York
Keller and the Keels / Grass
Kid Galahad / Happily Even After [OST]
Kinetic / Sun & Glacier
Sonya Kitchell / Words Came Back to Me
Amy LaVere / This World Is Not My Home
The Little Willies / The Little Willies
Lotus / The Strength of Weak Ties
Mates of State / Bring It Back
Matmos / The Rose has Teeth in the Mouth of a Beast
Mellowdrone / Box
Mission of Burma / The Obliterati
Joseph Patrick Moore / Decade 1996-2005
Moreality / Open
The M's / Future Women
Nightingale / Last Leaf [EP]
The Paper Chase / Now You are One of Us
Peeping Tom / Peeping Tom
Pink Mountain / Pink Mountain
The Pnuma Trio / Live from Out There
The Presets / Beams [enhanced CD]
The Raconteurs /Broken Boy Soldiers
The Robot Ate Me / Good World
Patrick Ryan / Knowledge
Jonah Smith / Jonah Smith
The Stills / Without Feathers
Sugarplum Fairies / Country International Records
Tapes 'n Tapes / The Loon
Tilly and the Wall / Bottom of Barrels
Umphrey's McGee / Safety in Numbers
Various Artists / Broadcasting the Blues: Black Blues in the Segregation Era
The Wood Brothers / Ways Not to Lose
Wrinkle Neck Mules / Pull the Brake
Frank Zappa / Imaginary Diseases

School of Music Reform podcasts

"School of Music Reform" is an experimental lecture, performance and discussion series sponsored by the Laboratory of Art and Ideas at Belmar, Lakewood, Colorado's unique contemporary art institution. Each program focuses on the work of a single composer/reformer and has included Laurie Anderson, Björk, Philip Glass, Charles Mingus, and Terry Riley. New lectures will begin fall 2006.

• Frank Zappa and rhythm (November 3, 2005).

Scrutinizing Dead music

Two Denver area tribute bands, Juba Juba! (top) and Ship of Fools, rearrange, interpret and perform the music of the Grateful Dead.

• Juba Juba! / China Cat Sunflower/I Know You Rider

Jam Band / Classic Rock / Psychedelic

Artist of the Month -- Charlie Deets

Charlie Deets has released two CDs in 2006:

• Sally (his band) / The Picardy Third [EP] ;
• Charlie Deets / The Lost Larrikin Long Play .

Sally's self-titled debut CD, was KRFC's 2004 Album of the Year.
Indie / Psychedelic / Electro

June independent artists

KRFC is featuring the music of 3kStatic, Marc Berley, Drunk With Joy, Jen Elliott and Bluestruck, Funk 'n Gandhi, Shelly Phelps, and Western Civ.

May's featured independent artists, belatedly

Thanks to fans of the Alternate Routes, Anthill, Art Giraffefungal, Bandit Queen, Books About UFOs, Bright Brown, Shauna Burns, Helios Creed, dEEP sET, Flee the Century, Glacial, Good Question, Green Man, Hello Nurse, Steven LeBeau, Man In Formaldehyde, Nick Tosches & Surfing with Valdez, NLX, Paine's Promise, RachelAPP, Rosemary, Super Distortion, Sutrobath, Toxic Virgin and Robert Steven Williams for tuning into KRFC last month.

June playlist additions

June artist additions include Animal Collective, Axehandle, Basokin, Beat Happening, Sarah Bettens, Black Flag, Boris, Brilliant Mistakes, Busdriver, Laura Cantrell, Coltrane Motion, Common Market, Concretes, Country Teasers, Cub Country, Bob Dylan, Electric Masada, E.M.P. Project, Excepter, Fat Lip, Flamingo Star, Jeffrey Gaines, godspeed you black emperor!, Jesse Harris and the Ferdinandos, John Lee Hooker, Huffamoose, Folke Jensen, Iron and Wine/Calexico, Killergroove Formula, Kinks, Kisanzi Congo, Kleenex/LiliPUT, La Taverne Du Lac, Leadbelly, Lifter Puller, Lucky Loop, Lycaon Pictus, Magnapop, Meat Puppets, Melvins, Moondog, Moose, Morsel, Elliott Murphy, Panda & Angel, Paul Pena, Pillcrushers, Raincoats, Rivera Rotation, Seductive Souls, Silversurfer, Sleater-Kinney, Sons of Otis, Sound Tribe Sector 9, Strangers Die Everyday, Subtract by Two, Sun Kil Moon, Timax, Time and Distance, Torpedo Boyz, Lemn Sissay, Stereo Total, Thou, Robin Trower, Townes Van Zandt, John Earl Walker Band, Waxwings, and the Weirdos.

The Warheads Projects

The Warheads are a San Francisco Bay Area production team. While musicians, they specialize in the manipulation, re-arranging, and re-mixing of original compositions, unique sounds, and high-quality audio. Their six current projects can be purchased in CD or mp3 formats.
Experimental

Eric Shiveley's latest movie trailer

The third and final trailer for Eric Shiveley's new movie is downloadable here. Scheduled for release December 2006, Everyone But You is an attempt to document the undocumentable world of the independent musician.
Filmmaking / Independent / Documentary

Songs II

• Belle and Sebastian / "Another Sunny Day" / The Life Pursuit / 2006
• Books About UFOs / "White Collars" / Let the Bridges Ignite / 2006
  
• Drive-By Truckers / "Feb 14" / A Blessing and a Curse / 2006

• Glacial / "Successful Monster" / The Captains of Industry / 2005
• Mission of Burma / "2wice" / The Obliterati / 2006
• Eric Shiveley / "Actual Size" / El Diablo / 2005
  
• Wilderness / "Emergency" / Vessel States / 2006

More albums

Bank of Horses / Everything All the Time
Drive-By Truckers / A Blessing and a Curse
Elf Power / Back to the Web
Fresh Mowed Lawn - s/t (ex-Sun Sawed In 1/2)
Feathers / Feathers
Jehro / Jehro
Van Morrison / Pay the Devil
Norfolk & Western / A Gilded Age
Jennifer O'Connor / Over the Mountain, Across the Valley and Back to the Stars
Smoosh / Free to Stay
Starlight Mints / Drowaton
The Streets / The Hardest Way to Make an Easy Living
Rocky Votolato / Makers
Imaad Wasif / Imaad Wasif
Wilderness / Vessel States
Young and Sexy / Panic When You Find It

Albums

The Advantage / Elf Titled
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti / House Arrest
Belle and Sebastian / The Life Pursuit
Calexico / Garden Ruin
Cat Power / The Greatest
Deadboy and the Elephantmen / We Are Night Sky
Delta 5 / Singles and Sessions 1979-1981
Destroyer / Destroyer's Rubies
The Gossip / Standing in the Way of Control
Jackie Greene / American Myth
Guillemots / From the Cliffs
Kris Kristofferson / This Old Road
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness / Fear is On Our Side
Matchbook Romance / Voices
Sergio Mendes / Timeless
Mexican Institute of Sound / Mejico Maxico
Rhett Miller / The Believer
Mogwai / Mr. Beast
Christopher O'Riley / Home to Oblivion: An Elliott Smith Tribute
Anna Oxygen / This is an Exercise
Pretty Girls Make Graves / Élan Vital
Quasi / When the Going Gets Dark
The Robocop Kraus / They Think They Are the Robocop Kraus
Tarkio / Omnibus
Teddy Thompson / Separate Ways
Tortoise and Bonnie 'Prince' Billy / The Brave and the Bold
Various Artists / Congotronics 2: Buzz 'n' Rumble from the Urb 'n' Jungle
Various Artists / Gospel Music
Various Artists / Run the Road: Volume 2

Songs

• Dead Meadow / "At Her Open Door" / Feathers / 2005

• (die) Pilot / "The Crash" / Radiation, Weather, Art / 2005
  
• The Glass / "Smog vs. Stars" / Hibernation / 2005 (you may have to click on TOUR, then LISTEN)
• L.A. Symphony / "San Diego" / Composition No. 1 / 2002
• Eric Shiveley / "You Want It Straight, Hud?"/ El Diablo / 2005
• Sleater-Kinney / "Oh!" / One Beat / 2002 (click on DOWNLOADS)

Available at eMusic:

• Ambulance LTD / "Primitive (The Way I Treat You)" / Ambulance LTD / 2004
• Basokin / "Mulume (featuring Mi Amor)" / Congotronics 2: Buzz 'n' Rumble from the Urb 'n' Jungle / 2006

• Franklin Bruno / "Tired of the West" / A Cat May Look at a Queen / 2002

Eric Shiveley, documentary filmmaker

In addition to recording a new album, Eric Shiveley is making a movie with a 1979 Super8 camera. Everyone But You documents the glamorous, high-rolling world of independent musicians and is scheduled for release December 2006. Two trailers for the movie are available for download here.
Filmmaking / Independent / Documentary

The voice of Mary's vision

Information is not knowledge
Knowledge is not wisdom
Wisdom is not truth
Truth is not beauty
Beauty is not love
Love is not music
Music is the best
--Frank Zappa, "Packard Goose," Joe's Garage: Acts II & III (1979)

Non-terrestrial radio is the thing

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