Category: USD Radio

Tom Fec, aka TOBACCO, is your new favorite musician, and I’ll tell you why. He can never have a bad singing voice, he’s comparable to greats such as Daft Punk and Ratatat and his music is a little psychedelic, a little hip hop/dubstep/whathaveyou and a lot badass; some might say […]

When Mette Lindberg of the Danish band The Asteroid Galaxy Tour calls Friday morning to talk to me from her apartment in Copehagen; it’s a call that I’ve been nervous about all week. The nerves aren’t related to being starstruck. They instead come from a more subtle division in our […]

A last minute opening allowed rising San Diego-based singer/songwriter Derek Evans to head to our studios over spring break to help launch our new in-studio video series. His simple tunes backed by his passionate voice have a sense of playful beauty that quickly explain how this individual has found himself […]

Hey everyone, thanks for tuning into Late Night Trance.  Sorry the stream wasnt working this week so hopefully you can catch the recorded show here.  Hopefully the stream will be up next week so you can tune in live.  Great show this week so make sure to check it out!  […]

For the past few weeks, my housemates, friends and I have been gleefully bobbing to the beautiful harmonies, eclectic rhythms and all-around addicting melodies of the Silverlake/Los Angeles group, The Local Natives. Whether it’s fair or not, the Natives have been capturing consciousnesses who have immediately likened their sound to that […]

I first heard of German-American violinist David Garrett a few years ago, after he made worldwide headlines for falling down a concrete flight of stairs after a holiday concert in London. Thankfully he was uninjured, minus a few scrapes and bruises. His violin, however, was not. He landed on his […]

We Came as Romans are a six-piece hardcore band from Michigan, made up of Dave Stephens and Kyle Pavone on vocals, Joshua Moore and Lou Cotton on guitars, Andy Glass on bass and Eric Choi on drums. They recently released their first full-length album, To Plant a Seed, and are […]

Australian songwriter Sia Furler phoned in to the studio for a quick interview. Following on the heels of her acclaimed 2008 album Some People Have Real Problems, Sia is releasing her new album, We Are Born, this April. Well into a musical career that has encompassed diverse genres, Sia shared with us […]

This week I had the opportunity to catch up with Leon Chayet, lead singer of the local pop-punk group Love Beats War. LBW (as they are commonly referred to) are often compared to the great Blink-182 in terms of musical style. At times, you could easily mistake the voice of […]

Here is Vol. 16 of Late Night trance.  Thanks to everyone who has been checking out the show I really appreciate it.  This week I have an hour mix for you and then a special hour mix I recorded a few weeks ago for a contest.  Hope you guys like […]