Category: USD Radio

Lo-fi, indie folk pop band Blind Pilot stopped at the Casbah Oct. 24 for a show with openers The Low Anthem. After the soundcheck, drummer Ryan Dobrowski gave us an interview to share insight on bike tours down the West Coast, playing in English beach towns and recording along the […]

(A Small in a Dragon Suit b/c it’s glorious) Halloween is around the corner so let’s all start preparing ourselves by getting in the mood. I personally like to think of my younger years, when Halloween was the ish, candy was abundant, and my costumes were off the chizarts. My […]

Floating on a mesmerizing stream of eccentric beats and fresh rhythms, Zero 7’s fourth album Yeah Ghost, sounds like it would be the perfect background music for one of those dreams that you strive desperately to remember.  The innovative sounds that come streaming into the listeners ears seem to take […]

So the cool kids already know this, but Hard Haunted Mansion is back this year for one of the best two nights of techno and electro.  We’ve already posted the preview for Friday’s headliners, and Saturday’s lineup is just as amazing. Justice: The French duo is back for their second […]

Every so often, a band comes along that seems to pour its heart and soul into every track. The Avett Brothers seem to be one of those bands. From the first pained piano chords of the title track off of The Avett Brothers newly released EP I and Love and […]

HARD Haunted Mansion makes its way to The Shrine this Halloween weekend. The two-day festival starts Friday the 30th and continues on Saturday night. Though HARD summer was shut down early due to the Fire Marshall, this weekends set boasts an even more impressive line-up and has the majority of […]

We have vocals this week!  This week we have a very special Late Night Trance show.  All of the songs featured tonight are from artists playing at this years Monster Massive, which will be on Halloween night at the LA Sports Complex from 7pm-4am.  So many amazing DJs, like ARMIN […]

Happy weekend everybody!! It’s a long weekend.  A good weekend.  Great weather.  Great friends.  Great times.  And of course, great music.  This week I have provided a playlist that is a little more alternative rock and alternative folk than my usual.  It just felt right this week.  Some bands and […]

Imagine it is Christmas Eve. The whole family is sitting around the fireplace with joy and happiness burning in their hearts. Then, unsuspectingly, your grandfather grabs his guitar for a little family sing-along. Your cousins and you smirk and whisper to each other, “I hope he doesn’t have a heart-attack!” […]

Thus begins our saga into a world of music simple labeled as alternative. This show will focus on new songs, old songs, good songs, bad songs, happy songs, sad songs, song of peace, and songs of war. It’s sometimes emo, sometimes punk, sometimes rock, sometimes unclassifiable, but always fun. Give […]