January 26, 2009

Melody Fair on KXLU playlist Jan 4 2009

OK folks, yes, it's been a while, but here's a new playlist from this month to treasure! 
This includes some of my faves from 2008 as well as songs in celebration of the new year.
Enjoy!

song/artist/release/label

Melody Fair/Richard Hewson Orch./[MF intro CD] Melody/Polydor 
Father Time He Wastes/Bipolaroid/E(i)Ther Or/Surreal but kind (s/r) 
This Will Be Our Year/The Zombies/Zombie Heaven: "Odessey & Oracle" & The Lost Album/Big Beat
Promises I've Made/Emitt Rhodes/Daisy Fresh From Hawthorne CA (Best of Dunhill Years)/Edsel
Happy New Year/ABBA/Super Trouper 1980/Polydor 

Mina Damer Och Fasaner/Dungen/4/Kemado 
Hojas/Cineplexx/Picnic/Portia records
Que Lindo Sueno/King Khan & The Shrines/The Supreme Genious Of/Vice records
Let Them Dance/Rainbow Arabia/The Basta/Tiny Man/Manimal Vinyl records

In the New Year/The Walkmen/Walkmen You and Me/Gigantic 
Resolutions '08/Hot Lava/Lavalogy/Bar None 
New Years/Asobi Seksu/Citrus/Friendly fire redgs
New Year's Kiss/Casiotone For The Painfully Alone/Etiquette/Tomlab 

Mis-takes/The Charlatans/You Cross My Path/Cooking Vinyl 
Meeting Place/The Last Shadow Puppets/The Age Of The Understatement/ Domino 
I'm Outta Time/Oasis/Dig Out Your Soul/Reprise 
All I wanna Do (is be with you)/Paul Weller/22 Dreams/Yep Roc 
Always Happens Like That/Kaiser Chiefs/Off With Their Heads/Universal/Motown UK

Sunday Memory Lane/White Shoes & The Couples Company/White Shoes & The Couples Company/Minty Fresh 
Satellite/4 Bonjour's Parties/Pigments Drift Down To The Brook/Mush 
Integratron/Dengue Fever/Venus On Earth/M80 Music 

Neuer Morgen, Neuer Tag/Dancer Vs. Politician/A City Half-Lost/s/r 
Turns We Took/Tindersticks/The Hungry Saw/Constellation 
Time And Space/The Accidentals/There Were Wolves/Thrill jockey
I Made A Resolution/Sea Wolf/Get To The River Before It Runs Too Low/Dangerbird 
Viking 1 /Moondog (Louis Thomas Hardin)/Viking of Sixth Avenue/Astralwerks 06/Honest Jon's 05

November 08, 2008

Natacha Atlas interview on the Melody Fair show on KXLU airs tonight!

Tune in to hear from Natacha Atlas, who stopped by KXLU for an interview!
And of course, enjoy her show at the El Rey Sunday, November 9th.

And, in playlist news, I will be posting a bunch of 'em from the last few months...soon!

November 01, 2008

White​ Shoes​ & The Coupl​es Compa​ny play & inter​view on the Melody Fair show on KXLU!​

Strai​ght from their​ excit​ing show at CMJ, White​ Shoes​ & The Coupl​es Compa​ny came into the KXLU studi​o and recor​ded their​ speci​al brand​ of Indon​esian​ pop.
You can hear it on the Melod​y Fair show on KXLU this weeke​nd.​
Tune in Satur​day 11/​1/​08 from midni​ght to 2 am to catch​ it!
Here'​s a previ​ew:​
http:​/​/​www.​ youtu​be.​ com/​watch​?​v=​yJKHh​bUd97​A

Don'​t forge​t,​ speci​al 3 hour Melody Fair show due to Dayli​ght Savin​g Time!​

Liste​n in 3 ways:​
1. In Los Angle​s,​ CA US, on the radio​ dial at 88.9 FM

2. Strea​ming live at www. kxlu.​ com.
Go to the start​ page for KXLU,​ click​ to enter​ the site,​
then click​ on the silve​r butto​n on the upper​ left side that says liste​n now!

3 If you have iTune​s on your compu​ter,​ you can also liste​n in that way.
Open iTune​s.​
Go to the Sourc​e list on the left side,​ click​ Radio​.​
Click​ onto the Publi​c folde​r in the Strea​m categ​ory.​
The categ​ory list will come in.
click​ on:
KXLU 88.9FM Los Angel​es - the fines​t radio​ stati​on on the plane​t

September 20, 2008

Crazy New Premiums for the Melody Fair Fundrazor show!

You know you want them...new Melody Fair Fundrazor 2008 premium packs.
Available during the Melody Fair on KXLU Fundrazor show tonight at Midnight.
Get 'em while they're hot - they won't last!
Here's the scoop:

6 new 2008 packs:

(Pricing: 2 CDs for $28.89, DVD for $ 18.89, Vinyl for $ 18.89 )

Venus Pack - 6 packs available
Super Furry Animals/Hey Venus/Rough Trade (comes with bonus disc - 2 disc set)
Dengue Fever/Venus on Earth/ M80 recordings

Sound Magnet - 8 packs available
Sonantes/Sonantes/Six Degrees -Brazilian collective out of São Paulo featuring Céu
Magnet/The Simple Life/Filter recordings -Norwegian singer/songwriter singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Evan Johansen

Carla goes synth - 5 packs available
5 VA/BIPP French Synth Wave 1979-85/Everloving - Great comp of 70’s & 80’s French synth wave
5 Carla Bruni/Comme Si De Rien N'Était/Downtown recordings – France’s First Lady sings

Free Allá - 2 packs available
Allá/Es Tiempo/Crammed Disc - Chicago group explores their Mexican heritages, with influences like Can, Brazilian Tropicalia and electronic
VA/The Free Design -The Now Sound Redesigned/Light in the Attic -Music of 60’s Baroque pop kings Free design re-imagined by today’s coolest indie stars (Madlib, Stereolab, Super Furry Animals, Caribou etc.)

Cornelius - 2 packs available
Cornelius/Sensurround + B-sides/Everloving -DVD w/ audio cd w/bsides & remixes

Vinyl Fever - 1 pack available
Dengue Fever/Escape from Dragon House/M80 reissue on colored vinyl w/download code for extra goodies.

And more special surprise premiums to be announced on air.
Tune in and find out!

Melody Fair on KXLU September 14 2008 playlist

Melody Fair on KXLU September 14 2008 playlist

song/artist/release/label

Melody Fair/Richard Hewson Orch./Melody OST 1971/Polydor Japan
No Tomorrow/The Caesars/Strawberry Weed/Astralwerks/Virgin
Run Rabbit Run/Death & Vanilla/single/self/released Death and Vanilla
Det Tar Tid (It Takes Time)/Dungen/4/Kemado
Time To Go/TK Webb & The Visions/Ancestor/Kemado

La Serena/De Leon/De Leon/JDub
Bandera/Aterciopelados/Rio/Nacional
Taco De Palabras/Lila Downs/Shake Away/Manhattan/Capitol
Escribeme Pronto/Instituto Mexicano Del Sonido/Piñata/Nacional Mexico
Mi Plato De Barro/Chicha Libre/Sonido Amazonico!/Barbes recs
Wanted/Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+Fussible/Tijuana Sound Machine/Nacional
Yo No Se/Los Dug Dug's/Smog/RCA Victor/BMG Mexico ‘72, ‘77 RCA Camden, ‘98 BMG

Green Rain/Shugo Tokumaru/EXIT/Almost Gold recordings/Star Time International
Blue Noise/Polysics/We ate the machine/Myspace/Interscope
Canards Sauvages/Camille/Music Hole/Virgin/EMI France
Merci De Rien Du Tout/Marianne Dissard/L'Entredeux/self/released Marianne Dissard

Watch What Happens/Mario Castro-Neves & His Orchestra/Brazilian Mood/Vocalion/Harmonia Mundi dist.
Braz/Sonantes/Sonantes/Six degrees
Ruradélica/Supercordas/Seres verdes ao redor/Trombador Discos
Eu Tomo uma Pepsi, e Ela Pensa em Divórcio/Bazar Pamplona/À Espera das Nuvens Carregadas/Monga Records Bazar Pamplona
Believe Achieve/CSS/Donkey/SubPop

Choubi Choubi/Unknown Artist/Choubi Choubi! Folk And Pop Sounds From Iraq/Sublime Frequencies
Unfinished Journey/Biddu/Eastern Man/Futuristic Journey/Vocalion/Harmonia Mundi
Batalti Eli/Zaman/Acoustic Arabia/Putumayo
Le Teetab Alayi/Natacha Atlas/Ana Hina/Harmonia Mundi

Daisy Clik Clak/Stereolab/Chemical Chords/4AD
Dans le miroir de tes yeux /Miou Miou/Lala Grande Finale/Minty Fresh
Je suis une enfante/Carla Bruni/Comme Si De Rien N'Était/Downtown records
Beggar's Prayer /Emiliana Torrini/Me And Armini/Rough Trade

September 11, 2008

Me & Jaipur Kawa Brass Band member Sapera Kalbelya -photo by Julian Ponce

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Melody Fair on KXLU September 7 2008 playlist

Melody Fair on KXLU September 7 2008 playlist

song/artist/release/label

Melody Fair/Richard Hewson Orch./Melody OST 1971/Polydor Japan
Gorgeous Behavior/Marching Band/Spark Large/U & L
My Love/Lykke Li/Youth Novels/LL recordings /Atlantic Sweden
Global Conspiracy/Peter von Poehl/Going to Where the Tea Trees Are/Bella Union
A story from A Chair/Wildbirds & Peacedrums/Heartcore/Leaf Label

Greekout/Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra/Miiles of Styles/Ubiquity
Digital Coffee/Polysics/We ate the machine/Myspace/Interscope
Predict the Day/Ladytron/Velocifero/Nettwerk
I Want Out/Brazilian Girls/New York City/Verve
Something or Nothing/Correcto/Correcto/Domino

Balkan Beat Box Interview w/Tomer Yosef
Digital Monkey/Balkan Beat Box/Nu Med/J Dub
Hermetico/ Balkan Beat Box/Nu Med/J Dub
Joro Boro/ Balkan Beat Box/Nu Med/J Dub

Solo un Milagro/Allá/Es Tiempo/Crammed Disc
Three Women/Stereolab/Chemical Chords/4AD
Hear no See No/Rainbow Arabia/The Basta EP/Tiny Man/Manimal Vinyl records
Left Behind/CSS/Donkey/Sub Pop

Quilombo Te Espera/Sonantes/Sonantes/Six Degrees
Tropicália/Caetano Veloso/Tropicalia/Soul Jazz
Anima/ Milton Nasciemento/Brazil Classics – Vol. 1 Beliza Tropical /Warner Brothers
Gloria/Tom Zé/Tropicalia/Soul Jazz
Sai Do Sereno/Gilberto Gil/ Brazil 70: After Tropicalia/Soul Jazz
Vou Recomeçar/Gal Costa/Tropicalia/Soul Jazz

Ghir Enta/Souad Massi/Acoustic Arabia/Putumayo
En El Café/De Leon/De Leon/JDub
La Shou El Haki/Natacha Atlas/Ana Hina/Harmonia Mundi
They Taught Me/Ja'afar Hassan/Choubi Choubi! Folk And Pop Sounds From Iraq/Sublime Frequencies
Dvojka/Kal/KAL/Asphalt Tango
Chameli/Jaipur Kawa Brass Band/Fanfare du Rajasthan/Iris

Heard It All Before/Emiliana Torrini/Me And Armini/Rough Trade
Hums Around Us/Pram/The Moving Frontier/Domino
The Captain and the Hourglass/Laura Marling/Alas, I Cannot Swim/Astralwerks
Captain Darling/Beangrowners/Not In A Millon Lovers/Schoenwetter/Minty Fresh

Melody Fair in for the Euro Lounge September 1 2008 playlist

Melody Fair in for the Euro Lounge September 1 2008 playlist
song/artist/release/label

Yeter Artik Kadin/Bunalim/Bunalim/Shadoks
Smog/Los Dug Dug's/Smog/RCA Victor/1972 BMG Mexico,1977 RCA Camden & 1998 BMG Mexico
Brown Bike/Nortec Collective Presents: Bostich+ Fussible Tijuana Sound Machine/Nacional
Miopia/Sonantes/Sonantes/Six degrees
Black is the Color/Natacha Atlas/Ana Hina/Harmonia Mundi

Le Coup De Ciseaux/Miou Miou/Lala Grande Finale/Minty Fresh
Nous Vous Demandons Pardon/Stereolab/Chemical Chords/4AD
Je suis sublime/Elizabeth/Swinging mademoiselles/Silva Screen
La Musique et la Danse/Christie Laume/La Belle Epoque: EMI's French Girls 1965-68/Zonophone/EMI France/Caroline
Ta Tienne/Carla Bruni/Comme Si De Rien N'Était/Downtown records
Express & Share/My Raining Stars/From St. Savior to Quickwell/self-released www.myspace.com/rainingstars
Le Quotidien/Sandrine Kiberlain/Putumayo Presents: Acoustic France/Putumayo [also on Manquait Plus Qu'a/EMI Fr 5/2005]

J.O./Love Is Just A Tool/Clinic/Funf/Domino
The Misbegotten/The Charlatans/You Cross My Path/Cooking Vinyl
Humedad/Cineplexx/Picnic/Portia recs
Golpes del Sol/Allá/Es Tiempo/Crammed Disc

Agora Eu Sou Vilão/Bazar Pamplona/À Espera das Nuvens Carregadas/Monga Records/dis Tratore Bazar Pamplona
Satélites no bar/Supercordas/Satélites no Bar/Shroom recs/Trombador Discos
Imaginacao/Casa Flutuante/A Terra É Nossa Casa/self-released Casa Flutuante
La Primera Vez /Las Palabras/ self-released Las palabras
Inspiracion/Calexico/Carried To Dust/Quarterstick recs

Moriya/Jaipur Kawa Brass Band/Fanfare du Rajasthan/Iris
Krishnaveni/R.K. Suryanarayan/Gayatri Veena/ 1995 T-series SICCD030
My Name Is Tom/The Jigsaw Seen/ My Name Is Tom/vibro-phonic recordings
Salva/Pram/The Moving Frontier/Domino

August 27, 2008

Labor Day - Tune in to KXLU at 6-8 pm PST

Hey folks,
I'm subbing for Euro Lounge this Monday, Sept. 1st, Labor Day at 6-8 pm.
Tune in to KXLU and enjoy!
-Michelle K.

Melody Fair on KXLU August 24 2008 playlist

Melody Fair on KXLU August 24 2008 playlist
song/artist/release/label

Melody Fair/Richard Hewson Orch./Melody OST/Polydor Japan
J.O./Love Is Just A Tool/Clinic/Funf/Domino
Echoes Round The Sun/Paul Weller/22 Dreams/Yep Roc
The Misbegotten/The Charlatans/You Cross My Path/Cooking Vinyl
De Picnic Sin Mi/Cineplexx/Picnic/Portia records

Mama Loves Nortec/Nortec Collective Pres: Bostich + Fussible Tijuana Sound Machine/Nacional records
Beny Ou Benak Eik/Natacha Atlas/Ana Hina/World Village/Harmonia Mundi
Minee Koleh Mibehi (Refrain Thy Voice From Weeping)/Idan Raichel Project/single/Cumbancha (on iTunes)
8 Paayaliyaa/Jaipur Kawa Brass Band/Fanfare du Rajasthan/Iris Musique

Nessas Alturas Dos Acontecimentos/Cilibrinas Do Eden (Rita Lee & Lúcia Turnbull)/Cilibrinas Do Eden/Phillips (recorded 1973 but never released, 2008 reissue Ltd. 500 edition Nosmokerecords (Spain)
Pilgrimage/Harry Partch/Delusion of the Fury/Columbia Masterworks 1969, Reissued: Innova 1997
Exuma, the Obeah/Exuma/Exuma/Barclay 1970/Reissued: Repertoire 2003

Un Pedazo/Allá/Es Tiempo/Crammed Disc
Pontos Deluz/Gal Costa/Brazil 70: After Tropicalia/Soul Jazz
Makuba/Kasai Allstars/In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic/Crammed discs
Caul Es Tu Nobre/Los Dug Dugs/Smog/RCA Victor/BMG Mexico 1972, Reissue: BMG PECD-549,1998

Los Dos/Los Panchos/Eternamente Los Panchos: La Historia/Norte
I Came Into This World Alone/Moondog, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Jon Gibson/The Viking of 6th Avenue: The Authorized Biography/Publisher: Process (11/2007)
Home Computer /Señor Coconut y su Conjunto/ El Baile Alemán/Emperor Norton
Mauna Kea/King Bennie Nawahi's Hawaiians/Hawaiian String Virtuoso: Steel Guitar Recordings of the 1920's/Shanacie

Le Coup De Ciseaux/Miou Miou/Lala Grande Finale/Minty Fresh
Nous Vous Demandons Pardon/Stereolab/Chemical Chords/4AD
No Choice But To Accept/My Raining Stars/From St Saviour To Quickwell/self-released
Ta Tienne/Carla Bruni/Comme Si De Rien N'Était/Downtown records
Clash Dans Le Tempo/Constance Amiot/Putumayo Presents: Acoustic France/Putumayo