Wednesday morning, June 15, I’m going to DJ for Los Angeles radio station KXLU 88.9 FM. I will be on the air from 2am-6am playing a ton of handpicked tunes. I’m extremely honored to have the opportunity to DJ for such a kick-ass station. So, all of you insomniacs, drug addicts, and music fanatics, please tune in. If you are not near a radio or in the Los Angeles area, you can stream the show live by clicking here.

KXLU, which recently celebrated its 50th year being on the air, is a primarily student-run, free-form, commercial-free radio station broadcasting out of Loyola Marymount University. The station operates 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year. KXLU’s mission is to offer diverse and alternative programming, spanning many different music genres as well as airing shows dedicated to film, theater, poetry, and cultural affairs.

DâM-FunK
Album: Hood Pass Intact (Maxi 12″) (Buy)
Label: Stones Throws
Dam Funk – Hood Pass Intact (featuring MC Eiht)

King Tuff

We have a two pair of tickets to give away to R&G readers for Times New Viking
and King Tuff Sunday at the Satellite. To enter the contest, please write
an email to rollogrady@gmail.com. Include “Just Strut” in the subject line and
your full name & e-mail address in the body of the email. We’ll pick the winners
tomorrow afternoon.

MP3: King Tuff – So Desperate [Mindblow Demo]

D. Watusi
Hometown: Nashville, Tennessee
Album: Summer Nights 7″ (sold out)
Label: Nashville’s Dead
D. Watusi – Summer Nights

[Via – SD]

John Cameron – Crime Squad

Daytrotter posted a new session with Black Lips yesterday. For the full session click here.

MP3: Black Lips – Dumpster Diving (Daytrotter)

Blackhawks / Radiator Girls
Album: Black Girls (Buy)
Label: MJMJ Records
Radiator Girls – Go Pills

King Khan has decided to go country. In a recent conversation with Khan, he said goal was to assemble a serious country band with the best and wildest of his Kukamonga Death Cult: something like our generation’s Highwaymen. He has enlisted some talented musicians to help create his vision. In addition to Khan, Demon’s Claws’ Jeff Clarke and his talented girlfriend Emily Blitz, Sean Wood from the Spits, and the Sadies are going to comprise the band.

Jeff Clarke

Khan explained to me that Jeff’s songs “are very reminiscent of Merle Haggard and Waylon Jennings and his voice has a bit of Willie Nelson in it too.” Khan’s songs are more reminiscent of Lee Hazelwood and Johnny Cash, “adding a bit of psyche to the tradition of the murder ballad and some lonesome gunfighter anthems to boot.” Sean is “the missing link of the true Rockin’ country element….He is the Bocephus… the Phoenix rising from the ashes of punk…. He is the ranch dressing needed to make this the best salad ever.”

The Sadies

But they need some help. They need to raise $3,000 in order to fly Sean into Khan’s Moon Studios in Berlin to finish the album, so they launched a Kickstarter page.