Much love to Live 105’s Spud who accompanied me to the unveiling of KROQ new music show guru Rodney Bingenheimer’s Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this past Friday. There is some footage of the event on youtube… please gently click here. Unfortunately, Spud also made me go see INXS with new singer JD Fortune. His friend Buzz also showed up at the event wearing a vintage INXS shirt from the ‘Kick’ tour. Please don’t tell anyone. Moving along to the Mediaguide New Music Show Charts, Bright Eyes returns to the #1 spot again this week on the singles chart with country tinged track, “Four Winds” with continued support from Patrick Riesgo (KVGS Las Vegas), Aaron Axelsen (KITS San Francisco), Sachin Sumadre (WROX Norfolk, VA), Rodney Bingenheimer (KROQ Los Angeles) & Andy Langer at (KROX Austin, TX).  And everyone I’ve spoken to at radio this week and last is singing the praises of Arcade Fire’s Neon Bible which lands at #1 on the Mediaguide Release chart again this week. Who’s playing them in medium to heavy rotation??? Well, KDLE Los Angeles of course with 37 plays this past week (almost 300 plays to date), KROX Austin & WFNX Boston. KROQ Los Angeles also increased play on Arcade Fire this past week from 1 to 12 spins. New additions to the chart this week include: The Dollyrots’ “Because I’m Awesome” & Idlewild’s “No Emotion.” 

Record of The Week: Amy Winehouse

MEET:
Name: SHAYNE EASTIN
Job Title: Production Coordinator for Alternative Press / Frontwoman for Los Angeles Rock Band "Spider Problem"
Favorite Dance: The Twist
Favorite song of the week: Anything by Captain Beefheart
Most fun thing you did this week: I went to Las Vegas this past weekend with my friends band Ima Robot....they played a show and then we ran around Vegas yelling "We Just Got Married!" (None of us did....but someday)
Silly tidbit: I have a recurring dream that I go to Disneyland and I can't find the Pirates of the Caribbean ride....but i know where it is in real life!!! I keep looking and looking....then i think i find it but i end up just walking through the whole line and coming out the other end by Tom Sawyer Island.

Frankie Chan

Frankie Chan  

Sir Frankie Chan started things off rumbling in the punk band Operation: Cliff Clavin and was introduced to a world of musicians who were doing it all on the DIY tip: booking their own tours, shows, etc. It was this DIY ethic that inspired him to start doing his own shows after eventually leaving the band.  Later, heading off to Bellingham, WA, FC moved into a live/work space called the Showoff Gallery and began presenting bands like Death Cab For Cutie, The Murder City Devils & The Dismemberment Plan to name a few…. But it really wasn’t until Chan witnessed Calvin Johnson DJ a party before he started incorporating DJ’ing into his live shows. Fast forward to 2001 and FC is living and throwing parties in Seattle while working at a club called Graceland. “It was more of the same, but we took it even further by inviting bands to do DJ sets (unheard of at the time) and having dance parties after shows. The earliest incarnation of the stuff I do now happened there in the form of a weekly night called MONDAY-FUNDAY! We would have 2 bands play on the floor of the front part of Graceland and DJ’s after… people loved it,” says Frankie. Finally on his own, Sir Chan moved to Los Angeles in 2003 and launched iheartcomix as well as the successful party FUCKING AWESOME with Har Mar Superstar. Chan eventually partnered up with Steve Aoki and Mark The Cobra Snake and launched several other successful parties around the LA area, including: Block Party, Cinespace Tuesdays, Loose Tooth and SUNDAY-FUNDAY! Towards the end of that partnership, Frankie started one of hush hush ATTACK!’s favorite nights, Check Yo’ Ponytail (every Tuesday at Safari Sam’s). Iheartcomix (records) is blowing up as well with two fresh releases by Matt & Kim and Protokoll. Not to mention, “dope” (yes, I’m taking it back) DJ singles by Ocelot, Le Castle Vania and The Toxic Avenger as well as an Ocelot full length later in the year… and maybe even a 2nd Matt & Kim full length as well! Frankie Loves: Danielle & Ginger, his partner in crime Travis Hayden, these rad kids: Xavier & Jake in Miami, My!Gay!Husband!, Pretty Titty, Roxy Cottontail, Flosstradamus, Andrew W.K., Sean Blacklist, Acid Girls, Big Stereo, Lazaro Casanova, Naeem from Spank Rock, Adrian at Puma, Dan Oh, Guns'n'Bombs, Paparazzi, Kelly Brooks and Zane Landreth. Not to miss!!!!!! Check out iheartcomix at SXSW and read the Big Stereo post here for details or click on the aforementioned SXSW hyperlink bitches.

Diplo AKA Diplodocus AKA Wesley Pentz is a Philadelphia based producer and DJ signed to Ninja Tune imprint Big Dada who is probably best known for his work with British based M.I.A. As a DJ, Diplo is characterized by his eclectic, often 80’s oriented mashups, mix-tapes and live sets. For those of you in Los Angeles on March 13^th, make sure to check out Diplo’s exclusive performance at Check Yo’ Ponytail (Safari Sam’s in Hollywood, CA) brought to you by iheartcomix & love yourself. Shadowscene and resident DJ’s Frankie Chan & DJ Paparazzi will be in the house. From the RHYTHM 12” here’s “Diplo Rhythm” released on Big Dada a few year back. It’s a touch old, but representative of Diplo’s sound/style. Stream!

Tim Pyles – Anti-Monday League 

Mr. Tim Pyles is killing it in San Diego, CA. About a year ago, local promoter and club owner Tim Mays from The Casbah offered Tim a Monday night residency for his now notorious club, Anti-Monday League.  Pyles (as he is affectionately known) has been involved in so many aspects of the SD scene from the early Halcyon days of riding a Vespa as a Mod to wearing make-up in the Goth/Industrial world and yes, even to Raving! Tim has also presented a series of weekly events in Diego over the years leading up to his current Monday night happening. Currently reacting on the floor: Nas “Hip Hop Is Dead,” new Arcade Fire, Klaxons, The Kooks, Some Girls, The Locust & Ground Unicorn Horn. Tim gives props to the following SD Scenesters: Scott Pacto, Alan Sanderson, Tim Mays, Brett Bodie, O, Swami, Rockit Entertainment, Adam Gimble, Gwen Pyles, Gary Pyles, Cathryn Beeks, Len Paul, Bart Mendoza, Ken Leighton, David Brown, Justin Pearson, Rob Crow, Pall Jenkins, Dwight Jeglor & Brian Strate.

French electro punks Prototypes release their new self-titled LP on the infamous indie Chicago based label, Minty Fresh. Big thanks to Anthony Musiala (Licensing guru) for sending out a copy of the full-length. The video for the infectious single, “Who’s Gonna Sing,” which was featured in an advertisement for the Ipod Shuffle campaign can be viewed here. You can also check out the Ipod Shuffle advertisement here.

KJEE Santa Barbara, CA
“New Noise” w/ David Hanacek & Sara M. Lopez
Sunday nights 8pm-9pm

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – Satan Said Dance
Bright Eyes – Four Winds
Peter Bjorn & John – Young Folks
Say Hi To Your Mom – Not As Goth As They Say
Menomena – Wet & Rusting
Air – Once Upon A Time
The Oohlas – Small Parts
!!! – Must Be The Moon
LCD Soundsystem – North American Scum
Mando Diao – Long Before Rock n’ Roll
Matt & Kim - Yeah Yeah
Brand New – Jesus
Skyscraper Frontier – I Just Need You
Of Montreal – Bunny Ain’t No Kind Of Rider
Expatriate – Play A Part
The Photo Atlas – Handshake Heart Attack