DJ EJ's Best of Jazz 2008

On Thursday, January 1st, 2009, I took a look back at the best in new Jazz releases from 2008. From vocal jazz to avant-garde to funk and Indo-jazz fusion, we heard it all in this retrospective.
Download Part 1 to hear songs from the Pamela Hines Trio, Leslie Pintchik, Grazyna Auguscik & Paulinho Garcia, Duke Ellington Legacy, Gregory Hickman-Williams, Jason Kao Hwang & Sang Won Park, Rudresh Mahanthappa, Mats/Morgan Band, Kieran Hebden & Steve Reid, Groundtruther, Anat Cohen, and the Moutin Reunion Quartet:

Best of Jazz 2008: Part 1

In Part 2 we heard from Chin Chin, The Tribattery Pops, Baja, Random Touch, blink., The Royal Hartigan Ensemble, Royal Hartigan (solo), Medeski, Martin & Wood, Menahan Street Band, Isotope, Meaghan Smith, Felicia Carter, and Laika:

Best of Jazz 2008: Part 2

DJ EJ's Best of Electronica/Dance 2008

It's been an incredible year for electronica and dance music on KXUA! On Monday, December 29th, I played the best of the best from what I reviewed and charted (RPM charts for College Music Journal) in the electronica genre for KXUA in 2008. The first half of the broadcast featured music by Solid Gold, The Black Ghosts, Sam Sparro, Don Rimini, The Faint, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Sebastien Tellier, Stereolab, Squarepusher, The Emergency, Heartsrevolution, and Hot Chip. Download it here:

Best of Electronica 2008: Part 1

The second half of the show featured music from Yelle, Casino Music, Hercules and Love Affair, The Tough Alliance, Ladyhawke, Midnight Juggernauts, Crystal Castles, The Presets, and Cut Copy. Download it here:

Best of Electronica 2008: Part 2

Enjoy every minute...because this music is THE SCHYTT!!

Best of KXUA all this week and next!

Kind of late to post this I guess, but this week, next week (and last week) we will have (and have had) mostly the best of KXUA playing in lieu of random automationness. By that I mean old recordings of great KXUA shows. (So that's why the Drive in Speakerbox was playing at 8:00AM this morning!) So the good part is that we don't have to listen to randomness for days and days, we get hand picked music from KXUAs most dedicated DJs. The bad news is that we get a lot of confusing out dated PSAs, concert calendars, and references to what time it is that are totally off. THIS CAN BE WEIRD! But, the keen listener should be able to pick up on the fact that it's a recording. KXUA will continue to play best of shows until DJs start coming back possibly sometime next week. DJs that are still in town are still doing there shows at their regular times.

ALSO, we now have an answering machine in the studio on the request line. So, if no one is in the studio give it a call and leave us a message. Good messages will be used on the air!

DJ EJ's Best of Jazz 2008

Tune in to 88.3FM or listen online at www.kxua.com on Thursday, January 1st, 2009, from 6pm to 8pm for a look back at the best in new Jazz releases from 2008. From vocal jazz to avant-garde to funk and Indo-jazz fusion, you'll hear it all in this two hour retrospective.

DJ EJ's Best of Electronica/Dance 2008

It's been an incredible year for electronica and dance music on KXUA! Tune in to 88.3FM or listen online at www.kxua.com on Monday, December 29th from 3pm to 6pm, when I'll play the best of the best from what I reviewed and charted (RPM charts for College Music Journal) in the electronica genre for KXUA in 2008. We might not get to any songs from Norrlandspojkarna this year, but we will hear from another Swedish band, I promise!