Shows this week and a free mp3!

If you're looking for some shows to go this weekend or even next week, then you're in luck because there are a TON happening! Sweeeeeeeeet!

FIRST, go download a free song by Streetlight Affair on OCweekly.com. Click here.

As for shows...
Tonight, check out Halos at HOB, Anaheim.

Sunday, The Colourist will be opening for for the band The Honey Brothers (Adrian Grenier of Entourage plays drums...major incentive to go, of course) at the Troubadoor.
Check out The Colourist's video promo for the show.. kinda creepy. Those darn gnomes.

The Colourist: Part II // This Sunday 9/13 at Troubadour w/ The Honey Brothers and SoKo from The Colourist on Vimeo.

Monday, it's a KUCI Night at Blue Laguna lounge with Marc B. and Parker Macy. AND if you're in Costa Mesa hit up Detroit Bar for Stereofix and Dialtone.

Tuesday, Sea Wolf will be at Detroit Bar. They're playing with Afternoons too! I will be there. Sea Wolf are featured in OC Weekly this week! Click here.

Thursday, The Henry Clay People and Red Cortez will be at the Fox Theater in Pomona. Check out the OC Weekly article on The Henry Clay People

That's all for now BUT lots more ahead. Hope you go to all of these shows. ; )

Ash

Press Pass Music -- 12-13-08 playlist and more

Hey kids,

I hope you're all having a wonderful weekend. As for me, I'm at the station doing some more volunteer hours and then I need to study for two finals. But don't worry Monday I will be free at last. Expect me to hit a bunch of shows this week.

As for what I played on this week's show, we heard some sounds from new bands never before played on Press Pass Music. Some of the bands were Melanoid, Czar Rose, TableFruit and Oliver Jane.... speaking of Oliver Jane... here's an email from Oliver about the song "Hot Misery" and "Passeporte." It's an inside scoop on what the songs are really about. This band is fairly new but is getting a pretty big following. Check out their myspace (www.myspace.com/oliverjane)

Here's what he said:
"Hot Misery" -- "Because tea is a HUGE part of the irish life style, we took to drinking it many times a day. 'Hot Misery' was inspired when Oliver spilled a cup of hot tea and and Jane's uncle got very cross with him. The original version had slurping noises in the song and everything."
From the lyrics: "I'm sorry that i made a mess, i promise that i'll clean it up someday."

"Passeporte" -- "This is a story about a woman who travels to Paris on a business trip. On her travels, she meets a young french man and they end up having a one night stand. she tries to tell him that it could never work out and leaves for the airport. he follows her yelling things in french at her but she can not understand what he says because she does not speak his language. she is convinced he is in love with her (she is kinda arrogant) and tries to tell him it will never work out. in reality the french man does not love her and is only trying to tell her she has forgoten her passport."


My playlist is below. But before that, there are some shows to check out tonight and later this week, AND A LOT OF THEM ARE FREE SHOWS!!

Enjoy the weekend.... go to a holiday party or go to a whole bunch... and please please see a local music show. Support...listen... and remember that what's in your own backyard is pretty GREAT.



<3 Ash

SHOWS THIS WEEK:

Saturday
Local Natives, My Pet Saddle, The Living Suns -- Detroit Bar

Links -- The District in Tustin

Matt Kollar and The Angry Mob -- Alta in Newport Beach

Aushua at La Cave


The Cellar in San Clemente
7:30 - 8 : Civalias
8 - 9: Stacy*Clark

OC Weekly's holiday party at The Auld Dubliner in Tustin -- 7:30 p.m.
-- Punching Thunder is a GREAT cover band

MONDAY
Years at Detroit bar

Cheap Trick -- HOB Anaheim

Bloc Party -- Grove of Anaheim

TUESDAY

Czar Rose -- La Cave




Press Pass Music, Saturday Dec. 13, 2008

The Tale of the White Wolf -- NARWHAL
Careless and Fire -- Years
Wasteland -- Polaris At Noon
If I Did It -- We Are The Arsenal
Kill Your Radio -- The Damn Automatics
Touch -- The Lyrics Game
Pyramid -- The Lyrics Game
It Takes Courage -- Hello Morning
Spit On Me -- TableFruit
Uncle Duke -- Bronco Tatonka
Two by Two -- The Henry Clay People -- For Cheap or For Free -- NEW
Something In The Water -- The Henry Clay People -- For Cheap or For Free -- NEW
Goldmine -- The Union Line
Don't Wait -- Czar Rose
Right -- Melanoid
Leave Me Home -- Melanoid
At The Ring Toss -- The Santiago Steps
Believer -- The Living Suns
Lets Go Sailing -- Yellow Red Sparks
Passing Years -- Starving For Gravity
Hot Misery -- Oliver Jane
Passeporte -- Oliver Jane
Platic & Figurines -- Wes
When You're Gone -- HoneyPie
Hot Pantz -- Coco B's

Press Pass Music -- playlist for 12-6-08

Yo kids. Here's the playlist... I'm exhausted. I did something stupid and went out last night thinking I would be fine for the show. ummmm... I got three hours of sleep and now I have to go help out with a nonprofit event. Then back to studying for finals and writing like five papers. Yes, I'm busy...yes, I graduate next semester... I better be! ; )

Anyways... the show was fun this morning. There was another DJ in the studio doing some volunteer hours so we freaked each other out thinking there was someone else in the studio. Good times.

On this week's show I played The Henry Clay People's new album "For Cheap or For Free." It's a pretty great album. This band is definitely going places. Again, Eric (drums) and Joey (guitar and lead vocals) have roots in Orange County. Joey grew up in Yorba Linda and Eric lives in Tustin ( go Tustin, that's where I live!). Also, Noah and Andy graduated from UCI. Very nice!

Also, I played some music by new bands I discovered.. like The Steelwells, Chaser, Bigger Than Bridges ( a fairly new band who is looking for a guitarist) and The Trade.

I know I sounded like a frog this morning... get over it. ; ) Thanks for listening!


Fine Print -- The Henry Clay People -- NEW ALBUM - For Cheap or For Free
Ain't That Grand -- Vast Atlantic
Black & White -- The Steelwells
North Winds -- The Steelwells
Rock & Roll Has Lost It's Teeth -- The Henry Clay People
Radiosongs -- Ryan Baxley
Someplace I've Never Been (Part 2) -- Ryan Baxley
Words Fly Away -- Cory Case
Scratch A Lover And Find A Foe -- Cory Case
We've Got Company -- Civalias
On Fire -- Ralph Hinkley Syndrome
I Was Half Asleep -- The Henry Clay People
Dust In The Wind -- Chaser
Set It Off -- Chaser
Let It Down -- The Trade
Andy Sings -- The Henry Clay People -- NEW
Some Day -- Bigger Than Bridges
She Don't Know What She Means -- The Bolts
You Can Be Timeless -- The Henry Clay People
Barnacle Beat -- The Growlers
Il Fait Beau -- My Pet Saddle
Bulls Through -- The Henry Clay People
Not A Soul -- The Appearance
Drag -- The Appearance
Working Part Time -- The Henry Clay People
Living in Debt -- The Henry Clay People
Somethings Are Better The Way They're Remembered -- Venus Infers
Reverberation -- Aushua

What to expect this Saturday, Dec. 6

Well hello there,

This week's show I'm playing some new music and some new bands I just discovered. Also, I will be playing the The Henry Clay People's new album throughout my show. Yes, the band may say there based in Glendale or Culver City but this band has roots in Orange County. Eric who plays drums in the band currenlty lives in Tustin and Joey, lead singer and guitarist, grew up in Yorba Linda. YES they were influenced by Orange County... and yes they have influenced Orange County. I hope that makes a little sense. Anyways... it should be an interesting show.

I've been keeping really busy lately. I'm helping book bands for the OC Music Awards, applying for a couple shows on KUCI for next quarter, getting ready for school to end ( two more weeks = five finals and five papers), holiday work parties are every week through Dec. and I'm trying to help launch binarysounds.com. Yes, it's alot... and HECK YES I love it. I'm excited for what is to come and you all need to get ready because OC is becoming an even more beautiful place. Thank you local musicians for being so friggin talented. Keep it up and keep producing great music.

Next week's show will be the HOLIDAY show!!! If you haven't sent me your holiday songs then shoot me an email: ashleyeliot@yahoo.com.

Live it up...see a local show... and if you need a friend to go then pshhhhhhh give me a ring. ; )

Thanks again for tuning in to Press Pass Music!

Ash

Show #2 -- 10-11-08 -- I'm still here...

Well hello there listeners,

I completed my second show this morning.... wooooo hoooooooo! There were a lot of random goodies from local acts this show. I'm very pleased with all the talented musicians I have been finding here in Orange County. If you know of any bands that are local please let me know and I will try to play them next week.

This week's show I celebrated the Japanese Motors' new self-titled album. It came out last week so I played songs from the album throughtout the show. Also, this show I played old and new tracks by Venus Infers and found out that Trisha (previous lead singer of Venus Infers) has gone solo. Her new name is HoneyPie and her new music is quite great.

Thanks for listening you guys! Please email me if you want to talk music or if you have any comments: ashleyeliot@yahoo.com.

For homework, go to a local venue and check out the sights and sounds of your awesome Orange County musicians. They're working hard to get their music out into the world so the least you can do is listen. ; )

My playlist is below. Feel free to listen again to past shows on
http://www.archive.org/details/10-11-08PressPassMusic--Kuci88.9Fm--DjAsh


You can find me on myspace too! myspace.com/presspass
or follow me on twitter: twitter.com/ashleyeliot

Love you longtime,

Ash


Playlist -- 10-11-08
"Regrets a Paradise" -- Japanese Motors -- NEW self-titled alum
"Stand Tall" -- Dirty Heads -- Any Port in a Storm
"Dear Honey" -- Dusty Rhodes and the River Band -- First You Live
"Grampa Mac" - Dusty Rhodes and the River Band -- First You Live
"Bag Lady" -- The Studiofix -- Will Change Your Life
"Hi-Fi" -- Ralph Hinkley Syndrome -- Ralph Hinkley Syndrome
"Interlude" -- Japanese Motors -- NEW self-titled album
"Crooked Gun" -- Japanese Motors -- NEW self-titled album
"Girls of Prey" -- Pop Noir -- Girls of Prey
"Dancing With Werewolves" -- Great Glass Elevator -- Metropolis
Hero" -- Burning Tree Project -- Time and Color
"Satan Said Dance" -- Clap Your Hands Say Yeah -- From the movie "Choke"
"Major Tom" -- I Hate Kate -- Embrace the Curse
"Outta My Head" -- I Hate Kate -- Embrace the Curse
"Paralyzed" -- Vast Atlantic -- So Long
"Paddle to the Water" -- Vast Atlantic -- So Long
"Single Fins and Safety Pins" -- Japanese Motors -- NEW self-titled album
"Il Fait Beau" -- My Pet Saddle
"No Escape" -- Civalias -- You.Me.We.
"You Can't Scare Me At All" -- Venus Infers -- The White Album
"You Can't Scare Me At All" (old version) -- Venus Infers -- Self-titled album
"Never Get Enough" -- HoneyPie -- self-titled album
"The Untitled Communist Song" -- The Henry Clay People -- Blacklist the Kid with the Red Moustache
"Echolocation" -- The Henry Clay People -- self-titled album
"Being There" Faded Paper Figures -- Dynamo
"Airplanes" -- Local Natives -- Gorilla Manor
"Spendin' Days" -- Japanese Motors -- self-titled album