Avenue of the Giants on Press Pass Music this Thursday! AND lots of tickets to give away

The folk/blues band Avenue of the Giants will be on the show this Thursday. They will be stopping by from noon to 1 p.m. to play a live acoustic set. Also, this week's show expect some new music and a recap of the OC Music Awards, which took place on Saturday.


Ticket Giveaways for Thursday's show include:

Travis at the Wiltern Friday, April 10

Bloc Party at Hollywood Palladium on April 15

Black Lips and The Living Suns at Detroit Bar on April 15

Seedless and Marc B. at The Coach House on Saturday, April 18

Tune in to win. Call-in number: 949.UCI.KUCI or 949.824.5824

Should be fun!


ALSO the Coachella ticket winners have been announced and are here: www.kuci.org/coachella
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Ash

OC Music Awards FINALLY this Saturday!!

AFTER three months of showcases and many more months of preparing, it's finally time for the big event. The Orange County Music Awards take place at The Grove of Anaheim this Saturday, April 4. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the show starts at 8 p.m. Yes, I am presenting the award for Best New Artist. : P Here is a flyer with all the details. Hope to see you all there!
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Ash

Brave Citizens on Press Pass Music this Thursday

Hey all! I'm sleepy...stressed...sick..and thank goodness the OCMAs are Saturday. ; )

On this week's Press Pass Music show, I will have Brave Citizens, who are up for Best New Artist for the 2009 OC Music Awards and playing Bamboozle Left this weekend, live in the studio talking about what the heck is going on with them.





Ticket giveaways this Thursday include:
Two pairs of tickets to the OC Music Awards for this Saturday, April 4.
Two pairs to go to KUCI Night at Detroit Bar with Low vs. Diamond and Venus Infers on April 5.
Two pairs of tickets to see Seedless and Marc B. at The Coach House, April 18.

AND of course expect new music.


I will leave you with a glimpse of what to expect on Thursday.


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Ash

Musical guest Cory Case and an interview w/Luke Allen on PPM this Thursday!!

On Press Pass Music this Thursday, Luke Allen, owner of Gemnini Studios and the new president of the OC Music Awards, will talk about what to expect at this year's OCMAs on April 4 and what the awards have to offer our local music scene. Then Cory Case will stop by for a live acoustic performance and interview... he better bring his harmonica. : )

Should be a FUN show... as always.

As for shows this week, yes I've been under the weather but I'm starting to feel better. Wednesday night, I will be watching Parson Redheads and We Barbarians at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana, Friday night I will be judging the OCMA acoustic showcase finals at the Gypsy Den in Santa Ana and then back to the Yost on Saturday night to judge the OCMA live showcase finals.


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Ash

STACY CLARK performs and the OC MUSIC AWARDS nominees this Thursday

Stacy Clark will be joining us for an acoustic set and interview around 1 p.m. but before that I will talk with Tazy Phyllipz, an OC music mastermind and judge/academy member for this year's OCMAs, about the OCMA nominees. Should be a fantastic show.

The OCMA showcases are officially done and in the next two weeks we will will announce the finalists for the battle of the bands. Don't forget the awards are April 4 and there are already some AWESOME OC bands, signed and unsigned, who will be performing.

Also, next week, we'll have Marc B., surf/reggae singer-songwriter.

NOW, this is the video of the week. Entice wrote a song called "The Watchman" and the music video is the song playing with the movie trailer. The song fits pretty damn well. Hope you like it.

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Ash

Who's on Press Pass Music this Thursday????

This Thursday catch newbies to Orange County Kyle and Natalie play an acoustic set and talk for a bit. The band will go on around 1 p.m. BUT before that I will have a couple special guest co-hosts choose the playlist for PPM this week. We'll find out from local musicians what their favorite OC tunes are. Should be interesting.

AS for an update on the KUCI Night at the Yost Theater in Santa Ana on Thursday, April 23. The bands are finalized: The Living Suns, Castledoor, The Shys, Death To Anders and Moostache. These bands are from OC and LA. Right now, KUCI is working on flyers and marketing materials, and also acquiring sponsors. If you are interested in lending a hand, email me at promotions@kuci.org or ashleyeliot@yahoo.com.

Now add KUCI Nights on MYSPACE
Follow KUCI Nights on TWITTER
AND let KUCI Nights be you friend on facebook... just type in KUCI Nights and it will pop up.

Now, this week is going to be crazy busy. That's how I like it. ; )

As for shows this week...the OC Music Awards Live Showcases are coming to an end. Catch one of the last showcases at The Gypsy Lounge (21+) Tuesday night with awesome bands HoneyPie (first-ever performance as a whole band, well for the record they played on my show first), The Union Line, Barret Johnson and Avenue of Giants. Other shows to keep in mind are Delta Spirit at Detroit Bar on Thursday AND Les Claypool at the Hollywood Palladium, also on Thursday -- if you want to win tickets for this show email me asap: promotions@kuci.org.

That's it. I missed Ra Ra Riot tonight at Detroit Bar...I'm bummed and I'm listening to to them right now.

DOUBLE WHAMMY - KUCI & OCMA's in OC Weekly today

Check out KUCI DJ Vince representing KUCI in style at the OC Music Awards Showcase at Chain Reaction Tuesday night. OC Weekly took this rad photo.

OC WEEKLY ROCKS.


Also, the awesome Albert Ching blogged about KUCI's OCMA compilation:

Check it out here.

OCMA Live Showcase Compilation 2009

Here is the KUCI OCMA Showcase Compilation -- includes 10 bands, 10 songs... all for $5. Proceeds go to KUCI and the artists. All you do is click on the link or banner below and download the compilation. Hope you like it!


http://www.binarysounds.com/programs/kuci/index.html - OCMA Compilation

And if you want the banner code to put on your Web site, myspace or blog, please email me: ashleyeliot@yahoo.com. Thanks!








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Ash

OCMA Live Showcase at Chain Reaction recap

Six bands... one all ages venue...no alci...no food...done by 11 p.m. THANK GOODNESS the bands rocked the OCMA Live Showcase at Chain Reaction last night because otherwise I would have gone stir crazy. Finally, I got to see The Jakes perform live... how it was what I had imagined-- it sounded great, they looked great and yes, I did sing along. Last night had a pretty solid lineup. The lineup started with Duress, then The Steelwells, The Jakes, Bridgetown -- now called Western Front, The Sequence and finally Years.

If you missed it... well hopefully you will check out these bands and go to one of their shows. I know The Jakes took off to NY right after the show... so you won't see them for a little bit. But you can check out Years this Saturday at eVocal with Dolphin City and The Sequence at Chain Reaction in March, etc.

Love OC music longtime,

Ash

THE JAKES on Thursday's show & MORE

The Jakes will be on the Press Pass Music show this week. The band will be on at 1 p.m. AND at noon you will hear an interview and acoustic set from the band Moostache (OC Weekly's Locals of the Week) who I had in the studio like a couple hours ago. They would have been on the show live but Patrick, their lead singer will be in his 4th period class at Marina High. Young he may be... but his vocals are oh-so-powerful. You'll hear it soon enough.

ALSO, I have tickets to give away to the OCMA Live Showcase w/The Jakes at Chain Reaction (all ages) this Tuesday AND I have a pair of tickets to see Dusty Rhodes and The River Band at Detroit Bar (21+) -- when I play "First You Live" by Dusty Rhodes and The River Band be the first caller and you got the tickets.

If you missed Tuesday's OCMA showcase, here are a few videos for your amusement. You can find more at Press Pass Music's YOUTUBE.

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Ash

MOOSTACHE


WE ARE THE PILOTS


DOLPHIN CITY


HALOS


More at: PRESS PASS MUSIC VIDEOS

What happened at last night's OCMA Live Showcase??

Last night was the first Orange County Music Awards Live Showcase at Chain Reaction in Anaheim. The all ages venue opened its doors to six bands and over 130 fans. The bands included We Are The Pilots (on my show last week), Moostache (on the show this week), Dolphin City, Halos, Twentyfour64 and Franki Doll and The Broken Toys. I FILMED each of these bands so if you missed the show... then I got some enticing videos that will make you definitely want to go to next week's show at Chain Reaction. Don't forget the showcases are every Tuesday!

I have to say the funniest part of the night was when Irvine-based band Sail Heezer ( who I played on last week's show and had 20 of their fans call in pretending to be different people and saying how much they loved the band) found me at the show and then I introduced them to Albert Ching, OC Weekly music editor- also the one who answered most of those calls when he was on my show last week. And I was pretty excited to hear that all the members in the band either go to or graduated from Uni High in Irvine -- graduating class of 2004 baby! I had to throw that in there. ; )

On this Thursday's show, I'm talking to The Jakes and Moostache... ALSO I have tickets to give away for next week's OCMA Live Showcase and to Thursday night's Dusty Rhodes and The River Band show at Detroit Bar in Costa Mesa. Call in: 949.UCI.KUCI.

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Ash

OCMA Live Showcase Jan. 27 VIDEOS

The Living Suns



Sederra




Starving For Gravity




Champagne Blvd

Who's on PPM this week? -- STARVING FOR GRAVITY

First, hopefully you're going to the OC Music Awards live showcase tonight at Detroit Bar. The free show starts at 9 p.m. AND the bands include: Faded Paper Figures, Oliver Jane, Matt Kollar and The Angry Mob, and The Vessel Tongue. It's going to be a GREAT show. Hope to see you there and remember to say hello to me!

On this Thursday's show, expect an interview and acoustic set by Starving For Gravity (playing the OC Music Awards live showcase on Tuesday, Jan. 27).

<3 Ash

OCMA showcase Tuesday, Jan. 13

BEST OF 2008 SHOW -- Saturday, Jan. 3, 2009

It's 2009!!! Wooo hooo! Since, 2008 is officially, I thought it would be great to do a BEST OF 2008 show. After talking with listeners and other locals, I have made a list of the best songs by local musicians/bands from this year. ALSO, this will be my last show of the quarter at the 5 a.m. aka drunkards, insomniacs and surfers timeslot. Starting Thursday, Jan. 8 the Press Pass Music show will be on at noon to 2 p.m., of course every Thursday. YAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!

The OC Music Awards live showcase also starts on Tuesday, Jan. 6. Please see below. The show is free too! That means starting this Thursday on my show, I will be bringing on a band that will be playing in the upcoming showcase. I will be judging the live showcase so that means you will find me at every showcase starting next week. Hope to see you there. Come say hi, lets talk music and show your support.



This is going to be an unforgettable year for Orange County music. : )

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Ash