Every year during our pledge drive we choose our most esteemed DJ's to broadcast in 24-hour stints all weekend. We call it Marathon and this year it started with DJ Jul Thief.
WTUL's Juliana Stricklen and Catalina Gallagher interview Hector Flores of Las Cafeteras, a six-piece band that originally started as group of students at Eastside Cafe, a community space in East Los Angeles, where they learned to play son jarocho, a traditional music style from Veracruz, Mexico. All of the band's members are children of immigrants and often weave their family and personal stories into the music, rewriting many traditional songs with their own music and compositions. They will play Friday, March 2 at Hi Ho Lounge with Orkestra Mendoza of Tuscon, AZ.
When they're not on the air many of WTUL's DJs are active in New Orleans' experimental, electronic, performance art, drag & dance scenes!
Come out to the Circle Bar this Saturday February 24 after 10 PM and check out some of our talented staff and some of their talented friends in person.
Live performances by
THREE BRAINED ROBOT
DOLCE
AQUATIC BEASTS
DJOTC
DJ sets by
HAM SANDWICH
ROTTEN MILK
$5 cover. All proceeds help keep WTUL on the air.
1. Khruangbin - Con Todo El Mundo [Dead Oceans]
2. Pope - True Talent Champion [Community]
3. The Fruit Machines - The Fruit Machines [Strange Day]
4. Sufjan Stevens - The Greatest Gift Mixtape [Asthmatic Kitty]
5. Sunwatchers - II [Trouble In Mind]
6. Benni - I and II [Goner]
7. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizzard - Polygondwanaland [self-released]
8. Milk & Bone - Deception Bay [Bonsound]
9. Bottomfeeders - Bottomfeeders [Good Land]
10. Pink Fink - Pink Fink [Disko Obscura]
Marathon, our annual fundraiser, starts today at 2 p.m. (Tuesday, Feb. 20) and we plan to bring you lots of good music and many fun events to remind you of why you love WTUL. Then we're going to ask for money. Honest disclaimer -- we will ask often over the next two weeks. Donate early so that you can hear the DJs' pleas without any guilt. (You can donate here.) Then don't forget to come to all the events we've planned, including trivia at Dat Dog and Electronic Dance Wave with DJ Rotten Milk and friends at Circle Bar!