world was out of it." The early 1990s DJs featured Fred Kiko, Chad, and Tony Kiewel. They've often been credited with the discovery of Beck, who donated a track to the Demolisten: Volume 2 CD, and also played music by Jimmy Tamborello (The Postal Service, Dntel), who was a friend and fellow KXLU DJ at the time. Tony Kiewel left the show for an A&R position at Sub Pop Records in 2000. The early 2000s continued to feature Fred, with Devin Valdesuso and Doug Jones (label owner of Kittridge Records). Hosts have included the International Voice of Reason AKA IVOR, and others. In 2002, Fred was joined by co-host Octavius Poirier (former guitarist for Artichoke and Chewing Foil). Audio archives of KXLU Demolisten have been saved online since 2003. In 2011 and 2012, Demolisten was hosted by Fred and Sean Carnage of Sean Carnage Monday Nights @ Pehrspace in Historic Filipino Town in Echo Park. Since 2013, Fred has been hosting the show on his own. In 2013, Demolisten started hosting live shows at Time Warp Music in Mar Vista. Interviews and reviews The members of KXLU Demolisten were on a TV show in Canada where they were interviewed by Laurie Pike circa 1995. There is a writeup of the show in LA Weekly Feb. 24, 1998. They were nominated as best radio show in Los Ángeles by the LA Weekly: published June 2, 1999. They were mentioned in Slate Magazine as an influence on the author's music taste on Nov. 29, 2004. Also mentioned in The Los Ángeles Alternative, an independent newspaper, when KXLU won one of the top 5 radio stations in the city in the people's choice awards: Published June 30, 2006. Demolisten was featured in an independent film, Destroy the Rocker, about the Los Ángeles music scene. References External links KXLU Demolisten Stray Pop with Stella Music For Nimrods with Reverend Dan Livation with Robert Douglas & Hilary Russell A Fistful Of Vinyl with Alec & John on KXLU 88.9 FM KXLU's page on StylusCity Molotov Cocktail Hour Whores: An Oral Biography of Perry Farrell and Jane's Addiction by Brendan Mullen LA Weekly, Feb 1998 LA Alternative, June 2006 LA Weekly, 1999 Slate Magazine, June 1999 Beck: The Art of Mutation, by Nevin Martell; published Simon and Schuster, 2001 Destroy the Rocker, Film by Jason Muller; 2007 Daily Bruin Article, Nov 1997 LA Weekly, 2009 1957