California public radio station KCRW's video podcasts are like an indie rock antidote to American Idol. (kcrw.org/podcast).

 

You may not be familiar with KCRW or its radio show Morning Becomes Eclectic, but chances are some song you love got played here first.

 

The Santa Monica-based show is notorious for breaking new artists and is widely monitored by film industry types who crib its music for movies and TV programs.

 

Because of the show's reputation, it is able to get live, in-studio performances several times a week by artists who live in Los Angeles or who are passing through the area.

 

In January, KCRW began making some shows available via free video podcasts, to the delight of music geeks everywhere. But check back often: Each podcast expires two weeks after it's posted.

 

A native of Birmingham, England, Nic Harcourt, KCRW host and producer of Morning Becomes Eclectic, came to listener-sponsored KCRW in 1998. The 48-year-old was one of the first to expose U.S. listeners to heavyweights like Moby, Coldplay, Norah Jones and Sigur Ros.

 

Full article at http://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/music/bal-li.tech16mar16,0,986757.story?coll=bal-artslife-music

Hey... if he exposed both Coldplay and Sigur rós, he's oficially the coolest person ever in my book. :D