DJ Spotlight: Veronica

 
 
 
 
 DJ NAME: Veronica
 SHOW NAME: Real Talk w/ Veronica
 TUNE IN: 9-11 pm MST, every Thursday
 TIME ON THE AIR AT KZMU: 5 whole months!
 BRIEF BIO: New(ish) to Moab after many years of bopping around seasonally in the West. I'm from East LA originally, which was lucky because it's an ideal place to spend your teenage years doing what 16 year olds do best: being angsty, writing songs in your bedroom, and creeping around shows trying to meet your favorite indie rock bands. College was when my love of music and radio really blossomed. I started performing regularly, helped put on a few shows, got my first radio show (<3 u WBOR), and joined management as the folk music director. I am beyond stoked to make a home in the desert and to be back in the studio again! Especially in a rad place like Moab. 
 WHAT CAN LISTENERS EXPECT FROM YOUR SHOW?: Every week we'll explore a new concept or theme- sometimes I'll bring in guests and other times it's just me waxing poetic about girl bands, new beginnings, chicano music, or relationships. Genre-wise, it's a solid mix! A lot of Indie rock, a good bit of country twang, songs of the sad girl persuasion, some oldies, some rock, some lo-fi electronic with 90's pop and hip hop throwbacks sprinkled in. 
 WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE KZMU SHOW?: Liner notes!          
  
 TOP 10 ALBUMS FROM THE LAST DECADE:
 1) Shore, Fleet Foxes
 2) Pressure to Party, Julia Jacklin
 3) What Now? Sylvan Esso
 4) Are You Serious, Andrew Bird
 5) Women in Music Pt. II, HAIM
 6) Punisher, Phoebe Bridgers
 7) Heard it in a Past Life, Maggie Rogers
 8) On The Line, Jenny Lewis
 9) Free Yourself Up, Lake Street Dive
 10) The Horizon Just Laughed, Damien Jurado
  
 DESERT ISLAND ALBUM: Jesus, Etc., Wilco
 GUILTY PLEASURE ALBUM: A Coal Miner's Daughter Soundtrack...but let's be real, its minimal guilt, maximum pleasure.
 FILL IN THE BLANK: Community Radio: is connection!
 BEST ON-AIR MOMENT: Having my Grandpa call in and introduce his favorite Mariachi tune during the "History of Chicano Music in 40ish songs" show.  
 IF YOU WERE A PIECE OF OUTDATED AUDIO EQUIPMENT WHAT WOULD YOU BE AND WHY?: My incredibly plain and functional panasonic CD player because it served me so well in middle school. RIP.