KEXP has been incredibly fortunate to return to Iceland these past six years, not only to discover new artists to share with our listeners, but also to witness the astounding growth of bands like Vök. When we first heard them in 2013, Vök had recently formed, starting as a duo and winning Músíktilraunir (Iceland’s battle of the bands) earlier that year. We were impressed enough with the few songs we heard that we added them to our 2013 broadcast, and though their set was endearingly raw (including a few technical glitches), it promised greater things to come. And in 2015, Vök have delivered! They've since refined their dreamy electro-pop sound, released a solid new EP, Circles, and dramatically upped their live show, as witnessed by the packed house at KEX Hostel in Reykjavik during KEXP's broadcast from Iceland Airwaves. Get into their grove and join Vök's growing legion of fans by watching their emotive live set now:
Few bands are more iconic in Iceland than GusGus. Starting some 20 years ago, more arts collective than musical act, GusGus broke from their cinematographic origins and through to mainland Europe and the world in the mid 90's with their eclectic electronica assembly of techno, deep house, dance-pop…
Seattle's Lemolo specializes in the kind of dark, introspective, and haunting music that fit so well in the old live performance space at KEXP's Dexter studio (and will surely fit in the new one as well!), which is perhaps one reason we keep asking them back. Ahead of the release of their 2015 albu…
This week in El Sonido we’ve got some rock and roll and some electronic styles to share - taking us from Spain to Puerto Rico, Los Angeles to planet Klajnak.
