After a two year wait, and a rescheduled release date, we've finally got the latest from Phantogram on our hands. KEXP Music Director Don Yates says, the "New York duo's third album is a sleeker, more polished take on the band's moody electro-pop inflected with hip hop, funk and other styles." Swedish band GOAT return with their third album which "features a more rootsy, acoustic-oriented take on their blend of shamanistic psych-rock with Afro-Beat, Malian desert blues, Congolese rumba and other styles. The album is more acoustic-oriented at the beginning, combining a variety of traditional acoustic instrumentation with hypnotic rhythms and gradually more prominent fuzzy electric guitars as the album progresses." The latest from Torrance, CA band Joyce Manor "is their most confident, diverse and sharply crafted set of emotive pop-punk to date, combining crunchy guitars, energetic rhythms, angsty lyrics and brightly melodic song hooks."
Durham, NC-based artist Hiss Golden Messenger (aka M.C. Taylor) shares his seventh LP, "his strongest set to date, featuring a warm, '70s-steeped folk-rock sound incorporating elements of funk, soul, blues, country-rock and other styles on bittersweet songs exploring the tensions between home life and the road." The fifth album from the Charleston, SC duo Shovels & Rope "features a bit more diverse and dynamic sound ranging from fuzzy glam-inflected rock to acoustic-oriented folk-pop on a consistently strong set featuring some of their most personal songs to date." And Xylouris White -- the duo of Dirty Three drummer Jim White and Cretan lute player George Xylouris -- share their sophomore album, produced by Fugazi’s Guy Picciotto, and featuring guest vocals from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy.
Veteran LA-based artist Moby debuts his new project, Moby & The Void Pacific Choir, and KEXP Music Director Don Yates notes their first LP is "a potent set of noisy, goth-tinged post-punk with loud, distorted synths, rumbling guitars, pounding industrial rhythms, dour vocals, soaring song hooks…
Join KEXP as we return to the land of fire and ice, broadcasting live from KEX Hostel in Reykjavik for the Iceland Airwaves Music Festival! KEXP’s international broadcast will feature 16 exclusive performances live on air on Wednesday, November 2nd, through Saturday, November 5th, from 6AM-2PM (Pac…
September closed out with a really strong week of new releases, including the long-awaited new album from Bon Iver. KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls it, "his most adventurous, forward-looking recording to date, combining spacy, digitally warped electro-pop with folk, gospel and other styles on s…
