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Four Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Urban Cone, Generationals, Angel Olsen,...
Urban Cone – “Sadness Disease” Workouts are a great time to listen to new music and a little Swedish pop goes a long way, especially when you’re repeatedly running up and down flights of stairs. This...
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Four Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Thanksgiving Edition
I’m always thankful for music; how it unites us, inspires us and makes us all feel a little less alone. In the spirit of Thanksgiving, here are four songs you should hear that are delightful new...
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Four Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Mainland NYC, Alice Smith + Dave Sitek,...
Mainland NYC by Kirstin Roby Mainland NYC – “Leave the Lights On” I heard this song thanks to a Twitter exchange between KCRW DJ Jason Kramer and Twitter’s Head of Music Bob Moz. Two minds I trust, so...
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Four Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Tropics, Twerps, Guards, Mark Ronson...
TWERPS Tropics – “Rapture” “Rapture” is a seductive song by producer Chris Ward, aka Tropics. It’s the title track from his forthcoming album, set for release February 17 on local label Innovative...
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Four Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Tobias Jesso Jr, Mocky, Alina Baraz,...
Tobias Jesso Jr. – “How Could You Babe” I’ve been obsessed with this song since the first time I heard it. When it first starts out, I always think it’s a song I’ve known since my childhood. Just...
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Song You Need to Hear Right Now: Miami Horror – “Love Like Mine”
I’ve been a fan of Miami Horror since their 2010 debut “Illuminations”. As a Miami native, I was immediately intrigued and the album became my exercise soundtrack for over a year (that’s a compliment,...
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Four Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Bop English, Seagulls, Jessie Ware,...
James Petralli aka Bop English Jessie Ware – “Meet Me in the Middle” For a second weekend, Fifty Shades of Grey took the top spot at the box office. While I have no plans to see the movie, I’m pleased...
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Four Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Helio Sequence, Vetiver, Alice Boman,...
Helio Sequence – “Stoice Resemblance” There’s something to be said for the 3-minute pop song. As a longtime fan of Portland-duo Helio Sequence, I’m proud to announce that their new single on Sub Pop...
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Five Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Hinds, Holly Miranda, Ivan & Alyosha,...
Hinds – “Between Cans” Last summer, I wrote about a couple ladies from Spain with a catchy lo-fi pop sound. They’ve since changed their name from Deers to Hinds and expanded to a quartet. I heard...
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Four Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Avers, Sufjan Stevens, Annabel (Lee),...
Avers Avers – “Vampire” I have the great honor of getting to geek out on music directly with KCRW DJs. In this case, Anne Litt sent this track my way. She was hooked when she noticed they are from her...
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Four Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Samaris, Madeon, Low Roar, St Paul and...
photo by halldora & laurent Samaris – “Tibra” My discovery of this band has a very cool story. Sigtryggur Baldursson from the Icelandic Music Export office dropped by the basement last week with...
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Four Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Kygo, Lianne La Havas, Aquilo, Unknown...
Unknown Mortal Orchestra – “Can’t Keep Checking My Phone” This Portland-based band keeps getting better and better with each release. On their newest single, they really bring the FUNK! They go all in...
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Five Songs You Should Hear Right Now Bombadil, Pins, Spoon remixed, Sweet...
Bombadil – “Framboise” KCRW DJ Chris Douridas recently touted the new single from this Durham, NC trio, delighting in its “sweetness”. He says the writing really stands out and there is an element of...
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Four Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Meg Mac, Seoul, Yukon Blonde, Mac Demarco
Meg Mac – “Roll Up Your Sleeve” Jason Bentley has been spinning this track for a few weeks and I absolutely love it. We were talking about it in the studio and, as he says, “it has an Adele...
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Three Songs You Should Hear Right Now: Beach Baby, XO, Hippo Campus
Beach Baby – “No Mind No Money” There’s something seductive about this song that just draws me in. Since I consider myself a beach baby at heart, I immediately liked their name and the music suits it....
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Artist You Should Know: Heathers
Heathers are a local trio currently producing some of the most crackling, exciting guitar pop around. The band has been on my radar for a few years now, but I’ve become increasingly adamant about...
View ArticleSong You Should Listen To Right Now: Here We Go Magic –“Falling”
Allow me to introduce you to your new ear worm. This is one of those songs to put on in the morning to start your day off right, or at around 3pm when coffee just isn’t doing it. New York band Here We...
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Song You Should Know: Eska’s ‘This Is How A Garden Grows’
Check out the new footwork action via Al Fonts, Tek.Lun, Iman Omari flipping Big Pun, Tom Misch teams up with Illa J and Bosq drops some cumbia flavor on his forthcoming album via Ubiquity. Also,...
View ArticleThanksgiving Day Playlists: For cooking, dining, decompressing
You’re looking at that turkey right now, thinking, “What music is going to get me through this Thanksgiving Day?” And you already know KCRW has your back with this special Thanksgiving edition of Guest...
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Why Okkervil River’s “Listening to Otis Redding at Home During Christmas”...
The odds of calling a Christmas song this relatively new – the album that contains it was released in 2002 – my all time favorite, let alone the one I will spend this essay arguing is actually the...
View ArticleMusic for your weekend
We are now 20 days into 2017, and new music seems to be coming our way at a particularly fast and furious clip. This is a wonderful thing, especially given the caliber of tunes that we’ve been lucky...
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This week has produced a few releases from some KCRW favorites. Tee ’em up this weekend and enjoy! Gabriel Garzón-Montano – Jardin This talented multi-instrumentalist has quickly become a KCRW staple...
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If you’re indifferent to football like me, but still looking for a fun activity to occupy your weekend, you’re in luck! A lot of great new tracks were unleashed upon the Internets last week, and plenty...
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Music For Your Weekend: Primavera Sound Edition
The best part about being a KCRW DJ is that no one tells us what to play. This freedom allows us to bring you the best music from obscure finds of yesteryear, to the biggest acts of tomorrow. We enjoy...
View ArticleSneak Peek: Jungle Performs ‘Cherry’ Live
No one was surprised by the massive success of Jungle’s 2014 debut album more than Jungle. The UK band never really expected to leave their bedroom studios, but their funk-driven sound took the world...
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