Sense Of Place, South Africa: Sol Gems
A live psychedelic performance recorded live in the economic hub of the country, Johannesburg.
Music & Culture
Swagger Punks Hot Snakes Are Back, Hear 'Six Wave Hold-Down'
Hot Snakes, featuring members of Drive Like Jehu, will return with its first album in 14 years, Jericho Sirens, on March 16.
Songs We Love: August Greene, 'Optimistic (Feat. Brandy)'
Common, Karriem Riggins and Robert Glasper form August Greene and share its first single as a trio.
Hear Four Songs From Yo La Tengo's New Album, 'There's A Riot Going On'
The band embraces its experimental impulses in a sampler of new songs, from the endless chill of "You Are Here" to the bouncing Pet Sounds reverie of "Shades Of Blue."
George Clinton's 'Gon Make U Sick' Of All This Funk In 2018
Rapper Scarface has Uncle George's back on the first single from Parliament's rebirth, Medicaid Fraud Dog.
Andrew W.K. Takes Responsibility For Causing Speeding With 'Sonic Party Power'
A U.K. man was pulled over for speeding while listening to an Andrew W.K. song. On Twitter, the musician offered to pay his speeding ticket because of "the sonic party power that caused you to speed."
Brandi Carlile, 'Every Time I Hear That Song' (Live)
Watch the singer-songwriter start off KCRW's 2018 docket of studio sessions by previewing a track from her forthcoming album, By The Way, I Forgive You.
First Listen: Dream Wife, 'Dream Wife'
On its debut album, the London-based punk band combines sticky pop flourishes and bruising sounds with brazen self-assurance.
First Listen: Steep Canyon Rangers, 'Out In The Open'
The bluegrass band's songs illustrate how the passage of time, accumulation of experience and changing of perspective can alter a person's relationship to the familiar.