Viking's Choice: Crying, 'Revive'
On its debut album, Crying ditches the Gameboy for synths and punk for pop. This is full-blown stadium rock, minus the teased hair, the laser show and the stadium — at least for now.
Music & Culture
The Secret Sisters: Tiny Desk Concert
The Alabama sibling duo's music can be hymn-like: plain but powerful, heartsick and hopeful. Watch The Secret Sisters perform a river ballad, a hymn and a song capturing some old-fashioned loneliness.
Country Singer Kelsey Waldon Reaches Back To An Earlier Era In 'I've Got A Way'
Waldon puts a distinctive spin on classic country with her new album. Critic Ken Tucker calls her singing, which avoids excessive emotion or embellishment, "the musical version of hard-boiled prose."
Metropolis: 9/10/16
KCRW's Jason Bentley spins new tracks from Kaytranada, Tee Mango, No Mana and more in a two-hour EDM mix.
Watch: Michel Gondry Makes Mesmerizing Video For The White Stripes' 'City Lights'
The new video beautifully captures the solitude of heartache and the drifting memories that surface during our most private moments, as well as the fleeting nature of life itself.
Let's Really Open Up This Pit: Hear Turnstile's 'Move Thru Me' EP
Before it begins work on its Roadrunner Records debut, the Baltimore hardcore's band new EP seeks to break down "physical, sexual, musical genre, world barriers."
First Watch: Lower Dens, 'Real Thing'
The band's latest song was inspired by an advice column that frontwoman Jana Hunter read in an old copy of the French adult magazine Oui.
Hear Kim Gordon's First Song Released Under Her Own Name
On "Murdered Out," recorded with producer Justin Raisen and drummer Stella Mozgawa, the former Sonic Youth member takes inspiration from cars painted matte black to obscure identifying features.
Hear A New Bob Weir Song, 'Lay My Lily Down'
The Grateful Dead guitarist co-wrote the new song with Josh Ritter. It's a haunting tune, sung in the voice of a father as he buries his daughter.
Guitarist Conjures The Sound Of The Kora From Thousands Of Miles Away
Derek Gripper's exploration of West African kora music has produced two acclaimed albums — and, he says, a better understanding of the classical music he played as a kid.