New Mix: The National Covers The Grateful Dead, Free Cake For Every Creature, More
On this week's show we celebrate Bob Boilen's birthday and play the week's best new music.
Music & Culture
Psychic Temple's 'Brother O' Video Captures A Dazzling Southern California
Led by Chris Schlarb, "Brother O" is a breezy and beachy number that's way more involved than it lets on. The video beautifully quick-cuts scenes set in Long Beach and L.A.
World Cafe Next: Margaret Glaspy
The California-born songwriter creates powerful minimalist folk. Hear two songs from her debut, Emotions And Math.
Palehound: Tiny Desk Concert
Ellen Kempner and her band perform three tense and evocative songs from last year's Dry Food, set amid the pin-drop silence of a rapt crowd.
Guitar Prodigy Julian Lage Finds His Sweet Spot With 'Arclight'
Lage mixes jazz, blues and swing on his new trio album with Scott Colley and Kenny Wollesen. Jazz critic Kevin Whitehead says that Lage really hits his stride in Arclight.
Metropolis: 4/9/16
Hear music from DJ Shadow, Vaults, Gorillaz and more in this week's two-hour EDM mix from KCRW's Jason Bentley.
Watch Daughter Perform 'Doing The Right Thing' Live In The Studio
The spare, moody, folk-influenced dream-pop trio plays live in the studio for KEXP.
Viking's Choice: Jackie Lynn, 'Alien Love'
Under her alter ego Jackie Lynn, Circuit Des Yeux's Haley Fohr exists in an alternate world where outlaw country dreams of synth wires and her moaning baritone narrates the seediest story ever told.
Songs We Love: Yung, 'Uncombed Hair'
Opposites attract in the Danish band's music. "This one," frontman Mikkel Holm Silkjær says, "is dedicated to bad things and good people."
On 'Junk,' M83's Anthony Gonzalez Reconnects With His Past
"I'm a very nostalgic person," the French musician says. "I just keep looking backwards all the time." The new album draws on the sounds of his roots in more ways than one.