First Listen: Deerhoof, 'The Magic'
The band's tense, visceral, unpredictable sound doesn't let listeners get comfortable for very long. These 15 songs were inspired by the music each Deerhoof member grew up loving.
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Margaret Glaspy Draws On 'Emotions And Math' For Her Debut Album
Singer-songwriter Glaspy plays a variety of instruments, but concentrates mainly on guitar on her new album. Critic Ken Tucker says Emotions and Math blends complexity with "deceptive directness."
Songs We Love: P.S. Eliot, 'Bear Named Otis (Demo Version)'
#TBT to Katie and Allison Crutchfield's beloved pop-punk band P.S. Eliot, whose blasted chords and simple couplets are disarmed by a home recording's rawness.
The Honduran-Canadian Singer And The Swedish Band: An Alt.Latino Love Story
Good music is good music, and it eventually breaks down all barriers. This week we've got Mexican bluegrass, Venezuelan retro and a Honduran crooner who makes beautiful music in Canada.
Watch Gorgon City Perform Live In The Studio
Watch the U.K. house duo premiere its new track, "Love Me," for KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic.
First Listen: Oh Pep!, 'Stadium Cake'
On its first full-length album, the Melbourne duo's mostly upbeat music is filled with questions about desire and life's priorities.
First Watch: Esmé Patterson, 'No River'
Watch Patterson's gorgeously produced hymn to the fragile and endlessly flawed human condition.
First Listen: A-WA, 'Habib Galbi'
Three Israeli sisters celebrate — and utterly transform — a trove of Arab-language folk songs that they inherited as Yemenite Jews, by tweaking them with electronic touches.
An American Opera Impresario Takes His Final Bow
In Houston and San Francisco, David Gockley commissioned operas destined for stages worldwide. As he retires, he reflects on reviving Scott Joplin and premiering Nixon in China.
First Listen: Marisa Anderson, 'Into The Light'
Anderson's guitar is inextricably tied to the raw and seeking tradition of American music. The guitarist calls her fourth album an imaginary soundtrack to a science-fiction western.