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Viking's Choice: Six Bells, 'Out Of The Line'

10:17am October 16, 2015

by Lars Gotrich

As Brandon Butler goes on a reunion tour with the '90s emo band Boys Life, he's also got something new. Featuring members of Coliseum, Six Bells plays boogie-rock with a hardcore backbone.

Clay Rendering's new album, <em>Snowthorn</em>, is out Nov. 5.

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Songs We Love: Clay Rendering, 'Maps On The Floor'

9:03am October 16, 2015

by Marc Masters

The grand instrumental music that Wolf Eyes founder Mike Connelly now makes with his wife Tara sounds like lost scores in search of epic films.

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Music Review: 'St. Germain,' St. Germain

6:12pm October 15, 2015

by Tom Moon

The DJ known as St. Germain has waited 15 years to release a following to his highly successful breakout record. Critic Tom Moon thinks it's a surprisingly creative return.

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KCRW Presents: BORNS

4:11pm October 15, 2015

by Jason Bentley

Watch psych-pop singer-songwriter Garrett Borns perform live in the KCRW studio.

Singer-songwriter Andy Shauf has signed with Anti and released the new single, "Jenny Come Home."

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Singer-Songwriter Andy Shauf Signs To Anti-, Releases New Song

2:41pm October 15, 2015

by Robin Hilton

Shauf's heartbreaking new song, "Jenny Come Home," follows the release, earlier this year, of the grim, breathtaking album The Bearer Of Bad News.

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Hear 6 Latin American Artists Who Rock In Indigenous Languages

1:35pm October 15, 2015

by Jasmine Garsd

This week, Alt.Latino plays songs sung in indigenous Latin American languages: Mapuche, Tzotzil, Guarani, Quechua and Tz'utujil from Chile, Argentina, Bolivia, Guatemala and Mexico.

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Revisiting The Soul-Stirring Sounds Of Decades-Old Gospel Music

1:33pm October 15, 2015

by Ed Ward

Post-war black gospel music shaped soul sounds through the mid-1970s, but it's increasingly hard to find today. Rock historian Ed Ward discusses a few recent gospel reissues.

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Public Image Ltd, with John Lydon in the foreground.

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John Lydon On World Cafe

12:24pm October 15, 2015

The former Sex Pistol shares music from PiL's second studio album since re-forming in 2009.

Mizan's <em>Dark Blue</em> EP comes out Nov. 6.

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Songs We Love: Mizan, '7 Billion'

11:37am October 15, 2015

by Kiana Fitzgerald

Watch the Ethiopian-raised singer/musician go it alone, as she contemplates the fragility of humanity, and reminds us of the magnitude of being one out of many.

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Viking's Choice: Pinkish Black, 'Bottom Of The Morning'

10:03am October 15, 2015

by Lars Gotrich

Pinkish Black swings moods like none other. The nine-minute "Bottom Of The Morning" runs through a woozy left-hand boogie, leading to a doomy, fuzzed-out denouement.