Although the title of the band's new album, We All Come From The Same Place, isn't referring to a specific place, geographic location seemed to be on the minds of Allo Darlin' when they stopped by KEXP in October. The Australian/English quartet's songs shimmered with an honed precision, allowing Elizabeth Morris and Paul Rains' voices to harmoniously tell stories that are just as well-traveled as their songwriters. Ahead of two-day trip across Montana, the band talked with John Richards about seeing the world through a tour bus, noting that they usually only see one part of a city at each stop. Similarly, in each of the four songs the band played, there was a snapshot of a romance coming together or a person moving on from nostalgia, each outfitted with their own characteristics and charms. Listen to the band's interpersonal songs and collection of road stories below.
Talk about a storied past. The Jayhawks rose from the fertile era of Twin Cities rock that also produced such contemporaries as The Replacements, Hüsker Dü, Soul Asylum and Prince. Though they often get tagged as "country rock revivalists" or "alt-country icons", the band's sound and personnel shif…
When Sólstafir plays for KEXP, the gods take notice. Two years ago, during KEXP's broadcast at Iceland Airwaves, hurricane-level gales swept across Reykjavik as the hard rocking band brewed up their own storm inside Kex Hostel. Last month, on their first tour of the West Coast, heavy winds followed…
