The city of Los Angeles has always been a backdrop for west coast punk band Bleached: there's a fun-in-the-sun melodic sound paired with a gritty Sunset Strip side. But on their latest album, Welcome the Worms, they escaped to Joshua Tree to find inspiration. "It's funny, because when we would go to the desert, that's where I could actually think and hear my thoughts," noticed frontwoman Jennifer Clavin. With the noise and lights behind them, and with support from her sister/guitarist Jessica and bassist Micayla Grace, Clavin has penned her most honest album to date, tackling subjects from alcohol abuse to unhealthy relationships. Watch Clavin channel the fierceness of Joan Jett behind a Go-Go's-style beat in this kick-ass KEXP in-studio session:
Kyle Craft leads a storied life. The Portland-based singer-songwriter trails with him a cast misfit characters and messed up relationships from his former home in Shreveport, Louisiana, to populate is his rollicking full-length debut, Dolls Of Highland. He also carries with him a sound with a past …
When Vancouver-based band Black Mountain stepped in the studio, we got a contact high. Not necessarily from their clothing, but definitely from their heavy, sludgy, psychedelic sound. Vocalists Stephen McBean and Amber Webber trade verses over a Black Sabbath-inspired wave of droning guitar and key…
