Originally hailing from North Wales and now based in London, The Joy Formidable is a powerhouse dream rock trio. The live show-dominating, wild-eyed outfit recently released their third studio album, Hitch, once again demonstrating their emotional shoegaze and melody-driving arena pop. However, to mix things up a bit and to preview their set at Capitol Hill Block Party, Rhiannon "Ritzy" Bryan (lead vocals, guitar), Rhydian Dafydd (backing vocals, guitar), and Matthew James Thomas (on cajon) performed a stripped down, acoustic-riffing of new and old songs in the KEXP studio, highlighting their brilliant harmonies and dynamic songwriting. Catch this intimate set, including an acoustic debut of "Radio of Lips" off Hitch, and hear them talk about their cover of the Twin Peaks theme song.
Since pairing up in 2014, Mazes frontman Jack Cooper and Veronica Falls vocalist/guitarist James Hoare have continued to enchant us as Ultimate Painting. While in town for the Capitol Hill Block Party (review here), the London duo (accompanied by touring bassist Will Young and drummer Bill Roe, aka…
An integral part of the psychedelic garage rock renaissance of swirling out of LA, Wand have produced three solid albums in less than three years and melted minds with their fuzz-fueled bend of adventurous psych-, prog-, garage- and folk-rock. As this was the first time Wand performed live on KEXP,…
