Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Abbie) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Sons, Coma, The Ninth Wave, and more.
Sons – Family Dinner (Caroline Benelux)
This Belgian band’s debut album is a potent set of loud, dynamic post-punk with buzzing angular guitar riffs, punchy rhythms and anthemic song hooks. — DY
Coma – Voyage Voyage (City Slang)
This German duo’s third album is a well-crafted set of brooding electro-pop combining moody synths, piano and atmospheric guitars with propulsive beats, luminous harmonies and often-melancholy melodies. — DY
The Ninth Wave – Infancy (Distiller Records)
The Glasgow post-punk outfit is centered around long-time friends guitarist Hadyn Park-Patterson and singer and bassist Millie Kidd. Their debut full-length seeks to explore the darkest parts of the human condition through dueting vocals, cold synths, crashing drums, and 80s soaked guitar. — AG
Night Hikes – Chalice (self-released)
This Seattle duo’s debut album is a solid set of shoegazerish dream-pop with fuzzy guitars, dark, atmospheric synths, ethereal vocals and wistful melodies. — DY
MYXA – MOSCA EP (self-released)
This Seattle duo’s debut EP is a promising 5-song set of dark trip hop combining brooding synths and guitars and moody beats with ethereal vocals and haunting melodies. South African author Ian S. Thomas contributed the lyrics to tracks 1, 2 & 4. — DY
Terror/Cactus – Corriente EP (self-released)
The latest release from this Buenos Aires-born, Seattle-based artist (aka Martin Selasco) is a solid 4-song EP of psych-tinged electro-cumbia grooves. — DY
Los Lobos – Llego Navidad (Rhino)
This veteran LA band’s latest release is a first-rate, mostly acoustic-oriented Christmas album featuring mostly relatively obscure holiday songs rooted in a variety of Latin genres from salsa and cumbia to ranchera, cancion and Tex-Mex. — DY
Black Toska – Someone's Nightmare Blues EP (self-released)
This Madrid-based band’s second EP is a solid six-song set of bluesy, goth-tinged post-punk. — DY
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Beck, Matt Maltese, Avalanche Party, and more.
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from DJ Shadow, Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Tei Shi, and more.
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Abbie) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from FKA twigs, Brother Ali, Earl Sweatshirt, and more.
