As anyone who has ever listened to one of KCRW’s Apogee Sessions on Morning Becomes Eclectic knows, these events are special. And for those who have yet to tune in for one, Dan Auerbach’s session which will broadcast and stream on July 6th is a perfect introduction. It’s not just the intimacy of the space […]
In between Sunday sets at Coachella, Future Islands dropped by Apogee Studios in Santa Monica, CA to hang out with KCRW andand record an interview and live performance for Morning Becomes Eclectic. Having just released their last album, “The Far Field”, Jason Bentley interviewed the band and they discussed a broad range of topics including the history of the band’s origins, their […]
Like many others in the wake of February’s drought-breaking rain, I made the trip to Joshua Tree National Park following highly corroborated promises of flowers blooming in this desert for the first time, supposedly, in years. Attached to the park map provided upon entry is Joshua Tree’s Spring 2017 informational newspaper, whose feature story “A […]
Ahead of the release of their a new album (“Hot Thoughts” which is set to drop March 17, 2017) and an unheard of 3 night residency at SXSW, Spoon made a pit stop in Los Angeles to tape an intimate performance for KCRW. One of indie rock’s premiere bands, and clearly one of KCRW host Anne […]
I started working on this post a few days ago, but recent events made what I had originally drafted moot. My original post had to do with my thoughts on how the inaugural Music Tastes Good music festival went off, but with the news that its founder, Josh Fischel, had passed away on the Thursday […]
October 11, 2016. Mark that date in your calendar with a note to tune into KCRW, either online or on the radio, ESPECIALLY if you are a fan of The Avett Brothers. Currently touring in support of their latest studio album, “True Sadness”, the band stopped by Apogee Studios for an interview and particularly intimate […]
CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS YEARS SOUND IN FOCUS CONCERT SERIES To paraphrase Blurred Culture’s music editor photo editor Derrick Lee: “With all the chaos in the world, there’s something incredibly life affirming about a musician like Baaba Maal.” How true. A pro jock. A presence. A purveyor of beats, rhythms, and lyrics that transcend linguistic […]
CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS YEARS SOUND IN FOCUS CONCERT SERIES In 1994, Nas (a/k/a Nasty Nas a/k/a Nas Escobar a/k/a Nastradamus) released “Illmatic”, a hip hop album that revived the New York rap scene and is deemed by many critics as one of the greatest rap albums of all time. Born just a year after that […]
CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS YEARS SOUND IN FOCUS CONCERT SERIES Brazilian Girls is so fun. Nouveau disco funk. A sort of 80s punk / post punk feel. They’re all over the place … and that’s their charm. There’s a sort of “f*ck you” feel to everything happening on stage when they perform. But it’s […]
CLICK HERE FOR OUR COMPLETE COVERAGE OF THIS YEARS SOUND IN FOCUS CONCERT SERIES On June 3, 2016, Classixx released their sophomore album; the very adventurous “Faraway Reach”. Known for producing tracks that are heavy on the groove, Classixx has taken it a step further with “Faraway Reach”, incorporating and bending genres beyond the techno-disco vibes from their […]
