[April 11, 2016]
by Spencer vH
In 1995, a young band just out of high school from El Paso, Texas played in a Los Angeles, California bar to nine people. They left the show with their first record deal. After forming in 1993, At The…
[April 10, 2016]
Every week, the dedicated KCSB staffers present you their picks for the top new tracks off the week. Click the track to listen or watch. Here’s our picks for the second week of April:
Spencer’s Pick: ‘Blades of Grass’ by Sparkle Water. The Canadian indie…
[April 4, 2016]
By Chadwyck Moore
Released with no rumors, promotion, or even expectation comes Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Untitled Unmastered’, a compilation of unreleased demos.
Album artwork used for review purposes only.
These demos were recorded during the three years between his debut classic ‘Good Kid M.A.A.D. City’…
[April 1, 2016]
by Justin Taing // Photos courtesy of http://daywavemusic.tumblr.com and https://www.facebook.com/pg/daywavemusic/photos/
Indie-rocker Jackson Phillips (otherwise known as the hazy Day Wave) is captivating fans while gaining praise from critics and established rock stars alike. Phillips grew up in Oakland, CA and later attended Berklee…
[March 30, 2016]
By Jake Feder
What do you get when you mix the infectious DJ Mustard sound with an incredibly clean sonic aesthetic from across the pond? Ella Mai and her breakout release, “Time EP.”
Album artwork used for review purposes only.
The recent 10 Summers…
[March 28, 2016]
By Spencer VH
Many side projects of famous or notable musicians are often thought as a lesser divergence of their more recognizable work. Even the concept of a ‘super group’ has often delivered fairly meager results throughout music history. While you could…
By Chadwyck Moore
[March 25, 2016]
Born in Winnipeg, Canada but based in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Allan Kingdom began recording music as a Christian rapper at a young age. These early recordings with a fellow churchgoer inspired a young Allan Kyariga to pursue music. This…
[March 24, 2016]
Written by Shay Mehr // Photos by Stephen Masnyj
Leon Bridges filled the Arlington Theater on Friday March 18th after his first visit to SXSW this March. And he didn’t bring one of those openers you wish you hadn’t had to sit…
[March 16, 2016]
By Spencer VH
SPENCER: You grew up in the Seattle area and still call it home. Despite your travels around the world, do you think it will always end up being your home base? Do you think your life there may have…
By Spencer VH
[March 14, 2016]
Some bands never really break out of the underground. Sometimes they don’t want to. When you tour the world five or six times over and release over eight albums worth of material in ten years, I doubt there’s much…
