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UK Discopop sprite Little Boots is back with a fine new record,” Nocturne“. Co-produced/written with a grip of bona-fide producers including Jeppe (Junior Senior,) Andy Butler (Hercules & Love Affair,) James Ford (Simian Mobile Disco,) and Tim Goldsworthy (DFAs originator/Thee Loving Hand) the album is a glittery, pouty nighttime soundtrack.
“Nocturne“ is out now, and first single “Broken Record“ is a like an Abba single hopped …

When Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds came by our Apogee Studio Sessions in between Coachella shows they really put the emphasis on studio.
Most of the time, these intimate performances have a way of turning into mini-concerts that aren’t necessarily recording sessions but are a far cry from The Greek. But on a Thursday in April, the powerful presence that is Nick Cave and …

For a number of years, DJ/Producer Vincente Sanfuentes has been forging the sound of the new Latin alternative dance movement as a member of the Comeme label and producer for Matias Aguayo, Los Amigos Invisibles, Senor Coconut, Rebolledo and more. Additionally, he’s released work on the BoysNoize label under the Surtek Collective moniker.
Continually pushing forward, the prolific and supremely gracious Sanfuentes has now launched …

Last year, new DFA artist Larry Gus (Panagiotis Melidis) released and gave away his first full length album “Silent Congas“ as a free download.
A trippy, sample-based beat record, it was a response and love letter to the MPC God J Dilla and artists like Koushik and Caribou. A solid DFA debut, it actually sits quite well in the mix with all those artists.
Recently, DFA’s just …

 
 
What I think is interesting about The Decemberists choice to cover R.E.M.s “Cuyahoga” is the fact that they STARTED their live session with it!
You will never convince me that the Michael Stipe-penned environmentalist folk-ballad about the Cuyahoga river in Northern Ohio is of “Stairway To Heaven” quality, but for a group to go live on air and cover one of indie rock’s sacred acts …

Several releases into a fine discography, local husband and wife duo Rainbow Arabia have crafted a consistent sound that is equal parts 80s synthpop and “World” music. Like Bjork’s excursions into polyethnicity, the duo’s sound fetishistically fused North African desert rhythms and Middle Eastern percussion with the neon glow of early MTV. 

On their follow-up to 2011′s Boys and Diamonds, they’ve turned up the glow. …

You can’t really talk about The Olms without setting the scene a little bit.
The band is best known as the latest project from singer-songwriter Pete Yorn, but the minute you meet his collaborator J.D. King, it’s very clear where the retro influences on the album came from.
Dressed in a burgundy suede suit, and noticeably tall with a George Harrison circa 1972 haircut, J.D. seems …

by NPR Music’s  Stephen Thompson

If you’ve ever been poolside on a hot day, you know what it’s like to have your senses bombarded with leisure; to feel the sun radiating and shimmering off everything around you. Watch the first few moments of this Field Recording, with its bobbing inner tubes and lounging vacationers, and you can practically smell the spots where chlorine meets concrete.
We …

The new album from Fitz and The Tantrums has been on regular rotation for me lately, but that is a band you MUST see live to fully appreciate. Last night, they treated a roomful of people to a full set of songs from their latest release “More Than Just a Dream”, including two they’ve never played live before. It was their first proper show …

KCRW DJ Gary Calamar premieres a special track from the upcoming True Blood Vol 4. soundtrack – Eric Burdon and Jenny Lewis dueting on “Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood”. Take a listen and read the story behind it below.
“Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood” by Eric Burdon and Jenny Lewis
Oh, the summertime is comin’….flowers blooming, fireflies lighting the sky, and the beach is the place …