The Twilight Sad have always specialized in making the darker side of humanity seem so grandiose and alluring, but they've never made gloom quite so emotive and magnetic as they do on their fourth album, Nobody Wants To Be Here and Nobody Wants To Leave. When the Scottish band brought six cuts from their latest album to The Triple Door for a KEXP VIP Club Concert, the group's hazy crush was captivating from the opening notes of "There's a Girl in the Corner" to the final drones of the massive closer "The Wrong Car". As sharply sardonic as ever in between songs ("After that really nice message, here's a song called 'Drown So I Can Watch'"), singer James Graham led the lads through through nebulous ballads and leveling, feedback-drenched laments alike. After a difficult period leading up to the album, Nobody Wants To Leave breathed new life into the wearying band, and the performance below shows that they're more fiery than ever in their chase to convert their anguish into anthems.
Whether it's their surroundings, the air, the water, the isolation or a communal appreciation of the arts, something has given Icelanders a lock on creating otherworldly sonic landscapes. Sigur Rós and Björk are of course the most famous of them, but if you've been listening to KEXP's broadcasts fr…
Family band - it's a term that can evoke either wholesome 70's stereotypes or embittered alt rock rivalries, but London siblings Kitty, Daisy & Lewis seem from a time further removed. Their sound and style recall those carnivalesque clans of dustbowl days with alluringly alliterative names that…
