Veteran LA-based artist Moby debuts his new project, Moby & The Void Pacific Choir, and KEXP Music Director Don Yates notes their first LP is "a potent set of noisy, goth-tinged post-punk with loud, distorted synths, rumbling guitars, pounding industrial rhythms, dour vocals, soaring song hooks, shouted choruses and dystopian, politically charged lyrics." Australian duo Jagwar Ma release their sophomore full-length, "another strong set rooted in late '80s-early '90s Manchester dance-rock, with a bit more emphasis on rhythm and electronics than the debut." Also from Down Under, we have the debut from D.D Dumbo, aka aka Oliver Hugh Perry, who brings "an impressive set of eclectic avant-pop incorporating elements of '80s-steeped, New Waveish prog-pop, folk-rock, psych, dance-pop, Malian desert blues, Indian classical and much more on densely produced, intricately crafted songs combining a rich variety of instrumentation with his soaring vocals and probing lyrics exploring the relationship between humans and nature."
Conor Oberst (of Bright Eyes/Desaparecidos) shares his seventh solo release, "a strong set of intimate, stripped-down folk-pop featuring a stark sound with Oberst accompanying himself on piano, acoustic guitar and harmonica on mostly dark, often self-lacerating songs that reflect upon isolation, fragility and mortality." Philadelphia-based band Purling Hiss bring "a diverse, hook-filled blend of '90s-influenced psych-rock with garage-punk, jangle-pop, driving post-punk and more, combining loud, fuzzy guitars, muscular rhythms and often politically charged lyrics for these uneasy times." And west coast trio Terry Malts find "a more diverse and melodic take on the band's garage-pop sound, with songs ranging from driving post-punk to jangly power-pop."
Last week, we got the seventh solo album from Conor Oberst. This week, we've got a box set from his old project, Bright Eyes. You get six remastered, reissued vinyl copies of Fevers and Mirrors (2000), LIFTED or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground (2002), I’m Wide Awake, It’s Morn…
After a two year wait, and a rescheduled release date, we've finally got the latest from Phantogram on our hands. KEXP Music Director Don Yates says, the "New York duo's third album is a sleeker, more polished take on the band's moody electro-pop inflected with hip hop, funk and other styles." Swed…
