Photography so vivid, it feels like you're in the front row: Chromatics captured in live performance at Union Transfer, Philadelphia PA for DKFM by Renee Coutlee. Copyright 2019, Renee Coutlee Photo. Upcoming tour dates for Chromatics 2019 Double Exposure Tour: May 27 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall May 28 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theater May 30 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue May 31 – Chicago, IL […]
Our Richard Gehring catches up with Russian sonic sculptors Blankenberge in Germany. For those of you who are new to Blankenberge, they are a shoegaze and dream pop band based in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The band members are Daniil (guitar), Yana (vocals and guitar), Dmitriy (bass), and Sergey(drums). In March of 2016, they released a 4-track self-titled EP that was well received with enthusiastic reviews. In June of 2017, they […]
We're overdue for a chart show. You know it, we know it, our listeners via the DKFM app vote for it. So it's past time we offered something useful, to show your work. We've spent some hours tallying votes, compiling, then tweaking and building this Top 50 mix to thank you for your votes, and your support of quality independent artists. Please note: this mix is not in vote-total order. […]
Polly Mackey evolves as a songwriter and producer, as she hones her craft completing tracks for a 2020 album release. By Deborah Sexton Polly Mackey—the singer, musician, songwriter and performer—who goes under the moniker “Art School Girlfriend,” first discovered her love of music when she was only eight years old. She got a drum set, took lessons, and it wasn’t long before she had turned her bedroom into a rehearsal […]
Topographies Balance Work, Touring While Writing New Songs By Deborah Sexton One of the biggest challenges any new band faces in today’s music scene is how to be heard. And yet, when the magic is there, somehow the word gets out. This has been the story of Topographies, one of the best new bands to emerge from the San Francisco Bay area scene in recent history. Self-described as “a band […]
Rev Rev Rev Wows At SXSW, Releases New Album Kykeon in September By Deborah Sexton Much to the delight of fans, Rev Rev Rev from Modena, Italy, has been quite active lately, playing five shows in March during SXSW in Austin, Texas, and releasing a new single “Clutching The Blade” on March 7 through its new label, London-based Fuzz Club Records. The band made quite an impression during SXSW, being […]
Dead Leaf Echo have proven themselves perhaps the hardest touring band in gazebusiness. Having just completed a full west coast tour, from Portland to Vancouver, down to Long Beach and LA, all the way back to Portland, they've introduced and reintroduced themselves to audiences across the nation, and around the world. Besides winning fans and playing festivals, they were blessed to be invited to perform live in studio at KEXP […]
Regular listeners will know the name Weird., with a period following the name. The first single from multi-instrumentalist Marco Barzetti was immediately compelling: a slice of epic shoegaze fused with slowcore and post-rock sonic swells. The song "Infinite Decay" made an immediate impact on our listeners, and charted in the top 20 songs for 2014 on our airwaves. Two albums, some quality covers, and several engaging singles, and Weird. made […]
New Age Healers have already been burning up the charts in the past two weeks with "Satellites", the first single from their forthcoming album Debris. Cascading guitars and confident choruses overlay a propulsive beat, and New Age Healers' focused return has hit "hot rotation" status on both KEXP and DKFM. What originally began as a solo project has evolved into a cohesive unit that packs a punch, with the supporting […]
