Mar 19th, 2010 · Quasi has been making solid records for almost two decades, but have always been a band that flies steadily under the radar. Hear the all-out, no-holes-barred indie-rock band perform live from Austin at KEXP's concert from the Gibson Showroom.
Mar 19th, 2010 · Hailing from Copenhagen, Choir Of Young Believers' frontman draws on Nordic melodies, mixing slow ballads with anthemic indie-pop. It's all reminiscent of '60s rock while still looking forward. Hear a concert recorded for KEXP at The Gibson Showroom in Austin, Texas.
Mar 19th, 2010 · London's Fanfarlo consists of five multi-instrumentalists who craft intricate, earthy indie-folk. This concert from KEXP shows them playing a set at the Gibson Guitar Showroom during this year's South By Southwest music festival in Austin, Texas.
Mar 18th, 2010 · The Los Angeles band's sound synthesizes vocal harmonies influenced by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young (or the more contemporary Fleet Foxes) with the reverberant rhythms of Afrobeat, indie rock and chamber pop. Local Natives performed at NPR Music's daytime party in Austin, Texas, on March 18.
Mar 18th, 2010 · The Florida band's self-described "anthemic, bombastic, life-affirming indie-pop" project seems to have arisen as spontaneously as its name, which came up when one of Surfer Blood's members shouted it out in a car at random. The group performed at NPR Music's daytime party in Austin, Texas, on March 18.
Mar 16th, 2010 · Self-described as a "half-anglo, half-franco, boy-girl, boy-girl" band, based in Montreal, Flotilla offers an interesting alternative to today's indie rock stereotype.
Mar 3rd, 2010 · Gainsbourg's latest album, IRM, was inspired by her time spent in the hospital recovering from a serious head injury. Enlisting Beck for production, she set about recording a lush collection of off-kilter indie-pop. She plays songs from her latest album on this World Cafe session.
Feb 23rd, 2010 · Here's a good reminder of why it pays to pay attention to who's in the band: on the intersection of classical chamber music, indie pop, New Orleans brass bands and modern jazz — in the heart of Brooklyn.