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A LA SALA Due Out April 5 via Dead Oceans/Night Time Stories Ltd.
Mar 20, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Khruangbin are releasing a new album, A LA SALA, on April 5 on Dead Oceans in partnership with Night Time Stories Ltd. Now they have shared its third single, “Pon Pón.” More
Plus Adrianne Lenker, Khruangbin, Drahla, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Feb 23, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the seventh Songs of the Week of 2024. This week Andy Von Pip, Caleb Campbell, Mark Moody, Scott Dransfield, and Stephen Humphries all helped me decide what should make the list. We settled on a Top 8 this week, narrowed down from the 20 songs we seriously considered. More
A LA SALA Due Out April 5 via Dead Oceans/Night Time Stories Ltd.
Feb 20, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Khruangbin are releasing a new album, A LA SALA, on April 5 on Dead Oceans in partnership with Night Time Stories Ltd. Now they have shared its second single, “May Ninth,” via an animated music video. More
Plus Boeckner, IDLES, Sam Evian, Tomato Flower, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
Jan 19, 2024
By Mark Redfern (with Andy Von Pip)
Welcome to the second Songs of the Week of 2024. This week’s list was fueled by lots of notable album announcements. More
A LA SALA Due Out April 5 via Dead Oceans/Night Time Stories Ltd.
Jan 16, 2024
By Mark Redfern
Khruangbin have announced a new album, A LA SALA, and shared its first single, “A Love International,” via a music video. More
Ali Due Out September 23 via Dead Oceans
Aug 31, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Khruangbin and Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré have shared a new single, “Tongo Barra.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming album, Ali, which will be out on September 23 via Dead Oceans More
Ali Due Out September 23 via Dead Oceans
Jul 28, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Khruangbin and Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré have announced the release of an album, Ali, which will be out on September 23 via Dead Oceans. The album is a tribute to Touré’s late father, Grammy Award-winning musician Ali Farka Touré. Its lead single, “Savanne,” has been shared. More
Jul 07, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Khruangbin have shared a cover of Booker T. & The M.G.’s 1962 R&B instrumental song “Green Onions” in commemoration of its 60th anniversary. The cover features Brooklyn-based DJ and composer Quantic, and is out now as an Amazon Original single. More
Plus Courtney Barnett, Cate Le Bon, Pet Shop Boys, beabadoobee, Dry Cleaning, First Aid Kit, Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, Caribou, St. Vincent, Squid, black midi, Big Thief, and Many Others
Jun 27, 2022
By Mark Redfern
Couldn’t make it to Glastonbury this past weekend? We have you covered, with highlights from some of the performances including ones by Wolf Alice, Jessie Ware, Courtney Barnett, Mitski, HAIM, Foals, and many more. Plus Cate Le Bon, Pet Shop Boys, beabadoobee, Dry Cleaning, First Aid Kit, Jack White, Kendrick Lamar, Fontaines D.C., Lorde, Caribou, Metronomy, St. Vincent, Olivia Rodrigo and Lily Allen, Squid, black midi, Big Thief, IDLES, Crowded House, and much more. More
Texas Moon Due Out February 18 via Dead Oceans in Partnership with Columbia / Night Time Stories Ltd.
Jan 19, 2022
By Joey Arnone
Khruangbin and Leon Bridges have shared a new song, “Chocolate Hills.” It is the latest release from their forthcoming collaborative EP, Texas Moon, which will be out on February 18 via Dead Oceans in Partnership with Columbia / Night Time Stories Ltd. More
Texas Moon Due Out February 18 via Dead Oceans in Partnership with Columbia / Night Time Stories Ltd.
Dec 09, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Khruangbin and Leon Bridges have announced a new collaborative EP, Texas Moon, which will be out on February 18, 2022 via Dead Oceans in Partnership with Columbia / Night Time Stories Ltd. They have also shared a video for a track off the new EP, “B-Side.” The Philip Andelman-directed video was shot in J. Lorraine Ghost Town in Austin, Texas. More
Mordechai Out Now via Dead Oceans/Night Time Stories
Jan 28, 2021
By Joey Arnone
Texas psych-rock trio Khruangbin have shared two new videos for their song “Dearest Alfred,” taken from their most recent album Mordechai—one for the album version, and one for a new Knxwledge remix of the song, retitled “Dearest Alfred (MyJoy).” Both videos were created by The Kennedys, an internship program at creative agency Wieden+Kennedy London. More
The GRAMMY-winner Turned 50
Jul 09, 2020
By Samantha Small
Beck turned 50…yesterday. And to carry on the celebration of the legendary songwriter, Texas psych-rock trio, Khruangbin, gifted the seven-time GRAMMY-winner with a funky remix of his deep cut “No Distraction.” More
Mordechai Due Out June 26 via Dead Oceans/Night Time Stories
Jun 16, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Texas psych-rock trio Khruangbin are releasing a new album, Mordechai, on June 26 via Dead Oceans, in association with Night Time Stories. Now they have shared another new song from it, “Pelota,” via a trippy and colorful animated video for the track. More
Plus Khruangbin, Sad13, Sondre Lerche, Owen Pallett, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 22, 2020
By Christopher Roberts (with Samantha Small)
Welcome to the nineteenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. This week we were quite indecisive about our favorite songs and even polled our readers on Facebook and Twitter, which helped a little. More
Mordechai Due Out June 26 via Dead Oceans/Night Time Stories
May 18, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Texas psych-rock trio Khruangbin are releasing a new album, Mordechai, on June 26 via Dead Oceans, in association with Night Time Stories. Now they have shared another new song from it, “So We Won’t Forget,” via a video for the track. More
Plus HAIM, Khruangbin, Protomartyr, Glass Animals, and a Wrap-up of the Week’s Other Notable New Tracks
May 01, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Welcome to the seventeenth Songs of the Week of 2020. It’s another week under quarantine, the same as the last week. Some states, most notably Georgia, are starting to open up again, even though most experts say it’s too soon. More
Mordechai Due Out June 26 via Dead Oceans/Night Time Stories
Apr 27, 2020
By Christopher Roberts
Texas psych-rock trio Khruangbin have announced a new album, Mordechai, and shared its first single, “Time (You and I),” via a video for the new song. More
Interviews
Jan 14, 2021
By Lily Moayeri
There is a one-of-a-kind, universally intriguing musical product that is generated when Khruangbin’s guitarist Mark Speer, bassist Laura Lee Ochoa, and drummer Donald “DJ” Johnson come together. A student of the world, Ochoa is a cultural anthropology enthusiast. It was her learning Thai that led to the band’s name, which loosely means “airplane.” More
Reviews
May 31, 2022
By Mark Moody
The 9th edition of Primavera NOS takes place from June 9-11 so here’s Under the Radar’s 12 must-see acts. More
Nov 16, 2021
By Mark Redfern
Texas psych-rock trio Khruangbin released a new album, Mordechai, last year via Dead Oceans, in association with Night Time Stories. It was followed by Mordechai Remixes earlier this year. They recently performed at the Santa Barbara Bowl, in Santa Barbara, CA, and our photographer Robert Redfield was on the scene to capture the action. More