New Music Reviews (1/18) KEXP
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what s coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from
Navy Blue,
Song of Sage: Post Panic! (Freedom Sounds)
This New York rapper’s second album is a powerful set of introspective hip hop combining a variety of moody, often-melancholy head-nodding beats with reflective lyrics revolving around trauma and healing. DY
Off The Meds –
Off The Meds (Studio Barnhus)
Off The Meds is a captivating Stockholm-based hip-hop group fronted by South African-born rapper/vocalist Kamohelo Khoaripe alongside a production trio comprised of Adrian Lux, Carli Löf, and Måns Glaeser, all accomplished veterans of the Swedish club scene. Their debut album is a magnetic set of adventurous club-primed rap distinguished by Kamohelo s commanding Zulu-Tsotsitaal-English flow and the group s slick, kinetic
Do-Nuts
In Every Mountain
Opal Elections (Ruth Garbus cover) Nicholas Krgovich & Friends · Pasadena Afternoon
Doin the Lords Don t Work Karl Blau · Comp For a Cause
Por Qué No
The Worst Margarita Of My Life Mountain Brews · Raised In a Place
Groovy Stranger
How Lucky (feat John Prine) Kurt Vile · Speed, Sound, Lonely KV
Deeper Shade
Nostalgia
Pleassure