“Unreleased”- Burial/Four Tet

October 7, 2013 6:56 pm By KKFI 90.1 FM Comments Off

“The wraith-like voice is a pure Burial affectation; the sound of a withering 90s R&B sample echoing throughout an empty haunted house.”
By Jared McNett

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Tags : Beautiful Rewind, Burial, Four Tet, Unreleased

“This Lonely Morning”- Best Coast

October 4, 2013 12:20 pm By KKFI 90.1 FM Comments Off

Best Coast’s “This Lonely Morning” may be focused on a moment, but it feels like forever.
By Jared McNett

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Tags : Best Coast, Bethany Cosentino, Fade Away, This Lonely Morning

Nine Inch Nails Live at the Sprint Center

October 1, 2013 3:09 pm By KKFI 90.1 FM Comments Off

Nine Inch Nails’ searing two-hour set at the Sprint Center last night danced between the tiny shimmer of a lighter and a raging fire threatening everything in sight.
By Jared McNett

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Tags : Concert, Hesitation Marks, Live, Nine Inch Nails, Sprint Center, Tension Tour, Trent Reznor

“Turn Your Color”- The Men

September 30, 2013 1:47 pm By KKFI 90.1 FM Comments Off

New York band the Men’s “Turn Your Color” is the sound of the fire slowly dying out when the night’s still far from over.
By Jared McNett

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Tags : Campfire Songs, The Men, Turn Your Color

“Wise Up Ghost”- Elvis Costello & The Roots

September 21, 2013 3:37 pm By KKFI 90.1 FM Comments Off

“Elvis Costello and the Roots superb new collaborative album “Wise Up Ghost” borrows from the pages of history and casts them into confetti.”
By Jared McNett

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Tags : Cinco Minutos Con Vos, Elvis Costello, Refuse To Be Saved, Sugar Won't Work, The Roots, Tripwire, Wake Me Up, Walk Us Uptown, Wise Up Ghost

“Repave”- Volcano Choir

September 16, 2013 8:02 pm By KKFI 90.1 FM Comments Off

Physical, mental, spiritual, and personal connections carry us to the mountaintops, but as Volcano Choir reminds us on “Repave’s” final line, we’re always “coming down to the ground.”
By Jared McNett