Roots to Grooves

This week we are doing a special listener suggestion episode, from Kyle Brown, who releases music under the name "Kite Vendor".

"DIIV" are a four piece indie rock band based out of Brooklyn, New York.

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"Django Django" are a British art rock band based in London England.

The four piece originally met while studying in Edinburgh. The genesis of the project came from drummer/producer David Maclean, who…

"Jordan Rakei" is a multi-instrumentalist singer, songwriter and producer based in London.

Jordan was born in New Zealand but moved to Australia as a child. He got into music via his parents record co…

"Angus & Julia Stone" are a brother and sister indie folk duo originally from Sydney, Australia.

These siblings grew up with music in their veins, given the fact that their father, John Stone, was a f…

"Beach House" are a dream-pop duo formed in 2004 by singer/keyboardist Victoria Legrand and guitarist/keyboardist Alex Scally.

The duo came together over a mutual interest in similar musical tastes, w…

On this edition of Roots to Grooves, Jay and Jesse discuss the sonic world of elusive producer/artist "Bastien Keb". We say elusive, because despite putting out 3 full length albums since 2015, he ha…

Formed in 2011 "Alvvays" are an indie pop band currently based in Toronto.

The five piece have actually known each other since childhood. Lead singer Molly and her best friend keyboardist Kerri were n…

The four piece Brooklyn indie rock band "Grizzly Bear" originally started out as a collection of songs written and recorded by frontman Ed Droste, however feeling that he didn't want to release a sol…

"Sen Morimoto" is a producer, artist and multi-instrumentalist based in Chicago, who brings an often witty but always observational style of lyricism to his style of modern off-kilter R&B.

Born in Jap…

"Black Midi" are a four piece rock band from London, often described as a mixture of noise rock, post-punk, jazz and progressive rock.

Black Midi's members all met while studying music at the BRIT sch…

"Chiiild" is a Canadian experimental soul band led by singer/producer Yonatan Ayal (aka xSDTRK) and guitarist/producer "Pierre-Luc Rioux (aka PL).

Despite both hailing from Montréal, the duo didn't me…

"Dirty Projectors" started out as a solo project from founding member David Longstreth, who wrote, recorded and self-released the first two albums while he was studying music at Yale University. Duri…

"Tiana Khasi" is a rising new talent on the neo/soul R&B scene. Born in Brisbane before re-locating to Melbourne Australia, Tiana's music can be described as soulful, R&B, Jazz encompassed in an othe…

Born in Japan to an American father and Japanese mother, singer/songwriter "Mitski" spent her formative years living in numerous countries around the world before her family finally settled in Chicag…

"Fink's" sound can be described as acoustic, singer/songwriter folk music with undertones of soul, jazz and electronica.

 Unusually for most singer/songwriters, "Fink's" first release was actually a f…

"Brothers Osborne" are a country rock duo based out of Nashville, comprised of John Osborne and T.J. Osborne.

The brothers played music from a young age, first taking violin lessons, which they said t…

"We are not a punk band", is how lead singer Joe Talbot has described the sound of this Bristol band "IDLES", however we can't deny that IDLES does kind of have that punk energy when it comes to thei…

"Courtney Barnett" is a singer, songwriter, and musician from Melbourne Australia, known for her often deadpan singing style and witty lyrics.

Courtney grew up in a musical household, with both her br…

"Hiatus Kaiyote" are an Australian jazz/funk/neo soul band based out of Melbourne.

The band is led by signer/guitarist Nai Palm (aka Naomi Saalfield). After going through the trauma of losing both her…

"Crumb" are an American indie rock band based in Brooklyn, New York.

The four piece originally met in 2016 when they were attending Tufts University in Massachusetts. While continuing their studies ea…