Daphne Brooks

KCRW’s intrepid music staff ventured into the 125,000-person crowd of the polo fields to hand pick Coachella’s can’t-miss musical offerings and gather some key dos and donts for…

Fanatic! Hello from Brooklyn. Shows have been going well and I’m grateful to finally be back out here. Thank you for showing up night after night.

Get pumped for the August delivery of Hot Chip’s album “Freakout/Release,” as their brand new single “Down” debuts at number one.

Valuable life lessons from Sharon Van Etten, dance-worthy punk with a cause via Kathleen Hanna and pals, Say Sue Me’s off-kilter South Korean indie rock, and more.

London-based ensemble Ibibio Sound Machine’s “Electricity” has bounced ten full spots up from twelfth last week to number two this week.

We've gathered our 6 featured artists from the music edition of KCRW’s Young Creators Project for song selections spanning wavy beats, hip-hop, punk, and jazz-tinged alternative R&B.

New York’s Orion Sun opens up about “obsession phases” with newly discovered tracks, music that feels like a hug, and learning to embrace the collaborative process.

Middle school student Nathan Horowitz takes inspiration from The Beatles, Marc Rebillet, and Bill Wurtz among others to create his own music under the moniker Ruler of Program.

Studio City’s Magnus Ferrell calls on his jazz piano background to inform his alternative R&B and “ballad/romantic type music.”