KCRW: Today’s Top Tune Kula Shaker ‘Lucky Number’

SOURCE Play By Ariana Morgenstern • Jan 9, 2026 • 3m Listen “Lucky Number” is a commanding opener from Kula Shaker’s forthcoming album Wormslayer, due out January 30. Marking a return to the band’s original line-up, the track taps into their signature magic — a swirling, stomping psych-rock rush that proves their knack for big hooks and kaleidoscopic groove […]

SPIN: For Azam Ali, Music Is Where She Goes to Tell the Truth

SOURCE Written by Lily Moayeri | December 3, 2025 – 9:30 am Stepping onto Azam Ali’s property in Glendale, located in northeast Los Angeles County, is like entering the titular space in Frances Hodgson Burnett’s classic novel, The Secret Garden. Despite cars rushing by faster than the speed limit, the foliage surrounding Azam’s home acts as a sound barrier […]

SPIN: 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: Steven Kilbey of The Church

SOURCE Name  Steven John Fucking Kilbey Best known for  Idiot savant (perhaps more of the former) behind Australian band The Church. A prolific renaissance bloke, knocking out records, paintings, poems, books, and now even comics. Still haven’t choreographed a ballet, but who knows? Current city  Coogee Beach, Sydney, Australia 2034. Really want to be in  Bali. Sitting on a deck […]

SPIN: 5 Albums I Can’t Live Without: James Atkin of EMF

SOURCE Name  James Atkin Best known for  Singer for the band EMF. Current city  Yorkshire Dales, U.K. Really want to be in  Back in the tour van visiting a new town or city every day. Excited about  The new EMF releases and heading back to the U.S. for Spring tours. My current music collection has a lot of  The wife jokes that I struggle to […]

FLOOD: The Church Return with New Single “Sacred Echoes (Part Two)”

SOURCE Words: Will Schube Photo: Adam Nicholas November 06, 2025 Australian dream-pop legends The Church are back with “Sacred Echoes (Part Two),” the band’s first new music since their 2024 LP, Eros Zeta and the Perfumed Guitars. That project served as a companion piece to their first thematic full-length, The Hypnogogue, which was released a year prior. Got it? Good. It‘s […]

SPIN: Bauhaus Alum Daniel Ash’s New Project Is Modern Art

SOURCE Written by Liza Lentini | October 27, 2025 – 11:00 am Daniel Ash performs with Love and Rockets at The Fillmore Silver Spring on June 11, 2023, Silver Spring, Maryland. (Credit: Paul Morigi/Getty Images)   “‘Danny, we need a gimmick. Wear a gas mask.’” Daniel Ash is recalling his first paid gig as a young musician […]