This week, we've thrown KWVA DJ Mr. Delicious from This Is Not a Drug Deal into the spotlight! Since this is not a drug deal, find out what this show and Mr. Delicious are really about. DJ name: Mr. Delicious Show title: This Is Not a Drug Deal. Hometown: Portland, Oregon Show time and day: Fridays 10-11am, Spring 2015 How long have you been a DJ? A year and a half. Artists you commonly play on the show? The Strokes, Neutral Milk Hotel, Queen, Death Grips, Kishi Bashi, The Front Bottoms, Mac Demarco, Man Man. How would you describe your show? A sonic multi-vitamin tailored to the depths of your… Read More

Also, check out what we think are the Top 5 Album Releases of the week. Click on the artist names to hear some of their work: 1. GUANTANAMO BAYWATCH - Darling...It's Too Late  2. JUAN WAUTERS - Who Me? 3. ICKY BLOSSOMS - Mask 4. TOTAL BABES - Heydays 5. CRUSHED BEAKS - Scatter

DJ Daniel is back for round 2 this week, and is leaving you with a fresh review of Anna Caragnano & Donato Dozzy's Sintetizzatrice. Donato Dozzy's become the closest thing ambient techno has to a star in the wake of Voices From The Lake, his brilliant collaboration with fellow Italian ambient producer Neel, and his 2013 remix album Plays Bee Mask. The expectations for his collaboration with vocalist Anna Carragnano were appropriately astronomical. But Sintetizzatrice, their 9-track mini-album together, confounds expectations of both a Dozzy record and a producer-vocalist collaboration. For that alone it's great, but there's some pretty solid ambient music on this thing--though nothing anywhere close to those prior two albums. The first question on a lot of people's minds will be "where's Dozzy?" His… Read More

Also, check out what we think are the Top 5 Album Releases of the week: 1. Blur - The Magic Whip 2. My Morning Jacket - The Waterfall 3. Rose Windows - Rose Windows  4. Tallest Man On Earth - Dark Bird Is Home  5. Surfer Blood -1000 Palms 

Our DJ of the week is none other than DJ BANDIÑO of BANDIÑO: FOR THE NIÑOS! Check out how he uses his supernatural powers to run one hell of a radio show, and also find out about his plans to build a radio station in outer space. DJ name: DJ BANDIÑO Show title: BANDIÑO: FOR THE NIÑOS Hometown: Los Angeles Show time : Wednesday Nights, 10pm-Midnight, Spring 2015 Show genres: Garage Punk Psychedelic Funk Boombap & Hiphop! Artists commonly played on show: Naomi Punk, MNDSGN, Lootpack, Ty Segall, Meatbodies, BRONCHO, Caddywhompus, Natural Child. How long have you been a DJ? 3 Years.   BANDIÑO and superstar KWVA listener, James Black! How did you get involved… Read More

This week, DJ Daniel dishes up an in-depth review of The Silence's latest album, The Silence. Read on to find out how the former frontman of Ghost (Japanese folk/psych rock band) crafted a current, unique take on the classic rock album. The Silence - The Silence How do you make a classic rock album in 2015? If you're Masaki Batoh, it's by following your id. After thirty years of blending psych rock with Japanese folk as leader of the almighty Ghost, he's defected with multi-instrumentalist Kazuo Ogino to new band The Silence, whose self-titled debut draws on the sound palate of classic rock but is neither reverent to tradition nor hellbent on innovation. It's distinctly Batoh's work, and he's never sounded more focused. While Ghost albums tended to cycle through lengthy, acid-washed jams--some of which run up to half an hour--The Silence… Read More

Also, check out our take on what we think are the Top 5 Album Releases of the week: 1. Best Coast - California Nights 2. MG - MG 3. Rey Pila - The Future  4. GEORGE FITZGERALD - Fading Love 5. Alabama Shakes - Sound And Color

In the spotlight today is KWVA DJ, Spin Laden of Soul Donuts! As one of the longest running shows at KWVA, check out how Spin Laden has made it his mission to keep soul music alive and well on the airwaves. DJ name: Spin Laden Hometown: Green Bay, WI Show time: Wednesday 2 - 3 pm, Spring 2015 Show title: Soul Donuts 

Show genres: Soul and Funk music Artists commonly played on show: Lee Fields, Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings, Charles Bradley and the Menahan St. Band How long have you been a DJ? Since 2008, 7 years. 

How did you get involved with KWVA? What made you want to be a DJ? Initially I just reached out to one of the DJ's and he told me all you had to do was fill out a little form. Done and done. I remember the form had a section that asked you for a list of favorite… Read More

  Scroll down to find out how Young Fathers combined apocalyptic undertones with psychedelic pop in their latest album. A review by KWVA DJ, DJ Palette. Young Fathers - White Men Are Black Men Too As the 2010s roll on, I’m seeing a trend. The trend is: “genre labels are bullshit.” This is particularly true in the genre once known as Hip-hop. After all, when Yeezy and K Dot are making albums that blend nearly every form of modern music into punishing manifestos, the rest of the world can’t help but take notice. But if any group has pushed this trope to its ragged edges, it’s been Young Fathers. The self-proclaimed “psychedelic hip-hop boy band” has gobbled up every sound they spy over the last five or so years, releasing some of the most potent, and delectably odd, albums in recent memory. 2014’s Dead… Read More

  Top 5 Album Adds of the Week: SPEEDY ORTIZ - Foil Deer - Massachusetts-based group releasing their sophomore album on Carpark Records. The juxtaposition of harsh to lush melodies support vengeful lyrics. MIKAL CRONIN - MCIII - Versatile psych-pop songwriter who has played bass in Ty Segall's touring band. METZ - II - Hard rock from Toronto, releasing their sophomore album on Sub Pop. Played one of the last shows at Death By Audio in Brooklyn. RIYL: A Place to Bury Strangers, Cloud Nothings. … Read More