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

Last week, Toro Y Moi released his latest album, What For?. KWVA DJ, DJ Daniel from Ambience!, doles out his opinion and compares this release to Toro's past albums. Read on to see what he got out of the record. In spite of his love of all things digital, Toro Y Moi's Chaz Bundick is a rocker at heart. His latest album What For? is a return to his indie rock roots, best showcased on his June 2009 singles collection. But he's brought the tricks he's learned from dabbling in house, chillwave, pop, and funk to the table. The result is a modest record, not his best (that's Causers of This), but with a subtle greatness and a light touch anyone familiar with Toro Y Moi is used to. These songs aren't very tight; they meander and sound just great in the background. But they're hooky as hell. Even… Read More

Top 5 Album Adds of the week. Click to hear a preview of the artist! 1. LAPALUX - Lustmore 2. YOUNG FATHERS -   White Men Are Black Men Too  3. MOON KING - Secret Life 4. BOP ENGLISH (White Denim project) - Constant Bop  5. VILLAGERS - Darling Arithmetic

Hey hey, KWVA fanatics! Here's what's going on here, there, and everywhere this week: On Wednesday, you've got your option of shows around town. Scroll to explore. Into good-time, folk/americana music? Down with the motto of "sharing a common love of music, whiskey and life on the road"? Then Cozmic is your place Wednesday night with the band Fruition. This past weekend they sold out Wonder Ballroom in Portland - here's to hoping they bring down the house in Eugene, too! Doors at 7 pm, show at 8 pm, 21 and over. If you're feeling more on the dreamy side of life, check out indie pop group White Violet on Wednesday at Sam Bond's Garage. The band is touring the country with their latest album, Stay Lost, which… Read More

On the blog today, we've got DJ Icarus, host of the show The Sun! Scroll on to see how she redefines the label "indie" and what makes her unique as a DJ.  DJ name: DJ Icarus Show time and day: Wednesdays 10-11am, Spring 2015 Show title: The Sun Hometown: Portland, OR How would you describe your show? This show explores what the label "indie" means now through multiple genres and styles of music. No one specific genre is played and you can listen to all types of rock, folk, pop, electronic, hip-hop, and rap.  What made you want to be a DJ? I often drive to school and as a freshman I found KWVA just by scrolling through my radio in my car. I thought the idea of playing… Read More

Have you checked out KWVA's SoundCloud account yet? If you haven't, you're missing out on exclusive interviews and live sessions! Check it out here: This week, take a listen to DJ Tesla's interview with the band Native America. Hear about inspiration behind songs off their latest album Grown Up Wrong and what's in the future for this psychedelic garage pop group.

Top 5 Album Adds of the week: 1 DINNER - Three EPs 2 WAXAHATCHEE - Ivy Tripp 3 VERY BEST - Makes A King 4 TORO Y MOI - What For? 5WEED - Running Back

Burgerama is very intriguing. Spawned by the most explosive record label in the last few years, it creates an atmosphere of busy confusion, body heat and loud music. It’s very crowded, frequented mostly by teenagers. Burgerama is like taking every group of drunk high schoolers at various parks on a Friday night in July and putting them in a fenced in parking lot in 90 degree weather, with access only to shitty burgers and $3 water bottles. But against all odds, it works. Even more importantly, upon closer inspection, this is a diverse group of supportive young minds with an ear for current and up and coming art in their community. The whole operation works because the people who care about this music were there. It wasn’t as much about being wacky, dressing weird, and taking hallucinogens as other festivals are, it was for the music and also it was only 90 bucks. The event is produced by Burger… Read More

We've got something really cool for you today, listeners! Over Spring Break, KWVA DJ King Toby from Roots'n'Kulcha Radio had an interview with world renowned reggae artist and previous winner of The Voice, Tessanne Chin. There's a lot of good to be heard, so we recommend listening to the full interview below - but if you're short on time, scroll down the page to read a bit of the interview. March 24th, 2015 King Toby: Yo, blessed love family, that's right, we are back, you are in tune to Roots'n'Kulcha Radio right here on KWVA - Eugene. We have a big, big, big time artist… Read More