by kitchensisters | Jan 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Some band names manage to sound pretty cool and ominous even if you have no idea what the heck they’re referring to, like Talking Heads, Beach House or The Men; there’s also a category of band names that take aim straight for your gut, like Diarrhea Planet or...
by kitchensisters | Dec 29, 2014 | Uncategorized
With 2014 drawing to a close, our intern Max decided to put together a list of some of his favorite music of the year. However, his brain has been fried from a recent jaunt to the sauna, and so lacking the brain power to actually rank anything that he heard this year,...
by kitchensisters | Dec 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
Dear Friends, For all of us doing documentaries on public radio, Davia Nelson and Nikki Silva are iconic figures. The Senior Producer of the radio show I run, This American Life, got into radio because she heard one of their stories over two decades ago. She’d...
by kitchensisters | Dec 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
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by kitchensisters | Dec 15, 2014 | Uncategorized
This week, we’ve got a musical double punch To accompany your coffee and your Cinnamon Toast Crunch Two songs from Oakland’s Sugar Candy Mountain, Smooth like water rushing from a fountain These two tracks play back to back, The drums have such a terrific...
by kitchensisters | Dec 8, 2014 | Uncategorized
Off-kilter, skittering drums booming like a wounded elephant. Wordless ‘oohs’ and bird-like singing layered until your head might explode. A menacing, brilliantly awkward bass line lurking in the background. And Merrill Garbus’ acidic words: “I’m not your fantasy...
