KCOU General Manager Pierce Porterfield and DJ Alaina Curran met with A.CHAL Aug. 26, delving into the R&B artist’s songwriting technique, his new album “ON GAZ” and his plans for future music. “If I wasn’t an artist, I would probably only have one picture of myself,” A.CHAL said about his social media presence. View the […]
I love pizza boy’s music. I am not entirely sure why, but I love it when artists take the filter off and spew their innerworkings into wav files. Im not going to describe pizza boy, instead I’ll leave you with this quote, “yes I know my songs are audio manifestations of the […]
By: Pierce Porterfield I have a crush on Stepdaughter, but in the least creepy way you can imagine (hopefully). I’m talking in terms of inspiration; few live bands have made me feel as inspired as Stepdaughter does. That could just be me though — I have an affinity for the soft sounds of nylon string […]
Long story short, this track is fire. Long story slightly longer, Tails is a producer out of Vancouver who likes to rework catchy rap songs into even catchier rap songs. This track entitled, “Hold Up” is how I start my day each morning before sitting down for an hour and a half to be lectured […]
There are probably a lot of bad rappers that you don’t know about. Nodji isn’t one of them. He self describes his sound as “A young Denzel dabbed with a soft, sweet, subtle touch of Steve Buscemi as he appears in The Big Lebowski. Top it off with a hint of malicia indegena, some ‘bad’ […]
This track isn’t really new… but that won’t prohibit me from sharing it! Dog Bite’s atmospheric Forever, Until gives off that motivational/remembering past loves vibe; perfect for a dramatic walk across campus or maybe a somber ponder at the lake. The band also released an album under Carpark Records entitled Tranquilizers this year that is begging to make it’s […]
When we met up with Milo after his show in St. Louis, he wasn’t too happy about the lukewarm response from the crowd, and rightfully so. Milo doesn’t just rap, he performs, pumping his heart and soul into his set, and even then Milo had to ask the crowd to come closer to the […]
Teebs – E S T A R A I listened to E S T A R A and I tried to imagine what this album would look like. This album dropped me off in the trees of the jungle canopy and in the sky at the same time. Yet it’s hard to even describe if […]
La Plage is a mysterious four piece out of Belgium who’s tracks have been making their way around Soundcloud. Check their track “Mark” below, and get your catchy across the pond groove going.
By: Pierce Porterfield Here’s our wall of vinyl at the KCOU station. Each week, one of our music staffers will listen to a random album off this wall and tell us a little about it. Arabian Prince; Brother Arab To be honest I picked this album from the library entirely off of its cover. I’m […]