Words about music (830): Jan Akkerman

I used to listen to a lot of Frank Zappa and really liked his eclectic approach to making music, but the main heavy rock guitar motif that is throughout the track is actually very Chuck Berry based.

Jan Akkerman

Cate Le Bon: in-studio performance @ KEXP radio

Watch the video of the in-studio performance by Welsh singer Cate Le Bon and her band on The Afternoon Show @ KEXP radio in Seattle, recorded on January 27, 2026. She performed four songs from her latest album Michelangelo Dying.

The Fischer-Z Podcast: Episode 7 - "Protection" & "Angel of Gardinia"

New Wave band Fischer-Z have launched a podcast to tie in with their 50th anniversary. In Episode 7 John Watts looks back on the recording of the Stream and 13 Stories High albums, with special attention for Protection and Angel of Gardinia.

Frog: Dark Out

NYC band Frog consists of multi-instrumentalist Daniel Bateman and his younger brother Steve on drums. On their single Dark Out they reminisce about their youth, going as far as to use vintage footage of them as kids for the video. The upbeat jazzy pop works quite well, but Daniel's falsetto is a bit wobbly at times. Just thinking you can reach the notes does not mean you can handle them.

Anya Anastasia: Burrow

Australian producer and multi-instrumentalist Anya Anastasia acts as her own Greek choir on her new single Burrow, a track perusing a wealth of rhytmic shifts next to her stacked vocals. It is one of those songs that defies pigeonholing, switching between leftfield indie and experimental folk, but it also contains a short burst of guitar rock, and a neo-classical cello part. If anything, it strikes a nerve that is almost primal - or as she says so herself - animal.