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Montreal artist Leon Louder's performance of his project Entomophonie, made from insect noises, is one of several at the festival tackling the climate crisis.
1. GOJIRA - FORTITUDE On May 1, a march in Sydney for International Workers' Day brought the fight for jobs and climate together, but days later, the Australian government announced it was using $2.3 billion of taxpayers' money to keep oil refineries open. On May 19, it said it would use a further $600 million of public funds to build a gas-firedpower station, after the private sector refused to sink money into such a risky project. The same day, the world’s largest iceberg broke off Antarctica. Articulating the global climate anguish was the hugely melodic new album from French metal ban...
New Music Reviews (5/24) KEXP Each week, Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation. These reviews help our DJs decide on what they want to play. See what we added this week below (and on our Charts page), including new releases from Mdou Moctar, Afrique Victime (Matador) This Agadez, Niger-based guitarist’s sixth studio album is a powerful blend of traditional Tuareg music and fiery psych-rock, combining acoustic and electric guitars (including lots of incendiary, sky-scraping solos) with call...
Veteran DJ-producers Jimpster and Rich Medina offer an "invitation to the rhythmic side of life" on the buoyant collaboration "This Thing."