On Wednesday, August 30th @ 7:00 PM, join DJ Surface Tension as he airs his interview with Michael Gira, founder, frontman and ringmaster of Swans, the ever-evolving experimental noise / post-rock group now entering their fifth decade of existence.
News Archive
ON THE AIR
Wednesday, August 30th - 7:00pm
Posted on 8/21/2023
ON THE AIR
Wednesday, August 23rd - 2:00pm
Posted on 8/21/2023
Kassa Overall is a Grammy-nominated musician, emcee, singer, producer and drummer who melds avant-garde experimentation with hip-hop production techniques to tilt the nexus of jazz and rap in unmapped directions. On Wednesday, August 23rd @ 2PM, Excuse My French speaks with Kassa ahead of his New Parish show in Oakland on August 25th.
ON THE AIR
Monday, August 21st - 10:00am
Posted on 8/17/2023
On Monday, August 21st @ 10AM San Francisco-based clarinetist, singer, composer, and songwriter, Beth Custer, stops by the KALX studios to hang out with Sex 14's. Tune in to hear all about Custer's latest album, SKY, with guitarist Will Bernard.
ON THE AIR
Friday, August 18th - 2:30pm
Posted on 8/17/2023
Tune in on Friday, August 18th @ 2:30PM to hear Frontal Lobe speak with critically acclaimed Dubai-born, Montreal-based songwriter, Edwin Raphael, before he plays the Rickshaw Stop in SF on August 22nd.
ON THE AIR
Saturday, August 19th - 9:00pm
Posted on 8/14/2023
DJ Sly Ida Hosts Bay Area Noisers Nine Dog Dick on KALX Live!
KALX Live! brings listeners another ear opening in-studio performance this Saturday, Aug. 19th at 9pm. DJ Sly Ida welcomes Nine Dog Dick to the KALX stage. This power quartet of psycho-spazz extreme music emanates from both sides of the Bay. The lineup includes Jay Korber on drums [Burmese], Tom Weeks on sax [Sato/Weeks], Matt Chandler on bass [Burmese] and Doug Katelus on organ [Solo Organ].
WEBLOG
Posted on 8/10/2023
By Chris LeBoa and Kate Rose
ON THE AIR
Saturday, August 12th - 9:00pm
Posted on 8/9/2023
Be sure to tune your radio on KALX LIVE this Saturday, August 12th starting at 9 PM.
Renée Black hosts Street Punk/Oi! band Slugger. Hailing from destitute ends of far-Northern California and The Bay, Slugger plays honest music for the working class and anybody who wants to right some of the wrongs in the world. Slugger is pure, unadulterated aggro rock'n'roll serving up no mess, no fuss brickwall Oi!
ON THE AIR
Monday, August 7th - 6:45pm
Posted on 8/4/2023
Tune in on Monday, August 7th @ 6:45PM to catch DJ Dokkaebi’s conversation with 악단광칠 (Ak-Dan Gwang-Chil) or ADG7. Dokkaebi sat down with three members of the nine-piece traditional Korean folk funk pop band to discuss the beginnings of their unique sound, historical background on the origins of Korean shamanistic ritual music and folk music, their music making process, and where they’re planning on taking their music.
ON THE AIR
Thursday, August 3rd - 10:00am
Posted on 8/2/2023
On Thursday, August 3rd @ 10AM, Sex 14s speaks with Alex Nahas of Brooklyn based project, Bright Brown, ahead of his show at The Ivy Room later the same evening.
ON THE AIR
Saturday, August 5th - 9:00pm
Posted on 7/31/2023
KALX's Penny Royal welcomes the cacophonous din of San Francisco psych-rocker's Fuckwolf to the KALX studios on Sat. Aug. 5th. Performing live in the KALX studios, this trio has brings their "rat’s nest of deep grooves, lost 70s rock riff intentions and art punk damage" fermented over 19 years.
