Time to relax with your favorite libation and soak in the tropical sounds of surf, Hawaiian slack key, lounge, calypso, cumbia, highlife, samba and so much more. Join your travel guides in paradise, Poindexter and ((echoplex)) for their annual Explorer's Cove special on Sunday, July 30th @ 3pm until 6pm.
News Archive


Join Amazing Grace on Saturday, July 29th @ 3PM when she speaks with Rent Romus & Lily Taylor ahead of their performances for this year's Outsound New Music Summit at the Berkeley Finnish Hall (July 28th - July 31st).

On Tuesday 7/25, Taiwanese-American writer Ed Lin will be joining Tiger Lily on KALX from noon-3pm. He discovered punk rock as a teenager working at his family's downmarket New Jersey motel and will be sharing some musical selections that shaped his life on the show.

On Monday, July 24th @ 8:30AM Renée Black interviews Paris oi punk band, Squelette.
The band recently completed their first US tour in support of their debut album, Fin de Partie on Primator Crew / Shoom Records. Tune in to hear their stories from the road and the music scene in Paris, France!

DJ Massari recently sat down with Marc Dwyer of Sydney, Australia darkwave project, Buzz Kull. Tune in on Thursday, July 20th @ 4PM to hear their conversation.
Marc Dwyer’s Buzz Kull project has been steadily building steam over the last few years, and a new record on Avant! and an upcoming U.S. tour are doing a good job of placing the Australian-born producer in the midst of the current EBM and darkwave milieus.

Join Rare Earth on Monday, July 17th @ 2PM to hear his recent conversation with L.A. based musician, Eddie Chacon.

Tune in on Monday, July 17th @ 10AM to hear Sex 14's speak with Grammy winning producer and artist, Joe Henry, ahead of his show at the Swedish American Hall in SF on July 22nd.

On Monday, July 10th @ 6:30PM, gloop speaks with Ben Gallaty of Arizona based folk-punk band, AJJ, ahead of their show at Cornerstone in Berkeley on July 15th. Ever since Sean Bonnette and Ben Gallaty formed AJJ back in 2004, it’s felt like the world has been playing catch-up.

On Tuesday, July 11th @ 2:30PM, Sparkle Motion welcomes Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter, Leslie Mendelson, to the KALX studios for a live interview and acoustic performance ahead of her show at The Lost Church in SF on Wednesday, July 12th.

Join Little Citrus on Monday, July 10th @ 12:30PM when she speaks with punk rock trio, Destroy Boys.