For the 4th Tune-Yards full length album I can feel you creep into my private life, bandleader Merrill Garbus turned to her longtime bass player Nate Brenner as her producing partner.
One of the most anticipated albums of 2018 came courtesy of Merrill Garbus aka Tune-Yards. If you haven't seen her live, check out her latest MBE session.
On 'Nikki Nack,' her third album as tUnE-yArDs, Merrill Garbus has found a new way to work with the "velvet handcuff" of technology, to dazzling results.
A weekday download of standout songs, including advance releases, exclusive live tracks recorded at KCRW, remixes, and an introduction to new artists on our radar.
MBE Playlist April 18: Barry Can’t Swim (live), Vince Guaraldi (minus ‘Peanuts’)
Barry Can’t Swim brings his already legendary live show to MBE. Plus a Vince Guaraldi song that has never been part of a “Peanuts” cartoon (that we know of).
As much as I have grown to love the music -- not to mention as excited as I am about the new album -- in all honesty I have to admit at first I did not want to like tUnE-yArDs, the idiosyncratic moniker of Oakland-based artist Merrill Garbus.
Episode number 18 of the MBE Podcast features highlights of in-studio sessions from some of KCRW’s current favorites: Lykke Li, tUnE-yArDs & Maximo Park.
From KCRW volunteer Sierra Drucker – That playful use of punctuation in the band name tUnE-yArDs is no mistake. Merrill Garbus, the one-woman force known as tUnE-yArDs, has been…
Just last night, DJ Raul Campos reminded me how great Tune-Yards new album “Whokill” is by playing the track “Gangsta” during our pledge drive pitching. It totally got me pumped…
Upcoming Live Performances on MORNING BECOMES ECLECTIC with host JASON BENTLEY Monday, June 27, Lo-fi yet sophisticated, Merrill Garbus’ folk project as Tune-Yards is a patchwork of…
Tune-Yards and Atlas Sound at the Museum – PHOTOS!
When I walked up to the Natural History Museum on Friday night, the line was already snaking down the middle of the front lawn and everyone inside seemed giddy with…