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Chicano Batman expands their psych-soul sound via 2024’s “Notebook Fantasy” — but their East LA garage rock roots hold strong.

SoCal native and “Diva Of The People” Gavin Turek brings heavy disco to KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio via cuts like “WHITNEY,” “IOU,” and “Off The Wheel.”

SoCal’s most jazz-informed souldies crew hits KCRW HQ with an electrifying set of highlights from their Leon Michels-produced, 2024 LP “Sounds Good.”

On the heels of their first LP for Daptone Records, “Heartache in Room 14,” East LA souldie connoisseurs The Altons fill KCRW HQ with sweet, slow jams.

UK guitar goddess Nilüfer Yanya translates the yearning ache of 2024’s “My Method Actor” into a seriously sultry world live at the KCRW studio.

Grammy winning producer Latroit, powerhouse South African vocalist Nomvula Maneli, and LA gospel royalty DC6 Singers Collective bring “History of House” to HQ.

Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation (which features MBE host Novena Carmel) bring a joyful noise to KCRW’s Annenberg Performance Studio.

Jimetta Rose & The Voices of Creation choir (Feat. KCRW’s own Novena Carmel) elevates The Annenberg Performance Studio to a higher plane of existence.

From the vaults: Avant-pop icons Stereolab make their debut appearance on KCRW from September 1994.