REAL SOUNDS HIGHLIGHTS

Previous Guests

Elori Saxl

Ambient / Experimental electronic

Elori Saxl

Elori Saxl is an American composer and electronic musician whose work blends ambient, experimental, and modern classical sound.
Crocodiles

Post Punk / Garage Rock

Crocodiles

Crocodiles are an American rock band formed in San Diego, known for their gritty blend of post-punk, garage rock, and psychedelic noise.
Dylan LeBlanc

Folk / Blues / Americana

Dylan LeBlanc

Dylan LeBlanc is an American singer-songwriter from Shreveport, Louisiana, known for his raw, Southern-gothic storytelling and haunting blend of folk, blues, and Americana.
Matmos

Experimental Electronic

Matmos

Baltimore electronic duo Drew Daniel and M.C. Schmidt, known for inventive sample-based sound design and boundary-pushing live sets.
New Candys

Psychedelic Rock

New Candys

Italian psych-rock outfit blending dark melodic distortion, gritty guitars, and introspective tones on Fuzz Club.
The Veldt

Dream Pop / Shoegaze

The Veldt

Pioneering Raleigh dream-gaze group led by twins Daniel and Danny Chavis, known for their genre-defining shoegaze soul.
Popular Music

Art Pop / Experimental Pop

Popular Music

Melbourne and Los Angeles duo of Zac Pennington and Prudence Rees-Lee crafting hauntological art-pop with strings and analog electronics.
Lust For Youth

Darkwave / Synthpop

Lust For Youth

Copenhagen-based Swedish-Danish duo delivering moody synth-driven darkwave and atmospheric electronic pop.
Sam Prekop of The Sea and The Cake

Electronic / Post-Rock

Sam Prekop of The Sea and The Cake

Chicago musician, composer, and visual artist known for The Sea and The Cake, with solo work spanning melodic post-rock and modular electronic music.
Alien Chicks

Post-Punk / Art Punk

Alien Chicks

Brixton post-punk trio fusing jazz, rap, bossa nova, and math-rock into frenetic, high-energy live shows.
The Molotovs

Garage Rock / Punk

The Molotovs

Fast-rising UK young band known for sharp anthems, explosive stagecraft, and punk-leaning rock intensity.
Twain

Modern Folk / Alternative Country

Twain

Mat Davidson singer-songwriter project blending spare modern folk, alternative country, and unguarded songs shaped by soul-fantasy and self-scrutiny.
Helicon

Psychedelic Rock / Space Rock

Helicon

Glasgow psych outfit on Fuzz Club, pairing motorik grooves with expansive space-rock and neo-psychedelic textures.
Japanese Television

Psychedelic Surf Rock

Japanese Television

London instrumental psych-surf collective channeling retro-futurist kosmische jams, fuzzed guitars, and sci-fi atmospheres.
Hyunhye Seo of Xiu Xiu

Experimental / Sound Art

Hyunhye Seo of Xiu Xiu

Experimental composer and sound artist, solo performer, and longtime Xiu Xiu member working across piano, percussion, noise, and dark ambient sound.
Glyders

Garage Rock / Psychedelic Rock

Glyders

Chicago rock trio blending roadhouse rhythm, psych-garage shimmer, and deep American weirdness into loose, high-energy live sets.
Meduulla

Hip-Hop / Jazz Rap

Meduulla

Zimbabwean-born Manchester rapper, poet, and DJ blending modern flows with jazz-inflected hip-hop production.
Jam Baxter

UK Hip-Hop / Alternative Hip-Hop

Jam Baxter

London rapper and UK hip-hop wordsmith known for surreal, vivid lyricism and releases across High Focus, Blah Records, and Contact Play.
The Boojums

Garage Rock / Surf Rock

The Boojums

Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia garage-rock band delivering raw, melodic, surf-leaning rock and tightly wound live energy.
Patricia Wolf

Ambient / Field Recording

Patricia Wolf

Portland composer, sound designer, and field recordist blending ecological recordings, minimal electronics, melody, and repetition into hypnotic ambient sound.
Cole Pulice

Ambient Jazz / Electroacoustic

Cole Pulice

Oakland-based saxophonist, composer, and improviser shaping signal-processed saxophone, guitar, and electronics into prismatic ambient jazz.
Clarice Jensen

Experimental Classical / Drone

Clarice Jensen

New York composer and cellist layering processed cello, shifting loops, and electronics into immersive, sculptural drone-based sound fields.
Ashley Campbell

Country / Americana

Ashley Campbell

American singer-songwriter and banjo player blending classic country with contemporary Americana, roots folk, and country pop.
COALS

Cold Pop / Dream Pop

COALS

Polish duo Kacha and Lucassi blending dream pop, art pop, chillwave, ambient, R&B, and cloud rap into their self-described cold pop.