Toronto's Phèdre has a track that's as stomach-churning and dizzying as the carnival rides featured in their latest video.
Psychic Twin is the project of Erin Fein, who came up with that name from the feeling she received in the recording studio as she layered different parts of her own voice. She imagined she was singing harmonies with a twin sister. Her debut album is titled Strange Diary and it's set to be released on September 9th.
Emil Amos has released music under the name Holy Sons for the past two decades, with a song catalog that some estimate to be over 1,000. His forthcoming album is titled In The Garden, and is due out on October 21st. The first single from it is a rather stunning cover of the 1967 Del Shannon song "It's My Feeling."
Dessa is a member of the Minneapolis hip-hop collective Doomtree, and in addition to being a rapper is an essayist and arranger for choir, among other talents. Her latest song is called "Quinine," which shares its name with a malaria treatment that is thought to induce vivid dreams.
Stockholm, Sweden's MIYNT managed to channel the record-breaking heat that Los Angeles experienced this summer into a new song, titled "Cool."
Left Of The Dial airs Friday nights from 9-11 and Saturdays from noon-2 on KRCU radio at 90.9 and 88.9FM and online at krcu.org.
