Khruangbin
The 10 best global albums of 2022
Musicians mixed the old and the new, with vocals from Indigenous American tribes and flute music from the ancient Mayan courts among the year’s album highlights
Ammar Kalia
29, Dec, 2022 @12:00 PM
Laura Lee of Khruangbin’s listening diary: ‘An Israeli artist singing a bolero in Spanish is an unexpected twist’
The Houston trio’s bassist takes us through her week in listening as she soundtracks post-tour errands, a friend’s wedding and New York fashion week
Laura Lee
26, Sep, 2022 @2:00 PM
Vieux Farka Touré and Khruangbin: Ali review | Alexis Petridis's album of the week
This collaboration between the son of Mali guitar legend Ali Farka Touré and the hypnotic Houston trio defies categorisation to float off in its own beatific and unhurried mood
Alexis Petridis
22, Sep, 2022 @12:00 PM
End of the Road review – post-punk, cosmic jazz and weirdo pop offer a genuine alternative
The real gold is further down the bill, from the angelic vocals of Circuit des Yeux to the distortion of Wu-Lu and the Vegas showman meets tropical funk of Perfume Genius
John Doran
05, Sep, 2022 @3:23 PM
Culture to cheer you up during the second lockdown: part one
As parts of the UK enters another month – at least – of being stuck indoors, our critics pick out top music, games, books, TV, dance and art fixes to lift your spirits
Alexis Petridis, Keza MacDonald, Alison Flood, Lucy Mangan, Lyndsey Winship, Jonathan Jones
05, Nov, 2020 @10:51 AM
The rise of psych-rockers Khruangbin
How the Texan trio’s woozy sound, inspired by Thailand, Mexico and west Africa, perfected the art of ‘Earth music’
Ammar Kalia
30, Jun, 2020 @8:00 AM
Khruangbin review – self-indulgent poolside funk grooves
The Texan trio’s sultry soul instrumentals, sprinkled with hints of Marvin Gaye and Iranian music, is overindulgent and dull
Mark Beaumont
09, Feb, 2018 @11:51 AM
New band of the week: Khruangbin (No 70)
This Texan band are obsessed with Thai funk, crafting hypnotic, spacious, drifting soul music with a cinematic dreaminess
Paul Lester
11, Sep, 2015 @3:36 PM
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