XPN’s Artist To Watch is Diego Garcia, a singer-songwriter whose debut album Laura was released in April on Nacional Records. Since the album’s release we’ve been loving the song “You Were Never There” and the rest of his album is filled with charming, infectious baroque pop songs that bring to mind artists like Scott Walker [...]

On Monday night, Givers made their television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon. Just three days after playing at Bonnaroo, XPN’s June Artist To Watch performed “Up Up Up,” the first track from its newly released debut full-length In Light. Givers has been generating a massive amount of buzz among press and audiences alike, [...]

This month’s Artist To Watch is the exciting young Louisiana-based quintet Givers. Already darlings of the press for their outstanding performances at SXSW and while on tour with Dirty Projectors, they’re set to release their full-length debut, In Light, on June 7th. The album is a perfect example of captivating and dynamic indie pop, and [...]

XPN’s Artist to Watch for May, The Civil Wars, are taking off in a big way. The Nashville-based singer-songwriter duo is comprised of Joy Williams and John Paul White, two longtime musicians who joined forces to create an indie folk project that is magical, inspired, and just as powerful as it is accessible. In the [...]

Who is James Blake?. He’s WXPN’s March Artist To Watch. He’s an exciting new artist who works in the genre of electronica (specifically “dubstep”) and brings a soulful singer-songwriter perspective in to musical continuum he excellently explores. His self-titled debut full length album is one of the year’s best new albums. Check out the videos [...]