Fresh Picks

A collage of seven artworks for albums and singles. The background is white and blurry.

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Fresh Picks: Indie-twang, Anatolian rock, Native Americana and what is (or isn't) folk music?

The KAXE Music Team highlights new music from Remember Sports, Ancient Cat Society, Altın Gün, Kevin Morby, David Huckfelt & Laura Hugo, Mirah, and Cary Morin.

A collage of seven artworks for albums and songs over a blurry blue background. In the middle the largest square has abstract orange people that resemble sun and moon hugging. In two smaller squares there is a man in a cowboy hat in water, only his head is above water. The other has four women dressed as clowns sitting on a train track. In four even smaller squares is a young child in pajamas, a white grid over a pink background, a dimly lit stage with instruments, and four images of the same women's face.

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Fresh Picks: Instant vibes, neo-bluegrass and matches made in heaven

Malachy Koons

The KAXE Music Team highlights new releases from Sotomayor, Big Richard, Boy Golden, Jesca Hoop, Baby Rose and Leon Thomas, Anna Calvi and Iggy Pop, and Cat Clyde.

A collage of artwork for 5 albums and 4 singles over a blue hazy background. The middle artwork is the largest, a woman wearing a blue dress. In each corner are four smaller artworks: top left is two chairs in a field, top right is a woman and man with sunglasses and a pink background, bottom left is a person in a red dress swinging on a swingset, bottom right is a loon with a white star. There are four more even smaller artworks: top middle is a blue sky and sign that says "Peaches," middle left is three people running on a running track, middle right is a red, purple, maroon and orange pattern, bottom middle is a black and white photo of four people biking towards the camera.

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Fresh Picks: Black country soul, indie rock therapy, music for good, surprises around every corner

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon, Andrew Dziengel

The KAXE Music Team highlights new releases including The Black Keys, Ratboys, Kalyn Fay, Amadou & Mariam, Queen Esther, Michelle Blades, Friko and Automatic.

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Fresh Picks: Prayers for peace, take me out to the Ballgame, Cat Power finds the blues

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons

The KAXE Music Team highlights recent releases you should listen to, including My Morning Jacket, Eric Bibb, Tyler Ballgame, Florence Adooni and Brother Wallace.

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Fresh Picks: Protest songs, covers, double banjos and sibling duos

Kari Hedlund, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team recommends recent singles and albums from Lucinda Williams, Courtney Barnett, Sotomayor, David Huckfelt, The Lowest Pair and more.

A collage of artwork for 8 album and single releases. There's a purple sky and jungle with an orange moon, an man's face looking upward, a woman in white with an ocean behind her, a whitish etching of fire and soldiers, a man in a black suit looking at the camera, a red abstract swirl like the northern lights, a person from the legs down with black shorts and artwork of a purple woman sitting in a chair.

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Fresh Picks: Retro soul done three ways, Afro-Appalachian folk, ode to 'devil's lettuce'

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Megan Buffington

The KAXE Music Team highlights recent releases, including The James Hunter Six, Courtney Marie Andrews, Mon Rovîa, Samm Henshaw, Kim Gordon and more.

A collage of eight different album artworks. The largest is a painting of a woman with something being poured into her eye. Surrounding that are a black and white photo of a water tower, a hazy photo of four people in a field, a man in a black suit holding a chain link fence at night, a man singing into a microphone, a distorted painting of a dog, a red and blue pyschelic landscape and a woman sitting on a fence gate.

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Fresh Picks: Poetic post-punk, Duluth jam-funk, Americana breakout

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team highlights recent singles and albums you should listen to, including releases from Dry Cleaning, Mike Mattison, Saltydog, Jobi Riccio, Altin Gün and more.

Purple background with pink and cream flourishes, with the words 'KAXE's top albums and songs in 2025'.

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KAXE's most played music in 2025

Kari Hedlund

From Southern Avenue to Geese and Valerie June to Obongjayar, check out the top albums and songs you heard on KAXE in 2025.

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Holiday and Best of 2025 specials from the KAXE Music Team

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

Tune in throughout the holiday season for a year-end Spin that Ish, top album countdown, Dave Simonett guest DJ and more from the KAXE Music Team.

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Fresh Picks: A folk duo, XMAS (music), MN songwriter debut, Ghana in the '60s and '70s

Kari Hedlund, Malachy Koons, Dan Gannon

The KAXE Music Team highlights recent singles and albums you should listen to including releases from Haley Heynderickx, Melissa Carper, Case Oats, Laura Hugo and more.