Ten years ago, the Houston-based band Khruangbin gathered in a barn in rural Texas to record what became their debut album, The Universe Smiles Upon You. A decade later, the band members reconvened in ...

It was a mostly celebratory evening during Thursday night’s Khruangbin show at the Metro. The beloved psych-rock band has been on the road celebrating 10 years since the release of its debut album, ...

Khruangbin offer a completely new take on their 2015 debut album, The Universe Smiles Upon You, with a re-recorded version out now digitally through Dead Oceans. Work ...

Khruangbin are celebrating the 10th anniversary of their debut album, The Universe Smiles Upon You, with an intimate club tour that kicked off last night in their hometown of Houston. They have ...

Khruangbin have released The Universe Smiles Upon You ii, a surprise re-recording of their first studio album, celebrating the project’s 10th anniversary. A decade to the day after the pioneering ...

Khruangbin is a band without a genre, or possibly a band with too many genres to make sound a useful framework for discussing them. With bits and pieces stemming from outside of the standard American ...

Khruangbin funked their way through Seattle last week in support of their 2024 album A La Sala. The globally-influenced trio (whose name translates to “airplane” in Thai), transformed WAMU into a ...

BOISE — As the sun reached its peak and Boise baked under 90-degree heat, a restless buzz rippled through the crowd — Khruangbin was set to take the stage. The stage setup was sparse with nothing but ...

On Saturday, April 19, at around 8:45 p.m., Khruangbin took the stage at the FPL Solar Amphitheater at Bayfront Park on a windy evening. With smoke, lighting, and the Ferris wheel in the background, ...

The WMNF Song of the Day for April 16, 2025 is “Hold Me Up (Thank you)” by Khruangbin. Khruangbin, the Houston-based trio known for their genre-blending instrumental sound, returned in 2024 with their ...

The setting was a sunny Turkey Day get-together in Montrose, my first major holiday celebration in Houston since moving here from Dallas just a few weeks prior. There was conversation about sports and ...

Donald "DJ" Johnson, drummer of the Houston band Khruangbin, remembers finishing sound check in Berlin back in November when the band first heard the news about their Grammy nomination for best new ...