Khruangbin Share New Song 'PON PÓN'

Khruangbin's album A LA SALA is out in less than a month and today, they share another taste with “Pon Pón” via KCRW.

“Pon Pón” holds the band's table at the West African discotheque; yet the joy now moves to the corner left of the dancefloor, where the back-and-forth between Laura Lee's bass, DJ's hi-hat, and Marko's tuneful rhythm scratches, is a marvel of knowing head-nods.

A LA SALA, Khruangbin's first LP in four years, is out April 5 on Dead Oceans in partnership with Night Time Stories Ltd. The band previously shared “A Love International,” and “May Ninth.” Pre-order A LA SALA HERE.

They recently announced a special listening event series ahead of the album release titled LA VENTANA in select cities nationwide. The series will take place at: 

• Twilight Epiphany in partnership with the Moody Center for the Arts at Rice University in Houston, TX on March 19
• The Color Inside at Landmarks at The University of Texas in Austin, TX on March 21 & 22 
• Dividing the Light at Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College in Claremont, CA on March 29 
• Greet the Light at Chestnut Hill Friends Meeting in Philadelphia, PA on April 4

Attendance for the series is very limited and will be selected at random. For more information and to sign up for a chance to attend, please visit https://www.khruangbin.com/la-ventana.

Khruangbin have also expanded their recently announced North American tour, which will see the band play the Coachella, Boston Calling and Bonnaroo music festivals as well as multiple nights at Denver's iconic Red Rocks, New York's Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Berkeley's Greek Theatre and more. Tickets are on sale now. Click HERE for more information and see below for all dates. 

A LA SALA, Khruangbin's first LP in four years, is out April 5 on Dead Oceans in partnership with Night Time Stories Ltd. The band previously shared “A Love International,” and “May Ninth.” Pre-order A LA SALA HERE.

Khruangbin have also expanded their recently announced North American tour, which will see the band play the Coachella, Boston Calling and Bonnaroo music festivals as well as multiple nights at Denver's iconic Red Rocks, New York's Forest Hills Tennis Stadium, Berkeley's Greek Theatre and more. Tickets are on sale now. Click HERE for more information and see below for all dates. 

From the get-go, Khruangbin's journey has been emphatically its own: a sound and visual representation with few precedents, ignoring pop expectations, relying only on internal inspirations, and a multitude of visions. It's a mindset of penetrating the self, connecting to the surrounding world, modeling your own life experiences.

The building blocks then for A LA SALA's 12 songs were jigsaw pieces found in Khruangbin's creative past, parts of the band not lost, but not yet tapped into. Having stockpiled ideas originally set down as off-the-cuff recordings (voice-memos made at sound-checks, on long voyages, as absentminded epiphanies), they began fitting those pieces together in the studio for A LA SALA.

Over the last two years Khruangbin has remained unwavering in their musical vision, selling out shows at New York City's Radio City Music Hall, Los Angeles' Greek Theatre and London's Alexandra Palace. They've released five live LPs showcasing their stage prowess - featuring storied guests such as Toro y Moi, Men I Trust and Nubya Garcia - collaborated with Malian guitarist Vieux Farka Touré honoring Vieux's late father, Ali Farka Touré,  with the album Ali highlighted everywhere from The New York Times and NPR (“labyrinthine fusion of dub, blues and Malian grooves,”), to GQ who says “there's a placelessness to the band Khruangbin that, counterintuitively, gives them their gravity.”

That same year the band released their second collaborative EP with Leon Bridges, the sultry, chart-topping Texas Moon, which arrived to widespread acclaim from The New York Times, NPR, Uproxx, Vulture, FADER while pushing the boundaries of psychedelic R&B.

 

NORTH AMERICAN/EUROPEAN TOUR DATES

4/14/24  - Coachella - Indio, CA

4/16/24 - The Rady Shell at Jacobs Park - San Diego, CA*

4/18/24 - Alex Madonna Expo Center - San Luis Obispo, CA*

4/19/24 - Alex Madonna Expo Center - San Luis Obispo, CA*

4/21/24 - Coachella - Indio, CA

4/23/24 - Brooklyn Bowl - Las Vegas, NV *

4/24/24 - Brooklyn Bowl - Las Vegas, NV *

4/26/24 - Revel - Albuquerque, NM *

4/27/24 - Revel - Albuquerque, NM *

5/21/24  - The Met - Philadelphia, PA ^

5/22/24  - The Met - Philadelphia, PA ^

5/23/24 - The Met - Philadelphia, PA ^

5/25/24 - Boston Calling - Boston, MA

5/26/24 - Saratoga Performing Arts Center - Saratoga Springs, NY ^

5/28/24 - Rockin' at the Buffalo AKG - Buffalo, NY ^

5/29/24 - Jacob's Pavillion - Cleveland, OH ^

5/31/24 - History - Toronto, ON ^

6/1/24 - History - Toronto, ON ^

6/2/24  - History - Toronto, ON ^

6/4/24 -The Masonic Temple Theatre - Detroit, MI ^

6/5/24 - KEMBA Live! - Columbus, OH ^

6/7/24 - The Salt Shed - Chicago, IL ^

6/8/24 - The Salt Shed - Chicago, IL ^

6/9/24 - The Salt Shed - Chicago, IL ^

6/11/24 - Red Hat Amphitheater - Raleigh, NC ^

6/12/24 - ExploreAsheville.com Arena - Asheville, NC ^

6/14/24 - Bonnaroo - Manchester, TN

7/4/24 - Roskilde Festival - Roskilde, Denmark

7/6/24 - Werchter Festival - Werchter, Belgium

7/7/24 - Down The Rabbit Hole - Ewijk, The Netherlands

7/10/24 - Jardin Sonore - Vitrolles, France

7/11/24 - Musilac Festival - Aix-les-Bains, France

7/12/24 – Bilbao BBK - Bilbao, Spain

7/13/24 - Nos Alive Festival - Lisbon, Portugal

7/16/24 - Zagreb SRC Salata - Zagreb, Croatia

7/17/24 - Metastadt Open Air - Vienna, Austria

7/18/24 - Colours of Ostrava - Ostrava, Czech Republic

7/20/24 - Electric Castle - Bontida, Romania

7/23/24 - Paleo Festival - Nyon, Switzerland

7/24/24 - Luzern Live Festival - Lucerne, Switzerland

7/26/24 - Latitude Festival - Suffolk, UK 

8/14/24 - Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA %

8/15/24 - Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA %

8/16/24 - Greek Theatre - Berkeley, CA %

8/18/24 - Edgefield - Troutdale, OR %

8/19/24 - Edgefield - Troutdale, OR %

8/21/24 - Kettlehouse Amphitheater - Bonner, MT %

8/22/24 - Kettlehouse Amphitheater - Bonner, MT %

8/24/24 - Granary Live - Salt Lake City, UT %

8/26/24 - Mission Ballroom - Denver, CO %

8/27/24 - Red Rocks - Morrison, CO %

8/28/24 - Red Rocks - Morrison, CO %

9/20/24 - Forest Hills Tennis Stadium - New York, NY +

9/21/24 - Forest Hills Tennis Stadium - New York, NY +

9/23/24 - The Anthem - Washington, DC $

9/24/24 - The Anthem - Washington, DC $

10/2/24 - The Factory - St.Louis, MO $

10/3/24 - The Factory - St.Louis, MO $

10/9/24 - Saenger Theatre - New Orleans, LA $

10/10/24 - Saenger Theatre - New Orleans, LA $

10/31/24 - AFAS - Amsterdam, The Netherlands %

11/1/24 - AFAS - Amsterdam, The Netherlands %

11/2/24 - Lotto - Antwerp, Belgium %

11/4/24 - L'Olympia - Paris, France %

11/5/24 - L'Olympia - Paris, France %

11/7/24 - Tempodrom - Berlin, Germany %

11/11/24 - Milan, Italy - Alcatraz %

11/12/24 - Halle 662 - Zurich, Switzerland %

11/15/24 - OVO Hydro - Glasgow, UK %

11/17/24 - Apollo - Manchester, UK %

11/18/24 - Apollo - Manchester, UK %

11/20/24 - Eventim Apollo - London, UK %

11/21/24 - Eventim Apollo - London, UK %

11/22/24 - Eventim Apollo - London, UK %

11/24/24 - 3 Arena - Dublin, Ireland %

* w/ Hermano Gutiérrez

^ w/ John Carroll Kirby

% w/ Peter Cat Recording Co. 

+ w/ Men I Trust

$ w/ Arooj Aftab

Photo credit: David Black

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