Something rather unexpected happened to past Uproxx cover artists Khruangbin during lockdown. It wasn’t just that their 2020 album Mordechai was well received when it gave people an ideal soundtrack ...

Laura Lee spent eight months in Miami during the pandemic. It was quite the shift from the usually “nomadic” lifestyle she lives as the bassist for the genre-bending, Houston-based music trio ...

The psych-rock trio on why recording its third album, Mordechai, felt like "eons ago" and how the lyrics for lead single "Time (You and I)" have come to life in quarantine. By Lyndsey Havens Since the ...

The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow, and signals the most ...

They're only in their various homes on computer screens but the wigs are on for Khruangbin’s interview. Both bassist Laura Lee and guitarist Mark Speer sport heavy, feature-concealing black fringes ...

Laura Lee has developed a distinct, melody-driven bass sound that clearly defines the Khruangbin sonic palette. Aside from her SX J-bass tone, a big part of her sound is her technique, which she ...

This really hit home for her when she listened back to an old interview she’d done on the road three years ago, when Khruangbin were first taking flight: “I said that I thought it would all be drugs ...

Few would have predicted that one of the biggest alt-rock breakthroughs of the last decade would be a mostly instrumental trio from Houston with a name that seems dauntingly difficult to pronounce.

An endless stretch of Texas highway on a hot day; moonlit car rides with a secret lover. These are some of the images invoked on Texas Sun, the first collaborative EP between soul and R&B musician ...

Before becoming a global phenomenon, the members of Khruangbin — a trio of guitarist Mark Speer, bassist Laura Lee and drummer Donald Ray “DJ” Johnson — were friends. The friendship started when Speer ...

After taping the “Austin City Limits” TV show on Monday night, eclectic Texas trio Khruangbin will cap the week off with four sold-out nights at Stubb’s, Sept. 15-18. Then they head to Colorado for ...

Taking their name from the Thai word for airplane, Houston trio Khruangbin derives inspiration from rare grooves from around the globe. 2015 debut The Universe Smiles Upon You leaned into Sixties-era ...