Indie 102.3 Sessions

Fantastic Negrito is the performing moniker of blues musician Xavier Amin Dphrepaulezz. Since winning NPR Music's first Tiny Desk Contest in 2015, he's found widespread acclaim. Fantastic Negrito's most recent album, Please Don't Be Dead, won the Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues Album this year. Fantastic Negrito and his band stopped into our studio before a show at the Bluebird Theater to play some songs from that record and talk with Alisha Sweeney.

Dessa has visited our studio a few times over the years, though her last musical performance at CPR was in 2013.

The Beeves hail from the small town of Erie, Colorado, and got their start busking on the streets of nearby Boulder. The members of the garage rock quartet released their debut album, "Adam & Beeve," earlier this year. The band stopped into our studio to play some songs from the record and chat with Bruce Trujillo.

Sean Frederick wrote, recorded and produced all the music on I'd Waste All My Time On You, his debut album as Good Elastics. Backed by a drummer, the Denver musician recently shared some of the atmospheric indie rock from that record in our performance studio. He also sat down for a chat with Alisha Sweeney.

Turvy Organ draws inspiration from the wave of great indie rock bands of the 2000s. Formed in Austin, the band now calls Denver home. The quartet released the EP The Ghost at the Feast earlier this year. Turvy Organ stopped in to play some music from the record and chat with Jeremy Petersen.

Shakey Graves -- the performing moniker of singer-songwriter Alejandro Rose-Garcia -- makes music with a rollicking, Americana-tinged take on life and love. We welcomed him back into our performance studio before a headlining show at Red Rocks. He and his band played four songs from last year's Can't Wake Up album and chatted with Alisha Sweeney.

The Greeley-based trio Trash Cat has a knack for breezy indie pop melodies and charmingly eccentric lyrics. The band, whom we featured as one of our Local 303 artists last month, stopped by our studio to play a few songs from the debut album, "Welcome to Trash City," and chat with Bruce Trujillo.

Pure Bathing Culture released its third album, "Night Pass," earlier this year. The Portland indie rock band with a dreamy, oceanic sound returned to our studio to share a few songs from the new record and chat with Jeremy Petersen.

Last month Angie McMahon released her debut album, "Salt," after years of performing in her home country of Australia. The singer-songwriter recently stopped into our studio to play stripped-down versions of three songs from the album.

Kiltro captivated us at last year's Underground Music Showcase when the band played one of our porch sessions. Led by Chilean-American artist Chris Bowers-Castillo, the Denver band makes loop-based songs influenced by folk, Latin, rock and electronic music. Kiltro will release its debut album, "Creatures of Habit," next month and play an album release show July 6 at Denver's Larimer Lounge. Kiltro visited our studio last month to play four songs. The band members also spoke with Jeremy Petersen about how the band grew from Bowers-Castillo's solo project to a trio, the dozens of effect pedals they use in their music and the growing diversity of Denver's music scene.