Kevin Flaherty, host of Open Water on KX 93.5, catches up with Joe Ryan and Jamie Terry of Aussie psych-rockers POND, in the Indio desert at Coachella 2017.

Kevin Flaherty, host of Open Water on KX 93.5, catches up with Dudu Tassa & the Kuwaitis, a Tel-Aviv-based group hand-picked by Radiohead to open for them on their current tour, in the desert.

Kevin Flaherty, host of Open Water on KX 93.5, catches up with Sebu Simonian, one-half of Capital Cities, in Indio during Weekend 2 of Coachella Valley Music Fest.

Kevin Flaherty, host of Open Water on KX 93.5, catches up with Josephine & Anthony, the duo who form Oh Wonder, in the desert.

a couple insolent tweens storm the station, interspersing the cynical alt-rock with their merriment at just-being-alive.  it’s ultimately to no end, as the likes of Uranium Club, Damaged Bug, INVSN & GBV make it thru the barricades anyhow.  off to Coachella… Big Eyes — Curse of the Tides  /  Redd Kross — Stay Away from Downtown  /  Uranium Club — Rafter Man  /  […]

show 46 starts off like one of those sketchy bars you wander into after pulling off the freeway.  pretty soon you find yourself in an unwanted conversation that turns surprisingly heady and coherent.  you drink a little, dance a little, share too much, forget to pay, can’t find your car, but it’s all ok.  for […]

show 45 is a remote affair, as the host steps away to attend to another job — then proceeds to screw up the assembly of the show in post.  (how much genius is lost in post?  we may never know.)  but Open Water is its own organism, so the show goes on, with the likes […]

show 44 features British, Australian and American bands, cooked up in a heady stew by its Irish-American host — whose youngest daughter joins in the fun in the last few minutes, just to give him some needed context.  PINS, NE-HI, Dick Diver, The Moonlandingz… what could go wrong?  and what more could you want?  and […]

show 43 celebrates the glory that is the SXSW Music Festival, where Open Water was hunkered down for 3 days at the BrooklynVegan/SoS showcase.  the best of the fest includes the likes of Cherry Glazerr, Rolling Blackouts, Dude York, Everyone is Dirty and Jay Som — all present and plugged in Jay Som — The Bus Song  […]

show 42 is a semi-local/semi-remote affair from SXSW, resulting in questionable audio quality for the intros, but otherwise celebrating some of the bands to see .  Hollerado channels Gang of Four, R Stevie Moore elevates antisociability to high art, and the 1975 show us baby pictures Hollerado — Grief Money (edit)  /  Gang of Four — I Parade Myself […]