Over the last several years, Chuck INDigo has emerged as a leading voice in Nashville hip-hop. The Nashville Scene alt-weekly just named him the city’s best rapper, and he's WNXP's Nashville Artist of the Month. But senior music writer Jewly Hight says that it’s taken INDigo until his seventh project, Until I Get There, to figure out that where he wants his music to come from is where he really does come from.

After three EPs and a few viral videos, the world anxiously awaited a full length from Australia’s Royel Otis. The Sydney duo comprised of Royel Maddell and Otis Pavlovic delivered a debut well worth the hype with Pratts & Pain. Produced by esteemed indie mastermind Dan Carey (Fontaines D.C., Wet Leg, Foals), the feel-good, breezy album is indie pop perfection. With infectious hooks and smooth baselines, the 13-song collection is sonic sunshine.

Watch Royel Otis perform stripped-down versions of “Sofa King” and “Til The Morning” live at WNXP’s Sonic Cathedral here.

After a grueling election week, we can all use a laugh. In this What Where When-sday, we discuss the 8th annual Third Coast Improv Fest happening this weekend with Emma Supica, founding director of Unscripted, and Luke Watson, co-owner of Third Coast Comedy Club. 

This week our WNXP Record of the Week is Observations from a Crowded Room from Nashville singer/songwriter Joy Oladokun. Dealing with hard times while on tour, she had a day off in Bend, Oregon where she wrote the first song for the new album “Letter From A Blackbird” a response to The Beatles “Blackbird.” The album’s songwriting from there would take a raw and honest account of what its like being a Black, queer artist in spaces that aren’t always welcoming. She hopes this album will serve as accountability for some and inspiring for others coming behind her.

This week for What Where When-sday, we talk with Jesse Feld about the 9th Annual Kosher Nashville Hot Chicken and Jewish Arts & Music Fest happening this Sunday at the Gordon Jewish Community Center.

Porridge Radio's Dana Margolin said she wrote much of the band's new LP Clouds In The Sky They Will Always Be There For Me in a period of disorienting stillness that she experienced in the wake of an aggressive touring schedule. Spanning identity and healing from the end of relationships, some of Margolin's rawest, most revelatory songs make up the British band's fourth album, which is WNXP's Record of the Week.

This week for What Where When-sday, we discuss Halloween, since many of us will be celebrating ahead of the Thursday holiday this year. Joining us with some ways to get your spook on is WPLN’s Rachel Iacovone.

For the first time ever we dedicated an entire show to just one artist — our current Nashville Artist of the Month Kings of Leon. Earlier this year Jason Moon Wilkins sat down with the most successful rock band in Nashville history at their newly built studio and rehearsal space. The wide-ranging conversation covered their new album 'Can We Please Have Fun' as well as particularly timely topics like why they have stayed out of politics up to this point and where they stand on the trend of “going country.” The unexpected influence of Ronnie Milsap shows up as well.

WNXP’s Record of the Week is The Academy by Lutalo. The Vermont-based songwriter who has ties to Big Thief was initially cast as an indie folk artist but Lutalo says this album was meant to shrug off those limitations. Playing every instrument, they show off a masterful command of multiple styles and genres to tell crucial, and often heartbreaking, stories of their first quarter of life while also making commentary on consumerism and politics in a way that never feels preachy. 

The week before the release, Lutalo joined us to share some reflections on the album and insight into how a particular Nashville-based artist gave them a peek into what was possible as an artist of color in the overwhelmingly white world of indie music.

DRKMTTR Collective is a local, all-ages music venue that hopes to build a community in underground music and arts scenes. This week for What Where When-sday, we discuss DRKMTTR Fest happening on Saturday and Sunday. Katy Kirby, one of the event’s performers and worked at the space for a few months, joined us to talk about how important the DIY venue was for her through her journey.