Blog: KEXP Blog

photo by Chad Syme ( view set ) Nick Waterhouse's music is reminiscent of a time when analog was king, and when a skinny, clean-shaven kid with a guitar wearing sunglasses indoors was the coolest guy in the room. Waterhouse, who says he received his Masters and Ph.D. in American Music Theory at Rooky Ricardo's Records in San Francisco, is bridging the old with the new (He sells 452s on his Tumblr.) in a way that pays homage to those before him without simply rehashing an old sound or drowning in idolatry. His [...]