Friko
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Pooneh Ghana/Courtesy of the artist
Friko
Pooneh Ghana/Courtesy of the artist
- “Cardinal”
- “Get Numb To It!”
- “Statues”
- “The place We have Been”
Indie rock band Friko is a standout in Chicago’s flourishing music scene. The truth is, final 12 months, you will have heard Friko carry out as a part of our Sense of Place: Chicago sequence. We recorded them taking part in an intimate set in the lounge of Chicago music zine writer and radio present host Eli Schmitt.
Since then, Friko has grown with the identical explosive vitality as considered one of their songs. The band, fronted by multi-instrumentalist and singer songwriter Niko Kapetan and drummer Bailey Minzenberger, launched their debut album earlier this 12 months. The place we have been, The place we go from right here scored glowing critiques from shops like Pitchfork and Stereogum for the band’s uncooked model and complicated songwriting.
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On this session, we now have a mini-concert from Friko that was recorded dwell at their sold-out album launch present at Metro in Chicago again in March. Take pleasure in.
This episode of World Cafe was produced by Will Loftus. The net construct was created by Miguel Perez. Our senior producer is Kimberly Junod and our engineer is Chris Williams. Our programming and reserving coordinator is Chelsea Johnson.
