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“When I first heard the track, I was struck by its noir-ish, almost suffocating atmosphere, contrasted with a sense of the expansive outdoors that feels so characteristic of life in LA. I drew inspiration from a smoggy LA sunset — something beautiful, but with an underlying sense of toxicity. I created the visualizer using modular video synthesis, building four layers, each responding to a different element of the track. I wanted the visuals to evoke that same tension between unease, beauty and decay that runs throughout the music.” - Alex Pelly
“Talk About LA (feat. Ann Magnuson)” is from the forthcoming Cafe Ale album 𝐼’𝓂 𝐹𝓊𝓁𝓁 𝑜𝒻 𝒢𝒽𝑜𝓈𝓉𝓈 out January 8, 2027 on AKP Recordings.
Video by @alexpelly
Written by @cafe__ale, @annmagnuson.official
Vocals by Ann Magnuson
Piano by @aaronmrdrake
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13 Nov 2026
At 20, @milo.j is a six-time Latin Grammy nominee who’s still figuring out what he wants his music to say. For now, he follows his heart and lets the songs change with him.
Watch the full episode on the Discogs YouTube channel. Link in the @discogs bio.
Con 20 años, @milo.j ya suma seis nominaciones a los Latin Grammy y todavía está descubriendo qué quiere decir con su música. Por ahora, sigue a su corazón y deja que sus canciones cambien con él.
Mira el episodio completo en el canal de YouTube de Discogs. Link en la bio de @discogs.
#MiloJ #DrivenToDig #LatinGRAMMY
12 Nov 2026
First single from the upcoming Cafe Ale album now available as lyric video by Alex Pelly, feat. Ann Magnuson
https://youtu.be/KalDqCAEFF4?si=cF0xZVPhTmOfGHY5
11 Nov 2026
Plug it in or leave it bare. Argentine artist @milo.j, up for Album of the Year at the Latin Grammys, on the Bob Dylan lesson he brings to his own songs.
Watch the full episode on the Discogs YouTube channel. Link in the @discogs bio.
Eléctrica o acústica. El artista argentino @milo.j, nominado a Álbum del Año en los Latin Grammy, habla de la lección de Bob Dylan que aplica a sus propias canciones.
Mira el episodio completo en el canal de YouTube de Discogs. Link en la bio de @discogs.
#MiloJ #DrivenToDig #LatinGRAMMY
10 Nov 2026
@milo.j isn’t buying the idea that music sounds better in English. The Argentine artist is up for Album of the Year at the Latin Grammys with ‘La Vida Era Más Corta.’ Hear his take on Driven to Dig.
Watch the full episode on the Discogs YouTube channel. Link in the @discogs bio.
@milo.j no se cree eso de que la música suena mejor en inglés. El artista argentino está nominado a Álbum del Año en los Latin Grammy con ‘La Vida Era Más Corta.’ Mira su opinión en Driven to Dig.
Mira el episodio completo en el canal de YouTube de Discogs. Link en la bio de @discogs.
#MiloJ #DrivenToDig #LatinGRAMMY
09 Nov 2026
Led by his roots and love for traditional Argentine and Afro-Uruguayan folk and murga, @milo.j blends musical worlds and explores emotion phrase by phrase. The six-time Latin Grammy Award nominee's influences stretch from the old-school rock of Los Gardelitos to the trap of YSY A and the genre-bending sound of Tyler, the Creator.
Ahead of the 27th Annual Latin Grammy Awards, Milo J joined us at @nivessarecords in Los Angeles with Alejandro Cohen (@cafe__ale), Music Director at @kcrwmusic, as they talked about the records that moved him and how those influences shaped 'La Vida Era Más Corta,' the record that earned him an Album of the Year nomination. And at age 20, he's already collected a lifetime of musical inspirations that prove he has even more stories to tell with his music.
Driven to Dig is a Discogs original series where we take artists into record stores to explore the music that inspires them. Because sometimes, the best way to understand an artist is to discover what's in their crates.
Watch the full episode on the Discogs YouTube channel. Link in the @discogs bio. Filmed in Spanish with English captions.
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Guiado por sus raíces y su amor por el folclore y la murga tradicional argentina y afrouruguaya, el seis veces nominado a los premios Latin Grammy, Milo J, fusiona mundos musicales y explora la emoción frase por frase. Sus influencias van desde el rock de la vieja escuela de Los Gardelitos hasta el trap de YSY A y el sonido que rompe géneros de Tyler, the Creator.
Antes de la 27.ª entrega anual de los Latin Grammy, Milo J se unió a nosotros en Nivessa Records en Los Ángeles con Alejandro Cohen, director musical de KCRW, para hablar sobre los discos que lo conmovieron y cómo esas influencias dieron forma a 'La Vida Era Más Corta,' el disco que le valió una nominación al Álbum del Año. Y con solo 20 años, ya ha coleccionado toda una vida de inspiraciones musicales que demuestran que tiene aún más historias que contar con su música.
Mira el episodio completo en el canal de YouTube de Discogs. Link en la bio de @discogs. Filmado en español con subtítulos en inglés.
#MiloJ #DrivenToDig #LatinGrammy
06 Nov 2026
@kcrwmusic welcomes @actuallychristinahendricks to our DJ Resident show. Every Thursday in November 10pm-11pm Tune into KCRW 89.9fm or KCRW.com or the KCRW app for her weekly show. If you miss it don’t worry you can catch it in the KCRW archives afterwards
05 Nov 2026
Announcing 🅸’𝘮 🅵𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 🅶𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 from Cafe Ale, the music project of Los Angeles-based producer, musician, DJ, and curator Ale Cohen. Available digitally and on boutique cassette January 8th, the first single “Talk About LA (feat. Ann Magnuson)” is out now with an accompanying video by Alex Pelly.
Listen & purchase • link in bio
“‘Talk About LA’ began around 2017 when I wrote its central melody for a PBS documentary I was scoring. The melody was arranged for tenor saxophone, but the cue was rejected. I revisited the piece, reimagining the melody for piano, but that version also failed to find a place in the documentary. A few years later I returned to the recording and began building a new sonic environment that transformed the piece into something stranger and more atmospheric. The result reminded me of “Providence” by Sonic Youth, and opened up an entirely new direction.
With that connection in mind, I reached out to my friend Ann Magnuson, with whom I had previously collaborated on several projects. Rather than asking her to write lyrics or perform a character, I invited her to record a dream she had experienced. Ann delivered a spoken-word performance that felt both intimate and surreal. I then processed her voice through a combination of effects, re-amplification, and additional treatments, integrating it into the larger sonic landscape of the piece.
What emerged is less a song than a kind of dream state. “Talk About LA” exists somewhere between memory and imagination, familiar yet elusive. It carries a sense of beauty, but one that is shadowed by uncertainty; moments of warmth and wonder that simultaneously hint at something darker just beneath the surface.” - Cafe Ale
Talk About LA written by @cafe__ale, @annmagnuson.official
Vocals by Ann Magnuson
Piano by @aaronmrdrake
Artwork by @farbodkokabi
Video by @alexpelly
Artist photo by @romalc.pcd
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🅸’𝘮 🅵𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 🅶𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘵𝘴 Artwork by @farbodkokabi
“This was a dream I had several years ago after I appeared on Star Trek: Picard. I played the role of Star Fleet Admiral Clancy which pitted me opposite Sir P (he said it was okay to call him that) requiring me to be really mean to
04 Nov 2026
Phi-Psonics returns to Zebulon for a special concert featuring new music performed in the round, with sets from openers Dylan Day and Sheila Govindarajan’s new band Skanda Mā. KCRW music director Alejandro Cohen will supply vinyl sounds between sets.
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We hope to see you there!
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02 Nov 2026
Ale is coming back to Japan for @semipermanent
This November, “Ale” Alejandro Cohen @cafe__ale joins us from @KCRW in Los Angeles for conversations and listening across Tokyo Salone and its constellations.
Through his work at KCRW, @kcrwmusic and dublab, Ale explores how music, human curation, and shared experience help communities grow.
Nov 14 / Tokyo Salone @tokyosalone
Tokyo American Club
From artist to cultural leader: building the structures that allow others to create.
Nov 15 / Nourish @nourishtokyo
Tokyo American Club
Joining the conversation around music, food, memory, and taste.
Nov 17 / Speculative Futures
Kudan House, Tokyo
What moves culture first, before anyone calls it a trend?
Nov 19 / After the Flame
Soho House Tokyo @sohohouse.tokyo
Our capstone to the week in Tokyo. A chance to reconnect, share what stayed with us, and consider what we carry forward.
Nov 21 / Held in Sound
Shunkō-in Temple, Kyoto @revtakazen
Then, a smaller room in Kyoto. A deeply intimate, KCRW-presented listening experience with five songs from Los Angeles, each connected to Ale’s own story.
Come with questions. Stay for the conversation.
Attendance is intentionally limited.
Find your room:
lu.ma/semipermanent
Link in bio.
15 Oct 2026
This is a project we recently created at KCRW called Moods — a series of mixes for different parts of the day, all curated by KCRW DJs. We’ll keep adding new mixes along the way, so there’ll always be more to dig into. Available exclusively in the KCRW app.
12 Oct 2026
Thank you @trickyofficial for coming to @kcrwmusic !!!!
03 Oct 2026
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