I've been listening to Typhoon. I just bought their latest album and it's terrific. Tiny Desk Concert Tiny SXSW Concert The appropriately named Typhoon is a sprawling band with an epic sound. The group from Portland, Ore. crafts rock anthems like emotional tidal waves, propelled by the stories of frontman Kyle Morton. His deeply personal tales are often full of grief and loss. But just as often they celebrate and praise life's simple wonders. Morton himself is a very grateful (and lucky) man who writes songs as if he were living on borrowed time. That's because a random bug bite when he was a child left him with a monstrous case of Lyme disease that led to multiple organ failures. Morton's own father donated a kidney to save his son's life. - Bob Boilen, NPR
Man I love those Tiny Desk Concerts, I think they're one of the cooler things that NPR is doing these days. I enjoyed watching that, thanks. I haven't listened to Typhoon before and I liked a lot of what I heard. I have a hard time with the Adam Duritz quality of the singer's voice, but I bet it would grow on me. Thanks for sharing.