DNAK – Page 2 – Dave Nakayama's take on music & more

Dnak 104 (May 2018)

May 21, 2018May 21, 2018 music KNAK, music, playlist

A bunch of new music for you to checkout this month including new tracks from Mitski, Jungle, Holy Esque, Dirty Projectors, and more. And we have new albums from Courtney Barnett, Middle Kids, and Beach

Dnak 103 (March 2018)

March 25, 2018March 25, 2018 music KNAK, music, playlist, sxsw, SXSW2018

Six straight days and nights of music in Austin was maybe a bit ambitious, but how else was I going to check out over 60 live bands at SXSW. My highlights were incredible music performances

SXSW 2018

February 25, 2018March 18, 2018 music KNAK, music, playlist, sxsw, SXSW2018

My annual live music binge (aka SXSW) is coming up, and that means a little music research is in order. I poured through the imposing list of planned performers and pulled together a playlist to

Dnak 2017 – Favorite Songs of 2017

December 13, 2017December 13, 2017 music KNAK, music, playlist

Going through my play history to pull together my best-of lists is one of my favorite year-end activities. It’s always tough to pare the list down to 50, but these are the tracks I’ve had

Dnak 102 (October 2017)

October 31, 2017October 31, 2017 music KNAK, music, playlist

You can call me obsessed for seeing Arcade Fire twice in October, but if you haven’t seen a show on their arena tour, you’re definitely missing out. I also managed to catch Alt-J and Phantogram

Dnak 101 (September 2017)

September 30, 2017September 30, 2017 music KNAK, music, playlist

As summer fades into fall, many of my favorite artists are releasing some great new music. September saw new LPs by The Horrors, The War On Drugs, ODESZA, Cut Copy, The Killers, The National, LCD

Dnak 100 (August 2017)

August 25, 2017August 26, 2017 music KNAK, music, playlist

August is ending in San Francisco, which means two things: 1) Karl The Fog is in full effect, and 2) I had another fantastic experience at Outside Lands in Golden Gate Park. I was able