KROQ Audio On-Demand

Mar 24 2025 252 ep. 9 mins 14
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Mumford & Sons with Nicole Alvarez

Mar 24 2025 21 mins  
A few fans got lucky last week, as KROQ in Los Angeles hosted a special advance listening party featuring Mumford & Sons and their new album, 'RUSHMERE.' Inside the Helpful Honda Sound Space, not only did those in attendance get to hear the band's latest offering a week early, they were also treated to an interview with Nicole Alvarez. Earlier this month, Mumford & Sons returned t

Marcus Mumford talks with Klein/Ally Show

Feb 06 2025 11 mins  
Mumford & Sons are getting ready to kick off their short run of intimate dates overseas in early March, marking the band’s first headlining shows in the U.K. and Europe since 2018, before making stops in Los Angeles, Chicago, Toronto, and New York. “Surprise, surprise, our band's gonna play some shows,” frontman Marcus Mumford told KROQ’s Klein/Ally Show in Los Angeles t

The Smashing Pumpkins at Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024

Dec 16 2024 5 mins  
The Smashing Pumpkins' Jimmy Chamberlain, Billy Corgan, and James Iha sat down with KROQ host Nicole Alvarez to discuss their recent journey into the past while working on their latest release, 2024's Aghori Mhori Mei. "It's curious," says frontman Billy Corgan, "because we sort of abandoned the way we worked mid-'90s, so to try to go back to the old way we worked was a curious tho

Beck at Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024

Dec 16 2024 5 mins  
Hosts Megan Holiday and Nicole Alvarez teamed up to talk with Beck first looking back at his experiences in Los Angeles when getting his start. “The first show was probably at like a little coffee shop or a bar downtown or something like that,” he remembers. Born and raised in L A., Beck is the perfect person to act as a tour guide on this double date scenario he’s been thrus

Jimmy Eat World at Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024

Dec 16 2024 5 mins  
8X Almost Acoustic Christmas performers Jimmy Eat World dropped by with Audacy host Kevan Kenney backstage in the Forum Club, just a couple of months after the band was honored with their very own Jimmy Eat World Day in their hometown of Phoenix, AZ on October 17. “We were presented by the mayor of Phoenix with an official proclamation declaring that day, Jimmy World Day,” expl

Sublime at Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024

Dec 16 2024 3 mins  
Kevan Kenney also got a chance to catch up with Sublime's Eric Wilson, Bud Gaugh, and Jakob Nowell at the end of a massive year for the newly reunited group. Finally being given a chance to look back, Jakob says it’s “actually a year since we did the HR benefit, like to the day." Bud adds, "It was December 10th. We did the HR show at the Terra Grand Ballroom and just looking ba

311 at Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024

Dec 16 2024 4 mins  
Nicole Alvarez joined host Megan Holiday to sit down with close friends of the KROQ family, 311, quickly getting into their brand new album Full Bloom. "We really feel like we put our best foot forward," says frontman Nick Hexum of the new record, which features "old school elements, with some new school sprinkles on it, and some exciting new production techniques." The band, he sa

Franz Ferdinand at Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024

Dec 16 2024 3 mins  
Before their set, host Megan Holiday was joined backstage by frontman Alex Kapranos and bassist Bob Hardy of Franz Ferdinand, whose sixth studio album, The Human Fear, is set for release in the new year on January 10. While the title may sound a bit intense, Alex asks us to “think about fear,” and how “all the good things that you have to do in life usually entail overcoming

AWOLNATION at Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024

Dec 16 2024 5 mins  
This year, L.A.'s own AWOLNATION rocked the stage for KROQ fans, which had frontman Aaron Bruno feeling nostalgic with the Klein.Ally.Show, reflecting on listening to the station throughout his Southern California upbringing. “This is probably the eighth time we played here [The Forum] and anytime we get invited [it’s an honor]. On top of that, KROQ is where I discovered, you k

The Linda Lindas at Almost Acoustic Christmas 2024

Dec 16 2024 6 mins  
The Linda Lindas made their Almost Acoustic Christmas debut this year and credited their appearance for getting them in the holiday spirit. “We feel so festive and spirited for the holidays,” they shared with the Klein.Ally.Show ahead of taking the stage. It’s been a record year for the band who started playing together at the age of 2 and now range in age from 12-18. A highl