{"id":4103,"date":"2025-06-14T06:58:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-14T06:58:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/?p=4103"},"modified":"2025-06-27T20:01:53","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T20:01:53","slug":"5-noteworthy-sofar-artists-pt-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/5-noteworthy-sofar-artists-pt-4","title":{"rendered":"5 Noteworthy Artists Who Played a Sofar Part 4"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Headliners, Grammy-winners, and millions of plays- Sofar Alumni are no strangers to talent or success. We\u2019re sharing<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/articles\/noteworthy-artists-sofar-part-3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 5 Sofar shows that will make you want to time travel back to these small sets, with big names<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Welcome to Noteworthy Artists who played a Sofar show, part 4.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Kruangbin | Sofar Bristol<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chances are you\u2019ve heard Khruangbin, and if you haven\u2019t, chances are you have and didn\u2019t know it. The Texas-native, alternative-indie trio has been making waves in the industry for over a decade. With Grammy noms, <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/24ntSW3QVJzR79lHAAOTaY?si=6c0d6109bde14399\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">collaborations with Leon Bridges<\/a>, and unmistakable talent, Khruangbin persists on the Sofar radar. If you\u2019re not sold yet- see them<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/2mVVjNmdjXZZDvhgQWiakk\/concerts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> live on their European tour<\/a>, and thank us later.<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DAY1WVZDl2g?si=BfTBYzhMiVaLXEGp\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Shakey Graves Sofar | Austin<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking of Texas, ~<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">take us back~ <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to 2012 at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/cities\/austin\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sofar Austin<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the Shakey Graves Sofar set. Born as Alejandro Rose-Garcia, the Americana folk artist didn\u2019t just play a Sofar show before his music success; he also acted in roles for TV shows: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Friday Night Lights<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Spy Kids. <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From winning \u2018Best New Artist\u2019 at the 2015 American Music Awards to playing stages <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tribeza.com\/arts\/luck-presents-spring-concerts-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">alongside Modest Mouse and Willie Nelson,<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> his creative resume is only getting started. <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakeygraves.com\/tour\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Catch Shakey Graves on his North American tour, <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">playing venues big <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> small.<\/span><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iZBS-JUBAXQ?si=Vc5MaNL34FRhIXwU\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">blackwave. | Sofar London<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Since their 2019 Sofar London show, blackwave. has been making a lot more than waves. The experimental duo has <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">millions<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of streams to show for it. Since the success of their hit <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/2wSKzkZZJo45qRCBxM13wk?si=fb4685c882874a9e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u201cElusive,\u201d<\/a> the duo followed up with two albums, each progressing in popularity for their hip-hop, R&B, blues, and jazz-y style. Don\u2019t take our word for it, see for yourself at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bandsintown.com\/e\/106811047?app_id=spt_feed&came_from=281&utm_medium=web&utm_source=spt_feed&utm_campaign=event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">their set at Pukklepop in August! <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<h3><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4110\" src=\"https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4V09TTzt-Social_Universal-BLACKWAVE_JANEJIMENEZ.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=300&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=300&wpsize=medium\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4V09TTzt-Social_Universal-BLACKWAVE_JANEJIMENEZ.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=300&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=300&wpsize=medium 300w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4V09TTzt-Social_Universal-BLACKWAVE_JANEJIMENEZ.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=1024&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=1024&wpsize=large 1024w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4V09TTzt-Social_Universal-BLACKWAVE_JANEJIMENEZ.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&h=150&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=150&wpsize=thumbnail 150w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4V09TTzt-Social_Universal-BLACKWAVE_JANEJIMENEZ.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=768&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=768&wpsize=medium_large 768w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4V09TTzt-Social_Universal-BLACKWAVE_JANEJIMENEZ.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&h=400&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=400&wpsize=square 400w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4V09TTzt-Social_Universal-BLACKWAVE_JANEJIMENEZ.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=1536&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=1536&wpsize=1536x1536 1536w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4V09TTzt-Social_Universal-BLACKWAVE_JANEJIMENEZ.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=2048&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=2048&wpsize=2048x2048 2048w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/4V09TTzt-Social_Universal-BLACKWAVE_JANEJIMENEZ.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fm=pjpg&ixlib=php-3.3.1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/h3>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rainbow Kitten Surprise | Sofar London<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/7Ew5us0FuyUZZ4p6jRP2r3?si=e05ba604d81d478e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Superstar-<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">dom<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the can\u2019t-be-put-in-a-box band, Rainbow Kitten Surprise, gave a historic Sofar London show back in 2018. Despite the band\u2019s 2023 announcement that they would be taking a break to rest, they lost no time with the drop of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2bOwdC37gg057sITTY8Ovj?si=95skBNvNSvK97xfDlO5e7g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">another hit album<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> last year, and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/5absPtnH7lb3sFE6MudIa8?si=RJJ_V0iFQIKwtViydYnhQg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">released a single earlier this year.<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Catch up with them <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/tr.ee\/xurqazK4t7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">live on tour<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2013 featuring festival <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Sofar alum appearances!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4111\" src=\"https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-rainbow_kitten_surprise-london-ben_sykes.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=300&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=300&wpsize=medium\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-rainbow_kitten_surprise-london-ben_sykes.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=300&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=300&wpsize=medium 300w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-rainbow_kitten_surprise-london-ben_sykes.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=1024&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=1024&wpsize=large 1024w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-rainbow_kitten_surprise-london-ben_sykes.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&h=150&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=150&wpsize=thumbnail 150w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-rainbow_kitten_surprise-london-ben_sykes.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=768&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=768&wpsize=medium_large 768w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-rainbow_kitten_surprise-london-ben_sykes.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&h=400&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=400&wpsize=square 400w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-rainbow_kitten_surprise-london-ben_sykes.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=1536&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=1536&wpsize=1536x1536 1536w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-rainbow_kitten_surprise-london-ben_sykes.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=2048&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=2048&wpsize=2048x2048 2048w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-rainbow_kitten_surprise-london-ben_sykes.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fm=pjpg&ixlib=php-3.3.1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jorja Smith | Sofar London<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the release of her debut album, Jorja Smith was getting our attention with her single, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/471LijcvJ7tV7ePoX4S0RE?si=ZrFL01tfRoOJXV3SJXuEfA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cOn My Mind,\u201d<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and on the Sofar stage. The London R&B Grammy-winner kept it local with her 2017 Sofar London show\u2013just shy of her \u2018Best New Artist\u2019 title. While her success has global recognition, she\u2019s staying close to home this summer on her<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/laylo.com\/jorjasmith\/m\/falling-or-flying-UK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Falling or Flying<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> UK tour!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4113\" src=\"https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-Jorja-Smith-_-Maverick-Sabre-London-Ryan-Bound.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=300&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=300&wpsize=medium\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-Jorja-Smith-_-Maverick-Sabre-London-Ryan-Bound.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=300&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=300&wpsize=medium 300w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-Jorja-Smith-_-Maverick-Sabre-London-Ryan-Bound.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=1024&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=1024&wpsize=large 1024w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-Jorja-Smith-_-Maverick-Sabre-London-Ryan-Bound.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&h=150&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=150&wpsize=thumbnail 150w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-Jorja-Smith-_-Maverick-Sabre-London-Ryan-Bound.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=768&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=768&wpsize=medium_large 768w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-Jorja-Smith-_-Maverick-Sabre-London-Ryan-Bound.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=crop&fm=pjpg&h=400&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=400&wpsize=square 400w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-Jorja-Smith-_-Maverick-Sabre-London-Ryan-Bound.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=1536&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=1536&wpsize=1536x1536 1536w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-Jorja-Smith-_-Maverick-Sabre-London-Ryan-Bound.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fit=scale&fm=pjpg&h=2048&ixlib=php-3.3.1&w=2048&wpsize=2048x2048 2048w, https:\/\/sofar-sounds-blog.imgix.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/Social_Universal-Jorja-Smith-_-Maverick-Sabre-London-Ryan-Bound.jpg?crop=faces%2Centropy&fm=pjpg&ixlib=php-3.3.1 1080w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Which artist will be featured in the next Noteworthy round-up? Find out at a Sofar show near you!<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Headliners, Grammy-winners, and millions of plays- Sofar Alumni are no strangers to talent or success. We\u2019re sharing 5 Sofar shows that will make you want to time travel back to these small sets, with big names. Welcome to Noteworthy Artists who played a Sofar show, part 4. Kruangbin | Sofar Bristol Chances are you\u2019ve heard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":4114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,4,26,27],"tags":[793,792,482,794,795],"class_list":["post-4103","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","category-community","category-news","category-video-round-up","tag-blackwave","tag-jorja-smith","tag-khruangbin","tag-rainbow-kitten-surprise","tag-shakey-graves"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sofarsounds.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}