KEXP 90.3 FM - where the music matters

I’ve been in the music business in one form or another for ten years, working as everything from a booking agent for local bands to a ticket taker at the Showbox, but I’m definitely happiest now in my dual role as the host of KEXP’s locally-focused Audioasis show and KEXP’s Heavy Metal Show Seek & Destroy. Drawing attention to new Northwest artists working on the margins, or ones who have been historically overlooked is my primary passion, though I’m hardly an obscurest: there’s nothing wrong with throwing on a Nirvana record when the mood strikes. I have a distinct proclivity for the noisier end of the sonic spectrum; blowing my hearing with harder rock, metal, and punk is apparently what I was destined to do. That said, I also have a deep affection for this area’s fertile alt-country community, and can appreciate insightful singer-songwriters as much as the next sensitive gal. Furthermore, anyone unaware that the hip hop scene here is a growing force to be reckoned with simply isn’t paying attention (and more importantly, is missing out). There’s much to love on the local level.