Fearlessly dabbling in the gaudy with their electro pop sound, Future Bible Heroes began as a project of The Magnetic Fields' Stephin Merritt and DJ Christopher Ewen, but gradually evolved into a substantial group of talented musicians. Eleven years after the release of their sophomore album, Etern…
Future Islands has certainly blown up over the last year, as evidenced by the large crowd they drew to their main stage set at Sasquatch. This Baltimore, Maryland band is one of those rare groups whose breakthrough success essentially comes down to one single performance. In their case, it was thei…
Martin Douglas has witnessed the future of Seattle's punk scene and spoke to its prinicpal songwriters.
Guest Wenonah Hauter, Executive Director, Food and Water Watch, speaks with Diane Horn about her book “Frackopoly: The Battle for the Future of Energy and the Environment”.
Guest Bill McKibben speaks with Diane Horn about his book, "Deep Economy: The Wealth of Communities and the Durable Future."
Today’s song of the day, featured on The Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is "Sisters" by Natalie Prass, from the 2018 album The Future and The Past on ATO Records.
Photo by Renata Steiner
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today's song, featured on the Morn…
Retro-future circus music, transforming baroque sounds into a strange music box. Harlan Glotzer (english concertina), Dana Wen (toy piano) and Nate Lee (tuba).
Guest Philip Warburg speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, “Harness the Sun: America's Quest for a Solar-Powered Future”.
Remix "In A Future World" by Telekinesis and/or "Grown Man" by Fly Moon Royalty. Download the songs and create your remix with the new 8Stem remix app.
A new song from The National, video from Future Islands, and an EP from Purling Hiss all in today's news round-up.
Leading up to the latest edition of the awards ceremony, El Sonido spoke with some of the nominees about the progress in Latin music, now and into future.
Guest Alex Steffen, Executive Editor of Worldchanging.com, speaks with Diane Horn about sustainable cities and how Seattle can move towards a more sustainable future.
Guest Alicia Daniels Uhlig, Living Community Challenge and Policy Director, International Living Future Institute, speaks with Diane Horn about the Living Community Challenge.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJ’s think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on The Mid…
Baltimore synthpop trio Future Islands have an undeniable '80s influence, so who better than Vince Clarke, frontman of Erasure and former member of Depeche Mode, to remix them? Clarke takes the track "Doves" from the band's most recent release, Singles, and transforms it into a smooth dance-club s…
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Today’s song, featured on the Afte…
Guest Alan Weisman speaks with Diane Horn about his most recent book, "Countdown: Our Last, Best Hope for a Future on Earth?"
