Retro-future circus music, transforming baroque sounds into a strange music box. Harlan Glotzer (english concertina), Dana Wen (toy piano) and Nate Lee (tuba).
A Giant Dog - Bendover - from the 2017 album Toy on Merge Records.
Sonic shape-shifters and processors of collective experience with Beth Fleenor (clarinets, voices, electronics and toys) and Paris Hurley (violin, voices and tape recorders).
As major labels continue to exist behind the times, artists and labels with little capital and lesser reputations are producing some of the most innovative, interesting, and inspiring music. Whether it’s creating a new niche in digital technology or looking to once obsolete formats, Agitated Atmosp…
Young Fathers live on KEXP from Avast! Recording Co. Recorded November 16, 2018. Photo by Morgen Schuler.
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…
Employing fantastical storytelling with the goal of activating the audience's imagination, featuring Byron (erhu, voice), Tari Nelson-Zagar (violin), Tiffany Lin (piano, toy piano), and Paul Kikuchi (percussion).
The Church performs a very special concert for KEXP's VIP donors at The Triple Door in Seattle.
Hollow Earth Radio founders, Amber Kai Morgan and Garrett Kelly use phone machine tapes and found sounds to make the real world more real. Joined by Doug Arney and Olie Eshleman on guitars, toys and effects.
Hollow Earth Radio founders, Amber Kai Morgan and Garrett Kelly use phone machine tapes and found sounds to make the world the way they want it. Joined by Doug Arney and Olie Esheleman on guitars, toys and effects.
If you've ever wanted to put Nick Cave in your pocket, now's your chance! LA-based toy company Plasticgod will release six different variations of a mini-figurine based on the iconic frontman, each named after a different song of his. Just check out the detail in the "Red Right Hand" model! Each l…
Snuff Redux perform songs from their recent EP ‘Toy Kingdom’ including ‘Disintegrate The Days’, ‘Classic’ and ‘Crust’ live on KEXP’s Audioasis.
Fontaines D.C. live on KEXP from Iceland Airwaves 2018. Recorded November 8, 2018 at KEX Hostel in Reykjavík. Photo by Jim Bennett.
Not New York City. Not Los Angeles. Lush’s first U.S. show in 20 years was right here in Seattle. The honor was not lost on the hundreds of fans who lined up early outside the venue to get closer to the stage, and who swarmed the merchandise table immediately upon entering The Showbox, like ravenou…
Guests Erika Schreder, Staff Scientist, and Ivy Sager-Rosenthal, Campaign Director, for the Washington Toxics Coalition, speak with Diane Horn about the 2011 Healthy Holiday Gift Guide, choosing less-toxic toys, and the Toxic-Free Kids Act, a bill proposed for the 2012 Washington State Legislative…
Big Thief perform material from their latest albums 'U.F.O.F.' and 'Two Hands' live on KEXP.
With his eighth album, Infinity, on store shelves, international sensation Yann Tiersen, with his current collaborative outfit and a dazzling array of multicolored bells, toy pianos, and obscure woodwinds, cleverly crammed themselves into the studio for a cinematic live set, bringing the highly-acc…
