Cameroon-born Lætitia Tamko burst into the indie rock scene as Vagabon in 2017 with her debut album Infinite Worlds, showcasing unique guitar-driven melodies with her deeply expressive vocal stylings.
All week long in advance of KEXP’s third annual Record Fair this Saturday, Sept. 8, Afternoon Show host DJ Kevin Cole gives us a look inside his record collection at some of his rarest and most loved records.
Indie pioneers Pixies enter the KEXP live performance space for this set that spans their entire career from 1989's "Doolittle" to 2014's "EP 2". Recorded 2/18/2014 - 4 songs: Snakes, In Heaven/Andro Queen, Greens and Blues, Monkey Gone To Heaven.
El Sonido is a three hour trip around the diverse world of Latin music and culture from South, Central and North America, as well as Spain and the rest of the globe.
The focus is on new music and the growing Latin alternative scene, but traditional styles, both old and new are also regularly spot…
Compiling a playlist of songs about love? That's like trying to count all the Converse sneakers at an indie rock show: infinite. They always say, nothing is more inspiring than a break-up, and these songs (and Taylor Swift's career) prove that's true.
Busan, South Korea indie rock outfit Say Sue Me shares a new offering from their new album Where We Were Together, out April 13 via Damnably/Electric Muse
London, England based indie-pop singer songwriter Oscar and his band perform songs from his new EP, "Forget Me Not," live on KEXP's The Morning Show with John Richards. Recorded 10/05/2015 - 4 songs: Beautiful Words, Daffodil Days, Stay, Breaking My Phone.
New Zealand-based alt/indie-pop group Salad Boys perform songs from their new record, "Metalmania", live on KEXP's The Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole. Recorded 10/16/2015 - 5 songs: Bow To Your New Sensation, No Taste Bomber, Daytime Television, I'm A Mountain, Dream Date.
Montreal, Canada-based indie, post-punk group Ought perform songs from their new record, "Sun Coming Down", live on KEXP's The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters. Recorded 10/15/2015 - 4 songs: Men For Miles, Beautiful Blue Sky, The Weather Song, Passionate Turn.
Los Angeles-based modern era indie singer-songwriter Julia Holter performs songs from her magnificent new record, "Have You In My Wilderness", live on KEXP's The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters. Recorded 10/13/2015 - 4 songs: Sea Calls Me Home , Silhouette, Feel You, Have You In My W…
French/Finnish indie electronic duo The Dø stop by the KEXP studio and perform songs from their sparkly new record "Shake Shook Shaken" live on KEXP. Recorded 05/31/2015 - 4 songs: Keep Your Lips Sealed, Miracles (Back In Time), Anita No!, Despair, Hangover & Ecstasy.
Real Estate return to KEXP to play songs from their new LP "Atlas" on The Midday Show. The New Jersey/Brooklyn indie rockers deliver a dreamy set of upbeat tunes and discuss recording their latest effort at Wilco's Loft Studio. Recorded 3/6/2014 - 4 songs: The Bend, Talking Backwards, Cr…
Busan, South Korea’s favorite band Say Sue Me capped off 2019, a year of high highs and the lowest of lows for the good friends, by stopping by the KEXP studios to perform four songs that span their six-year career of making sincere surf-tinged indie rock.
Photographer Bootsy Holler is releasing a book next month called Making It: An Intimate Documentary of the Seattle Indie, Rock & Punk Scene, 1992–2008.
Jay Som speaks about the expansive sound of her fourth studio album, Belong, named for her quest to figure out her place in the indie music scene.
Everybody likes a good surprise, especially when that surprise is Northwest indie champs The Thermals stopping by Upstream for an unannounced show at KEXP's Occidental Stage on Friday afternoon.
Baltimore experimental indie-dream-pop group Lower Dens stop by the KEXP studio and play songs from their haunting new record "Escape from Evil" live on KEXP's The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters. Recorded 07/27/2015 - 4 songs: To Die In L.A., Ondine, Sucker's Shangri-La, Société Ano…
Dalarna, Sweden-based indie-folk singer-songwriter The Tallest Man On Earth stops by the KEXP studio and performs a couple of songs from his magnificent new record "Dark Bird Is Home" live on KEXP's The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters. Recorded 08/21/2015 - 2 songs: Darkness of the Dream,…
PNW-based indie power-pop band Sick Sad World perform songs from their brilliantly smart new record "Fear and Lies" live on KEXP's Audioasis with DJ Sharlese. Recorded 05/23/2015 - 4 songs: Alone All The Time, Skateboarding Girl, Orange Lazarus, Barely Hanging On.
