Today’s song, featured on The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters, is "Fear" by Big Ups, from the 2018 album Two Parts Together on Exploding In Sound Records.
Colorful and aqueous, Nâtah Big Band whips up a rhythmic, sharp performance from the Musée de la danse in their hometown during Trans Musicales 2018.
Crutchfield talks about her years going solo, playing with Waxahatchee, reuniting Swearin', and growing up.
A Seattle underground supergroup of sorts, Big Bite take most of the best parts of Northwest rock music, stir them all around, and kick them up along with a cloud of dust. Their eponymous debut full-length is indicative of both their alchemy and ability to veer away from formula.
A couple times a year, Starbucks, STG, and KEXP team up to put on the Little Big Show - a little show with a big impact - where 100% of the proceeds go towards helping the arts stay alive for young people. This evening's sold out show raised over $14,000 for The Vera Project, the non-profit all age…
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, is "Don't Give Up" by Lee Fields & The Expressions, a 2019 single on Big Crown Records.
DJ Kevin Cole shows up big time with a hard hitting mix of current faves including new Courtney Barnett, Natalie Prass, illuminati hotties, power pop from Philly band Hurry, and psychedic funk rock from Hungarian band The Qualitons, and more awesomeness to blow your mind.
While we wait for a new Parquet Courts full-length, the boys from Brooklyn tease fans with two split 7" releases instead. Today, they unveil a collaboration with Vermont artist Joey Pizza Slice (which is a GREAT name, btw): only 500 copies will be pressed of this August 11th release via Wharf Cat.…
KEXP is teaming up again with Starbucks and STG for the sixteenth edition of Little Big Show, a special concert series created to benefit our city’s arts organizations! This Sunday, November 13th, we’re happy to present Låpsley, NAVVI, and Aquilo at the Neptune Theatre.
It's that time of the year again: KEXP teams up with Starbucks and STG to present Little Big Show #9, this Friday, May 16th at The Neptune Theatre with Cloud Cult and Benjamin Verdoes. 100% of ticket sales go to the youth programs at Hugo House, which you can read more about here.
KEXP is teaming up again with Starbucks and STG for the fourteenth edition of Little Big Show, a special concert series created to benefit our city’s arts organizations! On Friday, January 29th, we're happy to present Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Lower Dens, and Hibou at The Neptune Theatre.
Dusty Henry teams up with his three-year-old daughter to drill down on the big themes for Cincinnati-based trio Artificial Go.
While we consider all our Bumbershoot Music Lounge sessions "special," there's something undeniably extra-special about this one. When main songwriter Alex Chilton passed away in 2010, followed shortly by the passing of founding bassist Andy Hummel the same year, most assumed we'd never hear from t…
KEXP chats with the Detroit-based musician about how he learned to write music, what it was like playing those first big shows in South Africa, and what he thinks about first when he wakes up in the morning.
This Thursday, KEXP is teaming up with Starbucks and STG for Little Big Show #12 at Neptune Theatre with Cloud Nothings, Tacocat and Chastity Belt! So far, Little Big Show has raised more than $100,000 for non-profits since being conceived in 2012. This time, all ticket sales will go to Teen Tix, w…
There's not much better than music, except maybe pizza, so when you combine the two, WATCH OUT! KEXP is proud to team up with Rainier Beer and Big Marios Pizza to sponsor the Fourth Annual Pizzafest, from Thursday, August 14th through Saturday, August 16th, here in Seattle.
Announcing the Sub Pop 30th Anniversary Celebration Line-Up: Mudhoney, Shabazz Palaces, Wolf Parade, The Afghan Whigs, and more!
DJ Kevin Cole brings you a mix of some of his current faves—songs that gets his heart pounding and hopefully yours too. The sweet sounds of love, friendship, and accepting big life changes with music from Israel Nash, The Love Language, Tancred, and more. Press play, turn the volume way up, and fe…
Easily one of the most popular bands to perform during our broadcast from the Bumbershoot Music Lounge, The Joy Formidable have blown up since the first time they played for KEXP back in 2010. Their second and most recent album, Wolf's Law, amps up their shoegazery rock sound to epic proportions, y…
DJ Kevin Cole brings new sounds for the New Year including tracks from Laura Marling and Dirty Projectors, debuts from Big Surr, Del Paxton, and Real Numbers, politically charged songs from Little Scream and Emel, plus more. Power to the people! 1. Split Single - Untry Love2. Big Surr - At The Bi-…
