After nearly four years of delays, Lil Wayne's Tha Carter V finally has a release date
"Don't Cry" is the opening song off of Lil Wayne's long-awaited Tha Carter V
Thank goodness, there is still time to vote for Lil BUB's debut album in KEXP's Top 90.3 Albums of 2015 Countdown. (Voting ends this Friday, December 11th, by the way.) Yes, the internet celebri-cat releases her first full-length, which Andrew WK describes as "the sonic equivalent to holding Lil BU…
Featuring Fleet Foxes, SZA, Phoenix, Lil Wayne, The Revolution, and more.
Featuring interviews with Lil Nas X, Cherry Glazzer, and John Van Deusen
Sudan Archives shares why she fuses violin with electronic beats on her latest album. Minnesota rapper Dessa describes spending two years working with neuroscientists to train her brain to get over her ex. We’ll explore why only 2% of music producers are women and how some indie artists are working…
New compositions from the bassist, John Seman featuring Stephen Fandrich (piano), Mark Ostrowski (drums), Billy Monto (alto and tenor sax), Darian Asplund (tenor sax) and Robby Beasley (trumpet and flugelhorn).
Pop chart analyst Chris Molanphy chats with Sound & Vision’s Emily Fox about “Old Town Road” and its landmark run on the Billboard charts.
Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Kevin Cole) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation, including this week's new releases from Young Fathers, Parannoul, Lil Yachty, and more.
This week, New Jersey producer Clams Casino hits a jackpot with his first official album. KEXP Music Director Don Yates calls it, "a strong set of expansive hip hop and R&B with woozy soundscapes combining atmospheric synths, spacy ambient noise and trunk-rattling beats with an impressive guest…
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…
Rachel Stevens takes us back to 2021 with the track “Industry Baby” by Lil Nas X.
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Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Fellowship (feat. Sampha & Lil Silva)" by serpentwithfeet, from the 2021 album DEACON on Secretly Canadian.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Gabriel Teodros, host of Early on KEXP, is "Still (feat. Sampha and Ghetts)" by Lil Silva, from the 2022 album Yesterday Is Heavy on Nowhere Music Ltd.
KEXP's Roadhouse host Greg Vandy brings you a late summer soundtrack that features many of his favorite new songs and artists of 2014, such as Israel Nash, Black Lips, Pete Molinari, The Donkeys, Nikki Lane, Sturgill Simpson, Evening Bell, and Saskatoon teenagers Kacy & Clayton. 1. Black Lips…
On January 27th, Lil Yachty dropped a surprise psych rock album called Let’s Start Here.
West coast rapper Tyler, The Creator shares his fourth LP, which boasts the FCC-unfriendly title Scum Fuck Flower Boy. (A representative for TTC says the "official title" is just Flower Boy.) The album features guest appearances by Frank Ocean, ASAP Rocky, Anna of the North, Lil Wayne, Jaden Smith,…
Minneapolis' ubiquitous underground hip hop figure P.O.S has a long list of credentials: guitarist for Building Better Bombs, vocalist and keyboard player for Marijuana Deathsquads, member of well-populated supergroup Gayngs, and a founding member of the Doomtree collective. All of these were runni…
The guy from The Long Winters, and the guy from The Decemberists... when you put it like that, it's not exactly the most attractive double-bill during an already-cold, dark season in the Pacific Northwest. Were Coldplay, Snow Patrol, or Iceage not available? They should have billed it "The Seasonal…
FFS, the eponymous debut album from the collaboration project between Franz Ferdinand and Sparks, feels a bit like a beautiful car crash in slow motion. I say slow motion because the two objects that make up the collision seen here have been careening towards each other since the good old days of 2…
