The previously-unheard song comes from the Cocoa Sugar sessions
Tangerine - Sunset - from the 2016 Sugar Teeth EP on Swoon Records.
Afternoon Show Host Kevin Cole brings you the perfect soundtrack for your dream city, including new faves from Pets, The Sugar Stems, Conor Oberst, French Style Furs, and Cold Beat. 1. Prom Body - My Paradise 2. Pets - Dream City 3. Cold Beat - Mirror 4. Sugar Stems - We Only Come Out At Night 5.…
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 Aft…
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 Aft…
A playful sense of experimentation is on thrilling display in the Olympia quartet's distinct brand of art-punk. Martin Douglas explores their pair of quick full-length releases.
Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part 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 Afterno…
Joining Cheryl Waters in the KEXP Live Room, Hatchie performs four songs from her debut EP Sugar & Spice.
We've always known Seattle band Tangerine were sweet, but as if to prove it, they've got a new EP titled Sugar Teeth coming out in February on Swoon Records. Swoon, indeed! Check out the first single, "Tender," below. Sugar Teeth hits the streets on February 19th, and the trio play Neumos on Thurs…
In celebration of his new album Cry Sugar, influential Scottish producer Hudson Mohawke shares an adventurous, colorful, and unpredictable guest DJ mix.
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.
Not to be outdone by fellow shoegazers Ride, Slowdive have announced their first new album in 22 years! The self-titled LP will be out May 5th via Dead Oceans. We've already heard the single "Star Roving." Stream a new track below, titled "Sugar for the Pill." On Wednesday, the band will perform l…
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole drops more hits than Sadaharu Oh on this miracle mix of new music. 1. Hibou - Dissolve 2. Tamaryn - Sugar Fix 3. John Grant - Disappointing 4. Ever So Android - Moment 5. Wild Ones - Dim The Lights 6. Thunderbitch - Eastside Party 7. The Atom Age - It's A Mess 8. …
Nearly 35 years in music and Bob Mould shows no signs of slowing down! From his early punk roots with Hüsker Dü in the 1980s through his alternative pop years with Sugar in the 1990s, and in the years between and afterwards with his ten solo albums, the veteran songwriter has explored a variety of …
Congratulations to Searching for Sugar Man for winning Best Documentary Feature at the 85th annual Academy Awards tonight! Directed by Malik Bendjelloul, the musical biopic uncovers the mystery behind the Detroit-based musician Rodriguez and, most interestingly, how he became a legend for decades i…
After a few years off, Beach Fossils returned earlier this year with Somersault, the band's finest set of songs to date and also the first to be written and recorded as a band. Dustin Payseur and co. bring four new tracks to the KEXP Live Room with Kevin Cole and talk about Somersault, peopl…
Listening to Seattle band Western Haunts is like stepping into a hazy, disorienting dream. The powerful thuds of percussion against the airy, translucent synthesizers and guitars are amorphous and almost comforting. It's a mood that's perfectly captured and expanded on in the sugar-high video for t…
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole drops nothing but 100% cruelty free bonafide jams. No imitation, factory produced beats. Never. 1. Salad Boys - No Taste Bomber 2. Cold Beat - Am I Dust 3. Danny Newcomb & The Sugar Makers - Known World 4. Palehound - Molly 5. Shopping - Wind Up 6. Dung…
Heading down to Georgetown today for the FREE, all-ages Sub Pop Silver Jubilee? Yes, of course you are, we all are. But you might want to consider heading over earlier in the day to check out some of the literary and art events happening at the Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery.