Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Kevin Cole, host of The Afternoon Show on KEXP, is “Dressing America” by TORRES, from the 2020 album Silver Tongue on Merge Records.
Nashville's Mackenzie Scott, known musically as Torres, is gearing up to release her first album for 4AD called Three Futures. So far, we've heard "Skim" and the title track, and today she's shared "Helen In The Woods." The single comes with a slightly creepy, deranged video directed by Ashley Conn…
TORRES, aka Brooklyn-via-Nashville singer-songwriter Mackenzie Scott, performs songs from her fantastic new album "Sprinter" live on the Midday Show with Cheryl Waters. Recorded 05/18/2015 - 4 songs: A Proper Polish Welcome, New Skin, Sprinter, Cowboy Guilt.
Day 3 of 2017's Capitol Hill Block Party proved to be the fest's most musically satisfying, stellar sets from Danny Brown, Torres, Angel Olsen, and Perfume Genius sounding great against the urban Capitol Hill backdrop.
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 Midd…
On Sprinter, the latest album by TORRES, Mackenzie Scott does not run away from the big issues. The 24-year old Brooklyn-based artist has clearly grown from her Southern Baptist upbringing, outpacing the usual "country girl meets big city" timeline but not so quickly that she dodges heavy themes of…
Kevin Morby is one of 27 artists including Cherry Glazzer, Devendra Banhart, Palehound, Briana Marela, TORRES, and Dolly Parton that are contributing to a compilation from podcast More Perfect that dissects the 27 Amendments of the U.S. Constitution
Dusty Henry, Associate Director of Editorial, talks about two of his favorite artists – Laurie Torres and Nailah Hunter – and their new collaboration.
The music spins, the energy spins, and DJ Kevin Cole spins the soundtrack with new TORRES, Akasha System, Poliça, Rocketship and more swirling wonderment.
Each week, Music Director Chris Sanley and Associate Music Director Alex Ruder share brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation. See what we added this week, including new releases from Future Islands, TORRES, Gruff Rhys, and more.
Each week, KEXP’s Music Director Don Yates (joined this week by DJ Alex) shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases. See what's coming up this week below, including reviews for new releases from Wolf Parade, Torres, Okay Kaya, and more.
Each week, Music Director Don Yates shares brief insights on new and upcoming releases for KEXP's rotation. See what we added this week below (and on our Charts page), including new releases from Torres, Durand Jones & The Indications, Emma-Jean Thackray, and more.
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of the Midday Show on KEXP, is "La Torre" by Ambar Lucid, from the 2022 album La Torre on 300 Entertainment.
Join Midday Show host Cheryl Waters for a summer podcast full of sparkling songs from London, Brooklyn, California and, as always, the Pacific Northwest. 1. Desert Sound Colony - Riverbed 2. Happyness - Naked Patients 3. The Eagle Rock Gospel Singers - Little Light 4. AM & Shawn Lee - Persua…
The second day of The 2016 Governors Ball Music Festival was also its final day. (The threat of severe thunderstorms led the festival's organizers to cancel the Sunday programming – most notably including Kanye West.) But until the unexpected deluge of rain came pouring down around 7 p.m. on Saturd…
For Live on KEXP, Troy Nelson details Mackenzie Scott’s unique trajectory from Southern Baptist band kid to the subversive indie rocker best known as TORRES.
Afternoon Show host Kevin Cole shares some of his favorites of 2015. The mix features artists from the Northwest such as Father John Misty and Sleater-Kinney, as well as those as far away as Iceland and Russia. Relive what was a great year of music and maybe discover some new artists that you may …
Today's Song of the Day, as chosen by Cheryl Waters, host of The Midday Show on KEXP, is "Don't Go Puttin Wishes in My Head" by TORRES, from the 2021 album Thirstier on Merge Records.
We shared the first wave of line-up announcements from Iceland Airwaves Music Festival, and today, they've rolled out the final list. Fufanu, Reykjavíkurdætur, Sóley, and Gangly have been added to the festival, which already boasted great guests like Fleet Foxes, Michael Kiwanuka, Àsgeir, Aldous H…
