All photos and review by Alan Lawrence (view set)
Arcade Fire teams up with Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Blood Orange drops two new songs, plus tracks from of Montreal and Titus Andronicus all in today's music news round-up.
The epic opener to 2017’s Crack-Up gets a beautiful, surrealistic visual accompaniment.
Lewis talks heartbreak and recording live with an all-star lineup on her latest solo release
The new single from the Portland quartet is a peppy tune about how death eventually comes for us all. Martin Douglas explores.
Electro-noise pop that ignores all the pop requirements, featuring Ryan Tranum (sampler), Kate Olson (bass clarinet, flute), Alan Gutierrez (circuit-bent keys, vocals), and Daniel Comiskey (text/poetry).
As Museum Of Love, Pat Mahoney (former drummer for LCD Soundsystem) and producer Dennis McNany, perform a set of infectious electro-pop on KEXP. Recorded 12/07/2014 - 4 songs: Down South, Monotronic, In Infancy, And All The Winners.
Guest James Rasmussen, Coordinator, Duwamish River Cleanup Coalition/Technical Advisory Group, speaks with Diane Horn about cleanup of the Duwamish Superfund site and plans to ensure a Duwamish River that works for all.
DJ Kevin Cole lays it all down with a rad mix of new music discovery featuring Daniel Avery, Hollie Cook, Lake Jons, and Holy, plus a tribute to Jóhann Jóhannsson.
Guest Rebecca Monteleone, Chair, Sierra Club Seattle Group, speaks with Diane Horn about the Move All Seattle Sustainably Coalition and their recommendations to improve transportation for Seattle pedestrians, bicyclists and transit riders.
In this ominously numbered episode, DJ Evie returns with a devilishly good set of sparkly songs that shimmer and shine, including new tracks from Kero Kero Bonito, Barrie, and Jamila Woods.
Angel Olsen brings the string-filled spectacle of All Mirrors to KEXP for this in-studio, hosted by Troy Nelson in the KEXP Live Room.
This Sunday, January 15th, KEXP is proud to present the 17th Annual Expansions MLK Unity Party, taking place this year at the Northwest African American Museum! The celebration begins at 6:00 PM and will be all ages from 6:00 – 9:00 PM, with the LIVE Broadcast happening from 9:00 PM to Midnight and…
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…
Cardiff, Wales-based artist Gwenno Saunders is the former front-woman for the infectious UK pop outfit The Pipettes. She emerged with her brilliant debut solo album, Y Dydd Olaf, earlier this year as Gwenno, a record that quickly became a favorite at KEXP with its vibrant mixture of psych-tinged sp…
Alt-J's sophomore effort, This Is All Yours, doesn't arrive in stores until September 23rd, but the highly anticipated album is now available for streaming at iTunes Radio. Following the departure of bassist Gwil Sainsbury earlier this year, This Is All Yours is the group's first album as a trio, a…
Just about a month ago, I had the honor of hosting a special all-electronic edition of KEXP's local show, Audioasis, to showcase some of the finest electronic sounds coming from the Pacific Northwest! We did two live in-studio performances, including a video session with 21 year-old Bellingham-base…
No one knew it at the time, but Saturday would be the end of Austin City Limits 2013. Rain had been threatening all weekend, and around 9:45 p.m., it finally showed up, and as of Sunday morning, it hasn't left. That being said, Saturday would have been a hard day to top. The weather was (mostly) wa…
The crowd is already forming as we set up for Day 1 of KEXP's broadcast from Doug Fir during Musicfest NW. We've got a killer lineup today starting with the ever-charming Scottish electropop trio CHVRCHES, followed by the all-star group The Baseball Project, electrifying dance-punks !!!, and the ar…
The beautiful/transfixing/addicting/"reverb-abusing" Beach House have a homemade video out for their track "New Year" off 2012's Bloom. Featuring Victoria petting a cat in the sun as well as video of Beach House recording, and filmed at Sonic Ranch Studios in Texas, the video will make help all us …
