This week's picks for Song of the Day were chosen by the Asian Pacific American staff of KEXP, spotlighting APA artists as part of our Pushing Boundaries celebration. Today's Song of the Day is “Climbing Clouds” by Empat Lima, a 2021 self-released single.
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This week's picks for Song of the Day were chosen by the Asian Pacific American staff of KEXP, spotlighting APA artists as part of our Pushing Boundaries celebration. Today's Song of the Day is “Breezy” by Avi Loud, from the 2021 Flower Chased the Sunshine EP on Heckworld Radio.
Otis Calvin, III – aka OCnotes – is a prolific, renegade artist. A songwriter, producer, and visionary who not only transcends genre but denies any type of barrier – musical or otherwise.
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Anointed early on as the “golden child” of the Black Constellation, Porter Ray’s gifts as a rapper and storyteller skyrocketed him as one of the most exciting young artists to come out of Seattle.
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Introducing a new Sound & Vision mini-series, “Break It," where we talk to KEXP DJs about how they “break” an artist.
In our series about “breaking” artists on KEXP, Emily Fox talks to DJ Morgan about Altin Gün and then Eva Walker takes us down a “Walker Wormhole Wednesday.”
Seattle-based artist Travis Thompson talks about his new music and Indigenous representation on television and on the mic.
Minnesota-based hip-hop artist Tall Paul talks with Emily Fox about his album, The Story of Jim Thorpe.
Emily Fox caught up with KEXP DJ Kevin Cole to talk about Eurosonic and some of the many artists that stood out to him.
The Union of Musicians and Allied Workers has published an open letter calling for higher pay for artists performing at SXSW.
Trans Musicales is a long-running music festival in Rennes, France that brings together a consistently incredible lineup of new and emerging artists.
The artist K.Flay lost hearing in one ear last fall and it hasn’t returned since
Sleigh Bells have changed. I still remember the afternoon that my friend introduced me. "It's like a pep rally for gladiators", she said, laughing, pointing me to the self-titled EP, "their cover looks like Jimmy Buffett but their Myspace says they like Korn". It was a reasonable introduction, effo…
XL Records is entering a very fun new chapter - chapter six to be exact. Last fall (and this spring with the physical edition), the label released Chapter VI, the first entry in their ongoing electronic compilation series since Chapter V back in 1995. The label has seen a ridiculous amount of growt…
KEXP talks with Dua Saleh, a non-binary multidisciplinary artist from Minneapolis who released a single this month, “body cast,” in response to the murders of Black people at the hands of police.
Seattle electronic duo, ODESZA has teamed up with Australian EDM artist, Golden Features on a project called BRONSON.
Aluna Francis started her career as one half of the electronic duo AlunaGeorge. But as a Black artist in dance music, Aluna always felt like an outsider.
